Publications

1. C Li, Z Yue, F Feng, C Xi, H Zang, X An, K Liu A novel strategy for acetonitrile wastewater treatment by using a recombinant bacterium with biofilm-forming and nitrile-degrading capability. Chemosphere 2016 161, 224-232

2. EJ Brisbois, M Kim, X Wang, A Mohammed, TC Major, J Wu, J Brownstein, Xi C, Handa H, Bartlett RH, Meyerhoff ME. Improved Hemocompatibility of Multi-Lumen Catheters via Nitric Oxide (NO) Release from S-Nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) Composite Filled Lumen. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016. 8 (43), 29270-29279

3. C Greene, J Wu, AH Rickard, C Xi*. Evaluation of the ability of Acinetobacter baumannii to form biofilms on six different biomedical relevant surfaces. Letters in Applied Microbiology 2016 63 (4), 233-239

4. P Teng, D Huo, A Nimmagadda, J Wu, F She, M Su, X Lin, J Yan, A Cao, Xi C*, Hu Y, Cai J. Small antimicrobial agents based on acylated reduced amide scaffold.

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2016 59 (17), 7877-7887

5. WH Lee, H Ren, J Wu, O Novak, RB Brown, C Xi, ME Meyerhoff. Electrochemically Modulated Nitric Oxide Release From Flexible Silicone Rubber Patch: Antimicrobial Activity For Potential Wound Healing Applications. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2016 2 (9), 1432-1435

6. H Ren, J Wu, A Colletta, ME Meyerhoff, C Xi*. Efficient eradication of mature Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm via controlled delivery of nitric oxide combined with antimicrobial peptide and antibiotics. Frontiers in Microbiology 2016. 7:1260

7. Bayliss, J., Levi, B., Wu, J., Want, S., Su, G. and C. Xi*. Apyrase elicits host antimicrobial responses and resolves infection in burns. Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2016, doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000335.

8. Wu, J, X. Wen, C. Faulk, K. Boehnke, H. Zhang, D. C. Dolinoy, and C. Xi* Perinatal lead (Pb) exposure alters gut microbiota composition and results in sex-specific bodyweight increases in adult mice. Toxicological Sciences. 2016, doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfw046.

9. Greene, C., G. Vadlamudi, D. Newton, B. Foxman, C. Xi*, The impact of biofilm formation and multidrug resistance on environmental survival of clinical and environmental isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. American Journal of Infection Control. 2016, doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.012.

10. Park SR, Tripathi A, Wu J, Schultz PJ, Yim I, McQuade TJ, Yu F, Arevang CJ, Mensah AY, Tamayo-Castillo G, Xi C*, Sherman DH. Discovery of cahuitamycins as biofilm inhibitors derived from a convergent biosynthetic pathway. Nature Communications. 2016, 16;7:10710

11. AR Ketchum, MP Kappler, J Wu, C Xi, ME Meyerhoff. The preparation and characterization of nitric oxide releasing silicone rubber materials impregnated with S-nitroso-tert-dodecyl mercaptan. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2016, 4 (3), 422-430

12. Lei Y, Wang Y, Liu H, Xi C, Song L: A novel heterotrophic nitrifying and aerobic denitrifying bacterium, Zobellella taiwanensis DN-7, can remove high-strength ammonium. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016,100(9):4219-29.

13. Ketchum AR, Kappler MP, Wu J, Xi C, Meyerhoff ME: The preparation and characterization of nitric oxide releasing silicone rubber materials impregnated with S-nitroso-tert-dodecyl mercaptan. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2016, 4, 422-430

14. Wu J, Franzblau A, Xi C*: Molecular characterization of microbial communities and quantification of Mycobacterium immunogenum in metal removal fluids and their associated biofilms. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2016, 23(5):4086-94.

15. Wo Y, Li Z, Brisbois EJ, Colletta A, Wu J, Major TC, Xi C, Bartlett RH, Matzger AJ, Meyerhoff ME: Origin of Long-Term Storage Stability and Nitric Oxide Release Behavior of CarboSil Polymer Doped with S-Nitroso-N-acetyl-D-penicillamine. ACS applied materials & interfaces 2015, 7(40):22218-22227.

