Barr Lab, Monash University

Publications

2024
Nature communications

Bacteriophage defends murine gut from Escherichia coli invasion via mucosal adherence.

Wu J, Fu K, Hou C, Wang Y, Ji C, Xue F, Ren J, Dai J, Barr JJ, Tang F.

2024
Clinical microbiology and infection

Phage resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and bidirectional effects impacting antibiotic susceptibility.

Nang SC, Lu J, Yu HH, Wickremasinghe H, Azad MAK, Han M, Zhao J, Rao G, Bergen PJ, Velkov T, Sherry N, McCarthy DT, Aslam S, Schooley RT, Howden BP, Barr JJ, Zhu Y, Li J.

2024
Soft matter

Universal scaling of the diffusivity of dendrimers in a semidilute solution of linear polymers.

Mariya S, Barr JJ, Sunthar P, Prakash JR.

2023
BMJ Open Respiratory Research

Single-arm, open-labelled, safety and tolerability of intrabronchial and nebulised bacteriophage treatment in children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Singh, J, et al.,.

2023
Journal of Hospital Infection

Quantifying the reduction of airborne infectious virus load using a ventilated patient hood

Lee, LYY, et al.,.

2023
bioRxiv

Mammalian cells internalize bacteriophages and utilize them as a food source to enhance cellular growth and survival

Bichet, MC, et al.,.

2023
Sensors and Actuators

Bacterial concentration and detection using an ultrasonic nanosieve within a microfluidic device

Ang, B, et al.,.

2023
Annual review of virology

A Mammalian Cell's Guide on How to Process a Bacteriophage.

Kan L, Barr JJ.

2023
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

The gut virome and the relevance of temperate phages in human health.

Avellaneda-Franco L, Dahlman S, Barr JJ.

2023
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Rapid assessment of changes in phage bioactivity using dynamic light scattering.

Dharmaraj T, Kratochvil MJ, Pourtois JD, Chen Q, Hajfathalian M, Hargil A, Lin YH, Evans Z, Oromí-Bosch A, Berry JD, McBride R, Haddock NL, Holman DR, van Belleghem JD, Chang TH, Barr JJ, Lavigne R, Heilshorn SC, Blankenberg FG, Bollyky PL.

2023
Global public health

AMR survivors? Chronic living with antimicrobial resistant infections.

Whittaker A, Do TT, Davis MDM, Barr J.

2022
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.

Bacteriophages evolve enhanced persistence to a mucosal surface

Chin, WH, et al.,.

2022
Microbiology Spectrum

Phage Cocktail Targeting STEC O157: H7 Has Comparable Efficacy and Superior Recovery Compared with Enrofloxacin in an Enteric Murine Model

Wang, Y, et al.,.

2022
Respirology

Point of emission air filtration enhances protection of healthcare workers against skin contamination with virus aerosol

Landry, SA, et al.,.

2022
EBioMedicine

Phage-antibiotic combination is a superior treatment against Acinetobacter baumannii in a preclinical study

Gordillo Altamirano, FL, et al.,.

2022
The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Fit-tested N95 masks combined with portable HEPA filtration can protect against high aerosolized viral loads over prolonged periods at close range

Landry, SA, et al.,.

2022
The Lancet Microbe

A metabolic perspective into antimicrobial tolerance and resistance

Bhusal, RP, Barr, JJ & Subedi, D.

2022
Scientific Reports

The gut virome in two indigenous populations from Malaysia

Lee, CZ, et al.,.

2022
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Comparative metabolomics revealed key pathways associated with the synergistic killing of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by a bacteriophage-polymyxin combination

Han, ML, et al.,.

2021
STAR Protocols

Protocols for studying bacteriophage interactions with in vitro epithelial cell layers

Bichet, MC, Patwa, R & Barr, J.J..

2021
mSystems

Component parts of bacteriophage virions accurately defined by a machine-learning approach built on evolutionary features

Thing, TY, et al.,.

2021
European Respiratory Journal

Viable virus aerosol propagation by positive airway pressure circuit leak and mitigation with a ventilated patient hood

Landry, SA. et al.,.

2021
Polymer

Engineering laminated paper for SARS-CoV-2 medical gowns

Hossain, L. et al.,.

2021
Bio-protocol

Screening for lysogen activity in therapeutically relevant bacteriophages

Gordillo Altamirano, FL., et al.,.

2021
Current Opinions in Biotechnology

Unlocking the next generation of phage therapy: the key is in the receptors

Gordillo Altamirano, FL & Barr JJ.

2021
Current Opinions in Biotechnology

Phages to shape the gut microbiota?

Dahlman, S, et al.,.

2021
iScience

Bacteriophage uptake by mammalian cell layers represents a potential sink that may impact phage therapy

Bichet, M, et al.,.

2021
Cell Host & Microbe

Rethinking phage-bacteria-eukaryotic relationships and their influence on human health

Wahida, A, Tang, F & Barr, JJ.

2021
mSystems

Temporal Stability and Genetic Diversity of 48-Year-Old T-Series Phages

Subedi, D & Barr, JJ.

2021
Nature Microbiology

Bacteriophage-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii are resensitized to antimicrobials

Gordillo Altamirano, FL, et al.,.

2021
Nature Ecology & Evolution

Host diversity slows bacteriophage adaptation by selecting generalists over specialists

Sant, D, et al.,.

2020
Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antipseudomonal bacteriophage therapy in rats: a proof-of-concept study

Lin, YW, et al.,.

