ASM Vibrio2017 Conference Special Issue.
J Bacteriol. 2018 Jul 10;200(15). pii: e00322-18. doi: 10.1128/JB.00322-18. Print 2018 Aug 1. No abstract available.
Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Special Sections.
J Bacteriol. 2018 May 9;200(11). pii: e00177-18. doi: 10.1128/JB.00177-18. Print 2018 Jun 1. No abstract available.
A putative Vibrio cholerae two-component system controls a conserved periplasmic protein in response to the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B.
Matson JS, Livny J, DiRita VJ.
PLoS One. 2017 Oct 11;12(10):e0186199. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186199. eCollection 2017.
Methylation-dependent DNA discrimination in natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni.
Beauchamp JM, Leveque RM, Dawid S, DiRita VJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Sep 19;114(38):E8053-E8061. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703331114. Epub 2017 Aug 30.
Classic Spotlights: Selected Highlights from the First 100 Years of the Journal of Bacteriology.
Armitage JP, Becker A, Christie PJ, de Boer PAJ, DiRita VJ, Gourse RL, Henkin TM, Margolin W, Metcalf WW, Mullineaux CW, O'Toole GA, Parkinson JS, Schneewind O, Silhavy TJ, Stock AM, Zhulin IB.
J Bacteriol. 2017 Jun 13;199(13). pii: e00062-17. doi: 10.1128/JB.00062-17. Print 2017 Jul 1. No abstract available.
J Bacteriol. 2017 Jan 30;199(4). pii: e00734-16. doi: 10.1128/JB.00734-16. Print 2017 Feb 15. No abstract available.
Complete Annotated Genome Sequences of Three Campylobacter jejuni Strains Isolated from Naturally Colonized Farm-Raised Chickens.
Taveirne ME, Dunham DT, Perault A, Beauchamp JM, Huynh S, Parker CT, DiRita VJ.
Genome Announc. 2017 Jan 26;5(4). pii: e01407-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01407-16.
The PAS Domain-Containing Protein HeuR Regulates Heme Uptake in Campylobacter jejuni.
Johnson JG, Gaddy JA, DiRita VJ.
MBio. 2016 Nov 15;7(6). pii: e01691-16. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01691-16.
Generation and Screening of an Insertion Sequencing-Compatible Mutant Library of Campylobacter jejuni.
Accumulation of Peptidoglycan O-Acetylation Leads to Altered Cell Wall Biochemistry and Negatively Impacts Pathogenesis Factors of Campylobacter jejuni.
Ha R, Frirdich E, Sychantha D, Biboy J, Taveirne ME, Johnson JG, DiRita VJ, Vollmer W, Clarke AJ, Gaynor EC.
J Biol Chem. 2016 Oct 21;291(43):22686-22702. Epub 2016 Jul 29.
Classic Spotlight: Phage Bring Punch to the Party.
J Bacteriol. 2015 Dec 29;198(2):202. doi: 10.1128/JB.00644-15. Print 2016 Jan 15. No abstract available.
Regulated intramembrane proteolysis of the virulence activator TcpP in Vibrio cholerae is initiated by the tail-specific protease (Tsp).
Teoh WP, Matson JS, DiRita VJ.
Mol Microbiol. 2015 Sep;97(5):822-31. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13069. Epub 2015 Jul 30.
Narrow-spectrum inhibitors of Campylobacter jejuni flagellar expression and growth.
Johnson JG, Yuhas C, McQuade TJ, Larsen MJ, DiRita VJ.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Jul;59(7):3880-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.04926-14. Epub 2015 Apr 13.
Characterization and localization of the Campylobacter jejuni transformation system proteins CtsE, CtsP, and CtsX.
Beauchamp JM, Erfurt RS, DiRita VJ.
J Bacteriol. 2015 Feb;197(3):636-45. doi: 10.1128/JB.02434-14. Epub 2014 Dec 1.
Chemical biology applied to the study of bacterial pathogens.
Infect Immun. 2015 Feb;83(2):456-69. doi: 10.1128/IAI.02021-14. Epub 2014 Nov 17. Review.
