My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

PhD Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. 1995.

MSc Biochemistry, University of Dundee, Scotland. 1990.

BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland. 1989. 

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

Editor, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Section Editor, FEMS Microbiology Letters

Member of the editorial board:

Antibiotics (2019-date)

PeerJ (2017-date)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2007-12)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (2009-14)

Microbial Drug Resistance (2010-15).

Reviewer for publications including Science, Nature, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) etc

Expert reviewer for many grant award bodies including The Wellcome Trust, MRC, European Union, Innovate UK, Health Research Board, Ireland.

Prizes and awards

Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2000-8.

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Young Investigator Award 2002.

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

The Wellcome Trust, MRC, BBSRC, Innovate UK, EU, Health Research Board, Ireland. 

Visiting and honorary positions

Visiting Professor, University of Bath, Department of Chemistry, Bath, BA2 7AY. (Sep 2011 - Aug 2014).

Editorial Board membership

PeerJ

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Teaching

Subject areas

Molecular Microbiology

Research outputs

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Evolution

Microbial Genomics

Infectious Disease

Antibiotic Resistance

Bacteriophage Biology

  • Chapters in books

    Harper, D.R., McConville, M., Anderson, F.J., Enright, M.C. (2014) 'Antimicrobial Phages.' Molecular Medical Microbiology. pp. 567-581.

    White, P.J., Enright, M.C. (2010) 'Mathematical models in infectious disease epidemiology.' Infectious Diseases: Third Edition. pp. 70-75.

    Enright, M.C., Witte, W. (2004) 'Epidemiology of MRSA and MSSA.' Staphylococcus Aureus: Molecular and Clinical Aspects. pp. 31-65.

  • Journal articles

    Ragupathy, R., Jolley, K.A., Zamuner, C., Jones, J.B., Redfern, J., Behlau, F., Ferreira, H., Enright, M.C. (2023) 'Core-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing for Epidemiological and Evolutionary Analyses of Phytopathogenic Xanthomonas citri.' Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89(5)

    Soontarach, R., Srimanote, P., Enright, M.C., Blundell-Hunter, G., Dorman, M.J., Thomson, N.R., Taylor, P.W., Voravuthikunchai, S.P. (2022) 'Isolation and characterisation of bacteriophage selective for key Acinetobacter baumannii capsule chemotypes.' Pharmaceuticals, 15(4) pp. 443-443.

    Redfern, J., Wallace, J., van Belkum, A., Jaillard, M., Whittard, E., Ragupathy, R., Verran, J., Kelly, P., Enright, M.C. (2021) 'Biofilm associated genotypes of multiple antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.' BMC Genomics, 22

    Whittard, E., Redfern, J., Xia, G., Millard, A., Ragupathy, R., Malic, S., Enright, M.C. (2021) 'Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Novel Polyvalent Bacteriophages With Potent In Vitro Activity Against an International Collection of Genetically Diverse Staphylococcus aureus.' Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11

    Blundell-Hunter, G., Enright, M.C., Negus, D., Dorman, M.J., Beecham, G.E., Pickard, D.J., Wintachai, P., Voravuthikunchai, S.P., Thomson, N.R., Taylor, P.W. (2021) 'Characterisation of Bacteriophage-Encoded Depolymerases Selective for Key Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsular Exopolysaccharides.' Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11

    Redfern, J., Enright, M.C. (2020) 'Further understanding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s ability to horizontally acquire virulence: possible intervention strategies.' Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 18(6) pp. 539-549.

    Jaillard, M., van Belkum, A., Cady, K.C., Creely, D., Shortridge, D., Blanc, B., Barbu, E.M., Dunne, W.M., Zambardi, G., Enright, M., Mugnier, N., Le Priol, C., Schicklin, S., Guigon, G., Veyrieras, J.B. (2017) 'Correlation between phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility and the resistome in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.' International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 50(2) pp. 210-218.

