
Publications
Selected Recent Publications
- Recognition of unique cell surface glycopolymers by diversified lectin domains specifies umbrella toxin targeting.
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) bioRxiv
doi: 10.1101/2025.04.24.650519
- 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
(in press)
- Beyond genomics in Patescibacteria: a trove of unexplored biology packed into ultrasmall bacteria.
Srinivas P, Peterson SB, Gallagher LA, Wang Y, Mougous JD (2024) PNAS
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2419369121
- Protein interactions in human pathogens revealed through deep learning
Ian R. Humphreys, Jing Zhang, Minkyung Baek, Yaxi Wang, Aditya Krishnakumar, Jimin Pei, Ivan Anishchenko, Catherine A. Tower, Blake A. Jackson, Thulasi Warrier, Deborah T. Hung, S. Brook Peterson, Joseph D. Mougous, Qian Cong & David Baker (2024) Nature Microbiology
doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01791-x
- 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
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07298-z
- 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
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.017
- Omnipose: a high-precision, morphology-independent solution for bacterial cell segmentation
Cutler KJ, Stringer C, Lo TW, Rappez L, Stroustrup N, Peterson SB, Wiggins PA, Mougous JD (2022) Nature Methods
doi: 10.1038/s41592-022-01639-4