Selected Publications
"Proteins to Communities." Illustrated by Abby Knecht
A full list of publications can be found at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1246-6401
Non-cognate immunity proteins provide broader defenses against interbacterial effectors in microbial communities
A. Knecht*, D. Sirias*, D.R. Utter, K.A. Gibbs
eLife, 2023: https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/90607
Biorxiv, 2023. DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.18.545353
OSF: https://osf.io/scb7z/
The conserved serine transporter SdaC moonlights to enable self recognition
A. Chittor, K.A. Gibbs
Journal of Bacteriology, 2022. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00347-21
Peer pressure from a Proteus mirabilis self-recognition system controls participation in cooperative swarm motility
M.J. Tipping, K.A. Gibbs
PLOS Pathogens, 2019. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007885
OSF: https://osf.io/9qhd2/
Cell shape and population migration are distinct steps of Proteus mirabilis swarming that are decoupled on high-percentage agar
K. Little, J. Austerman, J. Zheng, K.A. Gibbs
Journal of Bacteriology, 2019. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00726-18
Swarmer cell development of the bacterium Proteus mirabilis requires the conserved Enterobacterial Common Antigen biosynthesis gene rffG
K. Little, M.J. Tipping, K.A. Gibbs
Journal of Bacteriology, 2018. DOI: 10.1128/jb.00230-18
A proposed chaperone of the bacterial type VI secretion system functions to constrain a self-identity protein
M.A. Zepeda-Rivera, C.C. Saak, K.A. Gibbs
Journal of Bacteriology, 2018. DOI: 10.1128/jb.00688-17
OSF: https://osf.io/ufphy/
A single point mutation in a TssB/VipA homolog disrupts sheath formation in the type VI secretion system of Proteus mirabilis
C.C. Saak, M.A. Zepeda-Rivera, K.A. Gibbs
PLOS One, 2017. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184797
OSF: https://osf.io/kdzyu/
The self-identity protein IdsD is communicated between cells in swarming Proteus mirabilis colonies
C.C. Saak, K.A. Gibbs
Journal of Bacteriology, 2016. DOI: 10.1128/jb.00402-16
Two proteins form a heteromeric bacterial self-recognition complex in which variable subdomains determine allele-restricted binding
L. Cardarelli, C. Saak, K.A. Gibbs
mBio, 2015. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00251-15
Two independent pathways for self-recognition in Proteus mirabilis are linked by type VI-dependent export
L.M. Wenren, N.L. Sullivan, L.Cardarelli, A.N. Septer, K.A. Gibbs
mBio, 2013. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00374-13
Genetic determinants of self identity and social recognition in bacteria
K.A. Gibbs, M.L. Urbanowski, E.P. Greenberg
Science, 2008. DOI: 10.1126/science.1160033