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2025

20. AM Migueles-Lozano, M Asp, ST Rocha, J Li, G Fanouraki, AD Sun, L Zhang, JR Waldbauer, J Hong, A Shrivastava, J Yan, S Mukherjee. Regulatory plasticity and metabolic trade-offs drive adaptive evolution of alternative flagellar configurations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. bioRxiv, 2025.07.29.667523

19. A Trivedi, JA Miratsky, EC Henderson, A Singharoy, A Shrivastava. A molecular conveyor belt-associated protein controls the rotational direction of the bacterial type 9 secretion system. mBio, e01125-25

18. S Sen, I Vairagare, J Gosai, A Shrivastava. RABiTPy: an open-source Python software for rapid, AI-powered bacterial tracking and analysis. BMC Bioinformatics, 127

17. P Dadi, CW Pauling, A Shrivastava, DD Shah. Synthesis of versatile neuromodulatory molecules by a gut microbial glutamate decarboxylase. iScience, 28(4)

16. ST Rocha, DD Shah, Q Zhu, A Shrivastava. The prevalence of motility-related genes within the human oral microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum, e01264-24

15. AM Zdimal, G Di Dio, W Liu, T Aftab, T Collins, R Colin, A Shrivastava. Swarming bacteria exhibit developmental phase transitions to establish scattered colonies in new regions. The ISME Journal, wrae263

2024

14. ST Rocha, DD Shah, A Shrivastava. Ecological, beneficial, and pathogenic functions of the Type 9 Secretion System. Microbial Biotechnology, e14516

2023

13. NK Ratheesh, AM Zdimal, CA Calderon, A Shrivastava. Bacterial swarm-mediated phage transportation disrupts a biofilm inherently protected from phage penetration. Microbiology Spectrum, e00937-23

2022

12. Trivedi A., Gosai J., Nakane D., Shrivastava A. Design principles of the rotary type 9 secretion system. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.845563

2020

11. Shrivastava A. and Berg H. C. A molecular rack and pinion actuates a cell-surface adhesin and enables bacterial gliding motility. Science Advances, 2020, 6 (10) eaay6616.

2018-2019

10. Shrivastava A**., Patel V., Tang Y., Yost S.C., Dewhirst F.E., and Berg H.C**. Cargo transport shapes the spatial organization of a microbial community. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 2018. August 115(34) 8633-8638. Featured by NIH-NIDCR News & Harvard MCB News. ** Corresponding Authors.

9. Johnston J.J.*, Shrivastava A.*, and McBride M.J. Untangling Flavobacterium johnsoniae gliding motility and protein secretion. Journal of Bacteriology. 2018 January 200, no.2 e00362-17. * Equal Contribution.

2016-2017

8. Shrivastava A.**, Roland T., Berg H. C.** The screw-like movement of a gliding bacterium is powered by spiral motion of a cell-surface adhesin. Biophysical Journal. 2016 September, 111(5): 1008-13. Featured on the Cover of Biophysical Journal. Featured by: Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) News. ** Corresponding Authors.

7. Lele P. P., Roland T., Shrivastava A., Chen Y and Berg H. C. The flagellar motor of Caulobacter crescentusgenerates more torque when a cell swims backwards. Nature Physics. 2016 February; 12(2): 175-178.

2014-2015

6. Shrivastava A., and Berg H. C. Towards a model for Flavobacterium gliding. Current Opinions in Microbiology. 2015 October, 28: 93-97.

5. Lele P. P., Shrivastava A., Roland T and Berg H. C. Response thresholds in bacterial chemotaxis. Science Advances. 2015 October; 1(9) e1500299.

4. Shrivastava A., Lele P. P. and Berg H. C. A rotary motor drives Flavobacterium gliding. Current Biology, 2015 February; 25(3): 338-341. Featured by: Harvard Gazette.

2010-2013

3. Shrivastava A., Johnston J. J., van Baaren J. M. and McBride M. J. Flavobacterium johnsoniae GldK, GldL, GldM, and SprA are required for secretion of the cell-surface gliding motility adhesins SprB and RemA. Journal of Bacteriology, 2013 July; 195(14): 3201-3212

2. Shrivastava A., Rhodes R. G., Nakane D, Pochiraju S and McBride M. J. Flavobacterium johnsoniae RemA is a mobile cell surface lectin involved in gliding. Journal of Bacteriology, 2012 Jul; 194(14):3678-88.

1. Rhodes R.G., Samarasan M.N., Shrivastava A., van Barren J. M., Pochiraju S, Bolampalli S and McBride M. J. Flavobacterium johnsoniae gldN and gldO are partially redundant genes required for gliding motility and surface localization of SprB. Journal of Bacteriology, 2010 Mar; 192(5):1201-11