    Li, X., Koç, C., Kühner, P., Stierhof, Y.D., Krismer, B., Enright, M.C., Penadés, J.R., Wolz, C., Stehle, T., Cambillau, C., Peschel, A., Xia, G. (2016) 'An essential role for the baseplate protein Gp45 in phage adsorption to Staphylococcus aureus.' Scientific Reports, 6

    van Belkum, A., Soriaga, L.B., LaFave, M.C., Akella, S., Veyrieras, J.B., Barbu, E.M., Shortridge, D., Blanc, B., Hannum, G., Zambardi, G., Miller, K., Enright, M.C., Mugnier, N., Brami, D., Schicklin, S., Felderman, M., Schwartz, A.S., Richardson, T.H., Peterson, T.C., Hubby, B., Cady, K.C. (2015) 'Phylogenetic Distribution of CRISPR-Cas Systems in Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.' mBio, 6

    Alves, D.R., Perez-Esteban, P., Kot, W., Bean, J.E., Arnot, T., Hansen, L.H., Enright, M.C., Jenkins, A.T. (2015) 'A novel bacteriophage cocktail reduces and disperses Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms under static and flow conditions..' Microbial Biotechnology, 9

    Beeton, M.L., Alves, D.R., Enright, M.C., Jenkins, A.T.A. (2015) 'Assessing phage therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa using a Galleria mellonella infection model.' International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 46(2) pp. 196-200.

    Bean, J.E., Alves, D.R., Laabei, M., Esteban, P.P., Thet, N.T., Enright, M.C., Jenkins, A.T.A. (2014) 'Triggered release of Bacteriophage K from agarose/hyaluronan hydrogel matrixes by staphylococcus aureus virulence factors.' Chemistry of Materials, 26(24) pp. 7201-7208.

    Alves, D.R., Gaudion, A., Bean, J.E., Perez Esteban, P., Arnot, T.C., Harper, D.R., Kot, W., Hansen, L.H., Enright, M.C., Jenkins, A.T.A. (2014) 'Combined use of bacteriophage K and a novel bacteriophage to reduce Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation.' Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80(21) pp. 6694-6703.

    Esteban, P.P., Alves, D.R., Enright, M.C., Bean, J.E., Gaudion, A., Jenkins, A.T.A., Young, A.E.R., Arnot, T.C. (2014) 'Enhancement of the antimicrobial properties of bacteriophage-K via stabilization using oil-in-water nano-emulsions.' Biotechnology Progress, 30(4) pp. 932-944.

    Hudson, L.O., Reynolds, C., Spratt, B.G., Enright, M.C., Quan, V., Kim, D., Hannah, P., Mikhail, L., Alexander, R., Moore, D.F., Godoy, D., Bishop, C.J., Huang, S.S. (2013) 'Diversity of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from residents of 26 nursing homes in orange county, california.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51(11) pp. 3788-3795.

    Murphy, C.R., Hudson, L.O., Spratt, B.G., Elkins, K., Terpstra, L., Gombosev, A., Nguyen, C., Hannah, P., Alexander, R., Enright, M.C., Huang, S.S. (2013) 'Predictors of hospitals with endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.' Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 34(6) pp. 581-587.

    Hudson, L.O., Murphy, C.R., Spratt, B.G., Enright, M.C., Elkins, K., Nguyen, C., Terpstra, L., Gombosev, A., Kim, D., Hannah, P., Mikhail, L., Alexander, R., Moore, D.F., Huang, S.S. (2013) 'Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains Isolated from Inpatients of 30 Hospitals in Orange County, California.' PLoS ONE, 8(4) pp. 1-8.

    Holden, M.T.G., Hsu, L.Y., Kurt, K., Weinert, L.A., Mather, A.E., Harris, S.R., Strommenger, B., Layer, F., Witte, W., De Lencastre, H., Skov, R., Westh, H., Žemličková, H., Coombs, G., Kearns, A.M., Hill, R.L.R., Edgeworth, J., Gould, I., Gant, V., Cooke, J., Edwards, G.F., McAdam, P.R., Templeton, K.E., McCann, A., Zhou, Z., Castillo-Ramírez, S., Feil, E.J., Hudson, L.O., Enright, M.C., Balloux, F., Aanensen, D.M., Spratt, B.G., Fitzgerald, J.R., Parkhill, J., Achtman, M., Bentley, S.D., Nübel, U. (2013) 'A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic.' Genome Research, 23(4) pp. 653-664.

