Publications

  • Cao, P., Fleming, D., Moustafa, D. A., Dolan, S. K., Szymanik, K. H., Redman, W. K., Ramos, A., Diggle, F. L., Sullivan, C. S., Goldberg, J. B., Rumbaugh, K. P., and Whiteley, M. (2023). A Pseudomonas aeruginosa small RNA regulates chronic and acute infection. Nature. Link Research briefing

  • Ibberson, C. B., Barraza, J. P., Holmes, A. L., Cao, P., and Whiteley, M. (2022). Precise spatial structure impacts antimicrobial susceptibility of S. aureus in polymicrobial wound infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), e2212340119. Link

  • Balagam, R., Cao, P. (co-first), Sah, G. P., Zhang, Z., Subedi, K., Wall, D., and Igoshin, O. A. (2021). Emergent myxobacterial behaviors arise from reversal suppression induced by kin contacts. mSystems, 6(6), e00720-21. Link

  • Sah, G. P., Cao, P., and Wall, D. (2020). MYXO‐CTERM sorting tag directs proteins to the cell surface via the type II secretion system. Molecular Microbiology, 113(5), 1038-1051. Link

  • [Review article] Cao, P., and Wall, D. (2020). The Fluidity of the Bacterial Outer Membrane Is Species Specific: Bacterial Lifestyles and the Emergence of a Fluid Outer Membrane. BioEssays, 1900246. Link

  • Cao P. and Wall D. (2019). Direct visualization of a molecular handshake that governs kin recognition and tissue formation in myxobacteria. Nature Communications. 10(1), 1-10. Link Behind the paper

  • Cao P., Wei X., Awal R., Müller R., and Wall D. (2019). A highly polymorphic receptor governs many distinct self-recognition types within the Myxococcales order. mBio. e02751-18. Link

  • [Review article] Troselj V., Cao P. (co-first) and Wall D. (2017). Cell-cell recognition and social networking in bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14005. Link

  • Cao P. and Wall D. (2017). Self-identify reprogrammed by a single residue switch in a cell surface receptor of a social bacterium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Link

  • Vassallo C., Cao P., Conklin A., Finkelstein H., Hayes C., and Wall D. (2017). Infectious polymorphic toxins delivered by outer membrane exchange discriminate kin in myxobacteria. eLife. 6:e29397. Link

  • Vassallo C., Pathak D.T., Cao P., Zuckerman D.M., Hoiczyk E., and Wall D. (2015). Cell rejuvenation and social behaviors promoted by LPS exchange in myxobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(22):E2939-46. Link

  • [Review article] Cao P., Dey A., Vassallo C. and Wall D. (2015). How myxobacteria cooperate. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427:3709-3721. Link