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Overview

Bradley D. Jones is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and ecology.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including:

  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Antimicrobial agents and applications

Jones has contributed to multiple recent papers in well-recognized venues:

  • On-demand biomanufacturing of protective conjugate vaccines, 2021, Science Advances
  • Association of Novel Streptococcus sanguinis Virulence Factors With Pathogenesis in a Native Valve Infective Endocarditis Model, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Photograftable Zwitterionic Coatings Prevent Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis Adhesion to PDMS Surfaces, 2021, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Type IV Pili of Streptococcus sanguinis Contribute to Pathogenesis in Experimental Infective Endocarditis, 2021, Microbiology Spectrum
  • Fern Cave: A Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the Interior Low Plateau Karst Region of Alabama in the Southeastern United States, 2023, Diversity

Frequent publication venues for Jones include:

  • Science Advances
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Diversity

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary and multi-investigator research efforts. Notable frequent collaborators are:

  • Bridget S. Moricz
  • Anthony M. Martini
  • Jessica C. Stark
  • Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai
  • Tyler D. Moeller

Best Publications

  • Salmonella typhimurium initiates murine infection by penetrating and destroying the specialized epithelial M cells of the Peyer's patches.

    B. D. Jones;Nafisa Ghori;S. Falkow

  • Pyelonephritogenic Escherichia coli and killing of cultured human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells: role of hemolysin in some strains.

    H. L. T. Mobley;D. M. Green;A. L. Trifillis;D. E. Johnson

  • Ruffles induced by Salmonella and other stimuli direct macropinocytosis of bacteria

    Carol L. Francis;Timothy A. Ryan;Bradley D. Jones;Stephen J. Smith

  • Salmonellosis: host immune responses and bacterial virulence determinants.

    Bradley D. Jones;Stanley Falkow

  • Identification of a Salmonella typhimurium invasion locus by selection for hyperinvasive mutants.

    Catherine A. Lee;Bradley D. Jones;Stanley Falkow

  • Characterization of urease from Campylobacter pylori.

    H. L.T. Mobley;M. J. Cortesia;L. E. Rosenthal;B. D. Jones

  • Invasion by Salmonella typhimurium is affected by the direction of flagellar rotation.

    B D Jones;C A Lee;S Falkow

  • Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2-Encoded Type III Secretion System Mediates Exclusion of NADPH Oxidase Assembly from the Phagosomal Membrane

    Annabelle Gallois;Joanna R. Klein;Lee-Ann H. Allen;Bradley D. Jones

  • Interactions of the Invasive Pathogens Salmonella typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes, and Shigella flexneri with M Cells and Murine Peyer’s Patches

    V. Behrana Jensen;John T. Harty;Bradley D. Jones

  • Non-invasive Salmonella typhimurium mutants are avirulent because of an inability to enter and destroy M cells of ileal Peyer's patches.

    Kristi L. Penheiter;Nitin Mathur;Dobie Giles;Thomas Fahlen

  • Identification and characterization of a Salmonella typhimurium oxygen-regulated gene required for bacterial internalization

    B D Jones;S Falkow

  • Construction of a urease-negative mutant of Proteus mirabilis: analysis of virulence in a mouse model of ascending urinary tract infection.

    B. D. Jones;C. V. Lockatell;D. E. Johnson;J. W. Warren

  • Genetic and biochemical diversity of ureases of Proteus, Providencia, and Morganella species isolated from urinary tract infection.

    B. D. Jones;H. L T Mobley

  • Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Requires the Lpf, Pef, and Tafi Fimbriae for Biofilm Formation on HEp-2 Tissue Culture Cells and Chicken Intestinal Epithelium

    Nathan A. Ledeboer;Jonathan G. Frye;Michael McClelland;Bradley D. Jones

  • Differential binding to and biofilm formation on, HEp-2 cells by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is dependent upon allelic variation in the fimH gene of the fim gene cluster.

    Jennifer D. Boddicker;Nathan A. Ledeboer;Jennifer Jagnow;Bradley D. Jones

  • Proteus mirabilis urease : nucleotide sequence determination and comparison with jack bean urease

    B. D. Jones;H. L. T. Mobley

  • Exopolysaccharide Sugars Contribute to Biofilm Formation by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium on HEp-2 Cells and Chicken Intestinal Epithelium

    Nathan A. Ledeboer;Bradley D. Jones

  • Salmonella typhimurium induces membrane ruffling by a growth factor-receptor-independent mechanism

    Bradley D. Jones;Hugh F. Paterson;Alan Hall;Stanley Falkow

  • HilE Interacts with HilD and Negatively Regulates hilA Transcription and Expression of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasive Phenotype

    M. Aaron Baxter;Thomas F. Fahlen;Rebecca L. Wilson;Bradley D. Jones

  • Proteus mirabilis urease: genetic organization, regulation, and expression of structural genes.

    Bradley D. Jones;Harry L. T. Mobley

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry L. T. Mobley
Harry L. T. Mobley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lee-Ann H. Allen
Lee-Ann H. Allen University of Iowa
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow Stanford University
Michael A. Apicella
Michael A. Apicella University of Iowa
William H. Herman
William H. Herman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rodica Pop-Busui
Rodica Pop-Busui University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bradford W. Gibson
Bradford W. Gibson Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Louis M. Luttrell
Louis M. Luttrell Medical University of South Carolina
David K. Meyerholz
David K. Meyerholz University of Iowa
Elsayed Z. Soliman
Elsayed Z. Soliman Wake Forest University

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