Book Chapter
Barnett, Timothy C., Daw, Jessica N., Walker, Mark J. and Brouwer, Stephan (2020). Genetic manipulation of Group A Streptococcus - gene deletion by allelic replacement. Group A Streptococcus: methods and protocols. (pp. 59-69) edited by Thomas Proft and Jacelyn M. S. Loh. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0467-0_5
Journal Articles
Pritchard, Jarrad, Proctor, Emma-Jayne, Wang, Jiawa, Johnston, Nikolas P., Hayes, Andrew, McCorkell, Georgia, Yu, Haibo, Tree, Jai, Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J., Sluyter, Ronald, Brouwer, Stephan and Sanderson-Smith, Martina L. (2026). Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes. Febs Open Bio. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.70275
You, Yuanhai, Yu, Dingle, Yang, Chao, Peng, Xiaomin, Xie, Ouli, Chang, Hesheng, Hua, Chunzhen, Zhao, Fei, Yan, Xiaomei, Zhang, Menghan, Ruan, Xinwei, Wells, Jasmine E. J., Brouwer, Stephan, Duitama González, Camila, Fang, Ming, Yu, Xiaojie, Sun, Lu, Wei, Xiaoyue, Liu, Jie, Zhang, Daitao, He, Lihua, Wang, Jiazheng, Sun, Chuyang, Zheng, Yuejie, Duchene, Sebastian, Zhou, Mingming, Sun, Lifang, Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J. ... Yang, Yonghong (2026). Emergence of distinct Streptococcus pyogenes emm1 and emm12 lineages in China. Nature Microbiology, 11 (5), 1245-1255. doi: 10.1038/s41564-026-02324-4
Bertolla, Olivia M., Walker, Mark J. and Brouwer, Stephan (2026). Tracing the recent evolution of Group A Streptococcus M1 serotype. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 15 (1) 2623691. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2026.2623691
Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Sebina, Ismail, Bolton, Rhiannon A., Finn, Meredith, Cork, Amanda J., Courtney, Isabel G., Hancock, Steven, Pelingon, Ruby, Richter, Johanna, Ericsson, Olivia, Green, Shannon, Cuellar, Celeste, Davis, Laura, Pullinger, Brody, Na, Jack, Elangovan, Gayathiri, De Oliveira, David M. P., Curren, Bodie F., Bickham, Nia, Aguirre, Miguel, Dold, Christina, Brouwer, Stephan, Plante, Obadiah, Belz, Gabrielle T. and Walker, Mark J. (2025). An mRNA vaccine encoding five conserved Group A Streptococcus antigens. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 5439, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60580-0
Brouwer, Stephan, Das, Swairindhree, Hayes, Andrew J., Bertolla, Olivia M., Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J., Whiley, David M., Irwin, Adam D. and Tickner, Jacob A. (2025). A rapid molecular detection tool for toxigenic M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 231 (2), e375-e384. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae437
Richter, Johanna, Cork, Amanda J., Ong, Yvette, Keller, Nadia, Hayes, Andrew J., Schembri, Mark A., Jennison, Amy V., Davies, Mark R., Schroder, Kate, Walker, Mark J. and Brouwer, Stephan (2025). Characterization of a novel covS SNP identified in Australian group A Streptococcus isolates derived from the M1 UK lineage. mBio, 16 (2) e0336624, e0336624. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03366-24
Shaw, Phoebe K., Hayes, Andrew J., Langton, Maree, Berkhout, Angela, Grimwood, Keith, Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J. and Brouwer, Stephan (2024). Clinical snapshot of group A streptococcal isolates from an Australian tertiary hospital. Pathogens, 13 (11) 956, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13110956
Mu, Andre, Klare, William P., Baines, Sarah L., Ignatius Pang, C. N., Guérillot, Romain, Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Keller, Nadia, Wilksch, Jonathan, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Keller, Bernhard, Nijagal, Brunda, Tull, Dedreia, Dayalan, Saravanan, Chua, Hwa Huat Charlie, Skoneczny, Dominik, Koval, Jason, Hachani, Abderrahman, Shah, Anup D., Neha, Nitika, Jadhav, Snehal, Partridge, Sally R., Cork, Amanda J., Peters, Kate, Bertolla, Olivia, Brouwer, Stephan, Hancock, Steven J., Álvarez-Fraga, Laura, De Oliveira, David M. P. ... Walker, Mark J. (2023). Integrative omics identifies conserved and pathogen-specific responses of sepsis-causing bacteria. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1530, 1-21. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37200-w
Brouwer, Stephan, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Curren, Bodie F., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, De Oliveira, David M. P., Jespersen, Magnus G., Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2023). Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 21 (7), 431-447. doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00865-7
