Publications

Fofanova TY, Karandikar UC, Auchtung JM, Wilson RL, Valentin, AJ, Grande-Allen KJ, Estes MK, Hoffman K, Ramani S, Stewart CJ, Petrosino JF. 2024. A novel system to culture human intestinal organoids under physiological oxygen content to study microbial-host interaction. PLoS ONE 19(7):e0300666. PMCID: PMC11271918 

McCullough HC, Song H-S, Auchtung JM. 2024. Diversity in Chemical Subunits and Linkages: A Key Molecular Determinant of Microbial Richness, Community Structure, Interactions, and Substrate Utilization. bioRxiv 2024.8.12.607625; doi: 10.1101/2024/08.12.607625

Huang X, Johnson AE, Auchtung TA, McCullough HC, Lerma, AI, Haidacher SJ, Hoch KM, Horvath TD, Haag AM, Auchtung JM. 2024. Clostridioides difficile colonization is not mediated by bile salts and requires Stickland fermentation of proline in an in vitro model of infection. bioRxiv 2024.07.17.603937; doi:10.1101/2024.07.17.603937. PMID: 39071387

Sidner B, Lerma A, Biswas B, Do TVT, Yu Y, Ronish LA, McCullough H, Auchtung JM, Piepenbrink KH. 2023. Flagellin is essential for initial attachment to mucosal surfaces by Clostridioides difficile. Microbiol Spectr. 11:e0212023. PMID: 37823657

Motta-Romero HA, Perez-Donado CE, Auchtung JM, Rose DJ. 2023. Toxicity of cadmium on dynamic human gut microbiome cultures and the protective effect of cadmium-tolerant bacteria autochthonous to the gut. Chemosphere 338:139581. PMID: 37474038

Mendelson C, Sparkes S, Merenstein DJ, Christensen C, Sharma V, Desale S, Auchtung JM, Kok CR, Hallen-Adams HE, Hutkins R. 2023. “Kombucha tea as an anti-hyperglycemic agent in humans with diabetes - a randomized controlled pilot investigation. Front Nutr. 10:1190248. 

Auchtung TA, Stewart CJ, Smith DP, Triplett EW, Agardh D, Hagopian WA, Ziegler AG, Rewers MJ, She JX, Toppari J, Lernmark Å, Akolkar B, Krischer JP, Vehik K, Auchtung JM, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF. 2022. “Temporal changes in gastrointestinal fungi and the risk of autoimmunity during early childhood: the TEDDY study.” Nat Commun. 13:3151.

Christensen CM, Kok CR, Auchtung JM*, Hutkins R*. 2022. “Prebiotics enhance persistence of fermented-food associated bacteria in in vitro cultivated fecal microbial communities.” Front Microbiol. 13:908506. 

Masi AC, Fofanova TY, Lamb CA, Auchtung JM, Britton RA, Estes MK, Ramani S, Cockell SJ, Coxhead J, Embleton ND, Berrington JE, Petrosino JF, Stewart CJ. 2022. Distinct gene expression profiles between human preterm-derived and adult-derived intestinal organoids exposed to Enterococcus faecalis: a pilot study. Gut 71:2141-2143

Engevik MA, Engevik AC, Engevik KA, Auchtung JM, Chang-Graham AL, Ruan W, Luna RA, Hyser JM, Spinler JK, Versalovic J. Mucin-Degrading Microbes Release Monosaccharides That Chemoattract Clostridioides difficile and Facilitate Colonization of the Human Intestinal Mucus Layer. ACS Infect Dis. 7(5):1126-1142. PMID: 33176423.

Kessel AK, McCullough HC, Auchtung JM, Bernstein HC, Song H-S. Predictive interactome modeling for precision microbiome engineering. Curr Opin Chem Eng. 2020 Dec; 30:77-85. doi.org/10.1016/jcoche.2020.08.003.

