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Dr. Rafael Garduno
Relevant Publications (last 10 years)

Garduño, R.A. 2007.  Life cycle, growth cycles and developmental cycle of Legionella pneumophilaIn: Legionella pneumophila: Pathogenesis and Immunity (edited by P.S. Hoffman, T. Klein, and H. Friedman).  A volume in the series Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis (edited by H. Friedman, and M. Bendinelli).  Springer, New York, in press.

Aguilera-Arreola, M.G., C. Hernández-Rodríguez, G. Zúñiga, M.J. Figueras, R.A. Garduño, and G. Castro-Escarpulli.  2007. Virulence potential and genetic diversity of Aeromonas caviae, A. veronii and A. hydrophila clinical isolates from Mexico and Spain: A comparative study.  Can. J. Microbiol. 53:877-887.

Garduño, E., G. Faulkner, M.A. Ortiz-Jimenez, S.G. Berk, and R.A. Garduño.  2006.  Interaction with the ciliate Tetrahymena sp. may predispose Legionella pneumophila to infect human cells.  In: Legionella: State of the Art 30 years after its recognition (edited by N.P. Cianciotto, Y. Abu Kwaik, P.H. Edelstein, B.S. Fields, D.F. Geary, T.G. Harrison, C.A. Joseph, R.M. Ratcliff, J.E. Stout, M.S. Swanson).  ASM Press, Washington, pp. 297-300.

Chong, A., A. Riveroll, D.S. Allan, E. Garduño and R.A. Garduño
.   2006.  The Hsp60 chaperonin of Legionella pneumophila: an intriguing player in infection of host cells.  In: Legionella: State of the Art 30 years after its recognition (edited by N.P. Cianciotto, Y. Abu Kwaik, P.H. Edelstein, B.S. Fields, D.F. Geary, T.G. Harrison, C.A. Joseph, R.M. Ratcliff, J.E. Stout, M.S. Swanson).  ASM Press, Washington, pp. 255-260.

Hiltz, M.F., G.R. Sisson, A.K.C. Brassinga, E. Garduño, R.A. Garduño, and P.S. Hoffman.  2004.  Expression of magA in Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 is developmentally regulated and a marker of formation of mature intracellular forms.  J. Bacteriol. 186:3038-3045

Brassinga, A.K.C., M.F. Hiltz, G.R. Sisson, M.G. Morash, N. Hill, E. Garduño, P.H. Edelstein, R.A. Garduño, and P.S. Hoffman.  2003.  A 65-kilobase pathogenicity island is unique to Philadelphia-1 strains of Legionella pneumophila.  J. Bacteriol. 185:4630-4637.

Faulkner, G., and R.A. Garduño.   2002.  Ultrastructural analysis of differentiation in Legionella pneumophila.  J. Bacteriol. 184:7025-7041.

Garduño, R.A., E. Garduño, M. Hiltz, and P.S. Hoffman. 2002. Intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila gives rise to a differentiated form dissimilar to stationary phase forms. Infect. Immun. 70: 6273-6283.

Garduño, R.A., E. Garduño, M. Hiltz, D. Allan, and P.S. Hoffman. 2002.   Morphological and physiological evidence for a developmental cycle in Legionella pneumophila. In: Legionella-Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium (edited by R. Marre, Y. AbuKwaik, C. Bartlett, N. Cianciotto, B.S. Fields, M. Frosch, J. Hacker and B.C. Luck). ASM Press, Washington, pp. 82-85.

Garduño, R.A., A.L. Lizama, A.R. Moore, G. Olivier, E. Garduño, and W.W. Kay. 2000a. Co-culture of Aeromonas salmonicida and host cells in intraperitoneal implants is associated with enhanced bacterial survival. Can. J. Microbiol. 46: 674-678.

Garduño, R.A., A.R. Moore, G. Olivier, A.L. Lizama, E. Garduño, and W.W. Kay. 2000b. Host cell invasion and intracellular residence by Aeromonas salmonicida: Role of the S-layer. Can. J. Microbiol. 46: 660-668.

Garduño, R.A., E. Garduño, and P.S. Hoffman 1998a. Surface-associated Hsp60 chaperonin of Legionella pneumophila mediates invasion in a HeLa cell model. Infect. Immun. 66: 4602-4610.

Garduño, R. A., G. Faulkner, M.A. Trevors, N. Vats, and P.S. Hoffman. 1998b. Immuno- localization of Hsp60 in Legionella pneumophila. J. Bacteriol. 180: 505-513.

Garduño, R.A., F. Quinn, and P.S. Hoffman. Please insert here a link to the file “98 HeLa model”.  1998.  HeLa cells as a model to study the invasiveness and biology of Legionella pneumophila. Can. J. Microbiol. 44: 430-440.

 

 

 
   
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Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Department of Microbiology