16. Wang Q, Wei S, Wu J, Zou X, Sieggreen O, Liu Y, Xi C, Brooks III CL, Chen Z: Interfacial Behaviors of Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 Immobilized on Different Self-Assembled Monolayers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015, 119(39):22542-22551.

17. Ren H, Colletta A, Koley D, Wu J, Xi C, Major TC, Bartlett RH, Meyerhoff ME: Thromboresistant/anti-biofilm catheters via electrochemically modulated nitric oxide release. Bioelectrochemistry 2015, 104:10-16.

18. Li Y, Wei S, Wu J, Jasensky J, Xi C, Li H, Xu Y, Wang Q, Marsh ENG, Brooks III CL: Effects of Peptide Immobilization Sites on the Structure and Activity of Surface-Tethered Antimicrobial Peptides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015, 119(13):7146-7155.

19. Greene C, Vadlamudi G, Eisenberg M, Foxman B, Koopman J, Xi C*: Fomite-fingerpad transfer efficiency (pick-up and deposit) of Acinetobacter baumannii—with and without a latex glove. American journal of infection control 2015, 43(9):928-934.

20. Colletta A, Wu J, Wo Y, Kappler M, Chen H, Xi C*, Meyerhoff ME: S-Nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) impregnated silicone Foley catheters: a potential biomaterial/device to prevent catheter associated urinary tract infections. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2015, 1 (6), pp 416–424

21. Boldenow E, Hogan KA, Chames MC, Aronoff DM, Xi C, Loch‐Caruso R: Role of Cytokine Signaling in Group B Streptococcus‐Stimulated Expression of Human Beta Defensin‐2 in Human Extraplacental Membranes. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 2015, 73(3):263-272.

22. Boldenow E, Hassan I, Chames MC, Xi C, Loch-Caruso R: The trichloroethylene metabolite S-(1, 2-dichlorovinyl)-l-cysteine but not trichloroacetate inhibits pathogen-stimulated TNF-α in human extraplacental membranes in vitro. Reproductive Toxicology 2015, 52:1-6.

23. Boehnke KF, Eaton KA, Valdivieso M, Baker LH, Xi C*: Animal Model Reveals Potential Waterborne Transmission of Helicobacter pylori Infection. Helicobacter 2015, 20(5):326-33.

24. Totani M, Ando T, Terada K, Terashima T, Kim IY, Ohtsuki C, Xi C, Kuroda K, Tanihara M: Utilization of star-shaped polymer architecture in the creation of high-density polymer brush coatings for the prevention of platelet and bacteria adhesion. Biomaterials science 2014, 2(9):1172-1185.

25. Ren H, Wu J, Xi C, Lehnert N, Major T, Bartlett RH, Meyerhoff ME: Electrochemically modulated nitric oxide (NO) releasing biomedical devices via copper (II)-Tri (2-pyridylmethyl) amine mediated reduction of nitrite. ACS applied materials & interfaces 2014, 6(6):3779-3783.

26. Peterson JR, De La Rosa S, Eboda O, Cilwa KE, Agarwal S, Buchman SR, Cederna PS, Xi C, Morris MD, Herndon DN: Treatment of heterotopic ossification through remote ATP hydrolysis. Science translational medicine 2014, 6(255):255ra132-255ra132.

27. Katharios-Lanwermeyer S, Xi C, Jakubovics N, Rickard A: Mini-review: Microbial coaggregation: ubiquity and implications for biofilm development. Biofouling 2014, 30(10):1235-1251.

28. Han X, Liu Y, Wu F-G, Jansensky J, Kim T, Wang Z, Brooks III CL, Wu J, Xi C, Mello CM: Different interfacial behaviors of peptides chemically immobilized on surfaces with different linker lengths and via different termini. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2014, 118(11):2904-2912.