    Rehfuss, M.C., Underwood, L.A., Enright, M., Hill, S., Marshall, R., Tipton, P., West, L., Warren, K. (2013) 'Treatment impact of an integrated sex offender program as measured by J-SOAP-II..' Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 19(2) pp. 113-123.

    Murphy, C.R., Hudson, L.O., Spratt, B.G., Quan, V., Kim, D., Peterson, E., Tan, G., Evans, K., Meyers, H., Cheung, M., Lee, B.Y., Mukamel, D.B., Enright, M.C., Whealon, M., Huang, S.S. (2013) 'Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes.' Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 34(3) pp. 325-328.

    Blake, K.L., Henry, M., Debarbieux, L., McConville, M.L., Prosser, I.M., Parracho, H.M., Enright, M.C., Harper, D.R. (2012) 'RATIONAL DESIGN OF A PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPEUTIC AND ITS EFFICACY IN A MURINE LUNG INFECTION MODEL.' PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, 47pp. 319-319.

    Larsen, J., Enright, M.C., Godoy, D., Spratt, B.G., Larsen, A.R., Skov, R.L. (2012) 'Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Staphylococcus aureus: Revision of the gmk locus.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(7) pp. 2538-2539.

    Köser, C.U., Holden, M.T.G., Ellington, M.J., Cartwright, E.J.P., Brown, N.M., Ogilvy-Stuart, A.L., Hsu, L.Y., Chewapreecha, C., Croucher, N.J., Harris, S.R., Sanders, M., Enright, M.C., Dougan, G., Bentley, S.D., Parkhill, J., Fraser, L.J., Betley, J.R., Schulz-Trieglaff, O.B., Smith, G.P., Peacock, S.J. (2012) 'Rapid whole-genome sequencing for investigation of a neonatal MRSA outbreak.' New England Journal of Medicine, 366(24) pp. 2267-2275.

    McAdam, P.R., Templeton, K.E., Edwards, G.F., Holden, M.T.G., Feil, E.J., Aanensen, D.M., Bargawi, H.J.A., Spratt, B.G., Bentley, S.D., Parkhill, J., Enright, M.C., Holmes, A., Girvan, E.K., Godfrey, P.A., Feldgarden, M., Kearns, A.M., Rambaut, A., Robinson, D.A., Fitzgerald, J.R. (2012) 'Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(23) pp. 9107-9112.

    Parracho, H.M., Burrowes, B.H., Enright, M.C., McConville, M.L., Harper, D.R. (2012) 'The role of regulated clinical trials in the development of bacteriophage therapeutics..' Journal of molecular and genetic medicine : an international journal of biomedical research, 6pp. 279-286.

    Hudson, L.O., Murphy, C.R., Spratt, B.G., Enright, M.C., Terpstra, L., Gombosev, A., Hannah, P., Mikhail, L., Alexander, R., Moore, D.F., Huang, S.S. (2012) 'Differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and adult patients from hospitals in a large county in California.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(3) pp. 573-579.

    Burrowes, B., Harper, D.R., Anderson, J., McConville, M., Enright, M.C. (2011) 'Bacteriophage therapy: Potential uses in the control of antibiotic-resistant pathogens.' Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 9(9) pp. 775-785.

    Harper, D.R., Enright, M.C. (2011) 'Bacteriophages for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.' Journal of Applied Microbiology,

    Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (2011) 'The genomic view of bacterial diversification.' Science, 331(6016) pp. 407-409.

    Harper, D.R., Anderson, J., Enright, M. (2011) 'Phage therapy: Delivering on the promise.' Therapeutic Delivery, 2(7) pp. 935-947.

    Harper, D.R., Anderson, J., Enright, M.C. (2011) 'Erratum: Phage therapy: Delivering on the promise (Therapeutic Delivery (2011) 2:7 (935-947)).' Therapeutic Delivery, 2(10)

    Harper, D.R., Enright, M.C. (2011) 'Bacteriophages for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.' Journal of Applied Microbiology, 111(1) pp. 1-7.

