Publications
Selected Recent Publications
The unique architecture of umbrella toxins permits a two-tiered molecular bet-hedging strategy for interbacterial antagonism
Qinqin Zhao, Jiri Vlach, Young-Jun Park, Yongjun Tan, Savannah K. Bertolli, Pooja Srinivas, Pinyu Liao, Connor R. Fitzpatrick, Jeffrey L. Dangl, Parastoo Azadi, Frank DiMaio, S. Brook Peterson, Dapeng Zhang, David Veesler, and Joseph D. Mougous (2025) Cell
The type VI secretion system governs strain maintenance in a wild mammalian gut microbiome
Beth A. Shen, Kyle L. Asfahl, Bentley Lim, Savannah K. Bertolli, Samuel S. Minot, Matthew C. Radey, Kelsi Penewit, Billy Ngo, Stephen J. Salipante, Christopher D. Johnston, S. Brook Peterson, Andrew L. Goodman, Joseph D. Mougous (2025) bioRxiv
An electron transport complex required in the gut sensitizes Bacteroides to a pore-forming type VI secretion toxin
Hannah K Ratner, Brandon D Duong, Pengrui Miao, Savannah Bertolli, Beth A Shen, Uma Mitchell, Larry A Gallagher, Matthew Radey, S Brook Peterson, Joseph Mougous (2025) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., in press
Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system
David M Brinkley, Savannah K Bertolli, Larry A Gallagher, Yongjun Tan, Minola Motha de Silva, Ainsley Brockman, Dapeng Zhang, S. Brook Peterson, Joseph D. Mougous (2025) Cell Host & Microbe
Beyond genomics in Patescibacteria: a trove of unexplored biology packed into ultrasmall bacteria
Srinivas P, Peterson SB, Gallagher LA, Wang Y, Mougous JD (2024) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
Streptomyces umbrella toxin particles block hyphal growth of competing species
Qinqin Zhao, Savannah Bertolli, Young-Jun Park, Yongjun Tan, Kevin J. Cutler, Pooja Srinivas, Kyle L. Asfahl, Citlali F. Garcia, Larry A. Gallagher, Yaqiao Li, Yaxi Wang, Devin Coleman-Derr, Frank DiMaio, Dapeng Zhang, S. Brook Peterson, David Veesler & Joseph D. Mougous (2024) Nature
Genetic manipulation of Patescibacteria provides mechanistic insights into microbial dark matter and the epibiotic lifestyle
Wang Y, Gallagher LA, Andrade PA, Liu A, Humphreys IR, Turkarslan S, Cutler KJ, Arrieta-Ortiz ML, Li Y, Radey MC, Cong Q, Baker D, Baliga NS, Peterson SB, Mougous JD (2023) Cell