Todd Kitten - Publications

Affiliations: 
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States 
Area:
Microbiology Biology

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2021 Puccio T, An SS, Schultz AC, Lizarraga CA, Bryant AS, Culp DJ, Burne RA, Kitten T. Manganese transport by Streptococcus sanguinis in acidic conditions and its impact on growth in vitro and in vivo. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 34862691 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14854  0.315
2021 Puccio T, Kunka KS, An SS, Kitten T. Contribution of a ZIP-family protein to manganese uptake and infective endocarditis virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 34855265 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14853  0.328
2020 Puccio T, Kunka KS, Zhu B, Xu P, Kitten T. Manganese Depletion Leads to Multisystem Changes in the Transcriptome of the Opportunistic Pathogen . Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 592615. PMID 33250881 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.592615  0.304
2020 Zhu B, Green SP, Ge X, Puccio TM, Nadhem H, Ge H, Bao L, Kitten T, Xu P. Genome-wide identification of Streptococcus sanguinis fitness genes in human serum and discovery of potential selective drug targets. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 33084151 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14629  0.375
2018 Baker SP, Nulton TJ, Kitten T. Genomic, phenotypic, and virulence analysis oral and infective endocarditis isolates. Infection and Immunity. PMID 30396893 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00703-18  0.474
2018 Colomer-Winter C, Flores-Mireles AL, Baker SP, Frank KL, Lynch AJL, Hultgren SJ, Kitten T, Lemos JA. Manganese acquisition is essential for virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. Plos Pathogens. 14: e1007102. PMID 30235334 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1007102  0.438
2018 Obaidullah AJ, Ahmed MH, Kitten T, Kellogg GE. Inhibiting Pneumococcal Surface Antigen A (PsaA) with Small Molecules Discovered Through Virtual Screening: Steps Toward Validating A Potential Target for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Chemistry & Biodiversity. PMID 30221472 DOI: 10.1002/Cbdv.201800234  0.314
2018 Zhu B, Macleod LC, Kitten T, Xu P. Streptococcus sanguinis biofilm formation & interaction with oral pathogens. Future Microbiology. PMID 29882414 DOI: 10.2217/Fmb-2018-0043  0.372
2018 El-Rami F, Kong X, Parikh H, Zhu B, Stone V, Kitten T, Xu P. Analysis of essential gene dynamics under antibiotic stress in Streptococcus sanguinis. Microbiology (Reading, England). 164: 173-185. PMID 29393020 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.000595  0.373
2017 Zhu B, Ge X, Stone V, Kong X, El-Rami F, Liu Y, Kitten T, Xu P. ciaR impacts biofilm formation by regulating an arginine biosynthesis pathway in Streptococcus sanguinis SK36. Scientific Reports. 7: 17183. PMID 29215019 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-17383-1  0.468
2017 Aynapudi J, El-Rami F, Ge X, Stone V, Zhu B, Kitten T, Xu P. Involvement of signal peptidase I in Streptococcus sanguinis biofilm formation. Microbiology (Reading, England). PMID 28869408 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.000516  0.421
2016 Freires IA, Avilés-Reyes A, Kitten T, Simpson-Haidaris PJ, Swartz M, Knight PA, Rosalen PL, Lemos JA, Abranches J. Heterologous Expression of Streptococcus mutans Cnm in Lactococcus lactis Promotes Intracellular Invasion, Adhesion to Human Cardiac Tissues and Virulence. Virulence. 0. PMID 27260618 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1195538  0.404
2016 Ge X, Shi X, Shi L, Liu J, Stone V, Kong F, Kitten T, Xu P. Involvement of NADH Oxidase in Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus sanguinis. Plos One. 11: e0151142. PMID 26950587 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0151142  0.406
2016 Ge X, Yu Y, Zhang M, Chen L, Chen W, Elrami F, Kong F, Kitten T, Xu P. Involvement of NADH Oxidase in Competition and Endocarditis Virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis. Infection and Immunity. PMID 26930704 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.01203-15  0.407
2015 Eijkelkamp BA, McDevitt CA, Kitten T. Manganese uptake and streptococcal virulence. Biometals : An International Journal On the Role of Metal Ions in Biology, Biochemistry, and Medicine. 28: 491-508. PMID 25652937 DOI: 10.1007/S10534-015-9826-Z  0.304
