1109 Experiment St. - Melton Building - Griffin, GA 30223 USA - PH (770) 228-7284 - FAX (770) 229-3216
Dr. Margie Lee
Professor

Center for Food Safety
Dept. Avian Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7386
Office Phone: (706) 583-0797

E-Mail: leem@vet.uga.edu
Overview of Research Program
Development of molecular tools for studying the pathogenesis of Pasteurella multocida infection
Molecular epidemiology of food safety pathogens
Contribution of neuramidase to microbial virulence and value as a protective or diagnostic antigen
Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
 
Recent Publications (2001 - present)
 

Smith, J.L., D.J.V. Drum, Y. Dai, J.M. Kim, S. Sanchez, J.J. Maurer, C.L. Hofacre, and M.D. Lee. 2007. Impact of antimicrobial usage on antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli strains colonizing broiler chickens.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:1404-1414.

Idris, U., J.R. Lu, M. Maier, S. Sanchez, C.L. Hofacre, B.G. Harmon, J.J. Maurer, and M.D. Lee. 2006. Dissemination of fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter spp. within an integrated commercial poultry production system.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:3441-3447.

Lee, M.D. and D.G. Newell. 2006. Campylobacter in poultry: Filling an ecological niche.  Avian Dis. 50:1-9.

Lu, J., C.L. Hofacre, and M.D. Lee. 2006. Emerging technologies in microbial ecology aid in understanding the effect of monensin in the diets of broilers in regard to the complex disease necrotic enteritis.  J. Appl. Poultry Res. 15:145-153.

Cole, D., D. J. V. Drum, D. E. Stallknecht, D. G. White, M. D. Lee, S. Ayers, M. Sobsey, and J. J. Maurer. 2005. Free-ranging Canada geese as environmental vectors of antimicrobial resistance.  Emerg. Infect. Dis. 11:935-938.

Fairchild, A. S., J. L. Smith, U. Idris, J. Lu, S. Sanchez, L. B. Purvis, C. Hofacre, and M. D. Lee. 2005. Effects of orally administered tetracycline on the intestinal community structure of chickens and on tet determinant carriage by commensal bacteria and Campylobacter jejuni.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:5865-5872.

Sanchez, S., S. Mizan, C. Quist, P. Schroder, M. Juneau, D. Dawe, B. Ritchie, and M. D. Lee. 2004. Serological response to Pasteurella multocida NanH sailidase in persistently colonized rabbits.  J. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 11:825-834.

Lu, J., U. Idris, B. Harmon, C. Hofacre, J. J. Maurer, and M. D. Lee. 2003. Diversity and succession of the intestinal bacterial community of the maturing broiler chicken.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6816-6824.

Lu, J., S. Sanchez, C. Hofacre, J. J. Maurer, B. G. Harmon, and M. D. Lee. 2003. Evaluation of broiler litter with reference to the microbial composition as assessed by using 16S rRNA and functional gene markers.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:901-908.

Zimmer, M., H. Barnhart, U. Idris, and M. D. Lee. 2003. Detection of Campylobacter jejuni strains in the water lines of a commercial broiler house and their relationship to the strains that colonized the chickens.  Avian Dis. 47:101-107.

Lee, M. D., S. Sanchez, M. Zimmer, U. Idris, M. E. Berrang, and P. F. McDermott. 2002. Class 1 integron-associated tobramycin-genamicin resistance in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from the broiler chicken house environment. Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy 46:3660-3664.

Mizan, S., M. D. Lee, B. G. Harmon, S. Tkalcic, and J. J. Maurer. 2002. Acquisition of antibiotic resistance plasmids by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 within rumen fluid. J. Food Protect. 65:1038-1040.

Sanchez, S., M. D. Lee, B. G. Harmon, J. J. Maurer, and M. P. Doyle. 2002. Zoonosis update - Animal issues associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 221:1122-1126.

Sanchez, S., C.L. Hofacre, M.D. Lee, J.J. Maurer, and M.P. Doyle. 2002. Animal sources of salmonellosis in humans. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 221:492-497.

Nesbit, E.G., P. Gibbs, D.W. Dreesen, and M.D. Lee. 2001. The epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni cultured from poultry broiler houses investigated by molecular strain typing. Am. J. Vet. Res. 62:902-906.

Goldstein, C., M. D. Lee, S. Sanchez, C. Hudson, B. Phillips, B. Register, M. Grady, C. Liebert, A. O. Summers, D. G. White and J. J. Maurer. 2001. Incidence of class 1 and 2 integrases in clinical and commensal bacteria from livestock, companion animals, and exotics. Antimicrob. Agents Chemotherapy 45:723-726.