Publications
2025
Sirko, J., Bor, B., He, X., (2025) Microbial dark matter and the future of dentistry. JADA Foun Science. PDF
2024
Grossman, A. S., Lei, L., Botting, J. M., Liu, J., Nahar, N., Souza, J. G., Liu, J., McLean, J.S., He, X., Bor, B., (2024) Saccharibacteria deploy two distinct Type IV pili, driving episymbiosis, host competition, and twitching motility. bioRxiv. PDF
Atkinson, C.G.F., Kerns, K.A., Hendrickson, E.L., He, X., Bor, B., McLean, J.S., (2024) Complete genome of Nanosynbacter sp. strain BB002, isolated and cultivated from a site of periodontal disease. Micro Resource Ann. PDF
Liu, J., Spencer, N., Utter, D. R., Grossman, A., Lei, L., Santos, N. C. D., Shi, W., Baker, J. L., Hasturk, H., He, X., Bor, B., (2024) Persistent enrichment of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella in oral and nasal communities during long-term starvation. Microbiome. PDF
Zhong, Q., Liao, B., Liu, J., Shen, W., Wang, J., Wei, L., Ma, Y., Dong, P., Bor, B., McLean, J., Chang, Y., Shi, W., Cen, L., Wu, M., Liu, J., Li, Y., He, X., Le, S., (2024) Episymbiotic Saccharibacteria TM7x modulates the susceptibility of its host bacteria to phage infection and promotes their coexistence. PNAS. PDF
Dong, P., Tian, J., Kobayashi-Kirschvink, K. J., Cen, L., McLean, J. S., Bor, B., Shi, W., He, X., (2024) Episymbiotic bacterium induces intracellular lipid droplet production in in their host bacteria. ISME. PDF
Figueroa-Gonzalez, P. A., Bornemann, T. L. V., Hinzke, T., Maab, S., Trautwein-Schult, A., Stark, J., Moore, C. J., Esser, S. P., Plewka, J., Hesse, T., Schmidt, T. C., Schreiber, U., Bor, B., Becher, D., Probst, A. J., (2023) Metaproteogenomics resolution of a high-CO2 aquifer community reveals a complex cellular adaptation of groundwater Gracilibacteria to a host-dependent lifestyle. Microbiome. PDF
2023
Hendrickson, L. E., Bor, B., Kerns, K. A., Cen, L., Shi, W., He, X., McLean, J. S., (2023) Ultrasmall epibiont Nanosynbacter lyticus strain TM7x and host bacteria transcriptional activity after initial host parasitism. Journal of Oral Microbiology. PDF
Liu, J., Jaffe, A. L., Chen, L., Bor, B., Banfield, J. F., (2023) Host translation machinery is not a barrier to phages that interact with both CPR and non-CPR bacteria. mBio. PDF
Liu, J., Carmichael, C., Hasturk, H., Shi, W., Bor, B., (2023) Rapid specific detection of oral bacteria using Cas13-based SHERLOCK. Journal of Oral Microbiology. PDF
Xiang, D., Dong, P., Cen, L., Bor, B., Lux, R., Shi, W., Yu, Q., He, X., Wu, T., (2023) Antagonistic interaction between two key endodontic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum. Journal of Oral Microbiology. PDF
2022
Cen, L., Chang, Y., Bedree, J., Ma, Y., Zhong, Q., Utter, D. R., Dong, P., Lux, R., Bor, B., Liu, J., McLean, J. S., Le, S., He, X., (2022) Exploitation of a bacterial-encoded lytic transglycosylase by a human oral lytic phage to facilitate infection. Journal of Virology. PDF
Liu, J., Utter, D. R., Nie, J., Kerns, K. A., Lamont, E. I., Hendrickson, E. L., Wang, X., McLean, J. S., He, X., Bor, B., (2022) Draft genome sequence of nine “Candidatus Nanosynbacter sp. HMT-352” strains cultured from the human oral cavity. Micro Resource Ann. PDF
Hendrickson, E. L., Bor, B., Kerns, K. A., Lamont, E. I., Chang, Y., Liu, J., Cen, L., Schulte, F., Hardt, M., Shi, W., He, X., McLean, J. S., (2022) Transcriptome of epibiont Saccharibacteria Nanosynbacter lyticus strain TM7x during the establishment of symbiosis. Jour. Bact. PDF
Nie, J., Utter, D. R., Kerns, K. A., Lamont, E. I., Hendrickson, E. L., Liu, J., Wu, T., He, X., McLean, J., Bor, B., (2022) Strain-Level variation and diverse host bacterial responses in episymbiotic Saccharibacteria. mSystems. PDF
Chipashvili, O., Bor, B., (2022) Ligature-induced periodontitis mouse model protocol for studying Saccharibacteria. STAR Protocols. PDF
Tian, J., Utter, D. R., Cen, L., Dong, P., Shi, W., Bor, B., Qin, M., McLean, J. S., He, X., (2022) Acquisition of the arginine deiminase system benefits epiparasitic Saccharibacteria and their host bacteria in a mammalian niche environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci. PDF
2021
