Judith Bateup
Senior Teaching Fellow
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences
New Zealand
Biography
Dr Judith Bateup is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Department of Microbiology and Immunology at University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences, New Zealand. His Qualification includes: BSc(Hons), PhD(Otago). Dr Bateup's research (in collaboration with Professor Gerald Tannock) has focused on lactobacilli, which are members of the normal microflora of several animal species. One study involved the production of the enzyme bile salt hydrolase (which deconjugates conjugated bile salts in the intestinal tract resulting in deconjugated bile acids) and the enzyme's effect on bacterial growth. In another project, molecular techniques such as ribotyping were used to investigate the lactobacilli present in the gastrointestinal tract of swine. She is the author of several articles published in many reputed journals.
Research Interest
Dr Bateup's research (in collaboration with Professor Gerald Tannock) has focused on lactobacilli, which are members of the normal microflora of several animal species.
