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The microbial symbiosis group at UW-Madison comprises over 20 laboratories, including those of four new faculty that were hired as part of the Symbiosis Cluster. This interdisciplinary, multidepartmental group brings together over 100 faculty and students from departments across the university. Monthly research presentations take place on the third Monday of each month, in which a host lab presents their work and leads discussion.
Other periodic events for the group include small conferences and social gatherings.
To get involved, contact a participating investigator, come to the next meeting, or e-mail Alicia Cramer-Carlson to get added to our e-mail listserv!
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
UW-Madison
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center will conduct basic, genomics-based research to design the microbial and plant systems needed to realize the potential of biofuels.
Combining innovative science, a critical mass of natural assets and the corporate horsepower to build and advance a new bioenergy economy, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center will become a worldwide center of excellence for research and development of cellulosic ethanol and other bioenergy products.
In support of this vision, GLBRC activities will be led by experts in plant biology, microbiology, molecular or cell biology, biochemistry, protein design, engineering, computer sciences, systems analysis, and ecology. |
Recent Symbiosis Publications fromParticipating Laboratories
| Little AE, Currie CR. Black yeast symbionts compromise the efficiency of antibiotic defenses in fungus-growing ants.
Current Microbiology. 2008 May;DOI 10.1007/s00284-008-9168-y |
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| Little A, Robinson C, Peterson SB, Raffa KF, Handelsman J.Rules of Engagement: Interspecies Interactions that Regulate Microbial Communities.
Ecology. 2008 May;89(5):1216-22. |
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| Zarnowski R, Dobrzyn A, Ntambi JM, Woods JP. Ferrous, But Not Ferric, Iron Maintains Homeostasis in Histoplasma capsulatum Triacylglycerides.
Annual Review of Microbiology. 2008. 62:375–401 |
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| Kent AD, Yannarell AC, Rusak JA, Triplett EW, McMahon KD. Synchrony in aquatic microbial community dynamics.
ISME J. 2007 May;1(1):38-47 |
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| Charles E. Cowles and Heidi Goodrich-Blair The Xenorhabdus nematophila nilABC Genes Confer the Ability of Xenorhabdus spp. To Colonize Steinernema carpocapsae Nematodes
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 4121-4128. Link to Cover Photo |
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| Zarnowski R, Dobrzyn A, Ntambi JM, Woods JP.
Ferrous, But Not Ferric, Iron Maintains Homeostasis in Histoplasma capsulatum Triacylglycerides.
Curr Microbiol. 2008 May 28. |
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| Yang S, Peng Q, Zhang Q, Yi X, Choi CJ, Reedy RM, Charkowski AO, Yang CH. Dynamic regulation of GacA in type III secretion, pectinase gene expression, pellicle formation, and pathogenicity of Dickeya dadantii (Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937).
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2008 Jan;21(1):133-42. |
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| Zhang MM, Poulsen M, Currie CR. Symbiont recognition of mutualistic bacteria by Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.
ISME J. 2007 Aug;1(4):313-20. Epub 2007 Jun 7. |
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| Dyer DH, Wessely V, Forest KT, Lan Q. Three-dimensional structure/function analysis of SCP-2-like2 reveals differences among SCP-2 family members.
J Lipid Res. 2008 Mar;49(3):644-53. Epub 2007 Dec 15. |
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| Felnagle EA, Jackson EE, Chan YA, Podevels AM, Berti AD, McMahon MD, Thomas MG. Nonribosomal peptide synthetases involved in the production of medically relevant natural products.
Mol Pharm. 2008 Mar-Apr;5(2):191-211. |
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Richards GR, Herbert EE, Park Y, Goodrich-Blair H. Xenorhabdus nematophila lrhA is necessary for motility, lipase activity, toxin expression, and virulence toward Manduca sexta insects.
J Bacteriol. 2008 May 23. |
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| Yap MN, Yang CH, Charkowski AO The Response regulator HrpY of Dickeya dadantii 3937 regulates virulence genes not linked to the hrp cluster.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2008 Mar;21(3):304-14. |
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| Mandel MJ, Stabb EV, Ruby EG Comparative genomics-based investigation of resequencing targets in Vibrio fischeri: focus on point miscalls and artefactual expansions.
BMC Genomics. 2008 Mar 25;9:138. |
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| Studer SV, Mandel MJ, Ruby EG AinS quorum sensing regulates the Vibrio fischeri acetate switch.
J Bacteriol. 2008 May 16. |
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| Jones SE, Newton RJ, McMahon KD. Potential for atmospheric deposition of bacteria to influence bacterioplankton communities. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2008 Apr 2; [Epub ahead of print] |
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| Cowles CE, Goodrich-Blair H. The Xenorhabdus nematophila nilABC genes confer the ability of Xenorhabdus spp. to colonize Steinernema carpocapase nematodes. J Bacteriol. 2008 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print] |
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Boone CK, Six DL, Zheng Y, Raffa KF. Parasitoids and dipteran predators exploit volatiles from microbial symbionts to locate bark beetles.Environ Entomol. 2008 Feb;37(1):150-61.
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| Ané JM, Zhu H, Frugoli J. Recent Advances in Medicago truncatula Genomics.
Int J Plant Genomics. 2008:256597. |
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Shade A, Jones SE, McMahon KD. The influence of habitat heterogeneity on freshwater bacterial community composition and dynamics.
Environ Microbiol. 2008 Jan 23. |
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Mansfield JM, Paulnock DM. Genetic manipulation of African trypanosomes as a tool to dissect the immunobiology of infection.
Parasite Immunol. 2008 Jan 17. |
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| Wagner JR, Zhang J, von Stetten D, Gunther M, Murgida DH, Morginski MA, Walker JM, Forest KT, Hildebrandt P, Vierstra RD. Mutational analysis of deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome reveals key amino acids necessary for the photochromicity and proton exchange cycle of phytochromes.
J Biol Chem. 2008 Jan 10. |
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2nd ASMConference on Beneficial Microbes: Beneficial Host-Microbial Interactions
October 12 - 16, 2008, San Diego, California |
Paper of Interest
Authors - Kullberg, M. C
"Immunology: Soothing intestinal sugars"
Abstract -The gut is a new frontier in microbiology, offering many opportunities for innovative investigation. The finding of one such study is that intestinal inflammation in mice can be tamed by bacterial sugars.
The human 'gut flora' consists of between 300 and 1,000 microbial species, and some 1014 microorganisms in total (about ten times the number of cells of the human body). We usually live in harmony with these microbes, and would be less healthy without them. |
New Course Offered This Fall - MMI 900 - Microbial Interactions
Focus - MAMPs and PRRs in beneficial and pathogenic symbioses
Faculty - Margaret McFall-Ngai, Edward Ruby, and Bethany Rader
Units - 1
Location - MSB 1510
Time - Friday noon (subject to change after the first class)
Organizational meeting - Tuesday 9/2/08 at noon in MSB 5503
Course description - This course will focus on current research on 'Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns' (MAMPs; e.g., lipopolysaccharide, peptidoglycan, flagella, and CpG DNA), and their 'Pattern-Recognition Receptors' (PRRs; e.g., Toll-like receptors, PGRPs, LPS-binding proteins, NODs) in host cells. Each week (a single one-hour session), the group will consider recently published papers that focus on the mechanisms by which these molecules mediate host-bacterial interactions, including both beneficial and pathogenic ones. The discussion will be led by one of the enrolled students. This student will also be responsible for contributing background information and generating dialogue on the topic.Enrollment limited to 12 students. |
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