Kelly E. R. Bachta

This study identifies 13 genes essential for extreme colistin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using transposon insertion sequencing and validates novel pathways contributing to resistance.

This study compares Galleria mellonella, epithelial cell cytotoxicity, and mouse models for measuring Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence, finding G. mellonella correlates better with mouse results for population-level trends.

This study models Pseudomonas aeruginosa gastrointestinal carriage in mice using vancomycin pretreatment and identifies the stomach as a major barrier to colonization.

This study identifies shared and strain-specific genes required for Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization using transposon sequencing in three clinical strains.