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  1. Complete Killing of Agar Lawn Biofilms by Systematic Spacing of Antibiotic-Loaded Calcium Sulfate Beads

    Article • Materials, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Roger D Plaut

  2. Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum Exploits Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Components in a Novel Polymicrobial Defense Strategy

    Article • mBio, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Roger D Plaut

  3. Regulatory Considerations for Bacteriophage Therapy Products

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Roger D Plaut

  4. Avirulent Bacillus anthracis Strain with Molecular Assay Targets as Surrogate for Irradiation-Inactivated Virulent Spores

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Roger D Plaut

  5. Comparison of the immune response during acute and chronic Staphylococcus aureus infection

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2018, PLOS

    Roger D Plaut

  6. Whole-Genome Sequences of Variants of Bacillus anthracis Sterne and Their Toxin Gene Deletion Mutants

    Article • Genome Announcements, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Roger D Plaut

  7. Staphylococcus aureus Epicutaneous Exposure Drives Skin Inflammation via IL-36-Mediated T Cell Responses

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, November 2017, Elsevier

    Roger D Plaut

  8. Effects of loading concentration, blood and synovial fluid on antibiotic release and anti-biofilm activity of bone cement beads

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, February 2017, Elsevier

    Roger D Plaut

  9. Intracellular disassembly and activity of pertussis toxin require interaction with ATP

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Roger D Plaut

  10. Improvements to a Markerless Allelic Exchange System for Bacillus anthracis

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2015, PLOS

    Roger D Plaut

  11. Genetic Evidence for the Involvement of the S-Layer Protein Gene sap and the Sporulation Genes spo0A, spo0B, and spo0F in Phage AP50c Infection of Bacillus anthracis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Roger D Plaut

  12. Evaluation of Genetically Inactivated Alpha Toxin for Protection in Multiple Mouse Models of Staphylococcus aureus Infection

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Roger D Plaut

  13. Stably Luminescent Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Strains for Use in Bioluminescent Imaging

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    Roger D Plaut

  14. Epicutaneous Model of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Roger D Plaut

  15. Whole genome sequencing of phage resistant Bacillus anthracismutants reveals an essential role for cell surface anchoring protein CsaB in phage AP50c adsorption

    Article • Virology Journal, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Roger D Plaut

  16. Dissemination Bottleneck in a Murine Model of Inhalational Anthrax

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Roger D Plaut

  17. Identification of the bacterial protein FtsX as a unique target of chemokine-mediated antimicrobial activity against Bacillus anthracis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Roger D Plaut

  18. Retrograde transport of pertussis toxin in the mammalian cell

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, May 2008, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Roger D Plaut

  19. Genomic Plasticity of the rrn-nqrF Intergenic Segment in the Chlamydiaceae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, ASM Journals

    Roger D Plaut

  20. Proteolytic cleavage of pertussis toxin S1 subunit is not essential for its activity in mammalian cells

    Article • BMC Microbiology, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Roger D Plaut

  21. The genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames and comparison to closely related bacteria

    Article • Nature, May 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Roger D Plaut, Prof. Jonathan A. Eisen, William Nelson