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7786
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3543

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

A A Salyers was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States during their academic career. Their contributions to microbiology education are noted by the receipt of the ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2009.

Throughout their career, A A Salyers focused on areas that involved microbiology and related fields, although specific details on main or subfields of study remain unavailable. The absence of documented recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or detailed topics indicates that publicly accessible bibliographic data is limited or not recorded in standardized databases.

Their academic record does not list recent publications, co-authors, or notable recurring publication venues, which suggests either a limited digital footprint or that their work may primarily exist in less widely indexed formats. No book publications or documented specialized topics of work are provided in the available data.

The scientist's recognition through an award related to microbiology teaching suggests a role that included academic instruction and contribution to graduate-level microbiology education, emphasizing their involvement in pedagogy within their discipline.

A A Salyers is recorded as deceased. The scope of their scientific footprint, as represented in the data, is mainly characterized by their educational award and university affiliation rather than a detailed publication or research record.

Best Publications

  • Human intestinal bacteria as reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes.

    Abigail A. Salyers;Anamika Gupta;Yanping Wang

  • Evidence for extensive resistance gene transfer among Bacteroides spp. and among Bacteroides and other genera in the human colon.

    N. B. Shoemaker;H. Vlamakis;K. Hayes;A. A. Salyers

  • Conjugative transposons: an unusual and diverse set of integrated gene transfer elements.

    A A Salyers;N B Shoemaker;A M Stevens;L Y Li

  • Why are antibiotic resistance genes so resistant to elimination

    A A Salyers;C F Amábile-Cuevas

  • Characterization of four outer membrane proteins that play a role in utilization of starch by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

    Andrew R. Reeves;Gui-Rong Wang;Andabigail A. Salyers

  • Evidence that a novel tetracycline resistance gene found on two Bacteroides transposons encodes an NADP-requiring oxidoreductase.

    B S Speer;L Bedzyk;A A Salyers

  • Characterization of four outer membrane proteins involved in binding starch to the cell surface of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

    Joseph A. Shipman;James E. Berleman;Abigail A. Salyers

  • The role of Bacteroides conjugative transposons in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes

    G. Whittle;N. B. Shoemaker;A. A. Salyers

  • Biochemical evidence that starch breakdown by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron involves outer membrane starch-binding sites and periplasmic starch-degrading enzymes.

    K L Anderson;A A Salyers

  • Tn4351 transposes in Bacteroides spp. and mediates the integration of plasmid R751 into the Bacteroides chromosome.

    N. B. Shoemaker;C. Getty;Jeffrey F. Gardner;A. A. Salyers

  • Evidence for natural horizontal transfer of tetQ between bacteria that normally colonize humans and bacteria that normally colonize livestock

    Mikeljon P. Nikolich;George Hong;Nadja B. Shoemaker;Abigail A. Salyers

  • A Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron outer membrane protein that is essential for utilization of maltooligosaccharides and starch.

    A R Reeves;J N D'Elia;J Frias;A A Salyers

  • Biochemical analysis of interactions between outer membrane proteins that contribute to starch utilization by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

    Kyu Hong Cho;Abigail A. Salyers

  • Regions in Bacteroides plasmids pBFTM10 and pB8-51 that allow Escherichia coli-Bacteroides shuttle vectors to be mobilized by IncP plasmids and by a conjugative Bacteroides tetracycline resistance element.

    N B Shoemaker;C Getty;E P Guthrie;A A Salyers

  • Contribution of a neopullulanase, a pullulanase, and an alpha-glucosidase to growth of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron on starch.

    J N D'Elia;A A Salyers

  • Mobilization of Bacteroides plasmids by Bacteroides conjugal elements.

    P J Valentine;N B Shoemaker;A A Salyers

  • Evidence that the clindamycin-erythromycin resistance gene of Bacteroides plasmid pBF4 is on a transposable element.

    N. B. Shoemaker;E. P. Guthrie;A. A. Salyers;Jeffrey F. Gardner

  • Effect of regulatory protein levels on utilization of starch by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

    J N D'Elia;A A Salyers

  • CHAPTER 6 – Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Human Colon

    Abigail A. Salyers;Jane A.Z. Leedle

  • Location and characteristics of the transfer region of a Bacteroides conjugative transposon and regulation of transfer genes.

    L Y Li;N B Shoemaker;A A Salyers

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadja B. Shoemaker
Nadja B. Shoemaker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael A. Cotta
Michael A. Cotta National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

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