Research Topics

John Kirby

Affiliation: University of Iowa

Country: USA

Chemotaxis-like regulatory systems: unique roles in diverse bacteria
John R Kirby
Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Annu Rev Microbiol 63:45-59. 2009
Deciphering the hunting strategy of a bacterial wolfpack
James E Berleman
Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
FEMS Microbiol Rev 33:942-57. 2009
Predataxis behavior in Myxococcus xanthus
James E Berleman
Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:17127-32. 2008

Chemotaxis-like regulatory systems: unique roles in diverse bacteria
John R Kirby
Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Annu Rev Microbiol 63:45-59. 2009
..Extensive research has provided a perspective on TCS signaling and indicates that variation and diversity for the standard two-component system are predominant in the microbial world...
Deciphering the hunting strategy of a bacterial wolfpack
James E Berleman
Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
FEMS Microbiol Rev 33:942-57. 2009
..We will also examine our understanding of microbial predator-prey relationships and the prospects for how bacterial predation mechanisms can be exploited to generate new antimicrobial technologies...
Predataxis behavior in Myxococcus xanthus
James E Berleman
Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:17127-32. 2008
..These data indicate that the transition to an organized multicellular state during predation in M. xanthus relies on the tactic behavior of individual cells, mediated by a Che-like signal transduction pathway...