Max Teplitski

Assistant Professor
Soil Microbiology

Microbial Community Ecology Lab

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes
Soil Quality/Ecosystem Services
Wetlands and Aquatic Systems

RESEARCH FOCUS
Bacterial cell-to-cell communication and its role in structuring of microbial communities and interactions with eukaryotic hosts. We also focus on the biochemical strategies that eukaryotes use to disrupt gene regulation in environmental and pathogenic bacteria.

COURSES TAUGHT
SOS 6373 - Techniques in Microbial Ecology
SOS 4307/5308 - Ecology of Waterborne Pathogens
SOS 6325 - Rhizosphere Biochemistry (Fall 2007)

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Teplitski, M., Goodier, R., and Ahmer, B.M.M. (2006) Catabolite repression of the SirA regulatory cascade in Salmonella enterica. Intl J Med Microbiol. In press (e-pub ahead of print Aug. 30, 2006).

Teplitski, M., Al-Agely, A., and Ahmer, B.M.M (2006) Contribution of the SirA regulon to biofilm formation in Salmonella enterica sv Typhimurium. Microbiology In press.

Teplitski, M., and McMahon, M.J. (2006) Problem-based learning and creative instructional approaches for laboratory exercises in Introductory Crop Science. J Nat Resources Life Sci Education 35: In press.

Teplitski, M., Chen., H.-C., Rajamani, S., Gao, M., Sayre, R.T., Rolfe, B., and Bauer, W.D. (2004) Chlamydomonas secretes compounds that mimic bacterial quorum sensing signals and affect the accumulation of quorum sensing regulated proteins in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Plant Physiol 134:1-10.

Mathesius, U., Mulders, S., Gao, M., Teplitski, M., Caetano-Anolles, G., Rolfe, B.G., and Bauer, W.D. (2003) Extensive and specific responses of a eukaryote to bacterial quorum-sensing signals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100: 1444-1449.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Soil and Water Science Department, 2169 McCarty Hall, PO Box 110290, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
(352) 392.1951 x 254, (352) 392.3902 fax
email: maxtep@ufl.edu
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