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  1. Horizontal Gene Transfer of Functional Type VI Killing Genes by Natural Transformation

    Article • mBio, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Brian Hammer

  2. Bacteria with bigger arsenals are more apt to share

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2017, Nature

    Dr Brian Hammer

  3. Whole-Genome Sequences of 26 Vibrio cholerae Isolates

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Brian Hammer

  4. Diversity of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Vibrio cholerae in Natural Transformation and Contact-Dependent Bacterial Killing Indicative of Type VI Secretion System Activity

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Brian Hammer

  5. CytR Is a Global Positive Regulator of Competence, Type VI Secretion, and Chitinases in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2015, PLOS

    Dr Brian Hammer

  6. Genetics of Natural Competence in Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrios

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Brian Hammer

  7. Vibrio cholerae : Measuring Natural Transformation Frequency

    Article • Current Protocols in Microbiology, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer

  8. Signal Integration in the Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae Quorum-Sensing Circuits

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Brian Hammer

  9. Post-transcriptional activation of a diguanylate cyclase by quorum sensing small RNAs promotes biofilm formation inVibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer, Benjamin Koestler

  10. Natural competence inVibrio choleraeis controlled by a nucleoside scavenging response that requires CytR-dependent anti-activation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer

  11. Non-coding sRNAs regulate virulence in the bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae

    Article • RNA Biology, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hammer

  12. Quorum-sensing autoinducer molecules produced by members of a multispecies biofilm promote horizontal gene transfer to Vibrio cholerae

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Brian Hammer

  13. The Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing response is mediated by Hfq-dependent sRNA/mRNA base pairing interactions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer

  14. Small RNA Target Genes and Regulatory Connections in the Vibrio cholerae Quorum Sensing System

    Article • October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Brian Hammer

  15. Distinct Sensory Pathways in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and Classical Biotypes Modulate Cyclic Dimeric GMP Levels To Control Biofilm Formation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Brian Hammer

  16. Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer

  17. Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2003, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer

  18. A two‐component regulator induces the transmission phenotype of stationary‐phase Legionella pneumophila

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2002, Wiley

    Michele Swanson, Dr Brian Hammer

  19. Legionella PneumophilaPathogenesis: A Fateful Journey from Amoebae to Macrophages

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2000, Annual Reviews

    Dr Brian Hammer

  20. Co‐ordination of Legionella pneumophila virulence with entry into stationary phase by ppGpp

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 1999, Wiley

    Michele Swanson, Dr Brian Hammer