Selected Publications

A distinct Fusobacterium nucleatum clade dominates the colorectal cancer niche

Nature (2024) Opens a new window

Zepeda-Rivera M, Minot SS, Bouzek H, Wu H, Blanco-Míguez A, Manghi P, Jones DS, LaCourse KD, Wu Y, McMahon EF, Park S-N, Lim YK, Kempchinsky AG, Willis AD, Cotton SL, Yost SC, Sicinska E, Kook J-K, Dewhirst FE, Segata N, Bullman S*, Johnston CD*

Effect of the intratumoral microbiota on spatial and cellular heterogeneity in cancer

Nature (2022) Opens a new window

Galeano Niño JL, Wu H, LaCourse KD, Kempchinsky AG, Baryiames A, Barber B, Futran N, Houlton J, Sather C, Sicinska E, Taylor A, Minot SS, Johnston CD*, Bullman S*

The cancer chemotherapeutic 5-fluorouracil is a potent inhibitor of Fusobacterium nucleatum and its activity is modified by the intratumoral microbiota

Cell Reports (2022) Opens a new window

LaCourse KD, Zepeda-Rivera M, Kempchinsky AG, Baryiames A, Minot SS, Johnston CD*, Bullman S*

Genomic Stability and Genetic Defense Systems in Dolosigranulum pigrum a Candidate Beneficial Bacterium from the Human Microbiome

mSystems (2021)

Flores Ramos S, Brugger SD, Escapa IF, Skeete CA, Cotton SL, Eslami SM, Gao W, Bomar L, Tran TH, Jones DS, Minot S, Roberts RJ, Johnston CD, Lemon KP

The Relationship Between Gastrointestinal Cancers and the Microbiota

The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2021) Opens a new window

LaCourse KD, Johnston CD, Bullman S

Complete Genome Sequences and Methylome Analyses of Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes Strains DSM 16379 and DSM 1897T

Microbiology Resource Announcements (2020) Opens a new window

Deptula P, Laine P, Paulin L, Auvinen P, Roberts RJ, Johnston CD, Varmanen. P

Insights Obtained by Culturing Saccharibacteria With Their Bacterial Hosts

Journal of Dental Research (2020) Opens a new window

Bor B, Collins AJ, Murugkar PP, Balasubramanian S, To TT, Hendrickson EL, Bedree JK, Bidlack FB, Johnston CD, Shi W, McLean JS, He X, Dewhirst FE

Systematic evasion of the restriction-modification barrier in bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019) Opens a new window

Johnston CD, Cotton SL, Rittling SR, Starr JR, Borisy GG, Dewhirst FE, Lemon KP

Biosensor libraries harness large classes of binding domains for construction of allosteric transcriptional regulators

Nature Communications (2018) Opens a new window

Juárez JF, Lecube-Azpeitia B, Brown SL, Johnston CD, Church GM

Restriction-modification mediated barriers to exogenous DNA uptake and incorporation employed by Prevotella intermedia

PloS One (2017) Opens a new window

Johnston CD, Skeete CA, Fomenkov A, Roberts RJ, Rittling SR

Modulation of infection-mediated migration of neutrophils and CXCR2 trafficking by osteopontin

Immunology (2017) Opens a new window

Singh R, Hui T, Matsui A, Allahem Z, Johnston CD, Ruiz-Torruella M, Rittling SR

Genome analysis of Cronobacter phage vB_CsaP_Ss1 reveals an endolysin with potential for biocontrol of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens

The Journal of General Virology (2015) Opens a new window

Endersen L, Guinane CM, Johnston CD, Neve H, Coffey A, Ross RP, McAuliffe O, O’Mahony J

Pathogenic bacterial species associated with endodontic infection evade innate immune control by disabling neutrophils

Infection and Immunity (2014) Opens a new window

Matsui A, Jin JO, Johnston CD, Yamazaki H, Houri-Haddad Y, Rittling SR

Enhanced expression of codon optimized Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis antigens in Lactobacillus salivarius

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2014) Opens a new window

Johnston CD, Bannantine JP, Govender R, Endersen L, Pletzer D, Weingart H, Coffey A, O’Mahony J, Sleator RD

The role of the Cronobacter sakazakii ProP C-terminal coiled coil domain in osmotolerance

Gut Pathogens (2014) Opens a new window

Feeney A, Johnston CD, Lucid A, O’Mahony J, Coffey A, Lucey B, Sleator RD

Analysis of the role of the Cronobacter sakazakii ProP homologues in osmotolerance

Gut Pathogens (2014) Opens a new window

Feeney A, Johnston CD, Govender R, O’Mahony J, Coffey A, Sleator RD

Codon optimisation to improve expression of a Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis-specific membrane-associated antigen by Lactobacillus salivarius

Pathogens and Disease (2013) Opens a new window

Johnston CD, Douarre PE, Soulimane T, Pletzer D, Weingart H, MacSharry J, Coffey A, Sleator RD, O’Mahony J

Development of a novel oral vaccine against Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis and Johne’s disease: a patho-biotechnological approach

Bioengineered Bugs (2010) Opens a new window

Johnston CD, Coffey A, O’Mahony J, Sleator RD