Publications

For a complete list of Dr. Pearson's publications, please visit PubMed.

Paudel S, Severin GB, Pirani A, Pearson MM, Anderson MT, Snitkin ES, Mobley HLT. Multiplexed PCR to measure in situ growth rates of uropathogenic E. coli during experimental urinary tract infection. Appl Environ Microbiol 91(8):e0238224, 8/2025. PMID: 40742111

Werneburg G, Pearson MM, Gupta S, Kuo S, Clemens JQ. Assessment for intracellular bacterial communities in the human bladder and urine. Continence 15: 102216, 2025. (Conference proceeding)

Fitzgerald MJ, Scavone A, Moolaveesala C, Pearson MM*, Mobley HLT. *corresponding: Development of a suite of Proteus mirabilis-derived urea-inducible promoters. Appl Environ Microbiol 90(11):e0127324, 11/2024. PMID: 39475285

Fitzgerald MJ, Pearson MM, Mobley HLT. Proteus mirabilis UreR coordinates cellular functions required for urease activity. J Bacteriol 206(4):e0003124, 04/2024. PMID: 38534115

Pearson MM*, Shea AE, Pahil S, Smith SN, Forsyth VS, Mobley HLT. *corresponding: Organ agar serves as physiologically relevant alternative for in vivo bacterial colonization. Infect Immun 91(11):e0035523, 11/2023. PMID 37850748

Pearson MM*, Pahil S, Forsyth VS, Shea AE, Mobley HLT. *corresponding: Construction of an ordered transposon library for uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis HI4320. Microbiol Spectr 10(6):e0314222, 12/2022. PMID 36377916

Jiang W, Ubhayasekera W, Breed MC, Norsworthy AN, Serr N, Mobley HLT, Pearson MM*, Knight SD* *co-corresponding: MrpH, a new class of metal-binding adhesin, requires zinc to mediate biofilm formation. PLoS Pathog 16(8): e1008707, 01/2020. PMID 32780778

Pearson MM (ed.): Proteus mirabilis: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology (Humana Press, New York) 2019

Pearson MM. Culture methods for Proteus mirabilis. In: Proteus mirabilis: Methods and Protocols, MM Pearson (ed.), Humana Press, 2019. PMID 31309491

Pearson MM. Methods for studying swarming and swimming motility. In: Proteus mirabilis: Methods and Protocols, MM Pearson (ed.), Humana Press, 2019. PMID 31309492

Pearson MM, Himpsl SD, Mobley HLT. Insertional mutagenesis protocol for constructing single or sequential mutations. In: Proteus mirabilis: Methods and Protocols, MM Pearson (ed.), Humana Press, 2019. PMID 31309496

Himpsl SD, Pearson MM, and Mobley HLT. Using hemagglutination, surface shearing, and acid treatment to study fimbriae in Proteus mirabilis. In: Proteus mirabilis: Methods and Protocols, MM Pearson (ed.), Humana Press, 2019. PMID 31309500

Pearson MM. Phase variation of the mrp fimbrial promoter. In: Proteus mirabilis: Methods and Protocols, MM Pearson (ed.), Humana Press, 2019. PMID 31309501 

Jiang W, Ubhayasekera W, Pearson MM, and Knight SD. Structure of two fimbrial adhesins, AtfE and UcaD, from the uropathogen Proteus mirabilis. Acta Crystallographica Section D 74(11): 1053-62, 11/2018. PMID: 30387764

Armbruster, CE; Mobley, HLT.; and Pearson, MM. Pathogenesis of Proteus mirabilis infection EcoSal Plus 8(1): doi:10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0009-2017, 02/2018. PM29424333

Schaffer, JN and Pearson MM: Proteus mirabilis and Urinary Tract Infections. Urinary Tract Infections: Molecular Pathogenesis and Clinical Management, M.A. Mulvey, D.J. Klumpp, and A.E. Stapleton ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2017. 2nd Ed, Chapter 17, 383-434

Norsworthy AN, Pearson MM. From catheter to kidney stone: The uropathogenic lifestyle of Proteus mirabilis. Trends Microbiol 25(4): 304-315, 04/2017. PM28017513/PMC5365347

Bode NJ, Chan KW, Kong XP, Pearson MM. Distinct residues contribute to motility repression and autoregulation in the Proteus mirabilis fimbria-associated transcriptional regulator AtfJ. J Bacteriol 198(15): 2100-12, 01/2016. PM27246571/PMC4944230

Schaffer JN, Norsworthy AN, Sun TT, Pearson MM. Proteus mirabilis fimbriae- and urease-dependent clusters assemble in an extracellular niche to initiate bladder stone formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113(16): 4494-9, 01/2016. PM27044107/PMC4843424

