Brian H Lower
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Casillas-Ituarte N, Staats A, Lower B, Stoodley P, Lower S
Micron
. 2021 Aug;
150:103137.
PMID: 34392091
Fibronectin (Fn) and fibrinogen (Fg) are major host proteins present in the extracellular matrix, blood, and coatings on indwelling medical devices. The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to cause infections in...
2.
Pierce C, Osborne E, Mumper E, Lower B, Lower S, Sooryakumar R
Biophys J
. 2019 Sep;
117(7):1250-1257.
PMID: 31540710
One of the most common swimming strategies employed by microorganisms is based on the use of rotating helical filaments, called flagella, that are powered by molecular motors. Determining the physical...
3.
Casillas-Ituarte N, DiBartola A, Broughton M, Perez-Guzman L, Wheeler R, Ibaraki M, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2019 Aug;
9(1):11619.
PMID: 31406152
Fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA), a protein displayed on the outer surface of Staphylococcus aureus, has a structured A-domain that binds fibrinogen (Fg) and a disordered repeat-region that binds fibronectin (Fn)....
4.
Valverde-Tercedor C, Abadia-Molina F, Martinez-Bueno M, Pineda-Molina E, Chen L, Oestreicher Z, et al.
Arch Microbiol
. 2014 Apr;
196(7):481-8.
PMID: 24760293
Magnetotactic bacteria are a diverse group of prokaryotes that biomineralize intracellular magnetosomes, composed of magnetic (Fe3O4) crystals each enveloped by a lipid bilayer membrane that contains proteins not found in...
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Oestreicher Z, Lower S, Rees E, Bazylinski D, Lower B
Front Microbiol
. 2014 Jan;
4:406.
PMID: 24391636
Pavilion Lake is a slightly alkaline, freshwater lake located in British Columbia, Canada (50°51'N, 121°44'W). It is known for unusual organosedimentary structures, called microbialites that are found along the lake...
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Lower B, Bazylinski D
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol
. 2013 Apr;
23(1-2):63-80.
PMID: 23615196
The bacterial magnetosome is a unique prokaryotic organelle comprising magnetic mineral crystals surrounded by a phospholipid bilayer. These inclusions are biomineralized by the magnetotactic bacteria which are ubiquitous, aquatic, motile...
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Oestreicher Z, Lower S, Lin W, Lower B
J Vis Exp
. 2012 Nov;
(69):e50123.
PMID: 23183960
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are aquatic microorganisms that were first notably described in 1975 from sediment samples collected in salt marshes of Massachusetts (USA). Since then MTB have been discovered in...
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Oestreicher Z, Valverde-Tercedor C, Chen L, Jimenez-Lopez C, Bazylinski D, Casillas-Ituarte N, et al.
Micron
. 2012 May;
43(12):1331-5.
PMID: 22578947
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used in concert with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to image magnetotactic bacteria (Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 and Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1), magnetosomes, and purified Mms6 proteins. Mms6...
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Casillas-Ituarte N, Lower B, Lamlertthon S, Fowler Jr V, Lower S
J Biol Chem
. 2012 Jan;
287(9):6693-701.
PMID: 22219202
Staphylococcus aureus is part of the indigenous microbiota of humans. Sometimes, S. aureus bacteria enter the bloodstream, where they form infections on implanted cardiovascular devices. A critical, first step in...
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Lower S, Lamlertthon S, Casillas-Ituarte N, Lins R, Yongsunthon R, Taylor E, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2011 Oct;
108(45):18372-7.
PMID: 22025727
Medical implants, like cardiovascular devices, improve the quality of life for countless individuals but may become infected with bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus. Such infections take the form of a biofilm,...