Publication List (* corresponding author)

1.       P.F. Zhang, G.W. Wang, X.J. Zhang, and Y.Q. Li*, Single-Acquisition 2D Multifocal Raman Spectroscopy Using Compressive Sensing, Anal. Chem. 92, 1, 1326-1332 (2020).

2.       S. Ghosh, G. Joseph, G. Korza, L. He, J.-H. Yuan, W. Dong, B. Setlow, Y.-Q. Li, P.B. Savage and P. Setlow, Effects of the microbicide ceragenin CSA-13 on and properties of Bacillus subtilis spores prepared on two very different media, J Appl Microbiol. 2019 Jul;127(1):109-120.

3.       E. Camilleri , G. Korza, J. Green, J. Yuan, Y.Q. Li , M.J. Caimano, P. Setlow, Properties of Aged Spores of Bacillus subtilis, J Bacteriol. 2019 Jun 21; 201(14).

4.       G.H. Chen, L. He, M.Y. Wu, Y.-Q. Li*, Temporal dependence of photophoretic force optically induced on absorbing particles by a power-modulated laser, Phys. Rev. Applied, 10, 054027 (2018).

5.       L. He, S.W. Wang, M. Cortesăo, M. Y. Wu, R. Moeller, P. Setlow, Y.-Q. Li*, Single-cell analysis reveals novel insights in the spore resistance to simulated space vacuum, npj Microgravity, 4:26 (2018).

6.       L. He, Z. Chen, S.W. Wang, M.Y. Wu, P. Setlow, Y. -Q. Li*, Germination, outgrowth, and vegetative growth kinetics of dry heat-treated individual spores of Bacillus species, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84 (7), e02618-17, doi:10.1128/AEM.02618-17 (2018).

7.       L. Rao, F. E. Feeherry, S. Ghosh, X. Liao, X.P. Lin, P.F Zhang, Y.-Q. Li, C. J. Doona, P. Setlow, Effects of lowering water activity by various humectants on germination of spores of Bacillus species with different germinants, Food Microbiol. 72, 112-127 (2018).

8.       M.-Y. Wu, D.-X. Ling, L. Ling, W. Li, Y.-Q. Li*, Stable optical trapping and sensitive characterization of nanostructures using standing-wave Raman tweezers, Scientific Reports, 7, 42930 (2017).

9.       P. Setlow, S.W. Wang, Y.-Q. Li, Germination of spores of the orders Bacillales and Clostridiales, Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 71:459–77 (2017).

10.    J. Lin, J. Deng, R. Wei, Y.-Q. Li, Y.Z. Wang, Measurement of mass by optical forced oscillation of absorbing particles trapped in air,  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 34 (6), 1242-1246 (2017).

11.    M. L. Donnelly, W. Li, Y.-Q. Li, L. Hinkel, P. Setlow, A. Shen, A Clostridium difficile-specific, gel-forming protein required for optimal spore germination, mBio, 8, e02085-16 (2017).

12.    S.W. Wang, J. Brunt, M W. Peck, P. Setlow, Y.-Q. Li*, Analysis of the germination of individual Clostridium sporogenes spores with and without germinant receptors and cortex-Lytic enzymes, Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:2047 (2017).

13.       S.W. Wang, B. Setlow, P. Setlow, Y.Q. Li*, (2016). Uptake and levels of the antibiotic berberine in individual dormant and germinating Clostridium difficile and Bacillus cereus spores as measured by laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv504.

14.       S.W. Wang, J.R. Faeder, P. Setlow, and Y.Q. Li*, (2015), Memory of germinant stimuli in bacterial spores, mBio, 6(6), e01859-15.

15.       Jinda Lin, Adam G. Hart, and Yong-Qing Li*, (2015), Optical pulling of airborne absorbing particles and smut spores over a meter-scale distance with negative photophoretic force, Appl. Phys. Lett.  106 (17), 171906.

16.       S.W. Wang, J. Yu, M. Suvira, P. Setlow, and Y. Q. Li*, (2015), Uptake of and resistance to the antibiotic berberine by individual dormant, germinating and outgrowing Bacillus spores as monitored by laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy, PLoS One, 10(12), e0144183.

17.       Shiwei Wang, Peter Setlow, Yong-Qing Li*, (2015), Slow leakage of Ca-dipicolinic acid from individual Bacillus spores during initiation of spore germination, J. Bacteriol. 197(6), 1095 - 1103.

18.       Shiwei Wang, Aimee, Shen, Peter Setlow, Yong-Qing Li*, (2015), Characterization of the dynamic germination of individual Clostridium difficile spores using Raman spectroscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy,  J. Bacteriol. 197(14), 2361-2373.

P.F. Zhang, J. Liang, X. Yi, P. Setlow, and Yong-Qing Li*, (2014), Monitoring of commitment, blocking and continuation of nutrient germination of individual Bacillus subtilis spores, J. Bacteriol. 196 (13), 2443–2454.

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A. Perez-Valdespino, Y. Li, B. Setlow, S. Ghosh, David Pan, George Korza, Florence E. Feeherry, Christopher J. Doona, Yong-Qing Li, Bing Hao, Peter Setlow, (2014).  Function of the SpoVAEa and SpoVAF Proteins of Bacillus subtilis Spores Journal of Bacteriology, 196 (11), 2077–2088.

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Mechanism of killing of spores of Bacillus anthracis in a high-temperature gas environment, and analysis of DNA damage generated by various decontamination treatments of spores of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus thuringiensis, J. Appl. Microbiol.

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A. Magge, A. C. Granger, P. G. Wahome, B. Setlow, V. R. Vepachedu, C. A. Loshon, L. Peng, D. Chen, Y.Q. Li, and Peter Setlow. (2008) Role of Dipicolinic Acid in the Germination, Stability and Viability of Spores of Bacillus subtilis, J. Bacteriol. 190, 4798-4807. [pdf]

Monitoring biological dynamics of single cells and cellular heterogeneity using laser tweezers and Raman spectroscopy.

Dual-trap Raman tweezers for manipulation and analysis of living cells.