Evolution of Acyl Carrier Proteins within Bacterial Polyketide Synthases, Marc Chevrette, Currie Lab

Differential sectoring in Rhizobium colonies due to random curing of a GFP plasmid, Matthew Crook, Ané Lab

Melissa Christopherson, Streptomyces isolated by Micro304 students

Ants in a grass-cutter ant fungus garden, Lily Khadempour, Currie Lab

Arctic Lichen, Caitlin Carlson, Currie Lab

Carved Pennsylvania Slate, Stan Sears and Andrea Myklebust, Commissioned by Wisconsin State Arts board

Hells Canyon Complex on the Snake River, Ben Peterson, McMahon Lab

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Bioinformatics Research Support Service

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Upcoming Agenda

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

Publications

Krinos AI, Bowers RM, Rohwer RR, McMahon KD, Woyke T, Schulz F, Time-series metagenomics reveals changing protistan ecology of a temperate dimictic lake., Microbiome DOI, PubMed
Metz F, Olsen AM, Lu F, Myers KS, Allemann MN, Michener JK, Noguera DR, Donohue TJ, Catabolism of β-5 linked aromatics by Novosphingobium aromaticivorans ., mBio DOI, PubMed
Choi D, Alshannaq AF, Yu JH, Safe and effective degradation of aflatoxins by food-grade culture broth of Aspergillus oryzae ., PNAS nexus DOI, PubMed
Goetsch AG, Ufearo D, Keiser G, Heiss C, Azadi P, Hershey DM, An exopolysaccharide pathway from a freshwater Sphingomonas isolate., Journal of bacteriology DOI, PubMed
Tu Z, Stevenson DM, McCaslin D, Amador-Noguez D, Huynh TN, The role of Listeria monocytogenes PstA in β-lactam resistance requires the cytochrome bd oxidase activity., Journal of bacteriology DOI, PubMed
Leistikow KR, May DS, Suh WS, Vargas Asensio G, Schaenzer AJ, Currie CR, Hristova KR, Bacillus subtilis -derived peptides disrupt quorum sensing and biofilm assembly in multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ., mSystems DOI, PubMed
Chatman CC, Olson EG, Freedman AJ, Dittoe DK, Ricke SC, Majumder EL-W, Co-exposure to polyethylene fiber and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium alters microbiome and metabolome of in vitro chicken cecal mesocosms., Applied and environmental microbiology DOI, PubMed
An R, Ni Z, Xie E, Rey FE, Kendziorski C, Thibeault SL, Single-cell view into the role of microbiota shaping host immunity in the larynx., iScience DOI, PubMed