    Price, J., Baker, G., Heath, I., Walker-Bone, K., Cubbon, M., Curtis, S., Enright, M.C., Lindsay, J., Paul, J., Llewelyn, M. (2010) 'Clinical and microbiological determinants of outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.' International Journal of Microbiology, 2010pp. 1-7.

    Simpson, V., Davison, N., Hudson, L., Enright, M., Whatmore, A.M. (2010) 'Wildlife disease: Staphylococcus aureus ST49 infection in red squirrels.' Veterinary Record, 167(2)

    Smyth, D.S., McDougal, L.K., Gran, F.W., Manoharan, A., Enright, M.C., Song, J.H., De Lencastre, H., Robinson, D.A. (2010) 'Population structure of a hybrid clonal group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ST239-MRSA-III.' PLoS ONE, 5(1) pp. 1-10.

    Enright, M.C. (2010) 'ACTIVITY AND VIABILITY FOLLOWING AEROLIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BACTERIOPHAGE AGAINST CLINICAL ISOLATES FROM CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS.' PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, pp. 311-312.

    Ito, T., Hiramatsu, K., Oliveira, D.C., De Lencastre, H., Zhang, K., Westh, H., O'Brien, F., Giffard, P.M., Coleman, D., Tenover, F.C., Boyle-Vavra, S., Skov, R.L., Enright, M.C., Kreiswirth, B., Kwan, S.K., Grundmann, H., Laurent, F., Sollid, J.E., Kearns, A.M., Goering, R., John, J.F., Daum, R., Soderquist, B. (2009) 'Classification of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec): Guidelines for reporting novel SCCmec elements.' Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53(12) pp. 4961-4967.

    Smyth, D.S., Feil, E.J., Meaney, W.J., Hartigan, P.J., Tollersrud, T., Fitzgerald, J.R., Enright, M.C., Smyth, C.J. (2009) 'Molecular genetic typing reveals further insights into the diversity of animal-associated Staphylococcus aureus.' Journal of Medical Microbiology, 58(10) pp. 1343-1353.

    O'Hanlon, S.J., Enright, M.C. (2009) 'RE: A novel bactericidal fabric coating with potent in vitro activity against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).' International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 34(1) pp. 99-100.

    O'Hanlon, S.J., Enright, M.C. (2009) 'A novel bactericidal fabric coating with potent in vitro activity against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).' International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 33(5) pp. 427-431.

    Kalia, A., Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G., Bessen, D.E. (2009) 'Directional gene movement from human-pathogenic to commensal-like streptococci (Infection and Immunity (2001) 69, 8 (4858-4869)).' Infection and Immunity, 77(10)

    Liu, C., Graber, C.J., Karr, M., Diep, B.A., Basuino, L., Schwartz, B.S., Enright, M.C., O'Hanlon, S.J., Thomas, J.C., Perdreau-Remington, F., Gordon, S., Gunthorpe, H., Jacobs, R., Jensen, P., Leoung, G., Rumack, J.S., Chambers, H.F. (2008) 'A population-based study of the incidence and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in San Francisco, 2004-2005.' Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46(11) pp. 1637-1646.

    Miragaia, M., Carriço, J.A., Thomas, J.C., Couto, I., Enright, M.C., De Lencastre, H. (2008) 'Comparison of molecular typing methods for characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis: Proposal for clone definition.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46(1) pp. 118-129.

    Cookson, B.D., Robinson, D.A., Monk, A.B., Murchan, S., Deplano, A., De Ryck, R., Struelens, M.J., Scheel, C., Fussing, V., Salmenlinna, S., Vuopio-Varkila, J., Cuny, C., Witte, W., Tassios, P.T., Legakis, N.J., Van Leeuwen, W., Van Belkum, A., Vindel, A., Garaizar, J., Haeggman, S., Olsson-Liljequist, B., Ransjo, U., Muller-Premru, M., Hryniewicz, W., Rossney, A., O'Connell, B., Short, B.D., Thomas, J., O'Hanlon, S., Enright, M.C. (2007) 'Evaluation of molecular typing methods in characterizing a European collection of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: The HARMONY collection.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45(6) pp. 1830-1837.

