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
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
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
Purine metabolism regulates Vibrio splendidus persistence associated with protein aggresome formation and intracellular tetracycline efflux
Li, Y., Wood, T. K., Zhang, W. & Li, C., 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1127018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heat shock potentiates aminoglycosides against gram-negative bacteria by enhancing antibiotic uptake, protein aggregation, and ROS
Lv, B., Huang, X., Lijia, C., Ma, Y., Bian, M., Li, Z., Duan, J., Zhou, F., Yang, B., Qie, X., Song, Y., Wood, T. K. & Fu, X., Mar 21 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 12, e2217254120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Converting methane into electricity and higher-value chemicals at scale via anaerobic microbial fuel cells
Wood, T. K., Gurgan, I., Howley, E. T. & Riedel-Kruse, I. H., Dec 2023, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 188, 113749.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
The role of PemIK (PemK/PemI) type II TA system from Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains in lytic phage infection
Bleriot, I., Blasco, L., Pacios, O., Fernández-García, L., Ambroa, A., López, M., Ortiz-Cartagena, C., Cuenca, F. F., Oteo-Iglesias, J., Pascual, Á., Martínez-Martínez, L., Domingo-Calap, P., Wood, T. K. & Tomás, M., Dec 2022, In: Scientific reports. 12, 1, 4488.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
What are the options for treating infections by persister-forming pathogens?
Fernández-García, L., Muthami, J. M., Tomas, M. & Wood, T. K., Oct 2022, In: Environmental microbiology. 24, 10, p. 4500-4504 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Emerging applications of bacteria as antitumor agents
Kalia, V. C., Patel, S. K. S., Cho, B. K., Wood, T. K. & Lee, J. K., Nov 2022, In: Seminars in Cancer Biology. 86, p. 1014-1025 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
What is the fate of the biofilm matrix?
Muthami, J. M., Fernández-García, L., Tomás, M. & Wood, T. K., Oct 2022, In: Environmental microbiology. 24, 10, p. 4495-4499 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages
Song, S., Semenova, E., Severinov, K., Fernández-García, L., Benedik, M. J., Maeda, T. & Wood, T. K., Dec 2022, In: International journal of molecular sciences. 23, 24, 16195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review