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  1. Species boundaries and molecular markers for classification among 16SrI phytoplasmas informed by genome analysis

    Article • January 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  2. Phytoplasma SAP11 effector destabilization of TCP transcription factors differentially impact development and defence of Arabidopsis versus maize

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2019, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  3. Genomic Characterization of the Periwinkle Leaf Yellowing (PLY) Phytoplasmas in Taiwan

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  4. Genome analysis-based union of the genus Mesoplasma with the genus Entomoplasma

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  5. Redundancy and specificity of type VI secretion vgrG loci in antibacterial activity of Agrobacterium tumefaciens 1D1609 strain

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  6. Plant-Pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens Strains Have Diverse Type VI Effector-Immunity Pairs and Vary in In-Planta Competitiveness

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, August 2019, Scientific Societies

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  7. Differentiations in Gene Content and Expression Response to Virulence Induction Between Two Agrobacterium Strains

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  8. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma alleghenense PLHS-1T (ATCC 51752), a Bacterium Isolated from Scorpion Fly (Panorpa helena)

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, April 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  9. Phytoplasma SAP11 effector destabilization of TCP transcription factors differentially impact development and defence of Arabidopsis versus maize

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  10. Presence of an Agrobacterium-Type Tumor-Inducing Plasmid in Neorhizobium sp. NCHU2750 and the Link to Phytopathogenicity

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  11. The genome of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ strain SA-1 is highly dynamic and prone to adopting foreign sequences

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  12. Convergent Evolution among Ruminant-Pathogenic Mycoplasma Involved Extensive Gene Content Changes

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  13. Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio vulnificus 86573B, a Bacterium Isolated from Diseased Tilapia in Taiwan

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  14. Horizontal Gene Acquisitions Contributed to Genome Expansion in Insect-Symbiotic Spiroplasma clarkii

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  15. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma monobiae MQ-1T (ATCC 33825), a Bacterium Isolated from the Vespid Wasp (Monobia quadridens)

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  16. Complete Genome Sequence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens 1D1609

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  17. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma floricola 23-6T (ATCC 29989), a Bacterium Isolated from a Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.)

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  18. Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia sp. Strain WAC0059, a Bacterium Isolated from the Medicinal Fungus Antrodia cinnamomea

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Ting-Fang Wang

  19. Horizontal Acquisition and Transcriptional Integration of Novel Genes in Mosquito-Associated Spiroplasma

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  20. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma corruscae EC-1T (DSM 19793), a Bacterium Isolated from a Lampyrid Beetle (Ellychnia corrusca)

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  21. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma sp. NBRC 100390

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  22. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma sp. TU-14

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  23. A few sequence polymorphisms among isolates of Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma associate with organ proliferation symptoms of infected maize plants

    Article • Annals of Botany, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  24. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma helicoides TABS-2 T (DSM 22551), a Bacterium Isolated from a Horsefly ( Tabanus abactor )

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  25. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma turonicum Tab4c T , a Bacterium Isolated from Horse Flies ( Haematopota sp.)

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  26. Winding paths to simplicity: genome evolution in facultative insect symbionts

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  27. Phosphoproteomic analysis of Methanohalophilus portucalensis FDF1T identified the role of protein phosphorylation in methanogenesis and osmoregulation

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  28. VgrG C terminus confers the type VI effector transport specificity and is required for binding with PAAR and adaptor–effector complex

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  29. Beneficial Effect of Bidens pilosa on Body Weight Gain, Food Conversion Ratio, Gut Bacteria and Coccidiosis in Chickens

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2016, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  30. Draft Genome Sequence of a 16SrII-A Subgroup Phytoplasma Associated with Purple Coneflower ( Echinacea purpurea ) Witches’ Broom Disease in Taiwan

    Article • Genome Announcements, November 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  31. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma cantharicola CC-1 T (DSM 21588), a Bacterium Isolated from Soldier Beetle ( Cantharis carolinus ...

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  32. Genome Analysis of Pseudomonas fluorescens PCL1751: A Rhizobacterium that Controls Root Diseases and Alleviates Salt Stress for Its Plant Host

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2015, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  33. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma litorale TN-1 T (DSM 21781), a Bacterium Isolated from a Green-Eyed Horsefly ( Tabanus nigrovittatus ...

