Jonathon L. Baker

Monounsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis is critical for streptococcal envelope homeostasis and stress tolerance

This study shows that monounsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis is essential for streptococcal growth, stress tolerance, and virulence, with species-specific effects on pathogenesis.

Epigenomics identifies three sources of DNA methylation in Streptococcus mutans UA159

This study identifies three DNA methylation sources in Streptococcus mutans UA159 using Oxford Nanopore sequencing, revealing a novel methyltransferase and its functional roles in biofilm formation and microbial interactions.

Comparative Characterization Reveals Conserved and Divergent Ecological Traits of Oral Corynebacteria

This study compares two new oral corynebacterial strains with reference strains to reveal differences in biofilm formation, metabolic capacity, and interspecies signaling.

Multi-omics profiling reveals atypical sugar utilization and identifies a key membrane composition regulator in Streptococcus pneumoniae

This study uses multi-omics profiling to reveal atypical sugar utilization and identify a key membrane composition regulator in Streptococcus pneumoniae under infection-mimicking conditions.

The salivary virome during childhood dental caries

This study compares the salivary virome of children with severe dental caries to those with healthy dentition, identifying novel viral taxa and their associations with caries.

An efficient in vivo-inducible CRISPR interference system for group A Streptococcus genetic analysis and pathogenesis studies

This paper develops a doxycycline-inducible CRISPRi system for GAS to enable efficient gene repression and presents a genome browser for GAS genetic features.