Faculty Profiles

Kilgore, R. J., Guerra, T. M., Heather, B., Villamizar-Gomez, A., Forstner, M. R. J., & Hahn, D. (2024). Prevalence and diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomine vectors and their blood meal sources from South Central Texas, USA. Biology, 13(7). https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3390/biology13070489

Villamizar Gomez, A., Guerra, T. M., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2022). Quantification of members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex in lesions of the endangered Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 45(4), 126342. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126342.

Villamizar-Gomez, A., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Tocidlowski, M. E., Forstner, M. R. J., & Hahn, D. (2022). Quantification of members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex in lesions of the endangered Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126342

Normand, P., Pujic, P., Abrouk, D., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Carlos-Shanley, C., & Hahn, D. (2022). Draft Genome of Frankia sp. Strain R82, an Isolate from Root Nodules of Myrica gale. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e0092522. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00925-22

Normand, P., Pujic, P., Abrouk, D., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Carlos-Shanley, C., & Hahn, D. (2022). Draft Genomes of Symbiotic Frankia Strains AgB32 and AgKG’84/4 from Root Nodules of Alnus Glutinosa growing under Contrasted Environmental Conditions. Journal of Genomics, 10, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.7150/jgen.75779

Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Hahn, D., & Weckerly, F. (2022). Competition of two inoculated Frankia strains in root nodulation of Alnus glutinosa seedlings and associated Friakia-strain growth in rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils. Plant and Soil, 474, 115–124.

Normand, P., Pujic, P., Abrouk, D., Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., Carlos-Shanley, C., & Hahn, D. (2022). Draft Genomes of Nitrogen-fixing Frankia Strains Ag45/Mut15 and AgPM24 Isolated from Root Nodules of Alnus Glutinosa. Journal of Genomics, 10, 49–56. https://doi.org/10.7150/jgen.74788

Vemulapally, S., Villamizar Gomez, A., Guerra, T. M., Tocidlowski, M. E., Spradley, M., Mays, S., … Hahn, D. (2021). Mycobacteria in skin lesions and the habitat of the endangered Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis).

Carlos-Shanley, C., Guerra, T. M., & Hahn, D. (2021). Draft genomes of non-nitrogen-fixing Frankia strains. Journal of Genomics, 9, 68–75. https://doi.org/10.7150/jgen.65429

Nordmeyer, S. C., Henry, G., Guerra, T. M., Rodriguez, D., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2020). Identification of blood parasites in individuals from six families of freshwater turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 19(1), 85–94.

Benavidez, K. M., Guerra, T. M., Torres, M., Rodriguez, D., Veech, J. A., Hahn, D., … Castro-Arellano, I. (2019). The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(5), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007236

Vemulapally, S., Guerra, T. M., & Hahn, D. (2019). Localization of typical and atypical Frankia isolates from Casuarina sp. in nodules formed on Casuarina equisetifolia. Plant and Soil, 435, 385–393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-03908-8

Gates, A. Y., Guerra, T. M., Morrison, F. B., Forstner, M. R., Hardy, T., & Hahn, D. (2018). Detection of Salmonella in the intestine of Hypostomus plecostomus from the upper San Marcos River, Texas. Journal of Water and Health, 16, 460–471. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2018.235

Ben Tekaya, S., Guerra, T. M., Rodriguez, D., Dawson, J. O., & Hahn, D. (2018). Frankia diversity in host-plant root nodules is independent of abundance or relative diversity of Frankia in corresponding rhizosphere soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84, e02248-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02248-17

Aleman, A., Guerra, T. M., Maikis, T. J., Milholland, M. T., Castro-Arellano, I., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2017). The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas Disease, in Texas rodent populations. EcoHealth, 14, 130–143.

Ben Tekaya, S., Ganesan, A. S., Guerra, T. M., Dawson, J. O., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2017). SybrGreen and Taqman-based qPCR approaches allow assessment of the abundance and relative distribution of Frankia clusters in soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83, e02833-16. Retrieved from . https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02833-16

Rodriguez, D., Guerra, T. M., Forstner, M. R., & Hahn, D. (2016). Diversity of Frankia in soil assessed by Illumina sequencing of nifH gene fragments. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 39, 391–397.