Thomas K. Wood

The bacterial signal indole increases epithelial-cell tight-junction resistance and attenuates indicators of inflammation

Tarun Bansal, Robert C. Alaniz, Thomas K. Wood · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 832 citations · Full text

Dysbiosis, Immunology, Gastroenterology +17

Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments

Xiaoxue Wang, Younghoon Kim, Qun Ma et al. · Nature Communications · 2010 · 686 citations · Full text

Cryptic Prophages, Bacteriology, Molecular Biology +16

Autoinducer 2 Controls Biofilm Formation in <i>Escherichia coli</i> through a Novel Motility Quorum-Sensing Regulator (MqsR, B3022)

Andrés Fernando González Barrios, Rongjun Zuo, Yoshifumi Hashimoto et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2005 · 537 citations · Full text

Biofilms, Biofilm Mass, Biofilm Formation +10

Indole is an inter-species biofilm signal mediated by SdiA

Jintae Lee, Thomas K. Wood · BMC Microbiology · 2007 · 462 citations · Full text

Gene expression in Escherichia coli biofilms

Dacheng Ren, Laura A. Bedzyk, Stuart M. Thomas et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2004 · 380 citations

Biofilms, Bacteriology, Microbiology +2