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Department of Biological Sciences

Professor Patricia S. Vary- Complete Publications

Book Chapters:

  1. Garbe, J.C. and P.S. Vary. 1981. MPl3 transduction of Bacillus megaterium QM Bl55l, pp. 83-99. In: Sporulation and Germination. Levinson, H.S., A.L. Sonenshein and D.J. Tipper (eds.), American Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C.
  2. Vary, P.S. and Y.-P. Tao. 1988. Development of genetic methods in Bacillus megaterium. pp. 403-407. In: Genetics and Biotechnology of Bacilli II, A.T. Ganesan, J. Hoch (eds.) Academic Press, San Diego.
  3. Vary, P.S. 1992. Development of Genetic Engineering in Bacillus megaterium. pp. 253-310. In: Biology of Bacilli: Applications to Industry. R.H. Doi and M. McGloughlin (eds.), Butterworth Heinemann, Stoneham, MA
  4. Vary, P.S. 1993. The Genetic Map of Bacillus megaterium. pp. 475-481. In: Bacillus subtilis and Other Gram Positives. P.J. Piggott (ed.), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
  5. Vary, P.S. and W.B. Muse. 1993. Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. pp. 2.66-2.70. In: O'Brien (ed.) Genetic Maps. NIH, Washington, D.C.
  6. Stevenson, D.M., D. Lach and P.S. Vary. 1993. A gene required for germination in Bacillus megaterium is plasmid borne. pp. 197-207. In: Balla, E. and G. Berencie (eds.). DNA transfer and gene expression in microorganisms. Intercept Ltd. Andover.

Refereed Journal Articles:

