Area of research
Periodontics · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Gut microbiota and health, and Dental Health and Care Utilization.
Saccharibacteria deploy two distinct type IV pili, driving episymbiosis, host competition, and twitching motility
Surface expression of antitoxin on engineered bacteria neutralizes genotoxic colibactin in the gut
The Evolving Microbiome of Dental Caries
The oral microbiome: diversity, biogeography and human health
Identifying keystone species in microbial communities using deep learning
Specific host metabolite and gut microbiome alterations are associated with bone loss during spaceflight
Oral Microbiome: Streptococcus mutans/Caries Concordant-Discordant Children
Antagonistic interaction between two key endodontic pathogens <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> and <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i>
Transcriptome of epibiont Saccharibacteria <i>Nanosynbacter lyticus</i> strain TM7x during establishment of symbiosis
Episymbiotic Saccharibacteria suppresses gingival inflammation and bone loss in mice through host bacterial modulation
Gastrointestinal disturbance and effect of fecal microbiota transplantation in discharged COVID-19 patients
Insights Obtained by Culturing Saccharibacteria With Their Bacterial Hosts
Saccharibacteria (TM7) in the Human Oral Microbiome
Rapid evolution of decreased host susceptibility drives a stable relationship between ultrasmall parasite TM7x and its bacterial host
Pseudomonas aeruginosa MutL promotes large chromosomal deletions through non-homologous end joining to prevent bacteriophage predation
Evidence of independent acquisition and adaption of ultra-small bacteria to human hosts across the highly diverse yet reduced genomes of the phylum Saccharibacteria
Ecology of the Oral Microbiome: Beyond Bacteria
Microbiome Associated with Severe Caries in Canadian First Nations Children
Arginine Improves pH Homeostasis via Metabolism and Microbiome Modulation
Influenza Virus Affects Intestinal Microbiota and Secondary Salmonella Infection in the Gut through Type I Interferons
The Denture-Associated Oral Microbiome in Health and Stomatitis
<i>Streptococcus mutans</i> SpaP binds to RadD of <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> ssp. <i>polymorphum</i>
Morphological and physiological changes induced by contact-dependent interaction between Candida albicans and Fusobacterium nucleatum
Tongue Coating and the Salivary Microbial Communities Vary in Children with Halitosis
Precision-guided antimicrobial peptide as a targeted modulator of human microbial ecology
Phenotypic and Physiological Characterization of the Epibiotic Interaction Between TM7x and Its Basibiont Actinomyces
Cellular Components Mediating Coadherence of <i>Candida albicans</i> and <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i>
The well-coordinated linkage between acidogenicity and aciduricity via insoluble glucans on the surface of Streptococcus mutans
Meta-omics uncover temporal regulation of pathways across oral microbiome genera during <i>in vitro</i> sugar metabolism
Cultivation of a human-associated TM7 phylotype reveals a reduced genome and epibiotic parasitic lifestyle