Publications

Bold = Miyashiro Lab Member
* = Undergraduate Student

Guckes KR and Miyashiro TI, 2023. The type VI secretion system of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri. MicroSoc (Reading, England), 169:001302.

Guckes KR, Yount TA*, Steingard CH* and Miyashiro, TI. 2023. Quorum sensing inhibits interference competition among bacterial symbionts within a host. Curr. Biol. 33, 4244–4251.e1–e4.

Provencher EP, Ehrig MR, Cecere AG, Cousins SC, Maybin MA, Meredith TC and Miyashiro TI. (2023). Inhibition of biofilm formation by a lipopolysaccharide-associated glycosyltransferase in the bacterial symbiont Vibrio fischeri. Front. Bacteriol. 2:1254305.

Donnelly AR*, Giacobe EJ*, Cook RA*, Francis GM*, Buddle GK*, Beaubrun CL*, Cecere AG, Miyashiro TI. (2023). Quantification of the capacity of Vibrio fischeri to establish symbiosis with Euprymna scolopes. PLoS ONE 18(7): e0287519.

Cecere AG, Cook RA* and Miyashiro, TI. 2023. A case study assessing the impact of mating frequency on the reproductive performance of the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes. Lab Anim Res 39, 17.

Surrett ED, Guckes KG, Cousins S, Ruskoski TB, Cecere AG, Ludvik DA, Okafor CD, Mandel MJ and Miyashiro TI. 2023. Two enhancer binding proteins activate σ54-dependent transcription of a quorum regulatory RNA in a bacterial symbiont. eLife 12:e78544.

Yount TA*, Murtha AN*, Cecere AG and Miyashiro TI. 2023. Quorum Sensing Facilitates Interpopulation Signaling by Vibrio fischeri within the Light Organ of Euprymna scolopes. Isr. J. Chem., 63(5-6).

Cecere AG, Miyashiro T. 2022. Impact of transit time on the reproductive capacity of Euprymna scolopes as a laboratory animal. Lab Anim Res 38, 25 (2022).

Wasilko NP, Ceron JS, Baker ER*, Cecere AG, Wollenberg MS, Miyashiro T. 2021. Vibrio fischeri imports and assimilates sulfate during symbiosis with Euprymna scolopes. Mol Microbiol.116(3): 926–942. 

Guckes KR, Cecere AG, Williams AL*, McNeil AE*, Miyashiro T. 2020. The Bacterial Enhancer Binding Protein VasH Promotes Expression of a Type VI Secretion System in Vibrio fischeri during Symbiosis. J Bacteriol. 202 (7) e00777-19.

Guckes KR, Cecere AG, Wasilko NP, Williams AL*, Bultman KM, Mandel MJ, Miyashiro T. 2019. Incompatibility of Vibrio fischeri Strains during Symbiosis Establishment Depends on Two Functionally Redundant hcp Genes. J Bacteriol. 201 (19) e00221-19.

Wasilko NP, Larios-Valencia J*, Steingard CH*, Nunez BM*, Verma SC, Miyashiro T. 2019. Sulfur availability for Vibrio fischeri growth during symbiosis establishment depends on biogeography within the squid light organ. Mol Microbiol. 111(3):621-636. PMCID: PMC6417962.

Bultman KM, Cecere AG, Miyashiro T, Septer AN, Mandel MJ. 2019. Draft Genome Sequences of Type VI Secretion System-Encoding Vibrio fischeri Strains FQ-A001 and ES401. Microbiol Res Annouc. 8 (20) e00385-19.

Speare L, Cecere AG, Guckes KR, Smith S, Wollenberg MS, Mandel MJ, Miyashiro T, Septer AN. 2018. Bacterial symbionts use a type VI secretion system to eliminate competitors in their natural host. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115:E8528-37.

Verma SC and Miyashiro T. 2016. Niche-specific impact of a symbiotic function on the persistence of microbial symbionts within a natural host. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82:5990-6.

Sun Y, LaSota ED*, Cecere AG, LaPenna KB*, Larios-Valencia J*, Wollenberg MS, and Miyashiro T. 2016. Intraspecific competition impacts Vibrio fischeri strain diversity during initial colonization of the squid light organ. Appl Environ Microbiol 82:3082-91.

Sun Y, Verma SC, Bogale H*, and Miyashiro T. 2015. NagC represses N-acetyl-glucosamine utilization genes in Vibrio fischeri within the light organ of Euprymna scolopes. Front. Microbiol. 6:741. PMCID: PMC4505101

Miyashiro T, Oehlert D*, Ray VA, Visick KL, and Ruby EG. 2014. The putative oligosaccharide translocase SypK connects biofilm formation with quorum signaling in Vibrio fischeri. MicrobiologyOpen 3:836-48. PMCID: PMC4263508

Koch EJ, Miyashiro T, McFall-Ngai MJ, and Ruby EG. 2014. Features governing symbiont persistence in the squid-vibrio association. Mol. Ecol. 23:1624-34. PMCID: PMC3907463

Verma SC and Miyashiro T. 2013. Quorum Sensing in the squid-Vibrio Symbiosis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14:16386-401. PMCID: PMC3759917

Sun Y, Bernardy EE, Hammer BK, and Miyashiro T. 2013. Competence and Natural Transformation in Vibrios. Mol Microbiol. 89: 583-95. PMCID: PMC3820095.

Miyashiro T and Ruby EG. 2012. Shedding light on bioluminescence regulation in Vibrio fischeri. Mol Microbiol. 84: 795-806. PMCID: PMC3359415

Cao X, Studer S, Wasserman KM, Zhang Y, Ruby EG, and Miyashiro T. 2012. The Novel Sigma Factor-like Regulator RpoQ Controls Luminescence, Chitinase Activity and Motility in Vibrio fischeri. mBio 3: e00285-11. PMCID: PMC3252764

Miyashiro T, Klein W*, Oehlert D*, Cao X, Schwartzman J, and Ruby EG. 2011. The N-acetyl-D-glucosamine repressor NagC of Vibrio fischeri facilitates colonization of Euprymna scolopes. Mol Microbiol 82: 894-903. PMCID: PMC3212624 Cover illustration for issue

Miyashiro T, Wollenberg MS, Cao X, Oehlert D*, and Ruby EG. 2010. A single qrr gene is necessary and sufficient for LuxO-mediated regulation in Vibrio fischeri. Mol Microbiol 77: 1556-67. PMCID: PMC2947852

Miyashiro T and Goulian M. 2008. High Stimulus Unmasks Positive Feedback in an Autoregulated Bacterial Signaling Circuit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105: 17457-62. PMCID: PMC2582279 Recommended [6] by Faculty of 1000

Liu Z, Miyashiro T, Tsou A, Hsiao A, Goulian M, and Zhu J. 2008. Mucosal Penetration Primes Vibrio cholerae for Host Colonization by Repressing Quorum Sensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105: 9769-74. PMCID: PMC2474479

Miyashiro T and Goulian M. 2007. Stimulus-Dependent Differential Regulation in the Escherichia coli PhoQ-PhoP System. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104: 16305-10. PMCID: PMC2042202

Miyashiro T and Goulian M. 2007. Single-Cell Analysis of Gene Expression by Fluorescence Microscopy. Methods Enzymol 423:458-75. PMID: 17609146