Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

O. Chacon, Bermudez, L. E., Zinniel, D. K., Chahal, H. K., Fenton, R. J., Feng, Z., Hanford, K., L Adams, G., and Barletta, R. G., “Impairment of D-alanine biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis determines decreased intracellular survival in human macrophages.”, Microbiology (Reading, England), vol. 155, no. Pt 5, pp. 1440-50, 2009.

M. J. Harriff, Danelishvili, L., Wu, M., Wilder, C., McNamara, M., Kent, M. L., and Bermudez, L. E., “Mycobacterium avium genes MAV_5138 and MAV_3679 are transcriptional regulators that play a role in invasion of epithelial cells, in part by their regulation of CipA, a putative surface protein interacting with host cell signaling pathways.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 191, no. 4, pp. 1132-42, 2009.

L. E. Bermudez, Motamedi, N., Kolonoski, P., Chee, C., Baimukanova, G., Bildfell, R. J., Wang, G., Phan, L. Tam, and S Lowell, Y., “The efficacy of clarithromycin and the bicyclolide EDP-420 against Mycobacterium avium in a mouse model of pulmonary infection.”, The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 197, no. 11, pp. 1506-10, 2008.

M. Alonso-Hearn, Patel, D., Danelishvili, L., Meunier-Goddik, L., and Bermudez, L. E., “The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis MAP3464 gene encodes an oxidoreductase involved in invasion of bovine epithelial cells through the activation of host cell Cdc42.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 170-8, 2008.

M. J. Harriff, Wu, M., Kent, M. L., and Bermudez, L. E., “Species of environmental mycobacteria differ in their abilities to grow in human, mouse, and carp macrophages and with regard to the presence of mycobacterial virulence genes, as observed by DNA microarray hybridization.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 275-85, 2008.

L. E. Bermudez, Motamedi, N., Chee, C., Baimukanova, G., Kolonoski, P., Inderlied, C., Aralar, P., Wang, G., Phan, L. Tam, and Young, L. S., “EDP-420, a bicyclolide (bridged bicyclic macrolide), is active against Mycobacterium avium.”, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 1666-70, 2007.

M. J. Harriff, Bermudez, L. E., and Kent, M. L., “Experimental exposure of zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton), to Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium peregrinum reveals the gastrointestinal tract as the primary route of infection: a potential model for environmental mycobacterial infection.”, Journal of fish diseases, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 587-600, 2007.

L. Danelishvili, Wu, M., Stang, B. V., Harriff, M., Cirillo, S. L. G., Cirillo, S., Cirillo, J. D., Cirillo, J., Bildfell, R. J., Arbogast, B., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium pathogenicity island important for macrophage and amoeba infection.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 104, no. 26, pp. 11038-43, 2007.

S. Subbian, Mehta, P. K., Cirillo, S. L. G., Bermudez, L. E., and Cirillo, J. D., “A Mycobacterium marinum mel2 mutant is defective for growth in macrophages that produce reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 127-34, 2007.

L. Danelishvili, Cirillo, S. L. G., Cirillo, J. D., and Bermudez, L. E., “Virulent mycobacteria and the many aspects of macrophage uptake.”, Future microbiology, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 461-4, 2007.

D. Patel, Danelishvili, L., Yamazaki, Y., Alonso, M., Paustian, M. L., Bannantine, J. P., Meunier-Goddik, L., and Bermudez, L. E., “The ability of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis to enter bovine epithelial cells is influenced by preexposure to a hyperosmolar environment and intracellular passage in bovine mammary epithelial cells.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 2849-55, 2006.

Y. Yamazaki, Danelishvili, L., Wu, M., Hidaka, E., Katsuyama, T., Stang, B. V., Petrofsky, M., Bildfell, R. J., and Bermudez, L. E., “The ability to form biofilm influences Mycobacterium avium invasion and translocation of bronchial epithelial cells.”, Cellular microbiology, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 806-14, 2006.

D. Wagner, Maser, J., Moric, I., Vogt, S., Kern, W. V., and Bermudez, L. E., “Elemental analysis of the Mycobacterium avium phagosome in Balb/c mouse macrophages.”, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, vol. 344, no. 4, pp. 1346-51, 2006.

T. Dam, Danelishvili, L., Wu, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “The fadD2 gene is required for efficient Mycobacterium avium invasion of mucosal epithelial cells.”, The Journal of infectious diseases, vol. 193, no. 8, pp. 1135-42, 2006.

M. L. Kent, Watral, V., Wu, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “In vivo and in vitro growth of Mycobacterium marinum at homoeothermic temperatures.”, FEMS microbiology letters, vol. 257, no. 1, pp. 69-75, 2006.

L. Danelishvili, Young, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “In vivo efficacy of phage therapy for Mycobacterium avium infection as delivered by a nonvirulent mycobacterium.”, Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-6, 2006.

Y. Yamazaki, Danelishvili, L., Wu, M., Macnab, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “Mycobacterium avium genes associated with the ability to form a biofilm.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 819-25, 2006.

R. Tenant and Bermudez, L. E., “Mycobacterium avium genes upregulated upon infection of Acanthamoeba castellanii demonstrate a common response to the intracellular environment.”, Current microbiology, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 128-33, 2006.

M. Petrofsky and Bermudez, L. E., “CD4+ T cells but Not CD8+ or gammadelta+ lymphocytes are required for host protection against Mycobacterium avium infection and dissemination through the intestinal route.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 2621-7, 2005.

R. Roy MacGregor, Hafner, R., Wu, J. W., Murphy, R. L., Perlman, D. C., Bermudez, L. E., Inderlied, C. B., Picker, L. J., Wallis, R. S., Andersen, J. W., Mahon, L. F., Koletar, S. L., and Peterson, D. M., “Clinical, microbiological, and immunological characteristics in HIV-infected subjects at risk for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease: an AACTG study.”, AIDS research and human retroviruses, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 689-95, 2005.

D. Wagner, Maser, J., Lai, B., Cai, Z., Barry, C. E., Bentrup, K. Höner Zu, Russell, D. G., and Bermudez, L. E., “Elemental analysis of Mycobacterium avium-, Mycobacterium tuberculosis-, and Mycobacterium smegmatis-containing phagosomes indicates pathogen-induced microenvironments within the host cell's endosomal system.”, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), vol. 174, no. 3, pp. 1491-500, 2005.

D. Wagner, Sangari, F. J., Parker, A., and Bermudez, L. E., “fecB, a gene potentially involved in iron transport in Mycobacterium avium, is not induced within macrophages.”, FEMS microbiology letters, vol. 247, no. 2, pp. 185-91, 2005.

L. Danelishvili, Wu, M., Young, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “Genomic approach to identifying the putative target of and mechanisms of resistance to mefloquine in mycobacteria.”, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 3707-14, 2005.

E. Miltner, Daroogheh, K., Mehta, P. K., Cirillo, S. L. G., Cirillo, J. D., and Bermudez, L. E., “Identification of Mycobacterium avium genes that affect invasion of the intestinal epithelium.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 4214-21, 2005.

Y. Li, Miltner, E., Wu, M., Petrofsky, M., and Bermudez, L. E., “A Mycobacterium avium PPE gene is associated with the ability of the bacterium to grow in macrophages and virulence in mice.”, Cellular microbiology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 539-48, 2005.