Microbial Evolution Lab
 

Teresa M. Bergholz, Ph.D.


Ph.D. (2007) Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University

SURVIVAL OF ENTEROHEMMORHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI IN FOOD AND THE GASTRIC ENVIRONMENT

B.S.(2000) Microbiology and Food Science, Michigan State University

Teresa completed her dissertation research in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at MSU. She has joined Martin Wiedmann's group at Cornell University as a postdoc this spring.

Contact information

largeter@msu.edu

Recent Publications

  • Bergholz, T. M. and T. S. Whittam. 2007. Variation in acid resistance among enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in a simulated gastric environment. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102:352-362. [PubMed link]
  • Large, T. M., S. T. Walk, and T. S. Whittam. 2005. Variation in acid resistance among Shiga toxin-producing clones of pathogenic Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:2493-2500. [PubMed link]
  • Tarr, C. L., T. M. Large, C. L. Moeller, D. W. Lacher, P. I. Tarr, D. W. Acheson, and T. S. Whittam. 2002. Molecular characterization of a serotype O121:H19 clone, a distinct Shiga toxin-producing clone of pathogenic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity 70:6853-9. [PubMed link]

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