29. Chiao T-H, Clancy TM, Pinto A, Xi C, Raskin L: Differential resistance of drinking water bacterial populations to monochloramine disinfection. Environmental science & technology 2014, 48(7):4038-4047.

30. Brisbois EJ, Bayliss J, Wu J, Major TC, Xi C, Wang SC, Bartlett RH, Handa H, Meyerhoff ME: Optimized polymeric film-based nitric oxide delivery inhibits bacterial growth in a mouse burn wound model. Acta biomaterialia 2014, 10(10):4136-4142.

31. Bayliss J, DeLaRosa S, Wu J, Peterson JR, Eboda ON, Su GL, Hemmila M, Krebsbach PH, Cederna PS, Wang SC, Xi. C*. : ATP hydrolysis reduces neutrophil infiltration and necrosis in partial-thickness scald burns in mice. Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association2 014, 35(1):54.

32. Li C, Li Y, Cheng X, Feng L, Xi C, Zhang Y: Immobilization of Rhodococcus rhodochrous BX2 (an acetonitrile-degrading bacterium) with biofilm-forming bacteria for wastewater treatment. Bioresource technology 2013, 131:390-396.

33. Levi B, Lisiecki J, Rinkinen J, Peterson J, Deshpande S, Bayliss J, Hemmilla M, Xi C, Su G, Buchman S: Effect of Burn Injury on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Niches: the Mechanism and Possible Treatment for Heterotopic Ossification. Journal of Surgical Research 2013, 179(2):267.

34. Holder D, Berry D, Dai D, Raskin L, Xi C*: A dynamic and complex monochloramine stress response in Escherichia coli revealed by transcriptome analysis. Water research 2013, 47(14):4978-4985.

35. Feglo P, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Ayisi L, Jain R, Spurbeck RR, Springman AC, Engleberg NC, Newton DW, Xi C, Walk ST: Emergence of a Novel Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing, fluoroquinolone-resistant clone of extraintestinal pathogenic escherichia coli in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of clinical microbiology 2013, 51(2):728-730.

36. De La Rosa S, Bayliss J, Peterson J, Eboda O, Lisiecki J, Rinkinen J, Xi C, Su G, Cederna P, Wang S: ATP Hydrolysis reduces neutrophil infiltration and necrosis in partial-thickness scald burns in mice. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2013, 131(5S):13.

37. Boldenow E, Jones S, Lieberman RW, Chames MC, Aronoff DM, Xi C, Loch-Caruso R: Antimicrobial peptide response to group B Streptococcus in human extraplacental membranes in culture. Placenta 2013, 34(6):480-485.

38. Song L, Wu J, Xi C*: Biofilms on environmental surfaces: evaluation of the disinfection efficacy of a novel steam vapor system. American journal of infection control 2012, 40(10):926-930.

39. Pinto AJ, Xi C, Raskin L: Bacterial community structure in the drinking water microbiome is governed by filtration processes. Environmental science & technology 2012, 46(16):8851-8859.

40. Levi B, Deshpande S, Haak B, Bayliss J, Hemmilla M, Xi C, Su G, Buchman S, Cederna P, Krebsbach P: Keynote: Effect of burn injury on mesenchymal stem cell niches: the mechanism behind hetertopic ossification. In: Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 2012. 258-258.

41. Höfler L, Koley D, Wu J, Xi C, Meyerhoff ME: Electromodulated release of nitric oxide through polymer material from reservoir of inorganic nitrite salt. RSC advances 2012, 2(17):6765-6767.

42. Foxman B, Wu J, Farrer EC, Goldberg DE, Younger JG, Xi C: Early development of bacterial community diversity in emergently placed urinary catheters. BMC research notes 2012, 5(1):332.

43. Feglo P, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Ayisi L, Jain R, Spurbeck RR, Springman AC, Engleberg NC, Newton DW, Xi C, Walk ST: Emergence of a 1 novel ESBL-producing, fluoroquinolone-resistant clone of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2012, 03006-03012.

44. Cai W, Wu J, Xi C*, Meyerhoff ME: Diazeniumdiolate-doped poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)-based nitric oxide releasing films as antibiofilm coatings.Biomaterials 2012, 33(32):7933-7944.

