SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Meir M, Grosfeld T, Barkan D. Establishment and validation of Galleria mellonella as a novel model organism to study Mycobacterium abscessus infection, pathogenesis and treatment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018; 27;62(4):e02539-17. IF 4.904 MICROBIOLOGY - Q1.

Meir M, Barkan D. The addition of avibactam renders piperacillin an effective treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus infection in an in vivo model. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2018; 7: 151. IF 3.594 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH - Q1.

Naor N, Gadot O, Meir M, Barkan D. Peptide Deformylase (def) is essential in Mycobacterium smegmatis, but the essentiality is compensated by inactivation of methionine formylation. BMC Microbiology. 2019; 19:232. IF 2.989 MICROBIOLOGY - Q2

Reingewertz T, Meyer T, McIntosh F, Sullivan J, Meir M, Chang Y, Behr M, Barkan D. Differential sensitivity of mycobacteria to isoniazid is related to differences in KatG-mediated enzymatic activation of the drug. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020;64(2):e01899-19. IF 4.904 MICROBIOLOGY - Q1.

Meir M, Barkan D. Alternative and experimental therapies of Mycobacterium abscessus infections. Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21(18):E6793. IF 4.556. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - Q1.

Meir M, Rozenblit A, Fliger S, Geffen Y, Barkan D. EttA is likely non-essential in Staphylococcus aureus persistence, fitness or resistance to antibiotics. BMC Microbiol. 2020; 20(1):288. IF 2.989 MICROBIOLOGY - Q2.

Meir M, Foreman M, Bar-Oz M, Naor N, Rozenblit A, Barkan D. Comparison of Isogenic Strains Shows No Evidence of Altered Nosocomial Transmission-Competency of Rough, GPL-Negative Mycobacterium abscessus Strains. Microbiol Spectr 2022 ;10(2):e0199021. IF 9.043 MICROBIOLOGY - Q1.

Hershko Y, Adler A, Barkan D, Meir M. Glycopeptidolipid defects leading to Rough morphotypes of Mycobacterium abscessus do not confer clinical antibiotic resistance. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Feb 1:e0527022. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.05270-22. Online ahead of print. IF 9.043 MICROBIOLOGY - Q1.

Bar-Oz M, Martini MC, Alonso MN#, Meir M, Lore NI, Miotto P, Riva C, Xiao J, Masiello CS, Miotto P, Misiakou MA, Sun H, Moy JK, Johansen HK, Cirillo DM, Shell SS, Barkan D. The small non-coding RNA B11 regulates multiple facets of Mycobacterium abscessus virulence. PlosPathogens 2023.