Dr Matthew Fisher

Publications


Journals

  • Farrer RA; Weinert LA; Bielby J; Garner TW; Balloux F; Clare F; Bosch J; Cunningham AA; et alWeldon C; du Preez LH; Anderson L; Pond SL; Shahar-Golan R; Henk DA; Fisher MC. (15 Nov 2011). Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108:18732-18736. DOI.
  • Henk DA; Eagle CE; Brown K; VAN DEN Berg MA; Dyer PS; Peterson SW; Fisher MC. (23 Sep 2011). Speciation despite globally overlapping distributions in Penicillium chrysogenum: the population genetics of Alexander Fleming's lucky fungus. Mol Ecol. DOI.
  • Calboli FCF; Fisher MC; Garner TWJ; Jehle R. (Aug 2011). The need for jumpstarting amphibian genome projects. TRENDS ECOL EVOL. 26:378-379. DOI.
  • Meece JK; Anderson JL; Fisher MC; Henk DA; Sloss BL; Reed KD. (Aug 2011). Population Genetic Structure of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Based on 27 Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers. APPL ENVIRON MICROB. 77:5123-5131. DOI.
  • Henk DA; Fisher MC. (2011). Genetic diversity, recombination, and divergence in animal associated Penicillium dipodomyis. PLoS One. 6:e22883. DOI.
  • Ortiz-Santaliestra ME; Fisher MC; Fernández-Beaskoetxea S; Fernández-Benéitez MJ; Bosch J. (Oct 2011). Ambient ultraviolet B radiation and prevalence of infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in two amphibian species. Conserv Biol. 25:975-982. DOI.
  • Simwami SP; Khayhan K; Henk DA; Aanensen DM; Boekhout T; Hagen F; Brouwer AE; Harrison TS; et alDonnelly CA; Fisher MC. (Apr 2011). Low diversity Cryptococcus neoformans variety grubii multilocus sequence types from Thailand are consistent with an ancestral African origin. PLoS Pathog. 7:e1001343. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Calboli FC; Fisher MC; Garner TW; Jehle R. (Aug 2011). The need for jumpstarting amphibian genome projects. Trends Ecol Evol. 26:378-379. DOI.
  • Garner TWJ; Rowcliffe JM; Fisher MC. (Feb 2011). Climate change, chytridiomycosis or condition: an experimental test of amphibian survival. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL. 17:667-675. DOI.
  • Cao C; Liang L; Wang W; Luo H; Huang S; Liu D; Xu J; Henk DA; et alFisher MC. (Feb 2011). Common reservoirs for Penicillium marneffei infection in humans and rodents, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 17:209-214. DOI.
  • Rosenblum EB; Fisher MC; James TY; Stajich JE; Longcore JE; Gentry LR; Poorten TJ. (25 Nov 2010). A molecular perspective: biology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. DIS AQUAT ORGAN. 92:131-147. DOI.
  • Cao WC; Liang L; Wang JW; Fisher MC; Xu PJ. (Sep 2010). Shared genotype Penicillium marneffei infections in humans and rodents demonstrate common reservoirs of infection in China. J DERMATOL. 37:94-94.
  • Solis R; Lobos G; Walker SF; Fisher M; Bosch J. (Jun 2010). Presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in feral populations of Xenopus laevis in Chile. BIOL INVASIONS. 12:1641-1646. DOI.
  • Walker SF; Bosch J; Gomez V; Garner TW; Cunningham AA; Schmeller DS; Ninyerola M; Henk DA; et alGinestet C; Arthur CP; Fisher MC. (Mar 2010). Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia. Ecol Lett. 13:372-382. DOI.
  • Fisher MC. (Dec 2009). Endemic and introduced haplotypes of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Japanese amphibians: sink or source?. MOL ECOL. 18:4731-4733. DOI.
  • Lotters S; Kielgast J; Bielby J; Schmidtlein S; Bosch J; Veith M; Walker SF; Fisher MC; et alRodder D. (Sep 2009). The Link Between Rapid Enigmatic Amphibian Decline and the Globally Emerging Chytrid Fungus. ECOHEALTH. 6:358-372. DOI.
  • James TY; Litvintseva AP; Vilgalys R; Morgan JAT; Taylor JW; Fisher MC; Berger L; Weldon C; et aldu Preez L; Longcore JE. (May 2009). Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations. PLOS PATHOG. 5. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Garner TWJ; Walker S; Bosch J; Leech S; Rowcliffe JM; Cunningham AA; Fisher MC. (May 2009). Life history tradeoffs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. OIKOS. 118:783-791. DOI.
  • Soto-Azat C; Clarke BT; Fisher MC; Walker SF; Cunningham AA. (6 Apr 2009). Non-invasive sampling methods for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in archived amphibians. DIS AQUAT ORGAN. 84:163-166. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Garner TWJ; Stephen I; Wombwell E; Fisher MC. (Mar 2009). The Amphibian Trade: Bans or Best Practice?. ECOHEALTH. 6:148-151. DOI.
