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Microbiology

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Overview

Robert H. Proctor is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research activity spans primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

They have contributed extensively to the study of plant pathogens and fungal diseases, focusing on various aspects of mycotoxins in agriculture and food safety. Their research also covers plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant disease resistance and genetics, fungal and yeast genetics research, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, and plant and fungal interactions.

Robert H. Proctor has published work in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Plant Disease
  • Mycologia
  • BMC Genomics
  • Journal of Fungi

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Susan P. McCormick
  • Hye-Seon Kim
  • Santiago Gutiérrez
  • Mark Busman
  • Daren W. Brown

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert H. Proctor highlight the intersection of fungal genomics, toxin biochemistry, and phytopathology:

  • "DNA Sequence-Based Identification of Fusarium: A Work in Progress" (2021), published in Plant Disease
  • "Mycotoxin Production in Fusarium According to Contemporary Species Concepts" (2021), published in Annual Review of Phytopathology
  • "No to Neocosmospora: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium" (2020), published in mSphere
  • "Identification and distribution of gene clusters required for synthesis of sphingolipid metabolism inhibitors in diverse species of the filamentous fungus Fusarium" (2020), published in BMC Genomics
  • "Genetic bases for variation in structure and biological activity of trichothecene toxins produced by diverse fungi" (2020), published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses

    Richard J. O'Connell;Michael R. Thon;Stéphane Hacquard;Stefan G. Amyotte

  • Reduced virulence of Gibberella zeae caused by disruption of a trichothecene toxin biosynthetic gene

    R H Proctor;T M Hohn;S P McCormick

  • Fusarium pathogenomics.

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  • Deciphering the cryptic genome : genome-wide analyses of the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi reveal complex regulation of secondary metabolism and novel metabolites

    Philipp Wiemann;Christian M.K. Sieber;Katharina W. von Bargen;Lena Studt

  • Reduced virulence of trichothecene-nonproducing mutants of Gibberella zeae in wheat field tests

    A. E. Desjardins;R. H. Proctor;G. Bai;S. P. Mccormick

  • Molecular biology of Fusarium mycotoxins.

    A.E. Desjardins;R.H. Proctor

  • Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

    Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown

  • Co-expression of 15 contiguous genes delineates a fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster in Gibberella moniliformis.

    Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown;Ronald D. Plattner;Anne E. Desjardins

  • A polyketide synthase gene required for biosynthesis of fumonisin mycotoxins in Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A.

    Robert H Proctor;Anne E Desjardins;Ronald D Plattner;Thomas M Hohn

  • Genes, gene clusters, and biosynthesis of trichothecenes and fumonisins in Fusarium

    Nancy J. Alexander;Robert H. Proctor;Susan P. McCormick

  • One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

    David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

  • Characterization of four clustered and coregulated genes associated with fumonisin biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides.

    Jeong-Ah Seo;Robert H Proctor;Ronald D Plattner

  • Functional Analysis of the Polyketide Synthase Genes in the Filamentous Fungus Gibberella zeae (Anamorph Fusarium graminearum)

    Iffa Gaffoor;Daren W. Brown;Ron Plattner;Robert H. Proctor

  • Possible Role of Trichothecene Mycotoxins in Virulence of Fusarium graminearum on Maize

    L J Harris;A E Desjardins;R D Plattner;P Nicholson

  • Tri6 encodes an unusual zinc finger protein involved in regulation of trichothecene biosynthesis in Fusarium sporotrichioides.

    Robert H. Proctor;Thomas M. Hohn;Susan P. Mccormick;Andanne E. Desjardins

  • A Genetic and Biochemical Approach to Study Trichothecene Diversity in Fusarium sporotrichioides and Fusarium graminearum

    Daren W. Brown;Susan P. McCormick;Nancy J. Alexander;Robert H. Proctor

  • The genetic basis for 3-ADON and 15-ADON trichothecene chemotypes in Fusarium.

    Nancy J. Alexander;Susan P. McCormick;Cees Waalwijk;Theo van der Lee

  • The Fusarium verticillioides FUM Gene Cluster Encodes a Zn(II)2Cys6 Protein That Affects FUM Gene Expression and Fumonisin Production

    Daren W. Brown;Robert A. E. Butchko;Mark Busman;Robert H. Proctor

  • Evidence that a secondary metabolic biosynthetic gene cluster has grown by gene relocation during evolution of the filamentous fungus Fusarium.

    Robert H. Proctor;Susan P. McCormick;Nancy J. Alexander;Anne E. Desjardins

  • Inactivation of a cytochrome P-450 is a determinant of trichothecene diversity in Fusarium species.

    Daren W Brown;Susan P McCormick;Nancy J Alexander;Robert H Proctor

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan P. McCormick
Susan P. McCormick United States Department of Agriculture
Daren W. Brown
Daren W. Brown US Department of Agriculture
Anne E. Desjardins
Anne E. Desjardins National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Kerry O'Donnell
Kerry O'Donnell National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Antonio Moretti
Antonio Moretti National Research Council (CNR)
Todd J. Ward
Todd J. Ward United States Department of Agriculture
Antonio Logrieco
Antonio Logrieco National Research Council (CNR)
Santiago Gutiérrez
Santiago Gutiérrez University of Leon
Cees Waalwijk
Cees Waalwijk Wageningen University & Research
David M. Geiser
David M. Geiser Pennsylvania State University

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