Davies, Mark R., Keller, Nadia, Brouwer, Stephan, Jespersen, Magnus G., Cork, Amanda J., Hayes, Andrew J., Pitt, Miranda E., De Oliveira, David M. P., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Bertolla, Olivia M., Mediati, Daniel G., Curren, Bodie F., Taiaroa, George, Lacey, Jake A., Smith, Helen V., Fang, Ning-Xia, Coin, Lachlan J. M., Stevens, Kerrie, Tong, Steven Y. C., Sanderson-Smith, Martina, Tree, Jai J., Irwin, Adam D., Grimwood, Keith, Howden, Benjamin P., Jennison, Amy V. and Walker, Mark J. (2023). Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes M1UK in Australia and characterization of the mutation driving enhanced expression of superantigen SpeA. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1051, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36717-4
Brouwer, Stephan, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Curren, Bodie F., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, De Oliveira, David M. P., Jespersen, Magnus G., Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2023). Author Correction: Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection (Nature Reviews Microbiology, (2023), 21, 7, (431-447), 10.1038/s41579-023-00865-7). Nature Reviews Microbiology, 21 (9), 619-619. doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00939-6
Brouwer, Stephan, Jespersen, Magnus G., Ong, Cheryl-lynn Y., De Oliveira, David M. P., Keller, Bernhard, Cork, Amanda J., Djoko, Karrera Y., Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2022). Streptococcus pyogenes hijacks host glutathione for growth and innate immune evasion. mBio, 13 (3), e0067622. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00676-22
De Oliveira, David M. P., Keller, Bernhard, Hayes, Andrew J., Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Li, Gen, Keller, Nadia, Bohlmann, Lisa, Brouwer, Stephan, Turner, Andrew G., Cork, Amanda J., Jones, Thomas R., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Davies, Mark R., McDevitt, Christopher A., Itzstein, Mark von and Walker, Mark J. (2022). Neurodegenerative disease treatment drug PBT2 breaks intrinsic polymyxin resistance in Gram-positive bacteria. Antibiotics, 11 (4) 449, 449. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11040449
De Oliveira, David M. P., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Steiner, Bernhard, Zhang, Bing, Zuegg, Johannes, El-deeb, Ibrahim M., Li, Gen, Keller, Nadia, Brouwer, Stephan, Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Alquethamy, Saleh F., Beatson, Scott A., Roberts, Jason A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Schembri, Mark A., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2022). Rescuing Tetracycline Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pulmonary Infection. mBio, 13 (1) e03517, e0351721-1. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03517-21
Hurst, Jacklyn R., Brouwer, Stephan, Walker, Mark J. and McCormick, John K. (2021). Streptococcal superantigens and the return of scarlet fever. PLOS Pathogens, 17 (12) e1010097, e1010097. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010097
Richter, Johanna, Monteleone, Mercedes M, Cork, Amanda J., Barnett, Timothy C., Nizet, Victor, Brouwer, Stephan, Schroder, Kate and Walker, Mark J. (2021). Streptolysins are the primary inflammasome activators in macrophages during Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Immunology and Cell Biology, 99 (10), 1-13. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12499
Richter, Johanna, Brouwer, Stephan, Schroder, Kate and Walker, Mark J. (2021). Inflammasome activation and IL ‐1β signalling in Group A Streptococcus disease. Cellular Microbiology, 23 (9) e13373, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13373
Stewart, Louisa J., Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Zhang, May M., Brouwer, Stephan, McIntyre, Liam, Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J., McEwan, Alastair G., Waldron, Kevin J. and Djoko, Karrera Y. (2020). Role of glutathione in buffering excess intracellular copper in Streptococcus pyogenes. mBio, 11 (6) e02804-20, 1-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02804-20
Brouwer, Stephan, Barnett, Timothy C., Ly, Diane, Kasper, Katherine J., De Oliveira, David M. P., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Cork, Amanda J., McIntyre, Liam, Jespersen, Magnus G., Richter, Johanna, Schulz, Benjamin L., Dougan, Gordon, Nizet, Victor, Yuen, Kwok-Yung, You, Yuanhai, McCormick, John K., Sanderson-Smith, Martina L., Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5018, 5018. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18700-5
