Martin Wu

A simple, fast, and accurate method of phylogenomic inference (2008)

Wu, Martin, Eisen, Jonathan A

Abstract The explosive growth of genomic data provides an opportunity to make increased use of protein markers for phylogenetic inference. We have developed an automated pipeline for phylogenomic...

Macronuclear genome sequence of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a model eukaryote. (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Jonathan A. Eisen, Robert S. Coyne, Martin Wu, Dongying Wu, Mathangi Thiagarajan, Jennifer R. Wortman, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Comparative Genomics of Emerging Human Ehrlichiosis Agents (2006)

Mingqun Lin, Ramana Madupu, Jonathan Crabtree, Samuel V. Angiuoli, Jonathan Eisen, ...

Anaplasma (formerly Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Neorickettsia (formerly Ehrlichia) sennetsu are intracellular vector-borne pathogens that cause human ehrlichiosis, an...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A., Coyne, Robert S., Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R., ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A., Coyne, Robert S., Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R., ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: The Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901 (2005)

Martin Wu, Qinghu Ren, A. Scott Durkin, Sean C. Daugherty, Lauren M. Brinkac, Robert J. Dodson, ...

We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the thermophilic bacterium Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901. This species is a model for studies of hydrogenogens, which are...

Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: the Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901 (2005)

Martin Wu, Qinghu Ren, Anthony Scott Durkin, Sean C Daugherty, Lauren M Brinkac, Robert J Dodson, ...

We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the thermophilic bacterium Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901. This species is a model for studies of hydrogenogens, which are...

Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) (2004)

Naomi Ward, Øivind Larsen, James Sakwa, Live Bruseth, Hoda Khouri, A. Scott Durkin, ...

Methanotrophs are bacteria that use methane as a sole carbon source. The genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus deepens our understanding of methanotroph biology and its relationship to global...

Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) (2004)

Naomi Ward, Øivind Larsen, James Sakwa, Live Bruseth, Hoda Khouri, A. Scott Durkin, ...

Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...

Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) (2004)

Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...

Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...

Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy : the Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) (2004)

Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...

Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements (2004)

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V., Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C., ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements (2004)

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V., Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C., ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

Phylogenomics of the reproductive parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: a streamlined genome overrun with mobile genetic elements (2004)

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V., Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C., ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements (2004)

Martin Wu, Ling V. Sun, Jessica Vamathevan, Markus Riegler, Robert Deboy, Jeremy C. Brownlie, ...

The genome sequence of Wolbachia provides insights into the origins of mitochondria, as well as the ecology and evolution of endosymbiosis.

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements (2004)

Martin Wu, Ling V. Sun, Jessica Vamathevan, Markus Riegler, Robert Deboy, Jeremy C. Brownlie, ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements (2004)

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V., Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C., ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

Phylogenomics of the reproductive parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: a streamlined genome overrun with mobile genetic elements (2004)

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V., Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C., ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

Phylogenomics of the reproductive parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A streamlined genome overrun by mobile genetic elements (2004)

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V., Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C., ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

The role of rigidity in DNA looping-unlooping by AraC

Harmer, Tara, Wu, Martin, Schleif, Robert

We applied two experiments useful in the study of ligand-regulated DNA binding proteins to AraC, the dimeric regulator of the Escherichia coli l-arabinose operon. In the absence of arabinose, AraC...

Mefloquine Is Active In Vitro and In Vivo against Mycobacterium avium Complex

Bermudez, Luiz E., Kolonoski, Peter, Wu, Martin, Aralar, Priscilla A., Inderlied, Clark B., Young, Lowell S.

Despite the development of several agents, new classes of antimicrobials with activity against the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are needed. Based on a broad screening of compounds, we found that...

Activity of Moxifloxacin by Itself and in Combination with Ethambutol, Rifabutin, and Azithromycin In Vitro and In Vivo against Mycobacterium avium

Bermudez, Luiz E., Inderlied, Clark B., Kolonoski, Peter, Petrofsky, Mary, Aralar, Priscilla, Wu, Martin, ...

Moxifloxacin activity against Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was evaluated in vitro against 25 strains. The MIC was determined to range from 0.125 to 2.0 μg/ml. In addition, U937 macrophage...

Telithromycin Is Active against Mycobacterium avium in Mice despite Lacking Significant Activity in Standard In Vitro and Macrophage Assays and Is Associated with Low Frequency of Resistance during Treatment

Bermudez, Luiz E., Inderlied, Clark B., Kolonoski, Peter, Wu, Martin, Aralar, Priscilla, Young, Lowell S.