    Miragaia, M., Thomas, J.C., Couto, I., Enright, M.C., De Lencastre, H. (2007) 'Inferring a population structure for Staphylococcus epidermidis from multilocus sequence typing data.' Journal of Bacteriology, 189(6) pp. 2540-2552.

    Thomas, J.C., Vargas, M.R., Miragaia, M., Peacock, S.J., Archer, G.L., Enright, M.C. (2007) 'Improved multilocus sequence typing scheme for Staphylococcus epidermidis.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45(2) pp. 616-619.

    Tristan, A., Bes, M., Meugnier, H., Lina, G., Bozdogan, B., Courvalin, P., Reverdy, M.E., Enright, M.C., Vandenesch, F., Etienne, J. (2007) 'Global distribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 2006.' Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(4) pp. 594-600.

    Durand, G., Bes, M., Meugnier, H., Enright, M.C., Forey, F., Liassine, N., Wenger, A., Kikuchi, K., Lina, G., Vandenesch, F., Etienne, J. (2006) 'Erratum: Detection of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones containing the toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 gene responsible for hospital- and community-acquired infections in France (Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2006) 44, 3 (847-853)).' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(8)

    Huws, S.A., Smith, A.W., Enright, M.C., Wood, P.J., Brown, M.R.W. (2006) 'Amoebae promote persistence of epidemic strains of MRSA.' Environmental Microbiology, 8(6) pp. 1130-1133.

    Enright, M.C. (2006) 'Genome of an epidemic community-acquired MRSA.' Lancet, 367(9512) pp. 705-706.

    Durand, G., Bes, M., Meugnier, H., Enright, M.C., Forey, F., Liassine, N., Wenger, A., Kikuchi, K., Lina, G., Vandenesch, F., Etienne, J. (2006) 'Detection of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones containing the toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 gene responsible for hospital- and community-acquired infections in France.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(3) pp. 847-853.

    Aires-De-Sousa, M., Boye, K., De Lencastre, H., Deplano, A., Enright, M.C., Etienne, J., Friedrich, A., Harmsen, D., Holmes, A., Huijsdens, X.W., Kearns, A.M., Mellmann, A., Meugnier, H., Rasheed, J.K., Spalburg, E., Strommenger, B., Struelens, M.J., Tenover, F.C., Thomas, J., Vogel, U., Westh, H., Xu, J., Witte, W. (2006) 'High interlaboratory reproducibility of DNA sequence-based typing of bacteria in a multicenter study.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(2) pp. 619-621.

    Short, B.R.D., Vargas, M.A., Thomas, J.C., O'Hanlon, S., Enright, M.C. (2006) 'In vitro activity of a novel compound, the metal ion chelating agent AQ+, against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.' Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 57(1) pp. 104-109.

    Lina, G., Durand, G., Berchich, C., Short, B., Meugnier, H., Vandenesch, F., Etienne, J., Enright, M.C. (2006) 'Staphylococcal chromosome cassette evolution in Staphylococcus aureus inferred from ccr gene complex sequence typing analysis.' Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 12(12) pp. 1175-1184.

    Robinson, D.A., Monk, A.B., Cooper, J.E., Feil, E.J., Enright, M.C. (2005) 'Evolutionary genetics of the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus in Staphylococcus aureus.' Journal of Bacteriology, 187(24) pp. 8312-8321.

    Ip, M., Yung, R.W.H., Ng, T.K., Luk, W.K., Tse, C., Hung, P., Enright, M., Lyon, D.J. (2005) 'Contemporary methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Hong Kong.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(10) pp. 5069-5073.

    Shore, A., Rossney, A.S., Keane, C.T., Enright, M.C., Coleman, D.C. (2005) 'Seven novel variants of the staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Ireland.' Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 49(5) pp. 2070-2083.

    Katayama, Y., Robinson, D.A., Enright, M.C., Chambers, H.F. (2005) 'Genetic background affects stability of mecA in Staphylococcus aureus.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(5) pp. 2380-2383.

    Robinson, D.A., Kearns, A.M., Holmes, A., Morrison, D., Grundmann, H., Edwards, G., O'Brien, F.G., Tenover, F.C., McDougal, L.K., Monk, A.B., Enright, M.C. (2005) 'Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone.' Lancet, 365(9466) pp. 1256-1258.

