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Jens Kreth

Oregon Health & Science UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8599-8310Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Genetics· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Justin L. MerrittiD· 2 shared Elizabeth A. Palmer· 1 shared Emily E. HelliwelliD· 1 shared Galip Gürkan YardımcıiD· 1 shared Hua QiniD· 1 shared Jeffrey S. McLeaniD· 1 shared Jonathon L. BakeriD· 1 shared Justin Merritt· 1 shared

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Paired oral clinical specimens reveal the underlying ecology supporting the emergence of inflammophilic microbiome communities

Madeline Krieger, Kristopher A. Kerns, Elizabeth A. Palmer, Jeffrey S. McLean, Jens Kreth, Galip Gürkan Yardımcı, Justin L. Merritt

The paper investigates how host inflammation reshapes oral microbiome communities by analyzing paired clinical specimens and identifying metabolic shifts associated with inflammatory states.

Microbiology Spectrum · Sep 14, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Comparative Characterization Reveals Conserved and Divergent Ecological Traits of Oral Corynebacteria

Molly Burnside, Emily E. Helliwell, Puthayalai Treerat, Tanner Rozendal, Justin Merritt, Jonathon L. Baker, Jens Kreth

This study compares two new oral corynebacterial strains with reference strains to reveal differences in biofilm formation, metabolic capacity, and interspecies signaling.

Microbiology Spectrum · Dec 22, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Adaptation of prokaryotic toxins for negative selection and cloning-independent markerless mutagenesis (CIMM) in Streptococcus species

Lena Li, Hua Qin, Zhengzhong Zou, Jens Kreth, Justin L. Merritt

The paper develops a new negative selection system for markerless mutagenesis in Streptococcus species, improving host range and eliminating the need for toxic substrates.

bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2023 · PreprintGenetics