School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine

Dr Taya Forde

  • Senior Lecturer (Infectious Disease Ecology)

telephone: +44 (0) 141 330 3940
email: Taya.Forde@glasgow.ac.uk

Rm 337, Jarrett Building, University of Glasgow, 464 Bearsden Rd., G61 1QH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826

Research interests

  • molecular epidemiology
  • bacterial genomics
  • infectious diseases
  • global health
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • wildlife health monitoring
  • sustainable aquaculture

Current research

My research interests revolve around incorporating cutting-edge genomic tools into interdisciplinary, One Health initiatives. My research has encompassed the genomic and molecular epidemiological study of several bacterial pathogens, including Bacillus anthracis, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and Streptococcus agalactiae. Many of my research questions focus on pathogen transmission and improving the tools to facilitate molecular epidemiological investigations. Other areas of interest include rapid sequencing-based diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance (particularly related to aquatic environments) and sustainable aquaculture.

As a veterinarian, I feel well-suited to work in an interdisciplinary manner, and have led projects from sample collections in the field, to microbiology and molecular laboratory work, through to downstream bioinformatics and phylogenetics. I have a strong interest in knowledge exchange and research impact, which I feel can best be achieved through interdisciplinary approaches and the involvement of various stakeholders and end-users throughout the design and implementation of studies. 

Read more about research within the One Health Research on Bacterial Infectious Diseases (OHRBID) Lab.

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 40.

2026

Kamble, M. T. et al. (2026) Systematic review and meta-analysis of parasitic infections in clariid catfish (Clarias spp.): African dominance, prevalence trends, and emerging patterns. Scientific African, 33, e03550. (doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2026.e03550)

Kolovou, E. et al. (2026) Equine vegetative endocarditis and vertebral osteomyelitis due to refractory Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection. Equine Veterinary Education, (doi: 10.1111/eve.70165) (Early Online Publication)

Hilbig, A. et al. (2026) Investigating Bacillus anthracis genomic diversity and trait-specific lineages in an endemic area in northern Tanzania through a combination of traditional and culture-free sequencing approaches. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20(8), e0014611. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0014611) (PMID:42574478) (Early Online Publication)

Hilbig, A. et al. (2026) Home is where the host is: Evolutionary history of geographic spread, host switching and adaptive genomic signatures in two generalist Group B Streptococcus clonal group. Microbial Genomics, 12(7), 001745. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001745) (PMID:42490134)

Vargas Soto, Juan S., Reyne, Marina, Wooten, McCaide, Radhakrishnan, Sreejith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-562X, Mavrot, Fabien, Kutz, Susan, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Morgan, Eric R. (2026) Models reveal the importance of alternative hosts and environmental transmission for emergence of bacterial disease in muskoxen in the Arctic. Ecological Modelling, 517, 111602. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2026.111602)

Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Brunker, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Everest, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Fuentes, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Wilson, Catherine, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2026) Rapid and modular workflows for same-day sequencing-based detection of bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance determinants using culture-enriched samples. Microbiology Spectrum, (doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03240-25) (PMID:42294714) (Early Online Publication)

2025

Rouse, Natalie, Burek Huntington, Kathy, Goertz, Caroline E.C., Hunter, Natalie, Radhakrishnan, Sreejith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-562X and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2025) Erysipelothrix in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA: an emerging bacterial pathogen of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 163, pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.3354/dao03859) (PMID:40607532)

Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Brunker, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Everest, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Galarion, Ma Jowina H., Fuentes, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Wilson, Catherine, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2025) MultiSeq-AMR: a modular amplicon-sequencing workflow for rapid detection of bloodstream infection and antimicrobial resistance markers. Microbial Genomics, 11(4), 001383. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001383) (PMID:40178523)

Shalaby, Maha, Busin, Valentina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-3430, Yan, Xiaoxiang, Cengiz, Seyda, Adiguzel, Mehmet Cemal, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Reboud, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405 (2025) Sample-to-answer microfluidic device towards the point-of-need detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin genes in ruminant milk. Lab on a Chip, 25, pp. 524-535. (doi: 10.1039/d4lc00907j) (PMID:39775496)

