Justin Merritt - Publications

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Restorative Dentistry Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 

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2024 Krieger M, AbdelRahman YM, Choi D, Palmer EA, Yoo A, McGuire S, Kreth J, Merritt J. Stratification of Fusobacterium nucleatum by local health status in the oral cavity defines its subspecies disease association. Cell Host & Microbe. PMID 38479393 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.02.010  0.692
2023 Krieger M, AbdelRahman YM, Choi D, Palmer EA, Yoo A, McGuire S, Kreth J, Merritt J. The prevalence of subspecies in the oral cavity stratifies by local health status. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology. PMID 37961321 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.25.563997  0.703
2022 Treerat P, McGuire B, Palmer E, Dahl EM, Karstens L, Merritt J, Kreth J. Oral microbiome diversity - The curious case of Corynebacterium sp. isolation. Molecular Oral Microbiology. PMID 35859343 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12381  0.31
2022 Higashi DL, McGuire S, Abdelrahman YM, Zou Z, Qin H, Anderson D, Palmer EA, Kreth J, Merritt J. Development of the First Tractable Genetic System for Parvimonas micra, a Ubiquitous Pathobiont in Human Dysbiotic Disease. Microbiology Spectrum. e0046522. PMID 35416697 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00465-22  0.669
2021 Redanz U, Redanz S, Treerat P, Prakasam S, Lin LJ, Merritt J, Kreth J. Differential Response of Oral Mucosal and Gingival Cells to , , and Multispecies Biofilms. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11: 686479. PMID 34277471 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.686479  0.329
2020 Xie Z, Zou Z, Raz A, Qin H, Fischetti V, Zhang S, Kreth J, Merritt J. Regulatory control of the Streptococcus mutans HdrRM LytTR Regulatory System functions via a membrane sequestration mechanism. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 32706915 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.14576  0.302
2020 Kreth J, Merritt J, Pfeifer CS, Khajotia S, Ferracane JL. Interaction between the Oral Microbiome and Dental Composite Biomaterials: Where We Are and Where We Should Go. Journal of Dental Research. 22034520927690. PMID 32479134 DOI: 10.1177/0022034520927690  0.403
2020 Cheng X, Redanz S, Treerat P, Qin H, Choi D, Zhou X, Xu X, Merritt J, Kreth J. Magnesium-Dependent Promotion of HO Production Increases Ecological Competitiveness of Oral Commensal Streptococci. Journal of Dental Research. 22034520912181. PMID 32197054 DOI: 10.1177/0022034520912181  0.41
2020 Treerat P, Redanz U, Redanz S, Giacaman RA, Merritt J, Kreth J. Synergism between Corynebacterium and Streptococcus sanguinis reveals new interactions between oral commensals. The Isme Journal. PMID 32020052 DOI: 10.1038/S41396-020-0598-2  0.366
2020 Redanz S, Treerat P, Mu R, Redanz U, Zou Z, Koley D, Merritt J, Kreth J. Pyruvate secretion by oral streptococci modulates hydrogen peroxide dependent antagonism. The Isme Journal. PMID 31988475 DOI: 10.1038/S41396-020-0592-8  0.404
2020 Kreth J, Abdelrahman YM, Merritt J. Multiplex Imaging of Polymicrobial Communities-Murine Models to Study Oral Microbiome Interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2081: 107-126. PMID 31721121 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9940-8_8  0.694
2019 Hao T, Xie Z, Wang M, Liu L, Zhang Y, Wang W, Zhang Z, Zhao X, Li P, Guo Z, Gao S, Lou C, Zhang G, Merritt J, Horsman GP, et al. An anaerobic bacterium host system for heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters. Nature Communications. 10: 3665. PMID 31413323 DOI: 10.1038/S41467-019-11673-0  0.387
2019 Wang Q, Hassan BH, Lou N, Merritt J, Feng Y. Functional definition of NrtR, a remnant regulator of NAD homeostasis in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis. Faseb Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology. fj201802179RR. PMID 30759348 DOI: 10.1096/Fj.201802179Rr  0.338
