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Kaylie Scorza

University of ChicagoORCID 0009-0001-9601-8680Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alexander S. LittleiD· 1 shared Anitha SundararajaniD· 1 shared Ashley M. SidebottomiD· 1 shared Brantley HalliD· 1 shared Catherine Ann PfisteriD· 1 shared Christian JacobyiD· 1 shared Claire L. DonnatiD· 1 shared Freddy BunburyiD· 1 shared

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Bacterial vitamin sharing emerges from a balance between release and uptake

Freddy Bunbury, Thomas Janas, Paige A. Mullen, Kaylie Scorza, Sagnik Ghosh, Jeffrey Zhang, Madhav Mani, Catherine Ann Pfister, Claire L. Donnat, Seppe Kuehn

The paper quantifies vitamin B12 synthesis and uptake in bacterial isolates, revealing strategies that govern extracellular B12 availability through a balance between release and uptake.

bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Gut Bacteria Metabolize Natural and Synthetic Steroid Hormones via the Reductive OsrABC Pathway

Christian Jacoby, Kaylie Scorza, Lia Ecker, Paola Nol Bernardino, Alexander S. Little, Mary McMillin, Ramanujam Ramaswamy, Anitha Sundararajan, Ashley M. Sidebottom, Huaiying Lin, Keith Dufault‐Thompson, Brantley Hall, Xiaofang Jiang, Samuel H. Light

The paper identifies a novel gut bacterial pathway for steroid hormone metabolism and shows its impact on drug efficacy in Crohn's disease.

Cell Host & Microbe · Oct 21, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology