PUBLICATIONS (Refereed)
l. Wilkinson, B. J., M. R. Morman, and D. C. White. l972.
Phospholipid composition and metabolism of Micrococcus denitrificans. J. Bacteriol. 112:l288-l294.
2.
3. Wilkinson, B. J., and P. J. White. 1973.
The effect of antibiotics on mucopeptide and teichoic acid synthesis by Pediococcus
cerevisiae and a substrain that requires methicillin for growth. J. Gen. Microbiol. 79:195-204.
4. Wilkinson, B. J., D. C. White, and P. J. White. 1974.
Lipids of Pediococcus cerevisiae and some methicillin-resistant
substrains.
5. Wilkinson, B. J., and D. J. Ellar. 1975.
Morphogenesis of the membrane bound electron transport system in
sporulating Bacillus megaterium KM.
Eur. J. Biochem. 55:131-139.
6. Ellar, D. J., M. W. Eaton, C. Hogarth, B. J. Wilkinson, J.
A. Deans, and J. La Nauze. 1975. Comparative biochemistry and function of
forespore and mother cell compartments during sporulation of Bacillus
megaterium. Spores VI:425-433.
7. Wilkinson, B. J., J. A. Deans, and D. J. Ellar. 1975.
Biochemical evidence for the reversed polarity of the outer membrane of
the bacterial forespore. Biochem. J. 152:561-569.
8. Sabath, L. D., N. Wheeler, M. Laverdiere, D. Blazevic, and
B. J. Wilkinson. 1977. A new type of penicillin resistance of Staphylococcus
aureus. The Lancet i:443-447.
9. Wilkinson, B. J., D. J. Ellar,
10. Hogarth, C., B. J. Wilkinson, and D. J. Ellar. 1977.
Cyanide-resistant electron transport in sporulating Bacillus
megaterium KM. Biochim. Biophys.
Acta 461:109-123.
11. Wilkinson, B. J.
1977. Cell envelope of Paracoccus
denitrificans: Outer membrane
permeability to lysozyme and hydrophobic antibiotics. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2:285-288.
12. Peterson, P. K., B. J. Wilkinson, Y. Kim, D. Schmeling, S. D.
Douglas, P. G. Quie, and J. Verhoef.
1978. The key role of
peptidoglycan in the opsonization of Staphylococcus aureus. J. Clin. Invest. 61:597-609.
13. Gramoli, J. L., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1978.
Characterization and identification of coagulase-negative, heat stable
deoxyribonuclease-positive staphylococci.
J. Gen. Microbiol. 105:275-285.
14. Peterson, P. K., B. J. Wilkinson, D. Schmeling, Y. Kim, and P.
G. Quie. 1979. Influence of encapsulation on staphylococcal
opsonization and phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Infect. Immun. 19:943-949.
15. Wilkinson, B. J., Y. Kim, P. K. Peterson, P. G. Quie, and A.
F. Michael. 1978. Activation of complement by cell surface
components of Staphylococcus aureus.
Infect. Immun. 20:388-392.
16. Peterson, P. K., Y. Kim, B. J. Wilkinson, D. Schmeling, A. F.
Michael, and P. G. Quie. 1978. Dichotomy between opsonization and serum
complement activation by encapsulated staphylococci. Infect. Immun. 20:770-775.
17. Wilkinson, B. J., K. J. Dorian, and L. D. Sabath. 1978.
Cell wall composition and associated properties of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus strains. J.
Bacteriol. 136:976-982.
18. Wilkinson, B. J., and K. M. Holmes. 1979. Staphylococcus
aureus cell surface: Capsule as a
barrier to bacteriophage adsorption.
Infect. Immun. 23:549-552.
19. Wilkinson, B. J., P. K. Peterson, and P. G. Quie. 1979.
Cryptic peptidoglycan and the antiphagocytic effect of the Staphylococcus
aureus capsule: Model for the
antiphagocytic effect of bacterial cell surface polymers. Infect. Immun. 23:502-508.
