Mary O’Connell Motherway

Bifidobacterial surface-exopolysaccharide facilitates commensal-host interaction through immune modulation and pathogen protection

Saranna Fanning, Lindsay J. Hall, Michelle Cronin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 568 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Complete Genome Sequence of the Prototype Lactic Acid Bacterium <i>Lactococcus lactis</i> subsp. <i>cremoris</i> MG1363

Udo Wegmann, Mary O’Connell Motherway, Aldert Zomer et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2007 · 408 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +14

Functional genome analysis of <i>Bifidobacterium breve</i> UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor

Mary O’Connell Motherway, Aldert Zomer, Sinead C. Leahy et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 373 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +9

Selective carbohydrate utilization by lactobacilli and bifidobacteria

Debbie Watson, Mary O’Connell Motherway, Margriet H. C. Schoterman et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology · 2012 · 244 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +17

Role of sortase-dependent pili of <i>Bifidobacterium bifidum</i> PRL2010 in modulating bacterium–host interactions

Francesca Turroni, Fausta Serafini, Elena Foroni et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 240 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +14