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Felipe Cava

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E-mail
felipe.cava@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 785 67 55

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Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Molecular Biology Units: Research group Felipe Cava
Location
6K och 6L, Sjukhusområdet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Affiliation
Affiliated as research fellow at Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) Units: Research groups
Location
6L, Institutionen för molekylärbiologi Institutionen för molekylärbiologi, 90187 Umeå
Analysis of Gram-negative Bacteria Peptidoglycan by Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography
Bio-protocol, Bio-protocol 2020, Vol. 10, (19)
Alvarez, Laura; Cordier, Baptiste; van Teeffelen, Sven; et al.
SwsB and SafA Are Required for CwlJ-Dependent Spore Germination in Bacillus subtilis
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology 2020, Vol. 202, (6)
Amon, Jeremy D.; Yadav, Akhilesh K.; Ramirez-Guadiana, Fernando H.; et al.
Adaptation of Vibrio cholerae to Hypoxic Environments
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 11
Bueno, Emilio; Pinedo, Victor; Cava, Felipe
Genetic Dissection of the Fermentative and Respiratory Contributions Supporting Vibrio cholerae Hypoxic Growth
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology 2020, Vol. 202, (24)
Bueno, Emilio; Sit, Brandon; Waldor, Matthew K.; et al.
Modulation of Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Recycled Cell Wall Tetrapeptides
Cell reports, Cell Press 2020, Vol. 31, (4)
Hernandez, Sara B.; Dorr, Tobias; Waldor, Matthew K.; et al.
Unexpected Cell Wall Alteration-Mediated Bactericidal Activity of the Antifungal Caspofungin against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY 2020, Vol. 64, (10)
Isnard, Christophe; Hernandez, Sara B.; Guerin, Francois; et al.
Peptidoglycan editing provides immunity to Acinetobacter baumannii during bacterial warfare
Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020, Vol. 6, (30)
Le, Nguyen-Hung; Peters, Katharina; Espaillat, Akbar; et al.
Structural basis of peptidoglycan endopeptidase regulation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences 2020, Vol. 117, (21) : 11692-11702
Shin, Jung-Ho; Sulpizio, Alan G.; Kelley, Aaron; et al.
Class-A penicillin binding proteins do not contribute to cell shape but repair cell-wall defects
eLIFE, eLife Sciences Publications 2020, Vol. 9
Vigouroux, Antoine; Cordier, Baptiste; Aristov, Andrey; et al.
The conserved transcriptional regulator CdnL is required for metabolic homeostasis and morphogenesis in Caulobacter
PLoS Genetics, Public Library of Science (PLOS) 2020, Vol. 16, (1)
Woldemeskel, Selamawit Abi; Daitch, Allison K.; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Cold-induced aldimine bond cleavage by Tris in Bacillus subtilis alanine racemase
Organic and biomolecular chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry 2019, Vol. 17, (17) : 4350-4358
Bernardo-Garcia, Noelia; Sánchez-Murcia, Pedro A.; Espaillat, Akbar; et al.
Amino Acid-Dependent Alterations in Cell Wall and Cell Morphology of Deinococcus indicus DR1
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2019, Vol. 10
Chauhan, Deepika; Srivastava, Pulkit Anupam; Ritzl, Barbara; et al.
A Vibrio cholerae BolA-Like Protein Is Required for Proper Cell Shape and Cell Envelope Integrity
mBio, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2019, Vol. 10, (4)
Fleurie, Aurore; Zoued, Abdelrahim; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens divisome proteins regulate the transition from polar growth to cell division
Molecular Microbiology, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2019, Vol. 111, (4) : 1074-1092
Howell, Matthew; Aliashkevich, Alena; Sundararajan, Kousik; et al.
Fluorogenic D-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays
Nature Chemistry, Nature Publishing Group 2019, Vol. 11, (4) : 335-341
Hsu, Yen-Pang; Hall, Edward; Booher, Garrett; et al.
Peptidoglycan Muropeptides: Release, Perception, and Functions as Signaling Molecules
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2019, Vol. 10
Irazoki, Oihane; Hernandez, Sara B.; Cava, Felipe
A SpoIID Homolog Cleaves Glycan Strands at the Chlamydial Division Septum
mBio, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2019, Vol. 10, (4)
Jacquier, Nicolas; Yadav, Akhilesh K.; Pillonel, Trestan; et al.
