Roderick I. Mackie
Professor
Animal Sciences
University of Illinois at urbana champaign
United States of America
Biography
He has done his Ph.D., 1977, University of Natal, South Africa, M.S., 1972, University of Natal, South Africa, B.S., 1970, University of Natal, South Africa. Currently he is a Professor in Department of Animal Sciences at university of Illinois.
Research Interest
Molecular microbial ecology in the gastrointestinal tract; functional and comparative genomics of gut bacteria; comparative digestive physiology and metabolism.
Publications
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Krause, D.O., W.J. Smith, F.M.E. Ryan, R.I. Mackie, and C.W. McSweeney. (2000) Use of 16S rRNA based techniques to investigate the ecological succession of microbial populations in the immature lamb rumen: tracking of specific strains of inoculated Ruminococcus and interactions with other microbial populations in vivo. Microb. Ecol. 38:365-376.
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Chee-Sanford, J.C., R.I. Aminov, I.J. Krapac, N. Garrigues-Jeanjean, and R.I. Mackie. (2001) Occurrence and diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in lagoons and groundwater underlying two swine production facilities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:1494-1502.
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Aminov, R.I., N. Garrigues, and R.I. Mackie. (2001) Molecular ecology of antibiotic resistance: development of primers for detection of tetracycline-resistance determinants encoding ribosomal protection protein genes in the environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:22-32.
