Professor Simon Foster

All publications

Journal articles

• Hoshyaripour S, Mauri M, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Allen RJ (2025) Cell wall mechanical stress could coordinate septal synthesis and scission in Staphylococcus aureus.. mBio, e0172825.
• Tinajero-Trejo M, Aindow M, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, Adedeji-Olulana AF, Sutton JAF, Wacnik K, Jia Y, Bilyk B, Yu W , Hobbs JK et al (2025) Control of morphogenesis during the Staphylococcus aureus cell cycle. Science Advances, 11(15). View this article in WRRO
• Pinho MG & Foster SJ (2024) Cell Growth and Division of Staphylococcus aureus. Annual Review of Microbiology, 78(1), 293-310.
• Tooke AK, Hodges RE, Pyrah JF, Bayles KW, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2024) Tetracycline and oxacillin act synergistically on biofilms and display increased efficacy in vivo against staphylococcus aureus. Current Microbiology, 81. View this article in WRRO
• Adedeji-Olulana AF, Wacnik K, Lafage L, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Tinajero-Trejo M, Sutton JAF, Bilyk B, Irving SE, Portman Ross CJ, Meacock OJ , Randerson SA et al (2024) Two codependent routes lead to high-level MRSA. Science, 386(6721), 573-580. View this article in WRRO
• Tooke AK & Foster SJ (2024) Using the Zebrafish Larval Model of Infection to Investigate Antibiotic Efficacy and Combination Treatments Against Staphylococcus aureus, 1-10.
• Henriksen C, Bæk KT, Wacnik K, Gallay C, Veening J, Foster SJ & Frees D (2024) The ClpX chaperone and a hypermorphic FtsA variant with impaired self-interaction are mutually compensatory for coordinating Staphylococcus aureus cell division. Molecular Microbiology, 121(1), 98-115. View this article in WRRO
• Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Garner EC (2023) An exhaustive multiple knockout approach to understanding cell wall hydrolase function in Bacillus subtilis. mBio, 14(5). View this article in WRRO
• Sutton JAF, Cooke M, Tinajero-Trejo M, Wacnik K, Salamaga B, Portman-Ross C, Lund VA, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2023) The roles of GpsB and DivIVA in Staphylococcus aureus growth and division. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14. View this article in WRRO
• Pidwill GR, Pyrah JF, Sutton JAF, Best A, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2023) Clonal population expansion of Staphylococcus aureus occurs due to escape from a finite number of intraphagocyte niches. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-11. View this article in WRRO
• Sheng Q, Zhang M-Y, Liu S-M, Chen Z-W, Yang P-L, Zhang H-S, Liu M-Y, Li K, Zhao L-S, Liu N-H , Liu L-N et al (2023) In situ visualization of Braun’s lipoprotein on E. coli sacculi. Science Advances, 9(3). View this article in WRRO
• Lund VA, Gangotra H, Zhao Z, Sutton JAF, Wacnik K, DeMeester K, Liang H, Santiago C, Leimkuhler Grimes C, Jones S & Foster SJ (2022) Coupling novel probes with molecular localization microscopy reveals cell wall homeostatic mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Chemical Biology, 17(12), 3298-3305. View this article in WRRO
• Hull RC, Wright RCT, Sayers JR, Sutton JAF, Rzaska J, Foster SJ, Brockhurst MA & Condliffe AM (2022) Antibiotics limit adaptation of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to hypoxia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66(12). View this article in WRRO
• Tinajero-Trejo M, Carnell O, Kabli AF, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, Han A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2022) The Staphylococcus aureus cell division protein, DivIC, interacts with the cell wall and controls its biosynthesis. Communications Biology, 5(1). View this article in WRRO
• Wacnik K, Rao VA, Chen X, Lafage L, Pazos M, Booth S, Vollmer W, Hobbs JK, Lewis RJ & Foster SJ (2022) Penicillin-binding protein 1 (PBP1) of Staphylococcus aureus has multiple essential functions in cell division. mBio, 13(4).
• Kong L, Su M, Sang J, Huang S, Wang M, Cai Y, Xie M, Wu J, Wang S, Foster SJ , Zhang J et al (2022) The W-acidic motif of histidine kinase WalK is required for signaling and transcriptional regulation in Streptococcus mutans. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13.
• Bilyk BL, Panchal VV, Tinajero-Trejo M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2022) An interplay of multiple positive and negative factors governs methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 86(2). View this article in WRRO
• Salamaga B, Kong L, Pasquina-Lemonche L, Lafage L, von und zur Muhlen M, Gibson JF, Grybchuk D, Tooke AK, Panchal V, Culp EJ , Tatham E et al (2021) Demonstration of the role of cell wall homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus growth and the action of bactericidal antibiotics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(44). View this article in WRRO
• Tank RKG, Lund VA, Kumar S, Turner RD, Lafage L, Pasquina Lemonche L, Bullough PA, Cadby A, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2021) Correlative super-resolution optical and atomic force microscopy reveals relationships between bacterial cell wall architecture and synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. ACS Nano, 15(10), 16011-16018. View this article in WRRO
• Gibson JF, Pidwill GR, Carnell OT, Surewaard BGJ, Shamarina D, Sutton JAF, Jeffery C, Derré-Bobillot A, Archambaud C, Siggins MK , Pollitt EJG et al (2021) Commensal bacteria augment Staphylococcus aureus infection by inactivation of phagocyte-derived reactive oxygen species. PLoS Pathogens, 17(9). View this article in WRRO
• Gibson JF, Prajsnar TK, Hill CJ, Tooke AK, Serba JJ, Tonge RD, Foster SJ, Grierson AJ, Ingham PW, Renshaw SA & Johnston SA (2021) Neutrophils use selective autophagy receptor Sqstm1/p62 to target Staphylococcus aureus for degradation in vivo in zebrafish. Autophagy, 17(6), 1448-1457. View this article in WRRO
• Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Lafage L, Gray J, Biboy J, Gibson JF, Pollitt EJG, Tazoll SC, Turnbull W, Hajdamowicz NH , Salamaga B et al (2021) Staphylococcus aureus cell wall structure and dynamics during host-pathogen interaction. PLoS Pathogens, 17(3). View this article in WRRO
• Buchan KD, van Gent M, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, Kolata J, Foster SJ, van Strijp JAG & Renshaw SA (2021) Human-specific staphylococcal virulence factors enhance pathogenicity in a humanised zebrafish C5a receptor model. Journal of Cell Science, 134(5).
• Pidwill GR, Gibson JF, Cole J, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2021) The role of macrophages in Staphylococcus aureus infection. Frontiers in Immunology, 11.
• Uhlig F, Grundy L, Garcia-Caraballo S, Brierley SM, Foster SJ & Grundy D (2020) Identification of a quorum sensing-dependent communication pathway mediating bacteria-gut-brain cross talk. iScience, 23(11). View this article in WRRO
• Smitten KL, Thick EJ, Southam HM, Bernardino de la Serna J, Foster SJ & Thomas JA (2020) Mononuclear ruthenium(ii) theranostic complexes that function as broad-spectrum antimicrobials in therapeutically resistant pathogens through interaction with DNA. Chemical Science, 11(33), 8828-8838. View this article in WRRO
• Fenaroli F, Robertson JD, Scarpa E, Gouveia VM, Di Guglielmo C, De Pace C, Elks PM, Poma A, Evangelopoulos D, Canseco JO , Prajsnar TK et al (2020) Polymersomes eradicating intracellular bacteria. ACS Nano, 14(7), 8287-8298. View this article in WRRO
• Panchal VV, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton JAF, Carnell OT, Hornby DP, Green J, Hobbs JK, Kelley WL , Zenkin N et al (2020) Evolving MRSA: High-level β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is associated with RNA Polymerase alterations and fine tuning of gene expression. PLoS Pathogens, 16(7), ---.
• Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall. Nature, 582(7811), 294-297. View this article in WRRO
• Buchan KD, van Gent M, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, Kolata J, Foster SJ, van Strijp JAG & Renshaw SA (2020) Human-specific staphylococcal virulence factors enhance pathogenicity in a humanised zebrafish C5a receptor model.
