selected publications
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academic article
- Building a biomedical pipeline: the impact of the Idaho IDeA INBRE summer research experience at a primarily undergraduate institution. Advances in Physiology Education. 45:786-796. 2021
- Deletion of Yersinia pestis ail Causes Temperature-Sensitive Pleiotropic Effects, Including Cell Lysis, That Are Suppressed by Carbon Source, Cations, or Loss of Phospholipase A Activity. Journal of Bacteriology. 203.0. 2021
- Repeated Oral Vaccination of Cattle with Shiga toxin-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 Reduces Carriage of Wild-type E. coli O157:H7 after Challenge. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87:e02183-20. 2021
- The interactions of bacteriophage Ace and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli during biocontrol. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 97. 2021
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle. Microorganisms. 8:580. 2020
- Author's Perspectives on Their Highly Cited Papers Published in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. Foodborne Pathogens And Disease. 15:03-10. 2018
- Complete Genome Sequence of Broad-Host-Range Shiga Toxin-Converting Bacteriophage SH2026Stx1, Isolated from Escherichia coli O157:H7. Genome Announcements. 6:UNSP e00490-18. 2018
- High-Quality Complete Genome Sequences of Three Bovine Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O177:H- (fliC(H25)) Isolates Harboring Virulent stx2 and Multiple Plasmids. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 6:UNSP e01592-17. 2018
- Rapid Evolution of Citrate Utilization by Escherichia coli by Direct Selection Requires citT and dctA. Journal of Bacteriology. 198:1022-1034. 2016
- Standardized Escherichia coli O157:H7 Exposure Studies in Cattle Provide Evidence that Bovine Factors Do Not Drive Increased Summertime Colonization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82:964-971. 2016
- Impact of Infection Dose and Previous Serum Antibodies against the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement Proteins on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shedding in Calves following Experimental Infection. Biomed Research International. 2015
- The Escherichia coli O157:H7 cattle immunoproteome includes outer membrane protein A (OmpA), a modulator of adherence to bovine rectoanal junction squamous epithelial (RSE) cells. Proteomics. 15:1829-1842. 2015
- Physiological Levels of Glucose Induce Membrane Vesicle Secretion and Affect the Lipid and Protein Composition of Yersinia pestis Cell Surfaces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79:4509-4514. 2013
- SdiA aids enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli carriage by cattle fed a forage or grain diet. Infection and Immunity. 81:3472-3478. 2013
- The Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthase Yenl from Yersinia enterocolitica Modulates Virulence Gene Expression in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity. 81:4192-4199. 2013
- Differential Virulence of Clinical and Bovine-Biased Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genotypes in Piglet and Dutch Belted Rabbit Models. Infection and Immunity. 80:369-380. 2012
- Role of a New Intimin/Invasin-Like Protein in Yersinia pestis Virulence. Infection and Immunity. 80:3559-3569. 2012
- Yersinia pestis Ail: multiple roles of a single protein. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 103. 2012
- Internalization of Escherichia coli o157:h7 by bovine rectal epithelial cells. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2:32. 2011
- Escherichia coli O157:H7: Animal Reservoir and Sources of Human Infection. Foodborne Pathogens And Disease. 8:465-487. 2011
- Chemical sensing in mammalian host-bacterial commensal associations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107:9831-9836. 2010
- Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product on ruminal fermentation and nutrient utilization in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:682-692. 2010
- A Brief Overview of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Its Plasmid O157. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 20:5-14. 2010
- Characterization of BNT2, an intrinsically curved DNA of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 391:1792-1797. 2010
- Influence of plasmid pO157 on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai biofilm formation.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76. 2010
- Outer Membrane Protein X (Ail) Contributes to Yersinia pestis Virulence in Pneumonic Plague and Its Activity Is Dependent on the Lipopolysaccharide Core Length. Infection and Immunity. 78:5233-5243. 2010
- Phenotypic diversity of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains associated with the plasmid O157. Journal of Microbiology. 48:347-357. 2010
- All blood, No stool: enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7 infection. Journal of Veterinary Science. 9:219-231. 2008
- Characterization of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 O-antigen deletion mutant and effect of the deletion on bacterial persistence in the mouse intestine and colonization at the bovine terminal rectal mucosa.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74. 2008
- Induction of innate immunity by lipid A mimetics increases survival from pneumonic plague. Microbiology. 154:2131-2138. 2008
- Lipid A mimetics are potent adjuvants for an intranasal pneumonic plague vaccine. Vaccine. 26:5554-5561. 2008
- Low numbers of intestinal Shiga toxin-producing E. coli correlate with a poor prognosis in sheep infected with bovine leukemia virus. Journal of Veterinary Science. 9:375-379. 2008
- Nanowire-based delivery of Escherichia coli O157 shiga toxin 1 A subunit into human and bovine cells. Nano Letters. 7. 2007
- Characterization of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 plasmid O157 deletion mutant and its survival and persistence in cattle.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73. 2007
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 colonization at the rectoanal junction of long-duration culture-positive cattle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73. 2007
- Expression profiles of bovine genes in the rectoanal junction mucosa during colonization with Escherichia coli O157:H7. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73. 2007
- Phenotypic characterization of OmpX, an Ail homologue of Yersinia pestis KIM. Microbiology. 153:2941-2951. 2007
- Rectoanal junction colonization of feedlot cattle by Escherichia coli O157 : H7 and its association with supershedders and excretion dynamics. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:1563-1568. 2007
- The non-toxic A subunit of Shiga toxin type 1 prevents replication of bovine immunodeficiency virus in infected cells. Virus Research. 125:29-41. 2007
