Bullet Blender Publications: Bacterial Isolation

Publications that used the Bullet Blender® to isolate live bacteria from tissues or other materials.

Bouley, R., Ding, D., Peng, Z., Bastian, M., Lastochkin, E., Song, W., Suckow, M. A., Schroeder, V. A., Wolter, W. R., Mobashery, S., & Chang, M. (2016). Structure–Activity Relationship for the 4(3H)-Quinazolinone Antibacterials. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 59(10), 5011–5021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00372
Malania, L., Bai, Y., Osikowicz, L. M., Tsertsvadze, N., Katsitadze, G., Imnadze, P., & Kosoy, M. (2016). Prevalence and Diversity of Bartonella Species in Rodents from Georgia (Caucasus). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 16–0041. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0041
Li, M., Li, C., Song, S., Kang, H., Yang, D., & Li, G. (2016). Development and antigenic characterization of three recombinant proteins with potential for Glässer’s disease prevention. Vaccine, 34(19), 2251–2258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.014
Cole, L. E., Zhang, J., Kesselly, A., Anosova, N. G., Lam, H., Kleanthous, H., & Yethon, J. A. (2016). Limitations of Murine Models for Assessment of Antibody-Mediated Therapies or Vaccine Candidates against Staphylococcus epidermidis Bloodstream Infection. Infection and Immunity, 84(4), 1143–1149. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.01472-15
Pande, V. V., Devon, R. L., Sharma, P., McWhorter, A. R., & Chousalkar, K. K. (2016). Study of Salmonella Typhimurium Infection in Laying Hens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00203
Lewis, A. J., Dhakal, B. K., Liu, T., & Mulvey, M. A. (2016). Histone Deacetylase 6 Regulates Bladder Architecture and Host Susceptibility to Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Pathogens, 5(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens5010020
Brandenburg, K. S., Calderon, D. F., Kierski, P. R., Brown, A. L., Shah, N. M., Abbott, N. L., Schurr, M. J., Murphy, C. J., McAnulty, J. F., & Czuprynski, C. J. (2015). Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation on wound dressings: Inhibiting biofilms on wound dressings. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 23(6), 842–854. https://doi.org/10.1111/wrr.12365
Barr-Beare, E., Saxena, V., Hilt, E. E., Thomas-White, K., Schober, M., Li, B., Becknell, B., Hains, D. S., Wolfe, A. J., & Schwaderer, A. L. (2015). The Interaction between Enterobacteriaceae and Calcium Oxalate Deposits. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0139575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139575
Upadhyay, A., Fontes, F. L., Gonzalez-Juarrero, M., McNeil, M. R., Crans, D. C., Jackson, M., & Crick, D. C. (2015). Partial Saturation of Menaquinone in Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Function and Essentiality of a Novel Reductase, MenJ. ACS Central Science, 1(6), 292–302. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.5b00212
Rosen, D. A., Hilliard, J. K., Tiemann, K. M., Todd, E. M., Morley, S. C., & Hunstad, D. A. (2015). Klebsiella pneumoniae FimK Promotes Virulence in Murine Pneumonia. Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiv440. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv440
Giengkam, S., Blakes, A., Utsahajit, P., Chaemchuen, S., Atwal, S., Blacksell, S. D., Paris, D. H., Day, N. P. J., & Salje, J. (2015). Improved Quantification, Propagation, Purification and Storage of the Obligate Intracellular Human Pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(8), e0004009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004009
Heim, C. E., Vidlak, D., Scherr, T. D., Hartman, C. W., Garvin, K. L., & Kielian, T. (2015). IL-12 Promotes Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Recruitment and Bacterial Persistence during Staphylococcus aureus Orthopedic Implant Infection. The Journal of Immunology, 194(8), 3861–3872. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1402689