20. Peterson, P. K., D. Schmeling, P. P. Cleary, B. J. Wilkinson,
Y. Kim, and P. G. Quie. l979. Inhibition of alternative complement pathway
opsonization by Group A streptococcal M protein. J. Infect. Dis. 139:575-585.
21. Wilkinson, B. J., S. P. Sisson, Y. Kim, and P. K.
Peterson. 1979. Localization of the third component of
complement (C3) on the cell wall of encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus
M: Implications for the mechanism of
resistance to phagocytosis. Infect.
Immun. 26:1159-1163.
22. Schmeling, D. J., P. K. Peterson, D. E. Hammerschmidt, Y. Kim,
J. Verhoef, B. J. Wilkinson, and P. G. Quie.
1979. Chemotaxigenesis by cell
surface components of Staphylococcus aureus. Infect. Immun. 26:57-63.
23. Schopfer, K., S. D. Douglas, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1980.
Immunoglobulin E antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus cell
walls in the sera of patients with hyperimmunoglobulinemia E and recurrent
staphylococcal infection. Infect. Immun.
27:563-568.
24. Wilkinson, B. J., S. Maxwell, and S. M. Schaus. 1980.
Classification and characteristics of coagulase-negative, methicillin-resistant
staphylococci. J. Clin. Micro. 12:161-166.
25. King, B. F., M. L. Biel, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1980.
Facile penetration of the Staphylococcus aureus capsule by
lysostaphin. Infect. Immun. 29:892-896.
26. Oken, M., P. K. Peterson, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
Endogenous pyrogen production by human blood monocytes stimulated by
staphylococcal cell wall components.
Infect. Immun. 31:208-213.
27. Wilkinson, B. J., Y. Kim, and P. K. Peterson. 198l.
Factors affecting complement activation by Staphylococcus aureus
cell walls, their components, and mutants altered in teichoic acid. Infect. Immun. 32:2l6-224.
28. King, B. F., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
Binding of human immunoglobulin G to protein A in encapsulated Staphylococcus
aureus. Infect. Immun. 33:666-672.
29. Verbrugh, H. A., P. K. Peterson, D. E. Smith, B-Y T. Nguyen,
J. R. Hoidal, B. J. Wilkinson, J. Verhoef, and L. T. Furcht. 1981.
Human fibronectin binding to staphylococcal surface protein and its
relative inefficiency in promoting phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear
leukocytes, monocytes and alveolar macrophages.
Infect. Immun. 33:811-819.
30. Smith, P. F., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
Differential methicillin susceptibilities of peptidoglycan syntheses in
a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J. Bacteriol. 146:610-617.
31. Hindahl, M. S., S. Wee, D. H. Banks, J. C. Tsang, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1981. Removal of Paracoccus denitrificans
outer membrane material by sodium chloride.
Archiv. of Microbiol. 130:307-311.
32. Wilkinson, B. J., K. A. Sment, and W. R. Mayberry. 1982.
Occurrence, localization and possible significance of an
ornithine-containing lipid in Paracoccus denitrificans. Archiv. of Microbiol. 131:338-343.
33. Spika, J. S., P. K. Peterson, B. J. Wilkinson, D. E.
Hammerschmidt, H. A. Verbrugh, J. Verhoef, and P. G. Quie. 1982.
Role of Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan in leukopenia,
thrombocytopenia, and complement activation associated with bacteremia. J. Infect. Dis. 146:227-234.
34. Wheat, L. J., B. J. Wilkinson, R. B. Kohler, and A. C.
White. 1983. Antibody response to peptidoglycan during
staphylococcal infections. J. Infect.
Dis. 147:16-22.
35. Wilkinson, B. J. and M. J. Nadakavukaren. 1983.
Methicillin resistant septal peptidoglycan synthesis in a
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 23:610-613.
36. Wheat, J., R. B. Kohler, A. White, M. Garten, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1983. IgM and IgG antibody response to teichoic
acid in infections due to Staphylococcus aureus. J. Infect. Dis. 147:1101.
