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Mark Morrison
Associate Professor Education: Discipline(s): Websites of interest:
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~microbio/mm.html
Courses Taught: Freshman Research Seminar Publications: Heng, N.C.K., Bateup, J.M., Loach, D.M., Wu, X., Jenkinson, H.F., Morrison, M. and Tannock, G.W. 1999. The influence of different functional elements of plasmid pGT232 on the maintenance of recombinant plasmids in Lactobacillus reuteri populations in vitro and in vivo. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 5378-5385. Larson, M.A. and Morrison, M. 1999. Application of the differential display RT-PCR technique to examine conditional gene expression in Ruminococcus albus. In: Bell, C.R. et al. (Eds.) Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers. Proc. 8th Int. Symp. Microb. Ecol Pegden, R. S., Larson, M.A., Grant, R.J., and Morrison, M. 1998. Adherence of the gram-positive bacterium Ruminococcus albus to cellulose, and identification of a novel form of cellulose-binding protein which belongs to the Pil-family of proteins. J. Bacteriol. 180: 5921-5927. White, B.A., Cann, I.K.O., Mackie, R.I., and Morrison, M. 1997. Cellulase and xylanase genes from ruminal bacteria. Domain analysis suggests a non-cellulosome model for organization of the cellulase complex. pp. 69-80. In: Onodera, R. et al. (Eds.) "Rumen Microbes and Digestive Physiology of Ruminants " Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Morrison is the leader of a research team called MAPLE (Molecular Analysis of Prokaryotes from Livestock Environments). MAPLE is currently involved with several microbiology research projects including the molecular biology of cellulose-degradation, bacterial adhesion to surfaces, and the microbial ecology of antibiotic resistance genes. |
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