Andrew Camilli

This study shows the Kappa prophage provides a competitive fitness advantage to Vibrio cholerae through phage predation, but its spread is restricted by BREX and AbiC phage defense systems.

This study identifies ZitB as a bacterial factor that enhances Shigella flexneri fitness during macrophage-associated metal stress by mitigating metal toxicity.

This paper introduces a colorimetric assay to detect virulent vibriophages in fecal and environmental samples, finding it sensitive and scalable for epidemiological studies.

This study identifies essential genes in Schaalia odontolytica using high-throughput transposon insertion sequencing.

The paper identifies Gp15, a phage DNA ejection protein that inhibits the CBASS effector CapV to evade bacterial antiviral defense.

The paper identifies a Vibrio cholerae anti-phage system, Nezha, that depletes NAD+ to restrict virulent phages, with a phage counteracting this by regenerating NAD+.

This study identifies ArcZ as a small RNA inhibitor of capsular hypermucoviscosity and virulence in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae through RNA interactome profiling.

This study shows that pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae causes internalization of GPI-anchored proteins in lung epithelial cells via Rho GTPase activation, reducing cell death and membrane damage.