Dr Oleksandra Rudenko
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences

Journal Articles
Baseggio, Laura, Silayeva, Oleksandra, Engelstädter, Jan and Barnes, Andrew C. (2022). The Evolution of a Specialized, Highly Virulent Fish Pathogen through Gene Loss and Acquisition of Host-Specific Survival Mechanisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88 (14), e0022222. doi: 10.1128/aem.00222-22
Alsheikh-Hussain, Areej S., Ben Zakour, Nouri L., Forde, Brian M., Silayeva, Oleksandra, Barnes, Andrew C. and Beatson, Scott A. (2022). A high-quality reference genome for the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae. Microbial Genomics, 8 (3) 000777. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000777
Barnes, Andrew C., Silayeva, Oleksandra, Landos, Matt, Dong, Ha Thanh, Lusiastuti, Angela, Phuoc, Le Hong and Delamare‐Deboutteville, Jerome (2021). Autogenous vaccination in aquaculture: a locally enabled solution towards reduction of the global antimicrobial resistance problem. Reviews in Aquaculture, 14 (2), 907-918. doi: 10.1111/raq.12633
Irion, Solène, Silayeva, Oleksandra, Sweet, Michael, Chabanet, Pascale, Barnes, Andrew C., Tortosa, Pablo and Séré, Mathieu G. (2021). Molecular investigation of recurrent Streptococcus iniae epizootics affecting coral reef fish on an oceanic island suggests at least two distinct emergence events. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 749734, 749734. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.749734
Baseggio, Laura, Silayeva, Oleksandra, Buller, Nicky, Landos, Matt, Englestädter, Jan and Barnes, Andrew C. (2021). Complete, closed and curated genome sequences of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida isolates from Australia indicate mobilome-driven localized evolution and novel pathogenicity determinants. Microbial Genomics, 7 (4) 000562, 1-14. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000562
Silayeva, Oleksandra, Engelstädter, Jan and Barnes, Andrew C. (2020). Evolutionary epidemiology of Streptococcus iniae: linking mutation rate dynamics with adaptation to novel immunological landscapes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85 104435, 104435. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104435
Silayeva, Oleksandra and Barnes, Andrew C. (2017). Gibson Assembly facilitates bacterial allelic exchange mutagenesis. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 144, 157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.11.023
Barnes, Andrew C. and Silayeva, Oleksandra (2016). Vaccination against streptococcal infections in farmed fish. Microbiology Australia, 37 (3), 118-121. doi: 10.1071/MA16040
Thesis
Silayeva, Oleksandra (2019). The role of heritable mutators in evolution and epidemiology of bacterial pathogens. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.201