Anne J Anderson

Lab:                   BNR 309
Lab Phone:        797-3497

RESEARCH

Molecular basis of plant-microbe interactions. Recognition events between plants and fungal or bacterial challenges; responses of organisms to oxidative stress; survival of organisms in soil.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Nam HS, Anderson AJ Yang KY, Cho B, Kim YC 2006 . 2006. The dctA gene in Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 is under RpoN control and is required for effective root colonization and induction of systemic resistance. . FEMS Microbiology Letters in press.

Hall, K, Miller, C.D.? Sorensen, D.L., Anderson, A. J., and Sims, R.C. 2005. Development of a catabolically significant genetic probe for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacteria in soil . Biodegradation 16:475-484.

Anderson A.J.,. Britt D.W, Johnson J, Narasimhan G and Rodriguez A. 2005. Physicochemical parameters influencing the formation of biofilms compared in mutant and wild type cells of Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6. Water and Science Technology 57:21-25.

Kim, Y.C., Kim, C.S., Cho, B.H. and Anderson, A.J. . 2005. . The major Fe-superoxide dismutase (FeSOD) activity in Pseudomonas putida is essential for survival under conditions of oxidative stress during microbial challenge and nutrient limitation.Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology: 14:859-862.

Kang BR, Cho BH, Anderson AJ, Kim YC.2004. The global regulator GacS of a biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 regulates transcription from the rpoS gene encoding a stationary-phase sigma factor and affects survival in oxidative stress.Gene;325:137-143.

Miller, C.D., Hall, K., Liang, Y.N., Nieman, K., Sorensen, D., Anderson A. J., and. Sims R.C.2004. and characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading mycobacterium isolates from soil. Microbial Ecology 48:230-238.

Spencer, M., Kim, Y.C., Ryu C-M, Kloepper J., Yang Y-C., and Anderson A J.2003. Induced defence in tobacco by Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain O6 involves at least the ethylene pathway. MPPP 63 27-34.

Anwar SA, McKenry MV, Yang KY, and Anderson A. J.2003. Induction of tolerance to root knot nematodes by Oxycom.Journal of Nematology.. 35:306-313.

Braga, G.U.L., S.D. Flint, C.L. Messinas, A.J. Anderson and D.W. Roberts. 2001. Effects of UVB irradiance on conidia and germinants of the entomopathogenic hyphomycete Metarhizium anisopliae: a study of reciprocity and recovery. Photobiology and Photochemistry 73(2) 140-146.

Kwon, S-I., C.D. von Dohlen and A.J. Anderson. 2001. Gene sequence analysis of an opportunistic wheat pathogen and a ligninoytic forest soil isolate of Fusarium proliferatum. Candadian Journal of Botany 79:1115-1121.

Kwon, S-I and J.A. Anderson. 2001. Differential production of superoxide dismutase and catalase isozymes during infection of wheat by a Fusarium proliferatum-like fungal isolate. Physiological and Molucular Plant Pathology 58:73-81.

Miller, C.D., Y.C. Kim and A.J. Anderson. 2001. Competitiveness in root colonization requires the rpoS gene in Pseudomonas putida. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 47:41-48.

Kim, Y.C., K.A. Blee, J. Robins and A.J. Anderson. 2001. Oxycom TM under field and laboratory conditions increases resistance responses in plants. European Journal of Plant Pathology 107:129-136.

Miller, C.D., S.W. Mortensen, G.U.L. Braga and A.J. Anderson. 2001. The rpoS gene in Pseudomonas syringae is important in surviving exposure to the near-UV in sunlight. Current Microbiology 43:374-377.

Kim, Y.C., C.D. Miller and A.J. Anderson. 2000. Superoxide dismutase activity in Pseudomonas putida affects utilization of sugars and growth on root surfaces. AEM 66:1480-1487.

Miller CD, Rangel D, Braga GU, Flint S, Kwon SI, Messias CL, Roberts DW, Anderson AJ. 2004. Enzyme activities associated with oxidative stress in Metarhizium anisopliae during germination, mycelial growth, and conidiation and in response to near-UV irradiation.Can J Microbiol. 2004 Jan;50(1):41-9.