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Current Research
Mushrooms and Fungal Products Read More »
Utilization of mushrooms and fungi in novel ways, including development of their culinary,
biochemical, and structural properties. Also check out or VIP Team MycoSolutions – Solving Problems with Fungi.
Brewing Science Read More »
Biological and chemical analyses for industrial beverage fermentation processes.
White-Nose Syndrome Read More »
Pseudogymnoascus destructans (previously Geomyces destructans) is a newly-discovered fungal pathogen responsible for white-nose syndrome in bats.
Since its discovery in North America in 2006, it has spread throughout the eastern
United States and Canada.
Emerging Fungal Pathogens Read More »
Research involving several fungal pathogens, including Ascosphera apis, a fungal pathogen that causes chalkbrood disease in honeybees and has been implicated
in causing colony collapse disorder, Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a fungal pathogen responsible for a deadly dermatitis in snakes known as snake fungal
disease, among others.
Recent Publications
Gabriel, Kyle T., Ashley G. McDonald, Kelly E. Lutsch, Peter E. Pattavina, Katrina M. Morris, Emily A. Ferrall, Sidney A. Crow, Jr., Christopher T. Cornelison. 2022. Development of a multi-year white-nose syndrome mitigation strategy using antifungal volatile organic compounds. PLoS ONE.
Parker, Ryan A., Kyle T. Gabriel, Kayla D. Graham, Bethany K. Butts, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2022. Antifungal Activity of Select Essential Oils against Candida auris and Their Interactions with Antifungal Drugs. Pathogens.
Lutsch, Kelly E., Ashley G. McDonald, Kyle T. Gabriel, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2021. Roadway-associated culverts may serve as a transmission corridor for Pseudogymnoascus destructans and white-nose syndrome in the coastal plains and coastal region of Georgia, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Parker, Ryan A., Kyle T. Gabriel, Kayla Graham, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2019. Validation of methylene blue viability staining with the emerging pathogen Candida auris. Journal of Microbiological Methods.
Gabriel, Kyle T., John J. Neville, George E. Pierce, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2019. Lipolytic Activity and the Utilization of Fatty Acids Associated with Bat Sebum by Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Mycopathologia.
Hussein, Emad I., Jacob H. Jacob, Muhamad Ali K. Shakhatreh, Mutaz A. Abd Al-Razaq, Abdul-Salam F. Juhmani, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2018. Detection of antibiotic-producing Actinobacteria in the sediment and water of Ma'in thermal springs (Jordan). GERMS 8(4):191-198. doi: 10.18683/germs.2018.1146.
Gabriel, Kyle T., Leila Kartforosh, Sidney A. Crow Jr., Christopher T. Cornelison. 2018. Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Against the Fungal Pathogens Ascosphaera apis and Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Mycopathologia 183(6): 921-934.
Jacob, Jacob H., Emad I. Hussein, Muhamad Ali K. Shakhatreh, Mutaz A. Abd Al-Razaq, Abdul-Salam F. Juhmani, Ala'a I. Matalka, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2018. High-Throughput Sequencing-Based Review of Bacillus Diversity in Jordanian Hot Springs Water. World Applied Sciences Journal 36(3): 470-475.
Gabriel, Kyle T., D. Joseph Sexton, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2018. Biomimicry of volatile-based microbial control for managing emerging fungal pathogens. Journal of Applied Microbiology 124:1024–1031.
Hussein, Emad I., Jacob H. Jacob, Muhamad Ali K. Shakhatreh, Mutaz A. Abd Al-razaq, Abdul-salam F. Juhmani, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2017. Exploring the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs by comparative metagenomic analysis. MicrobiologyOpen.
Jacob, Jacob H., Emad I. Hussein, Muhamad Ali K. Shakhatreh, Christopher T. Cornelison. 2017. Microbial community analysis of the hypersaline water of the Dead Sea using high-throughput amplicon sequencing. MicrobiologyOpen.