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C. J. Marx, I. D. Jordan, T. Ticak, J. A. Lee
This study investigates whether antibiotic persistence causes phenotypic heterogeneity in Escherichia coli's tolerance to formaldehyde stress and finds that persistence can preserve tolerance over time but is not the cause of initial heterogeneity.
bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology
J. A. Lee, S. Stolyar, C. J. Marx
This study identifies Methylobacterium strains capable of methoxydotrophy and aromatic ring metabolism, revealing their ecological relevance in lignin degradation and formaldehyde utilization.
bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2022Microbiology
H. H. Mehta, D. Ibarra, C. J. Marx, C. R. Miller, Y. Shamoo
This paper shows that using non-interacting drugs ciprofloxacin and doxycycline together can lead to faster evolution of resistance in Francisella compared to using them sequentially.
bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2021Evolutionary Biology
P. A. Jones, D. Frischer, S. Mueller, T. Le, A. Schwanes, A. Govindaraju, K. E. Shalvarjian, J.-B. Leducq, C. J. Marx, N. C. Martinez-Gomez, J. A. Lee
Methylothon is a high school research module on microbiology and bioinformatics using pink bacteria, offering both in-person and remote versions with bioinformatics tools and community science participation.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2021Scientific Communication & Education
K. van Raay, S. Stolyar, J. Sevigny, A. Muniz Tirado, J. Draghi, R. E. Lenski, C. J. Marx, B. Kerr, L. Zaman
The paper shows that mutations from evolving under shared resources can enable reversion to ancestral phenotypes when selection shifts to favor numerical yield.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
J.-B. Leducq, E. Seyer-Lamontagne, D. Condrain-Morel, G. Bourret, D. Sneddon, J. A. Foster, C. J. Marx, J. M. Sullivan, B. J. Shapiro, S. W. Kembel
This study investigates how Methylobacterium diversity in the phyllosphere is shaped by environmental factors and growth strategies, revealing temperature adaptation and seasonal community shifts.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2021Microbiology
J. Bazurto, S. Riazi, S. D'Alton, D. E. Deatherage, E. L. Bruger, J. E. Barrick, C. J. Marx
This study examines how Methylorubrum extorquens responds to formaldehyde stress with and without EfgA, revealing its role in transcriptional regulation and stress response.
bioRxiv · Jan 7, 2021Microbiology
E. L. Bruger, L. M. Chubiz, J. I. Rojas Echenique, C. J. Renshaw, N. V. Espericueta, J. A. Draghi, C. J. Marx
The paper investigates how epistatic interactions affect the fitness of beneficial alleles in different genetic backgrounds, showing that alleles beneficial in one context can be deleterious in others, impacting the evolution of novel metabolic pathways.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
J. Bazurto, D. D. Nayak, T. Ticak, M. Davlieva, J. A. Lee, L. B. Lambert, O. J. Benski, C. J. Quates, J. L. Johnson, J. S. Patel, F. M. Ytreberg, Y. Shamoo, C. J. Marx
This study identifies EfgA as a formaldehyde sensor in Methylorubrum extorquens that inhibits translation under formaldehyde stress, without enzymatic detoxification.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2020Microbiology
J. A. Lee, S. Riazi, S. Nemati, J. V. Bazurto, A. E. Vasdekis, B. J. Ridenhour, C. H. Remien, C. J. Marx
The paper shows that Methylobacterium extorquens populations exhibit continuous, dynamic formaldehyde tolerance heterogeneity without genetic mutations.
bioRxiv · Sep 19, 2019Microbiology