37. Verbrugh, H. A., R. D. Nelson, P. K. Peterson, B. J.
Wilkinson, and R. L. Thompson.
1983. Serology of Staphylococcus
aureus infections using multiple antigens and serial serum samples. J. Infect. Dis. 148:608.
38. Smiley, D. W., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1983.
Survey of taurine uptake and metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. J. Gen. Microbiol. 129:2421-2428.
39. Bieber, E. J., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1984.
Sodium-dependent uptake of taurine in encapsulated Staphylococcus
aureus strain M. Biochim. Biophys.
Acta 770:127-135.
40.
Hoe, M., B. J. Wilkinson, and M. S. Hindahl. 1985.
Outer membrane proteins induced upon iron deprivation of Paracoccus
denitrificans. Biochim. Biophys.
Acta 813:338-342.
40.
41. Nauyalis, P. A., M. S. Hindahl, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1985.
Isolation, characterization and polypeptide and polar lipid compositions
of Paracoccus denitrificans outer membrane. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 840:297-308.
42. Qoronfleh, M. W., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1986.
Effects of growth of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus
aureus in the presence of b-lactams on peptidoglycan
structure and susceptibility to lytic enzymes.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 29:250-257.
43. Rather, P. N., A. P. Davis, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1986.
Slime production by bovine milk Staphylococcus aureus and
identification of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 23:858-862.
44. Wee, S., M.V.V.S Madiraju, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1986.
Iron-dependent production of a heat-modifiable, 23,000-Mr outer membrane
protein in Paracoccus denitrificans.
J. Bacteriol. 68:455-457.
45. Wilkinson, B. J., M. S. Hindahl, L. Galbraith, and S. G.
Wilkinson. 1986. Lipopolysaccharide of Paracoccus denitrificans
ATCC 13543. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 37:63-67.
46. Giehl, T. J., M. W. Qoronfleh, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1987.
Transport, nutritional and metabolic studies of taurine in
staphylococci. J. Gen. Microbiol.l33:849-856.
47. Reifsteck, F., S. Wee, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1987.
Hydrophobicity-hydrophilicity of staphylococci. J. Med. Microbiol. 24:65-73.
48. Madiraju, M. V. V. S., D. P. Brunner, and B. J.
Wilkinson. l987. Effects of temperature, NaCl and methicillin
on penicillin-binding proteins, growth, peptidoglycan synthesis and autolysis in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus. Antimicrob. Agents
Chemother. 3l:l727-l732.
49. Espersen, F., B. J. Wilkinson, L. J. Wheat, A. White, A. S.
Bayer, and Hooper, D. C. 1987. Antibody response to Staphylococcus
epidermidis: comparison of
ultrasonic extract and cell wall antigens for serological diagnosis of
coagulase-negative staphylococcal endocarditis.
Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy 1:367-378.
50. Wee, S., S. Hardesty, M. V. V. S. Madiraju, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1988. Iron regulated outer membrane proteins and
non-siderophore mediated iron acquisition by Paracoccus denitrificans. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 51:33-36.
51. Wee, S., and B. J. Wilkinson.
1988. Increased outer membrane
ornithine-containing lipid and lysozyme penetrability of Paracoccus
denitrificans grown in complex medium deficient in divalent cations. J. Bacteriol.
170:3283-3286.
52. Wee, S., and B. J. Wilkinson.
1988. Insights into the cell
envelope of Paracoccus denitrificans, a member of the a- subdivision of purple bacteria, through
studies of its lysozyme susceptibility.
Canad. J. Microbiol. 34:952-959.
53. Gustafson, J. E. and B. J. Wilkinson. l989.
Lower autolytic activity in a homogeneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus strain compared to derived heterogeneous-resistant and susceptible
strains. FEMS Microbiol. Lett.
59:l07-ll2.
54. Drewry, D. T., L. Galbraith, B. J. Wilkinson, and S. G.
Wilkinson. l990. Staphylococcal slime: a cautionary tale. J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:1292-1296.
