Vibrio cholerae & Streptococcus pneumoniae



Principal Investigator
Andrew Camilli
Professor

Program Affiliations
Molecular Microbiology

Contact Information
Department of Microbiology
Tufts University
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111

Supplemental Data Site

Office (617) 636-2144
Lab (617) 636-6933
Fax (617) 636-2175
Email  
Andrew.Camilli@tufts.edu
  1. van Opijnen, T., Bodi, K., Camilli, A. "Tn-seq: high-throughput parallel sequencing for fitness and genetic interaction studies in microorganisms." Nat Methods. 2009 Oct;6(10):767-72. Epub 2009 Sep 20. WEBLINK
  2. Moisi M, Jenul C, Butler SM, New A, Tutz S, Reidl J, Klose KE, Camilli A, Schild S. "A novel regulatory protein involved in motility of Vibrio cholerae." J Bacteriol. 2009 Nov;191(22):7027-38. Epub 2009 Sep 18. WEBLINK
  3. Nelson EJ, Harris JB, Morris JG Jr, Calderwood SB, Camilli A. "Cholera transmission: the host, pathogen and bacteriophage dynamic." Nat Rev Microbiol. 2009 Oct;7(10):693-702. Review. WEBLINK
  4. Pratt JT, McDonough E, Camilli A. "PhoB regulates motility, biofilms, and cyclic di-GMP in Vibrio cholerae." J Bacteriol. 2009 Nov;191(21):6632-42. Epub 2009 Sep 4. WEBLINK
  5. Nelson EJ, Tanudra A, Chowdhury A, Kane AV, Qadri F, Calderwood SB, Coburn J, Camilli A. "High prevalence of spirochetosis in cholera patients, Bangladesh." Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):571-3. WEBLINK
  6. Bourassa, L., and A. Camilli. 2009 "Glycogen Contributes to the Environmental Persistence and Transmission of Vibrio Cholerae." Mol Microbiol. 2009 Apr;72(1):124-38. Epub 2009 Feb 17. WEBLINK
  7. Liu, J.M., J. Livny, M.S. Lawrence, M.D. Kimball, M.K. Waldor, and A. Camilli. 2009. "Experimental discovery of sRNAs in Vibrio cholerae by direct cloning, 5S-tRNA depletion and parallel sequencing. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Apr;37(6):e46. Epub 2009 Feb 17. WEBLINK
  8. Lee, J., V. Sperandio, D.E. Frantz, J. Longgood, A. Camilli, M.A. Phillips, and A.J. Michael. 2009. "An alternative polyamine biosynthetic pathway is widespread in bacteria and essential for biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae." J Biol. Chem. 2009 Apr 10;284(15):9899-907. Epub 2009 Feb 5. WEBLINK
  9. Price, K.E., and A. Camilli. 2009. "Pneumolysin localizes to the cell wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae." J. Bacteriol. 191(7):2163-8. WEBLINK
  10. Schild, S., E. J. Nelson, A.L. Bishop, and A. Camilli. 2008. “Immunization with Vibrio cholerae outer membrane vesicles induces protective immunity in mice”. Infect Immun. 76:4554-63. WEBLINK
  11. Munoz-Elias, E. J., J. Marcano and A. Camilli. 2008. “Isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm mutants and their characterization during nasopharyngeal colonization”. Infect Immun. 76:5049-61. WEBLINK
  12. Nelson, E. J., A. Chowdhury, J. Flynn, S. Schild, L. Bourassa, Y. Shao, R. C. LaRocque, S. B. Calderwood, E. T. Qadri and A. Camilli. 2008. “Transmission of Vibrio cholerae is antagonized by lytic phage and entry into the viable but nonculturable state”. PLoS Pathogens, 4(10). WEBLINK
  13. Song T, Mika F, Lindmark B, Liu Z, Schild S, Bishop A, Zhu J, Camilli A, Johansson J, Vogel J, Wai SN. 2008. "A new Vibrio cholerae sRNA modulates colonization and affects release of outer membrane vesicles." Mol Microbiol. 2008 Oct;70(1):100-11. Epub 2008 Aug 4. WEBLINK
  14. Schild S, Nelson EJ, Camilli A. 2008. "Immunization with Vibrio cholerae outer membrane vesicles induces protective immunity in mice." Infect Immun. 2008 Oct;76(10):4554-63. Epub 2008 Aug 4. WEBLINK
  15. Martinez-Wilson HF, Tamayo R, Tischler AD, Lazinski DW, Camilli A. 2008. "The Vibrio cholerae hybrid sensor kinase VieS contributes to motility and biofilm regulation by altering cyclic diguanylate level." J Bacteriol. 2008 Oct;190(19):6439-47. Epub 2008 Aug 1. WEBLINK
  16. Lemieux J, Woody S, Camilli A. 2008. "The roles of sortases of Streptococcus pneumoniae in assembly of the RlrA pilus." J Bacteriol. 2008 Sep;190(17):6002-13. Epub 2008 Jul 7. WEBLINK
  17. Tamayo R, Schild S, Pratt JT, Camilli A. 2008. "Role of cyclic Di-GMP during el tor biotype Vibrio cholerae infection: characterization of the in vivo-induced cyclic Di-GMP phosphodiesterase CdpA." Infect. Immun. 76:1617-27. WEBLINK
  18. Benach J, Swaminathan SS, Tamayo R, Handelman SK, Folta-Stogniew E, Ramos JE, forouhar F, Neely H, Seetharaman J, Camilli A, Hunt JF. 2007. "The structural basis of cyclic diguanylate signal transduction by PilZ domains." EMBO. 26:5153-66. WEBLINK
  19. Nelson, EJ, Chowdhury A, Harris JB, Begum YA, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Larocque RC, Bishop AL, Ryan ET, Camilli A, Qadri F, Calderwood SB. 2007. "Complexity of rice-water stool from patients with Vibrio cholerae plays a role in the transmission of infectious diarrhea." Proc Natl Acad Sci. 104:19091-6. WEBLINK
  20. Schild S, Tamayo R, Nelson EJ, Qadri F, Calderwood SB, Camilli A. 2007. "Genes induced late in infection increase fitness of Vibrio cholerae after release into the environment." Cell Host Microbe. 2:264-77. WEBLINK