Nemat O. Keyhani

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida 
Ph.D. (1994) Johns Hopkins University

Teaching Interest

MCB 4304 Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes

Description of Research

Our laboratory performs research in three main areas: (1) host-pathogen interactions between Beauveria bassiana, a fungal pathogen of arthropods, and their insect hosts, (2) directed evolution of fungi. Adaptation and improvement of fungi for biotechnological applications, and (3) development of novel surface active biopolymers.

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Selected Publications

de Crecy, E., Jaronski, S., Lyons, B., Lyons, T.J., and Keyhani, N.O. (2009) Directed evolution of a filamentous fungus for thermotolerance, BMC Biotechnology, 9(1):74

Lewis, M.W., Robalino, I.V., and Keyhani, N.O. (2009) Uptake of the fluorescent probe FM4-64 by hyphae and hemolymph-derived in vivo hyphal bodies of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, Microbiology, 155: 3110-3120

Wanchoo, A., Lewis, M.W., and Keyhani, N.O. (2009) Lectin mapping reveals stage-specific display of surface carbohydrates in in vitro and hemolymph derived cells of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, Microbiology, 155: 3121-3133

Kurtti, T. and Keyhani, N.O. (2008) Intracellular infection of tick cell lines by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, Microbiology 154: 1700-1709

Holder, D.H, Kirkland, B.H., Lewis, M.W., and Keyhani, N.O. (2007) Surface characteristics of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana, Microbiology 153: 3448-3457

Cho, Eun-Min, Kirkland, B.H., Holder, D.H. and Keyhani, N.O. (2007) Phage display cDNA cloning and expression analysis of hydrophobins from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana, Microbiology 153: 3438-3447

Cho, E.-M., Liu, L., Farmerie, W., and Keyhani, N.O. (2006) EST analysis of cDNA libraries from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana: I: Evidence for stage-specific gene expression in aerial conidia, in vitro blastospores, and submerged conidia. Microbiology 152: 2843-2854

Cho, E.-M., Boucias, D., and Keyhani, N.O. (2006) EST analysis of cDNA libraries from the entomophthogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana: II: fungal cells sporulating on chitin and producing oosporein. Microbiology 152: 2855-2864

Holder, D. H. and Keyhani, N.O. (2005) Adhesion of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana to substrata. Appl. Environ. Microbiology 71:5260-5266

Kirkland, B.H., Eisa, A., and Keyhani, N.O. (2005) Oxalic acid as a fungal acaracidal virulence factor. J. Med. Entomol. 42:346-351

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