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List of works by Mary O'Connell-Motherway

A Bifidobacterial pilus-associated protein promotes colonic epithelial proliferation

scientific article published on 02 December 2018

A GntR-type transcriptional repressor controls sialic acid utilization in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

A bile-inducible membrane protein mediates bifidobacterial bile resistance.

scientific article published on February 2012

A conserved two-component signal transduction system controls the response to phosphate starvation in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

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A two-component regulatory system controls autoregulated serpin expression in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

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An efficient and reproducible method for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteria

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

Author Correction: Metabolism of the predominant human milk oligosaccharide fucosyllactose by an infant gut commensal

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Autoinducer-2 plays a crucial role in gut colonization and probiotic functionality of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

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Bifidobacterial surface-exopolysaccharide facilitates commensal-host interaction through immune modulation and pathogen protection.

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 Employs Multiple Transcriptional Regulators To Control Metabolism of Particular Human Milk Oligosaccharides

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 metabolises the human milk oligosaccharides lacto-N-tetraose and lacto-N-neo-tetraose through overlapping, yet distinct pathways

scientific article published on 08 December 2016

Carbohydrate Syntrophy enhances the establishment of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 in the neonatal gut

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

Cellodextrin utilization by bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

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Characterization of ApuB, an extracellular type II amylopullulanase from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

scientific article published on 08 August 2008

Characterization of GH2 and GH42 β-galactosidases derived from bifidobacterial infant isolates

scientific article published on 19 January 2019

Characterization of the serpin-encoding gene of Bifidobacterium breve 210B

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Characterization of two novel alpha-glucosidases from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

scientific article published on 29 December 2008

Cloning, expression and characterization of a β-D-xylosidase from Lactobacillus rossiae DSM 15814(T)

scientific article (publication date: 3 May 2016)

Comparative genome and methylome analysis reveals restriction/modification system diversity in the gut commensal Bifidobacterium breve

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Comparative genomics and genotype-phenotype associations in Bifidobacterium breve.

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

Comparative genomics of the Bifidobacterium breve taxon

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Cross-feeding by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 during co-cultivation with Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in a mucin-based medium

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Discovery of a conjugative megaplasmid in Bifidobacterium breve.

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Diversity, ecology and intestinal function of bifidobacteria

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Expanding the molecular toolbox for Lactococcus lactis: construction of an inducible thioredoxin gene fusion expression system

scientific article published on August 9, 2011

Functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor

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Gene-trait matching across the Bifidobacterium longum pan-genome reveals considerable diversity in carbohydrate catabolism among human infant strains

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Genetic analysis and morphological identification of pilus-like structures in members of the genus Bifidobacterium

scientific article published on 30 August 2011

Genome Analysis and Characterisation of the Exopolysaccharide Produced by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum 35624™

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Genome-Wide Search for Genes Required for Bifidobacterial Growth under Iron-Limitation

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Glycoside hydrolase family 13 α-glucosidases encoded by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003; A comparative analysis of function, structure and phylogeny

scientific article published on 26 February 2016

Glycosulfatase-Encoding Gene Cluster in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

scientific article published on 02 September 2016

Host-microbe interactions that facilitate gut colonization by commensal bifidobacteria

scientific article published on 16 August 2012

Identification and characterization of an oleate hydratase-encoding gene from Bifidobacterium breve

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Identification of probiotic effector molecules: present state and future perspectives.

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

In silico assigned resistance genes confer Bifidobacterium with partial resistance to aminoglycosides but not to β-lactams

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Lactococcal plasmid pNP40 encodes a novel, temperature-sensitive restriction-modification system.

scientific article published on September 2004

Metabolism of a plant derived galactose-containing polysaccharide by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Metabolism of four α-glycosidic linkage-containing oligosaccharides by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

scientific article published on 02 August 2013

Metabolism of sialic acid by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

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Metabolism of the predominant human milk oligosaccharide fucosyllactose by an infant gut commensal

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Methyltransferases acquired by lactococcal 936-type phage provide protection against restriction endonuclease activity.

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Molecular analysis of the replication functions of the bifidobacterial conjugative megaplasmid pMP7017

scientific article published on 03 May 2021

Molecular dialogue between the human gut microbiota and the host: a Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium perspective

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Overcoming the restriction barrier to plasmid transformation and targeted mutagenesis in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

Pangenome analysis of Bifidobacterium longum and site-directed mutagenesis through by-pass of restriction-modification systems

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Productive mRNA stem loop-mediated transcriptional slippage: Crucial features in common with intrinsic terminators

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

Role of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host interactions

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Selective carbohydrate utilization by lactobacilli and bifidobacteria

scientific article published on January 11, 2013

Staying alive: growth and survival of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis under in vitro and in vivo conditions

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

The Surface-Associated Exopolysaccharide of Bifidobacterium longum 35624 Plays an Essential Role in Dampening Host Proinflammatory Responses and Repressing Local TH17 Responses.

scientific article published on 07 October 2016

Transcription of two adjacent carbohydrate utilization gene clusters in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 is controlled by LacI- and repressor open reading frame kinase (ROK)-type regulators

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Transcriptional and functional characterization of genetic elements involved in galacto-oligosaccharide utilization by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

scientific article published on 02 December 2012

Transposon Mutagenesis in Bifidobacterium breve: Construction and Characterization of a Tn5 Transposon Mutant Library for Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

scientific article published on May 30, 2013