Publications
Note: The names of current or former Reed students appear in bold type.
Peer-reviewed
Tarara, M., Ahuja, S., and Mellies, J.L. . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025,26,8775.
Shingwekar, D, Laster, H, Kemp, H and Mellies, JL. . Bioengineering 2023, 10(11), 1253.
Edwards, S, León-Zayas, R, Ditter, R, Laster, H, Sheehan, G, Anderson, O, Beattie, T, and Mellies, JL. . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022, 23(10), 5612.
Roberts, C, Edwards, S, Vague, M, León-Zayas, R, Scheffer, H, Gayle Chan, G, Swartz, NA, and Mellies, JL. . mSphere, 23 December 2020.
Cepko, LCS, Garling EE, Dinsdale, MJ, WP Scott, Bandy, L, Nice, T, Faber-Hammond, JJ, and Mellies, JL. . Journal of Medical Microbiology, 03 February 2020.
Rosa León-Zayas, R, Roberts, C, Vague, M and Mellies, JL. . Microbiology Resource Announcements. .
Faber-Hammond JJ, Coyle KP, Bacheller SK, Roberts CG, Mellies JL, Roberts RB, Renn SCP. . FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2019 Mar 1;95(3). pii: fiz016. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz016.
Mellies, JL, Platenkamp, A, Osborn, J, and Ben-Avi, L. . Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 07 February 2017
Xue, Y, Osborn, J, Panchal, A, and JL Mellies. 2015. . Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81: 3766-3774.
Winardhi RS, Gulvady R, Mellies JL, and Yan J. 2014. . Journal of Biological Chemistry. Mar 16. 289: 13739-13750.
Mellies JL, Thomas K, Turvey M, Evans NR, Crane J, Boedeker E, and Benison GC. 2012. . BMC Microbiology. Jun 24;12(1):123. [Epub ahead of print]
Mellies, JL, Benison, G, McNitt, W, Mavor, D, Boniface, C, and Larabee, FJ. 2011. s. 2011. Microbiology 157: 1123-1133.
Mellies, JL, Larabee, FL, Zarr, MA, Horback, KL, Lorenzen, E and Mavor, D. 2008. . Microbiology. 154: 3624-3638.
Mellies, JL, Haack, KR, and DC Galligan. 2007. SOS regulation of the type III secretion system of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 189: 2863-2872.
Mellies, JL, Barron, A, and KR Haack, Korson, AS, and Oldridge, D. 2006. . Infection and Immunity 74: 62-72.
Haack KR, CL Robinson, KJ Miller, JW Fowlkes and JL Mellies. 2003. Infection and Immunity 71: 384-292.
Mellies, JL, Navarro-Garcia, F, Frederickson, J, Nataro, JP and Kaper, JB. 2001. Infection and Immunity 69: 315-324.
Sperandio, V, Mellies, JL, Delagay, RM, Frankel, G, Crawford, JA, Nguyen, W, and Kaper, JB. 2000. . Molecular Microbiology 38: 781-793.
Elliott, SJ, Sperandio, V, Girón JA, Shin, Mellies, JL, Wainwright, L, Hutcheson, SW, McDaniel, T, and Kaper, JB. (2000) . Infection and Immunity 68: 6115-6126.
Sperandio, V, JL Mellies, W Nguyen, S Shin, and JB Kaper. 1999. 1999. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 96:15719-15201.
Mellies, JL,Elliott, S, Sperendio, V, Donnenberg, MS and Kaper, JB. 1999. . Molecular Microbiology 33: 296-306.
Elliott, S, Dubois, MS, Hutcheson, SW, Mellies, JL, Wainwright, WA, Batchelor, M, Frankel, G, Knutton, S, and Kaper, JB. 1999. Identification of CesT, a chaperone for the type III secretion of Tir in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology 33:1176-89.
Mellies, JL, Jose, J, and Meyer, TF. 1997. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae gene aniA encodes an inducible nitrite reductase. Molecular and General Genetics, 256: 525-532.
Mellies, JL, Rudel, T, and Meyer, TF. 1997. Transcriptional regulation of pilC2 of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Response to oxygen availability and evidence for growth phase regulation in E. coli. Molecular and General Genetics, 255: 285-293.
Mellies, JL, Wise, A, and Villarejo, M. 1995. Two different Escherichia coli proP promoters respond to osmotic and growth phase signals. Journal of Bacteriology 177: 144-151.
Mellies, JL, Brems, R, and Villarejo, M. 1994. The Escherichia coli proU promoter element and its contribution to osmotically signaled transcription activation. Journal of Bacteriology 176: 3638-3645.
Commentary
Platenkamp, A, and Mellies, JL. DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00049-17.
Reviews
Platenkamp, A, and JL Mellies. 2018. . Frontiers in Microbiology. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01694.
Mellies, JL, and Lawrence-Pine, ER. 2010. . Trends in Microbiology 18: 448-454.
Mellies, JL, Barron, A, and AM Carmona. 2007. . Infection and Immunity 75: 4199–4210.
Book Chapters
Mellies, JL, and E. Lorenzen. "EHEC Virulence Gene Regulation". In: V Sperandio and CJ Hovde (eds) "Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli" American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 2015.
Mellies, JL, and Barron, A. “Virulence Gene Regulation in Escherichia coli” in , an online publication from ASM Press.
Kaper, JB, Mellies, JL, and Nataro, JP. Chapter 3. "Pathogenicity Islands and Other Genetic Elements of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli". In: J. Kaper, J. Hacker (eds) "Pathogenicity Islands and Other Mobile Virulence Elements" American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 1999.
Patents
Vague, M, and Mellies, JL. Bacterial Compositions and Methods of Polymer Degradation Using the Same. U.S. Patent No. 12,285,788, issued on April 29, 2025.