Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Ophthalmology
Research interest
Research interests include Biology, Microbiology, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus, Evolutionary biology, and Enterococcus faecium.
Combatting virulent gut bacteria by inhibiting the biosynthesis of a two-component lanthipeptide toxin
Global diversity of enterococci and description of 18 previously unknown species
Bibacillin 1: a two-component lantibiotic from <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>
Pathogenicity of Enterococci
Infectious corneal ulceration: a proposal for neglected tropical disease status
Clinical metagenomics for infectious corneal ulcers: Rags to riches?
The persistent dilemma of microbial keratitis: Global burden, diagnosis, and antimicrobial resistance
A new class of synthetic retinoid antibiotics effective against bacterial persisters
Promysalin Elicits Species-Selective Inhibition of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> by Targeting Succinate Dehydrogenase
Propyl-5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbodithioate (HMPC): a new bacteriostatic agent against methicillin—resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Tracing the Enterococci from Paleozoic Origins to the Hospital
Genome-wide screen for genes involved in eDNA release during biofilm formation by <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
Bacterial Hypoxic Responses Revealed as Critical Determinants of the Host-Pathogen Outcome by TnSeq Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Invasive Infection
Mutations in Pneumococcal <i>cpsE</i> Generated via <i>In Vitro</i> Serial Passaging Reveal a Potential Mechanism of Reduced Encapsulation Utilized by a Conjunctival Isolate
Enterococcus Diversity, Origins in Nature, and Gut Colonization
Emergence of Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium from Animal and Commensal Strains
Genomic transition of enterococci from gut commensals to leading causes of multidrug-resistant hospital infection in the antibiotic era
Photodynamic and Antibiotic Therapy Impair the Pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium in a Whole Animal Insect Model
Comparative Genomics of Enterococci: Variation in Enterococcus faecalis, Clade Structure in E. faecium, and Defining Characteristics of <i>E</i> . <i>gallinarum</i> and <i>E</i> . <i>casseliflavus</i>