2018 Zou Z, Qin H, Brenner AE, Raghavan R, Millar JA, Gu Q, Xie Z, Kreth J, Merritt J. LytTR Regulatory Systems: A potential new class of prokaryotic sensory system. Plos Genetics. 14: e1007709. PMID 30296267 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pgen.1007709  0.318
2018 Redanz S, Cheng X, Giacaman RA, Pfeifer CS, Merritt J, Kreth J. Live and let die: hydrogen peroxide production by the commensal flora and its role in maintaining a symbiotic microbiome. Molecular Oral Microbiology. PMID 29897662 DOI: 10.1111/Omi.12231  0.305
2018 Redanz S, Masilamani R, Cullin N, Giacaman RA, Merritt J, Kreth J. Distinct Regulatory Role of Carbon Catabolite Protein A (CcpA) in Oral Streptococcal spxB Expression. Journal of Bacteriology. PMID 29378884 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00619-17  0.435
2017 Cheng X, Redanz S, Cullin N, Zhou X, Xu X, Joshi V, Koley D, Merritt J, Kreth J. Plasticity of the pyruvate node modulates hydrogen peroxide production and acid tolerance in multiple oral streptococci. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. PMID 29079629 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01697-17  0.333
2017 Cullin N, Redanz S, Lampi KJ, Merritt J, Kreth J. The murein hydrolase LytF of Streptococcus sanguinis and the ecological consequences of competence development. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. PMID 28986373 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01709-17  0.434
2017 Zhang S, Zou Z, Kreth J, Merritt J. Recombineering in Streptococcus mutans Using Direct Repeat-Mediated Cloning-Independent Markerless Mutagenesis (DR-CIMM). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7: 202. PMID 28589101 DOI: 10.3389/Fcimb.2017.00202  0.365
2017 Knapp S, Brodal C, Peterson J, Qi F, Kreth J, Merritt J. Natural Competence Is Common among Clinical Isolates of Veillonella parvula and Is Useful for Genetic Manipulation of This Key Member of the Oral Microbiome. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7: 139. PMID 28473967 DOI: 10.3389/Fcimb.2017.00139  0.451
2017 Cullin N, Merritt J, Kreth J. Beyond Cell Division: the Ecological Roles of Autolysins in Oral Biofilm Communities Current Oral Health Reports. 4: 14-21. DOI: 10.1007/S40496-017-0118-2  0.413
2016 Sadeghinejad L, Cvitkovitch DG, Siqueira WL, Merritt J, Santerre JP, Finer Y. Mechanistic, genomic and proteomic study on the effects of BisGMA-derived biodegradation product on cariogenic bacteria. Dental Materials : Official Publication of the Academy of Dental Materials. PMID 27919444 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dental.2016.11.007  0.323
2016 Yu Q, Cai H, Zhang Y, He Y, Chen L, Merritt J, Zhang S, Dong Z. Negative Regulation of Ectoine Uptake and Catabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti: Characterization of the EhuR Gene. Journal of Bacteriology. PMID 27795315 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00119-16  0.318
2016 Esteban Florez FL, Hiers RD, Smart K, Kreth J, Qi F, Merritt J, Khajotia SS. Real-time assessment of Streptococcus mutans biofilm metabolism on resin composite. Dental Materials : Official Publication of the Academy of Dental Materials. PMID 27515531 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dental.2016.07.010  0.304
2016 Kreth J, Giacaman RA, Raghavan R, Merritt J. The Road Less Traveled - Defining molecular commensalism with Streptococcus sanguinis. Molecular Oral Microbiology. PMID 27476770 DOI: 10.1111/Omi.12170  0.448
2016 Itzek A, Chen Z, Merritt J, Kreth J. Effect of salivary agglutination on oral streptococcal clearance by human polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes. Molecular Oral Microbiology. PMID 27194631 DOI: 10.1111/Omi.12164  0.357
2016 Merritt J, Senpuku H, Kreth J. Let there be bioluminescence: development of a biophotonic imaging platform for in situ analyses of oral biofilms in animal models. Environmental Microbiology. 18: 174-90. PMID 26119252 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12953  0.393