Single-molecule tracking in live Vibrio cholerae reveals that ToxR recruits the membrane-bound virulence regulator TcpP to the toxT promoter.
Haas BL, Matson JS, DiRita VJ, Biteen JS.
Mol Microbiol. 2015 Apr;96(1):4-13. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12834. Epub 2014 Nov 4.
Complete Genome Sequence and Annotation of a Campylobacter jejuni Strain, MTVDSCj20, Isolated from a Naturally Colonized Farm-Raised Chicken.
Taveirne ME, Dunham DT, Miller WG, Parker CT, Huynh S, DiRita VJ.
Genome Announc. 2014 Aug 21;2(4). pii: e00852-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00852-14.
Imaging live cells at the nanometer-scale with single-molecule microscopy: obstacles and achievements in experiment optimization for microbiology.
Molecules. 2014 Aug 13;19(8):12116-49. doi: 10.3390/molecules190812116. Review.
High-throughput sequencing of Campylobacter jejuni insertion mutant libraries reveals mapA as a fitness factor for chicken colonization.
Johnson JG, Livny J, Dirita VJ.
J Bacteriol. 2014 Jun;196(11):1958-67. doi: 10.1128/JB.01395-13. Epub 2014 Mar 14.
Genome Sequences of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 Variants with Enhanced Fitness Relative to the Parental Strain in the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract.
Johnson JG, Carpentier S, Spurbeck RR, Sandhu SK, Dirita VJ.
Genome Announc. 2014 Feb 6;2(1). pii: e00006-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00006-14.
Peptidoglycan LD-carboxypeptidase Pgp2 influences Campylobacter jejuni helical cell shape and pathogenic properties and provides the substrate for the DL-carboxypeptidase Pgp1.
Frirdich E, Vermeulen J, Biboy J, Soares F, Taveirne ME, Johnson JG, DiRita VJ, Girardin SE, Vollmer W, Gaynor EC.
J Biol Chem. 2014 Mar 21;289(12):8007-18. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.491829. Epub 2014 Jan 6.
The complete Campylobacter jejuni transcriptome during colonization of a natural host determined by RNAseq.
Taveirne ME, Theriot CM, Livny J, DiRita VJ.
PLoS One. 2013 Aug 21;8(8):e73586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073586. eCollection 2013.
Small-molecule inhibitors of toxT expression in Vibrio cholerae.
MBio. 2013 Aug 6;4(4). pii: e00403-13. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00403-13.
Zinc competition among the intestinal microbiota.
MBio. 2012 Jul 31;3(4):e00171-12. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00171-12. Print 2012.
Peptidoglycan-modifying enzyme Pgp1 is required for helical cell shape and pathogenicity traits in Campylobacter jejuni.
Frirdich E, Biboy J, Adams C, Lee J, Ellermeier J, Gielda LD, Dirita VJ, Girardin SE, Vollmer W, Gaynor EC.
PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(3):e1002602. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002602. Epub 2012 Mar 22. Erratum in: PLoS Pathog. 2012 Oct;8(10). doi: 10.1371/annotation/aac1c73d-b014-4cee-8dbc-eb8472de211d.
Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni RacRS reveals roles in the heat shock response, motility, and maintenance of cell length homogeneity.
Apel D, Ellermeier J, Pryjma M, Dirita VJ, Gaynor EC.
J Bacteriol. 2012 May;194(9):2342-54. doi: 10.1128/JB.06041-11. Epub 2012 Feb 17.
Polytetrafluoroethylene toxicosis in recently hatched chickens (Gallus domesticus).
Shuster KA, Brock KL, Dysko RC, DiRita VJ, Bergin IL.
The Vibrio cholerae virulence regulatory cascade controls glucose uptake through activation of TarA, a small regulatory RNA.
Richard AL, Withey JH, Beyhan S, Yildiz F, DiRita VJ.
Mol Microbiol. 2010 Dec;78(5):1171-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07397.x. Epub 2010 Sep 30.
