Michael Beeton
Reader in Medical Microbiology
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Research Publications
Comparative genomic analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated in the United Kingdom, between 2016 and 2024
Tewolde, R., D’Aeth, J. C., Thombre, R., Beeton, M. L., Rowlands, R. S., Sheppard, S. K., Hitchings, M. D., Pascoe, B., Chalker, V. J. & Afshar, B., 8 Oct 2025, In: BMC Genomics. 26, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sublethal exposure to benzalkonium chloride induced biocide-antibiotic cross-resistance in hypervirulent L. monocytogenes
Macleod, J., Hamid, Z., Johns, B. E., Beeton, M. L. & Blaxland, J., 24 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Microbiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A multi-locus sequence typing scheme for the emerging respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma amphoriforme
Simpson, L., Macleod, J., Rowlands, R. S., Spiller, O. B., Dixon, C., Jensen, J. S., Afshar, B., Seth-Smith, H. M. B., Chalker, V. J. & Beeton, M. L., 20 May 2025, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology. 78, 6, ovaf073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
JMM Profile: Mycoplasma genitalium: a small, yet significant pathogen
the ESCMID Study Group for Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC), 4 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 74, 4, 001984.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Disseminated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presenting with polyarthritis and endocarditis
Layton, G. R., Veater, J. B., Thombre, R., Afshar, B., Beeton, M. L., Ladani, S., El-Dean, Z., Stephenson, I. & Zakkar, M., 1 Apr 2025, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 25, 4, p. e253-e254Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Global spatiotemporal dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: an epidemiological and transmission modelling study
ESGMAC MAPS study group, 27 Feb 2025, In: The Lancet Microbe. 6, 4, 101019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Broth microdilution protocol for determining antimicrobial susceptibility of Legionella pneumophila to clinically relevant antimicrobials
on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group Legionella Infections, Jan 2025, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 228, 107071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: not a typical respiratory pathogen
Rowlands, R. S., Meyer Sauteur, P. M., Beeton, M. L. & On Behalf Of The Escmid Study Group For Mycoplasma And Chlamydia Infections Esgmac, 30 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73, 10, 001910.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Miniscule Mollicutes: Current hurdles to bacteriophage identification
Catchpowle, J., Maynard, J., Chang, B. J., Payne, M. S., Beeton, M. L. & Furfaro, L. L., 2 Aug 2024, In: Sustainable Microbiology. 1, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Pneumonia outbreaks due to re-emergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC), and the ESGMAC Mycoplasma pneumoniae Surveillance (MAPS) study group, 8 Feb 2024, In: The Lancet Microbe. 5, 6, p. e514Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review