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  1. Eradication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilm towers by treatment with hydrogen peroxide or antibiotic combinations acting synergistically

    Article • PLOS One, August 2025, PLOS

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  2. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes: minutes of the closed meeting, 7 July 2024, Gran Canaria, Spain

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, November 2024, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish, Dr Chih-Horng Kuo

  3. Characterization of Virulence-Associated Traits in Mycoplasma penetrans Strains Acting as Likely Etiological Agents of Idiopathic Nongonococcal Urethritis

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  4. Evaluation of Genome Sequences of the Bacteriophages JeTaime and Luna22

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  5. Modelling persistent Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilm infections in a submerged BEAS-2B bronchial epithelial tissue culture model

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  6. Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilms grown in vitro: traits associated with persistence and cytotoxicity

    Article • Microbiology, July 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  7. The Variable Internal Structure of the Mycoplasma penetrans Attachment Organelle Revealed by Biochemical and Microscopic Analyses: Implications for Attachment Organelle Mechanism and Evolution

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  8. Mycoplasma pneumoniae, an Underutilized Model for Bacterial Cell Biology

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  9. Reduction of Hydrogen Peroxide Accumulation and Toxicity by a Catalase from Mycoplasma iowae

    Article • PLOS One, August 2014, PLOS

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  10. Giant steps toward understanding a mycoplasma gliding motor

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  11. The Order Mycoplasmatales

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  12. Mycoplasma pneumoniae Attachment Proteins and Toxins as Mediators in Disease Production

    Article • Current Pediatric Reviews, December 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  13. Analysis of energy sources for Mycoplasma penetrans gliding motility

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  14. New insights into the pathogenesis and detection ofMycoplasma pneumoniaeinfections

    Article • Future Microbiology, December 2008, Future Medicine

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  15. Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis and laboratory detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections: Figure 1

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  16. Mycoplasma insons sp. nov., a twisted mycoplasma from green iguanas ( Iguana iguana )

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, September 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish, Dr Daniel R Brown

  17. Ultrastructure and gliding motility of Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a possible human respiratory pathogen

    Article • Microbiology, July 2006, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  18. Subcellular structures of mycoplasmas

    Article • Frontiers in Bioscience, January 2006, Frontiers in Bioscience

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  19. Organization and Assembly of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae Attachment Organelle

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  20. Mycoplasmas: A Distinct Cytoskeleton for Wall-Less Bacteria

    Article • Microbial Physiology, January 2006, Karger Publishers

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  21. Cellular engineering in a minimal microbe: structure and assembly of the terminal organelle of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2003, Wiley

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  22. Deletion analysis identifies key functional domains of the cytadherence‐associated protein HMW2 of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2003, Wiley

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  23. Localization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae cytadherence‐associated protein HMW2 by fusion with green fluorescent protein: implications for attachment organelle structure

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2002, Wiley

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  24. Cytadherence and the Cytoskeleton

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  25. Structure, function, and assembly of the terminal organelle of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish

  26. Overlapping Distribution of the 130- and 110-kDa Myosin I Isoforms on Rat Liver Membranes

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, October 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Mitchell F. Balish