• Viljoen A, Foster SJ, Fantner GE, Hobbs JK & Dufrêne YF (2020) Scratching the surface : bacterial cell envelopes at the nanoscale. mBio, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
• Hajdamowicz NH, Hull RC, Foster SJ & Condliffe AM (2019) The impact of hypoxia on the host-pathogen interaction between neutrophils and staphylococcus aureus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(22). View this article in WRRO
• Smitten KL, Fairbanks SD, Robertson CC, Bernardino de la Serna J, Foster SJ & Thomas JA (2019) Ruthenium based antimicrobial theranostics – using nanoscopy to identify therapeutic targets and resistance mechanisms in staphylococcus aureus. Chemical Science. View this article in WRRO
• Morris PER, Renshaw S, Foster SJ, Peden A & Dockrell D (2019) 2601. Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Genetic Factors Associatiated with the Subversion of Macrophage Phagosomal Acidification. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(Supplement_2), S904-S904.
• Bojer MS, Wacnik K, Kjelgaard P, Gallay C, Bottomley AL, Cohn MT, Lindahl G, Frees D, Veening J, Foster SJ & Ingmer H (2019) SosA inhibits cell division in Staphylococcus aureus in response to DNA damage. Molecular Microbiology, 112(4), 1116-1130. View this article in WRRO
• Buchan KD, Prajsnar TK, Ogryzko NV, de Jong NWM, van Gent M, Kolata J, Foster SJ, Van Strijp JAG & Renshaw SA (2019) A transgenic zebrafish line for in vivo visualisation of neutrophil myeloperoxidase. PLoS ONE, 14(4). View this article in WRRO
• Gibson JF, Prajsnar TK, Hill CJ, Tooke AK, Serba JJ, Tonge RD, Foster SJ, Grierson AJ, Ingham PW, Renshaw SA & Johnston SA (2019) Neutrophils use selective autophagy receptor p62/SQSTM1 to targetStaphylococcus aureusfor degradationin vivoin zebrafish.
• Carnell O, Sutton J & Foster S (2019) Augmenting Staphylococcal infection: the importance of timing. Access Microbiology, 1(1A).
• Yang D, Ho YX, Cowell LM, Jilani I, Foster SJ & Prince LR (2019) A genome-wide screen identifies factors involved in S. aureus-induced human neutrophil cell death and pathogenesis.. Frontiers in Immunology, 10. View this article in WRRO
• Buchan KD, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2019) Staphylococcus aureus: setting its sights on the human innate immune system. Microbiology, 165(4), 367-385.
• Boldock E, Surewaard BGJ, Shamarina D, Na M, Fei Y, Ali A, Williams A, Pollitt EJG, Szkuta P, Morris P , Prajsnar TK et al (2018) Human skin commensals augment Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis. Nature Microbiology, 3(8), 881-890. View this article in WRRO
• Pollitt EJG, Szkuta PT, Burns N & Foster SJ (2018) Staphylococcus aureus infection dynamics. PLOS Pathogens, 14(6).
• Turner RD, Mesnage S, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2018) Molecular imaging of glycan chains couples cell-wall polysaccharide architecture to bacterial cell. Nature Communications, 9. View this article in WRRO
• Weihs F, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Culley S, Henriques R & Foster SJ (2018) Heterogeneous localisation of membrane proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports, 8. View this article in WRRO
• Lund VA, Wacnik K, Turner RD, Cotterell BE, Walther CG, Fenn SJ, Grein F, Wollman AJ, Leake MC, Olivier N , Cadby A et al (2018) Molecular coordination of Staphylococcus aureus cell division. Elife, 7. View this article in WRRO
• McVicker G, Prajsnar TK & Foster SJ (2018) Construction and Use of Staphylococcus aureus Strains to Study Within-Host Infection Dynamics. Methods Mol Biol, 1736, 17-27.
• Prajsnar TK, McVicker G, Williams A, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2018) Use of Larval Zebrafish Model to Study Within-Host Infection Dynamics. Methods Mol Biol, 1736, 147-156.
• Connolly J, Boldock E, Prince LR, Renshaw SA, Whyte MK & Foster SJ (2017) The identification of Staphylococcus aureus factors required for pathogenicity and growth in human blood. Infection and Immunity, 85(11). View this article in WRRO
• Bottomley AL, Liew ATF, Kusuma KD, Peterson E, Seidel L, Foster SJ & Harry EJ (2017) Coordination of Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division in Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8. View this article in WRRO
• Thompson AAR, Dickinson RS, Murphy F, Thomson JP, Marriott HM, Tavares A, Willson J, Williams L, Lewis A, Mirchandani A , Coelho PDS et al (2017) Hypoxia determines survival outcomes of bacterial infection through HIF-1α-dependent reprogramming of leukocyte metabolism. Science Immunology, 2(8). View this article in WRRO
• Bleiziffer I, Eikmeier J, Pohlentz G, McAulay K, Xia G, Hussain M, Peschel A, Foster S, Peters G & Heilmann C (2017) The Plasmin-Sensitive Protein Pls in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Is a Glycoprotein. PLoS Pathogens, 13(1).
• Neumann Y, Bruns SA, Rohde M, Prajsnar TK, Foster SJ & Schmitz I (2016) Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus eludes selective autophagy by activating a host cell kinase. Autophagy, 12(11), 2069-2084. View this article in WRRO
• Renzoni AM, Kelley WL, Rosato RR, Martinez MP, Roch M, Fatouraei M, Haeusser DP, Margolin W, Fenn S, Turner RD , Foster SJ et al (2016) Molecular bases determining daptomycin resistance-mediated re-sensitization to β-lactams (“see-saw effect”) in MRSA. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
• Turner RD, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2016) Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan Architecture. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1440, 3-9.
• McCarthy H, Waters EM, Bose JL, Foster S, Bayles KW, O'Neill E, Fey PD & O'Gara JP (2016) The major autolysin is redundant forStaphylococcus aureusUSA300 LAC JE2 virulence in a murine device-related infection model. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(9), fnw087-fnw087.
• Czaplewski L, Bax R, Clokie M, Dawson M, Fairhead H, Fischetti VA, Foster S, Gilmore BF, Hancock REW, Harper D , Henderson IR et al (2016) Alternatives to antibiotics—a pipeline portfolio review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16(2), 239-251.
• Jubrail J, Morris P, Bewley MA, Stoneham S, Johnston SA, Foster SJ, Peden AA, Read RC, Marriott HM & Dockrell DH (2015) Inability to sustain intraphagolysosomal killing of Staphylococcus aureus predisposes to bacterial persistence in macrophages. CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 18(1), 80-96. View this article in WRRO
• García-Lara J, Weihs F, Ma X, Walker L, Chaudhuri RR, Kasturiarachchi J, Crossley H, Golestanian R & Foster SJ (2015) Supramolecular structure in the membrane of Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(51), 15725-15730.
• Wheeler R, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Salamaga B, Mesnage S, Mohamad SAS, Hayhurst EJ, Horsburgh M, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2015) Bacterial Cell Enlargement Requires Control of Cell Wall Stiffness Mediated by Peptidoglycan Hydrolases. mBio, 6(4).
• Rosado H, Turner RD, Foster SJ & Taylor PW (2015) Impact of the β-Lactam Resistance Modifier (−)-Epicatechin Gallate on the Non-Random Distribution of Phospholipids across the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Staphylococcus aureus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(8), 16710-16727. View this article in WRRO
• Messad N, Prajsnar TK, Lina G, O'Callaghan D, Foster SJ, Renshaw SA, Skaar EP, Bes M, Dunyach-Remy C, Vandenesch F , Sotto A et al (2015) Existence of a Colonizing Staphylococcus aureus Strain Isolated in Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Diabetes, 64(8), 2991-2995. View this article in WRRO
• Viana D, Comos M, McAdam PR, Ward MJ, Selva L, Guinane CM, González-Muñoz BM, Tristan A, Foster SJ, Fitzgerald JR & Penadés JR (2015) A single natural nucleotide mutation alters bacterial pathogen host tropism. Nature Genetics, 47(4), 361-366.
• Neumann Y, Ohlsen K, Donat S, Engelmann S, Kusch H, Albrecht D, Cartron M, Hurd A & Foster SJ (2015) The effect of skin fatty acids on Staphylococcus aureus. Archives of Microbiology, 197(2), 245-267.
