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Insights into the Mode of Action of Chitosan as an Antibacterial Compound
2008
BiG-SLiCE: A highly scalable tool maps the diversity of 1.2 million biosynthetic gene clusters
2021
dRep: a tool for fast and accurate genomic comparisons that enables improved genome recovery from metagenomes through de-replication
2017
antiSMASH 6.0: improving cluster detection and comparison capabilities
2021 Standout
Patterned progression of bacterial populations in the premature infant gut
2014
Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin
2018 Standout
High throughput ANI analysis of 90K prokaryotic genomes reveals clear species boundaries
2018 Standout
Landscape topography structures the soil microbiome in arctic polygonal tundra
2018
antiSMASH 7.0: new and improved predictions for detection, regulation, chemical structures and visualisation
2023 Standout
Natural supramolecular building blocks: from virus coat proteins to viral nanoparticles
2012
Conservation of the Capsid Structure in Tailed dsDNA Bacteriophages: the Pseudoatomic Structure of ϕ29
2005
Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle
2009 Standout
Contribution of the Staphylococcus aureus Atl AM and GL Murein Hydrolase Activities in Cell Division, Autolysis, and Biofilm Formation
2012
P22 Coat Protein Structures Reveal a Novel Mechanism for Capsid Maturation: Stability without Auxiliary Proteins or Chemical Crosslinks
2010
Human Milk Components Modulate Toll-Like Receptor–Mediated Inflammation
2016
Extensive Unexplored Human Microbiome Diversity Revealed by Over 150,000 Genomes from Metagenomes Spanning Age, Geography, and Lifestyle
2019
Plant–microbiome interactions: from community assembly to plant health
2020 Standout
An overview of RNAs with regulatory functions in gram-positive bacteria
2009 StandoutNobel
Gut biogeography of the bacterial microbiota
2015 Standout
Biofilm formation in Staphylococcus implant infections. A review of molecular mechanisms and implications for biofilm-resistant materials
2012
Hallmarks of aging: An expanding universe
2023 Standout
Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics
2017 Standout
The ClusPro web server for protein–protein docking
2017 Standout
Native Tandem and Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Highlight Structural and Modular Similarities in Clustered-Regularly-Interspaced Shot-Palindromic-Repeats (CRISPR)-associated Protein Complexes From Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2012 StandoutNobel
Oral multispecies biofilm development and the key role of cell–cell distance
2010 Standout
Effects of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity on cellular behaviour
2020 StandoutNature
Candidate Phyla Radiation Roizmanbacteria From Hot Springs Have Novel and Unexpectedly Abundant CRISPR-Cas Systems
2019 StandoutNobel
The bactericidal action of penicillin: new clues to an unsolved mystery
2000
Predicting oligomeric assemblies: N-mers a primer
2005
Gut microbiome and health: mechanistic insights
2022 Standout
Evolutionary conservation of a core root microbiome across plant phyla along a tropical soil chronosequence
2017
The biological role of death and lysis in biofilm development
2007
Antimicrobial activity of metals: mechanisms, molecular targets and applications
2013 Standout
Microfluidic organs-on-chips
2014 Standout
The future challenges facing the development of new antimicrobial drugs
2002
Genomic and Functional Characterization of Enterococcus faecalis Isolates Recovered From the International Space Station and Their Potential for Pathogenicity
2021 StandoutNobel
Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in biofilm: structural and regulatory aspects
2015
Fusobacterium nucleatum: a commensal-turned pathogen
2015 Standout
Remodelling the extracellular matrix in development and disease
2014 Standout
Development of a chitosan-based wound dressing with improved hemostatic and antimicrobial properties
2008 Standout
Stress and How Bacteria Cope with Death and Survival
2004
Current understanding of the human microbiome
2018 Standout
A review of the biomaterials technologies for infection-resistant surfaces
2013 Standout
Adeno-associated virus vector as a platform for gene therapy delivery
2019 Standout
‘Let the phage do the work’: Using the phage P22 coat protein structures as a framework to understand its folding and assembly mutants
2010
Rethinking mucosal antibody responses: IgM, IgG and IgD join IgA
2020
Succession and persistence of microbial communities and antimicrobial resistance genes associated with International Space Station environmental surfaces
2018
Implant infections: adhesion, biofilm formation and immune evasion
2018 Standout
Microbial strain-level population structure and genetic diversity from metagenomes
2017
Keystone taxa as drivers of microbiome structure and functioning
2018 Standout
An unexpected twist in viral capsid maturation
2009 Nature
Characterization of the total and viable bacterial and fungal communities associated with the International Space Station surfaces
2019
Soil microbiomes and climate change
2019 Standout
Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp.
