SLAVA SIMON EPSTEIN

Summary

Affiliation: Northeastern University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Microbial scout hypothesis, stochastic exit from dormancy, and the nature of slow growers
    S Buerger
    Address correspondence to S S Epstein
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:3221-8. 2012
  2. ncbi Microbial scout hypothesis and microbial discovery
    S Buerger
    Address correspondence to S S Epstein
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:3229-33. 2012
  3. ncbi Environmental rRNA inventories miss over half of protistan diversity
    Sunok Jeon
    Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Kangwon Do, Korea
    BMC Microbiol 8:222. 2008
  4. ncbi Short peptide induces an "uncultivable" microorganism to grow in vitro
    D Nichols
    Department of Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 74:4889-97. 2008
  5. ncbi New approaches for isolation of previously uncultivated oral bacteria
    M V Sizova
    Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:194-203. 2012
  6. ncbi Isolating "uncultivable" microorganisms in pure culture in a simulated natural environment
    T Kaeberlein
    Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Science 296:1127-9. 2002
  7. ncbi Synthetic statistical approach reveals a high degree of richness of microbial eukaryotes in an anoxic water column
    S-O Jeon
    Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:6578-83. 2006
  8. ncbi Use of ichip for high-throughput in situ cultivation of "uncultivable" microbial species
    D Nichols
    134 Mugar Hall, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 76:2445-50. 2010

Research Grants

  1. Cultivating the 'uncultivable' oral microflora
    Slava Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2007

Collaborators

  • S Buerger
  • D Nichols
  • K Lewis
  • C Leslin
  • L Ling
  • M V Sizova
  • E Gavrish
  • A Spoering
  • T Kaeberlein
  • Sunok Jeon
  • S-O Jeon
  • C M Murphy
  • T Hohmann
  • N S Panikov
  • B J Paster
  • A Hazen
  • S R Halem
  • T Kanigan
  • N Cahoon
  • A Mehta
  • L Pham
  • E M Trakhtenberg
  • A Belanger
  • Thorsten Stoeck
  • C Zhao
  • Chesley Leslin
  • R Ortenberg
  • John Bunge
  • P O'CONNOR
  • J Orjala
  • Sunhee Hong
  • S Mo
  • P Vouros
  • K J-A Barger
  • J Bunge
  • S-H Hong
  • T Stoeck

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Microbial scout hypothesis, stochastic exit from dormancy, and the nature of slow growers
    S Buerger
    Address correspondence to S S Epstein
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:3221-8. 2012
    ..The stochasticity of awakening can also provide a parsimonious explanation to several microbiological observations, including the apparent randomness of latent infections and the existence of viable-but-nonculturable cells (VBNC)...
  2. ncbi Microbial scout hypothesis and microbial discovery
    S Buerger
    Address correspondence to S S Epstein
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:3229-33. 2012
    ..e., single-cell cultivation, may still be the method of choice. While it does not necessarily allow more species to grow from a given inoculum, it minimizes the overall isolation effort and supplies needed...
  3. ncbi Environmental rRNA inventories miss over half of protistan diversity
    Sunok Jeon
    Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Kangwon Do, Korea
    BMC Microbiol 8:222. 2008
    ..Here we attempt to discriminate between these possibilities by statistically analysing four protistan inventories obtained using different general eukaryotic PCR primers...
  4. ncbi Short peptide induces an "uncultivable" microorganism to grow in vitro
    D Nichols
    Department of Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 74:4889-97. 2008
    ..Access to cultures of some of these species should be possible through identification of the signaling compounds necessary for growth, their addition to standard medium formulations, and eventual domestication...
  5. ncbi New approaches for isolation of previously uncultivated oral bacteria
    M V Sizova
    Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:194-203. 2012
    ..We conclude that the ensemble of new methods we introduced will likely help close the gap between cultivated and uncultivated species from the human oral cavity...
  6. ncbi Isolating "uncultivable" microorganisms in pure culture in a simulated natural environment
    T Kaeberlein
    Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Science 296:1127-9. 2002
    ..These isolates did not grow on artificial media alone but formed colonies in the presence of other microorganisms. This observation may help explain the nature of microbial uncultivability...
  7. ncbi Synthetic statistical approach reveals a high degree of richness of microbial eukaryotes in an anoxic water column
    S-O Jeon
    Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:6578-83. 2006
    ..These estimates are among the first for microbial eukaryotes that are obtained using state-of-the-art statistical methods and can serve as benchmark numbers for the local diversity of protists...
  8. ncbi Use of ichip for high-throughput in situ cultivation of "uncultivable" microbial species
    D Nichols
    134 Mugar Hall, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 76:2445-50. 2010
    ..The new method allows access to a large and diverse array of previously inaccessible microorganisms and is well suited for both fundamental and applied research...

Research Grants2

  1. Cultivating the 'uncultivable' oral microflora
    Slava Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This will lead to identifying previously unknown microorganisms that impact human health, and will lay the basis for development of improved therapeutics against oral pathogens. ..