Lynne A. McLandsborough
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director
Food safety, biofilm formation and removal; bioactive food components, rapid detection methodology and food fermentations.
Office: Room 344, Chenoweth Laboratory
Off. Tel.: (413) 545-1016
Email: lm@foodsci.umass.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Publications
Refereed Journals
A. Rodríguezand L. A. McLandsborough Evaluation of the Transfer of Listeria monocytogenes from Surfaces to Foods Accepted J. Food Protection
D. Pérez-Conesa, L. McLandsborough, and J. Weiss 2006. Inhibition and Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Colony Biofilms by Micellar-Encapsulated Eugenol and Carvacrol. In Press. J. Food Protection
Cao, J., C. Cronin, M. Clarke, R. Witkowsky, H. Lu, A. Sayedahaman, R.E. Levin, and L. A. McLandsborough. 2006 Levels and Tracking of Listeria monocytogenes Strains in a Seafood-Processing Environment using Enrichment Most Probable Number and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA. J. Food Prot. 69:489-494
L. McLandsborough, A. Rodriguez, and D. Pérez-Conesa and J. Weiss. 2006. Biofilms: At the Interface between Biophysics and Microbiology. Food Biophysics. 1:94-114
Cao, J, C. Cronin, L. McLandsborough, R. E. Levin. 2005. Effects of primers and Taq polymerase on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis for typing Listeria monocytogenes from the environment of a shrimp processing plant. Food Biotechnol. 19:217-226.
P. Prachaiyo and L. A. McLandsborough. 2004. Curli production and biofilm formation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 under varying nutrient conditions. Submitted. Lett. Appl. Microbiol.
P. Prachaiyo and L. A. McLandsborough. 2003. Oil-in-water emulsion as a model system to study the growth of E. coli O157:H7 in a heterogenous food system. . J. Food Sci. 68:1018-1024
D. Djordjevic, M. Wiedmann, and L. A. McLandsborough. 2002. Microtiter plate assay for assessment of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:2950-2958.
Li, J., D. J. McClements and L. A. McLandsborough. 2001. Interaction between emulsion droplets and Escherichia coli cells. J. Food Sci. 66:570-575.
Shaw, W.K., and L. A. McLandsborough. 2000. PCR reaction parameter titration as an approach to develop shortened reaction times in a conventional thermal cycler. J. Rapid Meth. Automat. Microbiol. 8:53-64
Prachaiyo, P., and L. McLandsborough. 2000. A microscopic method to visualize Escherichia coli interaction with beef muscle. J. Food Prot. 63:427-433
Fernec, J., J. Oliver, R. Witkowski, L. McLandsborough, and R. Levin. 2000. Studies in the growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains at 45.5°C. J. Food Prot. 63:1173-1178.
Li, J. and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999. The effects of the surface charge and hydrophobicity of Escherichia coli in its adhesion to beef muscle. Int. J. Food Microbiology. 53:185-193
Cleary, P. P., L. McLandsborough, L. Ikeda, D. Cue, J. Krawczak, and H. Lam. 1998. High-frequency intracellular infection and erythrogenic toxin A expression undergo phase variation in M1 group A streptococci. Mol. Microbiol. 28:157:67.
McLandsborough, L. A., L. Sechard, L. L. McKay. 1998. Synergistic effect of combination of lactococcal phage resistance fragments of pNP40 with cloned abortive infection gene abiD. J. Dairy Sci. 81:362-368.
Ji, Y., L. McLandsborough, A. Kondagunta, and P. P. Cleary. 1996. C5a peptidase alters clearance and trafficking of group A streptococci by infected mice. Infect. Immun. 64:503-510.
McLandsborough, L. A., and P. P. Cleary. 1995. Insertional inactivation of virR in Streptococcus pyogenes M49 demonstrates that VirR functions as a positive regulator of ScpA, FcRA, OF, and M protein. FEMS Microbiol. Let. 128:45-52.
