Education

Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 2009

Current position

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University

Publications

1. Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2012). Dispersion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires an unusual posttranslational modification of BdlA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(41): 16690-16695.
   
2. Petrova, O. E., Schurr, J. R., Schurr, M. J. and Sauer, K. (2012). Microcolony formation by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires pyruvate and pyruvate fermentation. Mol Microbiol 86(4): 819-835.
   
3. Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2012). PAS domain residues and prosthetic group involved in BdlA-dependent dispersion response by Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. J Bacteriol 194(21): 5817-5828.
   
4. Roy, A. B., Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2012). The phosphodiesterase DipA (PA5017) is essential for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm dispersion. J Bacteriol 194(11): 2904-2915.
   
5. Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2012). Sticky situations: key components that control bacterial surface attachment. J Bacteriol 194(10): 2413-2425.
   
6. Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2011). SagS contributes to the motile-sessile switch and acts in concert with BfiSR to enable Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation. J Bacteriol 193(23): 6614-6628.
   
7. Petrova, O. E., Schurr, J. R., Schurr, M. J. and Sauer, K. (2011). The novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa two-component regulator BfmR controls bacteriophage-mediated lysis and DNA release during biofilm development through PhdA. Mol Microbiol 81(3): 767-783.
   
8. Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2010). The novel two-component regulatory system BfiSR regulates biofilm development by controlling the small RNA rsmZ through CafA. J Bacteriol 192(20): 5275-5288.
   
9. Goodman, A. L. (2010). Sit and stay a while: how BfiSR controls irreversible attachment in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. J Bacteriol 192(20): 5273-5274.
   
10. Petrova, O. E. and Sauer, K. (2009). A novel signaling network essential for regulating Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development. PLoS Pathog 5(11): e1000668.
    
11. Li, M., Wan, W. N., Petrova, O., Huang, F., Zhou, Z., Boyd, P., Wilson, K. A. and Tan-Wilson, A. (2009). Applicability of multigene family-specific antibodies toward studies of the subtilases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Anal Biochem 384(1): 114-122.
    These publications were highlighted as “recommended” by Faculty 1000.