55. Espersen, F., B. J. Wilkinson, B. Gahrn-Hansen, V. T. Rosdahl,
and
56. Qoronfleh, M. W., U. Streips, and B. J. Wilkinson. l990.
Basic features of the staphylococcal heat shock response.
57. Jayaswal, R. K., Y.-I. Lee, and B. J. Wilkinson. l990.
Cloning and expression of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a
peptidoglycan hydrolase activity. J.
Bacteriol. 172:5783-5788.
58. Riber, U., F. Espersen, A. Kharazmi, and B. J. Wilkinson. l990.
Neutrophil chemotactic activity of peptidoglycan: a comparison between Staphylococcus
aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. APMIS. 98:881-886.
59. Singh, M. P., Y.-I. Lee, R. Singh, R. G. Micetich, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1991. Antibacterial activity and penicillin-binding
protein studies of some new cephalosporin derivatives for Staphylococcus
aureus and Escherichia coli.
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 27:459-468.
60. Wang, X., B. J. Wilkinson, and R. K. Jayaswal. l99l.
Nucleotide sequence analysis of a Staphylococcus aureus gene
encoding a peptidoglycan hydrolase activity.
Gene 102:105-109.
61. Gustafson, J. E., B. Berger-Bachi, A. Strassle, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1992. Autolysis of methicillin-resistant and
-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 36:566-572.
62. Wang, X., N. Mani, P. A. Pattee, B. J. Wilkinson and R. K.
Jayaswal. Analysis of a peptidoglycan
hydrolase gene from Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325. J. Bacteriol. 174:6303-6306.
63. Graham, J. E., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1992. Staphylococcus
aureus osmoregulation: roles for choline, glycine betaine, proline and
taurine. J. Bacteriol. 174:2711-2716.
64. Townsend, D. E., and B. J. Wilkinson. Proline transport in Staphylococcus aureus:
a high affinity system, and a low affinity system involved in
osmoregulation. J. Bacteriol. 174:2702-2710.
65. Qoronfleh, M. W., W. Weraarchakul, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1993.
Antibodies to a range of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia
coli heat shock proteins in the sera of patients with S. aureus endocarditis. Infect. Immun. 61:1567-1570.
66. Kaenjak, A., J. E. Graham, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1993.
Choline transport activity in Staphylococcus aureus
induced by osmotic stress and low phosphate concentrations. J. Bacteriol. 175:2400-2406.
67. Wee, S. J. M. Dowding, M. J. Nadakavukaren, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1994. Characterization of cell surface material
removed by water and NaC1 washing of Paracoccus denitrificans grown
under conditions of divalent cation deficiency and sufficiency. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 65:35-39.
68. Stimeling, K. W., A. Kaenjak, J. E. Graham, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1994. Evidence for feedback (trans)
regulation of, and two systems for, glycine betaine transport by Staphylococcus
aureus. Microbiology 140:3139-3144.
69. Amin, U., T. D. Lash, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1995.
Proline betaine is a highly effective osmoprotectant for Staphylococcus
aureus. Archiv. Microbiol. 163:138-142.
70. Vijarankul, U., M. J. Nadakavukaren, B. L. M. de Jonge, B. J.
Wilkinson, and R. K. Jayaswal.
1995. Increased cell size and
shortened peptidoglycan interpeptide bridge of NaCl-stressed Staphylococcus
aureus and their reversal by glycine betaine. J. Bacteriol. 177:5116-5121.
71. Bayles, D. O., B. A. Annous, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1996.
Cold stress proteins induced in Listeria monocytogenes in
response to temperature downshock and growth at low temperatures. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1116-1119.
72. Townsend, D. E., A. Kaenjak, R. K. Jayaswal, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1996. Proline is biosynthesized from arginine in Staphylococcus
aureus. Microbiology. 142:1491-1497.
73. Vijarankul, U., M. J. Nadakavukaren, D. O. Bayles, B. J.
Wilkinson and R. K. Jayaswal. 1997. Characterization of an NaCl-sensitive Staphylococcus
aureus mutant and rescue of the NaCl-sensitive phenotype by glycine
betaine but not other compatible solutes.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1889-1897.
