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Detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococci by biosensor assay consisting of nanoscale films on optical fiber long-period gratings by Bandara, Aloka B., Zuo, Ziwei, Ramachandran, Siddharth, Ritter, Alfred, Heflin, James R., Inzana, Thomas J.

“…Methicillin-resistance among Staphylococcus species is a major health problem in hospitals, communities, and animals. There is a need for culture-free…”
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Functional Analysis of a Predicted Flavonol Synthase Gene Family in Arabidopsis by Owens, Daniel K, Alerding, Anne B, Crosby, Kevin C, Bandara, Aloka B, Westwood, James H, Winkel, Brenda S.J

“…The genome of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) contains five sequences with high similarity to FLAVONOL SYNTHASE1 (AtFLS1), a previously characterized…”
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Formation of the Francisella tularensis Biofilm is Affected by Cell Surface Glycosylation, Growth Medium, and a Glucan Exopolysaccharide by Champion, Anna E., Catanzaro, Kelly C. Freudenberger, Bandara, Aloka B., Inzana, Thomas J.

“…Biofilms are matrix-associated communities that enable bacteria to colonise environments unsuitable for free-living bacteria. The facultative intracellular…”
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Complex II subunit SDHD is critical for cell growth and metabolism, which can be partially restored with a synthetic ubiquinone analog by Bandara, Aloka B, Drake, Joshua C, Brown, David A

“…Succinate dehydrogenase (Complex II) plays a dual role in respiration by catalyzing the oxidation of succinate to fumarate in the mitochondrial Krebs cycle and…”
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The Application of a Nanomaterial Optical Fiber Biosensor Assay for Identification of Brucella Nomenspecies by McCutcheon, Kelly, Bandara, Aloka B, Zuo, Ziwei, Heflin, James R, Inzana, Thomas J

“…Bacteria in the genus are the cause of brucellosis in humans and many domestic and wild animals. A rapid and culture-free detection assay to detect in clinical…”
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Phylogenomic analysis of Haemophilus parasuis and proposed reclassification to Glaesserella parasuis , gen. nov., comb. nov by Dickerman, Allan, Bandara, Aloka B, Inzana, Thomas J

“…The Gram-negative bacterium is the etiologic agent of Glässer's disease in pigs, and causes significant economic losses to the swine industry. This bacterium…”
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Further Characterization of the Capsule-Like Complex (CLC) Produced by Francisella tularensis Subspecies tularensis : Protective Efficacy and Similarity to Outer Membrane Vesicles by Champion, Anna E, Bandara, Aloka B, Mohapatra, Nrusingh, Fulton, Kelly M, Twine, Susan M, Inzana, Thomas J

“…is the etiologic agent of tularemia, and subspecies (type A) is the most virulent subspecies. The live vaccine strain (LVS) of subspecies produces a…”
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Isolation and mutagenesis of a capsule-like complex (CLC) from Francisella tularensis, and contribution of the CLC to F. tularensis virulence in mice by Bandara, Aloka B, Champion, Anna E, Wang, Xiaoshan, Berg, Gretchen, Apicella, Michael A, McLendon, Molly, Azadi, Parastoo, Snyder, D Scott, Inzana, Thomas J

“…Francisella tularensis is a category-A select agent and is responsible for tularemia in humans and animals. The surface components of F. tularensis that…”
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Genomic Comparison between a Virulent Type A1 Strain of Francisella tularensis and Its Attenuated O-Antigen Mutant by Modise, Thero, Ryder, Cheryl, Mane, Shrinivasrao P, Bandara, Aloka B, Jensen, Roderick V, Inzana, Thomas J

“…We report the complete genome sequences of TI0902, a highly virulent type A1 strain, and TIGB03, a related, attenuated chemical mutant strain. Compared to the…”
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Brucella suis urease encoded by ure1 but not ure2 is necessary for intestinal infection of BALB/c mice by Bandara, Aloka B, Contreras, Andrea, Contreras-Rodriguez, Araceli, Martins, Ana M, Dobrean, Victor, Poff-Reichow, Sherry, Rajasekaran, Parthiban, Sriranganathan, Nammalwar, Schurig, Gerhardt G, Boyle, Stephen M