Danka, E. S., & Hunstad, D. A. (2015). Cathelicidin Augments Epithelial Receptivity and Pathogenesis in Experimental Escherichia coli Cystitis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 211(7), 1164–1173. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu577
Caverly, L. J., Caceres, S. M., Fratelli, C., Happoldt, C., Kidwell, K. M., Malcolm, K. C., Nick, J. A., & Nichols, D. P. (2015). Mycobacterium abscessus Morphotype Comparison in a Murine Model. PLOS ONE, 10(2), e0117657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117657
Guard, J., Sanchez-Ingunza, R., Shah, D. H., Rothrock, M. J., Gast, R. K., & Jones, D. R. (2015). Recovery of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis from hens initially infected with serovar Kentucky. Food Chemistry, 189, 86–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.02.018
Hilliard, K. L., Allen, E., Traber, K. E., Kim, Y., Wasserman, G. A., Jones, M. R., Mizgerd, J. P., & Quinton, L. J. (2015). Activation of Hepatic STAT3 Maintains Pulmonary Defense during Endotoxemia. Infection and Immunity, 83(10), 4015–4027. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00464-15
Mootz, J. M., Benson, M. A., Heim, C. E., Crosby, H. A., Kavanaugh, J. S., Dunman, P. M., Kielian, T., Torres, V. J., & Horswill, A. R. (2015). Rot is a key regulator of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation: Rot regulates S . aureus biofilm formation. Molecular Microbiology, 96(2), 388–404. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12943
Peterman, E. M., Sullivan, C., Goody, M. F., Rodriguez-Nunez, I., Yoder, J. A., & Kim, C. H. (2015). Neutralization of Mitochondrial Superoxide by Superoxide Dismutase 2 Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Regulates Phagocyte Numbers in Zebrafish. Infection and Immunity, 83(1), 430–440. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.02245-14
Hyatt, L. D., Wasserman, G. A., Rah, Y. J., Matsuura, K. Y., Coleman, F. T., Hilliard, K. L., Pepper-Cunningham, Z. A., Ieong, M., Stumpo, D. J., Blackshear, P. J., Quinton, L. J., Mizgerd, J. P., & Jones, M. R. (2014). Myeloid ZFP36L1 Does Not Regulate Inflammation or Host Defense in Mouse Models of Acute Bacterial Infection. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e109072. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109072
Wang, J.-H., Singh, R., Benoit, M., Keyhan, M., Sylvester, M., Hsieh, M., Thathireddy, A., Hsieh, Y.-J., & Matin, A. C. (2014). Sigma S-Dependent Antioxidant Defense Protects Stationary-Phase Escherichia coli against the Bactericidal Antibiotic Gentamicin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58(10), 5964–5975. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.03683-14
Hains, D. S., Chen, X., Saxena, V., Barr-Beare, E., Flemming, W., Easterling, R., Becknell, B., Schwartz, G. J., & Schwaderer, A. L. (2014). Carbonic anhydrase 2 deficiency leads to increased pyelonephritis susceptibility. AJP: Renal Physiology, 307(7), F869–F880. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00344.2014
Rose, S. J., Neville, M. E., Gupta, R., & Bermudez, L. E. (2014). Delivery of Aerosolized Liposomal Amikacin as a Novel Approach for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in an Experimental Model of Pulmonary Infection. PLoS ONE, 9(9), e108703. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108703
Mora, Y., Diaz, R., Vargas-Lagunas, C., Peralta, H., Guerrero, G., Aguilar, A., Encarnacion, S., Girard, L., & Mora, J. (2014). Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobial Strains Isolated from Common Bean Seeds: Phylogeny, Physiology, and Genome Analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80(18), 5644–5654. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01491-14
Bannantine, J. P., Everman, J. L., Rose, S. J., Babrak, L., Katani, R., Barletta, R. G., Talaat, A. M., Grohn, Y. T., Chang, Y.-F., Kapur, V., & Bermudez, L. E. (2014). Evaluation of eight live attenuated vaccine candidates for protection against challenge with virulent Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in mice. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00088
