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Dr. Michael G. Johnson
Professor
Phone: (479) 575-4778
Email: mjohnson@uark.edu
Office: BIO-133 |
| Education: |
• PhD: University of California, Davis, Microbiology
• MS: University of Illinois, Food Science
• BS: University of Illinois, Microbiology
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| Courses Taught: |
• FDSC 4124: Food Microbiology
• FDSC 5703: Fermented Foods
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| Research Areas: |
• Food Safety and Microbiology
Rapid methods to detect pathogens in foods using monoclonal antibody and nucleic acid probes; Listeria monocytogenes; in vitro virulence assays and antibiotic resistance of food borne pathogens; destruction/control of pathogens with heat and chemicals.
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| List of Recent Publications: |
| Janes, M.E., K.S. Kim, and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Transmission electron microscopy study of Escherichia coli O157:H7 J. Food Prot. 68(No. 2):216-224. |
| Nannapaneni, R., R. Story, K.C. Wiggins, and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Concurrent quantitation of total Campylobacter and total ciprofloxacin resistant Campylobacter loads in rinses from retail raw chicken carcasses from 2001-2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(No. 8): 4510-4515. |
| Lungu, B. and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Fate of L. monocytogenes inoculated into the surface of model turkey frankfurter pieces treated with zein coatings containing nisin, sodium diacetate and sodium lactate at 4 C. J. Food Prot. 68 ( No. 4): 855-859. |
| Lungu, B. and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Potassium sorbate does not increase control of L. monocytogenes when added to zein coatings with nitsin on surfaces of full fat frankfurters pieces in a model system at 4 oC. J. Food Sci. 69: M 95- M- 99. |
| Huff, G.R. W.E. Huff, J.N. Beasley, N.C. Rath, M.G. Johnson and R. Nannapaneni. 2005. Respiratory infection of turkeys with Listeria monocytogene Scott A. Avian Dis 49:551-557. |
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