"Characterization of integration host factor (IHF) binding upstream of the cysteine-rich protein operon (omcAB) promoter of Chlamydia trachomatis LGV serovar L2" in Molecular Microbiology

"Cross-species hybridization of a Borrelia burgdorferi DNA array reveals infection- and culture-associated genes of the unsequenced genome of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia hermsii" in Molecular Microbiology

"Transgenic Expression of RecA of the Spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii in Escherichia coli Revealed Differences in DNA Repair and Recombination Phenotypes" in Journal of Bacteriology

"Function and Evolution of Plasmid-Borne Genes for Pyrimidine Biosynthesis in Borrelia spp" in Journal of Bacteriology

"Highly Prevalent Coxiella sp. Bacterium in the Tick Vector Amblyomma americanum" in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

"Antibiotic Treatment of the Tick Vector Amblyomma americanum Reduced Reproductive Fitness" in PLOS ONE

"Molecular detection and identification of Rickettsia species in Ixodes pacificus in California" in Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

"Coxiella-like endosymbionts" in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

"Field and laboratory studies on the transmission of the spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. phylotype G021 by the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)" in Proceedings and Papers of the Annual Conference of the California Mosquito Control Association

"Host blood meal-dependent growth ensures transovarial transmission and transstadial passage of Rickettsia sp. phylotype G021 in the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)" in Ticks and Tick-born Diseases

“Prevalence and burden of two rickettsial phylotypes (G021 and G022) in Ixodes pacificus from California by real-time quantitative PCR” in Ticks and Tick-born Diseases

"Ixodes pacificus ticks maintain embryogenesis and egg hatching after antibiotic treatment of Rickettsia endosymbiont" in PloS ONE

"Scrub Typhus, a Disease with Increasing Threat in Guangdong, China" in PLOS ONE

"The Rickettsia Endosymbiont of Ixodes pacificus Contains All the Genes of De Novo Folate Biosynthesis" in PLoS ONE

"Enhanced detection of Rickettsia species in Ixodes pacificus using highly sensitive fluorescence in situ hybridization coupled with Tyramide Signal Amplification" in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

"The folA gene from the Rickettsia endosymbiont of Ixodes pacificus encodes a functional dihydrofolate reductase enzyme" in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

“Isolation and characterization of a Rickettsia from the ovary of a Western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus" in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

“Gtp Cyclohydrolase I Activity From Rickettsia Monacensis Strain Humboldt, A Rickettsial Endosymbiont Of Ixodes Pacificus” in Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

"Detection and Isolation of Rickettsia tillamookensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) From Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) From Multiple Regions of California" in Journal of Medical Entomology

"Functional analysis of Rickettsia monacensis strain humboldt folA dihydrofolate reductase gene via complementation assay" in Ticks and Tick-born Diseases

"Prevalence of Rickettsia species phylotype G022 and Rickettsia tillamookensis in Ixodes pacificus nymphs and adults from Northern California" in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

"Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Clade-Specific Genetic Variation in Blacklegged Ticks" in Ecology and Evolution