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Fields of interest:

• Genetics and enzymology of antibiotic production
• Mechanisms of gene regulation and expression
• Ecology and diversity of antibiotic-producing pseudomonads
• Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

Recent publications:

O.V. Mavrodi, D.V. Mavrodi, D.M. Weller, L.S. Thomashow:
The role of ptsP, orfT, and sss recombinase in root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens Q8r1-96. ,
Appl. Environ. Microbiol, Vol. 72, (2006), pp. 7111-7122.

D.V. Mavrodi, W. Blankenfeldt, L.S. Thomashow:
Phenazine compounds in fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.: biosynthesis and regulation,
Ann. Rev. Phytopath., Vol. 44, (2006), pp. 417-446.

O.V. Mavrodi, D.V. Mavrodi, D.M. Weller, L.S. Thomashow:
The role of dsbA in root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens Q8r1-96. ,
Microbiology, Vol. 152, (2006), pp. 863-872.

S.R. Khan, D.V. Mavrodi, G.J. Jog, H. Suga, L.S. Thomashow, S.K. Farrand:
Activation of the phz operon of Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 requires the LuxR homolog PhzR, N-(3-OH-hexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone produced by the LuxI homologue PhzI, and a cis-acting phz-box. ,
J. Bacteriol., Vol. 187, (2005), pp. 6517-6527.

I.T. Paulsen, C. Press, J. Ravel, D.Y. Kobayashi, G.S. A. Myers, D.V. Mavrodi, R.T. DeBoy, R. Seshadri, Q. Ren, R. Madupu, R.J. Dodson, A.S. Durkin, L.M. Brinkac, S.C. Daugherty, S.A. Sullivan, M.J. Rosovitz, M.L. Gwinn, L. Zhou, W.C. Nelson, J. Weidman, K. Watkins, K. Tran, H. Khouri, E.A. Pierson, L.S. Pierson, L.S. Thomashow, J.E. Loper:
Complete genome sequence of the plant commensal Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5: insights into the biological control of plant disease,
Nature Biotechnol., Vol. 23, (2005), pp. 873-878.

S. Validov, O. Mavrodi, L. De La Fuente, A. Boronin, D. Weller, L.Thomashow, D. Mavrodi:
Antagonistic activity among 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.,
FEMS Microbiol. Lett., Vol. 242, (2005), pp. 249-256.

W. Blankenfeldt, A.P. Kuzin, T. Skarina, Y. Korniyenko, L. Tong, P. Bayer, P. Janning, L.S. Thomashow, D. V. Mavrodi:
Structure and function of phenazine biosynthesis protein PhzF from Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, Vol. 101, (2004), pp. 16431-16436.

G.W. Lau, H. Ran, F. Kong, D.J. Hassett, D. Mavrodi:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyocyanin is critical for lung infection in mice. ,
Infect. Immun., Vol. 72, (2004), pp. 4275-4278.

D.V. Mavrodi, O.V. Mavrodi, B.B. McSpadden-Gardener, B.B. Landa, D.M. Weller, L.S. Thomashow:
Identification of differences in genome content among phlD-positive Pseudomonas fluorescens strains by using PCR-based subtractive hybridization,
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Vol. 68, (2002), pp. 5170-5176.

D.V. Mavrodi, R.F. Bonsall, S.M. Delaney, M.J. Soule, G. Phillips, L.S. Thomashow:
Functional analysis of genes for biosynthesis of pyocyanin and phenazine-1-carboxamide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01,
J. Bacteriol., Vol. 183, (2001), pp. 6454-6465.