Publications

2024

Zhong, Q., Liao, B., Liu, J., Shen, W., Wang, J., Wei, L., Ma, Y., Dong, P., Bor, B., McLean, J., Chang, Y., Shi, W., Cen, L., Wu, M., Liu, J., Li, Y., He, X., Le, S., (2024) Episymbiotic Saccharibacteria TM7x modulates the susceptibility of its host bacteria to phage infection and promotes their coexistence. PNAS. PDF

Dong, P., Tian, J., Kobayashi-Kirschvink, K. J., Cen, L., McLean, J. S., Bor, B., Shi, W., He, X., (2024) Episymbiotic bacterium induces intracellular lipid droplet production in in their host bacteria. ISME. PDF

2023

Liu, J., Spencer, N., Utter, D. R., Grossman, A., Santos, N. C. D., Shi, W., Baker, J. L., Hasturk, H., He, X., Bor, B., (2023) Persistent enrichment of multidrug resistant Klebsiella in oral and nasal communities during long-term starvation. bioRxiv. PDF

Figueroa-Gonzalez, P. A., Bornemann, T. L. V., Hinzke, T., Maab, S., Trautwein-Schult, A., Stark, J., Moore, C. J., Esser, S. P., Plewka, J., Hesse, T., Schmidt, T. C., Schreiber, U., Bor, B., Becher, D., Probst, A. J., (2023) Metaproteogenomics resolution of a high-CO2 aquifer community suggests an active symbiotic lifestyle of groundwater Gracilibacteria. bioRxiv. PDF

Hendrickson, L. E., Bor, B., Kerns, K. A., Cen, L., Shi, W., He, X., McLean, J. S., (2023) Ultrasmall epibiont Nanosynbacter lyticus strain TM7x and host bacteria transcriptional activity after initial host parasitism. Journal of Oral Microbiology. PDF

Liu, J., Jaffe, A. L., Chen, L., Bor, B., Banfield, J. F., (2023) Host translation machinery is not a barrier to phages that interact with both CPR and non-CPR bacteria. mBio. PDF

Liu, J., Carmichael, C., Hasturk, H., Shi, W., Bor, B., (2023) Rapid specific detection of oral bacteria using Cas13-based SHERLOCK. Journal of Oral Microbiology. PDF

Xiang, D., Dong, P., Cen, L., Bor, B., Lux, R., Shi, W., Yu, Q., He, X., Wu, T., (2023) Antagonistic interaction between two key endodontic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum. Journal of Oral Microbiology. PDF

2022

Cen, L., Chang, Y., Bedree, J., Ma, Y., Zhong, Q., Utter, D. R., Dong, P., Lux, R., Bor, B., Liu, J., McLean, J. S., Le, S., He, X., (2022) Exploitation of a bacterial-encoded lytic transglycosylase by a human oral lytic phage to facilitate infection. Journal of Virology. PDF

Liu, J., Utter, D. R., Nie, J., Kerns, K. A., Lamont, E. I., Hendrickson, E. L., Wang, X., McLean, J. S., He, X., Bor, B., (2022) Draft genome sequence of nine “Candidatus Nanosynbacter sp. HMT-352” strains cultured from the human oral cavity. Micro Resource Ann. PDF

Hendrickson, E. L., Bor, B., Kerns, K. A., Lamont, E. I., Chang, Y., Liu, J., Cen, L., Schulte, F., Hardt, M., Shi, W., He, X., McLean, J. S., (2022) Transcriptome of epibiont Saccharibacteria Nanosynbacter lyticus strain TM7x during the establishment of symbiosis. Jour. Bact. PDF

Nie, J., Utter, D. R., Kerns, K. A., Lamont, E. I., Hendrickson, E. L., Liu, J., Wu, T., He, X., McLean, J., Bor, B., (2022) Strain-Level variation and diverse host bacterial responses in episymbiotic Saccharibacteria. mSystems. PDF

Chipashvili, O., Bor, B., (2022) Ligature-induced periodontitis mouse model protocol for studying Saccharibacteria. STAR Protocols. PDF

Tian, J., Utter, D. R., Cen, L., Dong, P., Shi, W., Bor, B., Qin, M., McLean, J. S., He, X., (2022) Acquisition of the arginine deiminase system benefits epiparasitic Saccharibacteria and their host bacteria in a mammalian niche environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci. PDF

2021

Chipashvili, O., Utter, D. R., Bedree, J. K., Ma, Y., Schulte, F., Mascarin, Y. A., Chouhan, D., Hardt, M., Bidlack, F., Hasturk, H., He, X., McLean, J. S., Bor, B., (2021) Episymbiotic Saccharibacteria suppresses gingival inflammation and bone loss in mice through host bacterial modulation. Cell Host & Microbe. PDF

