Dr. Howard Ceri
Selected Refereed Papers and Invited Chapters:
Last 6 years only (my trainees in italics)
Rivardo, F., Martinotti, M.G., Turner, R.J. and Ceri, H. (2011) Synergistic effects of biosurfactant with antibiotics towards Escherichia coli CFT073 biofilm. Int J Antimicrobial Agents (In Press).
Gomes, F., Teixeira, P., Cerca, N., Ceri, H. and Oliveira, R (2011) Virulence gene expression by Staphlococcus epidermidis biofilm cells exposed to antibiotics. Microbial Drug Res (In Press)
Tremaroli, V. Fedi, S., Tamburini, S., Leoni, L., Rampioni, G., Viti, C., Ceri, H., Turner, R.J. and Zannoni, D. (2011) The histadine-kinsae cheA gene in Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 not only effects chemotaxis but also regulates biofilm development, cell-cell sigaling, and metabolic activities. Biofouling 27:33-36.
Girard, L.P., Ceri, H., Gibb, A.P., Olson, M.E. and Sepandj, F. (2010) MIC verus MBEC to determine antibiotic sensitivity of Staphylococccus aureus in peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int 30: 652-655.
Sproule-Willoughby, K.M., Stanton, M.M., Rioux, K.P., McKay, DM., Buret, A.G and Ceri, H. (2010) In vitro anaerobic biofilms of human cholonic microbiota. J Microbiological Methods 83:296-301
Nelson, L.K., Stanton, M.M., Elphanstone, R.E.A., Helwerda, J., Turner, R.J. and Ceri, H. (2010) Phenotypic diversification in vivo: Pseudomonas aeruginosa gacS-strains generate small colony vatiants in vivo that are distinct from in vitro variants. Microbiology SGM 156:3699-3709.
Tremaroli, V., Vacchi Suzzi, C., Fedi, S., Ceri, H., Zannoni, D. and Turner, R.J. (2010) Tollerance of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 to metals, polychlorobiphenyls and polychlorobenzoates: effects on chemotaxis-, biofilm-, and planktoinic-grown cells. FEMS Microbiol Ecology 74: 291-301.
Harrison, J.J., Stremick, C.A., Turner, R.J., Allen, N.D., Olson, M.E. and Ceri, H. (2010) Microtiter susceptibility testing of microbes growing on peg lids: A miniaturized biofilm model for high-throughput screening. Nat Protocols 5: 1236-1254.
Ceri, H., Olson, M.E. and Turner, R.J. (2010) Needed: new paradigms in antibiotic development. Expert Opin Pharmacother 11:1-5.
Workentine, M.L., Harrison, J.J., Tran, V., Tremaroli, V., Stenroos, P.U., Weljie, A.M., Zhang, P., Vogel, H.J., Ceri, H., and Turner, R.J. (2010) Phenotypic and metabolic profiling of colony morphology vatiants evolved from Pseudomonas fluorescence biofilms. Environ Microbiol 12:1565-1577.
Rivardo, F., Martinotti, M.G., Turner, R.J. and Ceri, H. (2010) The activity of silver against Escherichia coli biofilm is increased by lipopeptide biosurfactants. Can J Microbiol 56: 272-278.
Harrison, J.J., Tremaroli, V., Stan, M.A., Chan, C.S., Vacci-Suzzi, C., Heyne, B.J., Parsek, M.R., Ceri, H. and Turner, R.J. (2009) Chromosomal antioxidant genes have metal ion-specific roles as determinants of bacterial metal tolerance. Environ Microbiol 11: 2491-2509.
Nelson, L.K., D'Amours, G.H., Sproule-Willoughby, K.M., Morck, D.W. and Ceri, H. (2009) Pseudomonas aeruginosa las and rhl quorum sensing systems are important for infection and inflammation in a rat prostatitis model. Microbiology SGM 155: 2612-2619.