Engevik M, Danhof HA, Auchtung J, Endres BT, Ruan W, Bassères E, Engevik AC, Wu Q, Nicholson M, Luna RA, Garey KW, Crawford SE, Estes MK, Lux R, Yacyshyn MB, Yacyshyn B, Savidge T, Britton RA, Versalovic J. Fusobacterium nucleatum adheres to Clostridioides difficile via the RadD adhesin to enhance biofilm formation in intestinal mucus. Gastroenterology. 2020 Nov 20:S0016-5085(20)35437-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.11.034. PMID: 33227279.

Horvath TD, Haidacher SJ, Oezguen N, Hoch KM, Auchtung JM, Haag AM. Ruggedness testing of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry system components using microbiome-relevant methods and matrices. J Microbiol Methods. 2020 Oct;177:106020. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106020. Epub 2020 Aug 11. PMID: 32795635.

Auchtung JM, Preisner EC, Collins J, Lerma AI, Britton RA. Identification of Simplified Microbial Communities That Inhibit Clostridioides difficile Infection through Dilution/Extinction. mSphere. 2020 Jul 29;5(4):e00387-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00387-20. PMID: 32727857.

Horvath TD, Haidacher SJ, Hoch KM, Auchtung JM, Haag AM. A high-throughput LC-MS/MS method for the measurement of the bile acid/salt content in microbiome-derived sample sets. MethodsX. 2020 Jun 12;7:100951. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.100951. PMID: 32637329.

Mahnic A, Auchtung JM, Poklar Ulrih N, Britton RA, Rupnik M. Microbiota in vitro modulated with polyphenols shows decreased colonization resistance against Clostridioides difficile but can neutralize cytotoxicity. Sci Rep. 2020 May 20;10(1):8358. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65253-0. PMID: 32433519.

Auchtung TA, Fofanova TY, Stewart CJ, Nash AK, Wong MC, Gesell JR, Auchtung JM, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF. Investigating Colonization of the Healthy Adult Gastrointestinal Tract by Fungi. mSphere. 2018 Mar 28;3(2). pii: e00092-18. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00092-18. PMID:29600282.

Collins J, Robinson C, Danhof H, Knetsch CW, van Leeuwen HC, Lawley TD, Auchtung JM, Britton RA. Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile. Nature. 2018 Jan 18;553(7688):291-294. doi: 10.1038/nature25178. PMID:29310122.

Collins J, Auchtung JM. Control of Clostridium difficile Infection by Defined Microbial Communities. Microbiol Spectr. 2017 Sep;5(5). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.BAD-0009-2016 . PMID:28936948.

Spinler JK, Auchtung J, Brown A, Boonma P, Oezguen N, Ross CL, Luna RA, Runge J, Versalovic J, Peniche A, Dann SM, Britton RA, Haag A, Savidge TC. Next-Generation Probiotics Targeting Clostridium difficile through Precursor-Directed Antimicrobial Biosynthesis. Infect Immun. 2017 Sep 20;85(10). pii: e00303-17. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00303-17. PMID:28760934.

Auchtung JM, Robinson CD, Farrell K, Britton RA. MiniBioReactor Arrays (MBRAs) as a Tool for Studying C. difficile Physiology in the Presence of a Complex Community. Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1476:235-58. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6361-4_18 [pdf]

Auchtung JM, Robinson CD, Britton RA. Cultivation of stable, reproducible microbial communities from different fecal donors using minibioreactor arrays (MBRAs). Microbiome. 2015 Sep 30;3:42. doi: 10.1186/s40168-015-0106-5. PMID: 2619531.

Collins J, Auchtung JM, Schaefer L, Eaton KA, Britton RA. Humanized microbiota mice as a model of recurrent Clostridium difficile disease. Microbiome. 2015 Aug 20;3:35. doi: 10.1186/s40168-015-0097-2. PMID: 26289776.

Robinson CD, Auchtung JM, Collins J, Britton RA. Epidemic Clostridium difficile strains demonstrate increased competitive fitness compared to nonepidemic isolates. Infect Immun. 2014 Jul;82(7):2815-25. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01524-14. PMID: 24733099.