Aaron Lynne Assistant Professor Ph.D., North Dakota State University Office: LDB 125C Phone: (936) 294-1544 Fax: (936) 294-3940 E-mail: aaronlynne@shsu.edu Website: www.shsu.edu/~aml027

Research Interests:

My primary areas of research are in the fields of pathogenic microbiology, molecular biology and food safety.  My research focuses on understanding the distribution of enteric pathogens (mainly E. coli and Salmonella) and their virulence and antimicrobial resistance factors.  I am primarily interested in plasmid mediated antimicrobial resistance and virulence of these bacteria. Specific research areas include: 1) sequencing large virulence and resistance plasmid to study the evolution of these plasmids, 2) characterizing the function of specific genes found on these plasmids to determine the role in conjugation and/ or virulence, and 3) determining the prevalence and distribution of these plasmids among E. coli and Salmonella isolates from a variety of sources.  Other research projects in my lab include host-pathogen interactions of Salmonella enterica  and Caenorhabditis elegans, bacterial examination of raw pet foods and microbial biodiversity of human decomposition.  Please see my research website for more information.

Select Publications:

Lynne, A.M.,  Kariyawasam, S., Wannemuehler, Y., Johnson, T. J.,  Johnson, S. J., Spitler, D. K., Moon, H. W., Jordan, D. M., Logue, C. M., Foley, S. L., and Nolan, L. K. 2011. Recombinant Iss as a Potential Vaccine for Avian Colibacillosis. In Press.

Louden, B.C., Haarmann, D., Han, J., Foley, S.L., and Lynne, A.M.  2011. Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from Food Animals.  Food Research International.  In Press.

Louden, B.C., Haarmann, D. and Lynne A.M.  2011.  Use of Blue Agar CAS Assay for Siderophore Detection.  Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education.  12(1):51-53

Han, J., David, D.E., Deck, J. Lynne, A.M., Kaldhone, P., Nayak, R., Stefanova, R., and Foley, S.L. 2011.  Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg Isolated from Human Patients.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  49(3):1130-33

Foley, S. L. Ge, B., Schroeder, C. M., and Lynne, A. M. 2011. Pathogen Elimination: Antibiotic and Disinfectant Use and the Development of Resistance. In: Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection. Eds. Zervos, M., Simjee, S. Chen, A. Y., and Foley, S. L. John Wiley and Sons Publishers, New York.

Johnson, T.J., Thorsness, J.L., Anderson, C.P., Lynne, A.M., Foley, S.L., Han, J., Fricke, W.F., McDermott, P.F., White, D.G., Khatri, M., Stell, A.L., Flores, C., and Singer, R.A. 2010.  Horizontal Gene Transfer has Resulted in a Dominant Avian Clonal Trype of Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky.   PLoS ONE 5(12): e15524. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015524