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B. A. Leigh

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Microbiology· 2 Biochemistry· 1 Cell Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:Drosophila· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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S. R. Bordenstein· 3 shared R. Kaur· 2 shared A. K. Miller· 1 shared A. Liberti· 1 shared A. Mikaelyan· 1 shared C. G. F. Atkinson· 1 shared E. A. Hatmaker· 1 shared E. D. Kees· 1 shared

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2021-2022 · peak 3/yr

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S. R. Bordenstein

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Prophage regulation of Shewanella fidelis 3313 motility and biofilm formation: implications for gut colonization dynamics in Ciona robusta

O. Natarajan, S. L. Gibboney, M. N. Young, S. J. Lim, F. Nguyen, N. Pluta, C. G. F. Atkinson, B. A. Leigh, A. Liberti, E. D. Kees, M. Breitbart, J. A. Gralnick, L. J. Dishaw

This study shows that the prophage SfPat in Shewanella fidelis 3313 affects motility, biofilm formation, and host immune responses in Ciona robusta.

bioRxiv · Nov 23, 2022Microbiology

Nuclease proteins CifA and CifB promote spermatid DNA damage associated with symbiont-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

R. Kaur, J. D. Shropshire, B. A. Leigh, S. R. Bordenstein

The paper shows CifA and CifB nuclease activities cause DNA damage in spermatids, contributing to cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila.

bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2022Biochemistry

The Cif proteins from Wolbachia prophage WO modify sperm genome integrity to establish cytoplasmic incompatibility

R. Kaur, B. A. Leigh, I. T. Ritchie, S. R. Bordenstein

This study shows CifA and CifB proteins from Wolbachia prophage WO modify sperm genome integrity, causing cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila by altering histone retention and protamine levels.

bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2022Cell Biology

Genomes of gut bacteria from Nasonia wasps shed light on phylosymbiosis and microbe-assisted hybrid breakdown

K. L. Cross, B. A. Leigh, E. A. Hatmaker, A. Mikaelyan, A. K. Miller, S. R. Bordenstein

The paper analyzes gut bacterial genomes in Nasonia wasps to understand phylosymbiosis and bacterial-assisted hybrid breakdown, finding that hybrid bacteria are identical to parental species.

bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2021Microbiology