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Journal Articles

2022

Pipes, B.L., and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2022. Nocturnal acidification: A coordinating cue in the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri symbiosis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23(7), 3743.
DOI.org/10.3390/ijms23073743
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Alcazar, R., Alvarez, M., Arnold, R., Ayalew, M., Best, LG., Campbell, MC., Chowdhury, K., Cox, K.E.L., Daulton, C., Deng, Y., Easter, C., Fuller, K., Hakim, S.T., Hoffman, A.M., Kucher, N., Lee, A., Lee, J., Leek, J.T., Meller, R., Mendez, LB., Mendez-Gonzalez, M.P., Mosher, S., Nishiguchi, M., Pratap, S., Rolle, T., Roy, S., Saidi, R., Schatz, M.C., Sen, S., Sniezek, J., Martinez, E.S., Tan, F., Vessio, J., Watson, K., Westbroek, W., Wilcox, and Xie, X. 2022.Diversifying the Genomic Data Science Research Community. Genome Res. 32: 1231-41
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2201.08443
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Garcia-Ojeda, M., and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2022. Perspective: The metamorphosing professor: Adapting to present challenges to fulfill the promise of biology education
Int. Comp. Biol. doi/10.1093/icb/icac149/6731649

Medina M, Baker DM, Baltrus DA, Bennett GM, Cardini U, Correa AMS, Degnan SM, Christa G, Kim E, Li J, Nash DR, Marzinelli E, Nishiguchi M, Prada C, Roth MS, Saha M, Smith CI, Theis KR and Zaneveld J 2022.
Grand Challenges in Coevolution. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:618251. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.618251
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2021

Duplouy, A, B.R. Dotson, M.K. Nishiguchi, and C.A. Cardenas. 2021.
Editorial: Symbiosis in a Changing Environment. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:731892. DOI: 10.3389/febo.2021.731892.
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Omari, H., N. Pietrasiak, S. Ferrenberg, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2021.
Biocrust microflora and microfauna communities: Linking spatiotemporal components in the Chihuahuan Desert. In press, Geoderma.
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Heath-Heckman, E., and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2021.
Leveraging short-read sequencing to explore the genomics of sepiolid squid. Int. Comp. Biol.
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Soto, W., and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2021.
Environmental stress selects for innovations that drive Vibrio symbiont diversity. Special issue: Coevolution “Symbiotic relationships as shapers of biodiversity”. Front. Ecol. Evol.9:616973.
doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.616973
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Nourabadi, N. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2021.
pH adaptation drives diverse phenotypes in a beneficial bacterium-host mutualism. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:611411. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.611411.
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Chavez-Dozal, A.A., W. Soto, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2021
Identification of a transcriptomic network underlying the wrinkly and smooth phenotypes of Vibrio fischeri Journal of Bacteriology DOI 10.1128/JB.00259-20
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2019

Soto, W., M. Travisano, and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2019.
Symbiont evolution during the free-living phase can improve host colonization. Microbiology DOI 10.1099/mic.0.000756.
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2018

Coryell, R., K.E. Turnham, E.G.J. Ayson, C. Pitogo, A.C. Alacala, F.B. Sotto, B.J. Gonzales, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2018.
 Phylogeographic patterns in the Philippine archipelago influence symbiont diversity in the bobtail squid- Vibrio mutualism. J. Evol. Ecol. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4266.
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Patelunas, A.J. and M.K. Nishiguchi.
Vascular architecture in the bacteriogenic light organ of Euprymna tasmanica (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae). 2018.  Invert. Biol. DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12223
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2017

Wilga, C.A.D., M.K. Nishiguchi, and B. Tsukimura.  2017.
Broadening Participation in the Society for Integrative and Organismal Biology.  Int. Comp. Biol. 1:7-17 doi:10.1093/icb/icx004.
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2016

Chavez-Dozal, A.A. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2016.
Impact of metabolomics in symbiosis research. In Tech. Open Access doi.org/10.5772/66631
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Chavez-Dozal, A.A., N. Nourabadi, M. Erken, D. McDougald, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2016.
Evaluation of a metabolic-based assay for Vibrionaceae biofilms and comparative analysis of biofilm quantitation methodologies. Folia Microbiol. 61:449-453.
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2015

Howard, J.H., B.L. Williams, M. Breen, G-X. Yu, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2015.
Adaptation to both host and environment in an environmentally transmitted symbiosis: Comparative genomics of Vibrio spp. from different host squid and geographic locations. Vie et Milieu 65:(4): 187-200.
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Chavez-Dozal, A.A., C. Gorman, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2015.
Meta-proteomic profiles demonstrate variation among free-living and symbiotic Vibrio fischeri biofilms. (in press, BMC Microbiology, 15: 226. DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0560-z).
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2014

Nishiguchi, M.K., J. Nabhitabhata, N. Moltschaniwskyj, and S.v. Boletzky.2014.
A review of the pygmy squid Idiosepius: Mulitfaceted perspectives emerging from a novel organism. Vie et Milieu 64:1.
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Soto, W. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2014.
Microbial experimental evolution as a novel research approach in the squid-Vibrio symbiosis. Front. Microbiol. Symbiosis DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00593.
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Chavez-Dozal, A.A., C. Gorman, C.P. Lostroh, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2014.
Gene-swapping mediates host specificity among symbiotic bacteria in a beneficial symbiosis. PlosOne 9:7 e101691. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101691.
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Soto, W., F.M. Rivera, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2014.
Ecological diversification of Vibrio fischeri serially passaged for 500 generations in novel squid hostEuprymna tasmanica. Microbial. Ecol. 67(3): 700-721. DOI 10.1007/s00248-013-0356-3.
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Abucayon, E., R. Cornut, A. Patelunas, D. Miller, M.K. Nishiguchi and
Zoski, C.G.
2014.

Investigating catalase activity through hydrogen peroxide decomposition by bacterial biofilms in real time using scanning electrochemical microscopy. Anal. Chem. 86: 498-505. doi.org/10.1021/ac402475m.
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2013

Chavez-Dozal, A.A., C. Gorman, M. Erken, P.D. Steinberg, D. McDougald, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2013.
Predation response of Vibrio fischeri biofilms to bacterivorus protists/phagotrophic protozoa. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79 (2): 553-558.
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Guerrero-Ferreira, R.C., C. Gorman, A.A. Chavez-Dozal, S. Willie, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2013.
Characterization of the bacterial diversity of Indo-West Pacific loliginid and sepiolid squid light organs. Microbial. Ecol.65: 214-22.
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2012

Chavez-Dozal, A.A., D. Hogan, C. Gorman, A. Quintanal-Villalonga, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2012.
Multiple Vibrio fischeri genes are involved in biofilm formation and host colonization FEMS Microbiol.Ecol. 81: 562-573.
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Wollesen, T., M.K. Nishiguchi, P. Seixas, B.M. Degnan, and A. Wanniger. 2012.
The VD1/RPD2 α1-neuropeptide is highly expressed in the brain of cephalopod mollusks. Cell Tissue Res. 348: 439-452.
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Soto, W., E.B. Punke, and M. K. Nishiguchi. 2012.
Evolutionary perspectives in a mutualism of sepiolid squid and bioluminescent bacteria: Combined usage of microbial experimentalevolution and temporal population genetics. Evolution 66:1308-1321.
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2011

Chavez-Dozal, A.A. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2011.
Variation in biofilm formation among symbiotic and free-living strains of Vibrio fischeri
J. Basic Microbiol. 51:452-458.
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Zamborsky, D.J. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2011.
Phylogeographical patterns among sympatric populations of sepiolid squids and their Vibrio symbionts in the Mediterranean Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77: 642-649.
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2010

Guerrero-Ferreira, R.C. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2010. 
Differential gene expression in bacterial symbionts from loliginid squids demonstrates variation between mutualistic and environmental niches. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 2(4): 514-523.
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2009

Guerrero-Ferreira, R.C. and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2009.
Ultrastructure of light organs of loliginid squids and their bacterial symbionts: A novel model system for the study of symbioses.   Vie et Milieu 59: 307-313.
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Nair, V.N. and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2009.
Biological properties (in vitro) exhibited by free-living and symbiotic Vibrio isolates.. Vie et Milieu 59: 277-285.
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Ariyakumar, D.S. and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2009. 
Characterization of two host specific genes, mannose sensitive hemagglutinin (mshA) and uridyl phosphate dehydrogenase (UDPDH) that are involved in the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna tasmanica mutualism.  FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 299: 65-73.
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Soto, W., J. Gutierrez, M.R. Remmenga, and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2009.
Salinity and temperature effects on physiological responses of Vibrio fischerifrom diverse ecological niches.  Microbiol. Ecol. 57: 140-150.
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2008

Nyholm, S.V. and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2008.
The evolutionary ecology of a sepiolid squid-Vibrio association: From cell to environment.  Vie et Milieu 58: 175-184.
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Nishiguchi, M.K., R. DeVinney, A.M. Hirsch, M. Riley, L. Mansky, and G. Vendatum.  2008.
Perspective: Evolution of Virulence: Deciphering the mechanisms between pathogenic and benign symbioses. Vie et Milieu 58: 87-106.
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Browne-Silva, J., and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2008.
Gen sequences of the piloperon reveal relationships between symbiotic strains of Vibrio fischeriInt. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58: 1292-1299.
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2007