45. Xiong M, Li C, Pan J, Cheng X, Xi C: Isolation and characterization of Rhodococcus sp. BX2 capable of degrading bensulfuron-methyl. African Journal of Microbiology Research 2011, 5(25):4296-4302.

46. Jones S, Boldenow E, Xi C, Lieberman R, Loch-Caruso R: Innate immune response in ex vivo gestational membranes suppresses growth of Group B Streptococcus. Journal of Women’s Health, 2011: 490-490.

47. Han H, Wu J, Avery CW, Mizutani M, Jiang X, Kamigaito M, Chen Z, Xi C, Kuroda K: Immobilization of amphiphilic polycations by catechol functionality for antimicrobial coatings. Langmuir 2011, 27(7):4010-4019.

48. Dai D, Holder D, Raskin L, Xi C*: Separation of the bacterial species, Escherichia coli, from mixed-species microbial communities for transcriptome analysis. BMC microbiology 2011, 11(1):59.

Since last promotion in 2011

49. Cai W, Wu J, Xi C, Ashe AJ, Meyerhoff ME: Carboxyl-ebselen-based layer-by-layer films as potential antithrombotic and antimicrobial coatings. Biomaterials 2011, 32(31):7774-7784.

50. Xi C*, Wu J: dATP/ATP, a multifunctional nucleotide, stimulates bacterial cell lysis, extracellular DNA release and biofilm development. PloS one2010, 5(10).

51. Wu J, Xi C: Enzymatic method for extracting extracellular DNA in biofilm matrix. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2010, 2010(7):pdb. prot5456.

52. Hodges AP, Dai D, Xiang Z, Woolf P, Xi C, He Y: Bayesian network expansion identifies new ROS and biofilm regulators. PLoS One 2010, 5(3):e9513.

53. Berry D, Horn M, Xi C, Raskin L: Mycobacterium avium infections of Acanthamoeba strains: host strain variability, grazing-acquired infections, and altered dynamics of inactivation with monochloramine. Applied and environmental microbiology 2010, 76(19):6685-6688.

54. Berry D, Holder D, Xi C, Raskin L: Comparative transcriptomics of the response of Escherichia coli to the disinfectant monochloramine and to growth conditions inducing monochloramine resistance. Water research 2010, 44(17):4924-4931.

55. Zhang Y, Marrs CF, Simon C, Xi C: Wastewater treatment contributes to selective increase of antibiotic resistance among Acinetobacter spp.Science of the Total Environment 2009, 407(12):3702-3706.

56. Xi C, Zhang Y, Marrs CF, Ye W, Simon C, Foxman B, Nriagu J: Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in drinking water treatment and distribution systems. Applied and environmental microbiology 2009, 75(17):5714-5718.

57. Xi C, Bush K, Lachmayr KL, Zhang Y, Ford TE: Interactions between environmental microbial ecosystems and humans: the case of the water environment and antibiotic resistance. 2009.

58. Wu J, Xu H, Tang W, Kopelman R, Philbert MA, Xi C: Eradication of bacteria in suspension and biofilms using methylene blue-loaded dynamic nanoplatforms. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009, 53(7):3042-3048.

59. Wu J, Xi C: Evaluation of different methods for extracting extracellular DNA from the biofilm matrix. Applied and environmental microbiology 2009,75(16):5390-5395.

60. Foxman B, Goldberg D, Murdock C, Xi C, Gilsdorf JR: Conceptualizing human microbiota: from multicelled organ to ecological community.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases 2008, 2008.

61. Berry D, Xi C, Raskin L: Effect of growth conditions on inactivation of Escherichia coli with monochloramine. Environmental science & technology2008, 43(3):884-889.

62. Holder D, Berry D, Dai D, Raskin L, Xi C: Study of molecular mechanisms of Escherichia coli response to monochloramine using DNA microarray technology and flow cytometry. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation 2007, 2007(1):63-73.

