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X-ray crystallography model of the dimerization interface of Salmonella Typhimurium superoxide dismutase SodCI. Peter Newhouse, Forest Lab
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Amanita muscaria, Anne Pringle, Pringle Lab
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Engineered enrichments of wastewater microbial communities, Elizabeth McDaniel, McMahon Lab
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Differential sectoring in Rhizobium colonies due to random curing of a GFP plasmid, Matthew Crook, Ané Lab
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Media and Lake Mendota, Julia Martien, Amador-Noguez Lab
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Dairy calves at a research farm, Kim Dill-McFarland, Rey Lab
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Carved Pennsylvania Slate, Stan Sears and Andrea Myklebust, Commissioned by Wisconsin State Arts board

Welcome

Thank you for visiting the website of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology. For more than a century, we have been known for outstanding research and teaching, and we are committed to a future in which this excellence will continue.

In brief, we produce discoveries that contribute to basic knowledge, we develop practical applications that affect lives, and we provide superior training for the next generation of microbiologists. The training we provide allows undergraduate and graduate students to begin careers that contribute to the world in many ways -- in research, teaching, industry, entrepreneurship, scientific writing and editing, and government service. Our faculty, staff, and students have created a vibrant place to learn, teach, and conduct research, a place rich in opportunity, ideas, creativity, and resources, and a place where people can flourish and discover their own potential. Because we engage people with widely differing backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and styles, we achieve excellence through diversity.

Support

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Seminars

Bioinformatics Research Support Service

The Department of Bacteriology Bioinformatics Research Support Service is now live https://www.bioinformatics.bact.wisc.edu!

On the website, you will find examples of topics you can receive research support on, information on how to schedule (free!) appointments, a guide to computational resources available on campus, links to learning options, and a calendar of events.

Upcoming Agenda

Google Drive link (campus login required) to the agenda for our next Bacteriology Faculty meeting.

Publications

  • Erin Conley, Caryn S. Wadler, Bailey A. Bell, Ivy Lucier, Caroline Haynie, Sophie Eldred, Valerie Nguyen, Tim S. Bugni, Michael G. Thomas, Directed Evolution of an Adenylation Domain Alters Substrate Specificity and Generates a New Catechol Siderophore in Escherichia coli, Biochemistry DOI, PubMed
  • Choi D, Alshannaq AF, Bok Y, Yu J-H, Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities of a food fermentate of Aspergillus oryzae ., Microbiology spectrum DOI, PubMed
  • Finn JP, Luzinski C, Burton BM, Differential expression of the yfj operon in a Bacillus subtilis biofilm., Applied and environmental microbiology DOI, PubMed
  • Salemi RI, Cruz AK, Hershey DM, A flagellar accessory protein links chemotaxis to surface sensing., Journal of bacteriology DOI, PubMed
  • Zhou Z, Tran PQ, Cowley ES, Trembath-Reichert E, Anantharaman K, Diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism., Nature reviews. Microbiology DOI, PubMed
  • Chen J, Nilsen ED, Chitboonthavisuk C, Mo CY, Raman S, Systematic, high-throughput characterization of bacteriophage gene essentiality on diverse hosts., bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology DOI, PubMed
  • Martin C, Gitter A, Anantharaman K, Protein Set Transformer: A protein-based genome language model to power high diversity viromics., Research square DOI, PubMed
  • Kosmopoulos JC, Klier KM, Langwig MV, Tran PQ, Anantharaman K, Viromes vs. mixed community metagenomes: choice of method dictates interpretation of viral community ecology., Microbiome DOI, PubMed