Vol. 11 (2025): Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI+)

Research Article

• Seasonal Animal and Human Activity Near Recreational Water Sources in Pueblo, Colorado Is Correlated with Increased Total Coliform Levels

  Ryeim B. Ansaf, Liam G. Kohl, Holly R. Humphries, Andrew Maharaj, Amaya Garcia Costas

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• Utilizing BrkA Passenger Domain to Surface Display Lead Remediator EC10 on Escherichia coli

  Norman Li, Renee Li, Arshia Tavangar, Le Qi Chen

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• Construction of a Chloramphenicol‑Resistant Bioluminescent Reporter for Monitoring Envelope Stress in Keio Collection Escherichia coli Knockout Strains

  Ramdeep Kailay, Arian Afshari, Sherin Xierenayi, Amy Kim, Muhammed Atasoy

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• Investigating the Influence of the BrkA Auto chaperone Region on Recombinant Protein Surface Expression and Activity in Escherichia coli

  Natalia Blanco, Miles Da Silva, Artemis Melville-Bowser, Gabi Reznik

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• Impaired BrkA Processing in a geneX Mutant Background May Compromise the Outer Membrane Integrity of Escherichia coli

  Emily Huang, Parisa Javadian, Arsh Sharma, Emily Wiebe

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• Ag43-Mediated Autoaggregation of Escherichia coli Requires the Passenger and the Autochaperone Domains but In Vitro Passenger Domain Folding and Self-Interaction Does Not Require the Autochaperone Domain

  Qingru Kong, Ran Tao, Keheng Wang, Zurui Zhu

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• Engineering Escherichia coli for Surface Display of Helicobacter pylori α-Carbonic Anhydrase via the BrkA Autotransporter: A Strategy for CO2 Sequestration

  Nadia Arjomandi, Mehr Bains, Yasmin Faghir, Harmandeep Singh

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• Directed evolution on Ag43 β-domain to enhance protein display efficiency

  Chloe Chan, Kaitlin Law, Michelle Tong, Anny Xia

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• Type 1 fimbriae impair Antigen 43-mediated autoaggregation and may promote biofilm formation in Escherichia coli BW25113

  Lester Cheng, Brian Deng, Alexander Pei, Catherine Pepin

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• Autodisplay and Functional Characterization of the Burkholderia cepacia Lipase and Its Chaperone Foldase Using the BrkA Autotransporter System in Escherichia coli

  Alexandra S. Craciun, Monica Leca, Samantha Tang, Delphine Zhou, Mya Bal

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• Verrucomicrobiae and Oscillospiraceae Are Key Bacterial Taxa in a Predictive Model of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

  Poppy Chaiboripan, Asha Octoman, Burak M. Ozkan, Elijah Uy, Carolyne You

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• Higher Clostridia Expression Is Associated with Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor Treatment in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

  Sebastian Tenorio Romero, Edward Sobczak, Jordan Drotsky, Emily Huang, Emily Wiebe

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• Young Adults with Gastric Cancer Experience Progressive Taxonomic Loss and Broad Functional Decline in the Gastric Mucosal Microbiome

  Mehr Bains, Lily Chen, Manveer Dhillon, Shreya Gandhi, Tricia Santiago

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• Predicting Wetland Nitrogen Levels Through Microbial Signatures: A Taxonomy-Based Approach Validated by Machine Learning

  Nadia Arjomandi, Yasmin Faghir, Ingrid Wang, Michelle Benitez-Muller, Ava Tiefenbach

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• Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Type 2 Diabetes Shows Sex-Associated Shifts in Microbial Composition and Metabolic Pathways

  Alexandra S. Craciun, David Lin, Kerry Shi, Kristen Tien, Ashine Zhang

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• Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Alters Microbial Composition of the Spleen in a Melanoma Mouse Model

  Qing Ru Kong, Pranjali Singh, Ran Tao, Keheng Wang, Zurui Zhu

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• Captivity Reduces Gut Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Pathway Abundance Across Mammals with Different Diet and Gut Fermentation Types

  Chloe Chan, Tiffany Wu, Wendy Liang, Mya Bal, Christine Ma

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• Antiretroviral Therapy May Induce Microbiome Composition Shifts in HIV-Positive Individuals Nonresponsive to Treatment

  Vianne Chang, Kayla Hanson, Raluca Pingacheva-Maxim, Caitlin Wong, Indra Yavuukhulan

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• Tissue-specific Cancer Susceptibility from TERT Activation: Implications for Safe Anti-aging Interventions

  Hajune Jeong

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