Vanderlinde, E.M., Muszynski, A., Harrison, J.J., Koval, S.F., Foreman, D.L., Ceri, H., Kannenberg, E.L., Carlson, R.W. and Yost, C.K. (2009) A Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae 3841 mutant, deficient in 27-hydroxyoctacosanoate-modified lipopolysaccharide is impaired in desiccation tolerance, biofilm formation, and motility. Microbiology SGM 155: 3055-3069.
Rivardo, F., Turner, R.J., Allegrone, G., Ceri, H. and Martinotti, M.G. (2009) Anti-adhession activity of two biosurfactants produced by Bacillus spp. prevents biofilm formation of human bacterial pathogens. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 83: 541-553.
Harrison, J.J., Wade, W.D., Akierman, S., Vacchi-Suzzi, C., Stremick, C.A., Turner, R.J., and Ceri, H. (2009) The chromosomal toxin gene yafQ is a determinant of multidrug tolerance for Escherichia coli growing in a biofilm. Antimicrob Agents and Chemother 53: 2253-2258.
Tremaroli, V., Workentine, M.L., Weljie A., Vogel, H., Ceri, H., Viti, C., Tatti, E., Zhang, P., Hynes, A., Turner, R.J. and Zannoni, D. (2009) Metabolomics investigation of bacterial response to metal challenge. Applied Environ Microbiol 75: 719-728.
Workentine, M.L., Chang, L., Ceri, H. and Turner, R.J. (2009) GacS-GacA two-component regulatory system of Pseudomonas fluorescens CHAO; a bacterial two-hybrid analysis of interactions. FEMS Microbiol Lett 292: 50-56.
Gilmore, B.F., Jones, D.S., Gorman, S.P., and Ceri, H. (2009) Chapter 3. Models for the assessment of biofilms and encrustation formation on urological materials. In Biomaterials and tissue engineering in urology. Denstedt, J. and Atala, A. Editors. CRC Press, Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Cambridge, UK pp 59-81.
Turner, R.J., Hynes, M.F., Zannoni, D. and Ceri, H. (2008) Antimicrobial agents and biofilms: Resistance/tolerance is multifactorial. Chemistry Today 26: 18-20.
Phan, V., Belas, R., Gilmore, B. and Ceri, H. (2008) ZapA a virulence factor in a rat model of Proteus mirabilis induced acute and chronic prostatitis. Infection & Immun. 76: 4859-4864.
Harrison, J.J., Turner, R.J., Joo, D.A., Stan, M.A., Chan, C.S., Allen, N.D., Vrionis, H.A., Olson, M.E. and Ceri, H. (2008) Copper and Quaternary ammonium cations exert synergistic bactericidal and anti-biofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemother 52: 2870-2881.
Tremaroli, V., Fedi, S., Turner, R.J., Ceri, H. and Zannoni, D. (2008) Metal tolerance in the PCB-degrader microorganism Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 biofilms and planktonic cells. Arch Microbiol 190: 29-39.
Workentine, M.L., Harrison, J.J., Stenroos, P.U., Ceri, H. and Turner, R.J. (2008) Pseudomonas fluorescens' view of the periodic table. Environ Microbiol 10: 238-250.
Harrison, J.J., Ceri, H. and Turner R.J. (2007) Multiple metal resistance and tolerance in microbial biofilms. Nat Rev. Microbiol. 5: 928-938.
Kostenko,V., Ceri, H. and Martinuzzi, R. (2007) Increased tolerance of Staphlococcus aureus to vancomycin in viscous media. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 51:277-288.
Harrison, J.J. Ceri, H., Yerly, J., Rabiei, M., Hu, Y., Martinuzzi, R. and Turner, R.J. (2007) Metal ions may suppress or enhance cellular differentiation in Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis biofilms. App Environ Microbiol 73:4940-4949.
Sepandj, F., Ceri, H., Gibb, A.P., Read, R.R., and Olson, M.E. (2007) Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Biofilm Eradication Concentration (MBEC) in the evaluation of antibiotic sensitivity of enterococci causing paritonitis. Peritoneal Dial Int 27:464-465.