Schaffer JN, Pearson MM. Proteus mirabilis and urinary tract infections Microbiol Spectr 3(5) 10/2015. PM26542036/PMC4638163

Bode NJ, Debnath I, Kuan L, Schulfer A, Ty M, Pearson MM. Transcriptional analysis of the MrpJ network: Modulation of diverse virulence-associated genes and direct regulation of mrp fimbrial and flhDC flagellar operons in Proteus mirabilis Infection and Immunity 83(6): 2542-2556, 06/2015. PM25847961/PMC4432738

Kuan L, Schaffer JN, Zouzias CD, Pearson MM. Characterization of 17 chaperone-usher fimbriae encoded by Proteus mirabilis reveals strong conservation Journal of Medical Microbiology 63(PART 7):911-922, 07/2014. PM24809384/PMC4064351

Pearson MM, Yep A, Smith SN, Mobley HLT. Transcriptome of Proteus mirabilis in the murine urinary tract: Virulence and nitrogen assimilation gene expression Infection and Immunity 79(7): 2619-2631, 07/2011. PM21505083/PMC3191972

Himpsl SD, Pearson MM, Arewång CJ, Nusca TD, Sherman DH, Mobley HLT: Proteobactin and a yersiniabactin-related siderophore mediate iron acquisition in Proteus mirabilis Molecular Microbiology 78(1): 138-157, 10/2010. PM20923418/PMC2951610

Pearson MM, Rasko DA, Smith SN, Mobley HLT. Transcriptome of swarming Proteus mirabilis Infection and Immunity 78(6): 2834-2845, 06/2010. PM20368347/PMC2876570

Lane MC*, Li X*, Pearson MM*, Simms AN*, Mobley HLT. *these authors contributed equally. Oxygen-limiting conditions enrich for fimbriate cells of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli Journal of Bacteriology 191(5): 1382-1392, 03/2009. PM19114498/PMC2648204

Pearson MM, Mobley HLT. Repression of motility during fimbrial expression: Identification of 14 mrpJ gene paralogues in Proteus mirabilis Mol. Microbiol. 69(2): 548-558, 07/2008. PM186303471.

Pearson MM, Sebaihia M, Churcher C, Quail MA, Seshasayee AS, Luscombe NM, Abdellah Z, Arrosmith C, Atkin B, Chillingworth T, Hauser H, Jagels K, Moule S, Mungall K, Norbertczak H, Rabbinowitsch E, Walker D, Whithead S, Thomson NR, Rather PN, Parkhill J, Mobley HLT. Complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis, a master of both adherence and motility J. Bacteriol. 190(11): 4027-4037, 04/2008. PM18375554

Pearson MM, Mobley HLT. The type III secretion system of Proteus mirabilis HI4320 does not contribute to virulence in the mouse model of ascending urinary tract infection J. Med. Microbiol. 56(10): 1277-1283, 09/2007. PM17893161

Wang W, Reitzer L, Rasko DA, Pearson MM, Blick RJ, Laurence C, Hansen EJ. Metabolic analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis and the effect of selected in vitro growth conditions on global gene expression Infect. Immun. 75(10): 4959-4971, 07/2007. PM17620351

Pearson MM, Hansen EJ. Identification of gene products involved in biofilm production by Moraxella catarrhalis ETSU-9 in vitro Infect. Immun. 75(9): 4316-4325, 06/2007. PM17562762

Wang W, Pearson MM, Attia AS, Blick RJ, Hansen EJ: A UspA2H-negative variant of Moraxella catarrhalis strain O46E has a deletion in a homopolymeric nucleotide repeat common to uspA2H genes Infect. Immun. 75(4): 2035-2045, 01/2007. PM17220316

Pearson MM, Laurence CA, Guinn SE, Hansen EJ. Biofilm formation by Moraxella catarrhalis in vitro: Roles of the UspA1 adhesin and the Hag hemagglutinin Infect. Immun. 74(3): 1588-1596, 02/2006. PM16495530

Pearson MM, Lafontaine ER, Wagner NJ, St Geme 3rd JW, Hansen EJ. A hag mutant of Moraxella catarrhalis strain O35E is deficient in hemagglutination, autoagglutination, and immunoglobulin D-binding activities Infect. Immun. 70(8): 4523-4533, 07/2002. PM12117964

Rossbach S, Kukuk ML, Wilson TL, Feng SF, Pearson MM, Fisher MA. Cadmium-regulated gene fusions in Pseudomonas fluorescens Environ. Microbiol. 2(4): 373-382, 01/2000. PM11234925