Publications

Publications in reverse chronological order.

2025

  1. Microbiol. Spectr.
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    Protein-mediated stabilization of amphoericin B increases its efficacy against diverse fungal pathogens
    Kenya E Fernandes, Caitlin L Johnston, Brayden C Williams, and 2 more authors
    Microbiology Spectrum, 2025
    DOI

2024

  1. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.
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    Pollen products collected from honey bee hives experiencing minor stress have altered fungal communities and reduced antimicrobial properties
    Kenya E Fernandes, Elizabeth A Frost, Madlen Kratz, and 1 more author
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2024
    DOI
  2. PLOS One
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    Long-term stability and the physical and chemical factors predictive for antimicrobial activity in Australian honey
    Kenya E Fernandes, Andrew Z Dong, Aviva Levina, and 3 more authors
    PLOS One, 2024
    DOI

2023

  1. PeerJ
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    Unique antimicrobial activity in honey from the Australian honeypot ant (Camponotus inflatus)
    Andrew Z Dong, Nural Cokcetin, Dee A Carter, and 1 more author
    PeerJ, 2023
    DOI
  2. Microbiol. Spectr.
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    Low levels of hive stress are associated with decreased honey activity and changes to the gut microbiome of resident honey bees
    Kenya E Fernandes, Bridie Stanfield, Elizabeth A Frost, and 6 more authors
    Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
    DOI

2022

  1. Front. Nutr.
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    The role of honey in the ecology of the hive: Nutrition, detoxification, longevity, and protection against hive pathogens
    Kenya E Fernandes, Elizabeth A Frost, Emily J Remnant, and 3 more authors
    Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
    DOI
  2. Front. Nutr.
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    The potential of honey as a prebiotic food to re-engineer the gut microbiome toward a healthy state
    Kathleen R Schell, Kenya E Fernandes, Erin Shanahan, and 4 more authors
    Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
    DOI
  3. MBio
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    Lineages derived from Cryptococcus neoformans type strain H99 support a link between the capacity to be pleomorphic and virulence
    Kenya E Fernandes, James A Fraser, and Dee A Carter
    MBio, 2022
    DOI

2020

  1. AAC
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    Lactoferrin-derived peptide lactofungin is potently synergistic with amphotericin B
    Kenya E Fernandes, Richard J Payne, and Dee A Carter
    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2020
    DOI
  2. PLOS Path.
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    Cellular plasticity of pathogenic fungi during infection
    Kenya E Fernandes, and Dee A Carter
    PLoS Pathogens, 2020
    DOI
  3. AAC
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    Lactoferrin is broadly active against yeasts and highly synergistic with amphotericin B
    Kenya E Fernandes, Kerry Weeks, and Dee A Carter
    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2020
    DOI

2018

  1. MBio
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    Phenotypic variability correlates with clinical outcome in Cryptococcus isolates obtained from Botswanan HIV/AIDS patients
    Kenya E Fernandes, Adam Brockway, Miriam Haverkamp, and 4 more authors
    MBio, 2018
    DOI

2017

  1. Front. Microbiol.
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    The antifungal activity of lactoferrin and its derived peptides: mechanisms of action and synergy with drugs against fungal pathogens
    Kenya E Fernandes, and Dee A Carter
    Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
    DOI

2016

  1. MSphere
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    Species in the Cryptococcus gattii complex differ in capsule and cell size following growth under capsule-inducing conditions
    Kenya E Fernandes, Christine Dwyer, Leona T Campbell, and 1 more author
    MSphere, 2016
    DOI