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Overview

Sebastian E. Winter is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology, food science, endocrinology, nutrition and dietetics, and infectious diseases. The scientist's work covers several important topics, including gut microbiota and health, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, probiotics and fermented foods, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Escherichia coli research studies, and bacterial genetics and biotechnology.

Winter has contributed to scientific knowledge through multiple publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Xenosiderophore Utilization Promotes Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Resilience during Colitis," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Gut dysbiosis: Ecological causes and causative effects on human disease," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Epithelial-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species Enable AppBCX-Mediated Aerobic Respiration of Escherichia coli during Intestinal Inflammation," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "l-Arginine sensing regulates virulence gene expression and disease progression in enteric pathogens," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Salmonella finds a way: Metabolic versatility of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in diverse host environments," 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Winter has co-authored numerous works with:

  • Maria G. Winter
  • Markus Brunner
  • Tom D. Uhlig
  • Luisella Spiga
  • Julia König

Their work is often published in several venues, highlighting repeated contributions to:

  • Freie Assoziation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • mBio
  • Gastroenterology

Winter's scientific output integrates diverse but interconnected fields, focusing on microbial communities within the gut and their influence on health and disease, bacterial pathogens' epidemiology, and the molecular mechanisms underpinning bacterial virulence and metabolism.

Best Publications

  • Gut inflammation provides a respiratory electron acceptor for Salmonella

    Sebastian E. Winter;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Maria G. Winter;Brian P. Butler

  • Host-Derived Nitrate Boosts Growth of E. coli in the Inflamed Gut

    Sebastian E. Winter;Maria G. Winter;Mariana N. Xavier;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr

  • Depletion of Butyrate-Producing Clostridia from the Gut Microbiota Drives an Aerobic Luminal Expansion of Salmonella

    Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Lillian F. Zhang;Franziska Faber;Christopher A. Lopez

  • Intestinal inflammation allows Salmonella to use ethanolamine to compete with the microbiota

    Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Sebastian E. Winter;Maria G. Winter;Mariana N. Xavier

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus-induced mucosal interleukin-17 deficiency promotes Salmonella dissemination from the gut

    Manuela Raffatellu;Renato L Santos;David E Verhoeven;Michael D George

  • Precision editing of the gut microbiota ameliorates colitis

    Wenhan Zhu;Maria G. Winter;Mariana X. Byndloss;Luisella Spiga

  • Human α-Defensin 6 Promotes Mucosal Innate Immunity Through Self-Assembled Peptide Nanonets

    Hiutung Chu;Marzena Pazgier;Grace Jung;Sean Paul Nuccio

  • Paneth cells secrete lysozyme via secretory autophagy during bacterial infection of the intestine

    Shai Bel;Mihir Pendse;Yuhao Wang;Yun Li

  • Microbial Respiration and Formate Oxidation as Metabolic Signatures of Inflammation-Associated Dysbiosis

    Elizabeth R. Hughes;Maria G. Winter;Breck A. Duerkop;Luisella Spiga

  • The dynamics of gut-associated microbial communities during inflammation.

    Sebastian E Winter;Christopher A Lopez;Andreas J Bäumler

  • Dysbiosis-Associated Change in Host Metabolism Generates Lactate to Support Salmonella Growth.

    Caroline C. Gillis;Elizabeth R. Hughes;Luisella Spiga;Maria G. Winter

  • Streptomycin-Induced Inflammation Enhances Escherichia coli Gut Colonization Through Nitrate Respiration

    Alanna M. Spees;Tamding Wangdi;Christopher A. Lopez;Dawn D. Kingsbury

  • Manipulation of small Rho GTPases is a pathogen-induced process detected by NOD1

    A. Marijke Keestra;Maria G. Winter;Josef J. Auburger;Simon P. Fräßle

  • Phage-Mediated Acquisition of a Type III Secreted Effector Protein Boosts Growth of Salmonella by Nitrate Respiration

    Christopher A. Lopez;Sebastian E. Winter;Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Mariana N. Xavier

  • Molecular and phenotypic analysis of the CS54 island of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium: identification of intestinal colonization and persistence determinants.

    Robert A. Kingsley;Andrea D. Humphries;Eric H. Weening;Marcel R. de Zoete

  • Dysbiosis in the inflamed intestine: Chance favors the prepared microbe

    Sebastian E Winter;Andreas J Bäumler

  • An Oxidative Central Metabolism Enables Salmonella to Utilize Microbiota-Derived Succinate.

    Luisella Spiga;Maria G. Winter;Tatiane Furtado de Carvalho;Wenhan Zhu

  • Bacteria Facilitate Enteric Virus Co-infection of Mammalian Cells and Promote Genetic Recombination.

    Andrea K. Erickson;Palmy R. Jesudhasan;Melinda J. Mayer;Arjan Narbad

  • The use of flow cytometry to detect expression of subunits encoded by 11 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium fimbrial operons

    Andrea D. Humphries;Manuela Raffatellu;Sebastian Winter;Eric H. Weening

  • Virulence factors enhance Citrobacter rodentium expansion through aerobic respiration.

    Christopher A. Lopez;Brittany M. Miller;Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Eric M. Velazquez

  • The Vi-capsule prevents Toll-like receptor 4 recognition of Salmonella.

    R. Paul Wilson;Manuela Raffatellu;Daniela Chessa;Sebastian E. Winter

  • Clinical pathogenesis of typhoid fever.

    Manuela Raffatellu;R. Paul Wilson;Sebastian E. Winter;Andreas J. Bäumler

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Lora V. Hooper
Lora V. Hooper The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
L. Garry Adams
L. Garry Adams Texas A&M University
Manuela Raffatellu
Manuela Raffatellu University of California, San Diego
Charles L. Bevins
Charles L. Bevins University of California, Davis
Vanessa Sperandio
Vanessa Sperandio University of Wisconsin–Madison
Arjan Narbad
Arjan Narbad Norwich Research Park
Sara Cherry
Sara Cherry University of Pennsylvania

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