Heim, C. E., Vidlak, D., Scherr, T. D., Kozel, J. A., Holzapfel, M., Muirhead, D. E., & Kielian, T. (2014). Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Contribute to Staphylococcus aureus Orthopedic Biofilm Infection. The Journal of Immunology, 192(8), 3778–3792. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1303408
Neely, C. J., Kartchner, L. B., Mendoza, A. E., Linz, B. M., Frelinger, J. A., Wolfgang, M. C., Maile, R., & Cairns, B. A. (2014). Flagellin Treatment Prevents Increased Susceptibility to Systemic Bacterial Infection after Injury by Inhibiting Anti-Inflammatory IL-10+ IL-12- Neutrophil Polarization. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e85623. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085623
Heisig, M., Abraham, N. M., Liu, L., Neelakanta, G., Mattessich, S., Sultana, H., Shang, Z., Ansari, J. M., Killiam, C., Walker, W., Cooley, L., Flavell, R. A., Agaisse, H., & Fikrig, E. (2014). Antivirulence Properties of an Antifreeze Protein. Cell Reports, 9(2), 417–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.09.034
Goosen, W. J., Miller, M. A., Chegou, N. N., Cooper, D., Warren, R. M., van Helden, P. D., & Parsons, S. D. C. (2014). Agreement between assays of cell-mediated immunity utilizing Mycobacterium bovis-specific antigens for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 160(1–2), 133–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.03.015
Heim, C. E., Hanke, M. L., & Kielian, T. (2014). A Mouse Model of Staphylococcus Catheter-Associated Biofilm Infection. In P. D. Fey (Ed.), Staphylococcus Epidermidis (Vol. 1106, pp. 183–191). Humana Press. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-62703-736-5_17
Scherr, T. D., Lindgren, K. E., Schaeffer, C. R., Hanke, M. L., Hartman, C. W., & Kielian, T. (2014). Mouse Model of Post-arthroplasty Staphylococcus epidermidis Joint Infection. In P. D. Fey (Ed.), Staphylococcus Epidermidis (Vol. 1106, pp. 173–181). Humana Press. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-62703-736-5_16
Dhall, S., Do, D. C., Garcia, M., Kim, J., Mirebrahim, S. H., Lyubovitsky, J., Lonardi, S., Nothnagel, E. A., Schiller, N., & Martins-Green, M. (2014). Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2014, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/562625
Becknell, B., Spencer, J. D., Carpenter, A. R., Chen, X., Singh, A., Ploeger, S., Kline, J., Ellsworth, P., Li, B., Proksch, E., Schwaderer, A. L., Hains, D. S., Justice, S. S., & McHugh, K. M. (2013). Expression and Antimicrobial Function of Beta-Defensin 1 in the Lower Urinary Tract. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e77714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077714
Ivanov, S. S., & Roy, C. R. (2013). Pathogen signatures activate a ubiquitination pathway that modulates the function of the metabolic checkpoint kinase mTOR. Nature Immunology, 14(12), 1219–1228. https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.2740
Yamamoto, K., Ahyi, A.-N. N., Pepper-Cunningham, Z. A., Ferrari, J. D., Wilson, A. A., Jones, M. R., Quinton, L. J., & Mizgerd, J. P. (2013). Roles of Lung Epithelium in Neutrophil Recruitment During Pneumococcal Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 130906140418002. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2013-0114OC
Wiles, T. J., Norton, J. P., Russell, C. W., Dalley, B. K., Fischer, K. F., & Mulvey, M. A. (2013). Combining Quantitative Genetic Footprinting and Trait Enrichment Analysis to Identify Fitness Determinants of a Bacterial Pathogen. PLoS Genetics, 9(8), e1003716. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003716
Karauzum, H., Adhikari, R. P., Sarwar, J., Devi, V. S., Abaandou, L., Haudenschild, C., Mahmoudieh, M., Boroun, A. R., Vu, H., Nguyen, T., Warfield, K. L., Shulenin, S., & Aman, M. J. (2013). Structurally Designed Attenuated Subunit Vaccines for S. aureus LukS-PV and LukF-PV Confer Protection in a Mouse Bacteremia Model. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65384. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065384
