Robert J Palmer

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Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Biofilms 2007: broadened horizons and new emphases
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Biofilm Communication Unit, Oral Infections and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 30, Room 310, 30 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Bacteriol 189:7948-60. 2007
  2. ncbi Pictures of microbiology -- the biofilm imaging facility under Dr. David C. White
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Biofilm Communication Unit, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health Bldg 30, Room 310 30 Convent Drive Bethesda MD 20892, United States
    J Microbiol Methods 74:5-9. 2008
  3. ncbi Bacterial interactions and successions during plaque development
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Periodontol 2000 42:47-79. 2006
  4. ncbi Supragingival and subgingival plaque: paradigm of biofilms
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Compend Contin Educ Dent 31:104-6, 108, 110 passim; quiz 124, 138. 2010
  5. ncbi Oral multispecies biofilm development and the key role of cell-cell distance
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Nat Rev Microbiol 8:471-80. 2010
  6. ncbi Shear-enhanced oral microbial adhesion
    Albert M Ding
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 76:1294-7. 2010
  7. ncbi Autoinducer 2: a concentration-dependent signal for mutualistic bacterial biofilm growth
    Alexander H Rickard
    National Institutes of Health, NIDCR, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Mol Microbiol 60:1446-56. 2006
  8. ncbi Rapid succession within the Veillonella population of a developing human oral biofilm in situ
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Biofilm Communication Unit, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 30, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Bacteriol 188:4117-24. 2006
  9. ncbi Communication among oral bacteria
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4350, USA
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 66:486-505, table of contents. 2002
  10. ncbi Genome-genome interactions: bacterial communities in initial dental plaque
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20902, USA
    Trends Microbiol 13:11-5. 2005

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Publications18

  1. ncbi Biofilms 2007: broadened horizons and new emphases
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Biofilm Communication Unit, Oral Infections and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 30, Room 310, 30 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Bacteriol 189:7948-60. 2007
  2. ncbi Pictures of microbiology -- the biofilm imaging facility under Dr. David C. White
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Biofilm Communication Unit, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health Bldg 30, Room 310 30 Convent Drive Bethesda MD 20892, United States
    J Microbiol Methods 74:5-9. 2008
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  3. ncbi Bacterial interactions and successions during plaque development
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Periodontol 2000 42:47-79. 2006
  4. ncbi Supragingival and subgingival plaque: paradigm of biofilms
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Compend Contin Educ Dent 31:104-6, 108, 110 passim; quiz 124, 138. 2010
    ..The wealth of information on these communities, coupled with their accessibility in their natural state, firmly establishes them as paradigm systems in biofilm research...
  5. ncbi Oral multispecies biofilm development and the key role of cell-cell distance
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Nat Rev Microbiol 8:471-80. 2010
    ..In all these aspects distance between cells of different species is integral for oral biofilm growth...
  6. ncbi Shear-enhanced oral microbial adhesion
    Albert M Ding
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 76:1294-7. 2010
    ..was noted for Hsa-mediated adhesion of Streptococcus gordonii to sialic acid-containing receptors, an interaction implicated in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis...
  7. ncbi Autoinducer 2: a concentration-dependent signal for mutualistic bacterial biofilm growth
    Alexander H Rickard
    National Institutes of Health, NIDCR, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Mol Microbiol 60:1446-56. 2006
    ..Thus, AI-2 acts as an interspecies signal and its concentration is critical for mutualism between two species of oral bacteria grown under conditions that are representative of the human oral cavity...
  8. ncbi Rapid succession within the Veillonella population of a developing human oral biofilm in situ
    Robert J Palmer
    Oral Biofilm Communication Unit, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 30, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Bacteriol 188:4117-24. 2006
    ..Changes in community structure can occur very rapidly in natural biofilm development, and we suggest that this process may influence evolution within this ecosystem...
  9. ncbi Communication among oral bacteria
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4350, USA
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 66:486-505, table of contents. 2002
    ..A successful search for genes critical for mixed-species community organization will be accomplished only when it is conducted with mixed-species communities...
  10. ncbi Genome-genome interactions: bacterial communities in initial dental plaque
    Paul E Kolenbrander
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20902, USA
    Trends Microbiol 13:11-5. 2005
    ..The human oral cavity provides easy access to natural biofilms on a retrievable enamel chip, which is an excellent model for the study of genome-genome interactions...
  11. ncbi Autoinducer 2 production by Streptococcus gordonii DL1 and the biofilm phenotype of a luxS mutant are influenced by nutritional conditions
    David S Blehert
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Bacteriol 185:4851-60. 2003
    ..Thus, the inability to produce AI-2 is associated with altered microcolony architecture within S. gordonii biofilms formed in saliva during a time frame consistent with initial colonization of freshly cleaned enamel surfaces...
  12. ncbi Human oral cavity as a model for the study of genome-genome interactions
    Jamie S Foster
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 30, Room 310, 30 Convent Drive MSC 4350, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4350, USA
    Biol Bull 204:200-4. 2003
    ..Together, these approaches provide insight into the development of oral biofilms and expand our understanding of genome-genome interactions...
  13. ncbi Molecular characterization of subject-specific oral microflora during initial colonization of enamel
    Patricia I Diaz
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 30, Room 310, 30 Convent Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892-4350, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:2837-48. 2006
    ..Repetitive and distinctive community composition within subjects suggests that the spatiotemporal interactions and ecological shifts that accompany biofilm maturation also occur in a subject-dependent manner...
  14. ncbi Coaggregation-mediated interactions of streptococci and actinomyces detected in initial human dental plaque
    Robert J Palmer
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4350, USA
    J Bacteriol 185:3400-9. 2003
    ..Further, these results demonstrate the spatiotemporal development and prevalence of mixed-species communities in early dental plaque...
  15. ncbi Interspecies communication in Streptococcus gordonii-Veillonella atypica biofilms: signaling in flow conditions requires juxtaposition
    Paul G Egland
    Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:16917-22. 2004
    ..We provide evidence that, in open systems like those that predominate in natural biofilms, diffusible signals between species are designed to function over short distances, on the order of 1 mum...
  16. ncbi Use of quantum dot luminescent probes to achieve single-cell resolution of human oral bacteria in biofilms
    Natalia I Chalmers
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 73:630-6. 2007
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  17. ncbi Environmental influences on Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans biofilm formation
    Elaine M Haase
    Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, 109 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
    Arch Oral Biol 51:299-314. 2006
    ..In conclusion, strain, growth medium and conditioning film all affect biofilm formation. The RVs produce biofilms of unique architecture that may serve to protect the bacterium from environmental perturbations...
  18. ncbi Role of polyphosphate kinase in biofilm formation by Porphyromonas gingivalis
    Wen Chen
    Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214, USA
    Infect Immun 70:4708-15. 2002
    ..These results suggest that PPK may be important for incorporation of these organisms into subgingival plaque in the human oral cavity...