Research Summary
Research pursuits include understanding the genetic basis of biofilm formation to prevent disease and to utilize biofilms for beneficial biotransformations. Interested in utilizing bacteria for remediation, green chemistry and energy production.
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Recent Publications
Improving phage therapy by evasion of phage resistance mechanisms
Bleriot, I., Pacios, O., Blasco, L., Fernández-García, L., López, M., Ortiz-Cartagena, C., Barrio-Pujante, A., García-Contreras, R., Pirnay, J. P., Wood, T. K. & Tomás, M., Feb 1 2024, In: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6, 1, dlae017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Phages produce persisters
Fernández-García, L., Kirigo, J., Huelgas-Méndez, D., Benedik, M. J., Tomás, M., García-Contreras, R. & Wood, T. K., Aug 2024, In: Microbial Biotechnology. 17, 8, e14543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Single-cell analysis reveals that cryptic prophage protease LfgB protects Escherichia coli during oxidative stress by cleaving antitoxin MqsA
Fernández-García, L., Gao, X., Kirigo, J., Song, S., Battisti, M. E., Garcia-Contreras, R., Tomas, M., Guo, Y., Wang, X. & Wood, T. K., Feb 2024, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 12, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Toxin/antitoxin systems induce persistence and work in concert with restriction/modification systems to inhibit phage
Fernández-García, L., Song, S., Kirigo, J., Battisti, M. E., Petersen, M. E., Tomás, M. & Wood, T. K., Jan 11 2024, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 12, 1, p. e0338823Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photoactive polymer coatings for antibacterial applications
Hunter, B., Sacco, J. L., Katterle, K., Kirigo, J., Wood, T. K., Gomez, E. W. & Pester, C. W., Jun 10 2024, In: European Polymer Journal. 213, 113090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-Throughput Screening Method Using Escherichia coli Keio Mutants for Assessing Primary Damage Mechanism of Antimicrobials
Martínez-Álvarez, J. A., Vicente-Gómez, M., García-Contreras, R., Wood, T. K., Ramírez Montiel, F. B., Vargas-Maya, N. I., España-Sánchez, B. L., Rangel-Serrano, Á., Padilla-Vaca, F. & Franco, B., Apr 2024, In: Microorganisms. 12, 4, 793.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A high-throughput assay identifies molecules with antimicrobial activity against persister cells
Petersen, M. E., Hansen, L. K., Mitkin, A. A., Kelly, N. M., Wood, T. K., Jørgensen, N. P., Østergaard, L. J. & Meyer, R. L., 2024, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73, 7, 001856.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Capturing methane with recombinant soluble methane monooxygenase and recombinant methyl-coenzyme M reductase
Sanchez-Torres, V. & Wood, T. K., Aug 2024, In: Microbial Biotechnology. 17, 8, e70000.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
Conformational change as a mechanism for toxin activation in bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems
Sanchez-Torres, V., Hwang, H. J. & Wood, T. K., Nov 2024, In: Journal of virology. 98, 11, 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Implications of lytic phage infections inducing persistence
Sanchez-Torres, V., Kirigo, J. & Wood, T. K., Jun 2024, In: Current Opinion in Microbiology. 79, 102482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society
Timmis, K., Hallsworth, J. E., McGenity, T. J., Armstrong, R., Colom, M. F., Karahan, Z. C., Chavarría, M., Bernal, P., Boyd, E. S., Ramos, J. L., Kaltenpoth, M., Pruzzo, C., Clarke, G., López-Garcia, P., Yakimov, M. M., Perlmutter, J., Greening, C., Eloe-Fadrosh, E., Verstraete, W. & Nunes, O. C. & 61 others, , May 2024, In: Microbial Biotechnology. 17, 5, e14456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Phage-Defense Systems Are Unlikely to Cause Cell Suicide
Fernández-García, L. & Wood, T. K., Sep 2023, In: Viruses. 15, 9, 1795.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Ribosome inactivation by Escherichia coli GTPase RsgA inhibits T4 phage
Fernández-García, L., Tomás, M. & Wood, T. K., 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1242163.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Resistance against two lytic phage variants attenuates virulence and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
García-Cruz, J. C., Rebollar-Juarez, X., Limones-Martinez, A., Santos-Lopez, C. S., Toya, S., Maeda, T., Ceapă, C. D., Blasco, L., Tomás, M., Díaz-Velásquez, C. E., Vaca-Paniagua, F., Díaz-Guerrero, M., Cazares, D., Cazares, A., Hernández-Durán, M., López-Jácome, L. E., Franco-Cendejas, R., Husain, F. M., Khan, A. & Arshad, M. & 5 others, , 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13, 1280265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exoprotease exploitation and social cheating in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa environmental lysogenic strain with a noncanonical quorum sensing system
Huelgas-Mendez, D., Cazares, D., Alcaraz, L. D., Ceapã, C. D., Cocotl-Yañez, M., Shotaro, T., Maeda, T., Fernández-Presas, A. M., Tostado-Islas, O., González-Vadillo, A. L., Limones-Martínez, A., Hernandez-Cuevas, C. E., González-García, K., Jimenez-García, L. F., Martínez, R. L., Santos-López, C. S., Husain, F. M., Khan, A., Arshad, M. & Kokila, K. & 2 others, , Sep 1 2023, In: FEMS microbiology ecology. 99, 9, fiad086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review