The University of Arizona
 
Smcatus Publications
1990-1999

Jost B.H., Songer J.G., and Billington S.J.  (1999).  An Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes mutant deficient in production of the pore-forming cytolysin pyolysin has reduced virulence.  Infection and Immunity, 67:1723-8.  Paper

Bueschel D., Walker R., Woods L., Kokai-Kun J., McClane B., and Songer J.G.  (1998).  Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A necrotic enteritis in a foal.  Journal of American Veterinary Medicine Association, 213:1305-7, 1280.

Billington S.J., Wieckowski E.U., Sarker M.R., Bueschel D.M., Songer J.G. and McClane B.A.  (1998).  Clostridium perfringens type E animal enteritis isolates with highly conserved, silent enterotoxin gene sequences.  Infection and Immunity,   66:4531-4536.  Paper

Kanakaraj R., Harris D.L., Songer J.G., and Bosworth B.  (1998).  Multiplex PCR assay for detection of Clostridium perfringens in feces and intestinal contents of pigs and in swine feed.  Veterinary Microbiology, 63:29-38.  Paper

Songer J.G.  (1998).  Clostridial diseases of small ruminants.  Veterinary Research, 29:219-32.

Songer J.G.  (1998).  Corynebacterium species infections.  In Howard, J.L. and Smith, R.A. (Ed.), Current Veterinary Therapy. Food Animal Practice 4 (pp 351-352). Philadelphia: WB Saunders.

Billington S.J., Jost B.H., and Songer J.G.  (1998).  The Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes plasmid pAP1 is a member of the pIJ101/pJV1 family of rolling circle replication plasmids.  Journal of Bacteriology,  180:3233-3236.  Paper

Feldman S.H., Songer J.G., Bueschel D., Weisbroth S.P., and Weisbroth S.H.  (1997).  Multifocal necrotizing enteritis with hepatic and splenic infarction associated with Clostridium perfringens type A in a guinea pig raised in a conventional environment.   Laboratory Animal Science, 47:540-544.

Meer R.R. and Songer J.G.  (1997).  Multiplex PCR method for genotyping Clostridium perfringens.   American Journal of Veterinary Research, 58:702-705.

Meer R.R., Songer J.G., and Park D.L.  (1997).  Human disease associated with Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin.
Reviews in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 150:75-94.

Jost B.H., Billington S.J., and Songer J.G. (1997).  Electroporation-mediated transformation of Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes.  Plasmid, 38:135-40.  Paper

Billington S.J., Jost B.H., Cuevas W.A., Bright K.R., and Songer J.G.  (1997).  The Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes hemolysin, pyolysin, is a novel member of the thiol-activated cytolysin family.  Journal of Bacteriology, 179:6100-6106.  Paper

Songer, J.G.  (1997).  Bacterial phospholipases and their role in virulence.  Trends in Microbiology, 5:156-161.  Paper

Songer J.G.  (1996).  Clostridial enteric diseases of domestic animals.  Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 9:216-234.  Paper

Songer J.G. and Meer R.R. (1996). Genotyping of Clostridium perfringens by Polymerase Chain Reaction is a Useful Adjunct to Diagnosis of Clostridial Enteric Disease in Animals. Anaerobe, 2:197-203. Paper

McNamara P.J., Cuevas W.A., and Songer J.G.  (1995).  Toxic phospholipases D of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, C. ulcerans and Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: cloning and sequence homology.  Gene, 156:113-8.  Paper

Kokai-Kun J.F., Songer J.G., Czeczulin J.R., Chen F., and McClane B.A. (1994).  Comparison of Western immunoblots and gene detection assays for identification of potentially enterotoxigenic isolates of Clostridium perfringens.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 32:2533-9.  Paper

McNamara P.J., Bradley G.A., and Songer J.G.  (1994).  Targeted mutagenesis of the phospholipase D gene results in decreased virulence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.  Molecular Microbiology, 12:921-30.

Libby S.J., Goebel W., Ludwig A., Buchmeier N., Bowe F., Fang F.C., Guiney D.G., Songer J.G., and Heffron F. (1994). A cytolysin encoded by Salmonella is required for survival within macrophages.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U S A, 91:489-93.  Paper

Braithwaite C.E., Smith E.E., Songer J.G., and Reine A.H.  (1993).  Characterization of detergent-soluble proteins of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.  Veterinary Microbiology, 38:59-70.  Paper

Cuevas W.A. and Songer J.G.  (1993).  Arcanobacterium haemolyticum phospholipase D is genetically and functionally similar to Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis phospholipase D.  Infection and Immunity, 61:4310-6. Paper

Yozwiak M.L. and Songer J.G.  (1993).  Effect of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis phospholipase D on viability and chemotactic responses of ovine neutrophils.  American Journal of Veterinary Research, 54:392-7.

Songer J.G., Hilwig R.W., Leeming M.N., Iandolo J.J., and Libby S.J.  (1991).  Transformation of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis by electroporation.  American Journal of Veterinary Research, 52:1258-61.

Judson R. and Songer J.G.  (1991).  Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis: in vitro susceptibility to 39 antimicrobial agents.
 Veterinary Microbiology, Apr;27:145-50.  Paper

Brogden K.A., Engen R.L., Songer J.G., and Gallagher J.  (1990).  Changes in ovine erythrocyte morphology due to sphingomyelin degradation by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis phospholipase D.  Microbial Pathogenesis, 8:157-62.  Paper

Songer J.G., Libby S.J., Iandolo J.J., and Cuevas W.A.  (1990).  Cloning and expression of the phospholipase D gene from Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in Escherichia coli.  Infection and Immunity, 58:131-6.  Paper

Libby SJ, Goebel W, Muir S, Songer G, Heffron F (1990).  Cloning and characterization of a cytotoxin gene from Salmonella typhimurium.  Research in Microbiology, 141: 775-783.

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