Harrison, J.J., Turner, R.J. and Ceri, H. (2007) A subpopulation of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis biofilm cells are highly tolerant to chelating agents. FEMS Microbial Lett 272: 172-181.
Jones, S.M., Yerly, J., Hu, Y., Ceri, H. and Martinuzzi, R. (2007) Structure of Proteus mirabilis biofilms grown in artificial urine and standard laboratory media. FEMS Microbial Lett. 268: 16-21.
Davies, J.D., Harrison, J.J., Marques, L.L.R., Foglia, G., Stremick, C.A., Storey, D.G., Turner. R.J., Olson, M.E., and Ceri, H. (2007) The GacS sensor kinase controls phenotypic reversion of small colony variants isolated from biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 59: 32-46.
Harrison, J.J., Ceri, H., Yerly, J., Stremick, C.A., Hu, Y., Martinuzzi, R., and Turner, R.J. (2006) The use of microscopy and three-dimensional visualization to evaluate the structure of microbial biofilms cultivated in the Calgary Biofilm Device. Biological Procedures Online 8: 194-215.
Harrison, J.J., Turner, R.J., Marques, L.L.R. and Ceri, H. (2006) Biopelicules: Los avances en el conocimiento de estas comunidades microbianas estan desencadenando una revolucion que puese transformar la microbiologia. (Translated from review for American Scientist) Investigation y Ciencia (Spanish edition of Scientific American) 76-83, Marzo 2006.
Harrison, J.J., Rabiei, M., Turner, R.J., Badry, E.A., Sproule, K.M. and Ceri, H. (2006) Metal Resistance in Candida biofilms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 55: 478-491.
Harrison, J.J., Ceri, H., Badry, E.A., Roper, N.J., Tomlin, K.L. and Turner, R.J. (2005) Effects of the twin-arginine translocase on the structure and antimicrobial susceptibility of E. coli biofilms. Can J. Microbiol. 51: 671-683.
Harrison, J.J., Turner, R.J. and Ceri, H. (2005) High-throughput metal susceptibility testing of microbial biofilms. BMC Microbiology 5:53.
Harrison, J.J., Ceri, H., Roper, N.J., Badry, E.A., Sproule, K.M. and Turner, R.J. (2005) Persister cells mediate tolerance to metal oxyanions in Escherichia coli. Microbiology 151:3181-3195.
Tomlin, K.L., Malott, R.J., Ramage, G., Storey, D.G., Sokol, P.A. and Ceri, H. (2005) Quorum sensing mutations affect the structural stability of Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilms. Appl. Environ Microbiol 71:5208-5218.
Harrison, J.J., Turner, R.J., Marques, L.R. and Ceri, H. (2005) Biofilms: A new understanding of these microbial communities is driving a revolution that may transform the science of microbiology. American Scientist 93:508-515.
Harrison, J. J., Turner, R.J., and Ceri, H. (2005) Metal Tolerance in Bacterial Biofilms. In Research Signposts Recent Res. Devel. Microbiology, Kerala, India. Vol. 9: 33-55.
Harrison, J.J., Turner, R.J., and Ceri, H. (2005) Persister cells and tolerance to metal cations in biofilm and planktonic Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environ Microbiol 7: 981-994.
Morck, D.W., Holland, S.P., Ceri, H., Hancock, R., Scott-Gough, M., Nugyen, V., Keith, E.J., and Lee T.L. (2005) Use of Polymyxin as an Endotoxin Blocker in the Prevention of Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis in an Animal Model. J Ref Surg 21:152-157.
Ceri, H., Olson, M.E, Storey, D.G and Morck, D.W. (2005) Chapter 13. Biofilm Susceptibility Testing: The Need for a Minimal Biofilm Eradication Concentration (MBEC) Assay. In Biofilm infections, roles of antibiotic tolerance and resistance, Pace, J., Rupp, M., and Finch, R. Editors. CRC Press, Florida USA pp 253-266.