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David Baltrus

Associate Professor, Plant Sciences | Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences

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Research

Microbial Genetics
Biology and Characterization of Plant Pathogenic Agents
Practical Microbial Gemonics
Practical Microbial Genomics
Microbiomes

Student Thesis/Dissertation(9)

The Complex Evolutionary History of EF-Tu
2024·doctoral
Characterizing the Mechanisms Driving Tailocin Production and Target Specificity in Pseudomonas syringae
2024·doctoral
EVALUATING PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF SELECTED GENES ON PBASL58 MEGAPLASMID IN PSEUDOMONAS
2022·bachelors
Soil Dwelling Streptomyces Inhibit Arabidopsis Seed Germination
2020·masters
Identification and Characterization of a Pseudomonas Megaplasmid Family and Its Sensitivity to an Inhibitory Compound Conserved Across Pseudomonas spp.
2019·doctoral

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Technologies & Patents(6)

Method for Affecting Phenotypic Activity of Endophytic Fungi
2021·Patent
Method for Affecting Phenotypic Activity of Endophytic Fungi
2018·Patent
Howl-itosis: Engineered Bacteria for Dog and Cat Oral Microbiota to Improve Health and Breath
2017·Technology
Controlled Transfer of Endohyphal Symbionts among Fungal Strains
2014·Technology
Identification of Endohyphal Bacterial Symbionts as Major Determinants of Cellulase and Ligninase Activity in Fungi
2014·Technology

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David Baltrus

Courses(5)

Microbial Genetics

Biology and Characterization of Plant Pathogenic Agents

Practical Microbial Gemonics

Practical Microbial Genomics

Microbiomes

Student Thesis/Dissertation(9)

The Complex Evolutionary History of EF-Tu

Characterizing the Mechanisms Driving Tailocin Production and Target Specificity in Pseudomonas syringae

EVALUATING PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF SELECTED GENES ON PBASL58 MEGAPLASMID IN PSEUDOMONAS

Soil Dwelling Streptomyces Inhibit Arabidopsis Seed Germination

Identification and Characterization of a Pseudomonas Megaplasmid Family and Its Sensitivity to an Inhibitory Compound Conserved Across Pseudomonas spp.

Technologies & Patents(6)

Method for Affecting Phenotypic Activity of Endophytic Fungi

Method for Affecting Phenotypic Activity of Endophytic Fungi

Howl-itosis: Engineered Bacteria for Dog and Cat Oral Microbiota to Improve Health and Breath

Controlled Transfer of Endohyphal Symbionts among Fungal Strains

Identification of Endohyphal Bacterial Symbionts as Major Determinants of Cellulase and Ligninase Activity in Fungi

News(3)

Despite COVID, UArizona Reports Strong Year for Innovation and Commercialization

'Howl-itosis' a Problem? UArizona Inventor Creates Bacteria Strain to Quell Bad Dog Breath

UArizona Researchers Pivot to Tackle COVID-19