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Xiaomei Ren

University of Illinois ChicagoORCID 0000-0002-0963-4144Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Xiaomei Ren1 paper · Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2

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Dziedzom A. Bansah· 2 shared John H. GearyiD· 2 shared Jonathan D. WinkelmaniD· 2 shared Lauren D. PalmeriD· 2 shared Babette S. ZemeliD· 1 shared Bryan M. Kigongo· 1 shared Connor R. TiffanyiD· 1 shared Elizabeth N. Varner· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedAug 14, 2026

A regulator of amino acid catabolism controls Acinetobacter baumannii gut colonization

John H. Geary, Xiaomei Ren, Dziedzom A. Bansah…·Lauren D. Palmer

This study identifies AstR as a regulator of ornithine catabolism in Acinetobacter baumannii, essential for gut colonization by enabling competition with the microbiota.

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MicrobiologyCell Host & MicrobePeer-reviewedAug 1, 2025

Amino acid competition shapes Acinetobacter baumannii gut carriage

Xiaomei Ren, R. C. Clark, Dziedzom A. Bansah…·Lauren D. Palmer

This study shows that A. baumannii uses ornithine to compete with gut microbiota and persist in mice, with dietary ornithine promoting its carriage.

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