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Dr. Michael Calcutt
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. 1988, Leicester University, UK

calcuttm@missouri.edu

Research emphasis: Molecular biology of mycoplasmas

Selected publications:

Calcutt, M.J., M.S. Lewis and K.S. Wise. 2002. Molecular genetic analysis of ICEF, an integrative conjugal element that is present as a repetitive sequence in the chromosome of Mycoplasma fermentans PG18. J. Bacteriol. 184:6929-6941.

Calcutt, M.J., H.Y. Hsieh, L.F. Chapman and D.S. Smith. 2002. Identification, molecular cloning and expression of an alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase gene from Clostridium perfringens. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 214:77-80.

Kim, H.J., M.J. Calcutt, F.J. Schmidt and K.F. Chater. 2000. Partitioning of the linear chromosome during sporulation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) involves an oriC-linked parAB locus. J. Bacteriol. 182:1313-1320.

Calcutt, M.J., J.L. Lavrrar and K.S. Wise. 1999. IS1630 of Mycoplasma fermentans, a novel IS30-type insertion element that targets and duplicates inverted repeats of variable length and sequence during insertion. J. Bacteriol. 181:7597-7607.

Calcutt, M.J., M.F. Kim, A.B. Karpas, P.F. Muhlradt and K.S. Wise. 1999. Differential posttranslational processing confers intraspecies variation of a major surface lipoprotein and a macrophage-activating lipopeptide of Mycoplasma fermentans. Infect. Immun. 67:760-771.