Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Dept. of Food Science]

Thomas J. Montville, Ph. D.

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Publications (Full list of publications)

Dr. Montville  has published extensively over a wide range of topics.

Some representative publications are listed below.

Books

Montville, T. J. and Matthews, K. R. 2004.  Food Microbiology: An Introduction.  American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, D.C.

Doyle, M. P., Beuchat,  L. R. and Montville, T.J. (eds.) 2001.  Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 2nd edition.  American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, D.C.

 Doyle, M. P., Beuchat,  L. R. and Montville, T.J. (eds.) 2001.  Microbiologia de los Alimentos Fundamentos y Fronteras.  Editorial ACRIBIA, S.A.

Selected Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Bonnet, M., Rafi, M., Chikindas, M.L., and Montville, T.J. 2006. A bioenergetic mechanism for nisin resistance induced by the acid tolerance response of Listeria monocytogenes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:2556-2563.

Montville, T.J., Dengrove, R., De Siano, T., Bonnet, M., and Schaffner, D.W. 2005. Thermal resistance of spores from virulent strains of Bacillus anthracis and potential surrogates.  J. Food Protect. 68:2362-2366.

Bonnet, M. and Montville, T.J. 2005.  Acid tolerant Listeria monocytogenes persist in a fermented model system containing nisin.  Ltts. Appl. Micro. 40:237-242.

McEntire, J.C., Carman, G. C. and Montville, T. J. 2004. Increased ATPase activity is responsible for acid sensitivity of nisin-resistant Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 700302.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:2717-2721.

Zhao, L.-H., Montville, T.J., and Schaffner, D.W. 2003. Computer simulation of Clostridium botulinum 56A behavior at low spore concentrations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:845-851.

Li, J., Chikindas, M. L., Ludescher, R.D., and Montville, T.J. 2002. “Temperature and surfactant induce membrane modifications that alter Listeria monocytogenes nisin sensitivity by different mechanisms.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 5904-5910.

Cleveland, J., Montville , T.J. and Chikindas, M.L. 2001.  Bacteriocins: safe food preservatives of the future.  Int. J. Food Microbiol. 71:1-20.

Chung, H.-J., Chikindas, M. L and Montville, T. J.. 2000.  Nisin shares a common mechanism to inhibit mycobacteria yet the kinetics of the events in mycobacterial cell death may differ from that of foodborne pathogens. Ltts. Appl. Microbiol. 31:1-7.  

Chen, Y., Ludescher, R.D. and Montville, T.J. 1997.  Electrostatic, but not the YGNGV consensus motif,  govern the binding of pediocin PA-1 and its  fragments to phospholipid vesicles.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:4770-4777.

Deduced tertiary structure of pediocin A
(Chen et al., 1997).
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