2014 Crump KE, Bainbridge B, Brusko S, Turner LS, Ge X, Stone V, Xu P, Kitten T. The relationship of the lipoprotein SsaB, manganese and superoxide dismutase in Streptococcus sanguinis virulence for endocarditis. Molecular Microbiology. 92: 1243-59. PMID 24750294 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.12625  0.427
2014 Makhlynets O, Boal AK, Rhodes DV, Kitten T, Rosenzweig AC, Stubbe J. Streptococcus sanguinis class Ib ribonucleotide reductase: high activity with both iron and manganese cofactors and structural insights. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289: 6259-72. PMID 24381172 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M113.533554  0.339
2014 Rhodes DV, Crump KE, Makhlynets O, Snyder M, Ge X, Xu P, Stubbe J, Kitten T. Genetic characterization and role in virulence of the ribonucleotide reductases of Streptococcus sanguinis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289: 6273-87. PMID 24381171 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M113.533620  0.365
2013 Trihn M, Ge X, Dobson A, Kitten T, Munro CL, Xu P. Two-component system response regulators involved in virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 in infective endocarditis. Plos One. 8: e54320. PMID 23342132 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0054320  0.525
2012 Kitten T, Munro CL, Zollar NQ, Lee SP, Patel RD. Oral streptococcal bacteremia in hospitalized patients: taxonomic identification and clinical characterization. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50: 1039-42. PMID 22189124 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.06438-11  0.352
2011 Xu P, Ge X, Chen L, Wang X, Dou Y, Xu JZ, Patel JR, Stone V, Trinh M, Evans K, Kitten T, Bonchev D, Buck GA. Genome-wide essential gene identification in Streptococcus sanguinis. Scientific Reports. 1: 125. PMID 22355642 DOI: 10.1038/Srep00125  0.475
2011 Callahan JE, Munro CL, Kitten T. The Streptococcus sanguinis competence regulon is not required for infective endocarditis virulence in a rabbit model. Plos One. 6: e26403. PMID 22039480 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0026403  0.696
2011 Rodriguez AM, Callahan JE, Fawcett P, Ge X, Xu P, Kitten T. Physiological and molecular characterization of genetic competence in Streptococcus sanguinis. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 26: 99-116. PMID 21375701 DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-1014.2011.00606.X  0.695
2010 Ge X, Kitten T, Munro CL, Conrad DH, Xu P. Pooled protein immunization for identification of cell surface antigens in Streptococcus sanguinis. Plos One. 5: e11666. PMID 20668678 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0011666  0.308
2009 Turner LS, Kanamoto T, Unoki T, Munro CL, Wu H, Kitten T. Comprehensive evaluation of Streptococcus sanguinis cell wall-anchored proteins in early infective endocarditis. Infection and Immunity. 77: 4966-75. PMID 19703977 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00760-09  0.383
2009 Turner LS, Das S, Kanamoto T, Munro CL, Kitten T. Development of genetic tools for in vivo virulence analysis of Streptococcus sanguinis. Microbiology (Reading, England). 155: 2573-82. PMID 19423626 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.024513-0  0.466
2009 Das S, Kanamoto T, Ge X, Xu P, Unoki T, Munro CL, Kitten T. Contribution of lipoproteins and lipoprotein processing to endocarditis virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis. Journal of Bacteriology. 191: 4166-79. PMID 19395487 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01739-08  0.45
2008 Ge X, Kitten T, Chen Z, Lee SP, Munro CL, Xu P. Identification of Streptococcus sanguinis genes required for biofilm formation and examination of their role in endocarditis virulence. Infection and Immunity. 76: 2551-9. PMID 18390999 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00338-08  0.411
2008 Tang G, Kitten T, Munro CL, Wellman GC, Mintz KP. EmaA, a potential virulence determinant of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in infective endocarditis. Infection and Immunity. 76: 2316-24. PMID 18347033 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00021-08  0.397
