Selected Cook Lab Publications

Full publication list (NCBI)

  1. Mohamed, N., Lam, D., Abdikarin, M., Mohammed-Abraham, R. Davies, D.G., Cook, L.C., and P.T. McKenney. 2026. Biofilm dispersion in Enterococcus faecalis is mediated by nutrient step-change and intra-species signaling. Under Review. bioRxiv 2026.05.20.724677; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.20.724677
  2. Faiola, N., Woods, J., Xu, M., Quirk, K., Thomas, C., Klos, E., Thesier, J., Waldran, M., Mainschein-Cline, M., Federle, M.J., Demuri, G.P., Wald, E.R., and L.C. Cook. Unraveling Streptococcus pyogenes Carriage: Genomic and Transcriptomic Insights from Acute and Post-Treatment Phases. In revision. bioRxiv 2025. 10.22.683982; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.22.683982
  3. Thomas, L.S., Faiola, N.A., Canessa, E., Hathout, Y., and Cook, L.C. 2023. In silico and experimental analysis of the repeated domains in BvaP, a protein important for GBS vaginal colonization. Infection and Immunity. 91(12):e0038723. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00387-23. Chosen article for IAI Spotlight. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10714994/
  4. Thomas, L.S., and Cook, L.C. 1  2022. A novel conserved protein in Streptococcus agalactiae, BvaP, is important for vaginal colonization and biofilm formation. mSphere. 7(6). 00421-22. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00421-22.  https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00421-22.
  5. Lyles, K.V., Thomas, L.S., Ouellette, C., Cook, L.C.C., and Z. Eichenbaum. 2022. HupZ, a unique heme-binding protein, enhances Group A Streptococcus Fitness during mucosal colonization. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 12:867963. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35774404/
  6. Cook, L.C. 2021. The RD2 pathogenicity island modifies the disease potential of the group A Streptococcus. Infect Immun.89(8): e0018521. Invited Commentary. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33972369/
  7. Tahernia, M., Plotkin-Kaye, E., Mohammadifar, M., Goa, Y., Oefelein, M.R., Cook, L.C., and S. Choi. 2020. Rapid and High-throughput Screening of Electrogenic Gut Bacteria. ACS Omega. 5(45): 29439-29446. Cover Feature. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.0c04362
  8. Thomas, L.S., and L.C. Cook. 2020. Minireview: Two-component signal transduction systems in the human pathogen, Streptococcus agalactiae. Infect Immun. DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00931-19. https://iai.asm.org/content/early/2020/01/24/IAI.00931-19
  9. Chatterjee, N., Cook, L.C.C., Van Mouwerik Lyles, K., Nguyen, H.A.T, Devlin, D., Thomas, L.S.,  and Z. Eichenbaum. 2020. A novel heme transporter from the Energy Coupling Factor family is vital for the Group A Streptococcus colonization and infections. J. Bac. 202(14): e00205-20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32393520
  10. Cook, L.C.C., Chatterjee, N., Federle, M.J., and Z. Eichenbaum. 2019. Transcriptomic analysis of of Streptococcus pyogenes colonizing the vaginal mucosa identifies hupY, an MtsR-regulated adhesin involved in heme utilization. mBio. 10(3): e00848-19. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31239377/
  11. Cook, L.C., Hu, H., Maienschein-Cline, M., and M.J. Federle. 2018. A vaginal tract signal detected by the GBS SaeRS system enhances murine colonization and elicits transcriptomic changes. Infect Immun. 86(4): e00762-17.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29378799