Charles W Bacon
Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research
Research Leader
Phone: (706) 546-3158
Fax: (706) 546-3116
Room 352 USDA, ARS, SAA
RBRRC 950 COLLEGE STATION ROAD ATHENS, GA, 30605-2720
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Mitchell, T.R., Snook, M.E., Olubajo, B. 2012. Characterization of endophytic strains of Bacillus mojavensis and their production of surfactin isomers. Biological Control. 62:1-9.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Mitchell, T., Snook, M.E. 2011. Surfactin A production and isoforms characterizations in strains of Bacillus mojavensis for control of a maize pathogen, Fusarium verticillioides. American Phytopathological Society and the International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, Joint Meeting. August 6-10,2011. Honolulu, HI.
Palencia, E., Mitchell, T., Riley, R.T., Hinton, D.M., Snook, M.E., Bacon, C.W. 2011. Endophytic associations and production of mycotoxins by the Aspergillus section Nigri species. American Phytopathological Society and the International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC) Joint Meeting. August 6-10, 2011. Honolulu, HI.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2011. In planta reduction of maize seedling stalk lesions by the bacterial endophyte Bacillus mojavensis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 57:485-492.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Mitchell, T.R., Snook, M.E. 2011. Surfactin A Production and Isoform Characterizations in Strains of Bacillus mojavensis for Potential Control of Fusarium verticillioides and Fumonisin in Maize. Genetics of Maize Disease Workshop Renaissance. February 20-23, 2011. Raleigh North Hills, NC.
Palencia, E.R., Bacon, C.W. 2011. Potential production of ochratoxins and fumonisins by members of the Aspergillus section Nigri isolated as endophytes from maize and peanuts. Genetics of Maize Disease Workshop Renaissance. February 20-23,2011. Raleigh North Hills, NC.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2011. Bacillus mojavensis: its endophytic nature, the surfactins and their role in the plant response to infection by Fusarium verticillioides. In: Maheshwari, D.K., editors. Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Growth Responses. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 21-39.
Zitomer, N.C., Jones, S., Bacon, C.W., Glenn, A.E., Baldwin, T.T., Riley, R.T. 2010. Sphingolipid bases and their 1-phosphates, but not fumonisins, are translocated from roots to aerial tissues of maize seedlings watered with fumonisins. American Phytopathological Society. August 12, 2010. Charlotte, NC.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Snook, M.E. 2010. Relationship of substrate and surfactin production by Bacillus mojavensis strains and their antagonistical response to Fusarium verticillioides. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting. August 7-10,2010. Charlotte, NC. 100(6):S10.
Palencia, E.R., Bacon, C.W. 2010. Production of mycotoxins by members of the Aspergillus section Nigri isolated from peanuts and maize in the United States. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting. August 7-10, 2010. Charlotte, NC. 100(6):S10.
Bacon, C.W. 2010. Symbiotic grasses: A review of basic biology of forage grass fungal endophytes. Mycological Society of America. Jun 28-Jul 2,2010. Lexington, KY.
Zitomer, N.C., Jones, S., Bacon, C.W., Glenn, A.E., Baldwin, T.T., Riley, R.T. 2010. Translocation of sphingoid bases and their 1-phosphates, but not fumonisins, from roots to aerial tissues of maize seedlings watered with fumonisins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58(12):7476-7481.
Palencia, E.R., Hinton, D.M., Bacon, C.W. 2010. The black Aspergillus species of maize and peanuts and their potential for mycotoxin production. Toxins. 2(4):399-416.
Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W. 2009. Use of a rep-PCR system to predict species in the Aspergillus section Nigri. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 79:1-7.
Palencia, E.R., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W. 2009. Colonization of maize seedlings under drought conditions by two ochratoxin A producers species within the A. section Nigri. Phytopathology. August 1 - 5, 2009. Portland, OR.
Snook, M.E., Mitchell, T.R., Hinton, D.M., Bacon, C.W. 2009. Isolation and characterization of Leu[7]-Surfactin from the endophytic bacterium Bacillus mojavensis RRC 101, a biocontrol agent for Fusarium verticillioides. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 57:4287-4292.
Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W. 2009. FDB2 encodes a member of the arylamine N-acetyltransferase family and is necessary for biotransformation of benzoxazolinones by Fusarium verticillioides. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 107:657-671.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2008. Endophyte-host cross talk as a signaling determinant for grass mutualisms: Presumptive evidence. Nov. 11-14,2008. "New Directions in Endophyte Research" at the VI Latin American Congress on Mycology, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bacon, C.W., Glenn, A.E., Yates, I.E. 2008. Fusarium verticillioides: Managing the Endophytic Association with Maize for Reduced Fumonisins Accumulation. Journal of Toxicology Toxins Reviews. 27:411-446.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Glenn, A.E., Macias, F.A., Marin, D. 2008. Bacillus mojavensis transforms BOA into fungitoxic APO in the presence of fusarium verticillioides. International Allelopathy Congress. Sept. 21-26,2008. Saratoga Springs, NY.
Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W. 2008. Fusarium verticillioides gene clusters associated with biotransformation of maize allelopathic compounds. Mycological Society of America. Aug. 9-13,2008. State College, PA.
Zitomer, N.C., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Riley, R.T. 2008. A single extraction method for the analysis by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry of fumonisins and biomarkers of disrupted sphingolipid metabolism in tissues of maize seedlings. Mycological Society of America. August 9 - 13, 2008. State College, PA.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2008. Interaction of fusaric acid and maize seedling lesion development and reduction by isolates of Bacillus mogavensis. American Phytopathological Society. July 26-30,2008. Minneapolis,MN.
Olubajo, B.A., Bacon, C.W. 2008. Microbial genotyping and differentiating between Bacillus mojavensis and Bacillus subtilis. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. June 1-5,2008. Boston, MA.
Zitomer, N.C., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Riley, R.T. 2008. A single extraction method for the analysis by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry of fumonisins and biomarkers of disrupted sphingolipid metabolism in tissues of maize seedlings. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 391:2257-2263.
Olubajo, B.A., Bacon, C.W. 2008. Electrotransformation of Bacillus mojavensis with fluorescent protein markers. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 74:102-105.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Glenn, A.E. 2009. The Endophytic Niche and Grass Defense. In: White, J.F. and Torres, M., editors. Defensive mutualism in microbial symbiosis. Boca Raton, FL:Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. p. 383-404.
Bacon, C.W., Olubajo, B.A., Hinton, D.M. 2008. Characterization of bacterial endophytes for biocontrol purposes: Bacillus mojavensis, a case study. In: Sorvari, S. and Mattila, A.M., editors. Prospects and Applications for Plant Associated Microbes: A laboratory manual. Turku, Finland:BioBien Innovations. p. 144-153.
Williams, L.D., Zitomer, N.C., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2007. Disruption of ceramide biosynthesis and accumulation of sphingoid bases and sphingoid base 1-phosphates: A mechanism for Fusarium verticillioides effects in maize-seedling disease.. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop-The Peanut Foundation. October 22 - 24, 2007.Atlanta, GA.
Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W. 2007. Characterization of species of the Aspergillus section Nigri from corn field isolates co-infected with Aspergillus flavus/parasiticus species and the potential for ochratoxin A production.. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop-The Peanut Foundation. October 22-24,2007. Atlanta, GA.
Torres, O.A., Palencia, E.R., Lopez de Pratdesaba, L., Grajeda, R., Fuentes, M., Speer, M.C., Merrill Jr, A.H., O Donnell, K., Bacon, C.W., Glenn, A.E., Riley, R.T. 2007. Estimated fumonisin exposure in Guatemala is greatest in consumers of lowland maize. Journal of Nutrition. 137:2723-2729.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Glenn, A.E., Macias, F.A., Marin, D. 2007. Interactions of Bacillus mojavensis and Fusarium verticillioides with a benzoxazolinone (BOA) and its transformation product, APO. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33:1885-1897.
Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Bacon, C.W. 2007. Molecular differentiation of species within the Aspergillus section Nigri by using an automated repetitive-PCR method. Mycological Society of America. p. 92.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Glenn, A.E., Macias, F.A., Marin, D. 2007. Bacillus mojavensis Intensified the Accumulation of Fungitoxic APO in the Presence of Fusarium verticillioides. Phytopathology. 97:S6.
Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Bacon, C.W. 2007. Differentiation and identification of species within the Aspergillus section Nigri by using an automated rep-PCR approach. Phytopathology. 97:S88.
Bacetty, A.A., Snook, M.E., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Nagabhyru, P., Schardl, C.L. 2007. Nematotoxic effects of endophyte-infected tall fescue toxins and extracts to an in vitro bioassay using the nematode Pratylenchus scribneri. Proceedings of New Zealand Grassland Association: Endophyte Symposium. 6th International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses. p. 357-361.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Zimeri, A.M., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2007. Fumonisin Disruption of Ceramide Biosynthesis in Maize Roots and the Effects on Plant Development and Fusarium verticillioides-Induced Seedling Disease. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:2937-2946.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2007. Fumonisin production is necessary for development of the full spectrum of symptoms indicative of Fusarium verticillioides maize-seedling disease and evidence for disruption of sphingolipid metabolism as the proximate cause. Toxicological Sciences. Abst. 550, p. 118.