  • Garner TWJ; Garcia G; Carroll B; Fisher MC. (25 Feb 2009). Using itraconazole to clear Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection, and subsequent depigmentation of Alytes muletensis tadpoles. DIS AQUAT ORGAN. 83:257-260. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; Bosch J; Yin Z; Stead DA; Walker J; Selway L; Brown AJ; Walker LA; et alGow NA; Stajich JE; Garner TW. (Feb 2009). Proteomic and phenotypic profiling of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis shows that genotype is linked to virulence. Mol Ecol. 18:415-429. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; Garner TW; Walker SF. (2009). Global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and amphibian chytridiomycosis in space, time, and host. Annu Rev Microbiol. 63:291-310. DOI.
  • Meyer W; Aanensen DM; Boekhout T; Cogliati M; Diaz MR; Esposto MC; Fisher M; Gilgado F; et alHagen F; Kaocharoen S; Litvintseva AP; Mitchell TG; Simwami SP; Trilles L; Viviani MA; Kwon-Chung J. (2009). Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. MED MYCOL. 47:561-570. DOI.
  • Ribas L; Li MS; Doddington BJ; Robert J; Seidel JA; Kroll JS; Zimmerman LB; Grassly NC; et alGarner TW; Fisher MC. (2009). Expression profiling the temperature-dependent amphibian response to infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PLoS One. 4:e8408. DOI.
  • Fisher MC. (11 Nov 2008). Molecular toolkit unlocks life cycle of the panzootic amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. P NATL ACAD SCI USA. 105:17209-17210. DOI.
  • Walker SF; Bosch J; James TY; Litvintseva AP; Valls JAO; Pina S; Garcia G; Rosa GA; et alCunningham AA; Hole S; Griffiths R; Fisher MC. (23 Sep 2008). Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs. CURR BIOL. 18:R853-R854.
  • Mitchell KM; Churcher TS; Garner TWJ; Fisher MC. (7 Feb 2008). Persistence of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis outside the amphibian host greatly increases the probability of host extinction. P R SOC B. 275:329-334. DOI.
  • Pryce-Miller E; Aanensen D; Vanittanakom N; Fisher MC. (Feb 2008). Environmental detection of Penicillium marneffei and growth in soil microcosms in competition with Talaromyces stipitatus. FUNGAL ECOL. 1:49-56. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Supabandhu J; Fisher MC; Mendoza L; Vanittanakom N. (2008). Isolation and identification of the human pathogen Pythium insidiosum from environmental samples collected in Thai agricultural areas. MED MYCOL. 46:41-52.
  • Lotters S; Rodder D; Bielby J; Bosch J; Garner TWJ; Kielgast J; Schmidtlein S; Veith M; et alWalker S; Weldon C; Aanensen DM; Fisher MC. (2008). Meeting the challenge of conserving Madagascar's megadiverse amphibians : addition of a risk-assessment for the chytrid fungus. PLoS Biology. 6. Publisher weblink.
  • Fisher MC. (Nov 2007). Potential interactions between amphibian immunity, infectious disease and climate change. ANIM CONSERV. 10:420-421. DOI.
  • Supabandhu J; Fisher MC; Vanittanakom N. (Nov 2007). Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the human oomycete pathogen Pythium insidiosum. MOL ECOL NOTES. 7:1088-1090. DOI.
  • Walker SF; Salas MB; Jenkins D; Garner TWJ; Cunningham AA; Hyatt AD; Bosch J; Fisher MC. (14 Sep 2007). Environmental detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a temperate climate. DIS AQUAT ORGAN. 77:105-112. DOI.
  • Tintelnot K; De Hoog GS; Antweiler E; Losert H; Seibold M; Brandt MA; Van Den Ende AH; Fisher MC. (Aug 2007). Taxonomic and diagnostic markers for identification of Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. Med Mycol. 45:385-393. DOI.
  • Bosch J; Carrascal LM; Duran L; Walker S; Fisher MC. (22 Jan 2007). Climate change and outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis in a montane area of Central Spain; is there a link?. P R SOC B. 274:253-260. DOI.
  • Fisher MC. (2007). Attila Lorincz: Nucleic acid testing for human disease, 2006. Human Genetics. 122:115-116. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Spratt BG; Staley JT; Fisher MC. (29 Nov 2006). Introduction: species and speciation in micro-organisms. PHILOS T R SOC B. 361:1897-1898. DOI.
  • Garner TWJ; Perkins MW; Govindarajulu P; Seglie D; Walker S; Cunningham AA; Fisher MC. (22 Sep 2006). The emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis globally infects introduced populations of the North American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. BIOL LETTERS. 2:455-459. DOI.
  • Vanittanakom N; Cooper CR; Fisher MC; Sirisanthana T. (Jan 2006). Penicillium marneffei infection and recent advances in the epidemiology and molecular biology aspects. CLIN MICROBIOL REV. 19:95-+. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; Hanage WP; de Hoog S; Johnson E; Smith MD; White NJ; Vanittanakom N. (Oct 2005). Low effective dispersal of asexual genotypes in heterogeneous landscapes by the endemic pathogen Penicillium marneffei. PLOS PATHOG. 1:159-165. DOI Open Access copy.
