Vol. 29 (2024): Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI)

Vol. 29 (2024)

Published August 28, 2024
https://doi.org/10.14288/ujemi.v29
Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI)

Research Article

Arshia Tavangar, Cynthia Huang, Earl Joshua Ubalde, Kris Chen
Breast Milk Mitigates Microbial Differences Caused by Varying Modes of Infant Delivery Despite the C-section Microbiome Displaying an Increased Resistance to Change Over a Naturally Delivered Microbiome
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Nicole Cormack, Madeleine Dunsmore, Hayley Emery, Emily Moffat
Maternal BMI with Respect to Infant Feeding Mode is Associated with Differential Composition and Functional Phenotypes of the Gut Microbiome of 4-month-old Infants
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Yasmine Gouin, Tim Chen, Jacob Wong, Iqbal Aujla, Hari Arneja
Low Trophic Level Mixed Carnivore Diets Increase Taxonomic Diversity but may Reduce Functional Diversity in the Fish Midgut Microbiome
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Jason Bie, Nidhin Biju, Shini Chen, Haohua Li, Sina Safaeian
Smoking Traditional Cigarettes and Vaping May Not Affect the Diversity Metrics of the Oral Microbiota but Significantly and Distinctively Alters the Taxonomic Composition Relative to Non-Smokers
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Cynthia Chung, Hannah Hauch, Nicole Howes, Ellie Kim, Negar Zaghi
Soil Compaction Exacerbates the Impact of Organic Matter Removal During Timber Harvesting
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Susan Zhang; Vivian Mo; Rae Xu, Jordan Sanders, Yimin Wang
Parkinson’s Disease Dampens the Impact of Mental Health on Microbial Predicted Metabolic Functions
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Hansel Anggunmulia, Amy Chen, Irina Chua, Wenny Feng, Kriti Randhawa
The Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) is a Poor Model for Studying International Space Station Microbiome
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Melissa Lagace, Rachel Leong, Soll Chi, Qingyue Guo, Frank Zhang
A Longitudinal, Taxonomical Analysis of the Microbiome and Spatial Mapping of the Dynamics of Genera of Interest Reveals Pathogenic Spread Throughout Confined Living Quarters
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Kaila Villarey, Jamie Corbett, Nicholas Kucera, Haolin Tian, Amber Xia
Cardiovascular Disease is a Potential Contraindication for Resistant Starch Type 2 Diet Intervention
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Alec Jessen, Dana Lao, Faith Liu, Annie Tsoromocos, Erica Won
Anemia May Mask the Effects that Stunting has on the Dysbiosis of the Infant Gut Microbiota
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Alma Garcia, Vincent Hsiung, Lina Shalaby, Gurpreet Sidhu, Kishor Sivanesan
Effects of a Resistant Starch Diet on Mouse Gut Microbiome Inadequately Translates to Findings in a Human Model
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Loujain Bilal, Ayesha Lalani, Parvin Malhi, Maya Ruehlen, Aiden Simard
Colombian Prediabetic Patients Classified Using Glycosylated Hemoglobin or Fasting Plasma Glucose Present Distinct Microbiome Compositions
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Alix Najera Mazariegos, Keegan McDonald, Max Tepes, Sarah Zhang
Morphological and functional characterization of the C-terminal two-thirds of the autotransporter Ag43 alpha domain via site-directed mutagenesis in Escherichia coli DH5α
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Lina Anwari, Anu Chauhan, Abigail Cho, Sarah Hong
Steps Towards Identifying the Transcription Start Site Upstream of the brkA Gene in pDO6935 Plasmid Using the ARF-TSS Method
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Ashnoor Arora, Ziniu Chen, Kshemaka Gunawardena, Jayden Liu
Preliminary Steps Towards the Construction of a Customizable BrkA Protein Secretion System
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Soll Chi, Qingyue Guo, Michael Qiu, Ruofan Zhang
Determining the Relationship Between the lac Operon and the Expression of brkA on pDO6935 in Escherichia coli Using a Promoterless Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter Gene
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Dana Lao, Faith Liu, Ava Tiefenbach, Nicholas Viegas
Developing a BrkA-based Protein Expression System in Escherichia coli Using the Mini-Tn7 Vector System
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Lina Shalaby, Palak Tank, Ethan Wong, Dennis Xie
Deleting Two-thirds of the C-terminus Alpha Domain Region in Autotransporter Antigen 43 is Associated with Increased Aggregation and Biofilm Formation in DH5α Escherichia coli
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Max Bremner, Ekaterina Galysheva, Alex Kwong, Josh Zhang
Steps Towards Investigating the Role of the Putative-Autochaperone Domain in Ag43 Passenger Folding In Vitro
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Shini Chen, Haohua Li, Zhuohui Lin
A 6xHistidine tag insertion at the N-terminal signal peptide A42 and G43 may interfere with BrkA secretion and expression in Escherichia coli DH5α
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Greg Nikas, Jacob Wong, Iqbal Aujla
Using the GFP Reporter Plasmid pEAH23A-1Δ to Investigate the lac Operator Region Driving brkA Expression from Plasmid pDO6935 in E. coli
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Madeleine Dunsmore, Olivia Kwon, Emily Moffat
Steps Towards Unraveling the Driving Force of BrkA Passenger Domain Translocation: The Role of Passenger Domain Length in Secretion Efficiency
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Ives Chau, Jason Bie, Rae Xu, Jordan Si
Evaluating the Role of the Fkpa Periplasmic Chaperone on the Secretion of the BrkA Autotransporter in Escherichia coli Strain K-12
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Rachel Leong, Sina Safaeian, Jenny Zhang
Construction of a Plasmid that Expresses an N-terminally 6xHis Tagged Protein Spanning Amino Acids Gly139 to Pro552 of the Passenger Domain of the Escherichia coli Autotransporter Protein Ag43
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Vincent Hsiung, Nicholas Kucera, Kishor Sivanesan, Ali Tavakoli Hedayatpour
Steps Towards Understanding the Role Of DegP in Secretion of the Bordetella pertussis Autotransporter Protein BrkA
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John Goh, David Tan, Cayden Yu, Ali Zaidi
Engineering an OmpT Cleavage Site in the BrkA Passenger Domain to Explore the Role of the Conserved Autochaperone Region
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Sid Ahuja, Jordan Sanders, Haolin Tian, Amber Xia
Developing an Antisense RNA Vector for Skp Chaperone Knockdown Analysis in Escherichia coli BW25113
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