Strugnell, J. & M.K. Nishiguchi.  2007.
Molecular phylogeny of coleoid cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) inferred from three mitochondrial and six nuclear loci: a comparison of alignment and analysis methods.  J. Mollusc. Stud.73: 393-398.
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Guerrero-Ferreira, R.C. and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2007.
Identification of light organ symbionts from the genera Uroteuthis, Loliolus, and Euprymna. Cladistics 23: 497-506.
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Moltschaniskyj, N., K. Hall, M. Lipinski, J.E. Marian, V. Miske, M. Nishiguchi, M. Sakai, D. Shulman, B. Sinclair, D. Sinn, M. Staudinger, R. Villanueva, and K. Warnke.  2007. 
Ethical considerations of cephalopods as experimental animals.  Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries 17: 455-476.
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Jones, B.W., A. Maruyama, C.C. Ouverney, and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2007.
Spatial and temporal distribution of the Vibrionaceae in coastal waters of Hawaii, Australia, and France.  Microbiol. Ecol. 54:314-323.
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2006

Jones, B.W. and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2006.
Vibrio fischeri transcripts reveal adaptations in an environmentally transmitted symbiosis.  Can. J. Microbiol. 52:1218-1227.
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Jones, B.W., J.E. Lopez, J. Huttenberg, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2006. 
Population structure between environmentally transmitted Vibrios and bobtail squids using nested clade analysis.  Mol. Ecol. 15:4317-4329.
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Giribet, G., A. Okusu, A.R. Lindgren, S.W. Huff, M. Schrödl, and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2006.
Evidence for a clade composed of molluscs with serially repeated structures-monoplacophorans are related to chitons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103: 7723-7728.
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2005

Boletzky, S.v., M.K. Nishiguchi, J. Nabhitabhata, J. Nugranad. 2005. 
Idiosepius: Ecology, biology, and biogeography of a mini-maximalist.   Phuket mar. biol. Cent. Res. Bull. 66: 11-22.
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Lindgren, A.R., E Amezquita,  O.N. Katugin, and M.K. Nishiguchi. 2005.
Evolutionary relationships of gonatid squids and implications for reproductive strategies.  Mol. Phyl. Evol. 36:101-111.
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2004

Lindgren, A.R., G. Giribet, and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2004. 
A combined approach to the phylogeny of the Cephalopoda (Mollusca). Cladistics 20(5): 1-34.
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Jones, B.W. and M.K. Nishiguchi.  2004. 
Counterillumination in the bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes (Mollusca: Cephalopoda).  Mar. Biol. 144:1151-1155.
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Nishiguchi, M.K., J.E. Lopez, and S.v. Boletzky.  2004.
Enlightenment of old ideas from new investigations: The evolution of bacteriogenic light organs in squids.  Evol. Dev. 6(1):41-49.
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2003

Nishiguchi, M.K. and V.S. Nair.  2003.
Evolution of pathogenicity and symbiosis in Vibrionaceae: A combined approach using molecules and physiology.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53: 2019-2026.
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2002

Nishiguchi, M.K.  2002.
Host recognition is responsible for symbiont composition in environmentally transmitted symbiosis.  Microbiol. Ecol. 44 (1):10-18.
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2000

Nishiguchi, M.K.  2000. 
Temperature affects species distribution in symbiotic populations of Vibrio. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66 (8):3550-55.
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1998

Nishiguchi, M.K., E.G. Ruby, and M.J. McFall-Ngai.  1998.
Competitive dominance during colonization is an indicator of coevolution in an animal-bacterial symbiosis.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol.  64 (9):3209-13.
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1997

Nishiguchi, M.K. and L.J. Goff.  1997. 
Salinity effects on growth, and the regulation and production of DMSP lyase in several species of macroalgae from the Monterey Bay. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 28:576-81.

1995

Nishiguchi, M.K., B. Duval, and D.P. Moser.  1995. 
Analysis of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) from Phaeocystis pouchetii in the waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.  Antarct. J. US  2:6-11.

Nishiguchi, M.K. and L.J. Goff.  1995. 
Isolation, Purification and Characterization of DMSP Lyase (Dimethylsulfoniopropionate) from Polysiphonia paniculata, Montagne.  J. Phycol. 31:567-74.

1992

Nishiguchi, M.K. and G.N. Somero.  1992. 
Temperature- and concentration- dependence of compatibility of the organic osmolyte B-dimethylsulfoniopropionate.  Cryobiol.  129:118-24.

Croll, D.A., M.K. Nishiguchi. S. Kaupp, and G.N. Somero (1992). 
The effect of pressure on LDH function in diving mammals and birds.  Physiol.  Zool.  65:1022-27.

1988

Nguyen, T., M.K. Nishiguchi, M. Mohler, and S. Hollenbach.  1988.
Pharmaceutical formulations of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) for the prevention of post-surgical  adhesion. 
J. Throm. 10:132-37.