2020 StandoutNobel
How antibiotics kill bacteria: from targets to networks
2010 Standout
Modeling Development and Disease with Organoids
2016 Standout
Gut microbiota in human metabolic health and disease
2020 Standout
Probing the impact of loading rate on the mechanical properties of viral nanoparticles
2012
Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management
2015 Standout
Prediction of the structure of symmetrical protein assemblies
2007 StandoutNobel
Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 Promotes Longevity, Memory Retention, and Reduces Brain Oxidation Stress in SAMP8 Mice
2021
Enhanced SARS-CoV-2 neutralization by dimeric IgA
2020 StandoutNobel
GTDB-Tk: a toolkit to classify genomes with the Genome Taxonomy Database
2019 Standout
Silver Coordination Polymers for Prevention of Implant Infection: Thiol Interaction, Impact on Respiratory Chain Enzymes, and Hydroxyl Radical Induction
2010
Stochasticity in gene expression: from theories to phenotypes
2005 Standout
Transcriptomic and Functional Analysis of an Autolysis-Deficient, Teicoplanin-Resistant Derivative of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus
2006
Peptide alarmone signalling triggers an auto‐active bacteriocin necessary for genetic competence
2009
Validated near-atomic resolution structure of bacteriophage epsilon15 derived from cryo-EM and modeling
2013
Bacterial Resistance to β-Lactam Antibiotics:  Compelling Opportunism, Compelling Opportunity
2005 Standout
UCSF ChimeraX: Meeting modern challenges in visualization and analysis
2017 Standout
Self-Assembling 2D Arrays with de Novo Protein Building Blocks
2019 StandoutNobel
High-resolution mass spectrometry of viral assemblies: Molecular composition and stability of dimorphic hepatitis B virus capsids
2008
Anisotropic convergence of dendritic macromolecules facilitated by a heteroleptic metal–organic polyhedron scaffold
2018 StandoutNobel
Three Decades of β-Lactamase Inhibitors
2010 Standout
Resistance to Autolysis in Vancomycin-Selected Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Precedes Vancomycin-Intermediate Resistance
2003
Capsid expansion mechanism of bacteriophage T7 revealed by multistate atomic models derived from cryo-EM reconstructions
2014
Suicide and Fratricide in Bacterial Biofilms
2009
Growing Self-Organizing Mini-Guts from a Single Intestinal Stem Cell: Mechanism and Applications
2013 Science
Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus Heat Shock, Cold Shock, Stringent, and SOS Responses and Their Effects on Log-Phase mRNA Turnover
2006
Structural basis for scaffolding-mediated assembly and maturation of a dsDNA virus
2011 StandoutNobel
The ribosome and the mechanism of protein synthesis
2006 StandoutNobel
Mechanics of bacteriophage maturation
2012
Determination of the ribosome structure to a resolution of 2.5 Å by single‐particle cryo‐EM
2016 StandoutNobel
SYMMETRY, FORM, AND SHAPE: Guiding Principles for Robustness in Macromolecular Machines
2006
Staphylococcus aureus Serves as an Iron Source for Pseudomonas aeruginosa during In Vivo Coculture
2005
Accurate Estimation of Fungal Diversity and Abundance through Improved Lineage-Specific Primers Optimized for Illumina Amplicon Sequencing
2016
UCSF ChimeraX: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developers
2020 Standout
Comparative Analysis of Adeno-Associated Virus Capsid Stability and Dynamics
2013
Protein Nanocontainers from Nonviral Origin: Testing the Mechanics of Artificial and Natural Protein Cages by AFM
2016 StandoutNobel
Pancreas–Microbiota Cross Talk in Health and Disease
2019
Extracellular DNA in Biofilms
2011
Antimicrobial Resistance in ESKAPE Pathogens
2020 Standout
MOTIF-EM: an automated computational tool for identifying conserved regions in CryoEM structures
2010 StandoutNobel

Works of Brian Firek being referenced

Necrotizing enterocolitis is preceded by increased gut bacterial replication, Klebsiella , and fimbriae-encoding bacteria
2019
A Free Energy Cascade with Locks Drives Assembly and Maturation of Bacteriophage HK97 Capsid
2006
Acute appendicitis in children is associated with an abundance of bacteria from the phylum Fusobacteria
2014
Maternal IgA protects against the development of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants
2019
Crosslinking renders bacteriophage HK97 capsid maturation irreversible and effects an essential stabilization
2005
Control of Crosslinking by Quaternary Structure Changes during Bacteriophage HK97 Maturation
2004
Strain-resolved analysis of hospital rooms and infants reveals overlap between the human and room microbiome
2017
Disturbances of the Perioperative Microbiome Across Multiple Body Sites in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
2016
Intestinal Epithelial Toll-Like Receptor 4 Regulates Goblet Cell Development and Is Required for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Mice
2012
Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants
2014
Structure and Energetics of Encapsidated DNA in Bacteriophage HK97 Studied by Scanning Calorimetry and Cryo-electron Microscopy
2009
Identical bacterial populations colonize premature infant gut, skin, and oral microbiomes and exhibit different in situ growth rates
2017
Capsid Conformational Sampling in HK97 Maturation Visualized by X-Ray Crystallography and Cryo-EM
2006
The Staphylococcus aureus cidAB Operon: Evaluation of Its Role in Regulation of Murein Hydrolase Activity and Penicillin Tolerance
2003
Pilot Study of the Effect of Plant‐Based Enteral Nutrition on the Gut Microbiota in Chronically Ill Tube‐Fed Children
2019
Evidence for persistent and shared bacterial strains against a background of largely unique gut colonization in hospitalized premature infants
2016
The Staphylococcus aureus lrgAB Operon Modulates Murein Hydrolase Activity and Penicillin Tolerance
2000
Gut bacteria are rarely shared by co-hospitalized premature infants, regardless of necrotizing enterocolitis development
2015
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