1. Funke, G. and K. A. Bernard. 2007. Coryneform Gram-Positive rods. in  Manual of Clinical Microbiology 9th ed, ASM Press Washington DC. Pg 485-514
2. Levesque, A.  and K. Bernard. National Centres for Secure Biological Resources.  Final Report of the Feasibility Study conducted in order to create a national culture collection/biorepository for Canada. April, 2007
3. Krishnan, J., Laframboise, D., Bernard, K., Lumley, T., Harrison, S., Payette P., “Field Demonstration of Biological Decontamination”, manuscript report EE-182, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada. Winnipeg MB 2008.
4. Corynebacterium species chapter in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edition (August 2009 draft submitted to editors), K Bernard and G. Funke amendments in preparation. Coryneform Gram-Positive rods. in Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10 th ed, ASM Press Washington, ver1 submitted August 2009 K Bernard and G. Funke. Accepted January 2010.
5. Bernard, K.A. Algorithm for the Identification of Aerobic, Gram-Positive Rods in Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th ed, ASM Press Washington DC. Ver 1 submitted August 2009

Publications in Peer-reviewed journals for the past 5 years, including those in press:

1. Bernard, K.A. 2005. Corynebacterium species and coryneforms.  An update on taxonomy and diseases attributed to these taxa Clin. Microbiol. Newslett. 27:9-18
2. De Winter, L. M., Bernard, K. A. and Romney, M. G. 2005. Human clinical isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans which do not meet the criteria for notifiable diphtheria in Canada. 1999-2003. J. Clin Microbiol. 43: 3447-3449
3. Jumas-Bilak, E., Jean-Pierre, H., Carlier, J.-P, Teyssier, C., Bernard, K., Gay, B., Campos, J., Morio, J., Marchandin, H 2005.
4. Dialister micraerophilus sp. nov. and Dialister propionicifaciens sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int. J. System. Evol. Bacteriol. 55: 2471-2478.
5. Bernard, K. 2006  Review:  Biodefense  Principles and Pathogens, an invited review of text by Bronze, M.S. and R.A. Greenfield, eds. CID 42:735.
6. Romney, M.G., Roscoe, D. L., Bernard, K., Lai, S., Efstratiou, A., Clarke, A.M. 2006, Emergence of an invasive clone of non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Vancouver's urban poor. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 1625-1629
7. Wong, S.; Pabbaraju, K.; Burk, V.F.; Broukhanski, G. C.; Fox, J.; Louie, T; Mah, M. W.; Bernard, K.; Tilley, P. A. G. 2006. Use of sequence-based typing for investigation of a case of nosocomial legionellosis.  J. Med. Microbiol. 55: 1707-1710.
8. Gilmour, G. W., K. Bernard, D. M. Tracz, A. B. Olson, C. R. Corbett, T. Burdz, B. Ng, D. Wiebe, G. Broukhanski, P. Boleszczuk, P. Tang, F. Jamieson, G. Van Domselaar, F. A. Plummer and J. D. Berry. 2007.
9. Molecular typing of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Ontario, Canada J Med Microbiol ; 56: 336-341
10. Vinh, D. C., R. Garceau, G. Martinez, D. Wiebe, T. Burdz, A. Reimer and K. Bernard. 2007. Legionella jordanis lower respiratory tract infection: case report and review. J. Clin. Microbiol. [July 2007] 45: 2321-2323
11. Juman-Bilak, E., J-P Carlier, H. Jean-Pierre, D. Citron, K. Bernard, A. Damay, B. Gay, C. Teyssier, J. Campos, H. Marchandin. 2007.
12. Jonquetella anthropi gen. nov. sp. nov.  the first member of the candidate phylum ‘Synergistetes' isolated from man. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. [December 2007] 57: 2743-2748.
13. Tien, H. C.; Battad, A.; Bryce, E. A.; Fuller, J.; Mulvey, M.; Bernard, K.; Brisebois, R.; Doucet, J. J.; Rizoli, S. B.; Fowler, R.;
    Simor, A. 2007. Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter infections in critically injured Canadian forces soldiers [August 2007] BMC Inf. Dis. 7: 95-
14. Lagace-Wiens, P.; Ng, B.; Reimer, A.; Burdz, T.; Wiebe, D.; Bernard, K. 2008. Gardnerella vaginalis bacteremia in a previously healthy man- Case report and characterization of the isolate. [Feb 2008] J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 804-806
