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PUBLICATIONS
Rhodes, R.G., M.N. Samarasam, A. Shrivastava, J.M. van Baaren, S. Pochiraju, S. Bollampalli
and M.J. McBride. Flavobacterium johnsoniae gldN and gldO are partially redundant
genes required for gliding motility and for surface localization of SprB. J Bacteriol.
- 192(5):1201-1211.
Sato, K., M. Naito, H. Yukitake, H. Hirakawa, M. Shoji, M.J. McBride, R.G. Rhodes and K.
Nakayama. A protein secretion system linked to bacteroidete gliding motility and
pathogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2010. 107(1):276-281.
McBride, M.J., G. Xie, E.C. Martens, A. Lapidus, B. Henrissat, R.G. Rhodes, E. Goltsman, W.
Wang, J. Xu, D.W. Hunnicutt, A.M. Staroscik, T.R. Hoover, Y.Q. Cheng and J.L. Stein.
Novel features of the polysaccharide-digesting gliding bacterium Flavobacterium
johnsoniae revealed by genome sequence analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009.
75(21):6864-6875.
Rhodes, R.G., W. Coy and D.R. Nelson. Chitobiose utilization in Borrelia burgdorferi is dually
regulated by RpoD and RpoS. BMC Microbiol. 2009. 9:108.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2014 Characterization of N-acetylglucosamine utilization in the Lyme disease spirochete,
Borrelia burgdorferi. Beech Tree Labs, Inc. 21 st Annual Meeting. September 2014.
Rensselaerville, NY.
2010 Novel motility and protein secretion machinery in Flavobacterium johnsoniae.
Milwaukee Microbiology Society. February 2010. Milwaukee, WI.
GRANTS
2014 Rhodes, R. (Principal), Erwin, P. M. (Co-Principal), Kiser, K. (Co-Principal).
"Molecular and Metabolic Approaches to Identify and Characterize Unknown
Microorganisms in BIOL 246 and BIOL 425", ETEAL-Supported Pedagogy
Initiative, University of North Carolina Wilmington, $3,499.58, Funded. (start:
April 2014, end: May 2015).
2014 Rhodes, R. (Principal). "Development of a Screening Tool to Identify the Chitinase
in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi", Charles L. Cahill Award,
University of North Carolina Wilmington, $2,976.00, Funded. (start: January
2014, end: December 2014).
HONORS/AWARDS/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2007 Norris Wood Award for research excellence in microbiology, Department of Cell
and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island.
2007 Student Travel Grant Recipient, American Society for Microbiology 107th
General Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
