Origins of pandemic Vibrio cholerae from environmental gene pools
Shapiro et al. Nature Microbiology. 2017
Role of ToxS in the proteolytic cascade of virulence regulator ToxR in Vibrio cholerae
S. Almagro-Moreno, M. Z. Root, and R. K. Taylor. Molecular Microbiology. 2015
Host-like carbohydrates promote bloodstream survival of Vibrio vulnificus in vivo
S. J. Lubin, W. G. Lewis, N. M. Gilbert, S. Almagro-Moreno, E. F. Boyd, and A. L. Lewis. Infection and Immunity. 2015
Intestinal colonization dynamics of Vibrio cholerae
S. Almagro-Moreno, K. Pruss, and R. K. Taylor. PLoS Pathogens. 2015
Proteolysis of virulence regulator ToxR is associated with entry of Vibrio cholerae into a dormant state
S. Almagro-Moreno, T. K. Kim, K. Skorupski, and R. K. Taylor. PLoS Genetics. 2015
Cholera: Environmental reservoirs and impact on disease transmission
S. Almagro-Moreno and R. K. Taylor. Microbiology Spectrum. 2013
Cholera: Environmental reservoirs and impact on disease transmission
S. Almagro-Moreno and R. K. Taylor. Book chapter for “OneHealth: People, Animals, and Environment”. ASM press. 2013
Ecology and genetic structure of a northern temperate Vibrio cholerae population related to toxigenic isolates
B. M. Schuster, A. L. Tyzik, R. A. Donner, M. J. Striplin, S. Almagro-Moreno, S. H. Jones, V. S. Cooper, and C. A. Whistler. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 2011
Dichotomy in the evolution of pathogenicity island and bacteriophage encoded integrases from pathogenic Escherichia coli strains
S. Almagro-Moreno, M. G. Napolitano, and E. F. Boyd. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2010
An atomic force microscopy method for the detection of binding forces between bacteria and a lipid bilayer containing higher order gangliosides
E. L. Adams, S. Almagro-Moreno and E. F. Boyd. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2010
Excision dynamics of Vibrio pathogenicity island-2 from Vibrio cholerae: role of a recombination directionality factor VefA
S. Almagro-Moreno, M. G. Napolitano, and E. F. Boyd. BMC Microbiology. 2010
Bacterial catabolism of nonulosonic (sialic) acid and fitness in the gut
S. Almagro-Moreno and E. F. Boyd. Gut Microbes. 2010
How genomics has shaped our understanding of the evolution and emergence of pathogenic Vibrio cholerae
S. Almagro-Moreno, R. Murphy, and E. F. Boyd. Book chapter for “Genomics of Foodborne and Waterborne Pathogens“. ASM press, 2010
Insights into the evolution of sialic acid catabolism among bacteria
S. Almagro-Moreno and E. F. Boyd. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2009
Sialic acid catabolism confers a competitive advantage to pathogenic Vibrio cholerae in the mouse intestine
S. Almagro-Moreno and E. F. Boyd. Infection and Immunity. 2009
Genomic islands are dynamic, ancient integrative elements in bacterial evolution
E. F. Boyd, S. Almagro-Moreno, and M. A. Parent. Trends in Microbiology. 2009
The genomic code: inferring Vibrionaceae niche specialization
F. J. Reen, S. Almagro-Moreno, D. Ussery, and E. F. Boyd. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 2006