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Clayton Birkett
Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture Research
Engineering Technician

Phone: (304) 724-8340 ext. 2152
Fax: (304) 725-0351

USDA,REE,ARS,NEA,NCCCWA
11861 LEETOWN ROAD
KEARNEYSVILLE, WV 25430

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Secreted peptidases contribute to virulence of fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Thunes, N.C., Mohammed, H.H., Evenhuis, J., Lipscomb, R.S., Perez-Pascual, D., Stevick, R.J., Birkett, C., Conrad, R.A., Ghigo, J., Mcbride, M.J. 2023. Secreted peptidases contribute to virulence of fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. Article:1093393. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1093393.
Flavobacterium columnare Ferric Iron Uptake Systems are Required for Virulence Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Conrad, R.A., Evenhuis, J., Lipscomb, R.S., Perez-Pascual, D., Stevick, R.J., Birkett, C., Ghigo, J., Mcbride, M.J. 2022. Flavobacterium columnare ferric iron uptake systems are required for virulence. Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1029833.
Siderophores produced by the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare strain MS-FC-4 are not essential for its virulence Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Conrad, R.A., Evenhuis, J., Lipscomb, R.S., Birkett, C., McBride, M.J. 2022. Siderophores produced by the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare strain MS-FC-4 are not essential for its virulence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(17). Article e00948-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00948-22.
GrainGenes: A data-rich repository for small grains genetics and genomics Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yao, E., Blake, V.C., Cooper, L., Wight, C.P., Michel, S., Cagirici, H.B., Lazo, G.R., Birkett, C., Waring, D.J., Jannink, J., Holmes, I., Waters, A.J., Eickholt, D.P., Sen, T.Z. 2022. GrainGenes: A data-rich repository for small grains genetics and genomics. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2022. Article baac034. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baac034.
Growth of flavobacterium columnare in TYE with or without supplemented cations Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Evenhuis, J., Lipscomb, R.S., Birkett, C. 2021. Growth of flavobacterium columnare in TYE with or without supplemented cations. Current Microbiology. 78: 2474–2480. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-021-02507-8.
Virulence variations of flavobacterium columnare in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) eyed eggs and alevin Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Evenhuis, J., Lipscomb, R.S., Birkett, C. 2021. Virulence variations of flavobacterium columnare in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) eyed eggs and alevin. Journal of Fish Diseases. 44(5): 533-539. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13343.
Recirculation versus Flow-through Rainbow Trout Laboratory Flavobacterium Columnare Challenge Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Birkett, C., Lipscomb, R.S., Moreland, T.D., Leeds, T.D., Evenhuis, J. 2020. Recirculation versus Flow-through Rainbow Trout Laboratory Flavobacterium Columnare Challenge. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 139: 213–221. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03487.