74.
Annous, B.A., L. A. Becker, D. O. Bayles, D. P. Labeda, and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1997. The critical role of anteiso C15:0 fatty acid
in the growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3887-3894.
75.
Qoronfleh, M. W., C. A. Bortner, P. Schwartzberg and B. J.
Wilkinson. 1998. Enhanced levels of Staphylococcus aureus
stress protein GroEL and DnaK homologs early in infection of human epithelial
cells. Infect. Immun. 66:3024-3027.
76.
Qoronfleh, M. W., J. E. Gustafson, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1998.
Conditions that induce Staphylococcus aureus heat shock
proteins also inhibit autolysis. FEMS
Microbiol. Lett. 166:103-107.
77.
Jackson, M. A., J. S. Frymier, B. J. Wilkinson, P. Zorner, and S.
Evans. 1999. Growth requirements for the production of
stable cells of the bioherbicidal bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
J. Indust. Microbiol. And Biotechnol. 21:
237-241.
78.
Bayles, D. O., and B. J. Wilkinson.
2000. Osmoprotectants and
cryoprotectants for Listeria monocytogenes. Lett. Appl. Microbiol.
30: 23-27.
79.
Edgcomb, M. R., S. Sirimanne, B. J. Wilkinson, P. Drouin, and R. (P.D.)
Morse. 2000. Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the membrane fluidity
of the foodborne pathogenic psychrotroph Listeria
monocytogenes. Biochim. et Biophys. Acta. 1463:31-42.
80.
Pfeltz, R. F., V. K. Singh, J. L. Singh, M. A. Batten. C. S. Baranyk,
M. J. Nadakavukaren, R. K. Jayaswal, and B. J. Wilkinson. 2000.
Characterization of passage-selected vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of diverse parental backgrounds. Antimicrob.
Agents Chemother. 44: 294-303.
81. Singh, V. K., R. K. Jayaswal, and B. J. Wilkinson. 2001.
Cell wall-active antibiotics stress proteins of Staphylococcus aureus identified using a proteomic approach. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 199:79-84.
82. Pfeltz, R. F., J. L. Schmidt, and B. J. Wilkinson. 2001. A microdilution plating method
for population analysis of
antibiotic-resistant staphylococci.
Microbiol Drug
Res.7:
289-295.
83. Singh,
V.K., J. Moskovitz, B.J. Wilkinson, and R.K. Jayaswal. 2001.
Molecular
characterization of a chromosomal locus in Staphylococcus aureus that
contributes to oxidative defense and is
highly induced by the cell-wall-active
antibiotic oxacillin. Microbiology 147: 3037-3045.
84. Jones, S. L., P. Drouin, B. J. Wilkinson, and R. (P.D.II)
Morse. 2002. Correlation of membrane fluidity with
temperature-dependent growth characteristics of parent and a cold-sensitive,
branched-chain fatty acid deficient mutant of Listeria monocytogenes. Archives
of Microbiology 177: 217-222.
85. Moskovitz,
J., V.K. Singh, J. Requena, BJ. Wilkinson, R.K. Jayaswal, and E.R.
Stadtman. 2002. Purification and characterization of
methionine sulfoxide reductases from mouse and Staphylococcus aureus and their substrate
specificity. Biochem. Biophys. Res.
Commun. 290:62-65.
86. Liu, S., J.E. Graham, L. Bigelow, P.D. Morse II, and B.J.
Wilkinson. 2002. Identification of Listeria monocytogenes genes expressed in response to growth at low
temperature. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1697-1705.
87. Price,
C.T.D., V.K. Singh, R.K. Jayaswal, B.J. Wilkinson, and J.E. Gustafson. 2002.
Pine oil-based cleaner resistant Staphylococcus
aureus: reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and oxacillin and involvement
of SigB. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 5417-5421.
88. Singh,
V.K., J.L. Schmidt, R.K. Jayaswal, and B.J. Wilkinson. 2002.
