David M. Underhill

This paper introduces fMEM, a fungal microbial enrichment method that enables direct fungal metagenomic analysis from clinical samples, recovering MAGs with high completeness and resolving clinically relevant genes.

This study shows that the commensal fungus Candida albicans enhances Salmonella Typhimurium virulence by promoting arginine production, which in turn boosts Salmonella's ability to invade host cells and dampens the host's inflammatory response.

This study isolates and characterizes live Malassezia globosa strains from ulcerative colitis patients' intestinal mucosa, showing they exacerbate colitis in mice and exhibit hypoxia adaptation.

This study shows that gut microbiota depletion reduces cardiovascular inflammation in a mouse model of Kawasaki disease, and specific bacteria or their metabolites can alleviate vasculitis by improving gut barrier function.