2020
European Respiratory Journal

Viable virus aerosol propagation by positive airway pressure (PAP) circuit leak and mitigation with a ventilated patient hood

Landry, SA, et al.,.

2019
Cell Host & Microbe

Precision engineers: bacteriophages modulate the gut microbiome and metabolome

Barr, JJ.

2019
Scientific Reports

Impact of bacteria motility in the encounter rates with bacteriophage in mucus

Joiner et al.,.

2019
Frontiers in Microbiology

The Virome of Cerebrospinal Fluid: Viruses Where We Once Thought There Were None

Ghose C, et al.,.

2019
Nature Microbiology

Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

Edwards RA, et al.,.

2019
mSystems

Missing a Phage: Unraveling tripartite symbioses within the human gut

Barr JJ.

2019
Microbiology Australia

Phage research in 'organ-on-chip' devices

Chin WH, Barr JJ.

2019
Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Phage therapy in the postantibiotic era

Gordillo Altamirano FL, Barr JJ.

2019
Viruses

Interactions between Bacteriophage, Bacteria, and the Mammalian Immune System

Van Belleghem JD, Dabrowska K, Vaneechoutee M, Barr JJ, Bollyky PL.

2017
Immunological Reviews

A bacteriophage journey through the human body

Barr JJ.

2017
mBio

Bacteriophage transcytosis provides mechanism to cross epithelial cell layers

Nguyen S, Baker K, Padman BS, Patwa R, Dunstan RA, Weston TA, Schlosser K, Bailey B, Lithgow T, Lazarou M, Luque A, Rohwer F, Blumberg RS, Barr JJ.

2017
Antimicrobial Agent. Chemotherapy.

Development and use of personalized bacteriophage-based therapeutic cocktails to treat a patient with a disseminated resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection

Schooley RT, Biswas B, Gill JJ, Hernandez-Morales A, Lancaster J, Lessor L, Barr JJ, Reed SL, Rohwer F, Benler S, Segall AM, Taplitz R, Smith DM, Kerr K, Kumaraswamy M, Nizet V, Lin L, McCauley MD, Strathdee SA, Benson CA, Pope RK, Leroux BM, Picel AC, Mateczun AJ, Cilwa KE, Regeimbal JM, Estrella LA, Wolfe DM, Henry MS, Quinones J, Salka S, Bishop-Lilly KA, Young R, Hamilton T.

2016
ISME J.

Viruses and the origin of microbiome selection and immunity.

Quistad SD, Grasis JA, Barr JJ, Rohwer FL.

2016
PeerJ

Phage on tap–a quick and efficient protocol for the preparation of bacteriophage laboratory stocks

Natasha Bonilla, Maria Isabel Rojas, Giuliano Netto Flores Cruz, Shr-Hau Hung, Forest Rohwer, Jeremy J. Barr?.

2016
Environ. Microbiol.

Metagenomic and metaproteomic analyses of Accumulibacter phosphatis-enriched floccular and granular biofilm.

Barr JJ, Dutilh BE, Skennerton CT, Fukushima T, Hastie ML, Gorman JJ, Tyson GW, Bond PL.

2015
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

Subdiffusive motion of bacteriophage in mucosal surfaces increases the frequency of bacterial encounters.

Barr JJ, Auro R, Sam-Soon N, Kassegne S, Peters G, Bonilla N, Hatay M, Mourtada S, Bailey B, Youle M, Felts B, Baljon A, Nulton J, Salamon P, Rohwer F.

2015
Environ. Microbiol.

Expanding our view of genomic diversity in Candidatus?Accumulibacter clades.

Skennerton CT, Barr JJ, Slater FR, Bond PL, Tyson GW.

2015
Front Microbiol

A metagenomic approach to characterize temperate bacteriophage populations from Cystic Fibrosis and non-Cystic Fibrosis bronchiectasis patients.

Tariq MA, Everest FL, Cowley LA, De Soyza A, Holt GS, Bridge SH, Perry A, Perry JD, Bourke SJ, Cummings SP, Lanyon CV, Barr JJ, Smith DL.

2014
Nat Commun

A highly abundant bacteriophage discovered in the unknown sequences of human faecal metagenomes.

Dutilh BE, Cassman N, McNair K, Sanchez SE, Silva GG, Boling L, Barr JJ, Speth DR, Seguritan V, Aziz RK, Felts B, Dinsdale EA, Mokili JL, Edwards RA.

2013
Bacteriophage

Innate and acquired bacteriophage-mediated immunity.

Barr JJ, Youle M, Rohwer F.

2013
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

Bacteriophage adhering to mucus provide a non-host-derived immunity.

Barr JJ, Auro R, Furlan M, Whiteson KL, Erb ML, Pogliano J, Stotland A, Wolkowicz R, Cutting AS, Doran KS, Salamon P, Youle M, Rohwer F.

2011
FEMS Microbiol. Lett.

Pandemic pharmaceutical dosing effects on wastewater treatment: no adaptation of activated sludge bacteria to degrade the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) and loss of nutrient removal performance.

Slater FR, Singer AC, Turner S, Barr JJ, Bond PL.

2010
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.

Evidence for bacteriophage activity causing community and performance changes in a phosphorus-removal activated sludge.

Barr JJ, Slater FR, Fukushima T, Bond PL.

2010
Appl. Environ. Microbiol.

Granule formation mechanisms within an aerobic wastewater system for phosphorus removal.

Barr JJ, Cook AE, Bond PL.

2010
ISME J

Further limitations of phylogenetic group-specific probes used for detection of bacteria in environmental samples.

Barr JJ, Blackall LL, Bond P.

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Monash University
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