• Foster SJ (2015) Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan Architecture and Dynamics. Biophysical Journal, 108(2), 198a-199a.
• Loof TG, Goldmann O, Naudin C, Mörgelin M, Neumann Y, Pils MC, Foster SJ, Medina E & Herwald H (2015) Staphylococcus aureus-induced clotting of plasma is an immune evasion mechanism for persistence within the fibrin network. Microbiology, 161(3), 621-627.
• Bailey RG, Turner RD, Mullin N, Clarke N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2014) The Interplay between Cell Wall Mechanical Properties and the Cell Cycle in Staphylococcus aureus. Biophysical Journal, 107(11), 2538-2545. View this article in WRRO
• Bottomley AL, Kabli AF, Hurd AF, Turner RD, Garcia-Lara J & Foster SJ (2014) Staphylococcus aureus DivIB is a peptidoglycan-binding protein that is required for a morphological checkpoint in cell division. Molecular Microbiology, 94(5), 1041-1064.
• Hepburn L, Prajsnar TK, Klapholz C, Moreno P, Loynes CA, Ogryzko NV, Brown K, Schiebler M, Hegyi K, Antrobus R , Hammond KL et al (2014) A Spaetzle-like role for nerve growth factor beta in vertebrate immunity to Staphylococcus aureus. SCIENCE, 346(6209), 641-646. View this article in WRRO
• Mesnage S, Dellarole M, Baxter NJ, Rouget J-B, Dimitrov JD, Wang N, Fujimoto Y, Hounslow AM, Lacroix-Desmazes S, Fukase K , Foster SJ et al (2014) Molecular basis for bacterial peptidoglycan recognition by LysM domains.. Nat Commun, 5, 4269.
• Paulin S, Jamshad M, Dafforn TR, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Galley NF, Roper DI, Rosado H & Taylor PW (2014) Surfactant-free purification of membrane protein complexes from bacteria: Application to the staphylococcal penicillin-binding protein complex PBP2/PBP2a. Nanotechnology, 25(28).
• Cartron ML, England SR, Chiriac AI, Josten M, Turner R, Rauter Y, Hurd A, Sahl H-G, Jones S & Foster SJ (2014) Bactericidal activity of the human skin fatty acid cis-6-hexadecanoic acid on Staphylococcus aureus.. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 58(7), 3599-3609.
• Reichmann NT, Piçarra Cassona C, Monteiro JM, Bottomley AL, Corrigan RM, Foster SJ, Pinho MG & Gründling A (2014) Differential localization of LTA synthesis proteins and their interaction with the cell division machinery in Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular Microbiology, 92(2), 273-286.
• Turner RD, Vollmer W & Foster SJ (2014) Different walls for rods and balls: the diversity of peptidoglycan.. Mol Microbiol, 91(5), 862-874.
• McVicker G, Prajsnar TK, Williams A, Wagner NL, Boots M, Renshaw SA & Foster SJ (2014) Clonal expansion during Staphylococcus aureus infection dynamics reveals the effect of antibiotic intervention.. PLoS Pathog, 10(2), e1003959.
• Prajsnar TK, Renshaw SA, Ogryzko NV, Foster SJ, Serror P & Mesnage S (2013) Zebrafish as a novel vertebrate model to dissect enterococcal pathogenesis.. Infect Immun, 81(11), 4271-4279.
• Mesnage SA & Foster SJ (2013) N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase, 1, 1401-1407.
• Turner RD, Hurd AF, Cadby A, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2013) Cell wall elongation mode in Gram-negative bacteria is determined by peptidoglycan architecture.. Nat Commun, 4, 1496.
• Benachour A, Ladjouzi R, Le Jeune A, Hébert L, Thorpe S, Courtin P, Chapot-Chartier M-P, Prajsnar TK, Foster SJ & Mesnage S (2012) The lysozyme-induced peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase PgdA (EF1843) is required for Enterococcus faecalis virulence.. J Bacteriol, 194(22), 6066-6073.
• Schindler D, Gutierrez MG, Beineke A, Rauter Y, Rohde M, Foster S, Goldmann O & Medina E (2012) Dendritic Cells Are Central Coordinators of the Host Immune Response to Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection. The American Journal of Pathology, 181(4), 1327-1337.
• Prajsnar TK, Hamilton R, Garcia-Lara J, McVicker G, Williams A, Boots M, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2012) A privileged intraphagocyte niche is responsible for disseminated infection of Staphylococcus aureus in a zebrafish model.. Cell Microbiol, 14(10), 1600-1619.
• Stapleton MR, Wright L, Clarke SR, Moseby H, Tarkowski A, Vendrengh M & Foster SJ (2012) Identification of conserved antigens from staphylococcal and streptococcal pathogens.. J Med Microbiol, 61(Pt 6), 766-779.
• Prince LR, Graham KJ, Connolly J, Anwar S, Ridley R, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MKB (2012) Staphylococcus aureus induces eosinophil cell death mediated by α-hemolysin.. PLoS One, 7(2), e31506.
• Hurd AF, Garcia-Lara J, Rauter Y, Cartron M, Mohamed R & Foster SJ (2012) The iron-regulated surface proteins IsdA, IsdB, and IsdH are not required for heme iron utilization in Staphylococcus aureus.. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 329(1), 93-100.
• Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) Super-resolution microscopy reveals cell wall dynamics and peptidoglycan architecture in ovococcal bacteria.. Mol Microbiol, 82(5), 1096-1109.
• Wheeler R, Mesnage S, Boneca IG, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2011) Super-resolution microscopy reveals cell wall dynamics and peptidoglycan architecture in ovococcal bacteria. Molecular Microbiology, 82(5), 1096-1109.
• Steele VR, Bottomley AL, Garcia-Lara J, Kasturiarachchi J & Foster SJ (2011) Multiple essential roles for EzrA in cell division of Staphylococcus aureus.. Mol Microbiol, 80(2), 542-555.
• Liew ATF, Theis T, Jensen SO, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Firth N, Lewis PJ & Harry EJ (2011) A simple plasmid-based system that allows rapid generation of tightly controlled gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology (Reading), 157(Pt 3), 666-676.
• Chaibenjawong P & Foster SJ (2011) Desiccation tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus.. Arch Microbiol, 193(2), 125-135.
• Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) Peptidoglycan architecture can specify division planes in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications, 1(3).
• Turner RD, Ratcliffe EC, Wheeler R, Golestanian R, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2010) Peptidoglycan architecture can specify division planes in Staphylococcus aureus.. Nat Commun, 1, 26.
• von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Konrad S, Foster S, Gessner JE & Medina E (2010) Protective Role of Complement C5a in an Experimental Model of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Bacteremia. Journal of Innate Immunity, 2(1), 87-92.
• Cooper EL, García-Lara J & Foster SJ (2009) YsxC, an essential protein in Staphylococcus aureus crucial for ribosome assembly/stability.. BMC Microbiol, 9, 266.
• Gill MR, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Smythe C, Battaglia G & Thomas JA (2009) A ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex for direct imaging of DNA structure in living cells. NAT CHEM, 1(8), 662-667.
• Zhao B, Howard-Knight JP, Humphris ADL, Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) Large scan area high-speed atomic force microscopy using a resonant scanner.. Rev Sci Instrum, 80(9), 093707.
• García-Lara J & Foster SJ (2009) Anti-Staphylococcus aureus immunotherapy: current status and prospects.. Curr Opin Pharmacol, 9(5), 552-557.
• Reikeras O, Sun JB, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Bastian D & Aasen AO (2009) Immunmodulation of Serum in Orthopedic Trauma. J TRAUMA, 67(3), 624-627.
• Chaudhuri RR, Allen AG, Owen PJ, Shalom G, Stone K, Harrison M, Burgis TA, Lockyer M, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ , Pleasance SJ et al (2009) Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH).. BMC Genomics, 10, 291.
• Anwar S, Prince LR, Foster SJ, Whyte MKB & Sabroe I (2009) The rise and rise of Staphylococcus aureus: laughing in the face of granulocytes.. Clin Exp Immunol, 157(2), 216-224.