Rolig, A. S., Cech, C., Ahler, E., Carter, J. E., & Ottemann, K. M. (2013). The Degree of Helicobacter pylori-Triggered Inflammation Is Manipulated by Preinfection Host Microbiota. Infection and Immunity, 81(5), 1382–1389. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00044-13
Hanke, M. L., Heim, C. E., Angle, A., Sanderson, S. D., & Kielian, T. (2013). Targeting Macrophage Activation for the Prevention and Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infections. The Journal of Immunology, 190(5), 2159–2168. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1202348
Nichols, D. P., Caceres, S., Caverly, L., Fratelli, C., Kim, S. H., Malcolm, K., Poch, K. R., Saavedra, M., Solomon, G., Taylor-Cousar, J., Moskowitz, S., & Nick, J. A. (2013). Effects of azithromycin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn wound infection. Journal of Surgical Research, 183(2), 767–776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2013.02.003
Poulsen, K. P., Faith, N. G., Steinberg, H., & Czuprynski, C. J. (2013). Bacterial load and inflammation in fetal tissues is not dependent on IL-17a or IL-22 in 10–14 day pregnant mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes. Microbial Pathogenesis, 56, 47–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2012.11.003
Gilbreath, J. J., Semino-Mora, C., Friedline, C. J., Liu, H., Bodi, K. L., McAvoy, T. J., Francis, J., Nieroda, C., Sardi, A., Dubois, A., Lazinski, D. W., Camilli, A., Testerman, T. L., & Merrell, D. (2013). A core microbiome associated with the peritoneal tumors of pseudomyxoma peritonei. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 8(1), 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-1172-8-105
Lee, J., Brehm, M. A., Greiner, D., Shultz, L. D., & Kornfeld, H. (2013). Engrafted human cells generate adaptive immune responses to Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection in humanized mice. BMC Immunology, 14(1), 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-14-53
Rolig, A. S., Shanks, J., Carter, J. E., & Ottemann, K. M. (2012). Helicobacter pylori Requires TlpD-Driven Chemotaxis To Proliferate in the Antrum. Infection and Immunity, 80(10), 3713–3720. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00407-12
Hanke, M. L., Angle, A., & Kielian, T. (2012). MyD88-Dependent Signaling Influences Fibrosis and Alternative Macrophage Activation during Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection. PLoS ONE, 7(8), e42476. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042476
Adhikari, R. P., Karauzum, H., Sarwar, J., Abaandou, L., Mahmoudieh, M., Boroun, A. R., Vu, H., Nguyen, T., Devi, V. S., Shulenin, S., Warfield, K. L., & Aman, M. J. (2012). Novel Structurally Designed Vaccine for S. aureus α-Hemolysin: Protection against Bacteremia and Pneumonia. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e38567. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038567
Sause, W. E., Castillo, A. R., & Ottemann, K. M. (2012). The Helicobacter pylori Autotransporter ImaA (HP0289) Modulates the Immune Response and Contributes to Host Colonization. Infection and Immunity, 80(7), 2286–2296. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00312-12
Rolig, A. S., Carter, J. E., & Ottemann, K. M. (2011). Bacterial chemotaxis modulates host cell apoptosis to establish a T-helper cell, type 17 (Th17)-dominant immune response in Helicobacter pylori infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(49), 19749–19754. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1104598108
Thai, K. H., Thathireddy, A., & Hsieh, M. H. (2010). Transurethral Induction of Mouse Urinary Tract Infection. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 42. https://doi.org/10.3791/2070

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