2015 Chen X, Liu N, Khajotia S, Qi F, Merritt J. RNases J1 and J2 are critical pleiotropic regulators in Streptococcus mutans. Microbiology (Reading, England). 161: 797-806. PMID 25635274 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.000039  0.367
2015 Liu N, Niu G, Xie Z, Chen Z, Itzek A, Kreth J, Gillaspy A, Zeng L, Burne R, Qi F, Merritt J. The Streptococcus mutans irvA gene encodes a trans-acting riboregulatory mRNA. Molecular Cell. 57: 179-90. PMID 25574948 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molcel.2014.11.003  0.315
2015 Zhou P, Liu J, Merritt J, Qi F. A YadA-like autotransporter, Hag1 in Veillonella atypica is a multivalent hemagglutinin involved in adherence to oral streptococci, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and human oral buccal cells. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 30: 269-79. PMID 25440509 DOI: 10.1111/Omi.12091  0.482
2014 Yoneda S, Loeser B, Feng J, Dmytryk J, Qi F, Merritt J. Ubiquitous sialometabolism present among oral fusobacteria. Plos One. 9: e99263. PMID 24896093 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0099263  0.392
2014 Merritt J, Chen Z, Liu N, Kreth J. Posttranscriptional regulation of oral bacterial adaptive responses. Current Oral Health Reports. 1: 50-58. PMID 24695639 DOI: 10.1007/S40496-013-0005-4  0.422
2013 Xie Z, Qi F, Merritt J. Development of a tunable wide-range gene induction system useful for the study of streptococcal toxin-antitoxin systems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79: 6375-84. PMID 23934493 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.02320-13  0.349
2013 Xie Z, Qi F, Merritt J. Cloning-independent plasmid construction for genetic studies in streptococci. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 94: 77-82. PMID 23673081 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mimet.2013.05.005  0.377
2012 Merritt J, Qi F. The mutacins of Streptococcus mutans: Regulation and ecology Molecular Oral Microbiology. 27: 57-69. PMID 22394465 DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-1014.2011.00634.X  0.395
2011 Itzek A, Zheng L, Chen Z, Merritt J, Kreth J. Hydrogen peroxide-dependent DNA release and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in Streptococcus gordonii. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 6912-22. PMID 21984796 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.05791-11  0.308
2011 Xie Z, Okinaga T, Qi F, Zhang Z, Merritt J. Cloning-independent and counterselectable markerless mutagenesis system in Streptococcus mutans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77: 8025-33. PMID 21948849 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.06362-11  0.343
2011 Liu J, Merritt J, Qi F. Genetic transformation of Veillonella parvula. Fems Microbiology Letters. 322: 138-44. PMID 21707732 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2011.02344.X  0.386
2011 Liu J, Wu C, Huang IH, Merritt J, Qi F. Differential response of Streptococcus mutans towards friend and foe in mixed-species cultures. Microbiology (Reading, England). 157: 2433-44. PMID 21565931 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.048314-0  0.36
2010 Xie Z, Okinaga T, Niu G, Qi F, Merritt J. Identification of a novel bacteriocin regulatory system in Streptococcus mutans. Molecular Microbiology. 78: 1431-47. PMID 21143316 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2010.07417.X  0.327
2010 Xie G, Chain PS, Lo CC, Liu KL, Gans J, Merritt J, Qi F. Community and gene composition of a human dental plaque microbiota obtained by metagenomic sequencing. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 25: 391-405. PMID 21040513 DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-1014.2010.00587.X  0.379
2010 Joyner PM, Liu J, Zhang Z, Merritt J, Qi F, Cichewicz RH. Mutanobactin A from the human oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans is a cross-kingdom regulator of the yeast-mycelium transition. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8: 5486-9. PMID 20852771 DOI: 10.1039/C0Ob00579G  0.372