Sawaswong, Vorthon, Wongjarit, Kanphai, Petsong, Suthidee, Yuliani, Yonita, Somsukpiroh, Ubonwan, Faksri, Kiatichai, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Payungporn, Sunchai and Rotcheewaphan, Suwatchareeporn (2025) Diversity and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Mycobacterium avium complex clinical isolates in Thailand based on whole genome comparative analysis. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 772. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84511-z) (PMID:39755794) (PMCID:PMC11700178)

Wooten, M. T. et al. (2025) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae clone reemergence in association with a multi-year mass mortality event in high Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Scientific Reports, 15(1), 43135. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-27316-y) (PMID:41345185) (PMCID:PMC12678405)

2024

Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-9805, Brunker, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Everest, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2024) Advances in host depletion and pathogen enrichment methods for rapid sequencing-based diagnosis of bloodstream infection. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 26(9), pp. 741-753. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.008) (PMID:38925458)

Crestani, C. et al. (2024) Genomic and functional determinants of host spectrum in Group B Streptococcus. PLoS Pathogens, 20(8), e1012400. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012400) (PMID:39133742) (PMCID:PMC11341095)

Vineesha Seru, Lakshmi, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Roberto-Charron, Amélie, Mavrot, Fabien, Niu, Yan D. and Kutz, Susan J. (2024) Genomic characterization and virulence gene profiling of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from widespread muskox mortalities in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. BMC Genomics, 25, 691. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10592-9) (PMID:39004696) (PMCID:PMC11247837)

Shalaby, Maha, Reboud, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 and Busin, Valentina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-3430 (2024) Distribution and prevalence of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus and staphylococcal enterotoxins in raw ruminants’ milk: a systematic review. Food Microbiology, 118, 104405. (doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104405)

Zhong, Jiadong, Medvecky, Matej, Tornos, Jérémy, Clessin, Augustin, Le Net, Rozenn, Gantelet, Hubert, Gamble, Amandine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-9124, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Boulinier, Thierry (2024) Erysipelothrix amsterdamensis sp. nov., associated with mortalities among endangered seabirds. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 74(2), 006264. (doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006264) (PMID:38359084)

2022

Neffe, Lisa, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Köhler, Ute, Bautsch, Wilfried, Tomasch, Jürgen and Häussler, Susanne (2022) Genomic epidemiology of clinical ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a German hospital suggests infections are primarily community- and regionally-acquired. Microbial Genomics, 8(12), 000901. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000901) (PMID:36748515) (PMCID:PMC9837565)

Crestani, Chiara, Seligsohn, Dinah, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2022) How GBS got its hump: genomic analysis of Group B Streptococcus from camels identifies host restriction as well as mobile genetic elements shared across hosts and pathogens. Pathogens, 11(9), 1025. (doi: 10.3390/pathogens11091025) (PMID:36145457) (PMCID:PMC9504112)

Aminu, O. R. et al. (2022) Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa. Scientific Reports, 12, 10514. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5) (PMID:35732674) (PMCID:PMC9217952)

Dennis, Tristan P.W., Mable, Barbara K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116, Brunelle, Brian, Devault, Alison, Carter, Ryan W., Ling, Clare L., Mmbaga, Blandina T., Halliday, Jo E.B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-9035, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics, 8(5), 000836. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836) (PMID:35622897) (PMCID:PMC9465068)

Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)

2021

Crestani, Chiara, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Lycett, Samantha J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3159-596X, Holmes, Mark A., Fasth, Charlotta, Persson-Waller, Karin and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2021) The fall and rise of group B Streptococcus in dairy cattle: reintroduction due to human-to-cattle host jumps? Microbial Genomics, 7(9), 000648. (doi: 10.1099/Mgen.0.000648) (PMID:34486971) (PMCID:PMC8715428)

Seligsohn, Dinah, Crestani, Chiara, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Chenais, Erika and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2021) Genomic analysis of group B Streptococcus from milk demonstrates the need for improved biosecurity: a cross-sectional study of pastoralist camels in Kenya. BMC Microbiology, 21, 217. (doi: 10.1186/s12866-021-02228-9) (PMID:34281509) (PMCID:PMC8287776)

Farthing, A. G. et al. (2021) Sepsis: when a simple infection becomes deadly. Frontiers for Young Minds, 9, 639681. (doi: 10.3389/frym.2021.639681)

2020

Aminu, O. R. et al. (2020) Practical and effective diagnosis of animal anthrax in endemic low-resource settings. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(9), e0008655. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008655) (PMID:32925904) (PMCID:PMC7513992)

Crestani, Chiara, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2020) Development and application of a prophage integrase typing scheme for group B Streptococcus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1993. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01993) (PMID:32983017) (PMCID:PMC7487436)

Opriessnig, Tanja, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Shimoji, Yoshihiro (2020) Erysipelothrix spp.: past, present, and future directions in vaccine research. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 174. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00174) (PMID:32351978) (PMCID:PMC7174600)

Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Kollanandi Ratheesh, Nichith, Harvey, William T., Thomson, Jill R., Williamson, Susanna, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Opriessnig, Tanja (2020) Genomic and immunogenic protein diversity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs in Great Britain: implications for vaccine protection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 418. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00418) (PMID:32231655) (PMCID:PMC7083082)

2019

Groeschel, Michael, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Turvey, Shannon, Joffe, A. Mark, Hui, Catherine, Naidu, Prenilla, Mavrot, Fabien, Kutz, Susan and Singh, Ameeta E. (2019) An unusual case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae prosthetic joint infection from the Canadian Arctic: whole genome sequencing unable to identify a zoonotic source. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, 282. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3913-7) (PMID:30909869) (PMCID:PMC6434803)

2018

Barkema, H. W. et al. (2018) Knowledge gaps that hamper prevention and control of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(S1), pp. 125-148. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.12723) (PMID:28941207)

2017

Ladbury, G. et al. (2017) One health research in Northern Tanzania – challenges and progress. East African Health Research Journal, 1(1), pp. 8-18. (doi: 10.24248/EAHRJ-D-16-00379)

2016

Forde, T. L. et al. (2016) Bacterial genomics reveal the complex epidemiology of an emerging pathogen in Arctic and boreal ungulates. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1759. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01759)

Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Zadoks, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000, Workentine, Matthew L., De Buck, Jeroen, Kutz, Susas, Opriessnig, Tanja, Trewby, Hannah, van der Meer, Frank and Orsel, Karin (2016) Genomic analysis of the multi-host pathogen Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae reveals extensive recombination as well as the existence of three generalist clades with wide geographic distribution. BMC Genomics, 17(1), 461. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2643-0) (PMID:27301771) (PMCID:PMC4906694)

2015

Kutz, S. et al. (2015) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae associated with recent widespread muskox mortalities in the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Veterinary Journal: Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, 56(6), pp. 560-3. (PMID:26028673) (PMCID:PMC4431149)

Forde, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Pruvot, M., De Buck, J. and Orsel, K. (2015) A high-morbidity outbreak of Johne's disease in game-ranched elk. Canadian Veterinary Journal: Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, 56(5), pp. 479-483. (PMID:25969580) (PMCID:PMC4399733)

2014

Aenishaenslin, Cécile, Simon, Audrey, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Ravel, André, Proulx, Jean-François, Fehlner-Gardiner, Christine, Picard, Isabelle and Bélanger, Denise (2014) Characterizing rabies epidemiology in remote Inuit communities in Québec, Canada: a “One Health” approach. EcoHealth, 11(3), pp. 343-355. (doi: 10.1007/s10393-014-0923-1) (PMID:24643862)

2013

Forde, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, De Buck, J., Elkin, B., Kutz, S., van der Meer, F. and Orsel, K. (2013) Contrasting results of culture-dependent and molecular analyses of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from wood bison. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79(14), pp. 4448-4454. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00995-13) (PMID:23686265) (PMCID:PMC3697503)

