2008
Adin, D. M., N. J. Phillips, B. W. Gibson, M. A. Apicella, E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai, D. B. Hall, E.V. Stabb. 2008. Characterization of htrB and msbB mutants of the light organ symbiont Vibrio fischeri. Appl. Environ. Microbiol, 74:633-44.
Chun, C. K., J. V. Troll, I. Koroleva, B. Brown, L. Manzella, E. Snir, H. Almabrazi, T. E. Scheetz, M. Bonaldo, T. L. Casavant, M. B. Soares, E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2008. Effects of colonization, luminescence and autoinducer on global host transcription in the developing squid-vibrio symbiosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (in press).
Castillo, M. G., M. S. Goodson, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2008. Identification and molecular characterization of a complement-C3 molecule in a lophotrochozoan, the Hawaiian bobtail squid Eupyrmna scolopes. Dev. Comp. Immunol. (in press).
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2008. Quick Guide: The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid. Curr. Biol. (in press).
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2008. Symbiosis integrates biology across Domains. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (in press).
Nyholm, S. V., J. J. Stewart, E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2008. Recognition between symbiotic Vibrio fischeri and the hemocytes of Euprymna scolopes. Environ. Microbiol. (in press).
2007
Dethlefsen, L., M. J. McFall-Ngai, D. A. Relman 2007. The impact of evolving with microbes on human health and disease. Invited Insight Nature, 449:811-818.
Koropatnick, T. A., J. R. Kimbell, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2007. Responses of Host Hemocytes During the Initiation of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis. Biol. Bull, 212:29-39.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2007. Care for the community: A memory-based immune system may have evolved in vertebrates because of the need to recognize and manage complex communities of beneficial microbes. Commissioned "Concept" paper, Nature, 445:153.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2007. Love the one you’re with: vertebrate guts shape their microbiota. Preview. Cell, 127:247-249.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2007. The squid-vibrio association: A naturally occurring experimental model of animal-bacterial partnerships. In: Gut Microbiota and Regulation of the Immune System. G Huffnagle and M Noverr, eds. Landes Bioscience Press, Austin, TX.
McFall-Ngai, M. J., V. de Lorenzo. 2007. The ultimate rendezvous: microbial ecology meets industrial microbiology. Curr. Opin. Microbiol, 10:205-206.
Whistler, C., T. A. Koropatnick, A. Pollack, M. J. McFall-Ngai, E. G. Ruby. 2007. The GacA global regulator of Vibrio fischeri is required for normal host tissue responses that limit subsequent bacterial colonization. Cellul Microbiol, 9:766-778.
2006
Chun, C. K., T. E. Scheetz, M. de Fatima Bonaldo, B. Brown, A. Clemens, W. J. Crookes-Goodson, K. Crouch, T. DeMartini, M. Eyestone, M. S. Goodson, B. Janssens, J. L Kimbell, T. A. Koropatnick, T. Kucaba, C. Smith, J. J. Stewart, D. Tong, J. V. Troll, S. Webster, J. Winhall-Rice, C. Yap, T. L. Casavant, M. J. McFall-Ngai1, M. B. Soares. 2006. An annotated cDNA library of juvenile Euprymna scolopes with and without colonization by the symbiont Vibrio fischeri. BMC Genomics, 7:154.
Cloud-Hansen, K. A., S. B. Peterson, E. V. Stabb, W. E. Goldman, M. J. McFall-Ngai, J. Handelsman. 2006. Breaching the great wall: peptidoglycan and microbial interactions. Nat. Rev. Microbiol, 4:710-6.
Goodson, M. S., W. J. Crookes-Goodson, J. R. Kimbell, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2006. Characterization and Role of p53 Family Members in the Symbiont-Induced Morphogenesis of the Euprymna scolopes Light Organ. Biol. Bull, 211:7-17.
Kimbell, J. R., T. A. Koropatnick, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2006. Evidence for the Participation of the Proteasome in Symbiont-Induced Tissue Morphogenesis. Biol. Bull, 211:1-6.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2006. Love the One You’re with: Vertebrate Guts Shape Their Microbiota. Cell, 127(2):247-249.
Sycuro, L. K., E. G. Ruby, M. McFall-Ngai. 2006. Confocal Microscopy of the Light Organ Crypts in Juvenile Euprymna scolopes Reveals Their Morphological Complexity and Dynamic Function in Symbiosis. J. Morphol, 267(5):555-68.
2005
Goodson, M. S., M. Kojadinovic, J. V. Troll, T. E. Scheetz, T. L. Casavant, M. B. Soares, and M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2005. Identifying Components of the NF- B Pathway in the Beneficial Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Light Organ Symbiosis. Appl Environ Microbiol, 71(11):6934–6946.