  1. Potter, P.S., and S.T. Lyles. 1964. Studies of alpha toxin in the chick embryo. Tex. J. Sci. 16:491-495.
  2. Lyles, S.T., M.S. Sharp, R.E. Nabors, S.P. Larsen and P.S. Potter. 1965. Virulence of staphylococci. I. Invasiveness and virulence for the chick embryo. J. Infect. Dis. 115:400-412.
  3. Vary, P.S. and M.J. Johnson. 1967. Cell yields of bacteria grown on methane. Appl. Microbiol. 15:1473-1478.
  4. Vary, P.S. and B.A.D. Stocker. 1973. Nonsense motility mutants in Salmonella typhimurium. Genetics 73:229-245.
  5. Vary, P.S. 1979. Transduction in Bacillus megaterium. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 88:1119-1124.
  6. Vary, P.S. and W.F. Halsey. 1980. Isolation and partial characterization of several bacteriophages for Bacillus megaterium QM Bl55l. J. Gen. Virol. 51:137-146.
  7. Vary, P.S., J.C. Garbe, M. Franzen and E.W. Frampton. 1982. MPl3, a generalized transducing bacteriophage for Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. l49:lll2-1119.
  8. Callahan, J.P., I.P. Crawford, G.F. Hess and P.S. Vary. 1983. Cotransductional mapping of the trp-his region of Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 154:1455-1458.
  9. Garbe, J.C., G.F. Hess, M.A. Franzen and P.S. Vary. 1984. Genetics of leucine biosynthesis in Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 157(2):454-459.
  10. Kieselburg, M.K., M. Weickert, and P.S. Vary. 1984. Analysis of resident and transformed plasmids in Bacillus megaterium. Bio/Technol. 2: 254-259.
  11. Fleischer, E.R. and P.S. Vary. 1985. Genetic analysis of fusion recombinants and presence of noncomplementing diploids in Bacillus megaterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 131:919-926.
  12. English, J.E. and P.S. Vary. 1986. Isolation of recombination defective and UV sensitive mutants in Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 165:155-160.
  13. Bohall, N. and P.S. Vary. 1986. Transposition of Tn917 in Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 167(2):716-718.
  14. Sussman, C., P.S. Vary and P. Setlow. 1988. Integration and mapping of Bacillus megaterium genes which code for small, acid-soluble spore proteins and their protease. J. Bacteriol. 170(10):4942-4945.
  15. Shivakumar, A.G., R.I. Vanags, D.R. Wilcox, L. Katz, P.S. Vary and J.L. Fox. 1989. Gene dosage effect on the expression of the delta-endotoxin genes of Bacillus thuringiensis Subsp. kurstaki in Bacillus subtilis and B. megaterium. Gene. 79:21-31.
  16. Lach, D.A., V.K. Sharma and P.S. Vary. 1990. Isolation and characterization of a unique division mutant of Bacillus megaterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 136:545-553.
  17. Tao, Y.-P. and P.S. Vary. 1991. Isolation and characterization of sporulation lacZ fusion mutants of Bacillus megaterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 137:797-806.
  18. Tao, Y.-P., D.S.S. Hudspeth and P.S. Vary. 1992. Cloning and sequencing of the Bacillus megaterium spoIIA operon. Biochimie 74:695-704. (Invited)
  19. Hudspeth, D.S.S. and P.S. Vary. 1992. SpoVG sequence of B. megaterium and B. subtilis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1130:229-231.
  20. Arnaud, M., P.S. Vary, M. Zagorec, A. Klier, M. Debarbouille, P. Postma and G. Rapoport. 1992. Regulation of sacTPA in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 174:3161-3170.
  21. Vary, P.S. 1994 Prime time for Bacillus megaterium. Microbiology .140(5): 1001-1013 ( Invited minireview.+ front cover illustration)
  22. Schmeidle, D., P.S. Vary, L. Jablonski and W. Hillen. 1997. Plasmids for efficient single copy gene cloning into gdh2 and trpC of Bacillus megaterium DSM319 and QM B12551. Applied Microbiology and Biochemistry. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 47: 543-546.
  23. Stevenson, D.M., Y. Zhou, K. Müller, L. Jablonski and P.S. Vary. 1997. Replicons of the indigenous plasmids of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Plasmid 37:231-232.
  24. Pettinari, M.J. G. J. Vazquez, N. Krüger, P.S. Vary, A. Steinbüchel, and B. S. Mendez. 1997. Transactivation of the Escherichia coli genes for short-chain fatty acid degradation by a regulatory protein from B. megaterium. Appl. Microbiol Biotechnol.49:737-742.
  25. Stevenson, D.M., K. Müller, and P.S. Vary. 1998. Characterization of a theta replicon with homology to all the large plasmids of Bacillus megaterium. QM B1551. Plasmid. 40:175-189
  26. Kunnimalaiyaan, M., D.M. Stevenson, Y. Zhou, and P.S. Vary. 2001. Analysis of the replicon region and identification of a rRNA operon on pBM400 of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Molecular Microbiol. 39: 1010-1023.
  27. Kunnimalaiyaan, M., Y. Zhou, M. Scholle, G. Baisa and P.S. Vary. 2001. Discoveries within the seven Plasmid array of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Plasmid. 45:142.
  28. Vary, P.S., M. Kunnimalaiyaan, M.S. Scholle. 2003. Comparison of sequences of four homologous theta replicons from B. megaterium QM B1551 and progress in complete sequencing of the seven plasmid array. Plasmid. 48(3):249.
  29. Scholle, M.D. , C. A. White, M. Kunnimalaiyaan, and P.S. Vary. 2003. Sequencing and characterization of pBM400 from Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Appld Environ. Microbiol.69(11) 6888-6898. http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/11/6888?ct
  30. Kim, t., Z. G. Specht, P.S. Vary and C.T. Lin. 2004. Spectral fingerprints of bacterial strains by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. in press.
  31. Rosso, M.-L. and P.S. Vary. 2004. Distribution of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 plasmids among other Bacillus megaterium strains and Bacillus species. Plasmid. 53:205-217
  32. Kunnimalaiyaan, M. and P.S. Vary. 2005. Molecular characterization of plasmid pBM300 from Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Appld Envrion. Microbiol. 71(6):3068-3076
  33. Rosso, M.-L. and P.S. Vary.  2005.  Distribution of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 plasmids among other Bacillus megaterium strains and Bacillus species. Plasmid. 53:205-217. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=
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  34. Kunnimalaiyaan, M. and P.S. Vary. 2005. Molecular characterization of plasmid pBM300 from Bacillus megaterium  QM B1551. Appld Envrion. Microbiol. 71(6):3068-3076 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=
    15933003
  35. Fu, Guifen, Patricia S. Vary, and Chhiu-Tsu Lin. 2005. Anatase TiO2 Nanocomposites for Antimicrobial Coatings.  J. Phys. Chem. B 109 :8889-8898. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/jpcbfk/2005/109/i18/pdf/jp0502196.pdf
  36. Vary, P. S., R. Biedendieck, T. Fuerch, F. Meinhardt, M. Rohde, W. D. Deckwer, and D. Jahn. 2007. Bacillus megaterium--from simple soil bacterium to industrial protein production host. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 76:957-67.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_
    uids=17657486
  37. Boyke, B., R. Biedendieck, D. Jahn, and P.S. Vary. Bacillus megaterium and other Bacilli, Industrial Applications Wiley Encyclopedia of Industrial
    Biotechnology. in press.

