Projects

ANAEROBIC MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN ANIMAL MANURE MANAGEMENT Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 409673

MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES OF UNIQUE MICROORGANISMS FROM SWINE FECES AND MANURE STORAGE PITS Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number: 410338

Publications

Carbohydrate metabolism in bifidobacteria: human symbiotic bacteria - (Abstract)

Price, N.P., Adeuya, A., Whitehead, T.R. 2008. Carbohydrate metabolism in bifidobacteria: human symbiotic bacteria [abstract]. 11th Bratislava Symposium on Saccharides, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Isolation of skatole-producing bacteria from stored swine manure: individual or consortium? - (Abstract) - (22-Aug-08)

Quantitative real-time PCR analyses of sulfate-reducing bacteria in swine manure and the inhibitory effects of condensed tannins - (Abstract) - (22-Aug-08)

Effects of dietary inorganic sulfate levels on growth performance and markers of intestinal inflammation in growing pigs - (Abstract)

Weber, T.E., Spence, C., Whitehead, T.R., Kerr, B.J. 2008. Effects of dietary inorganic sulfate levels on growth performance and markers of intestinal inflammation in growing pigs. Journal of Animal Science. 86(E-Suppl. 2):444.

Detection of methanogenic archaea in stored swine manure by direct mcrA PCR and sequence analysis - (Abstract) - (27-Jun-08)

Development and comparison of SYBR Green quantitative real-time PCR assays for detection and enumeration of sulfate-reducing bacteria in stored swine manure - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (21-Jun-08)

Analyses of the bifid shunt and carbohydrate metabolism in Bifidobacterium spp. using **13C-labeled substrates and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry - (Abstract) - (05-Jun-08)

Effects of borax treatment on hydrogen sulfide emissions and sulfate reducing bacteria in stored swine manure - (Abstract) - (05-Jun-08)

Robinsonia peoriae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit and a human clinical source - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (17-May-08)

Evaluation of the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Population Associated With Stored Swine Slurry - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Cook, K.L., Whitehead, T.R., Spence, C., Cotta, M.A. 2008. Evaluation of the sulfate-reducing bacterial population associated with stored swine slurry. Anaerobe. 14:172-180.

Effects of condensed tannins on hydrogen sulfide production and the sulfate-reducing bacterial population of swine manure - (Abstract) - (19-Mar-08)

Catabolite pathway for the production of skatole and indole acetic acid by the acetogen Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, and swine manure - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Whitehead, T.R., Price, N.P., Drake, H.L., Cotta, M.A. 2008. Catabolic pathway for the production of skatole and indoleacetic acid by the acetogen Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, and swine manure. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(6):1950-1953.

Isotopomer-Flux Analysis of Bifidobacterium ssp. Carbohydrate Metabolism - (Abstract)

Price, N.P., Adeuya, A., Whitehead, T.R., Sela, D.A., Mills, D.A. 2007. Isotopomer-Flux Analysis of Bifidobacterium ssp. Carbohydrate Metabolism [abstract]. 4th International Symposium: Milk Genomics & Human Health. Available: http://lactoknow.ucdavis.edu/symposiums

Isotopomer-flux analysis of Bifidobactrium ssp. carbohydrate metabolism - (Abstract)

Price, N.P., Adeuya, A., Whitehead, T.R., Sela, D.A., Mills, D.A. 2007. Isotopomer-flux analysis of Bifidobactrium ssp. carbohydrate metabolism [abstract].

Genus XIV. Hespellia - (Book/Chapter) - (28-Aug-07)

GENUS ATOPOSTIPES - (Book/Chapter) - (31-Jul-07)

REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM IN VITRO SWINE MANURE USING MONENSIN - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2007. Reduction of emissions from in vitro swine manure using monensin [abstract]. Journal of Animal Science. 85(1):92.

VAGOCOCCUS ELONGATUS SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM A SWINE-MANURE STORAGE PIT - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Lawson, P.A., Falsen, E., Cotta, M.A., Whitehead, T.R. 2007. Vagococcus elongatus sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57:751-754.

BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE FROM SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM OF GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 43 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Jordan, D.B., Li, X., Dunlap, C.A., Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2007. Beta-D-xylosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium of glycoside hydrolase family 43. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 136-140:93-104.

THE SWINE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND STORED MANURE: RICH ECOSYSTEMS FOR ISOLATION OF NOVEL BACTERIA - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Lawson, P.A., Cotta, M.A. 2006. The swine gastrointestinal tract and stored manure: rich ecosystems for isolation of novel bacteria [abstract]. International Microbial Ecology. p. A123.

SWINE FECES AND STORED MANURE: THE SEARCH FOR THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE NOT SO BAD - (Abstract)

Lawson, P.A., Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2006. Swine feces and stored manure: the search for the good, the bad, and the not so bad [abstract]. Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas. p. 49.

BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE FROM SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM OF GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 43 - (Abstract)

Jordan, D.B., Li, X., Dunlap, C.A., Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2006. Beta-D-xylosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium of glycoside hydrolase family 43 [abstract]. Gordon Research Conference. p. 3.

DETERMINATION OF BREAKDOWN PATHWAY OF TRYPTOPHAN AND INDOLE ACETIC ACID TO SKATOLE BY CLOSTRIDIUM DRAKEI AND SWINE MANURE SLURRY - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Price, N.P., Cotta, M.A. 2006. Determination of breakdown pathway of tryptophan and indole acetic acid to skatole by Clostridium drakei and swine manure slurry [abstract]. Reproduction Nutrition Development. 46(S60):113.

ENGINEERING OF THE HUMAN COMMENSAL BACTEROIDES OVATUS FOR THE IN SITU DELIVERY OF IMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEINS - (Abstract)

Hamady, Z.Z., Farrar, M.D., Whitehead, T.R., Lodge, J.P., Carding, S.R. 2006. Engineering of the human commensal Bacteroides ovatus for the in situ delivery of immunomodulatory proteins [abstract]. Reproduction Nutrition Development. 46(S64):0-18.

STABLE ISOTOPES AND MASS SPECTROMETRY. FLUX ANALYSIS OF THE FRUCTOSE-6-P-PHOSPHOKETOLASE SHUNT PATHWAY IN BIFIDOBACTERIUM. - (Abstract)

Adeuya, A., Whitehead, T.R., Price, N.P. 2006. Stable isotopes and mass spectrometry. Flux analysis of the fructose-6-p-phosphoketolase shunt pathway in bifidobacterium [abstract]. American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 17(5S):118S.

BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE FROM SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM OF GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 43 - (Abstract)

Jordan, D.B., Li, X., Dunlap, C.A., Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2006. Beta-D-xylosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium of glycoside hydrolase family 43 [abstract]. Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. p.93

BACTEROIDES COPROSUIS SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM SWINE MANURE STORAGE PITS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A., Collins, M.D., Falsen, E., Lawson, P.A. 2005. Bacteroides coprosuis sp. nov., isolated from swine-manure storage pits. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55:2515-2518.

PHYLOGENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL MICROFLORA OF IN VITRO RUMINAL PROTOZOAL CULTURES BY 16S RDNA SEQUENCE ANALYSES - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Dehority, B.A. 2005. Phylogenetic identification of bacterial microflora of in vitro ruminal protozoal cultures by 16S rDNA sequence analyses [abstract]. International Union of Microbiological Societies. Paper No. B-1020.

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC-MS) TECHNIQUES FOR METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS OF THE BIFIDO SHUNT PATHWAY - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Price, N.P., Whitehead, T.R., Cote, G.L. 2006. Global metabolic flux analysis of the bifidobacterial bifido shunt pathway. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 24(1-2):95-98.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ERMG GENE IN BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM PORCINE INTESTINAL CONTENTS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Wang, Y., Wang, G., Shoemaker, N.B., Whitehead, T.R., Salyers, A.A. 2005. Distribution of the ermG gene among bacterial isolates from porcine intestinal contents. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(8):4930-4934.

CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS OF IN VITRO RUMINAL PROTOZOAL CULTURES BY 16S RDNA SEQUENCE ANALYSES - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Dehority, B.A. 2005. Characterization of microbial populations of in vitro ruminal protozoal cultures by 16S rDNA sequence analyses [abstract]. Conference on Gastrointestinal Function. Paper No. 32.

ENGINEERING OF THE GUT COMMENSAL BACTERIUM BACTEROIDES OVATUS TO PRODUCE AND SECRETE BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MURINE INTERLEUKIN-2 IN RESPONSE TO XYLAN - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Farrar, M.D., Whitehead, T.R., Lan, J., Dilger, P., Thorpe, R., Holland, K.T., Carding, S.R. 2005. Engineering of the gut commensal bacterium Bacteroides ovatus to produce and secrete biologically active murine interleukin-2 in response to xylan. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 98:1191-1197.

RECOMBINANT BIOCATALYSTS FOR CONVERTING SUGAR MIXTURES TO LACTIC ACID - (Abstract)

Dien, B.S., Whitehead, T.R., Nichols, N.N., Skory, C.D., Cotta, M.A. 2004. Recombinant biocatalysts for converting sugar mixtures to lactic acid [abstract]. Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Symposium. Paper No. 40.

IDENTIFICATION OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA FROM STORED SWINE MANURE BY PURE CULTURE ISOLATION AND DIRECT DSRA PCR - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Cook, K.L., Cotta, M.A. 2004. Identification of sulfate-reducing bacteria from stored swine manure by pure culture isolation and direct dsra pcr [abstract]. Microbial Ecology International Symposium. Paper No. 228.

ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF SKATOLE-PRODUCING BACTERIA FROM STORED SWINE MANURE - (Abstract) - (27-Aug-04)

DETECTION OF SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA IN STORED SWINE MANURE USING QUANTITATIVE, REAL-TIME PCR ANALYSIS - (Abstract)

Cook, K.L., Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2004. Detection of sulfate reducing bacteria in stored swine manure using quantitative, real-time pcr analysis [abstract]. Microbial Ecology International Symposium. Paper No. 226.

PURE CULTURE AND PCR ANALYSES OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA FROM SWINE FECES AND STORED SWINE MANURE - (Abstract)

Whitehead, T.R., Cook, K.L., Cotta, M.A. 2004. Pure culture and pcr analyses of sulfate-reducing bacteria from swine feces and stored swine manure [abstract]. Reproduction Nutrition Development. 44(1):S32.

VARIABILITY IN THE CONCENTRATION OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA IN SWINE MANURE AND FECES AS DETERMINED USING A REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY - (Abstract)

Cook, K.L., Cotta, M.A., Whitehead, T.R. 2004. Variability in the concentration of sulfate-reducing bacteria in swine manure and feces as determined using a real-time PCR assay [abstract]. Reproduction Nutrition Development. 44(1):S6.

DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA IN STORED SWINE MANURE AND SWINE FECES - (Abstract)

Cook, K.L., Whitehead, T.R., Cotta, M.A. 2004. Development of a real-time PCR assay for detection of sulfate-reducing bacteria in stored swine manure and swine feces [abstract]. American Society for Microbiology. Paper No. Q-093.

ENGINEERING KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA FOR PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE - (Abstract)

Dien, B.S., Whitehead, T.R., Nichols, N.N., Cotta, M.A. 2004. Engineering klebsiella oxytoca for production of lactic acid from hexose and pentose [abstract]. Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Paper No. 2-08.

ATOPOSTIPES SUICLOACALE GEN. NOV., SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM AN UNDERGROUND SWINE MANURE STORAGE PIT - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Cotta, M.A., Whitehead, T.R., Collins, M.D., Lawson, P.A. 2004. Atopostipes suicloacale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an underground swine manure storage pit. Anaerobe. 10(3):191-195.