McFall-Ngai, M. J., J. I. Gordon. 2005. Experimental models of symbiotic host-microbial relationships: understanding the underpinnings of beneficence and the origins of pathogenesis. Evolution of Microbial Virulence, H Seifert & V DiRita, eds., ASM Press, Washington, DC.
McFall-Ngai, M. J., B. Henderson, E. G. Ruby. 2005. The Influence of Cooperative Bacteria on Animal Host Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2004
Crookes, W. J., L. L. Ding, Q. L. Huang, J. R. Kimbell, J. Horwitz, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2004. Reflectins: the unusual proteins of squid reflective tissues. Science, 303(5655):235-238.
Davidson, S. K., T. A. Koropatnick, R. Kossmehl, L. Sycuro, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2004. NO means ‘yes’ in the squid-vibrio symbiosis: nitric oxide (NO) during the initial stages of a beneficial association. Cell Microbiol., 6(12):1139-51.
Kimbell J.R., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2004. Symbiont-Induced Changes in Host Actin during the Onset of a Beneficial Animal-Bacterial Association. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 70(3):1434-41.
Koropatnick, T. A., J. T. Engle, M. A. Apicella, E. V. Stabb, W. E. Goldman, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2004. Microbial Factor-Mediated Development in a Host-Bacterial Mutualism. Science, 306(5699):1186-8.
Nyholm, S. V., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2004. The Winnowing: Establishing the Squid–Vibrio Symbiosis. Nat. Rev. Microbiol., 2(8):632-42.
Ruby, E. G., B. Henderson, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2004. We Get By with a Little Help from Our (Little) Friends. Science, 303:1305-1307.
2003
Kimbell, J. R., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2003. The Squid-Vibrio Symbioses: From Demes to Genes. Integr. Comp. Biol., 43, 254-260.
Nyholm, S. V., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2003. Dominance of Vibrio fischeri in secreted mucus outside the light organ of Euprymna scolopes: the first site of symbiont specificity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69(7), 3932-3937.
2002
Foster, J. S., S. von Boletzky, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2002. A Comparison of the Light Organ Development of Sepiola robusta naef and Euprymna scolopes berry (CEPHALOPODA: SEPIOLIDAE). Bull. Marine Science, 70(1), 141-153.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2002. Unseen forces: the influence of bacteria on animal development. Dev. Biol., 242(1), 1-14.
Nyholm, S. V., B. Deplancke, H. R. Gaskins, M. A. Apicella, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2002. Roles of Vibrio fischeri and nonsymbiotic bacteria in the dynamics of mucus secretion during symbiont colonization of the Euprymna scolopes light organ. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 68(10), 5113-5122.
2001
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2001. Identifying 'prime suspects': symbioses and the evolution of multicellularity. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. Biochem. Mol. Biol., 129(4), 711-723.
2000
Doino Lemus, J., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2000. Alterations in the proteome of the Euprymna scolopes light organ in response to symbiotic Vibrio fischeri. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 66(9), 4091-4097.
Foster, J. S., M. A. Apicella, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2000. Vibrio fischeri lipopolysaccharide induces developmental apoptosis, but not complete morphogenesis, of the Euprymna scolopes symbiotic light organ. Dev. Biol., 226(2), 242-254.
Hirsch, A. M., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2000. Fundamental Concepts in Symbiotic Interactions: Light and Dark, Day and Night, Squid and Legume. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 19(2), 113-130.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 2000. Negotiations between animals and bacteria: the 'diplomacy' of the squid-vibrio symbiosis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. Mol. Integr. Physiol., 126(4), 471-480.
McFall-Ngai, M. J., E. G. Ruby. 2000. Developmental biology in marine invertebrate symbioses. Curr. Opin. Microbiol., 3(6), 603-607.
Nyholm, S. V., E. V. Stabb, E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2000. Establishment of an animal-bacterial association: recruiting symbiotic vibrios from the environment. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 97(18), 10231-10235.
Visick, K. L., J. Foster, J. Doino, M. J. McFall-Ngai, E. G. Ruby. 2000. Vibrio fischeri lux genes play an important role in colonization and development of the host light organ. J. Bacteriol., 182(16), 4578-4586.
Visick, K. L., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 2000. An exclusive contract: specificity in the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes partnership. J. Bacteriol., 182(7), 1779-1787.
1999
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 1999. Consequences of evolving with bacterial symbionts: Insights from the Squid-Vibrio associations. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 30:235-56.
Ruby, E. G., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1999. Oxygen-utilizing reactions and symbiotic colonization of the squid light organ by Vibrio fischeri. Trends Microbiol., 7(10), 414-420.
Small, A. L., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1999. Halide peroxidase in tissues that interact with bacteria in the host squid Euprymna scolopes. J. Cell. Biochem., 72(4), 445-457.
1998
Foster, J. S., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1998. Induction of apoptosis by cooperative bacteria in the morphogenesis of host epithelial tissues. Dev. Genes Evol., 208(6), 295-303.
