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Microbiology Faculty in MCB (click on the names for more information)
- David
Benson -- Molecular ecology and diversity of bacteria,
plant symbionts, molecular adaptations of psychrophilic bacteria,
microbial diversity and ecology in traditional cheeses.
- Daniel
Gage -- Plant-microbe interactions, microbial genetics
and physiology of infection in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
- J.
Peter Gogarten -- Microbial evolution and phylogeny; comparative
genome analyses; horizontal gene transfer; early evolution of
life.
- Joerg
Graf -- Animal-microbe interactions, digestive-tract symbiosis, pathogenic microbes,
microbial evolution, high-throughput DNA sequencing, and the use of 16S rRNA genes in the classification
of bacteria.
- Jonathan Klassen -- Microbial community ecology, especially using the fungus-growing ant symbiosis as a model system to study the evolution of microbial interaction networks; microbial natural product genomics, evolution and chemical ecology
- Kenneth
Noll -- Microbial genetics and biochemical physiology
of hyperthermophilic bacteria, carbohydrate transport and the
regulation of gene expression in hyperthermophiles.
- Spencer
Nyholm -- Host-microbe interactions, squid / Vibrio
fischeri symbiosis (colonization, interactions with the innate
immune system), functional genomics of hydrothermal vent symbioses.
- Thane
Papke -- Evolution and biogeography of extremophiles
using population genetics, genomics and metagenomics to understand
the impact of sex on species and speciation.
- Mary Rumpho-Kennedy -- Endosymbiotic association between algal (Vaucheria litorea) chloroplasts and a marine mollusc (Elysia chlorotica), resulting in photosynthetic sea slugs.
Affiliated Faculty Members in Other Departments
- Steven
Geary (Pathobiology) -- 1. Mycoplasma genomics, microarray
(expression) analysis, proteomics. 2. Pathogenic mechanisms of
mycoplasmas. Mechanisms of attachment; cytadherence molecules
and host cell receptors. Investigation of variably expressed cell
surface proteins. 3. Vaccine Development. Immunologic and genetic
means of analysis for the detection and speciation of mycoplasmas.
- Pieter
Visscher (Marine Sciences) -- Biogeochemical processes
in oceanic environments, the fate of methanethiol, dimethylsulfide,
methylbromide and methylchloride in oceanic waters.
Emeritus Faculty
- Susanne
Beck von Bodman (Plant Science) -- Molecular biology of
host-microbe interactions. Quorum-sensing-mediated control of
bacterial virulence factors. Plant genetic engineering for crop
improvement and enhanced disease resistance.
- Edward
Leadbetter -- Microbial ecology, physiology, and diversity;
biochemistry and physiology of gliding motility in gliding bacteria,
and of sulfur and sulfonate metabolism.
- Thomas
Terry -- Microbiology education, developing new approaches
and materials for microbiology educators, Web-based teaching.
- Robert Vinopal -- Microbial physiology and genetics applied
to biotechnology and environmental microbiology, antimicrobial
and biocidal agents, synthetic biodegradable polymers, biodegradation.
- Antonio Romano -- Microbial physiology, sugar transport
and general microbiology.
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Yeast cells on cheese (DB) |
Rikenella in leech gut - FISH stain (JG) |
Borellia burgdorferi in ticks (UConn EM) |
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