Microbial Ecology and Environmental Monitoring (Micro 551)
Bacterial-Plant Interactions (Micro 477, Micro/Pl P 577)
Biology of Microorganisms (Micro 302)

(Last 5 years)
C. Chen and G. A. Beattie.  Pseudomonas syringae BetT is a low affinity choline transporter that is responsible for superior osmoprotection by choline over glycine betaine.  Journal of Bacteriology (accepted for publication)

C. Chen and G. A. Beattie.  2007. Characterization of the osmoprotectant transporter OpuC from Pseudomonas syringae and demonstration that cystathionine-β-synthase domains are required for its osmoregulatory function.  Journal of Bacteriology, 189:6901-6912.

Sandhu, A., L. J. Halverson and G. A. Beattie. 2007. Bacterial degradation of airborne phenol in the phyllosphere. Environmental Microbiology, 9:383-392 (Highlighted in Nature Reviews in Microbiology 4:880-881)

G. A. Beattie and Seibel, J. S. 2007. Uptake and localization of gaseous phenol and p-cresol in plant leaves. Chemosphere, 68:528-536.

Carter, C., R. Healey, N. M. O’Tool, S. S. M. Naqvi, G. Ren, S. Park, G. A. Beattie, H. T. Horner, and R. W. Thornburg.  2007. Tobacco nectaries express a novel NADPH oxidase implicated in the defense of floral reproductive tissues against microorganisms. Plant Physiology, 143: 389-399

Beattie, G. A. 2006. Plant-associated bacteria: survey, molecular phylogeny, genomics and recent advances, pp. 1-54. In S. S. Gnanamanickam (ed) Plant-Associated Bacteria. Springer, The Netherlands.

Wright, C. A. and G. A. Beattie. 2005. Bacterial species specificity in proU osmoinducibility and nptII and lacZ expression. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 8:201-208.

Wright, C. A. and G. A. Beattie. 2004. Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato cells encounter inhibitory levels of water stress during the hypersensitive response of Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101:3269-3274

Casavant, N. C., D. Thompson, G. A. Beattie, G. J. Phillips, and L. J. Halverson. 2003. Use of a site-specific recombination-based biosensor for detecting bioavailable toluene and related compounds on roots. Environmental Microbiology. 5:238-249.

Sabaratnam, S. and G. A. Beattie. 2003. Differences between Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a and Pantoea agglomerans BRT98 in epiphytic versus endophytic colonization of leaves. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 1220-1228.

Axtell, C. A. and G. A. Beattie. 2002. Construction and characterization of a proU-gfp transcriptional fusion that measures water availability in a microbial habitat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:4604-4612.

Marcell, L. M. and G. A. Beattie. 2002. The effect of leaf surface waxes on leaf colonization by Pantoea agglomerans and Clavibacter michiganensis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 15:1236-1244.

Beattie, G. A. and L. M. Marcell. 2002. Effect of alterations in cuticular wax biosynthesis on the physicochemical properties and topography of maize leaf surfaces. Plant Cell and Environment 25:1-16