Lamarcq, L. H., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1998. Induction of a gradual, reversible morphogenesis of its host's epithelial brush border by Vibrio fischeri. Infect. Immun., 66(2), 777-785.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 1998. The Development of Cooperative Associations Between Animals and Bacteria: Establishing Detente Among Domains. American Zoologist, 38(4), 593-608.
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 1998. Pioneering the Squid-Vibrio Model. ASM, 64(11), 639-645.
McFall-Ngai, M., C. Brennan, V. Weis, and L. Lamarcq. 1998. Mannose adhesin-glycan interactions in the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri symbiosis, p. 273-276. In Le Gal and Halvorson (ed.), New Developments in Marine Biotechnology. Plenum Press, New York.
McFall-Ngai, M. J., E. G. Ruby. 1998. Sepiolids and Vibrios: When First They Meet. BioScience, 48(4), 257-265.
Montgomery, M. K., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1998. Late postembryonic development of the symbiotic light organ of Euprymna scolopes (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae). Biol. Bull., 195(3), 326-336.
Nishiguchi, M. K., E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1998. Competitive dominance among strains of luminous bacteria provides an unusual form of evidence for parallel evolution in Sepiolid squid-vibrio symbioses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 64(9), 3209-3213.
Nyholm, S. V., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1998. Sampling the light-organ microenvironment of Euprymna scolopes: description of a population of host cells in association with the bacterial symbiont Vibrio fischeri. Biol. Bull., 195(2), 89-97.
1997
Nishiguchi, M. K., E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1997. Phenotypic bioluminescence as an indicator of competitive dominance in the Euprymna-Vibrio symbiosis, p. 123-126. In J. W. Hastings, L. J. Kricka, and P. E. Stanley (ed.), Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
1996
Boettcher, K. J., E. G. Ruby, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1996. Bioluminescence in the symbiotic squid Euprymna scolopes is controlled by a daily biological rhythm, J. Comp. Physiol., 179:65-73.
Weis, V. M., A. L. Small, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1996. A peroxidase related to the mammalian antimicrobial protein myeloperoxidase in the Euprymna-Vibrio mutualism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 93(24), 13683-13688.
1995
Doino, J. A., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1995. A Transient Exposure to Symbiosis-Competent Bacteria Induces Light Organ Morphogenesis in the Host Squid. Bio. Bull., 189:347-355.
Montgomery, M. K., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1995. The inductive role of bacterial symbionts in the morphogenesis of a squid light organ. Amer. Zool., 35:372-380.
1994
McFall-Ngai, M. J. 1994. Animal-bacterial interactions in the early life history of marine invertebrates: The Euprymna scolopes/Vibrio fischeri symbiosis, Amer. Zool. 1994. 34:554-561.
Montgomery, M. K., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1994. Bacterial symbionts induce host organ morphogenesis during early postembryonic development of the squid Euprymna scolopes. Development, 120(7), 1719-1729.
1993
Montgomery, M. K., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1993. Embryonic development of the light organ of the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes Berry. Biol. Bull., 184:296-308.
Tomarev, S. I., R. D. Zinovieva, V. M. Weis, A. B. Chepelinsky, J. Piatigorsky, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1993. Abundant mRNAs in the squid light organ encode proteins with a high similarity to mammalian peroxidases. Gene, 132(2), 219-226.
Small, A. L., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1993. Changes in the oxygen environment of a symbiotic squid light organ in response to infection by its luminous bacterial symbiont. Amer. Zool., 33, 61A.
Weiss, V. M., M. K. Montgomery, M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1993. Enhanced production of ALDH-like protein in the bacterial light organ of the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes. Biol. Bull., 184:309-321.
1992
Hensey, S., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1992. A surface peptide of the bacterium Vibrio fischeri plays a key role in specificity and recognition in the symbiosis with the squid Euprymna scolopes. Amer. Zool., 32, 32A.
Montgomery, M. K., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1992. The muscle-derived lens of a squid bioluminescent organ is biochemically convergent with the ocular lens. Evidence for recruitment of aldehyde dehydrogenase as a predominant structural protein. J. Biol. Chem., 267(29), 20999-21003.
Ruby, E. G., M. J. McFall-Ngai. 1992. A squid that glows in the night: development of an animal-bacterial mutualism. J. Bacteriol., 174(15), 4865-4870.
1991
McFall-Ngai, M. J., E. G. Ruby. 1991. Symbiont recognition and subsequent morphogenesis as early events in an animal-bacterial mutualism. Science, 6;254(5037):1491-4.
1990
McFall-Ngai, M. J., M. K. Montgomery. 1990. The anatomy and morphology of the adult bacterial light organ of Euprymna scolopes Berry (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae). Biol. Bull., 179:332-339.
