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Overview

Wenyuan Shi is affiliated with the ADA Forsyth Institute in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Dentistry. Their work includes a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Periodontics, Ecology, Physiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research covers several major topics, including:

  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions

Wenyuan Shi has published numerous articles in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Oral Microbiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Microorganisms
  • Cell Reports

Among recent papers, notable examples are:

  • Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Insights Obtained by Culturing Saccharibacteria With Their Bacterial Hosts, 2020, Journal of Dental Research
  • Acquisition of the arginine deiminase system benefits epiparasitic Saccharibacteria and their host bacteria in a mammalian niche environment, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Oral Microbiome: Streptococcus mutans/Caries Concordant-Discordant Children, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Antagonistic interaction between two key endodontic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum, 2022, Journal of Oral Microbiology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Xuesong He
  • Batbileg Bor
  • Lujia Cen
  • Jeffrey S. McLean
  • Erik L. Hendrickson

Wenyuan Shi's contributions span across multiple subfields such as Molecular Biology, Periodontics, Ecology, Physiology, and Surgery, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within the biomedical and dental research communities.

Best Publications

  • Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

    Mingxun Wang;Jeremy J Carver;Vanessa V Phelan;Laura M Sanchez

  • Interspecies Interactions within Oral Microbial Communities

    Howard K. Kuramitsu;Xuesong He;Renate Lux;Maxwell H. Anderson

  • Competition and Coexistence between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis in the Dental Biofilm

    Jens Kreth;Justin Merritt;Wenyuan Shi;Fengxia Qi

  • Interactions between Periodontal Bacteria and Human Oral Epithelial Cells: Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to and Invades Epithelial Cells

    Yiping W. Han;Wenyuan Shi;George T J Huang;Susan Kinder Haake

  • Cultivation of a human-associated TM7 phylotype reveals a reduced genome and epibiotic parasitic lifestyle

    Xuesong He;Jeffrey S. McLean;Jeffrey S. McLean;Anna Edlund;Shibu Yooseph

  • Interleukin 6 and interleukin 8 as potential biomarkers for oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

    Maie A R St. John;Yang Li;Xiaofeng C. Zhou;Paul Denny

  • Mutation of luxS Affects Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans

    Justin Merritt;Fengxia Qi;Steven D. Goodman;Maxwell H. Anderson

  • Oral cavity contains distinct niches with dynamic microbial communities.

    Xin Xu;Jinzhi He;Jing Xue;Yan Wang

  • The two motility systems of Myxococcus xanthus show different selective advantages on various surfaces.

    Wenyuan Shi;David R. Zusman

  • Ecology of the Oral Microbiome: Beyond Bacteria

    Jonathon L. Baker;Batbileg Bor;Melissa Agnello;Wenyuan Shi

  • Type IV pilus of Myxococcus xanthus is a motility apparatus controlled by the frz chemosensory system

    Hong Sun;David R. Zusman;Wenyuan Shi

  • Targeted killing of Streptococcus mutans by a pheromone-guided "smart" antimicrobial peptide.

    Randal Eckert;Jian He;Daniel K. Yarbrough;Fengxia Qi

  • The Fusobacterium nucleatum outer membrane protein RadD is an arginine‐inhibitable adhesin required for inter‐species adherence and the structured architecture of multispecies biofilm

    Christopher W. Kaplan;Renate Lux;Susan Kinder Haake;Wenyuan Shi

  • Extracellular polysaccharides mediate pilus retraction during social motility of Myxococcus xanthus

    Yinuo Li;Hong Sun;Xiaoyuan Ma;Ann Lu

  • Influenza Virus Affects Intestinal Microbiota and Secondary Salmonella Infection in the Gut through Type I Interferons.

    Elisa Deriu;Gayle M. Boxx;Xuesong He;Calvin Pan

  • Co‐ordinated bacteriocin production and competence development: a possible mechanism for taking up DNA from neighbouring species

    Jens Kreth;Justin Merritt;Wenyuan Shi;Fengxia Qi

  • Acyl homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing in a methanogenic archaeon

    Guishan Zhang;Fan Zhang;Gang Ding;Jie Li

  • DnaK, DnaJ, and GrpE are required for flagellum synthesis in Escherichia coli.

    Wenyuan Shi;Yanning Zhou;J. Wild;J. Adler

  • Saccharibacteria (TM7) in the Human Oral Microbiome.

    B Bor;J K Bedree;J K Bedree;W Shi;J S McLean

  • Adding selectivity to antimicrobial peptides: rational design of a multidomain peptide against Pseudomonas spp.

    Randal Eckert;Fengxia Qi;Daniel K. Yarbrough;Jian He

  • Phylogenetic and functional gene structure shifts of the oral microbiomes in periodontitis patients

    Yan Li;Jinzhi He;Zhili He;Yuan Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Fengxia Qi
Fengxia Qi University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Xuedong Zhou
Xuedong Zhou Sichuan University
David R. Zusman
David R. Zusman University of California, Berkeley
James K. Gimzewski
James K. Gimzewski University of California, Los Angeles
No-Hee Park
No-Hee Park University of California, Los Angeles
David T.W. Wong
David T.W. Wong University of California, Los Angeles
Julius Adler
Julius Adler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego
Shibu Yooseph
Shibu Yooseph University of Central Florida

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