Bacetty, A.A., Snook, M.E., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Schardl, C.L., Nagabhyru, P. 2007. Nematoxic effects of endophyte-infected tall fescue toxins and extracts to an in vitro bioassay using the nematode Pratylenchus scribneri. Acremonium Grass Interactions International Symposium Proceedings. March 25-28, 2007. Christchurch, New Zealand.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2007. Potential for Control of Seedling Blight of Wheat Caused by Fusarium graminearum and Related Species Using the Bacterial Endophyte Bacillus mojavensis. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 17:81-94.
Bacon, C.W., Snook, M.E., Hinton, D.M. 2006. Corn seedling disease, fusaric acid as the wilt toxin and the need for biocontrol of Fusarium verticillioides and other Fusarium species. Aflatoxin/Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop. October 16-18,2006. Fort Worth, TX.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2006. Fumonisin production and bioavailability to maize seedlings grown from seeds inoculated with fusarium verticillioides and grown in natural soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54(15):5694-5700.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2006. Bacterial endophytes: the endophytic niche, its occupants, and its utility. In: Gnanamanickam, S.S., editor. Plant-Associated Bacteria. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. p. 155-194.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2006. Fusaric acid, a fusarium verticillioidies miasma to bacillus mojavensis, a biological control bacterial endophyte. Aflatoxin Elimination Workshop Proceedings. p. 61.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Hinton Jr, A. 2006. Growth-inhibiting effects of concentrations of fusaric acid on the growth of bacillus mojavensis and other biocontrol bacillus species. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 100:185-194.
Voss, K.A., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Riley, R.T., Burns, T.D., Bacon, C.W. 2005. Reproductive toxicity of fumonisin-producing fusarium verticillioides in the LM/Bc and CD1 mouse strains. Annual Report for 2004 of the Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia. p.
Voss, K.A., Liu, J., Miller, J.D., Owen, J.R., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W., Corton, J.C. 2005. Fumonisin-induced liver toxicity in mice is independent of the peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor alpha. Annual Report for 2004 Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia. p.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2004. Accumulation of sphingoid bases and sphingoid base 1-phosphates: A possible mechanism for Fusarium verticillioides corn-seedling disease. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop-The Peanut Foundation. p. 10.
Voss, K.A., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Riley, R.T., Burns, T.D., Bacon, C.W. 2004. Maternal and fetal toxicity of fumonisin-producing fusarium verticillioides culture material in lm/bc and cd1 mice. United States-Japan Cooperative Program on Development and Utililization of Natural Resources. Abstracts Proceedings. Nov 8-12,2004. Atlanta, GA.
Bacon, C.W., Lyons,, P.C. 2005. Ecological fitness factors for fungi within the balansieae and clavicipiteae. In: Dighton, J., White, J., Oudemans, P., editors. The Fungal Community: Its Organizaton and Role in the Ecosystem. Boca Raton, FL:CRC/Taylor Francis Group. p. 519-531.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2004. Niche overlap index as an indicator for competition between endophytic colonization of maize by bacillus mojavensis and fusarium verticillioides. Phytopathology. v.94. p.796.
Yates, I.E., Arnold, J.W., Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2004. In vitro assessments of diverse plant pathogenic fungi treated with a novel growth control agent. Crop Protection 23:1169-1176.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Porter, J.K., Glenn, A.E., Kuldau, G.A. 2004. Fusaric acid, a Fusarium verticillioides metabolite, antagonistic to the endophytic biocontrol bacterium Bacillus mojavensis. Canadian Journal of Botany. 82:878-885.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Norred, W.P., Bacon, C.W., Meredith, F.I. 2004. The effects of cooking on fumonisins: overview and recent studies. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop-The Peanut Foundation. October 13-15, 2003, Savannah, Georgia. p. 19.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Bacon, C.W. 2004. Fumonisins: toxicology, emerging issues, and prospects for control and detoxification. In: Yoshizawa, T., editor, New Horizon of Mycotoxicology for Assuring Food Safety, Proceedings International Symposium of Mycotoxicology Kagawa 2003. Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. p. 41-48.
