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Mahfuzur R. Sarker is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on microbiology, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, molecular biology, and food science within the broader fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their notable areas of work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, microbial inactivation methods, streptococcal infections and treatments, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, and enterobacteriaceae and cronobacter research.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Mahfuzur R. Sarker include:

  • Saeed Banawas
  • Prabhat K. Talukdar
  • Bruce A. McClane
  • Helen S. Garmory
  • Roua Almatrafi

They have published in various scientific venues with a concentration in the journal Microorganisms, where four of their papers appeared. Other significant publication venues include Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Trends in Microbiology, and Pathogens.

Recent papers by Mahfuzur R. Sarker include:

  • Characterization of Putative Sporulation and Germination Genes in Clostridium perfringens Food-Poisoning Strain SM101, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Divalent Cation Signaling in Clostridium perfringens Spore Germination, 2023, Microorganisms
  • Clostridium perfringens, 2024, Trends in Microbiology
  • Inhibitory Effects of Natural Products on Germination, Outgrowth, and Vegetative Growth of Clostridium perfringens Spores in Laboratory Medium and Chicken Meat, 2025, Microorganisms
  • Identification of Germinants and Expression of Germination Genes in Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated from Diarrheic Animals, 2024, Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Expansion of the Clostridium perfringens toxin-based typing scheme.

    Julian I. Rood;Vicki Adams;Jake Lacey;Dena Lyras

  • Germination of spores of Bacillales and Clostridiales species: mechanisms and proteins involved.

    Daniel Paredes-Sabja;Peter Setlow;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

  • Successful '9-month Bangladesh regimen' for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among over 500 consecutive patients.

    K. J. M. Aung;A. Van Deun;E. Declercq;M. R. Sarker

  • Inactivation of the gene (cpe ) encoding Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin eliminates the ability of two cpe‐positive C. perfringens type A human gastrointestinal disease isolates to affect rabbit ileal loops

    Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Robert J. Carman;Bruce A. McClane

  • Comparative Experiments To Examine the Effects of Heating on Vegetative Cells and Spores of Clostridium perfringens Isolates Carrying Plasmid Genes versus Chromosomal Enterotoxin Genes

    Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Robert P. Shivers;Shauna G. Sparks;Vijay K. Juneja

  • Association of beta2 toxin production with Clostridium perfringens type A human gastrointestinal disease isolates carrying a plasmid enterotoxin gene

    Derek J. Fisher;Kazuaki Miyamoto;Benjamin Harrison;Shigero Akimoto

  • The Yersinia Yop virulon: LcrV is required for extrusion of the translocators YopB and YopD.

    Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Cécile Neyt;Isabelle Stainier;Guy R. Cornelis

  • Clostridium perfringens Spore Germination: Characterization of Germinants and Their Receptors

    Daniel Paredes-Sabja;J. Antonio Torres;Peter Setlow;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

  • Genotyping of Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens Fecal Isolates Associated with Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Food Poisoning in North America

    Shauna G. Sparks;Robert J. Carman;Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Bruce A. McClane

  • Genotyping and Phenotyping of Beta2-Toxigenic Clostridium perfringens Fecal Isolates Associated with Gastrointestinal Diseases in Piglets

    Michael Waters;Amanda Savoie;Helen S. Garmory;Dawn Bueschel

  • Microbiological food safety: a dilemma of developing societies.

    Saeed Akhtar;Mahfuzur R Sarker;Ashfaque Hossain

  • Enterotoxin plasmid from Clostridium perfringens is conjugative.

    Sigrid Brynestad;Sigrid Brynestad;Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Bruce A. McClane;Per Einar Granum

  • SleC is essential for cortex peptidoglycan hydrolysis during germination of spores of the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium perfringens.

    Daniel Paredes-Sabja;Peter Setlow;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

  • Disruption of the gene (spo0A) encoding sporulation transcription factor blocks endospore formation and enterotoxin production in enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A

    I-Hsiu Huang;Michael Waters;Roberto R Grau;Mahfuzur R Sarker

  • Strategy to inactivate Clostridium perfringens spores in meat products.

    Saeed Akhtar;Daniel Paredes-Sabja;J. Antonio Torres;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

  • Sporulation and Germination in Clostridial Pathogens

    Aimee Shen;Adrianne N. Edwards;Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Daniel Paredes-Sabja

  • Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Spores That Lack SpoVA Proteins and Dipicolinic Acid

    Daniel Paredes-Sabja;Barbara Setlow;Peter Setlow;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

  • Clostridium perfringens Type E Animal Enteritis Isolates with Highly Conserved, Silent Enterotoxin Gene Sequences

    Stephen J. Billington;Eva U. Wieckowski;Mahfuzur R. Sarker;Dawn Bueschel

  • Adherence of Clostridium difficile spores to Caco-2 cells in culture

    Daniel Paredes-Sabja;Daniel Paredes-Sabja;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

  • Investigating the role of small, acid-soluble spore proteins (SASPs) in the resistance of Clostridium perfringens spores to heat.

    Deepa Raju;Michael Waters;Peter Setlow;Mahfuzur R Sarker

  • The Clostridium difficile Exosporium Cysteine (CdeC) Rich Protein is Required for Exosporium Morphogenesis and Coat Assembly.

    Jonathan Barra-Carrasco;Valeria Olguín-Araneda;Ángela Plaza-Garrido;Camila Miranda-Cárdenas

  • Antisense-RNA-mediated decreased synthesis of small, acid-soluble spore proteins leads to decreased resistance of clostridium perfringens spores to moist heat and UV radiation.

    Deepa Raju;Peter Setlow;Mahfuzur R. Sarker

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Paredes-Sabja
Daniel Paredes-Sabja Texas A&M University
Peter Setlow
Peter Setlow University of Connecticut Health Center
Bruce A. McClane
Bruce A. McClane University of Pittsburgh
Barbara Setlow
Barbara Setlow University of Connecticut Health Center
J. Glenn Songer
J. Glenn Songer University of Arizona
David A. Sack
David A. Sack Johns Hopkins University
Julian I. Rood
Julian I. Rood Monash University
Michel R. Popoff
Michel R. Popoff Institut Pasteur
Guy R. Cornelis
Guy R. Cornelis University of Namur
Richard W. Titball
Richard W. Titball University of Exeter

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