The activity of telithromycin, a new ketolide, was evaluated in vitro and in vivo against Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) strains. The MIC of telithromycin for several M. avium isolates obtained...

The complete genome sequence of Chlorobium tepidum TLS, a photosynthetic, anaerobic, green-sulfur bacterium

Eisen, Jonathan A., Nelson, Karen E., Paulsen, Ian T., Heidelberg, John F., Wu, Martin, Dodson, Robert J., ...

The complete genome of the green-sulfur eubacterium Chlorobium tepidum TLS was determined to be a single circular chromosome of 2,154,946 bp. This represents the first genome sequence from the phylum...

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V, Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C, ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

SRI-286, a Thiosemicarbazole, in Combination with Mefloquine and Moxifloxacin for Treatment of Murine Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease

Bermudez, Luiz E., Kolonoski, Peter, Seitz, Lianne E., Petrofsky, Mary, Reynolds, Robert, Wu, Martin, ...

Treatment of Mycobacterium avium disease remains challenging when macrolide resistance develops. We infected C57 beige mice and treated them with mefloquine, SRI-286, and moxifloxacin. SRI-286 (80...

Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...

Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...

The psychrophilic lifestyle as revealed by the genome sequence of Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H through genomic and proteomic analyses

Methé, Barbara A., Nelson, Karen E., Deming, Jody W., Momen, Bahram, Melamud, Eugene, Zhang, Xijun, ...

The completion of the 5,373,180-bp genome sequence of the marine psychrophilic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H, a model for the study of life in permanently cold environments, reveals...

Genomic Approach to Identifying the Putative Target of and Mechanisms of Resistance to Mefloquine in Mycobacteria

Danelishvili, Lia, Wu, Martin, Young, Lowell S., Bermudez, Luiz E.

The emergence of mycobacterial resistance to multiple antimicrobials emphasizes the need for new compounds. The antimycobacterial activity of mefloquine has been recently described. Mycobacterium...

Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: The Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901

Wu, Martin, Ren, Qinghu, Durkin, A. Scott, Daugherty, Sean C, Brinkac, Lauren M, Dodson, Robert J, ...

We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the thermophilic bacterium Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901. This species is a model for studies of hydrogenogens, which are...

Mycobacterium avium Genes Associated with the Ability To Form a Biofilm

Yamazaki, Yoshitaka, Danelishvili, Lia, Wu, Martin, MacNab, Molly, Bermudez, Luiz E.

Mycobacterium avium is widely distributed in the environment, and it is chiefly found in water and soil. M. avium, as well as Mycobacterium smegmatis, has been recognized to produce a biofilm or...

Comparative Genomics of Emerging Human Ehrlichiosis Agents

Dunning Hotopp, Julie C., Lin, Mingqun, Madupu, Ramana, Crabtree, Jonathan, Angiuoli, Samuel V, Eisen, Jonathan, ...

Anaplasma (formerly Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Neorickettsia (formerly Ehrlichia) sennetsu are intracellular vector-borne pathogens that cause human ehrlichiosis, an...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

The role of rigidity in DNA looping-unlooping by AraC

Harmer, Tara, Wu, Martin, Schleif, Robert

We applied two experiments useful in the study of ligand-regulated DNA binding proteins to AraC, the dimeric regulator of the Escherichia coli l-arabinose operon. In the absence of arabinose, AraC...

Mefloquine Is Active In Vitro and In Vivo against Mycobacterium avium Complex

Bermudez, Luiz E., Kolonoski, Peter, Wu, Martin, Aralar, Priscilla A., Inderlied, Clark B., Young, Lowell S.

Despite the development of several agents, new classes of antimicrobials with activity against the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are needed. Based on a broad screening of compounds, we found that...

Activity of Moxifloxacin by Itself and in Combination with Ethambutol, Rifabutin, and Azithromycin In Vitro and In Vivo against Mycobacterium avium

Bermudez, Luiz E., Inderlied, Clark B., Kolonoski, Peter, Petrofsky, Mary, Aralar, Priscilla, Wu, Martin, ...

Moxifloxacin activity against Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was evaluated in vitro against 25 strains. The MIC was determined to range from 0.125 to 2.0 μg/ml. In addition, U937 macrophage...

Telithromycin Is Active against Mycobacterium avium in Mice despite Lacking Significant Activity in Standard In Vitro and Macrophage Assays and Is Associated with Low Frequency of Resistance during Treatment

Bermudez, Luiz E., Inderlied, Clark B., Kolonoski, Peter, Wu, Martin, Aralar, Priscilla, Young, Lowell S.

