Publications
2020
Dawson, S., Tay, N., Greay, T., Gofton, A.W., Oskam, C., Fleming, P. 2020. Comparison of morphological and molecular methods to identify the diet of a generalist omnivore. Wildlife Research.
Margos, G., Castillo-Ramirex, S., Cutler, S., Dessae. R. B., Eikeland, R. et al. 2020. Rejection of the name Borreliella and all proposed species cob. nov. placed therin. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 70:5.
2019
Austen, J.M., Hall, J., Zahedu, A., Gofton, A.W., Ryan, U. 2019. Further characterisation of Haemocystidium chelodinae-like Hamoproteidae isolated from the Bellinger River snapping turtle (Myuchelys geogresi). Parasitology Research. doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06547-9.
Margos, G., Fingerle, V., Cutler, S., Gofton, A.W., Stevenson, B., Estrada-Pena, A. 2019. Controversies in bacterial taxonomy: The example of the genus Borrelia. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101335.
Greay, T.L., Gofton, A.W., Zahedi, A., Paparini, A., Linge K.L., Joll, C.A., Ryan U.M. 2019. Evaluation of 16S next-generation sequencing of hypervariable region 4 in wastewater samples: An unsuitable approach for bacterial enteric pathogen identification. Science of the Total Environment. 670. 1111-1124.
2018
Margos, G., Gofton, A. W., Wibberg, D., Dangel, A., Marosevic, D., Loh, SM., Oskam, C., Fingerle, V. 2018. The genus Borrelia reloaded. PLoS ONE. 13(12):e0208432.
Zahedi, A., Gofton, A. W., Greay, T., Monis, P., Oskam, C., Ball, A., Bath, A., Watkinson, A., Roberton, I., Ryan, U. 2018. Profiling the diversity of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in wastewater treatment plants in Australia using next generation sequencing. Science of the Total Environment. 644. 635-48.
Oskam, C., Owens, J., Codello, A., Gofton, A.W., Greay, T. 2018. Rethinking Coxiella infections in Australia. Microbiology Australia. 10. 223-225.
Gofton, A. W., Margos, G., Fingerle, V., Hepner, S., Loh, sm., Ryan, U., Irwin, P., Oskam, C. 2018. Genome-wide analysis of Borrelia turcica and ‘Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi’ shows relapsing fever-like genomes with unique genomic links to Lyme Borrelia. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution. 18, 72-81.
Zahedi, A., P. Monis, A. W. Gofton, C. Oskam, A. Ball, A. Bath, M. Bartkow, I. Robertson, & U. Ryan. 2018. Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in animals inhabiting drinking water catchments in three states across Australia. Water Research. 134. 327-340.
Cooper, C., S. Keatley, A. Northover, A. W. Gofton, F. Brigg, A. J. Lymbery, L. Pallant, P. L. Clode, & A. Thompson. 2018. Next-generation sequencing reveals widespread trypanosome diversity and polyparasitism in marsupuals from Western Australia. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 7(1). 58-67.
Gofton, A. W, S-M. Loh, A. D. Borbosa, A. Paparini, A. Gillett, J. Macgregor, C. L. Oskam, U. M. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2018. A novel Ehrlichia species in blood and Ixodes ornithorhynchi ticks from platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in Queensland and Tasmania, Australia. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 9(2): 435-442. 10.1016/j/ttbdis.2017.12.011.
Greay, T.L., A. W. Gofton, A. Paparini, U. M. Ryan, C. L. Oskam, & P. Irwin, 2018. Recent insights into the tick microbiome gained through next-generation sequencing. Parasites & Vectors. 11:12.
2017
Zahedi, A., Z. Durmic, A. W. Gofton, S. Kueh, J. Austin, M. Lawson, L. Callahan, J. Jardine, & U. Ryan, 2017. Cryptosporidium homai n. sp. (Aplicomplexa: Cryptosporidiiae) from the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus). Veterinary Parasitology. 245: 92-101.
Barbosa A. D., A. W. Gofton, A. Paparini, A. Codella, T. Greay, A. Gillett, K. Warren, P. Irwin & U. Ryan, 2017. Increased genetic diversity of Trypanosoma spp. in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and ticks identified using next-generation sequencing. PLoS ONE. 12 (7), e0181279.
