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Monica A. Ponder Ph.D. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant Professor Department of Food Science and Technology Virginia Institute of Technology and State University |
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Ponder lab in the News! Research interests Reservoir Ecology Host-Pathogen Interactions Microbial Ecology of Agricultural Commodities
Current Projects Characterization of the microbial ecology of spinach and lettuce Comparison of the microbial diversity profiles of agricultural use water with source and season Competitive exclusion assays of native spinach epiphytes in presence of E.coli 0157:H7 and serovars of Salmonella enterica Characterization of virulence factors expressed in different serotypes of Salmonella enterica and E.coli 0157:H7 on epiphytic surfaces Comparative hybridization of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky belonging to distinct pulsotype lineages Effect of prebiotics and probiotics on the gastrointestinal microbial diversity of swine Effect of prebiotics and probiotics on survival and attachment of Salmonella enterica to porcine gastrointestinal cells Effect of different production systems on the gastrointestional microbiota of cattle Molecular epidemiology of E.coli O157:H7 in cattle reared in pasture production systems Zoonotic transmission mechanisms of enteric pathogens
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