Bacterial symbionts use a type VI secretion system to eliminate competitors in their natural host L Speare, AG Cecere, KR Guckes, S Smith, MS Wollenberg, MJ Mandel, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (36), E8528-E8537, 2018 | 162 | 2018 |
Environmental viscosity modulates interbacterial killing during habitat transition L Speare, S Smith, F Salvato, M Kleiner, AN Septer MBio 11 (1), 10.1128/mbio. 03060-19, 2020 | 40* | 2020 |
Host-like conditions are required for T6SS-mediated competition among Vibrio fischeri light organ symbionts L Speare, M Woo, KM Bultman, MJ Mandel, MS Wollenberg, AN Septer Msphere 6 (4), 10.1128/msphere. 01288-20, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
A putative lipoprotein mediates cell-cell contact for type VI secretion system-dependent killing of specific competitors L Speare, M Woo, AK Dunn, AN Septer MBio 13 (2), e03085-21, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
Coincubation assay for quantifying competitive interactions between Vibrio fischeri isolates L Speare, AN Septer JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), e59759, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
Para-aminobenzoic acid, calcium, and c-di-GMP induce formation of cohesive, Syp-polysaccharide-dependent biofilms in Vibrio fischeri CN Dial, L Speare, GC Sharpe, SM Gifford, AN Septer, KL Visick MBio 12 (5), 10.1128/mbio. 02034-21, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
Calcium promotes T6SS-mediated killing and aggregation between competing symbionts L Speare, A Jackson, AN Septer Microbiology Spectrum 10 (6), e01397-22, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
Patterns of environmental variability influence coral‐associated bacterial and algal communities on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef L Speare, SW Davies, JP Balmonte, J Baumann, KD Castillo Molecular Ecology 29 (13), 2334-2348, 2020 | 8 | 2020 |
Prevalence and diversity of type VI secretion systems in a model beneficial symbiosis AM Suria, S Smith, L Speare, Y Chen, I Chien, EG Clark, M Krueger, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 988044, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
Host-like conditions are required for T6SS-mediated competition among L Speare, M Woo, KM Bultman, MJ Mandel, MS Wollenberg, AN Septer Vibrio fischeri, 01288-20, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
Flagella are required to coordinately activate competition and host colonization factors in response to a mechanical signal L Speare, L Zhao, MN Pavelsky, A Jackson, S Smith, B Tyagi, GC Sharpe, ... bioRxiv, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
Cultivation and Fluorescent in situ hybridization suggest that some shipworm species acquire endosymbiotic bacteria through indirect horizontal transmission L Speare, DL Distel bioRxiv, 2022.11. 13.516348, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Draft Genome Sequence of a Harveyi Clade Bacterium Isolated from Lolliguncula brevis Squid AN Septer, L Speare, CK Coleman, S Smith, C Dorsey, T Wilson, ... Microbiology Resource Announcements 9 (8), 10.1128/mra. 00078-20, 2020 | 1 | 2020 |
Nutrient enrichment alters gene expression in ‘Ca.’ Aquarickettsia rohweri, promoting parasite expansion and horizontal transmission L Speare, JG Klinges, WC Duke, EM Muller, RLV Thurber bioRxiv, 2023.06. 08.544262, 2023 | | 2023 |
Ecology of Type VI Secretion Competition in the Beneficial Bacterial Symbiont Vibrio fischeri LA Speare The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021 | | 2021 |