Research:
Studying the principles of asymetric cell division and cell-cycle control using the motile, aquatic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus as a model. Currently, I'm looking at a mutant strain of Caulobacter crescentus that is non-motile.
Recent Publications:
Pultz NJ, Vesterlund S, Ouwehand AC, Donskey CJ. Adhesion of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus to human intestinal mucus. Curr Microbiol. 2006 Mar;52(3):221-4. Epub 2006 Feb 18.. [PubMed]
Pultz NJ, Donskey CJ. Effect of antibiotic treatment on growth of and toxin production by Clostridium difficile in the cecal contents of mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Aug;49(8):3529-32. [PubMed]
Pultz NJ, Stiefel U, Donskey CJ. Effects of daptomycin, linezolid, and vancomycin on establishment of intestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and extended-spectrum-betalactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Aug;49(8):3513-6. [PubMed]
Pultz NJ, Stiefel U, Subramanyan S, Helfand MS, Donskey CJ. Mechanisms by which anaerobic microbiota inhibit the establishment in mice of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. J Infect Dis. 2005 Mar 15;191(6):949-56. Epub 2005 Feb 11. [PubMed]
Pultz NJ, Shankar N, Baghdayan AS, Donskey CJ. Enterococcal surface protein Esp does not facilitate intestinal colonization or translocation of Enterococcus faecalis in clindamycin-treated mice. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005 Jan 15;242(2):217-9. [PubMed]
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