Publications

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1. Haeberle AL, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Zar S, Johnson S, Patel R, and Willett JLE.  Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from periprosthetic joint infections.  In press at Microbiology Spectrum May 2024.

2. Willett JLE1*, Barnes AMT*, Brunson DN, Lecomte A, Robertson EB, and Dunny GM.  Optimized replication of arrayed bacterial mutant libraries increases access to biological resources.  Microbiology Spectrum July 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01693-23 1indicates corresponding author *indicates co-first author

3. Willett JLE1, Robertson EB, and Dunny GM.  The phosphatase Bph and peptidyl-prolyl isomerase PrsA are required for gelatinase expression and activity in Enterococcus faecalis.  Journal of Bacteriology June 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00129-22 1indicates corresponding author

4. Willett JLE, Dale JL, Kwiatkowski LM, Powers JL, Korir ML, Kohli R, Barnes AMT, and Dunny GM.  Comparative biofilm assays using Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF identify new determinants of biofilm formation.  mBio June 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01011-21

5. Lassinantti L, Camacho MI, Erickson RJB, Willett JLE, De Lay NR, ter Beek J, Dunny GM, Christie PJ, and Berntsson RPA.   Enterococcal PrgU provides additional regulation of pheromone-inducible conjugative plasmids.  mSphere June 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00264-21

6. Chatterjee A*, Willett JLE*, Dunny GM, Duerkop BA.  Phage infection and sub-lethal antibiotic exposure mediate Enterococcus faecalis type VII secretion system dependent inhibition of bystander bacteria.  PLoS Genetics January 2021. *indicates equal contribution https://www.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009204

7. Alhajjar N, Chattterjee A, Spencer BL, Burcham LR, Willett JLE, Dunny GM, Duerkop BA, Doran KS.  Genome-wide mutagenesis identifies factors involved in Enterococcus faecalis vaginal adherence and persistence.  Infection & Immunity September 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00270-20

8. Chatterjee A, Willett JLE, Nguyen UT, Monogue B, Palmer KL, Dunny GM, and Duerkop BA.  Parallel genomics uncover novel enterococcal-bacteriophage interactions.  mBio March 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03120-19

9. Willett JLE, Ji MM, and Dunny GM.  Exploiting biofilm phenotypes for functional characterization of hypothetical genes in Enterococcus faecalis.  NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2019 Sep 19;5:23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-019-0099-0

10. Dale JL*, Beckman K*, Willett JLE1, Nilson JL, Palani N, Hauge A, Gohl DM, Erickson R, Manias D, Sadowsky M, and Dunny GM1.  An ordered, sequence-defined collection of insertional mutations in the chromosome of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF.  mSystems 2018 Sep 11.  https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00062-18*indicates equal contribution 1indicates co-corresponding author

11. Michalska K*, Dinh Nahn Q*, Willett JLE, Stols L, Eschenfeldt WH, Babnigg G, Jones AM, Koskiniemi S, Low DA, Goulding CW, Joachimiak A, and Hayes CS.  Functional plasticity of antibacterial EndoU toxins.  Molecular Microbiology 2018 Jun 20.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14007 *indicates equal contribution

12. Beck CM, Willett JLE, Cunningham DA, Kim JJ, Low DA, Hayes CS.  CdiA Effectors from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Use Heterotrimeric Osmoporins as Receptors to Recognize Target Bacteria.  PLoS Pathogens 2016 Oct 10;12(10):e1005925. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005925.

13. Morse RP, Willett JLE, Johnson PM, Zheng M, Credali A, Iniguez A, Nowick JS, Hayes CS, Goulding CW.  Diversification of β-augmentation interactions between CDI toxin/immunity proteins.  Journal of Molecular Biology 2015 Nov 20;427(23):3766-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2015.09.020.

14. Willett JLE, Ruhe ZC, Goulding CW, Low DA, Hayes CS.  Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition (CDI) and CdiB/CdiA Two-Partner Secretion Proteins.  Journal of Molecular Biology 2015 Nov 20;427(23):3754-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2015.09.010.

15. Willett JLE*, Gucinski GC*, Fatherree JP, Low DA, Hayes CS.  Contact-dependent growth inhibition toxins exploit multiple independent cell-entry pathways.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2015 Sep 8;112(36):11341-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1512124112.*indicates equal contribution

    • Highlighted in Nature Reviews Microbiology (https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro3554)  

16. Webb JS, Nikolakakis KC, Willett JLE, Aoki SK, Hayes CS, Low DA.  Delivery of CdiA nuclease toxins into target cells during contact-dependent growth inhibition.  PLoS One 2013 Feb 28;8(2):e57609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057609.

17. Morse RP*, Nikolakakis KC*, Willett JLE, Gerrick E, Low DA, Hayes CS, Goulding CW.  Structural basis of toxicity and immunity in contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2012 Dec 26;109(52):21480-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1216238110. *indicates equal contribution