Area of research
Molecular Biology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Gut microbiota and health, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and Probiotics and Fermented Foods.
Enterobactin inhibits microbiota-dependent activation of AhR to promote bacterial sepsis in mice
Dietary impact on the gut resistome: western diet independently increases the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes within the gut microbiota
A Novel Nonantibiotic Gut-directed Strategy to Prevent Surgical Site Infections
Fecal microbiota transplant rescues mice from human pathogen mediated sepsis by restoring systemic immunity
Defining Microbiome Readiness for Surgery: Dietary Prehabilitation and Stool Biomarkers as Predictive Tools to Improve Outcome
Spatial Compartmentalization of the Microbiome between the Lumen and Crypts Is Lost in the Murine Cecum following the Process of Surgery, Including Overnight Fasting and Exposure to Antibiotics
Low-fat/high-fibre diet prehabilitation improves anastomotic healing via the microbiome: an experimental model
Western Diet Promotes Intestinal Colonization by Collagenolytic Microbes and Promotes Tumor Formation After Colorectal Surgery
Mice Fed an Obesogenic Western Diet, Administered Antibiotics, and Subjected to a Sterile Surgical Procedure Develop Lethal Septicemia with Multidrug-Resistant Pathobionts
<i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> exploits the human fibrinolytic system to drive excess collagenolysis: implications in gut healing and identification of druggable targets
Genomic Characterization and Virulence Potential of Two<i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>Isolates Cultured from the International Space Station
Novel <i>de novo</i> synthesized phosphate carrier compound ABA-PEG20k-Pi20 suppresses collagenase production in <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> and prevents colonic anastomotic leak in an experimental model
Can Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Silently Travel From the Gut to the Wound and Cause Postoperative Infection? Modeling the “Trojan Horse Hypothesis”
Oral Polyphosphate Suppresses Bacterial Collagenase Production and Prevents Anastomotic Leak Due to Serratia marcescens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Morphine Promotes Colonization of Anastomotic Tissues with Collagenase - Producing Enterococcus faecalis and Causes Leak
Critical role of microbiota within cecal crypts on the regenerative capacity of the intestinal epithelium following surgical stress
Collagen degradation and MMP9 activation by <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> contribute to intestinal anastomotic leak
The Shift of an Intestinal “Microbiome” to a “Pathobiome” Governs the Course and Outcome of Sepsis Following Surgical Injury
Membership and Behavior of Ultra-Low-Diversity Pathogen Communities Present in the Gut of Humans during Prolonged Critical Illness
Phosphate-Containing Polyethylene Glycol Polymers Prevent Lethal Sepsis by Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens
Emergence of the P2 Phenotype in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Strains Involves Various Mutations in mexT or mexF
Intestinal Tissues Induce an SNP Mutation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa That Enhances Its Virulence: Possible Role in Anastomotic Leak
Candida albicans Isolates from the Gut of Critically Ill Patients Respond to Phosphate Limitation by Expressing Filaments and a Lethal Phenotype