Pruvot, Mathieu, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Steele, Jillian, Kutz, Susan J., Buck, Jeroen De, van der Meer, Frank and Orsel, Karin (2013) The modification and evaluation of an ELISA test for the surveillance of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in wild ruminants. BMC Veterinary Research, 9, 5. (doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-5) (PMID:23302439) (PMCID:PMC3545983)

2012

Forde, T. et al. (2012) Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in several herds of Arctic Caribou (Rangifer tarandus ssp.). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(4), pp. 918-24. (doi: 10.7589/2011-09-261.) (PMID:23060493)

Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Kutz, Susan, De Buck, Jeroen, Warren, Amy, Ruckstuhl, Kathreen, Pybus, Margo and Orsel, Karin (2012) Occurrence, diagnosis, and strain typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) in southwestern Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.1) (PMID:22247368)

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Articles

Kamble, M. T. et al. (2026) Systematic review and meta-analysis of parasitic infections in clariid catfish (Clarias spp.): African dominance, prevalence trends, and emerging patterns. Scientific African, 33, e03550. (doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2026.e03550)

Kolovou, E. et al. (2026) Equine vegetative endocarditis and vertebral osteomyelitis due to refractory Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection. Equine Veterinary Education, (doi: 10.1111/eve.70165) (Early Online Publication)

Hilbig, A. et al. (2026) Investigating Bacillus anthracis genomic diversity and trait-specific lineages in an endemic area in northern Tanzania through a combination of traditional and culture-free sequencing approaches. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20(8), e0014611. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0014611) (PMID:42574478) (Early Online Publication)

Hilbig, A. et al. (2026) Home is where the host is: Evolutionary history of geographic spread, host switching and adaptive genomic signatures in two generalist Group B Streptococcus clonal group. Microbial Genomics, 12(7), 001745. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001745) (PMID:42490134)

Vargas Soto, Juan S., Reyne, Marina, Wooten, McCaide, Radhakrishnan, Sreejith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-562X, Mavrot, Fabien, Kutz, Susan, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Morgan, Eric R. (2026) Models reveal the importance of alternative hosts and environmental transmission for emergence of bacterial disease in muskoxen in the Arctic. Ecological Modelling, 517, 111602. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2026.111602)

Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Brunker, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Everest, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Fuentes, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Wilson, Catherine, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2026) Rapid and modular workflows for same-day sequencing-based detection of bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance determinants using culture-enriched samples. Microbiology Spectrum, (doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03240-25) (PMID:42294714) (Early Online Publication)

Rouse, Natalie, Burek Huntington, Kathy, Goertz, Caroline E.C., Hunter, Natalie, Radhakrishnan, Sreejith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-562X and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2025) Erysipelothrix in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA: an emerging bacterial pathogen of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 163, pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.3354/dao03859) (PMID:40607532)

Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Brunker, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Everest, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Galarion, Ma Jowina H., Fuentes, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-316X, Wilson, Catherine, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2025) MultiSeq-AMR: a modular amplicon-sequencing workflow for rapid detection of bloodstream infection and antimicrobial resistance markers. Microbial Genomics, 11(4), 001383. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001383) (PMID:40178523)

Shalaby, Maha, Busin, Valentina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-3430, Yan, Xiaoxiang, Cengiz, Seyda, Adiguzel, Mehmet Cemal, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Reboud, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405 (2025) Sample-to-answer microfluidic device towards the point-of-need detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin genes in ruminant milk. Lab on a Chip, 25, pp. 524-535. (doi: 10.1039/d4lc00907j) (PMID:39775496)

Sawaswong, Vorthon, Wongjarit, Kanphai, Petsong, Suthidee, Yuliani, Yonita, Somsukpiroh, Ubonwan, Faksri, Kiatichai, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Payungporn, Sunchai and Rotcheewaphan, Suwatchareeporn (2025) Diversity and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Mycobacterium avium complex clinical isolates in Thailand based on whole genome comparative analysis. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 772. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84511-z) (PMID:39755794) (PMCID:PMC11700178)

Wooten, M. T. et al. (2025) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae clone reemergence in association with a multi-year mass mortality event in high Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Scientific Reports, 15(1), 43135. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-27316-y) (PMID:41345185) (PMCID:PMC12678405)

Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-9805, Brunker, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Everest, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-8048, Murphy, Michael E. and Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2024) Advances in host depletion and pathogen enrichment methods for rapid sequencing-based diagnosis of bloodstream infection. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 26(9), pp. 741-753. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.008) (PMID:38925458)

Crestani, C. et al. (2024) Genomic and functional determinants of host spectrum in Group B Streptococcus. PLoS Pathogens, 20(8), e1012400. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012400) (PMID:39133742) (PMCID:PMC11341095)

Vineesha Seru, Lakshmi, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Roberto-Charron, Amélie, Mavrot, Fabien, Niu, Yan D. and Kutz, Susan J. (2024) Genomic characterization and virulence gene profiling of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from widespread muskox mortalities in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. BMC Genomics, 25, 691. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10592-9) (PMID:39004696) (PMCID:PMC11247837)

Shalaby, Maha, Reboud, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 and Busin, Valentina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-3430 (2024) Distribution and prevalence of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus and staphylococcal enterotoxins in raw ruminants’ milk: a systematic review. Food Microbiology, 118, 104405. (doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104405)

Zhong, Jiadong, Medvecky, Matej, Tornos, Jérémy, Clessin, Augustin, Le Net, Rozenn, Gantelet, Hubert, Gamble, Amandine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-9124, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Boulinier, Thierry (2024) Erysipelothrix amsterdamensis sp. nov., associated with mortalities among endangered seabirds. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 74(2), 006264. (doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006264) (PMID:38359084)

Neffe, Lisa, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803, Köhler, Ute, Bautsch, Wilfried, Tomasch, Jürgen and Häussler, Susanne (2022) Genomic epidemiology of clinical ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a German hospital suggests infections are primarily community- and regionally-acquired. Microbial Genomics, 8(12), 000901. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000901) (PMID:36748515) (PMCID:PMC9837565)

Crestani, Chiara, Seligsohn, Dinah, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2022) How GBS got its hump: genomic analysis of Group B Streptococcus from camels identifies host restriction as well as mobile genetic elements shared across hosts and pathogens. Pathogens, 11(9), 1025. (doi: 10.3390/pathogens11091025) (PMID:36145457) (PMCID:PMC9504112)

Aminu, O. R. et al. (2022) Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa. Scientific Reports, 12, 10514. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5) (PMID:35732674) (PMCID:PMC9217952)

Dennis, Tristan P.W., Mable, Barbara K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116, Brunelle, Brian, Devault, Alison, Carter, Ryan W., Ling, Clare L., Mmbaga, Blandina T., Halliday, Jo E.B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-9035, Oravcova, Katarina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-6803 and Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics, 8(5), 000836. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836) (PMID:35622897) (PMCID:PMC9465068)

Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)

Crestani, Chiara, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Lycett, Samantha J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3159-596X, Holmes, Mark A., Fasth, Charlotta, Persson-Waller, Karin and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2021) The fall and rise of group B Streptococcus in dairy cattle: reintroduction due to human-to-cattle host jumps? Microbial Genomics, 7(9), 000648. (doi: 10.1099/Mgen.0.000648) (PMID:34486971) (PMCID:PMC8715428)

Seligsohn, Dinah, Crestani, Chiara, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Chenais, Erika and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2021) Genomic analysis of group B Streptococcus from milk demonstrates the need for improved biosecurity: a cross-sectional study of pastoralist camels in Kenya. BMC Microbiology, 21, 217. (doi: 10.1186/s12866-021-02228-9) (PMID:34281509) (PMCID:PMC8287776)

Farthing, A. G. et al. (2021) Sepsis: when a simple infection becomes deadly. Frontiers for Young Minds, 9, 639681. (doi: 10.3389/frym.2021.639681)

Aminu, O. R. et al. (2020) Practical and effective diagnosis of animal anthrax in endemic low-resource settings. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(9), e0008655. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008655) (PMID:32925904) (PMCID:PMC7513992)

Crestani, Chiara, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Zadoks, Ruth N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000 (2020) Development and application of a prophage integrase typing scheme for group B Streptococcus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1993. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01993) (PMID:32983017) (PMCID:PMC7487436)