Zahedi, A., A. W. Gofton, F. Jian, A. Paparini, C. Oskam, A. Ball, I. Robertson, & U. Ryan, 2017. Next-generation sequencing uncover within-host differences in the genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium gp60 subtypes. International Journal for Parasitology. 47: 601-607.
Gofton, A. W., H. P. Waudby, S. Petit, T. L. Greay, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2017. Detection and phylogenetic characterisation of novel Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in Amblyomma triguttatum subsp. from four allopatric populations in Australia. Ticks & Tick-Borne Diseases. 8, 749-756.
Nagaraj, V., L. Skillman, G. Ho, D. Li, & A. W. Gofton, 2017. Characterisation and comparason of bacterial communities on reverse osmaosis membranes of a full-scale desalination plant by bacterial 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding. NPJ Biofilms & Microbes. 3 (13).
Oskam, C. L., A. W. Gofton, T. L. Greay, R. Yang, S. Doggett, U. M. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2017. Molecular investigation into the presence of a Coxiella sp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in Australia. Veterinary Microbiology. 201: 141-145.
2016
Gofton, A. W., S. Doggett, A. Ratchford, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2016. Phylogenetic characterisation of two novel Anaplasmataceae, ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia australis‘ and ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia arcana‘, from Australian Ixodes holocyclus ticks. International Journal of Systematic & Evolutionary Microbiology. (66).
Loh, S.-M., A. W. Gofton, N. Lo, A. Gillett, U. M. Ryan, P. Irwin and C. L. Oskam, 2016. Novel Borrelia species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor, in Australia. Parasites & Vectors. 9 (1), 339.
Greay, T. L., C. L. Oskam, A. W. Gofton, R. L. Rees, U. M. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2016. A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of companion animals in Australia. Parasites & Vectors. 9 (207).
2015
Gofton, A. W., S. Doggett, A. Ratchford, C. L. Oskam, A. Paparini, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2015. Bacterial profiling reveals novel ‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia‘, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma species in Australian human-biting ticks. PLoS ONE. 10 (12).
Gofton, A. W., C. L. Oskam, N. Lo, T. Beninati, H. Wei, V. McCarl, D. C. Murray, A. Paparini, T. L. Greay, A. J. Holmes, M. Bunce, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin, 2015. Inhibition of the endosymbiont ‘Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii‘ during 16S rRNA gene profiling reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from Australia. Parasites & Vectors. 8 (1), 345.
Paparini, A., A. W. Gofton, R. Yang, N. White, M. Bunce, & U. M. Ryan, 2015. Comparison of Sanger and next generation sequencing performance for genotyping Cryptosporidium isolates at the 18S rRNA and actin loci. Experimental Parasitology. 151-152, 21-27.
Miro, G., R. Checa, A. Paparini, N. Ortega, J. L. Gonzalez-Fraga, A. W. Gofton, A. Bartolome, A. Montoya, R. Galvez, P. P. Mayo, & P. Irwin, 2015. Theileria annae (syn. Babesia microti-like) infection in dogs in NW Spain detected using direct and indirect diagnostic techniques: clinical report of 75 cases. Parasites & Vectors. 8, (217).
2013
Caragata, E. P., E. Rancès, L. M. Hedges, A. W. Gofton, K. N. Johnson, S. L. O’Neill, & E. A. McGraw, 2013. Dietary cholesterol modulates pathogen blocking by Wolbachia. PLoS Pathogens. 9 (6).
Select conference papers
Gofton A. W., U. Ryan, P. Irwin, & The Vector and Water-borne Pathogen Research Group (Murdoch University). The diversity of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Neoehrlichia species in native Australian ticks. 9th Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Conference & the 1st Asia Pacific Rickettsia Conference, Cairns, 2017.
Gofton A. W., S. Doggett, A. Ratchford, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin. Anaplasmataceae in Australia: Description of the first tick-borne Anaplasmataceae species endemic to Australia. International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, and the Australian Society for Parasitology conference, Brisbane, 2016
Gofton A. W., K. Loh, S. Doggett, A. Ratchford, T. Greay, C. Oskam, A. Paparini, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin. Australian tick-borne bacteria: Instight gained through next-generation sequencing. Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, The Gold Coast, 2016
Gofton A. W., C. Oskam, A. Paparini, T. Greay, U. Ryan, & P. Irwin. Discovery of novel candidate pathogens in Australian ticks. Combined Biological Sciences Meeting, Perth, 2015
Australian Society for Microbiology, 2016
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