Publications
Micropublications
Cao, M. CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Steinernema entomopathogenic nematodes. bioRxiv 2023.11.24.568619 (2023) doi:10.1101/2023.11.24.568619.
Cao, M., Schwartz, H. T., Tan, C.-H. & Sternberg, P. W. The entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum is a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and a genetically tractable system for the study of parasitic and mutualistic symbiosis. Genetics 220, (2022). Editor's pick as highlight.
Mucci NC, Jones KA, Cao M et al., Apex Predator Nematodes and Meso-Predator Bacteria Consume Their Basal Insect Prey through Discrete Stages of Chemical Transformations. mSystems. 2022 Jun 28;7(3):e0031222.
Cao, M. & Goodrich‐Blair, H. Xenorhabdus nematophila bacteria shift from mutualistic to virulent Lrp‐dependent phenotypes within the receptacles of Steinernema carpocapsae insect‐infective stage nematodes. Environ Microbiol22, 5433–5449 (2020).
Stilwell, M. D**., Cao, M**., Goodrich-Blair, H. & Weibel, D. B. Studying the symbiotic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila in individual, living Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes using microfluidic systems. mSphere 3, e00530-17 (2018). **denotes equal contribution as co-first authors.
Cao, M., Patel, T., Rickman, T., Goodrich-Blair, H. & Hussa, E. A. High levels of the Xenorhabdus nematophila transcription factor Lrp promote mutualism with the Steinernema carpocapsae nematode host. Appl Environ Microb83, e00276-17 (2017).
Cao, M. & Goodrich-Blair, H. Ready or Not: Microbial adaptive responses in dynamic symbiosis environments. J Bacteriol 199, e00883-16 (2017).
Cao, M., Chai, C., Liu, J. & Sternberg, P. Application of the red-shifted channel rhodopsin Chrimson for the Caenorhabditis elegans cGAL bipartite system. Micropublication Biology 2018, (2018).
González-Cavazos, C; Cao, M; Wong, W; Chai, C; Sternberg, PW. Effects of ASD-associated daf-18/PTEN missense variants on Caenorhabditis elegans dauer development. microPublication Biology (2019).