Muropeptides Stimulate Growth Resumption from Stationary Phase in Escherichia coli
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2019, Vol. 9
Joers, Arvi; Vind, Kristiina; Hernandez, Sara B.; et al.
Chromatographic analysis of peptidoglycan samples with the aid of a chemometric technique: introducing a novel analytical procedure to classify bacterial cell wall collection
Analytical Methods, Vol. 11, (12) : 1671-1679
Kumar, Keshav; Cava, Felipe
Mechanisms of Incorporation for D-Amino Acid Probes That Target Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis
ACS Chemical Biology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2019, Vol. 14, (12) : 2745-2756
Kuru, Erkin; Radkov, Atanas; Meng, Xin; et al.
Endopeptidase Regulation as a Novel Function of the Zur-Dependent Zinc Starvation Response
mBio, American Society for Microbiology 2019, Vol. 10, (1)
Murphy, Shannon G.; Alvarez, Laura; Adams, Myfanwy C.; et al.
Regulation of AmpC-Driven beta-Lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Different Pathways, Different Signaling
mSystems, American Society for Microbiology 2019, Vol. 4, (6)
Torrens, Gabriel; Hernandez, Sara B.; Ayala, Juan Alfonso; et al.
New Insights Into the Mechanisms and Biological Roles of D-Amino Acids in Complex Eco-Systems
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2018, Vol. 9
Aliashkevich, Alena; Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe
Bacterial secretion of D-arginine controls environmental microbial biodiversity
The ISME Journal, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2018, Vol. 12, (2) : 438-450
Alvarez, Laura; Aliashkevich, Alena; de Pedro, Miguel A.; et al.
Bacterial Competition Assay Based on Extracellular D-amino Acid Production
Bio-protocol, BIO-PROTOCOL 2018, Vol. 8, (7)
Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe
Anaerobic nitrate reduction divergently governs population expansion of the enteropathogen Vibrio cholerae
Nature Microbiology, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2018, Vol. 3, (12) : 1346-1353
Bueno, Emilio; Sit, Brandon; Waldor, Matthew K.; et al.
The role of conserved proteins DrpA and DrpB in nitrate respiration of Thermus thermophilus
Environmental Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 20, (10) : 3851-3861
Chahlafi, Zahra; Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe; et al.
Integrating network analysis with chromatography: introducing a novel chemometry-chromatography based analytical procedure to classify the bacterial cell wall collection
Analytical Methods, Royal Society of Chemistry 2018, Vol. 10, (10) : 1172-1180
Kumar, Keshav; Cava, Felipe
Principal coordinate analysis assisted chromatographic analysis of bacterial cell wall collection: a robust classification approach
Analytical Biochemistry, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 550 : 8-14
Kumar, Keshav; Cava, Felipe
One‐step Synthesis of α‐Keto Acids from Racemic Amino Acids by A Versatile Immobilized Multienzyme Cell‐free System
ChemCatChem, Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft 2018, Vol. 10, (14) : 3002-3011
Orrego, Alejandro H.; Lopez-Gallego, Fernando; Espaillat, Akbar; et al.
Bacterial Strategies to Preserve Cell Wall Integrity Against Environmental Threats
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2018, Vol. 9
Yadav, Akhilesh K.; Espaillat, Akbar; Cava, Felipe
Pathogen-mediated manipulation of arthropod microbiota to promote infection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences 2017, Vol. 114, (5) : E781-E790
Abraham, Nabil M.; Liu, Lei; Jutras, Brandon Lyon; et al.
A Specialized Peptidoglycan Synthase Promotes Salmonella Cell Division inside Host Cells
mBio, Vol. 8, (6)
Castanheira, Sonia; Cestero, Juan J.; Rico-Perez, Gadea; et al.
Divergent functional roles of D-amino acids secreted by Vibrio cholerae
International Microbiology, Institut d'Estudis Catalans 2017, Vol. 20, (3) : 149-150
Cava, Felipe
Biology of Vibrio cholerae: editorial overview
International Microbiology, Vol. 20, (3)
Cava, Felipe
Absence of the Polar Organizing Protein PopZ Results in Reduced and Asymmetric Cell Division in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology 2017, Vol. 199, (17)
Howell, Matthew; Aliashkevich, Alena; Salisbury, Anne K.; et al.