Lamont, E. I., Gadkari, A., Kerns, K.A., To, T.T., Daubert, D., Kotsakis, G., Bor, B., He. X., McLean. J. S. (2021) Modified SHI-medium supports growth of a disease-state subgingival polymicrobial community in vitro. Mol Oral Microbiol. PMID: 33174294. PDF

2020

Utter, D.R., He, X., Cavanaugh, C.M., McLean, J.S., Bor, B. (2020) The saccharibacterium TM7x elicitis differential responses across its host range. ISME J. PMID: 32839546. PDF

Lamont, E. I., Hendrickson, E. L., McLean, J. S., He, X., Bor, B. (2020) Complete genome sequencing of Strain BB001, a novel epibiont bacterium from the Candidate Phylum Saccharibacteria (TM7). Microbiol Resour Annouc. PMID: 32816985. PDF

McLean, J. S., Bor, B., Kerns, K. A., Liu, Q., To, T. T., Solden, L., Hendrickson, E. L., Wrighton, K., Shi, W., He, X. (2020) Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Reports. PMID: 32698001. PDF

Bor, B., Collins, A. J., Murugkar, P. P., Balasubramanian, S., To, T. T., Hendrickson, E. L., Bedree, J. K., Bidlack, F. B., Johnston, C. D., Shi, W., McLean, J. S., He, X., Dewhirst, F. E. (2020) Insights obtained by culturing Saccharibacteria with their bacterial hosts. Journal of Dental Research. PMID: 32075512. PDF

2019

Bor, B., Bedree, J. K., Shi, W., McLean, J. S. and He, X. (2019) Saccharibacteria (TM7) in the human oral microbiome. Journal of Dental Research. PMID: 30894042. PDF

2018

Bor, B., McLean, J. S., Foster, R. F., Cen, L., To, T. T., Serrato-Guillen, A., Dewhirst, F. E., Shi, W., and He, X. (2018) Rapid evolution of host resistance drives the symbiotic lifestyle of the ultra-small bacterium TM7x. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 115:48:12277-12282. PMID 30442671. PDF

Bedree, J. K., Bor, B., Cen, L., Edlund, A., Lux, R., McLean, J. S., Shi, W., and He, X. (2018) Quorum sensing modulates the epibiotic-parasitic relationship between Actinomyces odontolyticus subspecies actinosynbacteri strain (XH001) and its epibiont, a TM7 phylotype (TM7x). Frontiers Microbiology 9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02049. PDF

He, X., Li, F., Bor, B., Koyano, K., Cen, L., Xiao, X., Shi, W., and Wong., D. (2018) Human tRNA-derived small RNAs modulate host-microbial interactions. Journal of Dental Research. 002203451877060. PMID 29702004. PDF

2017

Baker, J. L., Bor, B., Agnello, M., Shi, W., and He, X. (2017) Ecology of the Oral Microbiome: Beyond Bacteria. Trends Microbiol. 1412:1-13. PMID 28089325. PDF

2016

McLean, J. S., Liu, Q., Bor, B., Bedree, J. K., Cen, L., Watling, M., To, T. T., Bumgarner, R. E., He, X., and Shi, W. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Actinomyces odontolyticus subsp. actinosynbacter Strain XH001, the Basibiont of an oral TM7 epibiont. Genome Annouc 4:4. PMID 26847892. PDF

Bor, B., Poweleit, N., Bois, J. S., Cen, L., Bedree, J. K., Zhou, Z. H., Gunsalus, R. P., Lux, R., McLean, J. S., He, X., and Shi. W. (2016). Phenotypic and physiological characterization of the epibiotic interaction between TM7x and its basibiont Actinomyces. Microb Ecol 71: 243-255. PMID 26597961. PDF

Bor, B., Lujia, C., Agnello, M., Shi, W., and He, X. (2016). Morphological and physiological changes induced by contact-dependent interaction between Candida albicans and Fusobacterium nucleatum. Sci Rep 6: 1-11. PMID 27295972. PDF

2015

Yoo, H., Roth-Johnson, E. A., Bor, B., and Quinlan, M. E. (2015). Drosophila Cappuccino alleles provide insight into formin mechanism and role in oogenesis. Mol Biol Cell 26: 1875-1886. PMID 25788286. PDF

Bor, B., Bois, J. S., and Quinlan, M. E. (2015). Regulation of the formin Cappuccino is critical for polarity of Drosophila oocytes. Cytoskeleton 72: 1-15. PMID 25557988. PDF

2014

Vizcarra, C. L., Bor, B., Quinlan, M. E. (2014). The role of formin tails in actin nucleation, processive elongation, and filament bundling. Jour Biol Chem 289: 30602-30613. PMID 25246531. PDF

2012

Bor, B., Vizcarra, C. L., Phillips, M.L., and Quinlan, M.E. (2012). Autoinhibition of the formin Cappuccino in the absence of canonical autoinhibitory domains. Mol Biol Cell 23: 3801-3813. PMID 22875983. PDF