Opriessnig, Tanja, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826 and Shimoji, Yoshihiro (2020) Erysipelothrix spp.: past, present, and future directions in vaccine research. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 174. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00174) (PMID:32351978) (PMCID:PMC7174600)

Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Kollanandi Ratheesh, Nichith, Harvey, William T., Thomson, Jill R., Williamson, Susanna, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Opriessnig, Tanja (2020) Genomic and immunogenic protein diversity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs in Great Britain: implications for vaccine protection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 418. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00418) (PMID:32231655) (PMCID:PMC7083082)

Groeschel, Michael, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Turvey, Shannon, Joffe, A. Mark, Hui, Catherine, Naidu, Prenilla, Mavrot, Fabien, Kutz, Susan and Singh, Ameeta E. (2019) An unusual case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae prosthetic joint infection from the Canadian Arctic: whole genome sequencing unable to identify a zoonotic source. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, 282. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3913-7) (PMID:30909869) (PMCID:PMC6434803)

Barkema, H. W. et al. (2018) Knowledge gaps that hamper prevention and control of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(S1), pp. 125-148. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.12723) (PMID:28941207)

Ladbury, G. et al. (2017) One health research in Northern Tanzania – challenges and progress. East African Health Research Journal, 1(1), pp. 8-18. (doi: 10.24248/EAHRJ-D-16-00379)

Forde, T. L. et al. (2016) Bacterial genomics reveal the complex epidemiology of an emerging pathogen in Arctic and boreal ungulates. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1759. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01759)

Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Zadoks, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000, Workentine, Matthew L., De Buck, Jeroen, Kutz, Susas, Opriessnig, Tanja, Trewby, Hannah, van der Meer, Frank and Orsel, Karin (2016) Genomic analysis of the multi-host pathogen Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae reveals extensive recombination as well as the existence of three generalist clades with wide geographic distribution. BMC Genomics, 17(1), 461. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2643-0) (PMID:27301771) (PMCID:PMC4906694)

Kutz, S. et al. (2015) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae associated with recent widespread muskox mortalities in the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Veterinary Journal: Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, 56(6), pp. 560-3. (PMID:26028673) (PMCID:PMC4431149)

Forde, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Pruvot, M., De Buck, J. and Orsel, K. (2015) A high-morbidity outbreak of Johne's disease in game-ranched elk. Canadian Veterinary Journal: Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, 56(5), pp. 479-483. (PMID:25969580) (PMCID:PMC4399733)

Aenishaenslin, Cécile, Simon, Audrey, Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Ravel, André, Proulx, Jean-François, Fehlner-Gardiner, Christine, Picard, Isabelle and Bélanger, Denise (2014) Characterizing rabies epidemiology in remote Inuit communities in Québec, Canada: a “One Health” approach. EcoHealth, 11(3), pp. 343-355. (doi: 10.1007/s10393-014-0923-1) (PMID:24643862)

Forde, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, De Buck, J., Elkin, B., Kutz, S., van der Meer, F. and Orsel, K. (2013) Contrasting results of culture-dependent and molecular analyses of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from wood bison. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79(14), pp. 4448-4454. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00995-13) (PMID:23686265) (PMCID:PMC3697503)

Pruvot, Mathieu, Forde, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Steele, Jillian, Kutz, Susan J., Buck, Jeroen De, van der Meer, Frank and Orsel, Karin (2013) The modification and evaluation of an ELISA test for the surveillance of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in wild ruminants. BMC Veterinary Research, 9, 5. (doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-5) (PMID:23302439) (PMCID:PMC3545983)

Forde, T. et al. (2012) Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in several herds of Arctic Caribou (Rangifer tarandus ssp.). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(4), pp. 918-24. (doi: 10.7589/2011-09-261.) (PMID:23060493)

Forde, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Kutz, Susan, De Buck, Jeroen, Warren, Amy, Ruckstuhl, Kathreen, Pybus, Margo and Orsel, Karin (2012) Occurrence, diagnosis, and strain typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) in southwestern Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.1) (PMID:22247368)

This list was generated on Sun Oct 18 21:04:29 2026 BST.