Chipashvili, O., Utter, D. R., Bedree, J. K., Ma, Y., Schulte, F., Mascarin, Y. A., Chouhan, D., Hardt, M., Bidlack, F., Hasturk, H., He, X., McLean, J. S., Bor, B., (2021) Episymbiotic Saccharibacteria suppresses gingival inflammation and bone loss in mice through host bacterial modulation. Cell Host & Microbe. PDF
Lamont, E. I., Gadkari, A., Kerns, K.A., To, T.T., Daubert, D., Kotsakis, G., Bor, B., He. X., McLean. J. S. (2021) Modified SHI-medium supports growth of a disease-state subgingival polymicrobial community in vitro. Mol Oral Microbiol. PMID: 33174294. PDF
2020
Utter, D.R., He, X., Cavanaugh, C.M., McLean, J.S., Bor, B. (2020) The saccharibacterium TM7x elicitis differential responses across its host range. ISME J. PMID: 32839546. PDF
Lamont, E. I., Hendrickson, E. L., McLean, J. S., He, X., Bor, B. (2020) Complete genome sequencing of Strain BB001, a novel epibiont bacterium from the Candidate Phylum Saccharibacteria (TM7). Microbiol Resour Annouc. PMID: 32816985. PDF
McLean, J. S., Bor, B., Kerns, K. A., Liu, Q., To, T. T., Solden, L., Hendrickson, E. L., Wrighton, K., Shi, W., He, X. (2020) Acquisition and Adaptation of Ultra-small Parasitic Reduced Genome Bacteria to Mammalian Hosts. Cell Reports. PMID: 32698001. PDF
Bor, B., Collins, A. J., Murugkar, P. P., Balasubramanian, S., To, T. T., Hendrickson, E. L., Bedree, J. K., Bidlack, F. B., Johnston, C. D., Shi, W., McLean, J. S., He, X., Dewhirst, F. E. (2020) Insights obtained by culturing Saccharibacteria with their bacterial hosts. Journal of Dental Research. PMID: 32075512. PDF
2019
Bor, B., Bedree, J. K., Shi, W., McLean, J. S. and He, X. (2019) Saccharibacteria (TM7) in the human oral microbiome. Journal of Dental Research. PMID: 30894042. PDF
2018
Bor, B., McLean, J. S., Foster, R. F., Cen, L., To, T. T., Serrato-Guillen, A., Dewhirst, F. E., Shi, W., and He, X. (2018) Rapid evolution of host resistance drives the symbiotic lifestyle of the ultra-small bacterium TM7x. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 115:48:12277-12282. PMID 30442671. PDF
Bedree, J. K., Bor, B., Cen, L., Edlund, A., Lux, R., McLean, J. S., Shi, W., and He, X. (2018) Quorum sensing modulates the epibiotic-parasitic relationship between Actinomyces odontolyticus subspecies actinosynbacteri strain (XH001) and its epibiont, a TM7 phylotype (TM7x). Frontiers Microbiology 9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02049. PDF
He, X., Li, F., Bor, B., Koyano, K., Cen, L., Xiao, X., Shi, W., and Wong., D. (2018) Human tRNA-derived small RNAs modulate host-microbial interactions. Journal of Dental Research. 002203451877060. PMID 29702004. PDF
2017
Baker, J. L., Bor, B., Agnello, M., Shi, W., and He, X. (2017) Ecology of the Oral Microbiome: Beyond Bacteria. Trends Microbiol. 1412:1-13. PMID 28089325. PDF
2016
McLean, J. S., Liu, Q., Bor, B., Bedree, J. K., Cen, L., Watling, M., To, T. T., Bumgarner, R. E., He, X., and Shi, W. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Actinomyces odontolyticus subsp. actinosynbacter Strain XH001, the Basibiont of an oral TM7 epibiont. Genome Annouc 4:4. PMID 26847892. PDF
Bor, B., Poweleit, N., Bois, J. S., Cen, L., Bedree, J. K., Zhou, Z. H., Gunsalus, R. P., Lux, R., McLean, J. S., He, X., and Shi. W. (2016). Phenotypic and physiological characterization of the epibiotic interaction between TM7x and its basibiont Actinomyces. Microb Ecol 71: 243-255. PMID 26597961. PDF
Bor, B., Lujia, C., Agnello, M., Shi, W., and He, X. (2016). Morphological and physiological changes induced by contact-dependent interaction between Candida albicans and Fusobacterium nucleatum. Sci Rep 6: 1-11. PMID 27295972. PDF
2015
Yoo, H., Roth-Johnson, E. A., Bor, B., and Quinlan, M. E. (2015). Drosophila Cappuccino alleles provide insight into formin mechanism and role in oogenesis. Mol Biol Cell 26: 1875-1886. PMID 25788286. PDF
Bor, B., Bois, J. S., and Quinlan, M. E. (2015). Regulation of the formin Cappuccino is critical for polarity of Drosophila oocytes. Cytoskeleton 72: 1-15. PMID 25557988. PDF
2014
Vizcarra, C. L., Bor, B., Quinlan, M. E. (2014). The role of formin tails in actin nucleation, processive elongation, and filament bundling. Jour Biol Chem 289: 30602-30613. PMID 25246531. PDF
2012
Bor, B., Vizcarra, C. L., Phillips, M.L., and Quinlan, M.E. (2012). Autoinhibition of the formin Cappuccino in the absence of canonical autoinhibitory domains. Mol Biol Cell 23: 3801-3813. PMID 22875983. PDF