“…In prokaryotes, the ureases are multi-subunit, nickel-containing enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia. The Brucella…”
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Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and contributes to exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy by Drake, Joshua C., Wilson, Rebecca J., Laker, Rhianna C., Guan, Yuntian, Spaulding, Hannah R., Nichenko, Anna S., Shen, Wenqing, Shang, Huayu, Dorn, Maya V., Huang, Kian, Zhang, Mei, Bandara, Aloka B., Brisendine, Matthew H., Kashatus, Jennifer A., Sharma, Poonam R., Young, Alexander, Gautam, Jitendra, Cao, Ruofan, Wallrabe, Horst, Chang, Paul A., Wong, Michael, Desjardins, Eric M., Hawley, Simon A., Christ, George J., Kashatus, David F., Miller, Clint L., Wolf, Matthew J., Periasamy, Ammasi, Steinberg, Gregory R., Hardie, D. Grahame, Yan, Zhen

“…Mitochondria form a complex, interconnected reticulum that is maintained through coordination among biogenesis, dynamic fission, and fusion and mitophagy,…”
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Photonic biosensor assays to detect and distinguish subspecies of Francisella tularensis by Cooper, Kristie L, Bandara, Aloka B, Wang, Yunmiao, Wang, Anbo, Inzana, Thomas J

“…The application of photonic biosensor assays to diagnose the category-A select agent Francisella tularensis was investigated. Both interferometric and long…”
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Colonization efficiency of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a female mouse model by Kikiowo, Babatomiwa, Bandara, Aloka B, Abutaleb, Nader S, Seleem, Mohamed N

“…Abstract The rapid occurrence of gonococcal resistance to all classes of antibiotics could lead to untreatable gonorrhea. Thus, development of novel…”
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The Role of luxS in Histophilus somni Virulence and Biofilm Formation by Pan, Yu, Siddaramappa, Shivakumara, Sandal, Indra, Dickerman, Allan, Bandara, Aloka B, Inzana, Thomas J

“…-Ribosylhomocysteinase (LuxS) is required for the synthesis of the autoinducer-2 (AI-2) quorum-sensing signaling molecule in many Gram-negative bacteria. The…”
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Evaluation of 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors for Gut Decolonization of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci by Abutaleb, Nader S., Shrinidhi, Annadka, Bandara, Aloka B., Seleem, Mohamed N., Flaherty, Daniel P.

“…Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis, are high-priority drug-resistant pathogens in need of new therapeutic…”
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Complex I protein NDUFS2 is vital for growth, ROS generation, membrane integrity, apoptosis, and mitochondrial energetics by Bandara, Aloka B., Drake, Joshua C., James, Carissa C., Smyth, James W., Brown, David A.

“…Complex I is the largest and most intricate of the protein complexes of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC). This L-shaped enzyme consists of a…”
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Carboxyl-Terminal Protease Regulates Brucella suis Morphology in Culture and Persistence in Macrophages and Mice by BANDARA, Aloka B, SRIRANGANATHAN, Nammalwar, SCHURIG, Gerhardt G, BOYLE, Stephen M

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Identification of Histophilus somni by a nanomaterial optical fiber biosensor assay by Bandara, Aloka B., Zuo, Ziwei, McCutcheon, Kelly, Ramachandran, Siddharth, Heflin, James R., Inzana, Thomas J.

“…Histophilus somni is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for respiratory and systemic diseases of cattle and sheep. Rapid and accurate detection of H. somni…”
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Association of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide with Virulence in Pigs by BANDARA, Aloka B, LAWRENCE, Mark L, VEIT, Hugo P, INZANA, Thomas J

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Natural competence in Histophilus somni strain 2336 by Shah, Nehal, Bandara, Aloka B., Sandal, Indra, Inzana, Thomas J.

“…•Histophilus somni is capable of undergoing natural transformation at low efficiency.•Transformation and recombination required DNA containing uptake signal…”
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