Impact of sigB mutation on Staphylococcus aureus oxacillin and
vacnomycin resistance varies with parental background and method of assessment. Intl. J. Antimicrob. Agents. In press
89. Dunman, P.M., S. Utaida, E. Murphy, S.J. Projan, R.K. Jayaswal,
and B.J. Wilkinson. 2002. Staphylococcus
aureus genes upregulated by challenge with cell wall-active antibiotics as
revealed by transcriptional profiling.
In preparation.
90. Wonderling, L. D., D. O. Bayles, and B. J. Wilkinson. The htrA
(degP) gene of Listeria monocytogenes 10403S, a serotype 1/2a isolate, is
essential for optimal growth under stress conditions. In preparation.
Book chapters:
Wilkinson, B. J. 1983.
Staphylococcal capsules and slime, p 481-523. In C. S. F. Easmon and C. Adlam
(eds.), Staphylococci and staphylococcal infections, 2. Academic Press,
Wilkinson, B. J. 1997.
The biology of staphylococci. In
K. B. Crossley and G. L. Archer (eds.)
The staphylococci in human diseases, p. 1-38. Churchill Livingstone Inc.,
Non-Refereed and Invited
Publications
1. Wilkinson, B. J., M. C. Fu, and D. C. White. 1972.
Assay of a volatile inhibitor in tobacco smoke using bacterial
cytochrome oxidase. Tobacco and Health
Research Institute Workshop Conference Proceedings.
2. Fu, M. C., B. J. Wilkinson, and D. C. White. 1972.
Characterization of the
cytochrome oxidase inhibitor found in the gas phase of tobacco smoke. Tobacco and Health Research Institute
Workshop Proceedings.
3. Gairola, C., B. J. Wilkinson, and M. I. H. Aleem. 1973.
Effects of tobacco smoke and its components on certain aspects of
mitochondrial function. Tobacco and
Health Research Institute Workshop Proceedings.
4. Wilkinson, B. J., and D. J. Ellar. 1974.
Electron transport systems obtained from vegetative organisms and spores
of Bacillus megaterium KM.
Biochem. Soc. Transactions 2:945-946.
5. Wilkinson, B. J.
1977. Book review of
"Microbiology l977" Ed., D. Schlessinger. ASM Publications. ASM News 43:669-670.
6. Peterson, P. K., D. Schmeling, P. P. Cleary, Y. Kim, B. J.
Wilkinson, and P. G. Quie. 1978. Inhibition of Group A Streptococcal
opsonization by M protein. VIIth Int.
Symp. Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases.
7. Wilkinson, B. J., R. J. Rascati, and H. T. Cheung. 1980.
Book review of "Elementary Microbiology" by W. E. Volk &
M. Wheeler. ASM News. 46:32l.
8. Wilkinson, B. J.
l98l. Microbial virulence
factors. Clin. Microbiol. Newslett. 3:35-37.
9. Wilkinson, B. J., S. P. Sisson, Y. Kim, and P. K.
Peterson. 1981. Chemical and biological studies of
encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus.
In J. Jeljaszewicz (ed.), Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections,
Zbl. Bakt. Suppl. l0:469-473. Gustav
Fisher Verlag,
10. Wilkinson, B. J.
1982. Book review of
"Microbiology: An Introduction"
by G. J. Tortora, B. R. Funke, and C. L. Case.
ASM News 48:389-309.
11. Wilkinson, B. J., and M. W. Qoronfleh. 1983.
Increased wall autolysis and decreased peptidoglycan cross-linking in
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus grown in the presence of
methicillin, p. 2l7-222. In R.
Hakenbeck, J. V. Holtje and H. Labischinski (eds.), The Target of
penicillin. Walter
12. Peterson, P. K., P. G. Quie, Y. Kim, B. J. Wilkinson, H. A.
Verbrugh, and J. Verhoef. 1983. Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus
by human phagocytes: signals and disguises of the bacterial surface. Scand. J. Infect. Dis., Suppl. 41:67-76.