Subinhibitory Concentrations of Bacteriostatic Antibiotics Induce relA-Dependent and relA-Independent Tolerance to beta-Lactams
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY 2017, Vol. 61, (4)
Kudrin, Pavel; Varik, Vallo; Oliveira, Sofia Raquel Alves; et al.
Constraint randomised non-negative factor analysis (CRNNFA): an alternate chemometrics approach for analysing the biochemical data sets
The Analyst, ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY 2017, Vol. 142, (11) : 1916-1928
Kumar, Keshav; Cava, Felipe
PG-metrics: a chemometric-based approach for classifying bacterial peptidoglycan data sets and uncovering their subjacent chemical variability
PLoS ONE, Public library science 2017, Vol. 12, (10)
Kumar, Keshav; Espaillat, Akbar; Cava, Felipe
Klebsiella phages representing a novel clade of viruses with an unknown DNA modification and biotechnologically interesting enzymes
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 101, (2) : 673-684
Maciejewska, B; Roszniowski, B; Espaillat, Akbar; et al.
Modular endolysin of Burkholderia AP3 phage has the largest lysozyme-like catalytic subunit discovered to date and no catalytic aspartate residue
Scientific Reports, Vol. 7
Maciejewska, Barbara; Zrubek, Karol; Espaillat, Akbar; et al.
Bi-enzymatic biosensor for on-site, fast and reliable electrochemical detection of relevant D-amino acids in bacterial samples
Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, Vol. 242 : 95-101
Moreno-Guzman, Maria; Garcia-Carmona, Laura; Molinero-Fernandez, Agueda; et al.
rstB Regulates Expression of the Photobacterium damselae subsp damselae Major Virulence Factors Damselysin, Phobalysin P and Phobalysin C
Frontiers in Microbiology, FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2017, Vol. 8
Terceti, Mateus S.; Rivas, Amable J.; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Determinants of Bacterial Morphology: From Fundamentals to Possibilities for Antimicrobial Targeting
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2017, Vol. 8
van Teeseling, Muriel C. F.; de Pedro, Miguel A.; Cava, Felipe
Alterations in Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking Suppress the Secretin Assembly Defect Caused by Mutation of GspA in the Type II Secretion System
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2017, Vol. 199, (8)
Vanderlinde, Elizabeth M.; Strozen, Timothy G.; Hernandez, Sara B.; et al.
Ultra-sensitive, high-resolution liquid chromatography methods for the high-throughput quantitative analysis of bacterial cell wall chemistry and structure
Bacterial cell wall homeostasis: methods and protocols /edited by Hee-Jeon Hong, New York: Humana Press 2016 : 11-27
Alvarez, Laura; Hernandez, Sara B; de Pedro, Miguel A; et al.
Structural Bioinformatics in Broad-Spectrum Racemases: a new path in anti-microbial research
Current organic chemistry, Bentham Science 2016, Vol. 20, (11) : 1222-1231
Bernardo-Garcia, Noelia; Sanchez-Murcia, Pedro; Gago, Federico; et al.
D-Alanine-Controlled Transient Intestinal Mono-Colonization with Non-Laboratory-Adapted Commensal E. coli Strain HS
PLoS ONE, Vol. 11, (3)
Cuenca, Miguelangel; Pfister, Simona P.; Buschor, Stefanie; et al.
A cell wall damage response mediated by a sensor kinase/response regulator pair enables beta-lactam tolerance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 113, (2) : 404-409
Dörr, Tobias; Alvarez, Laura; Delgado, Fernanda; et al.
Chemometric Analysis of Bacterial Peptidoglycan Reveals Atypical Modifications That Empower the Cell Wall against Predatory Enzymes and Fly Innate Immunity
Journal of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2016, Vol. 138, (29) : 9193-9204
Espaillat, Akbar; Forsmo, Oskar; El Biari, Khouzaima; et al.
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Research groups

Head of research
Felipe Cava Group
The aim is to develop new antibiotics
The aim is to develop new antibiotics

Felipe Cava wants to learn more about the small and complex microbes.