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  34. Found and Lost: The Fates of Horizontally Acquired Genes in Arthropod-Symbiotic Spiroplasma

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  35. Scrambled and not-so-tiny genomes of fungal endosymbionts

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  36. Complete Genome Sequence ofAgrobacterium tumefaciensAch5

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  37. Rapid molecular evolution across amniotes of the IIS/TOR network

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  38. Genome Sequence of the Drosophila melanogaster Male-Killing Spiroplasma Strain MSRO Endosymbiont

    Article • mBio, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Dr Juan C Paredes, Samuel Rommelaere

  39. Complete Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Sulcia muelleri” ML, an Obligate Nutritional Symbiont of Maize Leafhopper ( Dalbulus maidis )

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  40. Bacterial community dynamics in a swine wastewater anaerobic reactor revealed by 16S rDNA sequence analysis

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  41. Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Omani Lime (Citrus aurantiifolia) and Comparative Analysis within the Rosids

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr Abdullah M. Al-Sadi, Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  42. Complete Genome Sequence of Vibrio vulnificus 93U204, a Bacterium Isolated from Diseased Tilapia in Taiwan

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  43. The Genomics of Escherichia coli and Beyond

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  44. Molecular evolution of the actin-like MreB protein gene family in wall-less bacteria

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  45. Distinct phylogenetic relationships and biochemical properties of Arabidopsis ovarian tumor-related deubiquitinases support their functional differentiation

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  46. Molecular Evolution of the Substrate Utilization Strategies and Putative Virulence Factors in Mosquito-Associated Spiroplasma Species

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  47. Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma apis B31T (ATCC 33834), a Bacterium Associated with May Disease of Honeybees (Apis mellifera)

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  48. Horizontal transfer of potential mobile units in phytoplasmas

    Article • Mobile Genetic Elements, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  49. Comparison of Metabolic Capacities and Inference of Gene Content Evolution in Mosquito-Associated Spiroplasma diminutum and S. taiwanense

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  50. The Complete Plastid Genome Sequence of Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don: Plastid Genome Evolution, Molecular Marker Identification, and Phylogenetic Implications in Asterids

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  51. Complete Genomes of Two Dipteran-Associated Spiroplasmas Provided Insights into the Origin, Dynamics, and Impacts of Viral Invasion in Spiroplasma

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  52. Complete Plastid Genome Sequence of the Basal Asterid Ardisia polysticta Miq. and Comparative Analyses of Asterid Plastid Genomes

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Chuan Ku

  53. Comparative Analysis of the Peanut Witches'-Broom Phytoplasma Genome Reveals Horizontal Transfer of Potential Mobile Units and Effectors

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  54. Complete Genome Sequence of Serratia marcescens WW4

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  55. Phosphate limitation induces the intergeneric inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Serratia marcescens isolated from paper machines

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  56. Comparative genome analysis of Spiroplasma melliferum IPMB4A, a honeybee-associated bacterium

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  57. Analysis of the gut microbiota of walking sticks (Phasmatodea)

    Article • BMC Research Notes, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  58. Comparative Analysis of Gene Content Evolution in Phytoplasmas and Mycoplasmas

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2012, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  59. Evolutionary Relationships of Wild Hominids Recapitulated by Gut Microbial Communities

    Article • PLoS Biology, November 2010, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  60. The Extinction Dynamics of Bacterial Pseudogenes

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2010, PLOS

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  61. The Alveolate Perkinsus marinus: Biological Insights from EST Gene Discovery

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Professor Jessica C Kissinger

  62. Deletional Bias across the Three Domains of Life

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  63. The consequences of genetic drift for bacterial genome complexity

    Article • Genome Research, June 2009, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  64. The fate of new bacterial genes

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  65. Inferring clocks when lacking rocks: the variable rates of molecular evolution in bacteria

    Article • Biology Direct, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  66. The Apicomplexan Whole-Genome Phylogeny: An Analysis of Incongruence among Gene Trees

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, August 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Professor Jessica C Kissinger

  67. The unavoidable costs and unexpected benefits of parasitism: Population and metapopulation models of parasite-mediated competition

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Daniel Promislow, Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  68. Consistent and contrasting properties of lineage-specific genes in the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and Theileria

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo, Professor Jessica C Kissinger

  69. Does organismal pedigree impact the magnitude of topological congruence among gene trees for unlinked loci?

    Article • Genetica, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  70. Phylogeographic breaks in low-dispersal species: the emergence of concordance across gene trees

    Article • Genetica, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  71. Genetic Effects of a Persistent Bottleneck on a Natural Population of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata)

    Article • Conservation Genetics, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  72. bottlesim: a bottleneck simulation program for long-lived species with overlapping generations

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, October 2003, Wiley

    Dr Chih-Horng Kuo