Select Publications
Mitchell MK and Ellermann M. (2022) Long chain fatty acids and virulence repression in intestinal bacterial pathogens.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12:928503.
Ellermann M*, Jimenez AG*, Pifer R, Ruiz N, Sperandio V. (2021)
The canonical long-chain fatty acid sensing machinery processes arachidonic acid to inhibit virulence in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
mBio 12(1):e03247-20
This publication was featured in the ASM This Week in Microbiology podcast.
Ellermann M, Pacheco AR, Jimenez AG, Russell RM, Cuesta S, Kumar A, Zhu W, Vale G, Martin SA, Raj P, McDonald JG, Winter SE, Sperandio V. (2020)
Endocannabinoids inhibit the induction of virulence in enteric pathogens.
Cell doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.022.
Ellermann M, Sperandio V. (2020)
Bacterial signaling as an antimicrobial target.
Current Opinion of Microbiology 57:78-86.
Jimenez AG, Ellermann M, Abbott W, Sperandio V. (2020)
Diet-derived galacturonic acid regulates virulence and intestinal colonization in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium.
Nature Microbiology 5:368-378.
Ellermann M, Gharaibeh RZ, Fulbright L, Dogan B, Moore LN, Rogala A, Herzog JW, Simpson K, Jobin C, Sartor RB, Arthur JC. (2019)
Yersiniabactin-producing adherent/invasive Escherichia coli promotes inflammation-associated fibrosis in gnotobiotic Il10-deficient mice.
Infection and Immunity 87(11): e00587-19.
Ellermann M, Gharaibeh RZ, Maharshak N, Perez-Chanona E, Jobin C, Carroll IM, Arthur JC, Plevy SE, Fodor AA, Brouwer CR, Sartor RB. (2019)
Dietary iron variably modulates assembly of the intestinal microbiota in colitis-resistant and colitis-susceptible mice.
Gut microbes 10:1-19.
Ellermann M, Sartor RB.
Intestinal bacterial biofilms modulate mucosal immune responses.
Journal of Immunological Sciences 2(2): 13-18.
Ellermann M, Arthur JC.
Siderophore-mediated iron acquisition and modulation of host-bacterial interactions.
Free Radical Biology and Medicine 105:68-78.
Ellermann M, Huh YE, Liu B, Carroll IM, Tamayo R, Sartor RB.
Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli production of cellulose influences iron-induced bacterial aggregation, phagocytosis and induction of colitis.
Infection and Immunity 83(10): 4068-4080.
Maharshak N*, Packey CD*, Ellermann M, Manick S, Siddle JP, Huh YE, Plevy S, Sartor RB, Carroll IM.
Altered enteric microbiota ecology in Il10-deficient mice during development and progression of intestinal inflammation.
Gut Microbes 4(4): 316-324.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12:928503.
Ellermann M*, Jimenez AG*, Pifer R, Ruiz N, Sperandio V. (2021)
The canonical long-chain fatty acid sensing machinery processes arachidonic acid to inhibit virulence in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
mBio 12(1):e03247-20
This publication was featured in the ASM This Week in Microbiology podcast.
Ellermann M, Pacheco AR, Jimenez AG, Russell RM, Cuesta S, Kumar A, Zhu W, Vale G, Martin SA, Raj P, McDonald JG, Winter SE, Sperandio V. (2020)
Endocannabinoids inhibit the induction of virulence in enteric pathogens.
Cell doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.022.
Ellermann M, Sperandio V. (2020)
Bacterial signaling as an antimicrobial target.
Current Opinion of Microbiology 57:78-86.
Jimenez AG, Ellermann M, Abbott W, Sperandio V. (2020)
Diet-derived galacturonic acid regulates virulence and intestinal colonization in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium.
Nature Microbiology 5:368-378.
Ellermann M, Gharaibeh RZ, Fulbright L, Dogan B, Moore LN, Rogala A, Herzog JW, Simpson K, Jobin C, Sartor RB, Arthur JC. (2019)
Yersiniabactin-producing adherent/invasive Escherichia coli promotes inflammation-associated fibrosis in gnotobiotic Il10-deficient mice.
Infection and Immunity 87(11): e00587-19.
Ellermann M, Gharaibeh RZ, Maharshak N, Perez-Chanona E, Jobin C, Carroll IM, Arthur JC, Plevy SE, Fodor AA, Brouwer CR, Sartor RB. (2019)
Dietary iron variably modulates assembly of the intestinal microbiota in colitis-resistant and colitis-susceptible mice.
Gut microbes 10:1-19.
Ellermann M, Sartor RB.
Intestinal bacterial biofilms modulate mucosal immune responses.
Journal of Immunological Sciences 2(2): 13-18.
Ellermann M, Arthur JC.
Siderophore-mediated iron acquisition and modulation of host-bacterial interactions.
Free Radical Biology and Medicine 105:68-78.
Ellermann M, Huh YE, Liu B, Carroll IM, Tamayo R, Sartor RB.
Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli production of cellulose influences iron-induced bacterial aggregation, phagocytosis and induction of colitis.
Infection and Immunity 83(10): 4068-4080.
Maharshak N*, Packey CD*, Ellermann M, Manick S, Siddle JP, Huh YE, Plevy S, Sartor RB, Carroll IM.
Altered enteric microbiota ecology in Il10-deficient mice during development and progression of intestinal inflammation.
Gut Microbes 4(4): 316-324.