    Buckling, A., Neilson, J., Lindsay, J., Ffrench-Constant, R., Enright, M., Day, N., Massey, R.C. (2005) 'Clonal distribution and phase-variable expression of a major histocompatibility complex analogue protein in Staphylococcus aureus.' Journal of Bacteriology, 187(8) pp. 2917-2919.

    Enright, M. (2005) 'On why politics and MRSA don't mix..' The Health service journal, 115(5948)

    O'Brien, F.G., Lim, T.T., Chong, F.N., Coombs, G.W., Enright, M.C., Robinson, D.A., Monk, A., Saïd-Salim, B., Kreiswirth, B.N., Grubb, W.B. (2004) 'Diversity among community isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australia.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42(7) pp. 3185-3190.

    Holden, M.T.G., Feil, E.J., Lindsay, J.A., Peacock, S.J., Day, N.P.J., Enright, M.C., Foster, T.J., Moore, C.E., Hurst, L., Atkin, R., Barron, A., Bason, N., Bentley, S.D., Chillingworth, C., Chillingworth, T., Churcher, C., Clark, L., Corton, C., Cronin, A., Doggett, J., Dowd, L., Feltwell, T., Hance, Z., Harris, B., Hauser, H., Holroyd, S., Jagels, K., James, K.D., Lennard, N., Line, A., Mayes, R., Moule, S., Mungall, K., Ormond, D., Quail, M.A., Rabbinowitsch, E., Rutherford, K., Sanders, M., Sharp, S., Simmonds, M., Stevens, K., Whitehead, S., Barrell, B.G., Spratt, B.G., Parkhill, J. (2004) 'Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the evolution of virulence and drug resistance.' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(26) pp. 9786-9791.

    Feil, E.J., Enright, M.C. (2004) 'Analyses of clonality and the evolution of bacterial pathogens.' Current Opinion in Microbiology, 7(3) pp. 308-313.

    Monk, A.B., Curtis, S., Paul, J., Enright, M.C. (2004) 'Genetic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from intravenous drug user lesions.' Journal of Medical Microbiology, 53(3) pp. 223-227.

    Robinson, D.A., Enright, M.C. (2004) 'Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus by Large Chromosomal Replacements.' Journal of Bacteriology, 186(4) pp. 1060-1064.

    Robinson, D.A., Enright, M.C. (2004) 'Multilocus sequence typing and the evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.' Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 10(2) pp. 92-97.

    Howe, R.A., Monk, A., Wootton, M., Walsh, T.R., Enright, M.C. (2004) 'Vancomycin Susceptibility within Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineages.' Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(5) pp. 855-857.

    Robinson, D.A., Enright, M.C. (2003) 'Evolutionary Models of the Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.' Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 47(12) pp. 3926-3934.

    Canton, R., Morosini, M., Enright, M.C., Morrissey, I. (2003) 'Worldwide incidence, molecular epidemiology and mutations implicated in fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Data from the global PROTEKT surveillance programme.' Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 52(6) pp. 944-952.

    Wisplinghoff, H., Rosato, A.E., Enright, M.C., Noto, M., Craig, W., Archer, G.L. (2003) 'Related Clones Containing SCCmec Type IV Predominate among Clinically Significant Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates.' Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 47(11) pp. 3574-3579.

    Ip, M., Lyon, D.J., Chio, F., Enright, M.C., Cheng, A.F. (2003) 'Characterization of Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Hong Kong by Phage Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(11) pp. 4980-4985.

    Enright, M.C. (2003) 'The evolution of a resistant pathogen - The case of MRSA.' Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 3(5) pp. 474-479.

    Vandenesch, F., Naimi, T., Enright, M.C., Lina, G., Nimmo, G.R., Heffernan, H., Liassine, N., Bes, M., Greenland, T., Reverdy, M.E., Etienne, J. (2003) 'Community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carrying panton-valentine leukocidin genes: Worldwide emergence.' Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9(8) pp. 978-984.