De Oliveira, David M. P., Bohlmann, Lisa, Conroy, Trent, Jen, Freda E.-C., Everest-Dass, Arun, Hansford, Karl A., Bolisetti, Raghu, El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lacey, Jake A., Tan, Aimee, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Brouwer, Stephan, Keller, Nadia, Kidd, Timothy J., Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Cook, Gregory M., Davies, Mark R., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Li, Jian, Schembri, Mark A., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Jennings, Michael P., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis. Science Translational Medicine, 12 (570) abb3791, eabb3791. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb3791
Shewell, Lucy K., Day, Christopher J., Jen, Freda E.-C., Haselhorst, Thomas, Atack, John M., Reijneveld, Josephine F., Everest-Dass, Arun, James, David B. A., Boguslawski, Kristina M., Brouwer, Stephan, Gillen, Christine M., Luo, Zhenyao, Kobe, Bostjan, Nizet, Victor, von Itzstein, Mark, Walker, Mark J., Paton, Adrienne W., Paton, James C., Torres, Victor J. and Jennings, Michael P. (2020). All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors. Science Advances, 6 (21) EAAZ4926, eaaz4926. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz4926
Brouwer, Stephan, Lacey, Jake A., You, Yuanhai, Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2019). Scarlet fever changes its spots. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19 (11), 1154-1155. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30494-3
De Oliveira, David M. P., Everest-Dass, Arun, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Day, Christopher J., Indraratna, Anuk, Brouwer, Stephan, Cleary, Ailish, Kautto, Liisa, Gorman, Jody, Packer, Nicolle H., Jennings, Michael P., Walker, Mark J. and Sanderson-Smith, Martina L. (2019). Human glycan expression patterns influence Group A streptococcal colonization of epithelial cells. FASEB Journal, 33 (10), 10808-10818. doi: 10.1096/fj.201900559R
Brouwer, Stephan and Walker, Mark J. (2019). The serotype-specific role of regulator of cov polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of invasive group a streptococcal infections. American Journal of Pathology, 189 (10), 1913-1915. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.07.005
Walker, Mark J., Brouwer, Stephan, Forde, Brian M., Worthing, Kate A., McIntyre, Liam, Sundac, Lana, Maloney, Sam, Roberts, Leah W., Barnett, Timothy C., Richter, Johanna, Cork, Amanda J., Irwin, Adam D., You, Yuanhai, Zhang, Jianzhong, Dougan, Gordon, Yuen, K. Y., Nizet, Victor, Beatson, Scott A., Grimwood, Keith and Davies, Mark R. (2019). Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (7), 1232-1234. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
Walker, Mark J. and Brouwer, Stephan (2018). Scarlet fever makes a comeback. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18 (2), 128-129. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30694-1
Brouwer, Stephan, Cork, Amanda J., Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Barnett, Timothy C., West, Nicholas P., McIver, Kevin S. and Walker, Mark J. (2018). The endopeptidase PepO regulates the SpeB cysteine protease and is essential for the virulence of invasive M1T1 Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Bacteriology, 200 (8) e00654-17, e00654-17. doi: 10.1128/JB.00654-17
Brouwer, Stephan, Barnett, Timothy C., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Rohde, Manfred and Walker, Mark J. (2016). Streptococcus pyogenes adhesion and colonization. FEBS Letters, 590 (21), 3739-3757. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12254
Brouwer, Stephan, Pustelny, Christian, Ritter, Christiane, Klinkert, Birgit, Narberhaus, Franz and Häussler, Susanne (2014). The PqsR and RhlR transcriptional regulators determine the level of Pseudomonas quinolone signal synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by producing two different pqsABCDE mRNA isoforms. Journal of Bacteriology, 196 (23), 4163-4171. doi: 10.1128/JB.02000-14
Schwachtje, Jens, Karojet, Silke, Thormählen, Ina, Bernholz, Carolin, Kunz, Sabine, Brouwer, Stephan, Schwochow, Melanie, Köhl, Karin and van Dongen, Joost T (2011). A naturally associated rhizobacterium of Arabidopsis thaliana induces a starvation-like transcriptional response while promoting growth. PloS one, 6 (12) e29382, e29382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029382