Browsing by Author "Wood, Thomas K."
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Aldol Reactions - Isotope Effects, Mechanism and Dynamic Effects
Vetticatt, Mathew J. (2011-02-22)The mechanism of three important aldol reactions and a biomimetic transamination is investigated using a combination of experimental kinetic isotope effects (KIEs), standard theoretical calculations and dynamics ... -
Bacteria Mediate Oviposition by the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Zheng, Longyu; Crippen, Tawni L.; Holmes, Leslie; Singh, Baneshwar; Pimsler, Meaghan L.; Benbow, M. Eric; Tarone, Aaron M.; Dowd, Scot; Yu, Ziniu; Vanlaerhoven, Sherah L.; Wood, Thomas K.; Tomberlin, Jeffery K. (Scientific Reports, 2013) -
Connecting Quorum Sensing, c-di-GMP, Pel Polysaccharide, and Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through Tyrosine Phosphatase TpbA (PA3885)
Ueda, Akihiro; Wood, Thomas K.; Ausubel, Frederick M. (PLoS Pathogens, 2009) -
Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments
Wang, Xiaoxue; Kim, Younghoon; Ma, Qun; Hong, Seok Hoon; Pokusaeva, Karina; Sturino, Joseph M.; Wood, Thomas K. (Nature Communications, 2010) -
Deciphering Active Estrogen-Degrading Microorganisms in Bioreactors
Roh, Hyung Keun (2010-10-12)Estrogens are a group of endocrine disrupting compounds capable of causing abnormalities in the reproductive systems of the wildlife. Wastewater is a major source of environmental estrogens, in part due to incomplete removal ... -
Effect of Quorum Sensing by Staphylococcus epidermidis on the Attraction Response of Female Adult Yellow Fever Mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae), to a Blood-Feeding Source
Zhang, Xinyang; Crippen, Tawni L.; Coates, Craig J.; Wood, Thomas K.; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Leal, Walter S. (PloS One, 2015) -
Engineering Escherichia coli to Control Biofilm Formation, Dispersal, and Persister Cell Formation
Hong, Seok Hoon (2012-02-14)Biofilms are formed in aquatic environments by the attachment of bacteria to submerged surfaces, to the air/liquid interface, and to each other. Although biofilms are associated with disease and biofouling, the robust ... -
Enhanced Hydrogen Production in Escherichia coli Through Chemical Mutagenesis, Gene Deletion, and Transposon Mutagenesis
Garzon Sanabria, Andrea Juliana (2011-08-08)We demonstrate that hydrogen production can be increased by random mutagenesis using N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and that hydrogen production can be further increased in the chemically-mutagenized strain ... -
Escherichia coli Enhanced Hydrogen Production, Genome-wide Screening for Extracellular DNA, and Influence of GGDEF Proteins on Early Biofilm Formation
Sanchez Torres, Viviana (2012-02-14)Escherichia coli is the best characterized bacterium; it grows rapidly, and it is easy to manipulate genetically. An increased knowledge about the physiology of this model organism will facilitate the development of ... -
Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa via a poplar tree model
Attila, Can (2009-05-15)Differential gene expression of P. aeruginosa in a rhizosphere biofilm on poplar tree roots was examined in order to identify new virulence factors from this human pathogen. Changes in gene expression for poplar trees ... -
Indole and 7‐hydroxyindole diminish Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence
Lee, Jintae; Attila, Can; Cirillo, Suat L. G.; Cirillo, Jeffrey D.; Wood, Thomas K. (Microbial Biotechnology, 2009) -
Inter- and Intra-kingdom Signaling in Bacterial Chemotaxis, Biofilm Formation, and Virulence
Hegde, Manjunath (2012-02-14)Cell-cell communication between bacteria, belonging to the same species or to different species (Intra-kingdom signaling), or communication between bacteria and their animal host (Inter-kingdom signaling) is mediated through ... -
Inter-Kingdom Signaling Interactions in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Infections
Bansal, Tarun (2011-10-21)The overall goal of this research was to understand the role of inter-kingdom signaling in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infections of the human gastro-intestinal (GI) tract from the perspective of both the ... -
Metabolically engineered bacteria for producing hydrogen via fermentation
Vardar‐Schara, Gönül; Maeda, Toshinari; Wood, Thomas K. (Microbial Biotechnology, 2008) -
Microfluidic Systems for Investigating Bacterial Chemotaxis and Colonization
Englert, Derek Lynn (2011-02-22)The overall goal of this work was to develop and utilize microfluidic models for investigating bacterial chemotaxis and biofilm formation - phenotypes that play key roles in bacterial infections. Classical methods for ... -
Orphan Toxin OrtT (YdcX) of Escherichia coli Reduces Growth during the Stringent Response
Islam, Sabina; Benedik, Michael J.; Wood, Thomas K.; Barth, Holger (Toxins, 2015) -
Protein Translation and Cell Death: The Role of Rare tRNAs in Biofilm Formation and in Activating Dormant Phage Killer Genes
García-Contreras, Rodolfo; Zhang, Xue-Song; Kim, Younghoon; Wood, Thomas K.; Herman, Christophe (PloS One, 2008) -
Role of AI-2 in oral biofilm formation using microfluidic devices
Kim, Sun Ho (2009-05-15)Biofilms are highly organized bacterial structures that are attached to a surface. They are ubiquitous in nature and may be detrimental, causing numerous types of illnesses in living organisms. Biofilms in the human oral ... -
Role of protein acetylation, formation and dispersal of biofilms, and their impact on insects
Ma, Qun (2012-07-16)Bacterial biofilms form on liquid/air and liquid/solid surfaces and consist of cells combined with an extracellular matrix such as exopolysaccharides, extracellular DNA, and glycoproteins. Bacteria have up to a 1000-fold ... -
Synthetic quorum-sensing circuit to control consortial biofilm formation and dispersal in a microfluidic device
Hong, Seok Hoon; Hegde, Manjunath; Kim, Jeongyun; Wang, Xiaoxue; Jayaraman, Arul; Wood, Thomas K. (Nature Communications, 2012)