    Van Leeuwen, W.B., Jay, C., Snijders, S., Durin, N., Lacroix, B., Verbrugh, H.A., Enright, M.C., Troesch, A., Van Belkum, A. (2003) 'Multilocus sequence typing of Staphylococcus aureus with DNA array technology.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(7) pp. 3323-3326.

    Feil, E.J., Cooper, J.E., Grundmann, H., Robinson, D.A., Enright, M.C., Berendt, T., Peacock, S.J., Smith, J.M., Murphy, M., Spratt, B.G., Moore, C.E., Day, N.P.J. (2003) 'How clonal is Staphylococcus aureus?.' Journal of Bacteriology, 185(11) pp. 3307-3316.

    Meats, E., Brueggemann, A.B., Enright, M.C., Sleeman, K., Griffiths, D.T., Crook, D.W., Spratt, B.G. (2003) 'Stability of serotypes during nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(1) pp. 386-392.

    Grundmann, H., Hori, S., Enright, M.C., Webster, C., Tami, A., Feil, E.J., Pitt, T. (2002) 'Determining the genetic structure of the natural population of Staphylococcus aureus: A comparison of multilocus sequence typing with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, and phage typing.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40(12) pp. 4544-4546.

    Enright, M.C., Robinson, D.A., Randle, G., Feil, E.J., Grundmann, H., Spratt, B.G. (2002) 'The evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(11) pp. 7687-7692.

    Kalia, A., Spratt, B.G., Enright, M.C., Bessen, D.E. (2002) 'Influence of recombination and niche separation on the population genetic structure of the pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes.' Infection and Immunity, 70(4) pp. 1971-1983.

    Day, N.P.J., Moore, C.E., Enright, M.C., Berendt, A.R., Smith, J.M., Murphy, M.F., Peacock, S.J., Spratt, B.G., Feil, E.J. (2002) 'Retraction [1].' Science, 295(5557)

    Kalia, A., Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G., Bessen, D.E. (2001) 'Directional gene movement from human-pathogenic to commensal-like streptococci.' Infection and Immunity, 69(8) pp. 4858-4869.

    Day, N.P.J., Moore, C.E., Enright, M.C., Berendt, A.R., Maynard Smith, J., Murphy, M.F., Peacock, S.J., Spratt, B.G., Feil, E.J. (2001) 'A link between virulence and ecological abundance in natural populations of Staphylococcus aureus.' Science, 292(5514) pp. 114-116.

    Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G., Kalia, A., Cross, J.H., Bessen, D.E. (2001) 'Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus pyogenes and the relationships between emm type and clone.' Infection and Immunity, 69(4) pp. 2416-2427.

    Feil, E.J., Holmes, E.C., Bessen, D.E., Chan, M.S., Day, N.P.J., Enright, M.C., Goldstein, R., Hood, D.W., Kalia, A., Moore, C.E., Zhou, J., Spratt, B.G. (2001) 'Recombination within natural populations of pathogenic bacteria: Short-term empirical estimates and long-term phylogenetic consequences.' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(1) pp. 182-187.

    Witte, W., Enright, M., Schmitz, F.J., Cuny, C., Braulke, C., Heuck, D. (2001) 'Characteristics of a new epidemic MRSA in Germany ancestral to United Kingdom EMRSA 15.' International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 290(8) pp. 677-682.

    Feil, E.J., Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (2000) 'Estimating the relative contributions of mutation and recombination to clonal diversification: A comparison between Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae.' Research in Microbiology, 151(6) pp. 465-469.

    Feil, E.J., Smith, J.M., Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (2000) 'Estimating recombinational parameters in Streptococcus pneumoniae from multilocus sequence typing data.' Genetics, 154(4) pp. 1439-1450.

    Zhou, J., Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (2000) 'Identification of the major Spanish clones of penicillin-resistant pneumococci via the Internet using multilocus sequence typing.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38(3) pp. 977-986.

    Enright, M.C., Day, N.P.J., Davies, C.E., Peacock, S.J., Spratt, B.G. (2000) 'Multilocus sequence typing for characterization of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible clones of Staphylococcus aureus.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38(3) pp. 1008-1015.

