Janine Zara Bowring
Assistant Professor
Food Safety and Zoonoses
Stigbøjlen 4
1870 Freriksberg C
Understanding bacteria and the viruses that infect them
My research interests lie in understanding the interactions between bacteria and their bacteriophages - viruses that only infect bacteria. These 'phages' can either kill their bacterial hosts or change them by facilitating horizontal transfer of genes to nearby bacteria. Some recent projects have focused on new routes of horizontal gene transfer by staphylococcal phages (phages that only infect staphylococci) and how lytic phages can overcome anti-phage defense systems like CRISPR-Cas in S. aureus.
Selected publications
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An Endogenous Staphylococcus aureus CRISPR-Cas System Limits Phage Proliferation and Is Efficiently Excised from the Genome as Part of the SCCmec Cassette
Mikkelsen, K., Bowring, Janine Zara, Ng, Y. K., Svanberg Frisinger, Frida, Maglegaard, J. K., Li, Q., Sieber, R. N., Petersen, A., Andersen, P. S., Rostøl, J. T., Høyland-Kroghsbo, Nina Molin & Ingmer, Hanne, 2023, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 11, 4, e01277-23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cross-species communication via agr controls phage susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus
Yang, Jingxian, Bowring, Janine Zara, Krusche, J., Lehmann, Esther, Bejder, Benjamin Svejdal, Fulaz Silva, Stephanie, Bojer, Martin Saxtorph, Grunert, T., Peschel, A. & Ingmer, Hanne, 2023, In: Cell Reports. 42, 9, 113154.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Screening for Highly Transduced Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Revealed Both Lateral and Specialized Transduction
Bowring, Janine Zara, Su, Y., Alsaadi, Ahlam Musaibeh M, Svenningsen, Sine Lo, Parkhill, J. & Ingmer, Hanne, 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 1, e02423-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
The structure of a polygamous repressor reveals how phage-inducible chromosomal islands spread in nature
Ciges Tomas, Jose Rafael, Alite, C., Humphrey, S., Donderis, J., Bowring, Janine Zara, Salvatella, X., Penadés, J. R. & Marina, A., 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, p. 3676Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Pirating conserved phage mechanisms promotes promiscuous staphylococcal pathogenicity island transfer
Bowring, Janine Zara, Neamah, M. M., Donderis, J., Mir-Sanchis, I., Alite, C., Ciges Tomas, Jose Rafael, Maiques, E., Medmedov, I., Marina, A. & Penadés, J. R., 8 Aug 2017, In: eLife. 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Convergent evolution involving dimeric and trimeric dUTPases in pathogenicity island mobilization
Donderis, J., Bowring, Janine Zara, Maiques, E., Ciges Tomas, Jose Rafael, Alite, C., Mehmedov, I., Tormo-Mas, M. A., Penadés, J. R. & Marina, A., Sep 2017, In: PLoS Pathogens. 13, 9, p. e1006581Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An Endogenous Staphylococcus aureus CRISPR-Cas System Limits Phage Proliferation and Is Efficiently Excised from the Genome as Part of the SCCmec Cassette
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Screening for Highly Transduced Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Revealed Both Lateral and Specialized Transduction
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cross-species communication via agr controls phage susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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