• Clarke SR, Andre G, Walsh EJ, Dufrêne YF, Foster TJ & Foster SJ (2009) Iron-regulated surface determinant protein A mediates adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to human corneocyte envelope proteins.. Infect Immun, 77(6), 2408-2416.
• Kailas L, Ratcliffe EC, Hayhurst EJ, Walker MG, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2009) Immobilizing live bacteria for AFM imaging of cellular processes.. Ultramicroscopy, 109(7), 775-780.
• Reikeras O, Sun J, Wang JE, Foster SJ & Aasen AO (2008) Differences in LPS and PepG Induced Release of Inflammatory Cytokines in Orthopedic Trauma. J INVEST SURG, 21(5), 255-260.
• Dehlin M, Bokarewa M, Rottapel R, Foster SJ, Magnusson M, Dahlberg LE & Tarkowski A (2008) Intra-Articular Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand Expression Is a Driving Force in Induction and Progression of Arthritis. PLOS ONE, 3(11).
• von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Rohde M, Oehmcke S, Miller LS, Cheung AL, Herwald H, Foster S & Medina E (2008) Immunological Mechanisms Underlying the Genetic Predisposition to Severe Staphylococcus aureus Infection in the Mouse Model. The American Journal of Pathology, 173(6), 1657-1668.
• Hayhurst EJ, Kailas L, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2008) Cell wall peptidoglycan architecture in Bacillus subtilis.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(38), 14603-14608.
• Prajsnar TK, Cunliffe VT, Foster SJ & Renshaw SA (2008) A novel vertebrate model of Staphylococcus aureus infection reveals phagocyte-dependent resistance of zebrafish to non-host specialized pathogens.. Cell Microbiol, 10(11), 2312-2325.
• Myhre AE, Agren J, Dahle MK, Tamburstuen MV, Lyngstadaas SP, Collins JL, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2008) Liver X receptor is a key regulator of cytokine release in human monocytes. SHOCK, 29(4), 468-474.
• Vollmer W, Joris B, Charlier P & Foster S (2008) Bacterial peptidoglycan (murein) hydrolases. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32(2), 259-286.
• Foster S (2008) S. aureus: A 'superbug'. Microbiology Today, 35(1), 18-21.
• Clarke SR & Foster SJ (2008) IsdA protects Staphylococcus aureus against the bactericidal protease activity of apolactoferrin.. Infect Immun, 76(4), 1518-1526.
• Ruud TE, Gundersen Y, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Aasen AO (2007) Activation of cytokine synthesis by systemic infusions of lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan in a porcine model in vivo and in vitro. Surgical Infections, 8(5), 495-503.
• Stapleton MR, Horsburgh MJ, Hayhurst EJ, Wright L, Jonsson I-M, Tarkowski A, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2007) Characterization of IsaA and SceD, two putative lytic transglycosylases of Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 189(20), 7316-7325.
• Kirdis E, Jonsson IM, Kubica M, Potempa J, Josefsson E, Masalha M, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2007) Ribonucleotide reductase class III, an essential enzyme for the anaerobic growth of Staphylococcus aureus, is a virulence determinant in septic arthritis. MICROB PATHOGENESIS, 43(5-6), 179-188.
• Clarke SR, Mohamed R, Bian L, Routh AF, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ, Tarkowski A & Foster SJ (2007) The Staphylococcus aureus surface protein IsdA mediates resistance to innate defenses of human skin.. Cell Host Microbe, 1(3), 199-212.
• Hadley JS, Wang JE, Michaels LC, Dempsey CM, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2007) Alterations in inflammatory capacity and TLR expression on monocytes and neutrophils after cardiopulmonary bypass. SHOCK, 27(5), 466-473.
• Adlesic M, Verdrengh M, Bokarewa M, Dahlberg L, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2007) Histamine in rheumatoid arthritis. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 65(6), 530-537.
• Tiyawisutsri R, Holden MTG, Tumapa S, Rengpipat S, Clarke SR, Foster SJ, Nierman WC, Day NPJ & Peacock SJ (2007) Burkholderia Hep_Hap autotransporter (BuHA) proteins elicit a strong antibody response during experimental glanders but not human melioidosis. BMC MICROBIOL, 7.
• Koch A, Boehm O, Zacharowski PA, Loer SA, Weimann J, Rensing H, Foster SJ, Schmidt R, Berkels R, Reingruber S & Zacharowski K (2007) Inducible nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase-1 in the lung during lipopolysaccharide tolerance and cross tolerance. CRIT CARE MED, 35(12), 2775-2784.
• Cosgrove K, Coutts G, Jonsson I-M, Tarkowski A, Kokai-Kun JF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2007) Catalase (KatA) and alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) have compensatory roles in peroxide stress resistance and are required for survival, persistence, and nasal colonization in Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 189(3), 1025-1035.
• Reilkeras O, Wang JE, Foster SJ & Utvag SE (2007) Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan impairs fracture healing: An experimental study in rats. J ORTHOP RES, 25(2), 262-266.
• Murch O, Collin M, Sepodes B, Foster SJ, Mota-Filipe H & Thiemermann C (2006) Lysophosphatidylcholine reduces the organ injury and dysfunction in rodent models of Gram-negative and Gram-positive shock. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 148(6), 769-777.
• Clarke SR & Foster SJ (2006) Surface adhesins of Staphylococcus aureus.. Adv Microb Physiol, 51, 187-224.
• Shaw LN, Aish J, Davenport JE, Brown MC, Lithgow JK, Simmonite K, Crossley H, Travis J, Potempa J & Foster SJ (2006) Investigations into sigma(B)-modulated regulatory pathways governing extracellular virulence determinant production in Staphylococcus aureus. J BACTERIOL, 188(17), 6070-6080.
• Pourmand MR, Clarke SR, Schuman RF, Mond JJ & Foster SJ (2006) Identification of antigenic components of Staphylococcus epidermidis expressed during human infection.. Infect Immun, 74(8), 4644-4654.
• Agren J, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2006) Cytokine responses to CpG DNA in human leukocytes. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 64(1), 61-68.
• Myhre AE, Lyngstadaas SP, Dahle MK, Stuestol JF, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Lilleaasen P, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2006) Anti-inflammatory properties of enamel matrix derivative in human blood. J PERIODONTAL RES, 41(3), 208-213.
• Clarke SR, Brummell KJ, Horsburgh MJ, McDowell PW, Mohamad SAS, Stapleton MR, Acevedo J, Read RC, Day NPJ, Peacock SJ , Mond JJ et al (2006) Identification of in vivo-expressed antigens of Staphylococcus aureus and their use in vaccinations for protection against nasal carriage.. J Infect Dis, 193(8), 1098-1108.
• Wang YY, Dahle MK, Agren J, Myhre AE, Reinholt FP, Foster SJ, Collins JL, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2006) Activation of the liver X receptor protects against hepatic injury in endotoxemia by suppressing Kupffer cell activation. SHOCK, 25(2), 141-146.
• Masumoto J, Yang K, Varambally S, Hasegawa M, Tomlins SA, Qiu S, Fujimoto Y, Kawasaki A, Foster SJ, Horie Y , Mak TW et al (2006) Nod1 acts as an intracellular receptor to stimulate chemokine production and neutrophil recruitment in vivo. J EXP MED, 203(1), 203-213.
• Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Murch O, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2006) Insulin reduces the multiple organ injury and dysfunction caused by coadministration of lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan independently of blood glucose: Role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta inhibition. CRIT CARE MED, 34(5), 1489-1496.
• García-Lara J, Needham AJ & Foster SJ (2005) Invertebrates as animal models for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: a window into host-pathogen interaction.. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 43(3), 311-323.
• Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2005) Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus upregulates monocyte expression of CD14, toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), and TLR4 in human blood: Possible implications for priming of lipopolysaccharide signaling. INFECT IMMUN, 73(11), 7613-7619.
• Wang YY, Myhre AE, Pettersen SJ, Dahle MK, Foster SJ, Thlemermann C, Bjornland K, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2005) Peptidoglycan of Staphyloccus aureus induces enhanced levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in human blood originating from neutrophils. SHOCK, 24(3), 214-218.
• Psylinakis E, Boneca IG, Mavromatis K, Deli A, Hayhurst E, Foster SJ, Varum KM & Bouriotis V (2005) Peptidoglycan N-acetylglucosamine deacetylases from Bacillus cereus, highly conserved proteins in Bacillus anthracis. J BIOL CHEM, 280(35), 30856-30863.
