Nadja S. George
Microbiologist
www.ars.usda.gov/nea/emfsl/nsgeorge

Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory
USDA, ARS, NEA, BARC, EMFSL
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Building 173 BARC-East, Room 233
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350

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Publications

• Smith, A.D., George, N.S., Cheung, L., Bhagavathy, G.V., Luthria, D.L., John, K.M., Bhagwat, A.A. 2019. Pomegranate peel extract reduced colonic damage and bacterial translocation in a mouse model of infectious colitis induced by Citrobacter rodentium. Nutrition Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2019.11.001.
• George, N.S., Cheung, L., Luthria, D.L., Santin, M., Dawson, H.D., Bhagwat, A.A., Smith, A.D. 2019. Pomegranate peel extract alters the microbiome in mice and dysbiosis caused by Citrobacter rodentium infection. Journal of Food Science and Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1106.
• Moore, J.P., Li, H., Engmann, ML, Bischof K.M., Kunka KS, Harris, M.E., Tancredi, A.C., Ditmars, F.S., Basting, P.J., George, N.S., Bhagwat, A.A., Slonczewski, J.L. 2019. Inverted regulation of multidrug efflux pumps, acid resistance, and porins in benzoate-evolved Escherichia coli K-12. Appl Environ Microbiol 85: e00966-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00966-19.
• He, A., Penix, S.R., Basting, P.J., Griffith, J.M., Creamer, K.E., Camperchioli, D., Clark, M.W., Gonzales, A.S., Jorge, S., George, N.S., Bhagwat, A.A., Slonczewski, J.L. 2017. Acid evolution deletes amino-acid decarboxylases and reregulates catabolism of Escherichia coli K-12. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(12):1-13. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00442-17.

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EMFSL Animal Parasites Research Group

Project: Zoonotic Parasites Affecting Food Animals, Food Safety, and Public Health

Project Team:

• Monica Santin Duran, Research Microbiologist
• Jenny Maloney, Research Microbiologist
• Nadja George, Microbiologist
• Aleksey Molokin, Microbiologist