Research Articles
(Siue Students indicated with an *)
Haselkorn, T.S., Jimenez, D., Bashir, U., Sallinger, E., Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E. and DiSalvo, S. (2021), Novel Chlamydiae and Amoebophilus endosymbionts are prevalent in wild isolates of the model social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Environmental Microbiology Reports.
Miller JW*, Bocke CR*, Tresslar AR*, Schniepp EM*, DiSalvo S. Paraburkholderia Symbionts Display Variable Infection Patterns That Are Not Predictive of Amoeba Host Outcomes. Genes (Basel). 2020 Jun 20;11(6):674. doi: 10.3390/genes11060674. PMID: 32575747; PMCID: PMC7349545.
Brock DA, Noh S, Hubert ANM, Haselkorn TS, DiSalvo S, Suess MK, Bradley AS, Tavakoli-Nezhad M, Geist KS, Queller DC, Strassmann JE. Endosymbiotic adaptations in three new bacterial species associated with Dictyostelium discoideum: Paraburkholderia agricolaris sp. nov., Paraburkholderia hayleyella sp. nov., and Paraburkholderia bonniea sp. nov. PeerJ. 2020 May 22;8:e9151. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9151. PMID: 32509456; PMCID: PMC7247526.
Khojandi N.*, Haselkorn T.S., Eschbach M*, Naser R.*, DiSalvo S. (2019) Intracellular Burkholderia Symbionts Induce Extracellular Secondary Infections; Driving Diverse Host Outcomes that Vary by Genotype and Environment. The ISME Journal. DOI:10.1038/s41396-019-0419-7
Shu L., Brock D.A., Geist K.S, Miller J.W.*, Queller D.C., Strassmann D.E., DiSalvo S. (2018) Symbiont location, host fitness, and possible coadaptation in a symbiosis between social amoebae and bacteria. eLife, 7
Haselkorn T.S., DiSalvo S., Miller J.W.*, Bashir U., Brock D.A., Queller D.C, Strassmann J.E. (2018) The specificity of Burkholderia symbionts in the social amoeba farming symbiosis: prevalence, species, genetic and phenotypic diversity. Molecular Ecology. Doi:10.1111/mec.14982
Pei F, DiSalvo S, Sindi SS, Serio TR (2017) A dominant-negative mutant inhibits multiple prion variants through a common mechanism. PLoS Genet13(10): e1007085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007085
DiSalvo S., Haselkorn T.S., Bashir U., Jimenez D.A., Brock D.A., Queller D.C., Strassmann J.E. Burkholderia bacteria infectiously induce the proto-farming symbiosis of Dictyostelium amoebae and food bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112(36):E5029-37
DiSalvo S., Brock D.A., smith j., Queller D.C., Strassmann J.E. In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, density, not farming status, determines predatory success on unpalatable Escherichia coli. BMC Microbiology, 2014; 14:328.
DiSalvo S., Derdowski A.l., Pezza J.A., and Serio T.R. Dominant Prion Mutants Induce Curing Through Pathways That Promote Chaperone-Mediated Disassembly. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 2011 March 20;18(4): 486-492.
Derdowski A., Sindi S.S., Klaips C.L., DiSalvo S., Serio T.R., A Size Threshold Limits Prion Transmission and Establishes Phenotypic Diversity. Science. 2010 Oct 29;330(6004):680-3
Review Articles
DiSalvo S. and Serio T.R. Insights into Prion Biology: Integrating a Protein Misfolding Pathway with its Cellular Environment. Prion, 2011; 5(2).