63. Xi C, Marks D, Schlachter S, Luo W, Boppart SA: High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of biofilm development using optical coherence tomography. Journal of biomedical optics 2006, 11(3):034001-034001-034006.

64. Berry D, Xi C, Raskin L: Microbial ecology of drinking water distribution systems. Current opinion in biotechnology 2006, 17(3):297-302.

65. Xi C, Raskin L, Boppart SA: Evaluation of microfluidic biosensor development using microscopic analysis of molecular beacon hybridization kinetics. Biomedical microdevices 2005, 7(1):7-12.

66. Xi C, Marks DL, Parikh DS, Raskin L, Boppart SA: Structural and functional imaging of 3D microfluidic mixers using optical coherence tomography.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004, 101(20):7516-7521.

67. Xi C, Marks D, Parikh DS, Raskin L, Boppart SA: Imaging of mixing dynamics in micromixers using microscopy and optical coherence tomography. In: Micromachining and Microfabrication: 2004. International Society for Optics and Photonics: 206-213.

68. Moris M, Dombrecht B, Xi C, Vanderleyden J, Michiels J: Regulatory role of Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 fnrN during symbiosis. Applied and environmental microbiology 2004, 70(3):1287-1296.

69. Xi C, Boppart SA, Raskin L: Use of molecular beacons for the detection of bacteria in microfluidic devices. In: Micromachining and Microfabrication: 2003. International Society for Optics and Photonics: 170-177.

70. Xi C, Balberg M, Boppart SA, Raskin L: Use of DNA and peptide nucleic acid molecular beacons for detection and quantification of rRNA in solution and in whole cells. Applied and environmental microbiology 2003, 69(9):5673-5678.

71. Verhaert J, Xi C, Vanderleyden J, Michiels J: The Rhizobium etli calcium-binding protein alsymin has calmodulin-like properties. status: published2002:35-39.

72. Michiels J, Xi C, Verhaert J, Vanderleyden J: The functions of Ca 2+ in bacteria: a role for EF-hand proteins? Trends in microbiology 2002, 10(2):87-93.

73. Xi C, Dirix G, Hofkens J, De Schryver F, Vanderleyden J, Michiels J: Use of dual marker transposons to identify new symbiosis genes in Rhizobium.Microbial ecology 2001, 41(4):325-332.

74. Michiels J, Dirix G, Vanderleyden J, Xi C: Processing and export of peptide pheromones and bacteriocins in Gram-negative bacteria. TRENDS in Microbiology 2001, 9(4):164-168.

75. Xi C, Schoeters E, Vanderleyden J, Michiels J: Symbiosis-specific expression of Rhizobium etli casA encoding a secreted calmodulin-related protein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2000, 97(20):11114-11119.

76. Xi C: Identification of novel rhizobium etli symbiosis genes and molecular analysis of a new calcium-dependent calsymin-mediated signalling pathway in the rhizobium-plants symbiosis. 2000.

77. Michiels J, Xi C, Dombrecht B, Moris M, Dirix G, Vanderleyden J: Analysis of Bacterial Gene Expression During the Late Stages of the Interaction Between Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 and Phaseolus vulgaris. In: Nitrogen Fixation: From Molecules to Crop Productivity. Springer; 2000: 87-88.

78. Xi C, Lambrecht M, Vanderleyden J, Michiels J: Bi-functional gfp-and gusA-containing mini-Tn5 transposon derivatives for combined gene expression and bacterial localization studies. Journal of microbiological methods 1999, 35(1):85-92.

79. Michiels J, Dombrecht B, Vermeiren N, Xi C, Luyten E, Vanderleyden J: Phaseolus vulgaris is a non-selective host for nodulation. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 1998, 26(3):193-205.

80. Tang J, Feng J, Lu G, Xi C, Li Q, Wei P, Ma Q: A potential way to biocontrol of rice bacterial diseases. Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Chekianensis 1997,24(5):528-536.

81. Xi C, Feng J, Tang J: Location, cloning and analysis of lysyl-tRNA synthetase gene of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Journal of Guangxi Agricultural University 1995, 15(1):17-22.