[PDF][PDF] Gastrointestinal symptoms and fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA suggest prolonged gastrointestinal infection

…, A Dahlen, H Hedlin, RM Park, A Han, DT Schmidtke… - Med, 2022 - cell.com
Background COVID-19 manifests with respiratory, systemic, and gastrointestinal (GI)
symptoms. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is detected in respiratory and fecal samples, and recent reports …

Human gut bacteria contain acquired interbacterial defence systems

BD Ross, AJ Verster, MC Radey, DT Schmidtke… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract consists of a dense and diverse microbial community, the
composition of which is intimately linked to health. Extrinsic factors such as diet and host …

Functional metagenomics-guided discovery of potent Cas9 inhibitors in the human microbiome

KJ Forsberg, IV Bhatt, DT Schmidtke, K Javanmardi… - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.46540.001 CRISPR-Cas systems protect bacteria and archaea from phages
and other mobile genetic elements, which use small anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins to overcome …

[HTML][HTML] The novel anti-CRISPR AcrIIA22 relieves DNA torsion in target plasmids and impairs SpyCas9 activity

KJ Forsberg, DT Schmidtke, R Werther, RV Uribe… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
To overcome CRISPR-Cas defense systems, many phages and mobile genetic elements (MGEs)
encode CRISPR-Cas inhibitors called anti-CRISPRs (Acrs). Nearly all characterized …

The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus Movement Protein Gene Is a Novel Microbial Source Tracking Marker

A Natarajan, BJ Fremin, DT Schmidtke… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial source tracking (MST) identifies sources of fecal contamination in the environment
using host-associated fecal markers. While there are numerous bacterial MST markers that …

[HTML][HTML] Paths to adaptation under fluctuating nitrogen starvation: The spectrum of adaptive mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is shaped by retrotransposons …

M Hays, K Schwartz, DT Schmidtke, D Aggeli… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There are many mechanisms that give rise to genomic change: while point mutations are
often emphasized in genomic analyses, evolution acts upon many other types of genetic …

Analysis and culturing of the prototypic crAssphage reveals a phage-plasmid lifestyle

DT Schmidtke, AS Hickey, I Liachko, GJ Sherlock… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The prototypic crAssphage (Carjivirus communis) is one of the most abundant, prevalent,
and persistent gut bacteriophages, yet it remains uncultured and its lifestyle uncharacterized. …

Acquired interbacterial defense systems protect against interspecies antagonism in the human gut microbiome

BD Ross, AJ Verster, MC Radey, DT Schmidtke… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
The genomes of bacteria derived from the gut microbiota are replete with pathways that
mediate contact-dependent interbacterial antagonism. However, the role of direct interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Tomato brown rugose fruit virus Mo gene is a novel microbial source tracking marker

A Natarajan, BJ Fremin, DT Schmidtke, MK Wolfe… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microbial source tracking (MST) identifies sources of fecal contamination in the environment
using fecal host-associated markers. While there are numerous bacterial MST markers, …

Stool Screening for Sars-Cov-2 RNA for COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Cellular Therapy, and Induction Chemotherapy

CJ Severyn, A Natarajan, DT Schmidtke… - … and Cellular Therapy, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Conclusion: Recipients of HSCT and CAR T-cell therapy are at risk of breakthrough COVID-19
infections despite use of pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab-cilgavimab. However…