14. La Rosa, SL, Leth, ML, Michalak, L, Hansen, ME, Pudlo, NA, Glowacki, R, Pereira, G, Workman, CT,  Arntzen, MØ, Pope, PB, Martens, EC, Hachem, MA, Westereng, B (2019). The Human Gut Firmicute Roseburia intestinalis is a primary degrader of dietary β-mannans. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08812-y. IF: 12.35

13. La Rosa, SL, Kachrimanidou, V, Buffetto, F, Pope, PB, Pudlo, N, Martens, EC, Rastall, R, Gibson, G, Westereng, B (2019). Wood-derived Dietary Fibers Promote Beneficial Human Gut Microbiota. mSphere. doi:10.1128/mSphere.00554-18

12. La Rosa, SL, Montealegre, MC, Singh, KV, Murray, BE. Enterococcus faecalis Ebp pili are important for cell-cell aggregation and intraspecies gene transfer. Microbiology (2016) May;162(5):798-802.

11. Somarajan*, SR, La Rosa*, SL, Singh, KV, Höök, M, Murray, BE. The fibronectin-binding protein Fnm contributes to adherence to extracellular matrix components and virulence of Enterococcus faecium TX82. Infection and Immunity (2015) Sep 14. Pii. IAI.00885-15. PMID:26371130. *Equally contributing authors. IF: 4.16

10. Singh, KV, La Rosa, SL, Somarajan, SR, Roh, JH, Murray, BE. The fibronectin-binding protein EfbA contributes to pathogenesis and protects against infective endocarditis caused by Enterococcus faecalis. Infection and Immunity (2015) Sep 8. Pii. IAI.00884-15. PMID:26351286. IF: 4.16

9. Montealegre, MC, La Rosa, SL, Roh, JH, Harvey, B, Murray, BE. The E. faecalis EbpA start codon: ATTenuation of Expression, Biofilm Formation and Adherence to Fibrinogen Starts with ATT. mBIO (2015) 26;6(3) pii: e00467-15. PMID: 26015496. IF: 6.88

8. La Rosa, SL, Snipen, LG, Murray, BE, Willems, RJ, Gilmore, MS, Diep, DB, Nes, IF, Brede, DA. A genomic virulence reference map of Enterococcus faecalis reveals a central role of phage03-like elements in nosocomial genetic lineages to pathogenicity in Caenorhabditis elegans infection model. Infection and Immunity (2015) May;83(5):2156-67. PMID:25776747. IF: 4.16

7. Dundar, H, Brede, DA, La Rosa, SL, El-Gendy, AO, Diep, DB, Nes, IF. Fsr quorum sensing system and cognate gelatinase coordinates expression and processing of pro-protein EF1097 into mature antimicrobial peptide enterocin P16. Journal of Bacteriology (2015) Mar 2. pii: JB.02513-14. PMID: 25733609. IF: 2.69

6. La Rosa SL, Solheim, M, Nes, IF, Diep, DB, Brede, DA. Bioluminesence based biosensors for quantitative detection of enterococcal peptide pheromone activity reveals inter-strain telesensing in vivo during polymicrobial systemic infection. Scientific Reports (2015) 5, 8339; DOI:10.1038/srep08339. PMID: 25661457. IF: 5.58

5. Galloway-Pena, J, Liang, X, Singh, KV, Yadav, P, Chang, C, La Rosa, SL, Shelburne, SA, Ton-That, H, Hook, M, Murray, BEM. The identification and functional characterization of WxL proteins from Enterococcus faecium reveal surface proteins involved in extracellular matrix interactions. Journal of Bacteriology. 2015 Mar 1;197(5):882-92. PMID: 25512313. IF: 2.69

4. Roh Hyeob, J, Singh, KV, La Rosa, SL, Cohen, AL, Murray, BEM. The two-component system GrvRS (aka EtaRS) regulates ace expression in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. Infection and Immunity. 2015 Jan; 83(1): 389-95. PMID: 25385790. IF: 4.16

3. Solheim, M, La Rosa, SL, Mathiesen, T, Snipen, LG, Nes, IF, Brede, DA. Transcriptomic and Functional Analysis of NaCl-Induced Stress in Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS One. 2014 Apr 22;9(4):e94571. PMID: 24755907. IF: 3.53

2. La Rosa, SL, Casey PG, Hill, C, Diep, DB, Nes, IF, Brede, DA.  In vivo assessment of growth and virulence gene expression during commensal and pathogenic lifestyles of luxABCDE tagged Enterococcus faecalis in murine gastro intestinal and intravenous infection models. Applied Environmental Microbiology 2013. July; 79(13):3986-3997. Selected by the editors as article of significant interest in this AEM issue. PMID: 23603680. IF: 3.95

1. La Rosa, SL, Diep, DB, Nes, IF, Brede, DA. Construction and application of a luxABCDE reporter system for real-time monitoring of Enterococcus faecalis gene expression and growth. Applied Environmental Microbiology 2012 Oct; 78(19):7003-11. PMID: 22843522. IF: 3.95