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Comstock, Laurie

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keywords	Gut symbionts
overview	The human intestinal microbiota is a complex and dynamic consortium of microbes that is crucial for human health and disease prevention. Our lab has been studying the abundant bacterial members of this ecosystem to understand how they interact with each other both cooperatively and antagonistically to form these health-promoting communities. We use basic microbiological, genetic, biochemical, and gnotobiotic mouse analyses, combined with genomic, metagenomic and computational analyses to understand these complex interactions. We have discovered numerous classes of new antimicrobial proteins that these bacteria use to compete in their ecosystem, and we are studying their mechanisms of action, ecological properties, and how we may translate these molecules for human health benefits. Another focus of the lab is the evolution of microbes in the human gut and how genetic elements horizontally transferred between bacterial species personalize each individual’s gut microbiota and the phenotypes and community benefits conferred by these shared genetic elements.

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The human intestinal microbiota is a complex and dynamic consortium of microbes that is crucial for human health and disease prevention. Our lab has been studying the abundant bacterial members of this ecosystem to understand how they interact with each other both cooperatively and antagonistically to form these health-promoting communities. We use basic microbiological, genetic, biochemical, and gnotobiotic mouse analyses, combined with genomic, metagenomic and computational analyses to understand these complex interactions. We have discovered numerous classes of new antimicrobial proteins that these bacteria use to compete in their ecosystem, and we are studying their mechanisms of action, ecological properties, and how we may translate these molecules for human health benefits. Another focus of the lab is the evolution of microbes in the human gut and how genetic elements horizontally transferred between bacterial species personalize each individual’s gut microbiota and the phenotypes and community benefits conferred by these shared genetic elements.

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Academic Article	Gut Symbiont Bacteroides fragilis Secretes a Eukaryotic-Like Ubiquitin Protein That Mediates Intraspecies Antagonism.
Academic Article	A family of anti-Bacteroidales peptide toxins wide-spread in the human gut microbiota.
Academic Article	Type VI Secretion Systems and the Gut Microbiota.
Academic Article	Type VI secretion systems of human gut Bacteroidales segregate into three genetic architectures, two of which are contained on mobile genetic elements.
Academic Article	The evolution of cooperation within the gut microbiota.
Academic Article	Streamlined Genetic Manipulation of Diverse Bacteroides and Parabacteroides Isolates from the Human Gut Microbiota.
Academic Article	Evidence of extensive DNA transfer between bacteroidales species within the human gut.
Academic Article	Bacteroides fragilis type VI secretion systems use novel effector and immunity proteins to antagonize human gut Bacteroidales species.
Academic Article	Nanaerobic growth enables direct visualization of dynamic cellular processes in human gut symbionts.
Academic Article	Human symbionts use a host-like pathway for surface fucosylation.
Academic Article	Small RNAs Repress Expression of Polysaccharide Utilization Loci of Gut Bacteroides Species.
Academic Article	Role of glycan synthesis in colonization of the mammalian gut by the bacterial symbiont Bacteroides fragilis.
Academic Article	Trans locus inhibitors limit concomitant polysaccharide synthesis in the human gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis.
Academic Article	Acquisition of MACPF domain-encoding genes is the main contributor to LPS glycan diversity in gut Bacteroides species.
Academic Article	Mobile Type VI secretion system loci of the gut Bacteroidales display extensive intra-ecosystem transfer, multi-species spread and geographical clustering.
Academic Article	An ecological network of polysaccharide utilization among human intestinal symbionts.
Academic Article	The Host Shapes the Gut Microbiota via Fecal MicroRNA.
Academic Article	Bacteroidales Secreted Antimicrobial Proteins Target Surface Molecules Necessary for Gut Colonization and Mediate Competition In Vivo.
Academic Article	An antimicrobial protein of the gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis with a MACPF domain of host immune proteins.
Academic Article	Analysis of a phase-variable restriction modification system of the human gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis.
Academic Article	Longitudinal analysis of the prevalence, maintenance, and IgA response to species of the order Bacteroidales in the human gut.
Academic Article	Production of a-galactosylceramide by a prominent member of the human gut microbiota.
Academic Article	Bacteroidetocins Target the Essential Outer Membrane Protein BamA of Bacteroidales Symbionts and Pathogens.
Academic Article	Analysis of Effector and Immunity Proteins of the GA2 Type VI Secretion Systems of Gut Bacteroidales.
Academic Article	A highly conserved and globally prevalent cryptic plasmid is among the most numerous mobile genetic elements in the human gut.
Academic Article	A ubiquitous mobile genetic element disarms a bacterial antagonist of the gut microbiota.
Academic Article	Inflammation and bacteriophages affect DNA inversion states and functionality of the gut microbiota.
Academic Article	A cryptic plasmid is among the most numerous genetic elements in the human gut.
Academic Article	Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species and strain level diversity and evolution.

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