13. Verbrugh, H. A., J. Verhoef, B. J. Wilkinson, and P. K.
Peterson. 1983. Biology and clinical
significance of peptidoglycan antibody response in staphylococcal
infections. Scand. J. Infect. Dis.
Suppl. 41:117-125.
14. Wilkinson, B. J., F. Reifsteck, M. W. Qoronfleh, and V.
Hicks. l987. Coagulase-negative staphylococcal cell
surface - overview and specific aspects, p. 67-75. In G. Pulverer, P. G. Quie, and G.
Peters (ed.), Pathogenicity and clinical significance of coagulase-negative
staphylococci, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgat. 2bl. Bakt. Micro. Hyg. l Abt.
Suppl. l6.
15. Wilkinson, B. J.
l987. Book review of
"General Microbiology, 6th Ed." by H. G. Schlegel. ASM News 53:443-444.
16. Wilkinson, B. J.
1987. Virulence. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, 6th Edition 19:230-232.
17. Wilkinson, B. J., M. V. V. S. Madiraju, and D. P. Brunner. 1986.
Staphylococcal methicillin resistance, p. 62-71. In P. Actor, G. Shockman, E. Hinks and
L. R. Walsh (eds.), Clinical implications of antimicrobial resistance:
mechanisms, testing, problems and epidemiology, The Eastern Pennsylvania Branch
of the American Society for Microbiology.
18. Wilkinson, B. J.
1991. Book review of
"Biology (2nd Ed.)" by N. A. Campbell. ASM News 57:42.
19. Wilkinson, B. J.
1994. Book review of
"Microbiology, (2nd Ed.)" by
L. M. Prescott, J. P. Harley, D. A. Klein.
ASM News 60:41-42.
Abstracts
1. Wilkinson, B. J., and P. J. White. 1969.
Biosynthesis of mucopeptide by Pediococcus cerevisiae and by a
substrain requiring methicillin for growth.
Journal of General Microbiology.
57, Proceedings XV.
2. Wilkinson, B. J., and P. J. White. 1971.
Teichoic acid synthesis by Pediococcus cerevisiae and P.
cerevisiae CRD - a substrain that requires methicillin for growth. Bacteriological Proceedings.
3. Wilkinson, B. J., and D. C. White. 1972.
Characterization of the phospholipids and cytochromes of Micrococcus
denitrificans. Abstracts of the
Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
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12. Maxwell, S., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1980.
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13. Hindahl, M. S., J. C. Tsang, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1980.
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14. Smith, P. F., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
Effects of methicillin on peptidoglycan synthesis in
methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the
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15. Sment, K. A., T. L. Brockman, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
Occurrence and localization of an ornithine lipid in Paracoccus
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16. King, B. F., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
Immunoglobulin G binding to encapsulated and unencapsulated Staphylococcus
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17. Smiley, D. W., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1981.
The incorporation of taurine into encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus. Abstracts of the l98l meeting of the Illinois
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18. Wee, S., B. J. Wilkinson, and J. C. Tsang. 1981.
Characterization of material released from Paracoccus denitrificans
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meeting of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences.
19. Spika, J. S., P. K. Peterson, B. J. Wilkinson, D. E.
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21. Wee, S., J. C. Tsang, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1982.
Characterization of material released from Paracoccus denitrificans
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22. Wheat, L. J., B. J. Wilkinson, R. B. Kohler, A. White, and M.
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Isolation and polypeptide composition of Paracoccus denitrificans
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Sodium-dependent uptake of taurine by Staphylococcus aureus
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25. Qoronfleh, M. W., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1983.
Increased wall autolysis and decreased peptidoglycan (PG) cross-linking
in methicillin-grown, methicillin-resistant (MR) Staphylococcus aureus. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the
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26. Qoronfleh, M. W., and B. J. Wilkinson. 1983.
Increased wall autolysis and decreased peptidoglycan cross-linking in
methicillin-resistant (MR) Staphylococcus aureus grown in the presence
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