Sophia Zborowsky

Prophage and metabolic determinants of Staphylococcus aureus survival to vancomycin identified via TraDIS screening

This study identifies 52 genes in MRSA associated with reduced vancomycin survival, emphasizing the role of prophage loci, metabolism, and stress responses over discrete resistance mechanisms.

Virus-grazer interplay enhances virus production, particle aggregation, and trophic efficiency during infection of Prochlorococcus

The paper investigates how virus-grazer interactions affect Prochlorococcus mortality, virus production, and organic matter aggregation in a simplified marine ecosystem.

Competition with Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces Staphylococcus aureus in an antibiotic-tolerant viable but non culturable state

This study shows that S. aureus enters a viable but non-culturable state when competing with P. aeruginosa, altering its metabolism and survival strategies in response to antibiotics.

Adaptive loss of tRNA gene expression leads to phage resistance in a marine Synechococcus cyanobacterium

The paper identifies a mechanism of phage resistance in Synechococcus involving tRNA gene expression loss, showing that reduced LeuTAA tRNA levels prevent phage gene translation.