McLandsborough, L. A., K. M. Kolaetis, T. Requena, and L. L. McKay. 1995. Cloning and characterization of the abortive infection genetic determinant abiD isolated for pBF61 of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis KR5. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2023-2026.
McLandsborough, L. and S. R. Tatini. 1991. A 6 h microslide immunodiffusion assay for confirmed detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins. Let. Appl. Microbiol. 12:81-84.
Books
L. McLandsborough. Food Microbiology Laboratory. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 2004.
W. K. Shaw Jr and L. McLandsborough. Instructor’s guide to Food Microbiology Laboratory. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 2004.
Articles and Chapters
W. K. Shaw Jr. and L. McLandsborough. Food Biotechnology, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. Ed. K. Shetty, A. Pometto and G. Paliyath. “Biofilms production by Listeria monocytogenes” Marcel Dekker Inc, due in 2004
Li, J. and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999. The application of significance of zeta potential measurement to study bacterial interaction with foods. In Particle Techniques, a newsletter from the Malvern Science and Technology Group.
Prachaiyo, P., J. Li and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999. Studies in E. coli O157:H7 adherence to beef muscle using laser scanning confocal microscopy and a magnetic meat fraction assay. In Food Microbiology and Food Safety into the Next Millennium; Proceeding of the Seventeenth International Conference of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene.
McLandsborough, L. A. 1999 Use of bioluminescent and fluorescent bacteria to study foodborne pathogens. In Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Reciprocal Meat Conference. American Meat Science Association, Kansas City, MO
McLandsborough, L. A. 1997. Assuring Food Safety of Value-Added Products: Development of A HACCP Plan For Small Scale Or Home Businesses. In Proceedings of the 1997 Northeast Farmers’ Direct Marketing Conference.
Cleary, P. P., L. A. McLandsborough, and K. Hoikka Prichard. 1995. Differential expression of genes in the vir regulon. Dev. Biol. Stand. 85:145-8
McLandsborough, L. A. and P. P. Cleary. 1995. Insertional inactivation of virR in Streptococcus pyogenes M49 demonstrates that VirR functions as a positive regulator of streptococcal C5a peptidase and M protein in OF+ strains. Dev. Biol. Stand. 85:149-52
Software and Educational CD
M. Mattingly and L. McLandsborough. FOOD SAFETY FIRST Microbial Growth Simulation Program for high school and middle school students. Food Safety First web page <http://www.foodsafetyfirst.org/fsf_mgsp.html>. 2004.
UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program. Food Safety FIRST course for Science Teachers CD. Material on CD written (and performed) by L. McLandsborough: 7 Videos: Using Gloves, Washing Hands, Making Agar, Using a Pressure Cooker, Swabbing Plates, Don’t cross me lab Demonstration, Cooking Right-Temperature Investigation Lab Demonstration. 5 teaching presentations: Laboratory Safety for Middle and High School classrooms, Microbial Growth in Food, The Food Safety Four C’s, The 12 Most Unwanted Bacteria 1 interactive activity: Microbe Match
Abstracts of presented research
Sherburne M, N Cohen, L McLandsborough, R Brennan Olson, and MJ Laus, 2003. Food Safety Education Through Inquiry-Based Learning. Massachusetts Dietetics Association Fall Conference
Shaw Jr., W. K. and L.A. McLandsborough. 2003. Characterization of Listeria innocua biofilm formation using Tn917 transposon mutagenesis. P182. IAFP 2003 90th Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts.
Apostilides E. and L. McLandsborough. 2003. Characterization of a swarming phenotype of Listeria innocua on semi-solid surfaces. P183. IAFP 2003 90th Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts.
Cronin, C., M. Clarke, R. Witkowsky, H. Lui, A. Sayedahmed, RE Levin and L. McLandsborough. 2003. Monitoring of levels and tracking of Listeria monocytogenes strains in a seafood processing environment using enrichment MPN and RAPD. P273. IAFP 2003 90th Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts.
