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Research
Latest papers
Impact of Pediococcus acidilactici and tylvalosin on porcine Enterobacterales abundance, antimicrobial resistance, and conjugative potential.
Journal of applied microbiology · 2026
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025 · senior author
Surface exclusion of IncC conjugative plasmids and their relatives.
PLoS genetics · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $799,425
Barriers to the transmission of multidrug-resistance conjugative plasmids of the IncC group: surface exclusion, entry exclusion and anti-restriction
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $135,000
Investigating the evolving resistome of different migratory bird species
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $124,105
Acquisition of a focused-ultrasonicator system
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
52 publications.
Impact of Pediococcus acidilactici and tylvalosin on porcine Enterobacterales abundance, antimicrobial resistance, and conjugative potential.
Turcotte A, Poulin-Laprade D, Saucier L, Lemieux J, Gagnon N, Fournaise S, Guay F, Burrus V, Talbot G
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
Lang AS, Buchan A, Burrus V
Surface exclusion of IncC conjugative plasmids and their relatives.
Rivard N, Humbert M, Huguet KT, Fauconnier A, Bucio CP, Quirion E, Burrus V
A systematic approach to classify and characterize genomic islands driven by conjugative mobility using protein signatures.
Audrey B, Cellier N, White F, Jacques PÉ, Burrus V
The evolution of infectious transmission promotes the persistence of mcr-1 plasmids.
Yang J, Wu R, Xia Q, Yu J, Yi LX, Huang Y, Deng M, He WY, Bai Y, Lv L, Burrus V, Wang C, Liu JH
PixR, a Novel Activator of Conjugative Transfer of IncX4 Resistance Plasmids, Mitigates the Fitness Cost of mcr-1 Carriage in Escherichia coli.
Yi L, Durand R, Grenier F, Yang J, Yu K, Burrus V, Liu JH
Editorial: Globally or Regionally Spread of Epidemic Plasmids Carrying Clinically Important Resistance Genes: Epidemiology, Molecular Mechanism, and Drivers.
Liu YY, Chen S, Burrus V, Liu JH
High-efficiency delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 by engineered probiotics enables precise microbiome editing.
Neil K, Allard N, Roy P, Grenier F, Menendez A, Burrus V, Rodrigue S
Genomic islands targeting dusA in Vibrio species are distantly related to Salmonella Genomic Island 1 and mobilizable by IncC conjugative plasmids.
Durand R, Deschênes F, Burrus V
Crucial role of Salmonella genomic island 1 master activator in the parasitism of IncC plasmids.
Durand R, Huguet KT, Rivard N, Carraro N, Rodrigue S, Burrus V
Barriers to the transmission of multidrug-resistance conjugative plasmids of the IncC group: surface exclusion, entry exclusion and anti-restriction
Principal investigators: Burrus, Vincent
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Barriers To Dna Transfer; Conjugation; Conjugative Plasmids; Entry Exclusion; Horizontal Gene Transfer; Restriction-Modification; Salmonella Enterica; Surface Exclusion; Vibrio Cholerae
Investigating the evolving resistome of different migratory bird species
Principal investigators: Haraoui, Louis-Patrick LP
Acquisition of a focused-ultrasonicator system
Principal investigators: Gévry, Nicolas
Systematic evaluation of the host range and host cell requirements for Gram-negative conjugative plasmids with biotechnological potential
Principal investigators: Côté, Jean-Philippe
Initiation of conjugative transfer of IncC conjugative plasmids and associated genomic islands circulating in Gammaproteobacteria
Principal investigators: Burrus, Vincent
Acquisition of a Fluorescence and Chemiluminescence Imaging Platform
Principal investigators: Maréchal, Alexandre
Engineering of a probiotic bacterium for precise microbiome editing
Principal investigators: Rodrigue, Sébastien
Keywords: Conjugation; Crispr-Cas9; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Synthetic Biology
69th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM 2019) - One Health-related symposia
Principal investigators: Burrus, Vincent
Keywords: Alternatives To Antibiotics; Antibiotic Resistance; Climate Change; Emerging Pathogens; Infection; Microbial Interactions; Microbiology; Microbiome; One Health; Vector-Borne Diseases
Engineering of a probiotic bacterium for precise microbiome editing
Principal investigators: Rodrigue, Sébastien
Keywords: Conjugation; Crispr-Cas9; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Synthetic Biology
Acquisition of an in vivo imaging system
Principal investigators: Gévry, Nicolas
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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