Kali M. Pruss, PhD

Instructor, Pathology & Immunology

Divisions

Laboratory and Genomic Medicine

Education

Postdoc, Washington University School of Medicine

PhD, Stanford University

BA, Dartmouth College

Research Interests

Maternal microbiota in pre- and post-natal offspring development

Selected Publications

Effects of intergenerational transmission of small intestinal bacteria cultured from stunted Bangladeshi children with enteropathy

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Prevotella copri and microbiota members mediate the beneficial effects of a therapeutic food for malnutrition

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Host-microbe co-metabolism via MCAD generates circulating metabolites including hippuric acid

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Oxidative ornithine metabolism supports non-inflammatory C. difficile colonization

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C. difficile exploits a host metabolite produced during toxin-mediated disease

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Mucin-derived O-glycans supplemented to diet mitigate diverse microbiota perturbations

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Recovery of the Gut Microbiota after Antibiotics Depends on Host Diet, Community Context, and Environmental Reservoirs

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A Gut Commensal-Produced Metabolite Mediates Colonization Resistance to Salmonella Infection

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Catabolism of mucus components influences motility of Vibrio cholerae in the presence of environmental reservoirs

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An exclusive metabolic niche enables strain engraftment in the gut microbiota

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