• Steen A, Buist G, Horsburgh GJ, Venema G, Kuipers OP, Foster SJ & Kok J (2005) AcmA of Lactococcus lactis is an N-acetylglucosaminidase with an optimal number of LysM domains for proper functioning.. FEBS J, 272(11), 2854-2868.
• García-Lara J, Masalha M & Foster SJ (2005) Staphylococcus aureus: the search for novel targets.. Drug Discov Today, 10(9), 643-651.
• Shaw LN, Golonka E, Szmyd G, Foster SJ, Travis J & Potempa J (2005) Cytoplasmic control of premature activation of a secreted protease zymogen: Deletion of staphostatin B (SspC) in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 yields a profound pleiotropic phenotype. J BACTERIOL, 187(5), 1751-1762.
• Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Patel NSA, Bauer I, Mervaala EMA, Louhelainen M, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2005) GSK-3 beta inhibitors attenuate the organ injury/dysfunction caused by endotoxemia in the rat. CRIT CARE MED, 33(9), 1903-1912.
• Wang JE, Agren J, Aasen AO, Foster S & Thiemermann C (2004) SYNTHETIC CPG- AND GPC OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES ENHANCE THE TNF? RELEASE INDUCED BY PEPTIDOGLYCAN BUT NOT BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE. Critical Care Medicine, 32(Supplement), A18-A18.
• Wang JE, Wang Y, Myhre AE, Bjornland K, Aasen AO, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2004) PEPTIDOGLYCAN INDUCES THE RELEASE OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 (MMP-9) IN HUMAN BLOOD BY DEGRANULATION OF NEUTROPHILS. Critical Care Medicine, 32(Supplement), A137-A137.
• Jonsson I-M, Arvidson S, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2004) Sigma Factor B and RsbU Are Required for Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus -Induced Arthritis and Sepsis. Infection and Immunity, 72(10), 6106-6111.
• Wang JE, Pettersen S, Stuestol JF, Wang YY, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Aasen AO & Bjorland K (2004) Peptidoglycan of S-aureus causes increased levels of matrix metalloproteinases in the rat. SHOCK, 22(4), 376-379.
• Needham AJ, Kibart M, Crossley H, Ingham PW & Foster SJ (2004) Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for Staphylococcus aureus infection.. Microbiology (Reading), 150(Pt 7), 2347-2355.
• Huard C, Miranda G, Redko Y, Wessner F, Foster SJ & Chapot-Chartier MP (2004) Analysis of the peptidoglycan hydrolase complement of Lactococcus lactis: Identification of a third N-acetylglucosaminidase, AcmC. APPL ENVIRON MICROB, 70(6), 3493-3499.
• FOSTER S & CAMILLI A (2004) TechniquesThe age of enlightenment? Developing technologies in the post-genomic era. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 7(3), 274-276.
• Ruzheinikov SN, Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Artymiuk PJ, García-Lara J, Foster SJ & Rice DW (2004) Analysis of the open and closed conformations of the GTP-binding protein YsxC from Bacillus subtilis.. J Mol Biol, 339(2), 265-278.
• Horsburgh MJ, Wiltshire MD, Crossley H, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2004) PheP, a putative amino acid permease of Staphylococcus aureus, contributes to survival in vivo and during starvation.. Infect Immun, 72(5), 3073-3076.
• Lithgow JK, Hayhurst EJ, Cohen G, Aharonowitz Y & Foster SJ (2004) Role of a cysteine synthase in Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 186(6), 1579-1590.
• Myhre AE, Stuestol JF, Dahle MK, Overland G, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Lilleaasen P, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2004) Organ injury and cytokine release caused by peptidoglycan are dependent on the structural integrity of the glycan chain. INFECT IMMUN, 72(3), 1311-1317.
• Clarke SR, Wiltshire MD & Foster SJ (2004) IsdA of Staphylococcus aureus is a broad spectrum, iron-regulated adhesin.. Mol Microbiol, 51(5), 1509-1519.
• Wang JE, Dahle MK, Yndestad A, Bauer I, McDonald MC, Aukrust P, Foster SJ, Bauer M, Aasen AO & Thiemermann C (2004) Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus causes inflammation and organ injury in the rat. CRIT CARE MED, 32(2), 546-552.
• Calander AM, Jonsson IM, Kanth A, Arvidsson S, Shaw L, Foster SJ & Tarkowski A (2004) Impact of staphylococcal protease expression on the outcome of infectious arthritis. MICROBES INFECT, 6(2), 202-206.
• Lithgow JK, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2004) Role of the hprT-ftsH locus in Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology (Reading), 150(Pt 2), 373-381.
• Deutsch S-M, Guezenec S, Piot M, Foster S & Lortal S (2004) Mur-LH, the Broad-Spectrum Endolysin of Lactobacillus helveticus Temperate Bacteriophage φ-0303. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(1), 96-103.
• Shaw L, Golonka E, Potempa J & Foster SJ (2004) The role and regulation of the extracellular proteases of Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology (Reading), 150(Pt 1), 217-228.
• Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Ruzheinikov SN, Foster SJ & Rice DW (2004) Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a putative GTP-binding protein, YsxC, from Bacillus subtilis.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 60(Pt 1), 166-168.
• Wang JE, Dahle MK, McDonald M, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Thiemermann C (2003) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid in gram-positive bacterial sepsis: Receptors, signal transduction, biological effects, and synergism. SHOCK, 20(5), 402-414.
• Karavolos MH, Horsburgh MJ, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2003) Role and regulation of the superoxide dismutases of Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology (Reading), 149(Pt 10), 2749-2758.
• Gjertsson I, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2003) Polarization of cytokine responses in B- and T-lymphocytes during Staphylococcus aureus infection. Microbial Pathogenesis, 35(3), 119-124.
• Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A & Foster SJ (2003) Characterization of LytH, a differentiation-associated peptidoglycan hydrolase of Bacillus subtilis involved in endospore cortex maturation.. J Bacteriol, 185(13), 3813-3820.
• Chamaillard M, Hashimoto M, Horie Y, Masumoto J, Qiu S, Saab L, Ogura Y, Kawasaki A, Fukase K, Kusumoto S , Valvano MA et al (2003) An essential role for NOD1 in host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan containing diaminopimelic acid. NAT IMMUNOL, 4(7), 702-707.
• Sabroe I, Prince LR, Jones EC, Horsburgh MJ, Foster SJ, Vogel SN, Dower SK & Whyte MKB (2003) Selective roles for Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and TLR4 in the regulation of neutrophil activation and life span.. J Immunol, 170(10), 5268-5275.
• Kobayashi K, Ehrlich SD, Albertini A, Amati G, Andersen KK, Arnaud M, Asai K, Ashikaga S, Aymerich S, Bessieres P , Boland F et al (2003) Essential Bacillus subtilis genes. P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 100(8), 4678-4683.
• Huard C, Miranda G, Wessner FO, Bolotin A, Hansen J, Foster SJ & Chapot-Chartier MP (2003) Characterization of AcmB, an N-acetylglucosaminidase autolysin from Lactococcus lactis. MICROBIOL-SGM, 149, 695-705.
• Inohara N, Ogura Y, Fontalba A, Gutierrez O, Pons F, Crespo J, Fukase K, Inamura S, Kusumoto S, Hashimoto M , Foster SJ et al (2003) Host recognition of bacterial muramyl dipeptide mediated through NOD2. J BIOL CHEM, 278(8), 5509-5512.
• Øverland G, Morath S, Yndestad A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Smedsrød B, Mathisen Ø, Aukrust P, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2003) Lipoteichoic acid is a potent inducer of cytokine production in rat and human Kupffer cells in vitro. Surgical Infections, 4(2), 181-191.
• Bonen DK, Ogura Y, Nicolae DL, Inohara N, Saab L, Tanabe T, Chen FF, Foster SJ, Duerr RH, Brant SR , Cho JH et al (2003) Crohn's disease-associated NOD2 variants share a signaling defect in response to lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. GASTROENTEROLOGY, 124(1), 140-146.
• Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (2003) LytG of Bacillus subtilis is a novel peptidoglycan hydrolase: the major active glucosaminidase.. Biochemistry, 42(2), 257-264.
• Clarke SR, Harris LG, Richards RG & Foster SJ (2002) Analysis of Ebh, a 1.1-megadalton cell wall-associated fibronectin-binding protein of Staphylococcus aureus.. Infect Immun, 70(12), 6680-6687.
• Mehanni MM, Turnbull AP, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Foster S & Rice DW (2002) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of theytxMgene product fromBacillus subtilis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 58(12), 2138-2140.
• Fukushima T, Yamamoto H, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Sekiguchi J (2002) A polysaccharide deacetylase gene (pdaA) is required for germination and for production of muramic delta-lactam residues in the spore cortex of Bacillus subtilis. J BACTERIOL, 184(21), 6007-6015.
• Horsburgh MJ, Wharton SJ, Karavolos M & Foster SJ (2002) Manganese: elemental defence for a life with oxygen.. Trends Microbiol, 10(11), 496-501.
• Horsburgh MJ, Aish JL, White IJ, Shaw L, Lithgow JK & Foster SJ (2002) sigmaB modulates virulence determinant expression and stress resistance: characterization of a functional rsbU strain derived from Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.. J Bacteriol, 184(19), 5457-5467.
• Chirakkal H, O'Rourke M, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Moir A (2002) Analysis of spore cortex lytic enzymes and related proteins in Bacillus subtilis endospore germination.. Microbiology (Reading), 148(Pt 8), 2383-2392.
• Horsburgh MJ, Wharton SJ, Cox AG, Ingham E, Peacock S & Foster SJ (2002) MntR modulates expression of the PerR regulon and superoxide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus through control of manganese uptake.. Mol Microbiol, 44(5), 1269-1286.
• Ellingsen E, Morath S, Flo T, Schromm A, Hartung T, Thiemermann C, Espevik T, Golenbock D, Foster D, Solberg R , Aasen A et al (2002) Induction of cytokine production in human T cells and monocytes by highly purified lipoteichoic acid: involvement of Toll-like receptors and CD14.. Med Sci Monit, 8(5), BR149-BR156.
• Harris LG, Foster SJ, Richards RG, Lambert P, Stickler D & Eley A (2002) An introduction to Staphylococcus aureus, and techniques for identifyingand quantifying S. aureus adhesins in relation to adhesion to biomaterials:Review. European Cells and Materials, 4, 39-60.
• Jorgensen PF, Wang JE, Almlof M, Solberg R, Okkenhaug C, Scholz T, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ & Aasen AO (2001) Sirolimus interferes with the innate response to bacterial products in human whole blood by attenuation of IL-10 production. SCAND J IMMUNOL, 53(2), 184-191.
• Atrih A & Foster SJ (2001) In vivo roles of the germination-specific lytic enzymes of Bacillus subtilis 168.. Microbiology (Reading), 147(Pt 11), 2925-2932.
• Ruzheinikov SN, Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Hartley A, Foster SJ, Horsburgh MJ, Cox AG, McCleod CW, Mekhalfia A, Blackburn GM , Rice DW et al (2001) The 1.2 A structure of a novel quorum-sensing protein, Bacillus subtilis LuxS.. J Mol Biol, 313(1), 111-122.
• Liu Z-Q, Deng G-M, Foster S & Tarkowski A (2001) Staphylococcal peptidoglycans induce arthritis . Arthritis Research and Therapy, 3(6), 375-380. View this article in WRRO
• Das SK, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Ruzheinikov SN, Foster S, Hartley A, Horsburgh MJ & Rice DW (2001) Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis ofBacillus subtilisLuxS. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 57(9), 1324-1325.
• Atrih A & Foster SJ (2001) Analysis of the role of bacterial endospore cortex structure in resistance properties and demonstration of its conservation amongst species.. J Appl Microbiol, 91(2), 364-372.
• Herbert KC & Foster SJ (2001) Starvation survival in Listeria monocytogenes: characterization of the response and the role of known and novel components.. Microbiology (Reading), 147(Pt 8), 2275-2284.
• Wiltshire MD & Foster SJ (2001) Identification and analysis of Staphylococcus aureus components expressed by a model system of growth in serum.. Infect Immun, 69(8), 5198-5202.
• Harris LG, Richards RG & Foster SJ (2001) Staphylococcus aureus surface protein topography. European Cells and Materials, 1(SUPPL. 2), 38-39.
• Horsburgh MJ, Clements MO, Crossley H, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2001) PerR controls oxidative stress resistance and iron storage proteins and is required for virulence in Staphylococcus aureus.. Infect Immun, 69(6), 3744-3754.
• Jorgensen PF, Wang JE, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Solberg R & Aasen AO (2001) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid modify monocyte phenotype in human whole blood. CLIN DIAGN LAB IMMUN, 8(3), 515-521.
• Lindsay JA & Foster SJ (2001) zur: a Zn(2+)-responsive regulatory element of Staphylococcus aureus.. Microbiology (Reading), 147(Pt 5), 1259-1266.
• Bacher G, Korner R, Atrih A, Foster SJ, Roepstorff P & Allmaier G (2001) Negative and positive ion matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and positive ion nano-electrospray ionization quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry of peptidoglycan fragments isolated from various Bacillus species. J MASS SPECTROM, 36(2), 124-139.
• Horsburgh MJ, Ingham E & Foster SJ (2001) In Staphylococcus aureus, fur is an interactive regulator with PerR, contributes to virulence, and Is necessary for oxidative stress resistance through positive regulation of catalase and iron homeostasis.. J Bacteriol, 183(2), 468-475.
• Foster S (2001) Stressed out?. Trends in Microbiology, 9(1), 45-45.
• Pratten J, Foster SJ, Chan PF, Wilson M & Nair SP (2001) Staphylococcus aureus accessory regulators: expression within biofilms and effect on adhesion. MICROBES INFECT, 3(8), 633-637.
• Wang JE, Jorgensen PF, Ellingsen A, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Solberg R (2001) Peptidoglycan primes for LPS-induced release of proinflammatory cytokines in whole human blood. SHOCK, 16(3), 178-182.
• Zacharowski K, Berkels R, Olbrich A, Chatterjee PK, Cuzzocrea S, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2001) The selective guanylate cyclase inhibitor ODQ reduces multiple organ injury in rodent models of Gram-positive and Gram-negative shock. CRIT CARE MED, 29(8), 1599-1608.
• Saetre T, Kahler H, Foster SJ & Lyberg T (2001) Aminoethyl-isothiourea inhibits leukocyte production of reactive oxygen species and proinflammatory cytokines induced by streptococcal cell wall coiviponents in hunian whole blood. SHOCK, 15(6), 455-460.
• Wray GM, Foster SJ, Hinds CJ & Thiemermann C (2001) A cell wall component from pathogenic and non-pathogenic gram-positive bacteria (peptidoglycan) synergises with endotoxin to cause the release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, nitric oxide production, shock, and multiple organ injury/dysfunction in the rat. SHOCK, 15(2), 135-142.
• Saetre T, Kahler H, Foster SJ & Lyberg T (2000) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid, components of the streptococcal cell wall, have marked and differential effects on adhesion molecule expression and the production of reactive oxygen species in human whole blood leukocytes. SCAND J CLIN LAB INV, 60(4), 311-321.
• Wang JE, Jorgensen PF, Almlof M, Thiemermann C, Foster SJ, Aasen AO & Solberg R (2000) Peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus induce tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and IL-10 production in both T cells and monocytes in a human whole blood model. INFECT IMMUN, 68(7), 3965-3970.
• Smith TJ, Blackman SA & Foster SJ (2000) Autolysins of Bacillus subtilis: multiple enzymes with multiple functions.. Microbiology (Reading), 146 ( Pt 2), 249-262.
• Foster S (2000) Response from Foster. Trends in Microbiology, 8(1), 11-12.
• Zacharowski K, Olbrich A, Cuzzocrea S, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (2000) Membrane-permeable radical scavenger, tempol, reduces multiple organ injury in a rodent model of Gram-positive shock. CRIT CARE MED, 28(6), 1953-1961.
