Brad L Reuhs

Associate Professor Food Science

Department: Department of Food Sciences
Phone: 765.496.2497
E-mail: breuhs@purdue.edu

Affiliations
Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research

Research
Polysaccharide structures. Plant cell wall analysis. Bacterial cell wall analysis. Extraction and purification of acidic polysaccharides from cell walls of plants and bacteria. Pectin analysis. Capsule, gum, and lipopolysaccharide analysis. Application of HPLC, GC-MS, and NMR in structural studies of carbohydrates and polysaccharides. Role of polysaccharides in bacteria-legume symbiosis. Detection of bacteria in plant roots.

Curriculum Vitae

- Recent Publications

Simsek, S., B. Mert, O. Campanella, & B. L. Reuhs (2008). Chemical and rheological properties of bacterial succinoglycans (gums) with distinct structural characteristics. Carbohydrate Polymers, 75.

Perry, L., P. SanMiguel, U. Minocha, A. I. Terehkov, M. Shroyer, L. A. Farris, N. Bright, B. L. Reuhs, & B. M. Applegate (2008). Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteriophage FV10. FEMS Microbiol. Letters., 291.

Shin, J., S. Simsek, B. L. Reuhs, & Y. Yao (2008). Glucose release of water-soluble starch-related a-glucans by pancreatin and amyloglucosidase is affected by the abundance of a-1,6-glucosidic linkages. J. Agric. Food Chem., 56, 10879-10886.

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

Simsek, S., T. Ojanen-Reuhs, S. B. Stephens, J. Glenn, G. Campell, & B. L. Reuhs (2007). Strain-ecotype specificity in Sinorhizobium meliloti-Medicago truncatula symbiosis is correlated to succinoglycan oligosaccharide structure. Journal of Bacteriology.

Reuhs, B. L. (2005). Development of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 bioluminescent reporter for measuring bioavailable carbon. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Kim, J. S., B. L. Reuhs, F. Michon, R. E. Kaiser, & R. G. Arumugham (2005). Solubilization of polysaccharides for chemical derivatization. Carbohydrate Research.

Reuhs, B. L. (2005). Pectin Quality of Laboratory Hot and Cold Break Tomato Preparations. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo.

Reuhs, B. L. (2005). Chemical and rheological properties of bacterial succinoglycan. Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo.

Reuhs, B. L. (2005). A rapid method for detection of E. coli O157:H7 in fruit juice matrices using FT-IR spectroscopy. Institute of Food Technologists' Annual Meeting and Food Expo.