Roderick I. Mackie

Professor of Microbiology
Department of Animal Sciences
B.S., 1970, University of Natal, South Africa
M.S., 1972, University of Natal, South Africa
Ph.D., 1977, University of Natal, South Africa
Campus Address: 458 Animal Sciences Laboratory
Email: r-mackie@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-244-2526

Research Interests:

Molecular microbial ecology in the gastrointestinal tract; functional and comparative genomics of gut bacteria; comparative digestive physiology and metabolism.

Representative Publications

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.

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.

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.