- Comparison of a waterless hand-hygiene preparation and soap-and-water hand washing to reduce coliforms on hands in animal exhibit settings. Epidemiology and Infection. 134:1024-1028. 2006
- Application of bacteriophages to control intestinal Escherichia coli O157: H7 levels in ruminants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:5359-5366. 2006
- Comparison of cultures from rectoanal-junction mucosal swabs and feces for detection of Escherichia coli O157 in dairy heifers.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72. 2006
- Intestinal Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli bacteria mitigate bovine leukemia virus infection in experimentally infected sheep.. Infection and Immunity. 74. 2006
- Proteomics-based expression library screening (PELS) - A novel method for rapidly defining microbial immunoproteomes. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 5:1514-1519. 2006
- Role of Escherichia coli O157:H7 virulence factors in colonization at the bovine terminal rectal mucosa. Infection and Immunity. 74. 2006
- The Escherichia coli O157 flagellar regulatory gene flhC and not the flagellin gene fliC impacts colonization of cattle. Infection and Immunity. 74. 2006
- Characterization of a Shiga toxin-, intimin-, and enterotoxin hemolysin-producing Escherichia coli ONT : H25 strain commonly isolated from healthy cattle. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43:3213-3220. 2005
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 in environments of culture-positive cattle.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71. 2005
- Involvement of the Escherichia coli O157:H7(pO157) ecf operon and lipid A myristoyl transferase activity in bacterial survival in the bovine gastrointestinal tract and bacterial persistence in farm water troughs.. Infection and Immunity. 73. 2005
- Heat inactivation of E-coli during manure composting. Compost Science and Utilization. 12:314-322. 2004
- Rectal administration of Escherichia coli O157:H7: novel model for colonization of ruminants.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70. 2004
- Shiga toxin 1 targets bovine leukemia virus-expressing cells.. Infection and Immunity. 72. 2004
- Thermoregulation of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 pO157 ecf operon and lipid A myristoyl transferase activity involves intrinsically curved DNA.. Molecular Microbiology. 51. 2004
- Correlation between geographic distance and genetic similarity in an international collection of bovine faecal Escherichia coli O157 : H7 isolates. Epidemiology and Infection. 131:923-930. 2003
- Acid resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from the gastrointestinal tract of cattle fed hay or grain. Veterinary Microbiology. 95. 2003
- Antiviral activity of shiga toxin requires enzymatic activity and is associated with increased permeability of the target cells.. Infection and Immunity. 71. 2003
- Rectoanal mucosal swab culture is more sensitive than fecal culture and distinguishes Escherichia coli O157 : H7-colonized cattle and those transiently shedding the same organism. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41:4924-4929. 2003
- Gastrointestinal tract location of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ruminants.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68. 2002
- Ruminant gastrointestinal cell proliferation and clearance of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Infection and Immunity. 68. 2000
- Antiviral activity of shiga toxin 1: suppression of bovine leukemia virus-related spontaneous lymphocyte proliferation.. Infection and Immunity. 68. 2000
- Cattle, hay, and E-coli. Science (New York, N.Y). 284:51-52. 1999
- Biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157 with O157-specific bacteriophages. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65. 1999
- Effect of cattle diet on Escherichia coli O157:H7 acid resistance.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65. 1999
- Shiga toxin attacks bacterial ribosomes as effectively as eucaryotic ribosomes. Biochemistry. 37:9394-9398. 1998
- Analysis of Escherichia coli O157:H7 survival in ovine or bovine manure and manure slurry. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64. 1998
- Disruption of an internal membrane-spanning region in Shiga toxin 1 reduces cytotoxicity. Infection and Immunity. 66. 1998
- Evaluation of Dietary Influences on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shedding by Sheep. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63. 1997
- Purification of Staphylococcus aureus beta-toxin: Comparison of three isoelectric focusing methods. Protein Expression and Purification. 9:76-82. 1997
- Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other Shiga toxin-producing E-coli serotypes isolated from sheep. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 35:892-899. 1997
- A minimal medium for growth of Pasteurella multocida. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 140:165-169. 1996
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 in microbial flora of sheep. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 34:431-433. 1996
- Identification of Pasteurella multocida tryptophan synthase beta-subunit by antisera against strain p1059. Microbiology. 142:115-121. 1996
- Effect of diet on the shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a sheep model.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61. 1995
- Purification of recombinant Shiga-like toxin type I B subunit. Protein Expression and Purification. 6:771-779. 1995
- Investigation of the role of the disulphide bond in the activity and structure of staphylococcal enterotoxin C1. Molecular Microbiology. 13:897-909. 1994
- Purification of recombinant Shiga-like toxin type-1 A(1) fragment from Escherichia-coli. Protein Expression and Purification. 5:291-295. 1994
- Evidence that the A2 fragment of Shiga-like toxin type I is required for holotoxin integrity.. Infection and Immunity. 62. 1994
- The role of tyrosine-114 in the enzymatic-activity of the Shiga-like toxin-1 A-chain. Molecular and General Genetics. 241:467-473. 1993
- Nucleotide-sequence of the Staphylococcal enterotoxin-C3 gene sequence comparison of all 3 type-C Staphylococcal enterotoxins. Molecular and General Genetics. 220:329-333. 1990
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conference paper
- Local and systemic lymphoproliferative responses to Escherichia coli O157:H7 proteins occur after colonization and are predictive of decreased fecal shedding.. Journal of Immunology. 2012
- The effect of dietary protein, fiber, and digesta passage rate on the duration and concentration of Escherichia coli O157: H7 shed by cattle. American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference. 1998