McLandsborough, L., M. Avallone, M. Clarke, R. Witkowsky, H. Lui, A. Sayedahmad, and RE Levin. 2003. Monitoring of microflora present within a seafood processing environment using plating methodology and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT Chicago, IL
Prachiayo, P., and L. A. McLandsborough. 2001. Growth of E. coli O157:H7 in oil-in-water emulsions. 59F-12. IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT Chicago, IL.
Djordjevic D, and L. A. McLandsborough. 2001 Microtiter plate assay for assessment of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation. 59F-13. IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT Chicago, IL
Shaw, W. K. and L. A. McLandsborough 1999 Rapid preparation of PCR samples form food combined with shortened PCR cycles for the detection of E. coli. P7. IAMFES 86th Annual Meeting, Dearborn MI.
Li, J. and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999 Electrostatic interaction between emulsion droplets and bacterial cells. 61-8. pp162 1999 IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT. Chicago, IL.
Shaw, W. K. and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999. Shortened PCR reaction for rapid detection and increased sensitivity in a conventional thermal cycler. 65D-2 p184 1999 IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT. Chicago, IL.
Prachaiyo, P., J. Li and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999. Binding of enterohemorrahagic E. coli to isolated meat components. 79C-6. 1999 IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT. Chicago, IL.
Prachaiyo P. and L. A. McLandsborough. 1999. Development of a model system to study the interaction of E. coli with beef muscle. Pp. 122. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Reciprocal Meat Conference. American Meat Science Association, Kansas City, MO
Amoako-Atta, C. and L. McLandsborough. 1998. Surface characteristics of bacterial cells after antimicrobial wash treatments. pp.191 Proceedings of the 51st Annual Reciprocal Meat Conference. American Meat Science Association, Kansas City, MO
Prachaiyo, P. and L. McLandsborough. 1998. Enhanced green fluorescent protein expression in Escherichia coli to study the penetration of meat. 9-6. pp13 1998 IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT. Chicago, IL.
Shaw, W. and L. McLandsborough. 1998. Comparison of a PCR-electrophoresis vs a PCR-ELISA method for the rapid and sensitive detection and enumeration of E. coli. 17-2. pp.22 1998 IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT. Chicago, IL.
Wu, M. and L. McLandsborough. 1998. Distribution of pathogenic factors among Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolate to determine conserved PCR target sequences. 9-3. pp. 13 1998 IFT Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts. IFT. Chicago, IL.
McLandsborough, L. A. and P. P. Cleary. 1994. Insertional inactivation of virR in Streptococcus pyogenes M49 demonstrates that VirR functions as a positive regulator of streptococcal C5a peptidase and M protein in OF+ strains. IVth International ASM Conference on Streptococcal Genetics program and abstracts. ASM, Washington DC.
McLandsborough, L. A. L. Sechaud, and L. L. McKay. 1994. Construction of plasmids which confer enhanced bacteriophage resistance by using phage resistance mechanisms isolated form two different strains of lactococci. IVth International ASM Conference on Streptococcal Genetics program and abstracts. ASM, Washington DC.
McLandsborough, L. A., R. Requena, and L. L. McKay. 1993. Sequencing and Tn5 mutagenesis of the bacteriophage abortive infection genetic determinants of plasmid pBF61 from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis KR5. O68. p331. Abstracts of the 93rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. ASM. Washington, DC.
McLandsborough, L. A., K. M. Kolaetis, and L. L. McKay. 1992. Cloning and analysis of the bacteriophage abortive infection genetic determinants of plasmid pBF61 from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis KR5. O74 p321. Abstracts of the 92nd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. ASM. Washington, DC.
McLandsborough, L. and S. R. Tatini. 1989. A six hour microslide immunodiffusion assay for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins. P29 p323. Abstracts of the 89th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. ASM. Washington, DC.
