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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
The study of how bacteria organize important cellular processes and determining the functional/physiological implications of this organization for the cell is one of the most exciting areas of research in microbiology. In the Herman lab, we utilize the model organism Bacillus subtilis, a bacterium with superb molecular, genetic and cell biological tools, that that can also differentiate into a resting cell type called a spore. Our research goal is to elucidate how bacteria coordinate key biological processes, with their cellular architecture using molecular, biochemical, and cell biological techniques.

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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University of North Texas - (Denton, Texas, United States)

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Indiana University Bloomington - (Bloomington, Indiana, United States)

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YodL and YisK Possess Shape-Modifying Activities That Are Suppressed by Mutations in Bacillus subtilis mreB and mbl.

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RefZ and Noc Act Synthetically to Prevent Aberrant Divisions during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation.

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Regulation and utilization of cell division for bacterial cell differentiation

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Magnesium Modulates Bacillus subtilis Cell Division Frequency.

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SirA enforces diploidy by inhibiting the replication initiator DnaA during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.

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Alls well that ends well: Creative solutions viruses use to ensure proper ends of linear genomes

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Contribution of the periplasmic chaperone Skp to efficient presentation of the autotransporter IcsA on the surface of Shigella flexneri.

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Bacillus subtilis YisK possesses oxaloacetate decarboxylase activity and exhibits Mbl-dependent localization.

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A DNA-Binding Protein Tunes Septum Placement during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation.

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RefZ and Noc act synthetically to prevent aberrant divisions during Bacillus subtilis sporulation

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Out on a limb: how the Caulobacter stalk can boost the study of bacterial cell shape.

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RelA inhibits Bacillus subtilis motility and chaining.

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Quorum sensing in Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 regulates conjugal transfer (tra) gene expression and influences growth rate.

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A nutrient uptake role for bacterial cell envelope extensions.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Caulobacter crescentus requires RodA and MreB for stalk synthesis and prevention of ectopic pole formation.

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A Secreted Factor Coordinates Environmental Quality with Bacillus Development.

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CodY Regulates SigD Levels and Activity by Binding to Three Sites in the fla/che Operon.

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A DNA-binding protein defines the precise region of chromosome capture during Bacillus sporulation.

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Bacillus subtilis YisK possesses oxaloacetate decarboxylase activity and exhibits Mbl-dependent localization

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The DnaA inhibitor SirA acts in the same pathway as Soj (ParA) to facilitate oriC segregation during Bacillus subtilis sporulation.

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Magnesium modulates Bacillus subtilis cell division frequency

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Biochemistry & Biophysics; 2128 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Duan, Yi (2016-12). Regulation of Chromosome Replication and Segregation during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Brown, Emily E (2018-08). Characterization of RefZ, a Developmentally Controlled Regulator of Bacillus Subtilis FtsZ. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ababneh, Qutaiba O (2015-08). Elucidating the Role of Small Molecule Signals in Bacterial Development. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sperber, Anthony Michael (2017-12). Characterization of YisK, a Cell Shape Modifier and Enzyme in Bacillus subtilis. Doctoral Dissertation.