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  • 2008 - ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Gary M. Dunny is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and holds expertise primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. Their research spans subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Ecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics related to microbiology and bacterial interactions. Key research themes include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with six publications; the Journal of Bacteriology, with three contributions; followed by mBio and FEMS Microbes with two publications each; and PLoS Genetics with one publication. These venues reflect a consistent engagement with microbiology and bacterial genetics communities.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gary M. Dunny are:

  • Parallel Genomics Uncover Novel Enterococcal-Bacteriophage Interactions (2020, mBio)
  • Phage infection and sub-lethal antibiotic exposure mediate Enterococcus faecalis type VII secretion system dependent inhibition of bystander bacteria (2021, PLoS Genetics)
  • Comparative Biofilm Assays Using Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF Identify New Determinants of Biofilm Formation (2021, mBio)
  • Genome-Wide Mutagenesis Identifies Factors Involved in Enterococcus faecalis Vaginal Adherence and Persistence (2020, Infection and Immunity)
  • Plasmid Acquisition Alters Vancomycin Susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile (2020, Gastroenterology)

Frequent collaborators include Julia L. E. Willett, Aaron M. T. Barnes, Ronnie P.-A. Berntsson, Josy ter Beek, and Ethan B. Robertson. This indicates a networked research approach with multiple repeated partnerships.

Gary M. Dunny has been recognized with the ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2008. This award highlights involvement in academic instruction alongside research activities.

Best Publications

  • Induced cell aggregation and mating in Streptococcus faecalis: evidence for a bacterial sex pheromone

    Gary M. Dunny;Byron L. Brown;Don B. Clewell

  • CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

    Gary M. Dunny;Bettina A. B. Leonard

  • Characterization of Three Plasmid Deoxyribonucleic Acid Molecules in a Strain of Streptococcus faecalis: Identification of a Plasmid Determining Erythromycin Resistance

    D. B. Clewell;Y. Yagi;G. M. Dunny;S. K. Schultz

  • Improved electroporation and cloning vector system for gram-positive bacteria.

    G M Dunny;L N Lee;D J LeBlanc

  • Plasmid transfer in Streptococcus faecalis: production of multiple sex pheromones by recipients.

    Gary M. Dunny;Ronald A. Craig;Richard L. Carron;Don B. Clewell

  • Improved vectors for nisin-controlled expression in gram-positive bacteria.

    Edward M. Bryan;Taeok Bae;Michiel Kleerebezem;Gary M. Dunny

  • Esp-independent biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis

    Christopher J. Kristich;Yung Hua Li;Dennis G. Cvitkovitch;Gary M Dunny

  • A bacterial group II intron encoding reverse transcriptase, maturase, and DNA endonuclease activities: biochemical demonstration of maturase activity and insertion of new genetic information within the intron

    Manabu Matsuura;Roland Saldanha;Roland Saldanha;Hongwen Ma;Hongwen Ma;Herbert Wank;Herbert Wank

  • Generation of restriction map of Enterococcus faecalis OG1 and investigation of growth requirements and regions encoding biosynthetic function.

    Barbara E Murray;Kavindra Singh;R. P. Ross;J. D. Heath

  • Retrohoming of a Bacterial Group II Intron: Mobility via Complete Reverse Splicing, Independent of Homologous DNA Recombination

    Benoit Cousineau;Dorie Smith;Stacey Lawrence-Cavanagh;John E Mueller;John E Mueller

  • Transmissible toxin (hemolysin) plasmid in Streptococcus faecalis and its mobilization of a noninfectious drug resistance plasmid.

    Gary M Dunny;D. B. Clewell

  • Enterococcus faecalis pheromone binding protein, PrgZ, recruits a chromosomal oligopeptide permease system to import sex pheromone cCF10 for induction of conjugation

    B. A B Leonard;A. Podbielski;P. J. Hedberg;Gary M Dunny

  • Enterococci enhance Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis

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  • Aggregation and binding substances enhance pathogenicity in rabbit models of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis.

    Patrick M. Schlievert;Pamala J. Gahr;Aris P. Assimacopoulos;Martin M. Dinges

  • Pheromone-inducible conjugation in Enterococcus faecalis: interbacterial and host-parasite chemical communication.

    G. M. Dunny;B. A. B. Leonard;P. J. Hedberg

  • High-resolution visualization of the microbial glycocalyx with low-voltage scanning electron microscopy: dependence on cationic dyes.

    Stanley L. Erlandsen;Christopher J. Kristich;Gary M. Dunny;Carol L. Wells

  • Sensitive detection of bacterial transcription initiation sites and differentiation from RNA processing sites in the pheromone-induced plasmid transfer system of Enterococcus faecalis

    Barbara A. Bensing;Barbara J. Meyer;Barbara J. Meyer;Gary M. Dunny

  • A eukaryotic-type Ser/Thr kinase in Enterococcus faecalis mediates antimicrobial resistance and intestinal persistence.

    Christopher J. Kristich;Carol L. Wells;Gary M. Dunny

  • Development of a host-genotype-independent counterselectable marker and a high-frequency conjugative delivery system and their use in genetic analysis of Enterococcus faecalis

    Christopher J. Kristich;Josephine R. Chandler;Gary M. Dunny

  • A Plasmid-Encoded Surface Protein On Enterococcus Faecalis Augments Its Internalization By Cultured Intestinal Epithelial Cells

    Stephen B. Olmsted;Gary M. Dunny;Stanley L. Erlandsen;Carol L. Wells

  • Role of the Enterococcus faecalis GelE Protease in Determination of Cellular Chain Length, Supernatant Pheromone Levels, and Degradation of Fibrin and Misfolded Surface Proteins

    Christopher M. Waters;Michelle H. Antiporta;Barbara E. Murray;Barbara E. Murray;Gary M. Dunny

  • Two conjugation systems associated with Streptococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10: identification of a conjugative transposon that transfers between S. faecalis and Bacillus subtilis.

    Peter J Christie;R. Z. Korman;S. A. Zahler;J. C. Adsit

  • Enterococcus faecalis Bearing Aggregation Substance Is Resistant to Killing by Human Neutrophils despite Phagocytosis and Neutrophil Activation

    Robert M. Rakita;Robert M. Rakita;Natalie N. Vanek;Karen Jacques-Palaz;Mee Mee

  • Comparison of OG1RF and an Isogenic fsrB Deletion Mutant by Transcriptional Analysis: the Fsr System of Enterococcus faecalis Is More than the Activator of Gelatinase and Serine Protease

    Agathe Bourgogne;Susan G. Hilsenbeck;Gary M. Dunny;Barbara E. Murray

  • Genetics and Molecular Biology of Streptococci, Lactococci, and Enterococci

    Gary M. Dunny;P. Patrick Cleary;Larry L. McKay

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick M. Schlievert
Patrick M. Schlievert University of Iowa
Wei Shou Hu
Wei Shou Hu University of Minnesota
Carol L. Wells
Carol L. Wells University of Minnesota
William H. Douglas
William H. Douglas University of Minnesota
Christopher M. Johnson
Christopher M. Johnson MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Doraiswami Ramkrishna Purdue University West Lafayette
Christopher M. Waters
Christopher M. Waters Michigan State University
John K. McCormick
John K. McCormick University of Western Ontario
Daniel J. Weisdorf
Daniel J. Weisdorf University of Minnesota
Robin Patel
Robin Patel Mayo Clinic

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