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  1. Comparative genome analysis identifies novel nucleic acid diagnostic targets for use in the specific detection of Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  2. Comparison of Established Diagnostic Methodologies and a Novel BacterialsmpBReal-Time PCR Assay for Specific Detection of Haemophilus influenzae Isolates Associated with Respiratory Tract Infections

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  3. Diagnostics method for the rapid quantitative detection and identification of low-level contamination of high-purity water with pathogenic bacteria

    Article • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  4. Evaluation of a novelListeriaenrichment broth combined with a real-time PCR diagnostics assay for the specific detection ofListeria monocytogenesin RTE pork products

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  5. SeekTB, a Two-Stage Multiplex Real-Time-PCR-Based Method for Differentiation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  6. Culture confirmation of Listeria monocytogenes using tmRNA as a diagnostics target

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  7. Development and preliminary validation of a real-time RT-PCR based method targeting tmRNA for the rapid and specific detection of Salmonella

    Article • Food Research International, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  8. A Novel Multiplex Real-Time PCR for the Identification of Mycobacteria Associated with Zoonotic Tuberculosis

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2011, PLOS

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  9. Development and evaluation of DNA and RNA real-time assays for food analysis using the hilA gene of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica

    Article • Food Microbiology, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Séamus Fanning, Dr Thomas G Barry

  10. Novel Multiplex Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Assay for Identification and Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium canettii, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Kate Reddington, Dr Thomas G Barry

  11. tmRNA – a novel high-copy-number RNA diagnostic target – its application for Staphylococcus aureus detection using real-time NASBA

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  12. Development and validation of a rapid real-time PCR based method for the specific detection of Salmonella on fresh meat

    Article • Meat Science, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Séamus Fanning, Dr Thomas G Barry

  13. A novel quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) for the enumeration of total bacteria, using meat micro-flora as a model

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Séamus Fanning, Dr Thomas G Barry

  14. Rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food using culture enrichment combined with real-time PCR

    Article • Food Microbiology, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  15. Evaluation of a novel real-time PCR test based on the ssrA gene for the identification of group B streptococci in vaginal swabs

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  16. REUSABLE SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE ASSAY FOR THE SPECIFIC DETECTION OFSTREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAEtmRNA

    Article • Journal of Rapid Methods & Automation in Microbiology, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  17. Rapid real-time PCR detection of Listeria monocytogenes in enriched food samples based on the ssrA gene, a novel diagnostic target

    Article • Food Microbiology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  18. Development of a real-time multiplex PCR assay for the detection of multiple Salmonella serotypes in chicken samples

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Séamus Fanning, Dr Thomas G Barry

  19. Absence of Mycoplasma-specific DNA sequence in brain, blood and CSF of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS): A study by PCR and real-time PCR

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, February 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  20. Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of the small cytoplasmic RNA from Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Thomas G Barry

  21. Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of the small cytoplasmic RNA from Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Thomas G Barry