Michael D. Carruthers
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
5 Papers
28 Citations
Michael D. Carruthers is an academic researcher from The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acinetobacter baumannii & Gene. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications. Previous affiliations of Michael D. Carruthers include Ohio State University.
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Acinetobacter baumannii Strain M2 Produces Type IV Pili Which Play a Role in Natural Transformation and Twitching Motility but Not Surface-Associated Motility
Christian M. Harding,Christian M. Harding,Erin N. Tracy,Michael D. Carruthers,Michael D. Carruthers,Philip N. Rather,Luis A. Actis,Robert S. Munson,Robert S. Munson +8 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that A. baumannii strain M2 is naturally transformable and capable of twitching motility, two classical TFP-associated phenotypes, and that surface-associated motility was not dependent on the products of the pilA, pilD, and pilT genes and, by correlation, TFP.
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Acinetobacter baumannii Utilizes a Type VI Secretion System for Bacterial Competition
TL;DR: The data have provided the first evidence demonstrating function in inter-bacterial competition, for a T6SS produced by A. baumannii, and the ability of strain M2 to out-compete Escherichia coli was reliant upon the products of tssB and hcp.
Draft Genome Sequence of the Clinical Isolate Acinetobacter nosocomialis Strain M2
Michael D. Carruthers,Christian M. Harding,Beth D. Baker,Robert A. Bonomo,Kristine M. Hujer,Philip N. Rather,Robert S. Munson +6 more
TL;DR: The 3.78-Mbp high-quality draft assembly of the genome from a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter nosocomialis called strain M2 is reported.
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Correction: Acinetobacter baumannii Utilizes a Type VI Secretion System for Bacterial Competition
TL;DR: This research presents a probabilistic method to estimate the probability that a person’s likelihood of developing a central nervous system disorder is limited to a single event, called a “silent attack”.
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Biological Roles of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Type IV Pilus Proteins Encoded by the pil and com Operons
Michael D. Carruthers,Erin N. Tracy,Amanda C. Dickson,Kara B. Ganser,Robert S. Munson,Lauren O. Bakaletz +5 more
TL;DR: The pilABCD and comABCDEF gene clusters are operons and that the product of each gene is essential for normal pilus function, and it is demonstrated that PilA is indeed the majority type IV pilin protein expressed by NTHI.