• Boland FM, Atrih A, Chirakkal H, Foster SJ & Moir A (2000) Complete spore-cortex hydrolysis during germination of Bacillus subtilis 168 requires SleB and YpeB.. Microbiology (Reading), 146 ( Pt 1), 57-64.
• Clements MO & Foster SJ (1999) Stress resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. TRENDS MICROBIOL, 7(11), 458-462.
• Lindsay JA & Foster SJ (1999) Interactive regulatory pathways control virulence determinant production and stability in response to environmental conditions in Staphylococcus aureus.. Mol Gen Genet, 262(2), 323-331.
• Clements MO, Watson SP & Foster SJ (1999) Characterization of the major superoxide dismutase of Staphylococcus aureus and its role in starvation survival, stress resistance, and pathogenicity.. J Bacteriol, 181(13), 3898-3903.
• Atrih A, Bacher G, Allmaier G, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (1999) Analysis of peptidoglycan structure from vegetative cells of Bacillus subtilis 168 and role of PBP 5 in peptidoglycan maturation.. J Bacteriol, 181(13), 3956-3966.
• Atrih A, Bacher G, Körner R, Allmaier G & Foster SJ (1999) Structural analysis of Bacillus megaterium KM spore peptidoglycan and its dynamics during germination.. Microbiology (Reading), 145 ( Pt 5), 1033-1041.
• Clements MO, Watson SP, Poole RK & Foster SJ (1999) CtaA of Staphylococcus aureus is required for starvation survival, recovery, and cytochrome biosynthesis.. J Bacteriol, 181(2), 501-507.
• Paget MSB, Chamberlin L, Atrih A, Foster SJ & Buttner MJ (1999) Evidence that the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor sigma(E) is required for normal cell wall structure in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). J BACTERIOL, 181(1), 204-211.
• Atrih A & Foster SJ (1999) The role of peptidoglycan structure and structural dynamics during endospore dormancy and germination.. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 75(4), 299-307.
• Chan PF, Foster SJ, Ingham E & Clements MO (1998) The Staphylococcus aureus Alternative Sigma Factor ς ^B Controls the Environmental Stress Response but Not Starvation Survival or Pathogenicity in a Mouse Abscess Model. Journal of Bacteriology, 180(23), 6082-6089.
• Chan PF & Foster SJ (1998) Role of SarA in virulence determinant production and environmental signal transduction in Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 180(23), 6232-6241.
• Chan PF, Foster SJ, Ingham E & Clements MO (1998) The Staphylococcus aureus alternative sigma factor sigmaB controls the environmental stress response but not starvation survival or pathogenicity in a mouse abscess model.. J Bacteriol, 180(23), 6082-6089.
• Watson SP, Antonio M & Foster SJ (1998) Isolation and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus starvation-induced, stationary-phase mutants defective in survival or recovery.. Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 11), 3159-3169.
• Atrih A, Zöllner P, Allmaier G, Williamson MP & Foster SJ (1998) Peptidoglycan structural dynamics during germination of Bacillus subtilis 168 endospores.. J Bacteriol, 180(17), 4603-4612.
• Chan PF & Foster SJ (1998) The role of environmental factors in the regulation of virulence-determinant expression in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.. Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 9), 2469-2479.
• Kengatharan KM, De Kimpe S, Robson C, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1998) Mechanism of gram-positive shock: Identification of peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid moieties essential in the induction of nitric oxide synthase, shock, and multiple organ failure. J EXP MED, 188(2), 305-315.
• Clements MO & Foster SJ (1998) Starvation recovery of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4.. Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 7), 1755-1763.
• McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1998) Molecular characterization of an autolytic amidase of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. Microbiology (Reading, England), 144.
• McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1998) Molecular characterization of an autolytic amidase of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 5), 1359-1367.
• Watson SP, Clements MO & Foster SJ (1998) Characterization of the starvation-survival response of Staphylococcus aureus.. J Bacteriol, 180(7), 1750-1758.
• Blackman SA, Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1998) The role of autolysins during vegetative growth of Bacillus subtilis 168.. Microbiology (Reading), 144 ( Pt 1), 73-82.
• Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1997) Autolysins during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis 168. FEMS MICROBIOL LETT, 157(1), 141-147.
• McLaughlan AM & Foster SJ (1997) Characterisation of the peptidoglycan hydrolases of Listeria monocytogenes EGD.. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 152(1), 149-154.
• Kengatharan M, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1997) Purified Staphylococcus aureus lipoteichoic acid induces nitric oxide synthase activity in murine macrophages. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 120, P335-P335.
• Atrih A, Zöllner P, Allmaier G & Foster SJ (1996) Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis 168 endospore peptidoglycan and its role during differentiation.. J Bacteriol, 178(21), 6173-6183.
• Kengatharan M, Robson CL, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Lipoteichoic acid from S-aureus, but not from B-subtilis, synergises with B-subtilis peptidoglycan to cause hyporeactivity to noradrenaline and organ injury in rats. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P18-P18.
• Kengatharan M, DeKimpe SJ, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Importance of lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan in the induction of nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophages by gram-positive organisms. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P62-P62.
• Robson CL, Kengatharan M, Foster SJ & Thiemermann C (1996) Lipoteichoic acid from various Gram-positive bacteria either alone or in combination with a fragment of peptidoglycan induce nitric oxide synthase in murine macrophages. BRIT J PHARMACOL, 119, P243-P243.
• Smith TJ, Blackman SA & Foster SJ (1996) Peptidoglycan hydrolases of Bacillus subtilis 168.. Microb Drug Resist, 2(1), 113-118.
• Foster SJ (1995) Molecular characterization and functional analysis of the major autolysin of Staphylococcus aureus 8325/4.. J Bacteriol, 177(19), 5723-5725.
• Smith TJ & Foster SJ (1995) Characterization of the involvement of two compensatory autolysins in mother cell lysis during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis 168.. J Bacteriol, 177(13), 3855-3862.
• Foster SJ (1994) The role and regulation of cell wall structural dynamics during differentiation of endospore-forming bacteria.. Soc Appl Bacteriol Symp Ser, 23, 25S-39S.
• Foster SJ (1993) Molecular analysis of three major wall-associated proteins of Bacillus subtilis 168: evidence for processing of the product of a gene encoding a 258 kDa precursor two-domain ligand-binding protein.. Mol Microbiol, 8(2), 299-310.
• Foster SJ (1993) Purification and characterization of an 'actomyosin' complex from Escherichia coli W3110.. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 110(3), 295-298.
• Foster SJ (1993) Analysis of Bacillus subtilis 168 prophage-associated lytic enzymes; identification and characterization of CWLA-related prophage proteins.. J Gen Microbiol, 139(12), 3177-3184.
• Foster SJ (1992) Analysis of the autolysins of Bacillus subtilis 168 during vegetative growth and differentiation by using renaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.. J Bacteriol, 174(2), 464-470.
• Foster SJ (1991) Cloning, expression, sequence analysis and biochemical characterization of an autolytic amidase of Bacillus subtilis 168 trpC2.. J Gen Microbiol, 137(8), 1987-1998.
• Hope W, Nambiar S, O’Brien S, Sharland M, Paterson DL, Yin M, Gilbert IH, Ferguson M, Peacock SJ, Buchan I , Reza N et al () Author Correction: Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Nature Microbiology, 10(5), 1258-1258.
• Hope W, Nambiar S, O’Brien S, Sharland M, Paterson DL, Yin M, Gilbert IH, Ferguson M, Peacock SJ, Buchan I , Reza N et al () Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Nature Microbiology, 10(4), 813-816.
• Wollman AJM, Miller H, Foster S & Leake MC () An automated image analysis framework for segmentation and division plane detection of single liveStaphylococcus aureuscells which can operate at millisecond sampling time scales using bespoke Slimfield microscopy. Physical Biology, 13(5), 055002-055002.
• Schroeder K, Jularic M, Horsburgh SM, Hirschhausen N, Neumann C, Bertling A, Schulte A, Foster S, Kehrel BE, Peters G & Heilmann C () Molecular Characterization of a Novel Staphylococcus Aureus Surface Protein (SasC) Involved in Cell Aggregation and Biofilm Accumulation. PLoS ONE, 4(10), e7567-e7567.

