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Bruce Applegate
 

Bruce M Applegate

Associate Professor Food Science

Department: Department of Food Sciences
Phone: 765.496.7920
E-mail: applegab@purdue.edu

 

Education
B.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Research
Detection of viable foodborne pathogens using bateriophage; automated extraction of nucleic acids from various matrices; enumeration of microorganisms (i.e. pathogens and other organisms) using quantitative PCR; the use of bioreporters in bioelectronics; metabolic engineering; detection of problematic microorganisms in industrial environments; construction of recombinant bacterial strains to rapidly evaluate antimicrobial products; microbial ecology.

Curriculum Vitae

 

- Recent Publications

Applegate, B. M. (2008). Chlorine Dioxide Oxidation of Dihydronicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH). Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 2205-2211.

Park, M., M. K. Banks, B. M. Applegate, & T. J. Webster (2008). Influence of nanophase titania topography on bacterial attachment and metabolism. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 4(3), 1-8.

Applegate, B. M. (2008). Luminescence Techniques for the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens. Principles of Bacterial Detection: Biosensors, Recognition Receptors and Microsystems (213-230). Springer Science and Business Media.

Habteselassie, M. Y., M. M. Bischoff, E. Blume, B. M. Applegate, B. Reuhs, S. Brouder, & R. Turco (2008). Environmental controls on the fate of Escherichia coli in soil. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 190, 143-155.

Applegate, B. M. (2005). BARD Israel US Agriculture Grants.

Applegate, B. M. (2005). USDA/NRI.

Sedgley, C., A. Nagel, D. Hall, & B. M. Applegate (2005). Influence of irrigant needle depth in removing bioluminescent bacteria inoculated into instrumented root canals using real-time imaging in vitro. International Endodontics Journal, 38(2), 97-104.

Kim, S., E. Igboegwu, A. Terekhov, B. M. Applegate, & (2005). Bioluminescent Assay for Evaluating Bacteriophage Infectivity in a Food Model. Annual Meeting of American Society of Microbiology.

Hartano, L., M. Shroyer, L. Farris, H. Diefus-Dux, R. Turco, B. Reuhs, B. M. Applegate, & (2005). Development of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 Bioluminescent Reporter for Measuring Bioavailable Carbon. Annual Meeting of American Society of Microbiology.

Dominguez, W., S. Kim, H. Kim, S. Savikhin, M. Kane, B. M. Applegate, & (2005). Multiplex PCR for the Simultaneous Detection of the Foodborne Pathogens: Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica, and Listeria monocytogenes. Annual Meeting of American Society of Microbiology.

 

+ Patents

 

- Awards & Honors

Seed for Success Award (2005). Vice Provost for Research.

Seed for Success Award (2005). Vice Provost for Research.

 

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