individual publications

• academic article

  • Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes on a dairy farm: evidence for a reservoir in milking equipment. .  Applied Environmental Microbiology.  75:1315-1323. 2009
  • Development of molecular typing methods for Bacillus spp. and Paenibacillus spp. isolated from fluid milk products.  Journal of Food Science.  71. 2006
  • Molecular subtyping and characterization of bovine and human Streptococcus agalactiae isolates.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  43:1177-1186. 2005
  • Multi-locus sequence typing of Streptococcus uberis provides sensitive and epidemiologically relevant subtypes information and reveals positive selection in the virulence gene pauA.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  43:2407-2417. 2005
  • Ribotyping of Streptococcus uberis from a dairy's environment, bovine feces and milk.  Vet. Microbiol.  109:257-265. 2005
  • Listeria monocytogenes from foods and humans form distinct but overlapping populations.  Applied Environmental Microbiology.  70:5833-5841. 2004
  • Mastitis-causing streptococci are important contributors to bacterial counts in raw bulk tank milk.  Journal of Food Protection.  67:2644-2650. 2004

• conference paper

  • Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus uberis shows reticulate evolution between housekeeping genes and positive selection in a putative vaccine target.  Molecular Methods in Milk Quality Symposium Proceedings (Cornell University). 2004