Carin K. Vanderpool

Isolation and characterization of diverse Veillonella phages reveal novel lineages and distinct host interactions

The paper isolates and characterizes ten Veillonella phages, revealing novel lineages and distinct host interactions, with one phage using lipopolysaccharide O-antigen as a receptor.

A family of RRM-1 RNA binding proteins enables cold adaptation and environmental resilience in Bacteroides

This paper identifies RRM-1 RNA-binding proteins as non-canonical cold shock proteins in Bacteroides that enable cold adaptation and environmental resilience during host transmission.

Plasmid transmission dynamics and evolution of partner quality in a natural population of Rhizobium leguminosarum

The paper analyzes plasmid transmission dynamics in Rhizobium leguminosarum, finding variation in plasmid types and their association with partner quality decline due to nitrogen fertilization.

The Salmonella pathogenicity island 1-encoded small RNA InvR mediates post-transcriptional feedback control of the activator HilA in Salmonella

The paper identifies the sRNA InvR as a negative feedback regulator of hilA mRNA translation in Salmonella, fine-tuning SPI1 expression to prevent overactivation.

Determinants of raffinose family oligosaccharide use in Bacteroides species

This study identifies mutations that enhance Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron's utilization of raffinose family oligosaccharides by increasing BT1871 expression and shows the role of PUL22 hydrolases and BT4338 in this process.

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms modulate cyclopropane fatty acid synthase through small RNAs in Escherichia coli

This study identifies transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulators of RydC, an sRNA that modulates cyclopropane fatty acid synthase in E. coli, revealing a network linking membrane stress responses to environmental signals.

Small RNAs positively and negatively control transcription elongation through modulation of Rho utilization site accessibility

The paper shows that small RNAs in E. coli regulate gene expression by modulating Rho-dependent transcription termination in the cfa mRNA 5' UTR.

Effects of individual base-pairs on in vivo target search and destruction kinetics of small RNA

This study investigates how single base-pair changes affect the in vivo kinetics of sRNA-target interactions, showing that Hfq facilitates annealing and buffers base-pair disruptions.