Publications

Barnes, A. J., Bennett, E. F., Vezina, B., Hudson, A. W., Hernandez, G. E., Nutter, N. A., Bray, A. S., Nagpal, R., Wyres, K. L., & Zafar, M. A. (2024). Ethanolamine metabolism through two genetically distinct loci enables Klebsiella pneumoniae to bypass nutritional competition in the gut. PLoS Pathog, 20(5), e1012189.

Bray, A. S., & Zafar, M. A. (2024). Deciphering the gastrointestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Infect Immun, 92(9), e0048223.

Zafar, M. A., Costa-Terryl, A., & Young, T. M. (2023). The Two-Component System YesMN Promotes Pneumococcal Host-to-Host Transmission and Regulates Genes Involved in Zinc Homeostasis. Infect Immun, 91(1), e0037522.

Bray, A. S., Smith, R. D., Hudson, A. W., Hernandez, G. E., Young, T. M., George, H. E., Ernst, R. K., Zafar, M. A. (2022). MgrB-Dependent Colistin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae Is Associated with an Increase in Host-to-Host Transmission. mBio, 13(2), e03595-03521.

Hudson, A. W., Barnes, A. J., Bray, A. S., Ornelles, D. A., & Zafar, M. A. (2022). Klebsiella pneumoniae l-Fucose Metabolism Promotes Gastrointestinal Colonization and Modulates Its Virulence Determinants. Infect Immun, 90(10), e0020622.

Zangari, T., Zafar, M. A., Lees, J. A., Abruzzo, A. R., Bee, G. C. W., & Weiser, J. N. (2021). Pneumococcal capsule blocks protection by immunization with conserved surface proteins. NPJ Vaccines, 6(1), 155.

Young, T. M., Bray, A. S., Nagpal, R. K., Caudell, D. L., Yadav, H., & Zafar, M. A. (2020). Animal Model To Study Klebsiella pneumoniae Gastrointestinal Colonization and Host-to-Host Transmission. Infect Immun, 88(11), e0007120.

Zafar, M. A., Hammond, A. J., Hamaguchi, S., Wu, W., Kono, M., Zhao, L., & Weiser, J. N. (2019). Identification of Pneumococcal Factors Affecting Pneumococcal Shedding Shows that the dlt Locus Promotes Inflammation and Transmission. mBio, 10(3), e01032-01019. 

Zafar, M. A., Wang, Y., Hamaguchi, S., & Weiser, J. N. (2017). Host-to-Host Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Driven by Its Inflammatory Toxin, Pneumolysin. Cell Host & Microbe, 21(1), 73-83. 

Zafar, M. A., Hamaguchi, S., Zangari, T., Cammer, M., & Weiser, J. N. (2017). Capsule Type and Amount Affect Shedding and Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae. MBio, 8(4), e00989-17.