15. Majcher, M. R.; Bernard, K. A.; Sattar, S. A. 2008. Surrogates to assess sporicidal chemicals against Bacillus anthracis: determining the relative resistance of several spore-formers using a Quantitative Carrier Test (QCT). [Feb 2008] Appl. Environ. Microbiol.74: 676-681.
16. Domingo, M-C.; Bernard, K.; Huletsky, A.; Boissinot, M.; Picard, F. 2008.
17. Ruminococcus gauvreaui sp. nov., isolated from a human faecal specimen and resistant to glycopeptides. [June 2008]
18. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58:1393-1397
19. Luong, Me-linh, S. Békal, D.C.Vinh, D. Lauzon, V.Leung, G. N. Al-Rawah, B. Ng, T. Burdz, K. Bernard. 2008.
20. First Report and characterization of Aurantimonas altamirensis in Clinical Samples. [July 2008] J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 2435-2437.
21. Mages, I., R. Frodl, K. A. Bernard and G. Funke. 2008 Identities of Arthrobacter spp. and Arthrobacter-like bacteria encountered in human clinical specimens and description of Arthrobacter sanguinis sp. nov. and Brevibacterium ravenspurgense sp. nov. [Sept 2008] J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 2980-2986
22. McIntyre, L., Bernard, K., Beniac, D., Isaac-Renton, J.L. and Naseby, D. C..  2008. Identification of Bacillus cereus group species, associated with food poisoning outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 7451-7453
23. Haleis, A., Alfa, M., Gottschalk, M., Bernard, K., Ronald, A., Manickam, K. 2009 Meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis serotype 14. Emerg. Inf. Dis. 15: 350-352
24. Domingo M.-C. Domingo, A. Huletsky, M. Boissinot, M.-C. Hélie, A. Bernal, K. A. Bernard, L. M. Grayson, F. J. Picard and M. G. Bergeron. 2009. Clostridium lavalense sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant Clostridium isolated from human faeces, In. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 59: 498-503  
25. Shah, H. N., Olsen, I., Bernard, K., Finegold, S.M., Gharbia, S., Gupta R. S. 2009 Approaches to the study of the systematics of anaerobic Gram negative, non-spore forming rod;  current status and perspectives.  Anaerobe: 15:179-194.
26. Funke, G., R. Frodl, K.A. Bernard and R. Englert. 2009. Corynebacterium freiburgense sp. nov., isolated from a wound after a dog bite. IJSEM 59: 2054-2057
27. Funke, G., R. Frodl, and K. Bernard. 2009. Corynebacterium mustelae sp. nov., isolated from a ferret with lethal sepsis. IJSEM in press.
28. Bernard, K.A., D. Wiebe, T. Burdz, A. Reimer, B. Ng, C. Singh, S. Schindle and A. L. Pacheco.  2009. Assignment of Brevibacterium stationis (Zobell and Upham 1994) Breed 1953 to the genus Corynebacterium, as Corynebacterium stationis comb. nov. and emendation of the genus Corynebacterium to include isolates which can alkalinize citrate.  IJSEM in press.
29. Funke, G., R. Englert, R. Frodl, K. A. Bernard and S. Stenger. 2009 Actinomyces hominis sp. nov. isolated from a wound swab.  IJSEM in press.
30. Clark, C., J. Farber, F. Pagotto, N. Ciampa, K. Dore, C. Nadon, K. Bernard, L-K. Ng, 2009. Surveillance for Listeria monocytogenes and  listeriosis in Canada, 1995-2004. Epidem. Inf. In press.
31. Reimer, A., S. Au, S. Schindle, and K. A. Bernard. 2009. Legionella pneumophila monoclonal antibody subgroups and DNA sequence types isolated in Canada between 1981 and 2009:  Laboratory component of National Surveillance.  Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Inf. Dis. In press
32. Larios, O.E., K. A. Bernard, K. Manickham, B. Ng, M. Alfa, A. Ronald. 2010. First report of Actinobaculum schaalii Urinary Tract Infection in North America.  Diagn. Microbiol. Inf. Dis. 66: In Press.
33. Aron J. Hall, Pamela K. Cassiday, Kathryn A. Bernard, Frances Bolt,   Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Danae Bixler, Lucia C. Pawloski, Anne M. Whitney, Masaaki Iwaki, Adam Baldwin, Christopher G. Dowson, Takako Komiya, Motohi Takahashi, Hans P. Hinrikson, and Maria L. Tondella. 2010. Novel Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolated from Domestic Cats (Felis catus) Emerg. Inf. Dis. In Press.

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