Abstracts and Papers Presented:

  1. Potter, P.S. and S.T. Lyles. 1963. In vivo production of alpha hemolysin. Texas Branch, American Society for Microbiology.
  2. Lyles, S.T., R.E. Nabors and P.S. Potter. 1963. Virulence and antibiotic resistance studies of staphylococci. Bact. Proc. Ml29, p. 87.
  3. Potter, P.S. and S.T. Lyles. 1964. Studies of alpha toxin in the chick embryo. Texas Academy of Sciences.
  4. Vary, P.S. and M.J. Johnson. 1967. Bacterial cell yields from methane. Abstr. Amer. Chem. Soc. Ann. Mtg.
  5. Vary, P.S. and B.A.D. Stocker. 1969. "Nonsense" mutations to nonmotility in Salmonella typhimurium. Bact. Proc. #GP66, p. 53.
  6. Vary, P.S., W.F. Halsey and J.N. Baba. l979. Isolation and host range of several phages for B. megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Meeting, Amer. Soc. Microbiol. S288.
  7. Halsey, W.F., J.C. Garbe, E.W. Frampton and P.S. Vary. l980. Characterization of MPl3, a transducing phage for Bacillus megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Mtg., Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 274, U28.
  8. Garbe, J.C., Y.J. Suchak and P.S. Vary. l980. Transduction in Bacillus megaterium. Eighth International Spores Conference. p. 9.
  9. Garbe, J.C. and P.S. Vary. 1981. Transductional mapping of the leucine genes in Bacillus megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Mtg., Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 129, H94.
  10. Weickert, M.J. and P.S. Vary. 1982. Plasmids and megacin activity in Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 16, H2l.
  11. Callahan, J.P. and P.S. Vary. 1982. Cotransductional mapping of the histidine and tryptophan genes on the Bacillus megaterium chromosome. Abstr. Ann. Mtg., Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p.121, H48.
  12. Garbe, J.C. and P.S. Vary. 1982. Isolation of transducing phages and genetic studies in Bacillus megaterium QM Bl55l. Abstr. XIIIth Internat'l Cong. Microbiol. (invited).
  13. Vary, P.S. and M.A. Franzen. 1983. Transductional fine structure mapping of the leu-ilv region of the Bacillus megaterium chromosome. Abst., Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 118, H75.
  14. Vary, P.S. 1983. Plasmid analysis and protoplast transformation of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Second Internat'l Conf. on Genetics and Biotechnology of Bacilli. #27.
  15. Vary, P.S. 1983. Genetic manipulation of Bacillus megaterium. Abst. Amer. Chem. Soc. Nat'l. Mtg. MBT #68.
  16. Weiland, K.L. and P.S. Vary. 1984. Plasmid analysis of megacin negative strains of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 102, H64.
  17. Fleischer, E.P. and P.S. Vary. 1984. Analysis of protoplast fusion recombinants in Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 113, H129.
  18. English, J.E. and P.S. Vary. 1985. Isolation of Rec- and UV sensitive mutants in Bacillus megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 19, H11.
  19. Bohall, N. and P.S. Vary. 1985. Transposition of Tn917 in Bacillus megaterium. Third International Conference on Genetics and Biotechnology of Bacilli. p.9.
  20. Lach, D.A. and P.S. Vary. 1985. Isolation of a filamentous division mutant of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Abst. 13th International Congress of Biochemistry, Amsterdam. p. 401. TU-672.
  21. Bedard, S. and P.S. Vary. 1986. Cotransductional mapping of the ribosomal protein region of Bacillus megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 136, H56.
  22. Tao, Y.-P. and P.S. Vary. 1987. Development of genetic methods in Bacillus megaterium. Abstracts of 4th Internatl. Conf. on Bacilli. p. 49.
  23. Tao, Y.-P. and P.S. Vary. 1988. Isolation of Tn917 insertion spo and spo::lacZ cat mutants in Bacillus megaterium. Tenth Internatl. Spore Conference. Woods Hole.
  24. Pun, P. and P.S. Vary. 1988. Cloning of the trpC gene of B. megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Mtg., Amer. Soc. Microbiol. H134. Miami Beach, May.
