Publications

Wells, A.I., Grimes, K.A., Kim, K., Branche, E., Bakkenist, C.J., DePas, W.H., Shresta, S., Coyne, C. (2021) Human FcRn expression and Type I Interferon signaling control Echovirus 11 pathogenesis in mice PLoS Pathog. 29;17(1):e1009252.

Jackson, L., DePas, W., Morris, A. J., Guttman, K., Yau, Y. C. W., Waters, V. (2020) Visualization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the Sputum of Cystic Fibrosis Patients. J. Vis. Exp. (161), e61631, doi:10.3791/61631.

Gallego-Hernandez, A. L.*, DePas, W.H.*, Park J.H.*, Teschler, J. K.*, Hartmann, R., Jeckel, H., Drescher, K., Beyhan, S., Newman, D. K., and Yildiz F. H. (2020) Upregulation of virulence genes promotes Vibrio cholerae biofilm hyperinfectivity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 201916571; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916571117

DePas WH, Bergkessel M, Newman DK (2019). Aggregation of nontuberculous mycobacteria is regulated by carbon:nitrogen balance. mBio. 10(4):e01715-19.

DePas WH*, Starwalt-Lee R*, Van Sambeek L, Ravindra S, Gradinaru V, Newman DK (2016). Exposing the 3D biogeography and metabolic states of pathogens in cystic fibrosis sputum via hydrogel embedding, clearing, and rRNA labeling. mBio. 7(5):e00796-16. (Editor’s Pick for Vol. 7 Issue 5, and an image from this study was selected as the mBio Featured Image for the same issue)

Floyd KA, Mitchell CA, Eberly AR, Colling SJ, Zhang EW, DePas W, Chapman MR, Conover M, Rogers BR, Hultgren SJ, Hadjifrangiskou M. (2016) The Ubil (VisC) aerobic ubiquinone synthase is required for expression of type 1 pili, biofilm formation, and pathogenesis in uropathogenic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 198(19):2662-2672.

Hufnagel DA, DePas WH, Chapman MR. (2015) The Biology of the Escherichia coli Extracellular Matrix. Microbiology Spectrum. 3(3)

DePas WH, Syed AK, Sifuentes M, Lee JS, Warshaw D, Saggar V, Csankovszki G, Boles BR, Chapman MR. (2014) Biofilm formation protects Escherichia coli against killing by Caenorhabditis elegans and Myxococcus xanthus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80:7079-7087.

Hufnagel DA, DePas WH, Chapman MR. (2014) The disulfide bonding system suppresses CsgD-independent cellulose production in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 196:3690-3699.

DePas WH, Hufnagel DA, Lee JS, Blanco LP, Bernstein HC, Fisher ST, James GA, Stewart PS, Chapman MR. (2013) Iron induces bimodal population development by Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110:2629-2634.

DePas WH, Chapman MR. (2012) Microbial manipulation of the amyloid fold. Res Microbiol. Nov 163(9-10):592-606. (Review article).