Prof. Mohamed O. Elasri

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1998  Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, USA

1993  B.Sc., Oklahoma State University, USA

Publications (selected)

1. Campbell, M. J., Beenken, K. E., Spencer, H. J., et al. (2024). Comparative evaluation of small molecules reported to be inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Microbiology Spectrum, 12(1), e03147-23.
2. Bibek, G. C., Sahukhal, G. S., & Elasri, M. O. (2022). Delineating the Role of the msaABCR Operon in Staphylococcal Overflow Metabolism. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 914512.
3. Hendry, S., Steinke, S., Wittstein, K., et al. (2021). Functional Analysis of Phenazine Biosynthesis Genes in Burkholderia spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(11), e02348-20.
4. Pandey, S., Sahukhal, G. S., & Elasri, M. O. (2021). The msaABCR Operon Regulates Persister Formation by Modulating Energy Metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 657753.
5. Manandhar, E., Johnson, A. D. G., Watson, W. M., et al. (2020). Detection of ferric ions in a gram-positive bacterial cell: Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 74(1-3), 380–401.
6. Sahukhal, G. S., Tucci, M., Benghuzzi, H., et al. (2020). The role of the msaABCR operon in implant-associated chronic osteomyelitis in Staphylococcus aureus USA300 LAC. BMC Microbiology, 20(1), 324.
7. Rom, J. S., Ramirez, A. M., Beenken, K. E., et al. (2020). The Impacts of msaABCR on sarA-Associated Phenotypes Are Different in Divergent Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity, 88(2), e00530-19.
8. Augagneur, Y., King, A. N., Germain-Amiot, N., et al. (2020). Analysis of the CodY RNome reveals RsaD as a stress-responsive riboregulator of overflow metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular Microbiology, 113(2), 309–325.
9. Pandey, S., Sahukhal, G. S., & Elasri, M. O. (2019). The msaABCR Operon Regulates the Response to Oxidative Stress in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Bacteriology, 201(21), e00417-19.
10. Batte, J. L., Sahukhal, G. S., & Elasri, M. O. (2018). MsaB and CodY Interact To Regulate Staphylococcus aureus Capsule in a Nutrient-Dependent Manner. Journal of Bacteriology, 200(17), e00294-18.
11. Sahukhal, G. S., Pandey, S., & Elasri, M. O. (2017). msaABCR operon is involved in persister cell formation in Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Microbiology, 17, 218.
12. Pando, J. M., Pfeltz, R. F., Cuaron, J. A., et al. (2017). Ethanol-induced stress response of Staphylococcus aureus. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 63(9), 745–757.
13. Samanta, D., Batte, J. L., & Elasri, M. O. (2016). MsaB activates capsule production at the transcription level in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology, 162(3), 575–589.
14. Samanta, D., Batte, J. L., Brown, S. N., et al. (2015). Molecular and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing bacteremia at a major hospital in southern Mississippi. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(5), 540–542.
15. Sahukhal, G. S., Batte, J. L., & Elasri, M. O. (2015). msaABCR operon positively regulates biofilm development by repressing proteases and autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 362(4), fnv006.
16. Gopal, T., Nagarajan, V., & Elasri, M. O. (2015). SATRAT: Staphylococcus aureus transcript regulatory network analysis tool. PeerJ, 3, e717.
17. Samanta, D., & Elasri, M. O. (2014). The msaABCR Operon Regulates Resistance in Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Strains. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58(11), 6685–6695.
18. Sahukhal, G. S., & Elasri, M. O. (2014). Identification and characterization of an operon, msaABCR, that controls virulence and biofilm development in Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Microbiology, 14, 154.
19. Kolar, S. L., Nagarajan, V., Oszmiana, A., et al. (2011). NsaRS is a cell-envelope-stress-sensing two-component system of Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology, 157(8), 2206–2219.
20. Riordan, J. T., Dupre, J. M., Cantore-Matyi, S. A., et al. (2011). Alterations in the transcriptome and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus grown in the presence of diclofenac. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 10, 30.

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