Complete Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, B.S. Biology, 5-90

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Ph.D. Microbiology, 12-99

RESEARCH INTERESTS

CURRENT PROJECTS

Phylochip Project

Oral Cavity Diagnostics

Detection of Emerging Microbes

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Barancin, C.E., J.C. Smoot, R.H. Findlay, and L.A. Actis. 1998. Plasmid-mediated histamine biosynthesis in the bacterial fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum. Plasmid 39:235-244.

Smoot, J.C., D.E. Langworthy, M. Levy, and R.H. Findlay. 1998. Periphyton growth on submerged artificial substrate as a predictor of phytoplankton response to nutrient enrichment. J. Microbiol. Methods 32:11-19.

Actis, L.A., J.C. Smoot, C.E. Barancin, and R.H. Findlay. 1999. Comparison of differential plating media and two chromatography techniques for the detection of histamine production in bacteria. J. Microbiol. Methods 39:79-90.

Smoot, J.C. and R.H. Findlay. 2000. Digestive enzyme and gut surfactant activity of detritivorous gizzard shad. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57:1113-1119.

Chaussee M.S., R.O. Watson, J.C. Smoot, and J. M. Musser. 2001. Identification of Rgg-regulated exoproteins of Streptococcus pyogenes. Infect. Immun. 69:822-831.

Smoot, J.C. and R.H. Findlay. 2001. Spatial and seasonal variation in a reservoir sedimentary microbial community as determined by phospholipid analysis. Microb. Ecol. 42:350-358.

Smoot, L.M., J.C. Smoot, M.R. Graham, G.A. Somerville, D.E. Sturdevant, C.A. Lux Migliaccio, G.L. Sylva, and J.M. Musser. 2001. Global differential gene expression in response to growth temperature alteration in group A Streptococcus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 98:10416-10421.

Smoot, J.C., K.D. Barbian, J.J. Van Gompel, L.M. Smoot, M.S. Chaussee, G.L. Sylva, D.E. Sturdevant, S.M. Ricklefs, S.F. Porcella, L.D. Parkins, S.B. Beres, D.S. Campbell, T.M. Smith, Q. Zhang, V. Kapur, J.A. Daly, L.G. Veasy, and J.M. Musser. 2002. Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99:4668-4673.

Smoot, J.C., E.K. Korgenski, J.A. Daly, L.G. Veasy, and J.M. Musser. 2002. Molecular analysis of group A Streptococcus strains temporally associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks in Salt Lake City, Utah. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:1805-1810.

Gutacker, M.M., J.C. Smoot, C.A. Lux Migliaccio, S.M. Ricklefs, S. Hua, D.V. Cousins, E.A. Graviss, E. Shashkina, B.N. Kreiswirth, and J.M. Musser. Genome-wide anlaysis of synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms: Resolution of genomic relationships among closely related microbial strains. Submitted.

Smoot, L.M., J.K. McCormick, J.C. Smoot, N.P. Hoe, I. Strickland, R.L. Cole, K.D. Barbian, C. A. Earhart, D.H. Ohlendorf, L.G. Veasy, H.R. Hill, D.Y.M. Leung, P.M. Schlievert, J.M. Musser. 2002. Characterization of Two Novel Superantigens Made By An Acute Rheumatic Fever Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. Submitted.

Christian, A.D., B.N. Smith, J.C. Smoot, R.H. Findlay, and D.J. Berg. 2002. Trophic status and potential food sources of two headwater species of unionid bivalves (Mollusca: Unionidae). In revision.