Publications
Challenges of Francisella classification exemplified by an atypical clinical isolate. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 ;90(4):241-247.
. Bacterial discrimination by dictyostelid amoebae reveals the complexity of ancient interspecies interactions. Curr Biol. 2013 ;23(10):862-72.
. Cyanophora paradoxa genome elucidates origin of photosynthesis in algae and plants. Science. 2012 ;335(6070):843-7.
. Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci. N Engl J Med. 2011 ;365(10):892-900.
. A catalog of reference genomes from the human microbiome. Science. 2010 ;328(5981):994-9.
. Horizontal gene transfer in cyanobacterial signature genes. Methods Mol Biol. 2009 ;532:339-66.
. Spontaneous mutagenesis is elevated in protease-defective cells. Mol Microbiol. 2009 ;71(3):629-39.
. Acquisition of uncharacterized sequences from Candidatus liberibacter, an unculturable bacterium, using an improved genomic walking method. Mol Cell Probes. 2008 ;22(1):30-7.
. The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli DH10B: insights into the biology of a laboratory workhorse. J Bacteriol. 2008 ;190(7):2597-606.
. . Elevated expression of DNA polymerase II increases spontaneous mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. Mutat Res. 2007 ;625(1-2):29-39.
. nWayComp: a genome-wide sequence comparison tool for multiple strains/species of phylogenetically related microorganisms. In Silico Biol. 2007 ;7(2):195-200.
. Paradoxical DNA repair and peroxide resistance gene conservation in Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032. PLoS One. 2007 ;2(9):e928.
. Widespread lateral gene transfer from intracellular bacteria to multicellular eukaryotes. Science. 2007 ;317(5845):1753-6.
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Comparison of the genome of the oral pathogen Treponema denticola with other spirochete genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 ;101(15):5646-51.
. Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia typhi and comparison with sequences of other rickettsiae. J Bacteriol. 2004 ;186(17):5842-55.
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DNA polymerase III from Escherichia coli cells expressing mutA mistranslator tRNA is error-prone. J Biol Chem. 2002 ;277(48):46319-27.
. The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(8):4678-81.
. Virulence effect of Enterococcus faecalis protease genes and the quorum-sensing locus fsr in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(10):5647-50.
. Analysis of a gene cluster of Enterococcus faecalis involved in polysaccharide biosynthesis. Infect Immun. 2000 ;68(2):815-23.
. Effects of Enterococcus faecalis fsr genes on production of gelatinase and a serine protease and virulence. Infect Immun. 2000 ;68(5):2579-86.
. PipMaker--a web server for aligning two genomic DNA sequences. Genome Res. 2000 ;10(4):577-86.
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