2010 Wu C, Cichewicz R, Li Y, Liu J, Roe B, Ferretti J, Merritt J, Qi F. Genomic island TnSmu2 of Streptococcus mutans harbors a nonribosomal peptide synthetase-polyketide synthase gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of pigments involved in oxygen and H2O2 tolerance. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76: 5815-26. PMID 20639370 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.03079-09  0.376
2010 Wu C, Ayala EA, Downey JS, Merritt J, Goodman SD, Qi F. Regulation of ciaXRH operon expression and identification of the CiaR regulon in Streptococcus mutans. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 4669-79. PMID 20639331 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00556-10  0.337
2010 Okinaga T, Xie Z, Niu G, Qi F, Merritt J. Examination of the hdrRM regulon yields insight into the competence system of Streptococcus mutans Molecular Oral Microbiology. 25: 165-177. PMID 20536745 DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-1014.2010.00574.X  0.365
2010 Okinaga T, Niu G, Xie Z, Qi F, Merritt J. The hdrRM operon of Streptococcus mutans encodes a novel regulatory system for coordinated competence development and bacteriocin production. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 1844-52. PMID 20118256 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01667-09  0.36
2010 Niu G, Okinaga T, Qi F, Merritt J. The Streptococcus mutans IrvR repressor is a CI-like regulator that functions through autocleavage and Clp-dependent proteolysis. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 1586-95. PMID 20038591 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01261-09  0.319
2009 Merritt J, Niu G, Okinaga T, Qi F. Autoaggregation response of Fusobacterium nucleatum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 7725-33. PMID 19837836 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00916-09  0.409
2009 Zhu M, Ajdić D, Liu Y, Lynch D, Merritt J, Banas JA. Role of the Streptococcus mutans irvA gene in GbpC-independent, dextran-dependent aggregation and biofilm formation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 7037-43. PMID 19783751 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01015-09  0.374
2009 Kreth J, Merritt J, Qi F. Bacterial and host interactions of oral streptococci. Dna and Cell Biology. 28: 397-403. PMID 19435424 DOI: 10.1089/Dna.2009.0868  0.44
2009 Nguyen T, Zhang Z, Huang IH, Wu C, Merritt J, Shi W, Qi F. Genes involved in the repression of mutacin I production in Streptococcus mutans. Microbiology (Reading, England). 155: 551-6. PMID 19202103 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.021303-0  0.381
2008 Ya T, Zhang Q, Chu F, Merritt J, Bilige M, Sun T, Du R, Zhang H. Immunological evaluation of Lactobacillus casei Zhang: a newly isolated strain from koumiss in Inner Mongolia, China. Bmc Immunology. 9: 68. PMID 19019236 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-9-68  0.329
2008 Niu G, Okinaga T, Zhu L, Banas J, Qi F, Merritt J. Characterization of irvR, a novel regulator of the irvA-dependent pathway required for genetic competence and dextran-dependent aggregation in Streptococcus mutans. Journal of Bacteriology. 190: 7268-74. PMID 18757533 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00967-08  0.353
2008 He X, Wu C, Yarbrough D, Sim L, Niu G, Merritt J, Shi W, Qi F. The cia operon of Streptococcus mutans encodes a unique component required for calcium-mediated autoregulation. Molecular Microbiology. 70: 112-26. PMID 18681938 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2008.06390.X  0.303
2008 Kreth J, Zhu L, Merritt J, Shi W, Qi F. Role of sucrose in the fitness of Streptococcus mutans. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 23: 213-9. PMID 18402607 DOI: 10.1111/J.1399-302X.2007.00413.X  0.331
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