Vol. 30 (2025): Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI)

Vol. 30 (2025)

Published August 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.14288/ujemi.v30
Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI)

Research Article

Parisa Javadian, Monica Leca, Raychal Ng, Florrie Sui, Samantha Tang
Tobacco Smoking Correlates with Changes in Relative Abundance of Gut Microbes and Their Inter-Phyla Interactions
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Alexander Pei, Georgia Langdon, Lester Cheng, Sid Ahuja, Victoria Rogers
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Restores Gut Microbial Profiles in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients More Effectively than Surgical Resection
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Natalia Blanco, Andrew Huang, Dima Lim, Aivi Tran Fortier, Cyrus Yong
The Disease Course of Multiple Sclerosis May be Modulated by the Gut Microbiome
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Arsh Sharma, Ramdeep Kailay, Karmanpreet Saini, Aaron Kwai, Muhammed Atasoy
Microbial Communities in Forest and Wetland Soil Types Display Divergent Trends in Diversity and Unique Functional Responses to Varying Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratios
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Jagroop Randhawa, Parsa Khanbadr, Delphine Zhou, Simran Dhesi, Bhavya Mohan
Increased Relative Humidity Promotes Abundance of Potentially Harmful Microbes in Dust Samples Aboard the International Space Station
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Wendy Fang, Michael Grundy, Jackson Taylor, Khadija Zahid, Jacob Nieckarz
Predicting Radiation Exposure in Mice Using a Classification Model Based on Gut Microbial Alterations
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Renee Li, Ivie Huang, Heaton Chan, Moe Jalaeian Taghaddomi, Harman Singh
Antidepressants May Restore Anti-Inflammatory Bacteria Diminished by Depression in Parkinson's Patients
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Asmita Jain, Tia Murdoch, Pamela Peng, Claire Rollins, Annie Saint
The Microbiome May Not Contribute to the Increased Prevalence of Asthma in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
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Annalise Wong, Jun Fu Yang, Carelton Young
Streptomyces Dominance in Endometrial Microbiomes of In Vitro Fertilization Patients Is Consistent Across Age Groups and Pregnancy Outcomes
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Michelle Ho, Arian Afshari, Amy Kim, Sherinay Xierenayi, Wei-Wei Yu
Smoking Differentially Alters the Microbiome Depending on the Type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Ma Andrea Isabelle Garcia, Chaeyoon Chang, Julia Jung, Vivian Tan, Yna Ortiz
Low Ultra Processed Food (UPF) Diets May Result in More Distinct Gut Microbiome Profiles Between Asthmatic and Non-Asthmatic Individuals Compared to High-UPF Diets
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Ada Jiang, Jennifer Choi, Troy Chong, Byron Wang, Samantha Wong
Space Flight Conditions Drive Functional Reorganization and Selection for Taxonomically Dominant Groups in Microbial Communities of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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Rana Ghadymimahani, Melika Hajimohammadi, Norman Li, Joshanne Palces, Salva Sherif
Nasopharyngeal Microbiota May Predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patient Outcome Across Different Geographical Cohorts
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Jeyah Cruz, Emilie Haniak, Sherrill Li, Catherine Pepin, Kelly Zhang
Captivity Status and Climate Impact Gut Microbiome Composition and Function in Primates Through Diet
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Chaeyoon Chang, Julia Jung, Aaron Kwai, Elijah Uy
Loss of the Chaperone FkpA and Repeated Subculturing Weakens BrkA Autotransporter Secretion in Escherichia coli
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Tien Do, Susana Chung-Wang, Savitha Singarajan, Steven Chen, Thomas Yuen
Sociodemographic Factors Have Nuanced Effects on the Gut Microbiome of HIV-Positive Patients in Zimbabwe
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Bhavya Mohan, Parsa Khanbadr, Wendy Fang, Jagroop Randhawa
Steps Towards Generation of an Anti-GFP Nanobody Escherichia coli Surface Display System Using the BrkA Autotransporter System
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Rana Ghadymimahani, Melika Hajimohammadi, Joshanne Palces, Salva Sherif
Chaperone protein SurA may be necessary for the secretion of BrkA in Escherichia coli BW25113 during the stationary phase
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Ivie Huang, Jacob Nieckarz, Florrie Sui, Ingrid Wang
Engineering a Recombinant Plasmid for Prospective IsPETase Expression in Escherichia coli Via the BrkA Autotransporter for Biocatalytic PET Recycling
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Georgia Langdon, Jeyah Cruz, Victoria Rogers, Joshua Jin
A gene in dis-surA: Determining the true identity of JW0052 Escherichia coli and assessing the role of frmB and BrkA expression on outer membrane stability
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Poppy Chaiboripan, Tia Murdoch, Edward Sobczak
Steps Toward Developing an Antisense RNA Construct for surA in Escherichia coli
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Ishana Sookoor, Sophie Thanasack, Vivian Wei, Madoka Wowk
Loss of BamE Increases Susceptibility of the BrkA Passenger Domain to Proteolytic Degradation in Escherichia coli
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Kerry Shi, Kristen Tien, Carleton Young, Ashine Zhang
Surface Display of Dimeric Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Using BrkA Autotransporter
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Asha Octoman, Claire Rollins, Nicolas Taraviras, Carolyne You
Development of a Biosafety Level 1 Model for Intimin Expression in Escherichia coli BL21
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Michael Grundy, Louise He, Raluca Pingacheva-Maxim, Michelle Benitez-Muller
Chaperone Proteins Skp and FkpA May Perform Distinct Roles Facilitating BrkA Secretion in Escherichia coli
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Ryan Anbudaiyan, Lukas Forssander-Song, Chirag Maan, Karmanpreet Saini
Engineering a Recombinant BrkA Autotransporter with an Antimicrobial Colicin E1 Passenger in Escherichia coli
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Ma. Andrea Isabelle Garcia, Kayla Hanson, Pamela Peng, Annie Saint
Autotransporter BrkA and Chaperone Protein DegP may be Required for Escherichia coli Survival at Elevated Temperatures
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Lily Chen, Manveer Dhillon, Shreya Gandhi, Tricia Santiago
The Absence of Fimbriae Leads to Increased Intercellular Ag43-Ag43 Mediated Autoaggregation in Escherichia coli BW25113
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Grace Jordana, Susana Chung, Rushil Kiran, Guillermo Lopez Perez
Expression of Fusarium Solani Cutinase via the BrkA Autotransporter in Escherichia coli for Polyethylene Terephthalate Degradation
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Andrew Huang, Aivi Tran Fortier, Cyrus Yong, Thomas Yuen
Expression of Truncated SurA Potentially Disrupts BrkA Maturation in Escherichia coli
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Sherrill Li, Wan Yi Liang, Raychal Ng, Yujia Zhang
Chaperone Protein BamE Supports BrkA Secretion and Membrane Stability
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Jordan Drotsky, Burak M. Ozkan, Vivian Tan
Expression of an Anti-GFP Nanobody on Escherichia coli UT5600 Using the BrkA Autotransporter System
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