  25. Klug, C., P. Pun and Patricia S. Vary. 1988. Cloning of a starch degrading gene of B. megaterium. Abstr. Ann. Mtg., Amer. Soc. Microbiol. H134. Miami Beach, May.
  26. Shumard-Hudspeth, D.S. and P.S. Vary. 1989. Sequence of the Bacillus megaterium trpC gene. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol., H111, p. 59. New Orleans, LA.
  27. Vary, P.S. 1989. Sporulation Genes of Bacillus megaterium (invited seminar). Abstr. Ann. Mtg. American Soc. Microb., p. 190. New Orleans, LA.
  28. Hudspeth, D.S. and P.S. Vary. 1989. Isolation and sequencing of a gene in B. megaterium homologous to the spoVG gene of B. subtilis. 4th Internal. Conf. on Genetics and Biotechnology of Bacilli. Asilomar, CA.
  29. Vary, P.S., M. Arnaud, M. Débarbouillé, A. Klier and G. Rapoport. 1990. Regulation of sacT and sacPA expression in Bacillus subtilis. Internatl. Conf. on the Bacillus Genome, P8. Paris, France.
  30. Tao, Y.-P. and P.S. Vary. 1991. Cloning and sequencing of the Bacillus megaterium spoIIA locus. 6th Internatl. Conf. on Bacilli. Stanford, CA. Mon.
  31. Arnaud, M., P.S. Vary, M. Débarbouillé, A. Klien, G. Rapoport. 1991. Regulation of the expression of the sacPA operon of Bacillus subtilis. 6th Internatl. Conf. on Bacilli. Stanford, CA. M15
  32. Hudspeth, D.S.S. and P.S. Vary. 1991. SpoVG sequence of B. subtilis and B. megaterium. 6th Internatl. Conf. on Bacilli. Stanford, CA. W12
  33. Stevenson, D.M. and P.S. Vary. 1992. Characterization of a plasmid-borne germination gene of Bacillus megaterium that is required for germination on single germinants. 11th International Spore Conference. Woods Hole, May.
  34. Stevenson, D.M. and P.S. Vary. 1992. A gene required for germination in Bacillus megaterium is plasmid-borne. 11th European Meeting on Genetic Transformation, p. 97. Budapest, Hungary.
  35. Stevenson, D.M. and P.S. Vary. 1993. Transposition germination mutants in Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. ASM. Atlanta. H85.
  36. Stevenson, D.M., D.S. Hudspeth and P.S. Vary. 1993. The effects of transposon mutagenesis on plasmid-borne germination genes. Abstr. Seventh International Conference on Bacillus. Institut Pasteur, Paris. July. p 116.
  37. Stevenson,D.M. and P.S. Vary. 1995. A Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 indigenous plasmid fragment that blocks sporulation. Abstr. 95Th Gen.Mtg ASM. May 20-25 Washington, D.C. H112, p. 512
  38. Stevenson, D.M. and P.S. Vary. 1995. Cloning and sequencing of two homologous origin regions from indigenous plasmids of B. megaterium. 8th International Conference on Bacilli. p.61. Stanford, CA, July 8-12.
  39. Stevenson, D.M., Y. Zhou, M. Powers, K. Müller, L. Jablonski and P.S. Vary. 1996. Plasmid replicons of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. 12Th International Spores Conference, Univ. Wisconsin, June 4-8, 1996 Abstr. p. 29.
  40. Stevenson, D.M., Y. Zhou, K. Müller, L. Jablonski and P.S. Vary. 1996. Replicons of the indigenous plasmids of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Plasmid Biology 96. Graz, Austria Sept. 1-5, Abstr. p. 63.
  41. Zhou, Y., L. M. Jablonski, and P.S. Vary. 1997. Complete sequence of the 5.5 kb plasmid of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 and determination of the minimal replicon. Abstr 97th General Meeting, ASM. May. H38.
  42. Kunnimalaiyaan, M., D.M. Stevenson, J. Marszalik and P.S. Vary. 1998. Characterization of the replication origin from the 71 kb (pMB500) plasmid of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. 98th Gen. Mtg. ASM. Atlanta. May 17-21. H11.
  43. Vary, P.S., M. Kunnimalaiyaan, D.M. Stevenson and G. Baisa. 1998. Comparison of two large homologous yet compatible theta plasmid replicons from B. megaterium. p. 20. Internatil. Conf. Bacilli. July 12-15. Osaka, Japan.
  44. Zhou, Y., M. Kunnimalaiyaan and P.S. Vary. 1999. Cloning and sequencing of a ribosomal RNA operon from an indigenous plasmid pBM500 of Bacillus megaterium. H38 99th Gen. Mtg. ASM, Chicago, IL, May 30-June3.
  45. Kunnimalaiyaan, M., P.S. Vary. 1999. Molecular characterization of a replicon from plasmid pBM500 of QM B1551. H27 99th Gen. Mtg. ASM, Chicago, IL, May 30-June 3.