The activity of telithromycin, a new ketolide, was evaluated in vitro and in vivo against Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) strains. The MIC of telithromycin for several M. avium isolates obtained...

The complete genome sequence of Chlorobium tepidum TLS, a photosynthetic, anaerobic, green-sulfur bacterium

Eisen, Jonathan A., Nelson, Karen E., Paulsen, Ian T., Heidelberg, John F., Wu, Martin, Dodson, Robert J., ...

The complete genome of the green-sulfur eubacterium Chlorobium tepidum TLS was determined to be a single circular chromosome of 2,154,946 bp. This represents the first genome sequence from the phylum...

Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V, Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C, ...

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis wMel, an obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined. Wolbachia, which are found in a...

SRI-286, a Thiosemicarbazole, in Combination with Mefloquine and Moxifloxacin for Treatment of Murine Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease

Bermudez, Luiz E., Kolonoski, Peter, Seitz, Lianne E., Petrofsky, Mary, Reynolds, Robert, Wu, Martin, ...

Treatment of Mycobacterium avium disease remains challenging when macrolide resistance develops. We infected C57 beige mice and treated them with mefloquine, SRI-286, and moxifloxacin. SRI-286 (80...

Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...

Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...

The psychrophilic lifestyle as revealed by the genome sequence of Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H through genomic and proteomic analyses

Methé, Barbara A., Nelson, Karen E., Deming, Jody W., Momen, Bahram, Melamud, Eugene, Zhang, Xijun, ...

The completion of the 5,373,180-bp genome sequence of the marine psychrophilic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H, a model for the study of life in permanently cold environments, reveals...

Genomic Approach to Identifying the Putative Target of and Mechanisms of Resistance to Mefloquine in Mycobacteria

Danelishvili, Lia, Wu, Martin, Young, Lowell S., Bermudez, Luiz E.

The emergence of mycobacterial resistance to multiple antimicrobials emphasizes the need for new compounds. The antimycobacterial activity of mefloquine has been recently described. Mycobacterium...

Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: The Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901

Wu, Martin, Ren, Qinghu, Durkin, A. Scott, Daugherty, Sean C, Brinkac, Lauren M, Dodson, Robert J, ...

We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the thermophilic bacterium Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901. This species is a model for studies of hydrogenogens, which are...

Mycobacterium avium Genes Associated with the Ability To Form a Biofilm

Yamazaki, Yoshitaka, Danelishvili, Lia, Wu, Martin, MacNab, Molly, Bermudez, Luiz E.

Mycobacterium avium is widely distributed in the environment, and it is chiefly found in water and soil. M. avium, as well as Mycobacterium smegmatis, has been recognized to produce a biofilm or...

Comparative Genomics of Emerging Human Ehrlichiosis Agents

Dunning Hotopp, Julie C., Lin, Mingqun, Madupu, Ramana, Crabtree, Jonathan, Angiuoli, Samuel V, Eisen, Jonathan, ...

Anaplasma (formerly Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Neorickettsia (formerly Ehrlichia) sennetsu are intracellular vector-borne pathogens that cause human ehrlichiosis, an...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Genome Sequence of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966T: Jack of All Trades▿

Seshadri, Rekha, Joseph, Sam W., Chopra, Ashok K., Sha, Jian, Shaw, Jonathan, Graf, Joerg, ...

The complete genome of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966T was sequenced. Aeromonas, a ubiquitous waterborne bacterium, has been placed by the Environmental Protection Agency on the Contaminant Candidate...

Identification of Mycobacterium avium pathogenicity island important for macrophage and amoeba infection

Danelishvili, Lia, Wu, Martin, Stang, Bernadette, Harriff, Melanie, Cirillo, Stuart, Cirillo, Jeffrey, ...

The ability to infect macrophages is a common characteristic shared among many mycobacterial species. Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium kansasii enter macrophages,...

Identification of a fourth family of lycopene cyclases in photosynthetic bacteria

Maresca, Julia A., Graham, Joel E., Wu, Martin, Eisen, Jonathan A., Bryant, Donald A.

A fourth and large family of lycopene cyclases was identified in photosynthetic prokaryotes. The first member of this family, encoded by the cruA gene of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium...

Species of Environmental Mycobacteria Differ in Their Abilities To Grow in Human, Mouse, and Carp Macrophages and with Regard to the Presence of Mycobacterial Virulence Genes, as Observed by DNA Microarray Hybridization▿ †

Harriff, Melanie J., Wu, Martin, Kent, Michael L., Bermudez, Luiz E.

There are many species of environmental mycobacteria (EM) that infect animals that are important to the economy and research and that also have zoonotic potential. The genomes of very few of these...