DESCRIPTION OF HESPELLIA STERCORISUIS GEN. NOV. SP. NOV. AND HESPELLIA PORCINUS SP. NOV. ISOLATED FROM MANURE STORAGE PITS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

WHITEHEAD, T.R., COTTA, M.A., COLLINS, M.D., LAWSON, P.A. HESPELLIA STERCORISUIS GEN. NOV., SP. NOV. AND HESPELLIA PORCINUS SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM SWINE MANURE STORAGE PITS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 2004. V. 54. P. 241-245.

THE COMMENSAL BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF SWINE FECES AND STORED SWINE MANURE: RESERVOIRS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE? - (Abstract)

WHITEHEAD, T.R., COTTA, M.A., WHITTLE, G., SHOEMAKER, N., SALYERS, A.A. THE COMMENSAL BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF SWINE FECES AND STORED SWINE MANURE: RESERVOIRS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE?. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. 2003. V. 81(SUPPL.1): ABSTRACT P. 461.

IDENTIFICATION OF NEW ERYTHROMYCIN (ERM(35)) AND TETRACYCLINE (TET(36)) RESISTANCE GENES FROM A BACTEROIDES SP. ISOLATED FROM SWINE MANURE - (Abstract)

WHITEHEAD, T.R., WHITTLE, G., SHOEMAKER, N., COTTA, M.A., SALYERS, A.A. IDENTIFICATION OF NEW ERYTHROMYCIN (ERM(35)) AND TETRACYCLINE (TET(36)) RESISTANCE GENES FROM A BACTEROIDES SP. ISOLATED FROM SWINE MANURE. 103RD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY. 2003. ABSTRACT P. 20.

IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW RIBOSOMAL PROTECTION TYPE OF TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE GENE, TET(36), FROM SWINE MANURE PITS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

WHITTLE, G., WHITEHEAD, T.R., HAMBURGER, N., SHOEMAKER, N.B., COTTA, M.A., SALYERS, A.A. IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW RIBOSOMAL PROTECTION TYPE OF TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE GENE, TET(36), FROM SWINE MANURE PITS. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2003. V. 69. P. 4151-4158.

ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HYPER-AMMONIA PRODUCING BACTERIA FROM SWINE MANURE STORAGE PITS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

WHITEHEAD, T.R., COTTA, M.A. ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HYPER-AMMONIA PRODUCING BACTERIA FROM SWINE MANURE STORAGE PITS. CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY. 2004. V. 48. P. 20-26.

MOLECULAR TAXONOMY: REVEALING UNSEEN DIVERSITY WITH THE GI TRACT - (Abstract)

LAWSON, P.A., WHITEHEAD, T.R., COTTA, M.A., COLLINS, M.D. MOLECULAR TAXONOMY: REVEALING UNSEEN DIVERSITY WITH THE GI TRACT. 25TH CONFERENCE ON GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION. 2003. ABSTRACT P. 28.

HESPELLIA STERCORISUIS GEN. NOV. SP. NOV., AND HESPELLIA PORCINUS SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM MANURE STORAGE PITS - (Abstract)

LAWSON, P.A., COTTA, M.A., COLLINS, M.D., WHITEHEAD, T.R. HESPELLIA STERCORISUIS GEN. NOV. SP. NOV., AND HESPELLIA PORCINUS SP. NOV., ISOLATED FROM MANURE STORAGE PITS. 25TH CONFERENCE ON GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION. 2003. ABSTRACT P. 58.

ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND COMPARISON OF BACTERIA FROM SWINE FECES AND MANURE STORAGE PITS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

COTTA, M.A., WHITEHEAD, T.R., ZELTWANGER, R.L. ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND COMPARISON OF BACTERIA FROM SWINE FECES AND MANURE STORAGE PITS. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2003. V. 5. P. 737-745.

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF BILE ACID 7 ALPHA-DEHYDROXYLATING BACTERIA IN HUMAN FECES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

WELLS, J., WILLIAMS, K.B., WHITEHEAD, T.R., HEUMAN, D.M., HYLEMON, P.B. 2003. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF BILE ACID 7 ALPHA-DEHYDROXYLATING BACTERIA IN HUMAN FECES. CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA. 331:127-134.