Polymyxin B resistance in El Tor Vibrio cholerae requires lipid acylation catalyzed by MsbB.
Matson JS, Yoo HJ, Hakansson K, Dirita VJ.
J Bacteriol. 2010 Apr;192(8):2044-52. doi: 10.1128/JB.00023-10. Epub 2010 Feb 12.
A Campylobacter jejuni znuA orthologue is essential for growth in low-zinc environments and chick colonization.
Davis LM, Kakuda T, DiRita VJ.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Mar;191(5):1631-40. doi: 10.1128/JB.01394-08. Epub 2008 Dec 19.
Conserved residues in the HAMP domain define a new family of proposed bipartite energy taxis receptors.
Elliott KT, Zhulin IB, Stuckey JA, DiRita VJ.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Jan;191(1):375-87. doi: 10.1128/JB.00578-08. Epub 2008 Oct 24.
Characterization of CetA and CetB, a bipartite energy taxis system in Campylobacter jejuni.
Mol Microbiol. 2008 Sep;69(5):1091-103. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06357.x. Epub 2008 Jul 10.
Regulatory networks controlling Vibrio cholerae virulence gene expression.
Matson JS, Withey JH, DiRita VJ.
Infect Immun. 2007 Dec;75(12):5542-9. Epub 2007 Sep 17. Review. No abstract available.
Campylobacter jejuni: molecular biology and pathogenesis.
Young KT, Davis LM, Dirita VJ.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2007 Sep;5(9):665-79. Review.
A proteome-wide protein interaction map for Campylobacter jejuni.
Parrish JR, Yu J, Liu G, Hines JA, Chan JE, Mangiola BA, Zhang H, Pacifico S, Fotouhi F, DiRita VJ, Ideker T, Andrews P, Finley RL Jr.
Antibodies enhance interaction of Vibrio cholerae with intestinal M-like cells.
Infect Immun. 2006 Dec;74(12):6957-64. Epub 2006 Sep 25.
Cj1496c encodes a Campylobacter jejuni glycoprotein that influences invasion of human epithelial cells and colonization of the chick gastrointestinal tract.
Bacterial-associated cholera toxin and GM1 binding are required for transcytosis of classical biotype Vibrio cholerae through an in vitro M cell model system.
The toxbox: specific DNA sequence requirements for activation of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes by ToxT.
Vibrio cholerae ToxT independently activates the divergently transcribed aldA and tagA genes.
Degradation of the membrane-localized virulence activator TcpP by the YaeL protease in Vibrio cholerae.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 8;102(45):16403-8. Epub 2005 Oct 27.
Activation of both acfA and acfD transcription by Vibrio cholerae ToxT requires binding to two centrally located DNA sites in an inverted repeat conformation.
TcpH influences virulence gene expression in Vibrio cholerae by inhibiting degradation of the transcription activator TcpP.
Beck NA, Krukonis ES, DiRita VJ.
Identification of Campylobacter jejuni genes involved in commensal colonization of the chick gastrointestinal tract.
Contribution of CsrR-regulated virulence factors to the progress and outcome of murine skin infections by Streptococcus pyogenes.
Engleberg NC, Heath A, Vardaman K, DiRita VJ.
Transcription of sigma54-dependent but not sigma28-dependent flagellar genes in Campylobacter jejuni is associated with formation of the flagellar secretory apparatus.
Natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni requires components of a type II secretion system.
Wiesner RS, Hendrixson DR, DiRita VJ.
J Bacteriol. 2003 Sep;185(18):5408-18. Erratum in: J Bacteriol. 2003 Nov;185(21):6493.
DNA binding and ToxR responsiveness by the wing domain of TcpP, an activator of virulence gene expression in Vibrio cholerae.
From motility to virulence: Sensing and responding to environmental signals in Vibrio cholerae.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;6(2):186-90. Review.
Membrane localization of the ToxR winged-helix domain is required for TcpP-mediated virulence gene activation in Vibrio cholerae.
Crawford JA, Krukonis ES, DiRita VJ.