Book chapters

• Mesnage S & Foster SJ (2025) N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 1671-1677). Elsevier
• Mesnage S & Foster SJ (2013) N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine Amidase, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 1401-1407). Elsevier
• Dugo L, Collin M, Allen DA, Patel NSA, Bauer I, Mervaala EMA, Louhelainen M, Foster SJ, Yaqoob MM & Thiemermann C (2007) Inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3β in sepsis (pp. 128-142).
• FOSTER S, BURGESS I & PLANK R (2005) Investigation of membrane action in model scale slabs subject to high temperatures, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (pp. 933-940). Elsevier
• Foster SJ (2004) N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 866-868). Elsevier
• Foster SJ (2004) N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes Second Edition Volume 1 Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases (pp. 866-868).
• Foster SJ & Popham DL () Structure and Synthesis of Cell Wall, Spore Cortex, Teichoic Acids, S-Layers, and Capsules, Bacillus subtilisand Its Closest Relatives (pp. 21-41). ASM Press

Conference proceedings

• Gibson J, Jeffery C, Renshaw S & Foster S (2019) The role of augmenting material in Staphylococcus aureus interaction with macrophages. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Vol. 49 (pp 205-205)
• Uhlig F, Grundy L, Castro J, Brierley SM, Foster SJ & Grundy D (2018) Identification of modulators of intestinal nerve activity from Staphylococcus aureus. NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, Vol. 30
• Hobbs JK, Burns JM, Turner RD, Bailey RG, Kumar S, Tank RK, Mullin N & Foster SJ (2017) Cell wall architecture and the development of cell shape in S. aureus and E. coli. European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, Vol. 46(Suppl 1) (pp S100-S100). Edinburgh, UK, 16 July 2017 - 16 July 2017. View this article in WRRO
• Burns JM, Bailey RG, Kumar S, Turner RD, Mullin N, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2017) High resolution atomic force microscopy of living S. aureus bacterial cell wall. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S291-S291)
• Kumar S, Mullin N, Cartron ML, Leggett GJ, Foster SJ, Hunter CN & Hobbs JK (2017) High-resolution Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) imaging of native biological membrane systems. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S368-S368)
• Lemonche LP, Kumar S, Turner RD, Burns JM, Mullin N, Tank RK, Owen DS, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2017) Death or alive? Correlating the cell wall structure of sacculi and living bacteria using AFM. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 46 (pp S295-S295)
• Uhlig F, Foster S, Krueger D, Schemann M & Grundy D (2017) Effect of soluble mediators from Staphylococcus aureus on intestinal epithelial function and sensory signaling. NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, Vol. 29 (pp 128-128)
• Doroshenko N, Rimmer S, Foster S, MacNeil S & Douglas I (2017) Corneal infections: targeted eradication through antibiotic functionalized polymers. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 58(8)
• Dickinson RS, Thompson AAR, Thomson JP, Murphy F, Marriott HM, Tavares A, Willson J, Williams L, Lewis A, Forbes S , Stimson RH et al (2016) S104 Hypoxia preconditions the innate immune response to acute bacterial pulmonary infections. Thorax, Vol. 71(Suppl 3) (pp A61.2-A62)
• Johnson E, Wagner N, Williams A, Prajsnar T, Renshaw S & Foster S (2015) Co-operation during Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis. Journal of Infection, Vol. 71(6) (pp 684-684)
• Walther CG, Vahldieck M, Robinson D & Foster S (2015) New green emitting fluorochromes for Fluorescence Microscopy, specifically Structured Illumination Microscopy. Microscopy Microscience Congress 2015 (MMC 2015) (pp P2608-P2608). Manchester, 29 June 2015 - 2 July 2015.
• Thompson AAR, Marriott HM, Williams L, Shaw G, Hameed A, Parmar S, Preston JA, Simon MC, Johnson RS, Foster SJ , Dockrell DH et al (2013) HYPOXIA INDUCES HYPOTHERMIA AND SICKNESS BEHAVIOUR IN MICE FOLLOWING SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF LIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. THORAX, Vol. 68 (pp A140-A140)
• Bleiziffer I, Pohlentz G, McAulay K, Xia G, Hussain M, Peschel A, Foster SJ, Peters G & Heilmann C (2013) At least four glycosyltransferases are involved in the glycosylation of the plasmin-sensitive protein Pls in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 303 (pp 57-57)
• Anwar S, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MK (2009) SUBVERSION OF NEUTROPHIL APOPTOSIS BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS: CONSEQUENCES FOR BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS AND HOST DEFENCE. THORAX, Vol. 64 (pp A36-A36)
• Anwar S, Prince LR, Sabroe I, Foster SJ & Whyte MK (2007) Subversion of neutrophil apoptosis by Staphylococcus aureus. THORAX, Vol. 62 (pp A114-A115)
• Ruud TE, Gundersen Y, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Aasen AO (2006) Systemic petidoglycan (PegG) stimulates proinflammatory responses in synergy with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in an in vivo and in vitro porcine model.. SHOCK, Vol. 26 (pp 32-32)
• Tarkowski A, Verdrengh M, Jonsson IM, Magnusson M, Foster SJ & Liu ZQ (2005) Carbohydrates and biology of staphylococcal infections. GLYCOBIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, Vol. 564 (pp 115-116)
• Wang YY, Myhre AE, Foster SJ, Thiermann C, Bjornland K, Aasen AO & Wang JE (2005) Peptidoglycan of S aureus induced the release of MMP-9 in human blood by degranulation of neutrophils.. SHOCK, Vol. 23 (pp 76-77)
• Agren J, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C, Wang JE & Aasen AO (2005) Synthetic CpG- and GpC oligonucleotides enhance the TNF alpha release induced by peptidoglycan but not by lipopolysaccharide.. SHOCK, Vol. 23 (pp 22-22)
• Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2004) Monocyte cell surface receptor upregulation in response to stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. SHOCK, Vol. 21 (pp 21-21)
• Hadley JS, Wang JE, Foster SJ, Thiemermann C & Hinds CJ (2004) Cytokine responses to combined administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and peptidoglycan (PepG). SHOCK, Vol. 21 (pp 50-50)
• Atrih A & Foster SJ (2002) Bacterial endospores the ultimate survivors. INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL, Vol. 12(2-3) (pp 217-223)
• FOSTER SJ (1994) THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF CELL-WALL STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS DURING DIFFERENTIATION OF ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA. JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY, Vol. 76 (pp S25-S39)

Posters

• Pasquina Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner R, Foster S & Hobbs J (2019) Molecular Resolution of Gram Positive Bacteria Cell Wall using AFM.

Datasets

• Lemonche LP, Burns J, Turner R, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson J, Chakrabarti B, Bullough P, Foster S & Hobbs J (2020) The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall.
• Panchal V, Griffiths C, Mosaei H, Bilyk B, Sutton J, Carnell O, Hornby D, Green J, Hobbs J, Kelley W , Zenkin N et al Evolving MRSA: High-level β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is associated with RNA Polymerase alterations and fine tuning of gene expression.

Preprints

• Henriksen C, Bæk KT, Wacnik K, Gallay C, Veening J-W, Foster SJ & Frees D (2023) The ClpX chaperone and a hypermorphic FtsA variant with impaired self-interaction are mutually compensatory for coordinatingStaphylococcus aureuscell division, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Sutton JAF, Cooke M, Tinajero-Trejo M, Wacnik K, Salamaga B, Portman-Ross C, Lund VA, Hobbs JK & Foster SJ (2023) The roles of GpsB and DivIVA inStaphylococcus aureusgrowth and division, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ & Garner EC (2021) An Exhaustive Multiple Knockout Approach to Understanding Cell Wall Hydrolase Function inBacillus subtilis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Bojer MS, Wacnik K, Kjelgaard P, Gallay C, Bottomley AL, Cohn MT, Lindahl G, Frees D, Veening J-W, Foster SJ & Ingmer H (2018) SosA inhibits cell division inStaphylococcus aureusin response to DNA damage, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Rizzello L, Robertson JD, Elks PM, Poma A, Daneshpour N, Prajsnar TK, Evangelopoulos D, Canseco JO, Yona S, Marriott HM , Dockrell DH et al (2017) Targeting mononuclear phagocytes for eradicating intracellular parasites, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.