Supervision

  • Fang, Tianjiao
    Exploring Factors Shaping Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquatic Environments
  • Fernandez Sanhueza, Bastian Ignacio
    Zoonotic pathogen emergence in backyard production systems.
  • Zhao, Luyuan
    Genomic Epidemiology and Modelling of Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission in Enterobacterales: A One Health Study in the Pao River Watershed, Thailand

Teaching

 Teaching

Course lead: Genetics & Genomics of Antimicrobial Resistance (VETSCI5024) - part of EIDAR MSc

Deputy course lead: Antimicrobial Resistance: a One Health approach (BIOL5334) - part of the online One Health & Infectious Disease MSc

Veterinary Biosciences (L2): Lectures and Practicals on Next Generation Sequencing, Phylogenetics and Molecular Epidemiology

Additional lectures in the areas of infectious disease surveillance, microbiology, diagnostics and sequencing within the Veterinary Biosciences, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, Zoology and Microbiology (SII) programmes. 

 Presentations

 International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics. Investigating an emerging bacterial disease that is threatening the muskox - an iconic Arctic ungulate. Sydney, Australia, November 2024. 

 British & Irish Association of Zoos & Aquariums. One Health with a Climate Change Lens: Emerging pathogens in Arctic Ecosystems. Edinburgh, UK, January 2023.

Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University seminar series. From the Arctic to Africa: Genomic analyses towards an improved understanding of bacterial epidemiology. Newcastle, UK, May 2022.

BACT22: 10th International Conference on Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus and B. thuringiensis. Assessing Bacillus anthracis transmission at the One Health interface using novel sequencing approaches. April 2022, online.

British Pig Veterinary Society / Poultry Association Meeting. Genetic diversity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: implications for vaccine efficacy in pigs and poultry. Nov 2020, online.

Public Health England seminar series. Anthrax in northern Tanzania: One Health research with impact. Porton Down UK, January 2020.

Public & Community Engagement workshop panelist, UofG Knowledge Exchange & Engagement Conference. Glasgow UK, February 2019.

International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics. Anthrax: a striking example of the impact of neglected zoonotic diseases. Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2018.

Research datasets

Jump to: 2025 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
Number of items: 6.

2025

Aminu, O. R., Forde, T. L. , Rahman, M. M., Chubwa, C. C., Korio, L., Mkenda, N., Mshanga, D., Ole Moko, S., Pisharody, S., Rubach, M. P., Zadoks, R. N. , Mmbaga, B. T., Biek, R. , Marsh, T. L. and Lembo, T. (2025) The two costs of neglect: evaluating the health and economic impacts of anthrax in an endemic area of rural Africa. [Data Collection]

Shalaby, M., Busin, V. , Yang, X., Cengiz, S., Adiguzel, M., Cooper, J. , Forde, T. and Reboud, J. (2025) Sample-to-answer microfluidic device towards the point-of-need detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin genes in ruminant milk. [Data Collection]

2023

Shalaby, M. M. M., Reboud, J. , Forde, T. , Zadoks, R. and Busin, V. (2023) Prevalence of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus in raw ruminants’ milk: A systematic review. [Data Collection]

2022

Dennis, T., Mable, B. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R., Ling, C., MMBAGA, B. T., Halliday, J. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for difficult-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. [Data Collection]

2021

Forde, T. , Dennis, T., Aminu, R. O., Harvey, W., Hassim, A., Kiwelu, I., Medvecky, M., Mshanga, D., Van Heerden, H., Vogel, A., Zadoks, R. , MMBAGA, B. T., Lembo, T. and Biek, R. (2021) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. [Data Collection]

2020

Aminu, R., Lembo, T. , Zadoks, R. , Biek, R. , Lewis, S., Kiwelu, I., Mmbaga, B., Mshanga, D., Shirima, G., Denwood, M. and Forde, T. (2020) Practical and effective diagnosis of animal anthrax in endemic low-resource settings. [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Sun Oct 18 21:10:25 2026 BST.

Taya Forde