Xiaojun Zhu

The paper examines diet-oral microbiome associations using metagenomic data from 5,824 participants, finding shared microbial signatures across dietary patterns.

This study identifies the molecular mechanisms of Eut BMC assembly in Salmonella, revealing a 'Shell-first' pathway and the role of EutQ in cargo encapsulation and BMC formation.

The paper characterizes two Salmonella Typhimurium strains for a first-in-human challenge model, confirming their genomic and phenotypic stability post-manufacture.

The paper identifies a new sublineage of Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 in Malawi with a gene expression signature and increased fitness compared to its parent lineage.