    Enright, M.C., Knox, K., Griffiths, D., Crook, D.W.M., Spratt, B.G. (2000) 'Molecular typing of bacteria directly from cerebrospinal fluid.' European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 19(8) pp. 627-630.

    Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (1999) 'Multilocus sequence typing.' Trends in Microbiology, 7(12) pp. 482-487.

    Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (1999) 'Extensive variation in the ddl gene of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae results from a hitchhiking effect driven by the penicillin-binding protein 2b gene.' Molecular Biology and Evolution, 16(12) pp. 1687-1695.

    Enright, M.C., Fenoll, A., Griffiths, D., Spratt, B.G. (1999) 'The three major Spanish clones of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae are the most common clones recovered in recent cases of meningitis in Spain.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 37(10) pp. 3210-3216.

    Coffey, T.J., Daniels, M., Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (1999) 'Serotype 14 variants of the Spanish penicillin-resistant serotype 9V clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae arose by large recombinational replacements of the cpsA-pbp1a region.' Microbiology, 145(8) pp. 2023-2031.

    Coffey, T.J., Enright, M.C., Daniels, M., Morona, J.K., Morona, R., Hryniewicz, W., Paton, J.C., Spratt, B.G. (1998) 'Recombinational exchanges at the capsular polysaccharide biosynthetic locus lead to frequent serotype changes among natural isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.' Molecular Microbiology, 27(1) pp. 73-83.

    Coffey, T.J., Enright, M.C., Daniels, M., Wilkinson, P., Berrón, S., Fenoll, A., Spratt, B.G. (1998) 'Serotype 19A variants of the Spanish serotype 23F multiresistant clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae.' Microbial Drug Resistance, 4(1) pp. 51-55.

    Enright, M., Zawadski, P., Pickerill, P., Dowson, C.G. (1998) 'Molecular evolution of rifampicin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.' Microbial Drug Resistance, 4(1) pp. 65-70.

    Shi, Z.Y., Enright, M.C., Wilkinson, P., Griffiths, D., Spratt, B.G. (1998) 'Identification of three major clones of multiply antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwanese hospitals by multilocus sequence typing.' Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 36(12) pp. 3514-3519.

    Enright, M.C., Spratt, B.G. (1998) 'A multilocus sequence typing scheme for Streptococcus pneumoniae: Identification of clones associated with serious invasive disease.' Microbiology, 144(11) pp. 3049-3060.

    Enright, M.C., McKenzie, H. (1997) 'Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis - Clinical and molecular aspects of a rediscovered pathogen.' Journal of Medical Microbiology, 46(5) pp. 360-371.

    Enright, M.C., Carter, P.E., MacLean, I.A., McKenzie, H. (1994) 'Phylogenetic relationships between some members of the genera Neisseria, Acinetobacter, Moraxella, and Kingella based on partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis.' International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 44(3) pp. 387-391.

    Richards, S.J., Greening, A.P., Enright, M.C., Morgan, M.G., McKenzie, H. (1993) 'Outbreak of Moraxella catarrhalis in a respiratory unit.' Thorax, 48(1) pp. 91-92.

    Morgan, M.G., McKenzie, H., Enright, M.C., Bain, M., Emmanuel, F.X.S. (1992) 'Use of molecular methods to characterize Moraxella catarrhalis strains in a suspected outbreak of nosocomial infection.' European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 11(4) pp. 305-312.

    Morgan, M.G., Stuart, C., Leanord, A.T., Enright, M., Cole, G.F. (1992) 'Citrobacter diversus brain abscess: Case reports and molecular epidemiology.' Journal of Medical Microbiology, 36(4) pp. 273-278.

    McKenzie, H., Morgan, M.G., Jordens, J.Z., Enright, M.C., Bain, M. (1992) 'Characterisation of hospital isolates of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis by SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins, immunoblotting and restriction-endonuclease analysis.' Journal of Medical Microbiology, 37(1) pp. 70-76.

  • Non-peer reviewed articles / reviews

    Redfern, J., Wallace, J., van Belkum, A., Jaillard, M., Whittard, E., Ragupathy, R., Verran, J., Kelly, P., Enright, M.C. (2019) Biofilm Associated Genotypes of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.