  • Garner TWJ; Walker S; Bosch J; Hyatt AD; Cunningham AA; Fisher MC. (Oct 2005). Chytrid fungus in Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 10, 11:1639-1641. Author weblink.
  • Cunningham AA; Garner TWJ; Aguilar-Sanchez V; Banks B; Foster J; Sainsbury AW; Perkins M; Walker SF; et alHyatt AD; Fisher MC. (24 Sep 2005). Emergence of amphibian chytridiomycosis in Britain. VET REC. 157:386-387.
  • Gugnani H; Fisher MC; Paliwal-Johsi A; Vanittanakom N; Singh I; Yadav PS. (Nov 2004). Role of Cannomys badius as a natural animal host of Penicillium marneffei in India. J Clin Microbiol. 42:5070-5075. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; Aanensen D; de Hoog S; Vanittanakom N. (Nov 2004). Multilocus microsatellite typing system for Penicillium marneffei reveals spatially structured populations. J Clin Microbiol. 42:5065-5069. DOI.
  • Donnelly CA; Fisher MC; Fraser C; Ghani AC; Riley S; Ferguson NM; Anderson RM. (Nov 2004). Epidemiological and genetic analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Lancet Infect Dis. 4:672-683. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; De Hoog S; Vanittanakom N. (Sep 2004). A highly discriminatory multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) system for Penicillium marneffei. MOL ECOL NOTES. 4:515-518. DOI.
  • Taylor JW; Fisher MC. (Aug 2003). Fungal multilocus sequence typing--it's not just for bacteria. Curr Opin Microbiol. 6:351-356.
  • Fisher MC; Rannala B; Chaturvedi V; Taylor JW. (25 Jun 2002). Disease surveillance in recombining pathogens: multilocus genotypes identify sources of human Coccidioides infections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99:9067-9071. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; Koenig GL; White TJ; Taylor JT. (2002). Molecular and phenotypic description of Coccidioides Posadasii sp nov., previously recognized as the non-California population of Coccidioides immitis. MYCOLOGIA. 1, 94:73-84. Open Access copy.
  • Fisher MC; Koenig GL; White TJ; San-Blas G; Negroni R; Alvarez IG; Wanke B; Taylor JW. (10 Apr 2001). Biogeographic range expansion into South America by Coccidioides immitis mirrors New World patterns of human migration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 98:4558-4562. DOI.
  • Taylor JW; Jacobson DJ; Kroken S; Kasuga T; Geiser DM; Hibbett DS; Fisher MC. (Oct 2000). Phylogenetic species recognition and species concepts in fungi. Fungal Genet Biol. 31:21-32. DOI.
  • Fisher MC; Koenig G; White TJ; Taylor JW. (Aug 2000). A test for concordance between the multilocus genealogies of genes and microsatellites in the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis. Mol Biol Evol. 17:1164-1174.
  • Paterson S; Fisher MC; Viney ME. (Feb 2000). Inferring infection processes of a parasitic nematode using population genetics. Parasitology. 120 ( Pt 2):185-194.
  • Fisher MC; Koenig GL; White TJ; Taylor JW. (Feb 2000). Pathogenic clones versus environmentally driven population increase: analysis of an epidemic of the human fungal pathogen Coccidioides immitis. J Clin Microbiol. 38:807-813.
  • Fisher MC; White TJ; Taylor JW. (Jun 1999). Primers for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites in the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis. Mol Ecol. 8:1082-1084.
  • Taylor J; Jacobson D; Fisher M. (1999). THE EVOLUTION OF ASEXUAL FUNGI: Reproduction, Speciation and Classification. Annu Rev Phytopathol. 37:197-246. DOI.

Chapters in books

  • Fisher MC. The evolutionary implications of an asexual lifestyle manifested by Penicillium marneffei. In Sex in fungi: molecular determination and evolutionary implications. Heitman (ed); Kronstad (ed); Taylor (ed); Casselton (ed). ASM Press (2007).
  • Fisher MC. Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST)and Multilocus Microsatellite Typing (MLMT) in fungi. In Fungi in the Environment. Gadd GM (ed); Watkinson SC (ed); Dyer PS (ed). Cambridge University Press (2006).
  • Donnelly CA; Riley S; Fraser C; Ghani AC; Fisher MC; Ferguson NM; Anderson RM. Epidemiological analysis of SARS: a novel infectious disease. In Challenges of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. 9-30. Chan JCK (ed); Wong VCWT (ed). Elsevier (2006).

Conferences

  • Howard SJ; Cerar D; Anderson MJ; Albarrag A; Fisher MC; Pasqualotto AC; Laverdiere M; Arendrup MC; et alPerlin DS; Denning DW. Frequency and Evolution of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus Associated with Treatment Failure. 15:1068-1076. (Jul 2009). DOI.
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