Voss, K.A., Plattner, R.D., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W. 2003. Current trends in mycotoxin research: deoxynivalenol and fumonisins. National Food Research Institute's International Symposium on Food Safety (Japan). November, 1-5, 2003, Tsukuba, Japan, p. 9-12.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Bacon, C.W. 2004. Fumonisins: toxicology, emerging issues, and prospects for detoxification [abstract]. Japanese Association of Mycotoxicology - International Symposium of Mycotoxicology in Kagawa. November 4, 2003, Kagawa, Japan. p. 5.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Sharma, R.P., Corton, J., Miller, J., Bacon, C.W. 2004. The use of genetically modified mice for studying the in vivo mode of action of fumonisins: studies on tumor necrosis factor alpha and the peroxixome proliferator-activated receptor alpha. Abstracts of Proceedings of US-Japan Cooperative Program on Devlopment and Utililization of Natural Products. November 9-14, 2003. Tokyo, Japan.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Sharma, R.P., Corton, J.C., Miller, J.D., Bacon, C.W. 2004. THE USE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICE FOR STUDYING THE IN VIVO MODE OF ACTION OF FUMONISINS: STUDIES ON TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA AND THE PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA.. US-Japan Coop Pgm on Dev and Util of Natural Products Abstracts Proceedings. November 9 - 14, 2003. Tokyo, Japan.
Voss, K.A., Meredith, F.I., Bacon, C.W. 2003. The effect of baking and frying on the in vivo toxicity to rats of cornmeal containing fumonisins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. v.51. n.18 p.5546-5551.
Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W. 2003. Molecular characterization of FDB1 and FBD2, two fusarium verticillioides genes essential for detoxification of maize antimicrobial compounds. Phytopathology. 93:S29.
GLENN, A.E., BACON, C.W. 2003. IDENTIFICATION OF FDB1, FDB2, AND OTHER FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES GENES EXPRESSED IN RESPONSE TO BOA, A MAIZE ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND. FUNGAL GENETICS CONFERENCE/ASILOMAR. v.50. p.120.
GLENN, A.E., MEREDITH, F.I., MORRISON III, W.H., BACON, C.W. 2003. IDENTIFICATION OF INTERMEDIATE AND BRANCH METABOLITES RESULTING FROM BIOTRANSFORMATION OF 2-BENZOXAZOLINONE (BOA) BY FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. v.69(6). p.3165-3169.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Showker, A.J., Riley, R.T. 2003. INHIBITION OF CERAMIDE SYNTHASE IN CORN SEEDLINGS INFECTED WITH FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES OR EXPOSED DIRECTLY TO FUMONISIN B1 IN SOIL. Toxicologist. v.77. Abstract. p. 189.
Voss, K.A., Norred, W.P., Meredith, F.I., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W., Saunders, D.S. 2003. EFFECTS OF COOKING ON THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF FUMONISINS IN CORN. University of Georgia Center for Food Safety Annual Meeting. March 2-3,2003. Atlanta, GA.
Voss, K.A., Norred, W.P., Meredith, F.I., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W., Saunders, S. 2003. EFFECTS OF COOKING ON THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF FUMONISINS. Toxicologist. v. 77. p. 252.
Yates, I.E., Arnold, J.W., Basinger, W., Bacon, C.W. 2003. Food additive controls growth of fusarium verticillioides. [abstract] International Congress of Plant Pathologists. 2:276.
Williams, L.D., Bacon, C.W., Showker, A.J., Meredith, F.I., Franzluebbers, A.J., Smith, M.A., Wyatt, R., Riley, R.T. 2002. KINETICS AND BINDING OF FUMONISIN IN A MODEL SOIL SYSTEM. Toxicologist. 66:69-70.
Voss, K.A., Norred, W.P., Meredith, F.I., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W., Saunders, D. 2002. DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF BAKING, FRYING AND MIXTAMALIZATION ON FUMONISINS BY MEANS OF IN VIVO AND IN VITRO BIOASSAYS. US-Japan Coop Pgm on Dev and Util of Natural Products Abstracts Proceedings. November 11-15,2002. Emoryville, CA.
BACON, C.W., WHITE, J.F. EVIDENCE FOR NEMATODE DEFENSE IN SYMBIOTIC GRASSES. BOOK - CLAVICIPITALEAN FUNGI. 2003. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY. p.549-569.
Porter, J.K., Bacon, C.W. 2002. MYCOTOXINS AND FUNGI, CHRONIC DELETERIOUS CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN US AGRICULTURE: PLANTS, ANIMALS, HUMANS. Gordon Research Conference Proceedings. June 30 - July 5, 2002. South Holyoke, MA.