  46. Vary, P.S., M. Kunnimalaiyaan and Y. Zhou. 1999. A 12.3 kb fragment from the 71 kb pBM500 of B. megaterium contains a replicon and genes homologous to genomic DNA. Baveno, Italy, June 27.
  47. Kunnimailaiyaan, M., Y. Zhou, G. Baisa and P.S. Vary. 2000. Sequence analysis of the Bacillus megaterium seven plasmid array reveals surprises. p. 75. Genomes 2000, Paris, April.
  48. Kunnimalaiyaan, M. 2000. Characterization of a replicon from plasmid pB400 of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. H25. 100th General Meeting ASM, Los Angeles, CA, May 20-25.
  49. Kunnimalaiyaan, M., Y. Zhou, M. Scholle, G. Baisa, and P.S.Vary*. 2000. Discoveries within the seven plasmid array of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. p. 35. Plasmid 2000, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept 19-25.
  50. Vary, P.S., M. Kunnimalaiyaan, M.S. Scholle. 2002. Comparison of sequences of four homologous theta replicons from B. megaterium QM B1551 and progress in complete sequencing of the seven plasmid array. Plasmid Biology 2002. Pittsburgh, PA June 22-28.
  51. Kunnimalaiyaan, M., P.S. Vary. 2003. Sequencing of the 26 kb Plasmid pBM300 from Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 and Characterization of Its Replicon. H109. 103rd Gen Mtg ASM, Washington, DC, May 18-22.
  52. Vary, P.S.  "Sequencing the Plasmids of  B. megaterium, the little known footballs in the game of life."
    Symposium:  Bacillus megaterium in the Age of the Genome" Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, Jan 26, 200.
  53. Vary, P.S. "Current Status of the Genome Project"Symposium:  Bacillus megaterium in the Age of the
    Genome" Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, Jan 26, 2005.
  54. Vary, P.S. "B. megaterium:   A Perspective of Superbug over 100 years " Westfaelische Wilhelms-
    Universitat, Institut fur  Molekulare Micxrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Muenster, Germany,
    January 28, 2005.
  55. Vary, P.S. "B. megaterium:   A Perspective of Superbug over 100 years"  Technical University Braunschweig, Germany Feb. 3, 2005.
  56. Lukyanchuk, V., C.A. White, M. Scholle, M. Kunnimalaiyaan, P. S. Vary.  The indigenous plasmids of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 carry some surprising genes including a functional division gene ftsZ.  Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology, Estes Park,  CO, June, 2006.
  57. Vary, P.S.  The versatility of Bacillus megaterium, a genetic perspective.  B. megaterium Symposium.  Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Aug. 2006.  (Keynote, invited)
  58. Kunnimalaiyaan, M.S. Scholle, C.A. White, G. Baisa, Y.-S. Zhou, V. Lukyanchuk, and P.S. Vary*. 2006.  The seven compatible plasmids of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551.  Sequencing and replication.#32. Plasmid 2006, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA Sept, 2006.
  59. Vary, P.S. The versatility of Bacillus megaterium, a genetic perspective. B. megaterium Symposium. Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Aug. 2006. (Keynote, invited)
  60. Kunnimalaiyaan, M.S. Scholle, C.A. White, G. Baisa, Y.-S. Zhou, V. Lukyanchuk, and P.S. Vary*. 2006. The seven compatible plasmids of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551. Sequencing and replication.#32. Plasmid 2006, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA Sept, 2006.
  61. Vary, P.S., J. N. Edirisinghe an J. Ravel. Observations on the complete sequences of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 seven plasmid array. IPBC 2008. Gdansk, Poland. Sept. 2008.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Courses taught: Microbial Genetics, Introductory Bacteriology, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes, Bacteriology part of Organismal Diversity, Several Seminar Courses. (At other universities and colleges: Immunology, Biochemistry)

Students Advised and Graduated: 25 MS, 2 PhDs

Honors Advisor (10 yrs)

Departmental Chair (1995-1999).