2007 Xu P, Alves JM, Kitten T, Brown A, Chen Z, Ozaki LS, Manque P, Ge X, Serrano MG, Puiu D, Hendricks S, Wang Y, Chaplin MD, Akan D, Paik S, et al. Genome of the opportunistic pathogen Streptococcus sanguinis. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 3166-75. PMID 17277061 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01808-06  0.587
2005 Das S, Noe JC, Paik S, Kitten T. An improved arbitrary primed PCR method for rapid characterization of transposon insertion sites. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 63: 89-94. PMID 16157212 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mimet.2005.02.011  0.481
2005 Paik S, Senty L, Das S, Noe JC, Munro CL, Kitten T. Identification of virulence determinants for endocarditis in Streptococcus sanguinis by signature-tagged mutagenesis. Infection and Immunity. 73: 6064-74. PMID 16113327 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.9.6064-6074.2005  0.636
2003 Paik S, Brown A, Munro CL, Cornelissen CN, Kitten T. The sloABCR operon of Streptococcus mutans encodes an Mn and Fe transport system required for endocarditis virulence and its Mn-dependent repressor. Journal of Bacteriology. 185: 5967-75. PMID 14526007 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.185.20.5967-5975.2003  0.556
2003 Califano JV, Arimoto T, Kitten T. The genetic relatedness of Porphyromonas gingivalis clinical and laboratory strains assessed by analysis of insertion sequence (IS) element distribution Journal of Periodontal Research. 38: 411-416. PMID 12828659 DOI: 10.1034/J.1600-0765.2003.00665.X  0.375
2002 Kitten T, Munro CL, Wang A, Macrina FL. Vaccination with FimA from Streptococcus parasanguis protects rats from endocarditis caused by other viridans streptococci. Infection and Immunity. 70: 422-5. PMID 11748213 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.70.1.422-425.2002  0.33
2000 Califano JV, Kitten T, Lewis JP, Macrina FL, Fleischmann RD, Fraser CM, Duncan MJ, Dewhirst FE. Characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis insertion sequence-like element ISPg5. Infection and Immunity. 68: 5247-53. PMID 10948151 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.68.9.5247-5253.2000  0.389
2000 Kitten T, Munro CL, Michalek SM, Macrina FL. Genetic characterization of a Streptococcus mutans LraI family operon and role in virulence Infection and Immunity. 68: 4441-4451. PMID 10899841 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.68.8.4441-4451.2000  0.503
1998 Kitten T, Kinscherf TG, McEvoy JL, Willis DK. A newly identified regulator is required for virulence and toxin production in Pseudomonas syringae Molecular Microbiology. 28: 917-929. PMID 9663679 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.1998.00842.X  0.459
1996 Kitten T, Willis DK. Suppression of a sensor kinase-dependent phenotype in Pseudomonas syringae by ribosomal proteins L35 and L20. Journal of Bacteriology. 178: 1548-1555. PMID 8626280 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.178.6.1548-1555.1996  0.353
1994 Rich JJ, Kinscherf TG, Kitten T, Willis DK. Genetic evidence that the gacA gene encodes the cognate response regulator for the lemA sensor in Pseudomonas syringae Journal of Bacteriology. 176: 7468-7475. PMID 8002569 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.176.24.7468-7475.1994  0.457
1993 Kitten T, Barrera AV, Barbour AG. Intragenic recombination and a chimeric outer membrane protein in the relapsing fever agent Borrelia hermsii Journal of Bacteriology. 175: 2516-2522. PMID 7683020 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.175.9.2516-2522.1993  0.472
1992 Restrepo BI, Kitten T, Carter CJ, Infante D, Barbour AG. Subtelomeric expression regions of Borrelia hermsii linear plasmids are highly polymorphic. Molecular Microbiology. 6: 3299-311. PMID 1484486 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1992.Tb02198.X  0.441
1991 Barbour AG, Burman N, Carter CJ, Kitten T, Bergström S. Variable antigen genes of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia hermsii are activated by promoter addition Molecular Microbiology. 5: 489-493. PMID 2041480 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1991.Tb02132.X  0.451
1990 Kitten T, Barbour AG. Juxtaposition of expressed variable antigen genes with a conserved telomere in the bacterium Borrelia hermsii Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 87: 6077-6081. PMID 2385585 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.87.16.6077  0.436
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