Cindy H Nakatsu

Professor of Agronomy

Department: Agronomy
Phone: 765.496.2997
Fax: 765.496.2926
Office: Lilly 3-359
E-mail: cnakatsu@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Microbial Ecology

Current Research Projects:

Impact of anthropogenic factors on microbial community structure
Source tracking and genetic fingerprinting of E. coli collected from the environment.
Biochemical and genetic basis of metal (Cr and Pb) resistance by bacteria
Biochemical and genetic basis of hydrocarbon degradation by bacteria
Development of quantitative PCR methods for monitoring bioattenuation of BTEX
Environmental factors influencing gene transfer.
Microbial ecology of wastewater treatment

Teaching:
Agronomy 649 - Molecular Microbial Ecology
Agronomy 349 - Soil Ecology

K-12
Bob the Bacterium

Interdisciplinary Programs:
ESEI
PULSe

Awards and Honors:
Purdue University Faculty Research Scholar, 2002-07
AIST Foreign Researcher Invitation Award, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, 1996 and 2001
Sustainable Agriculture Travel Award, OECD, 1997
Dow Elanco's Young Investigator's Award, Dow Elanco, 1995
Carleton University Scholarship, 1989-92
Ontario Postgrad Scholarship, 1991-92
NSERC Postgrad Scholarship, 1989-91

Education:
B.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
M.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Ph.D., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Date joined staff: August 1995

Full list of Publications

- Recent Publications

Stephen, K., Homrighausen, D., DePalma, G., Nakatsu, C. H., & Irudayaraj, J. (2012). Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the discrimination of Arthrobacter strains based on variations in cell surface composition. Analyst, 137(18), 4280-4286. Retrieved from http://DOI: 10.1039/c2an35578g

Nasuno, E., Kimura, N., Fujita, M. J., Nakatsu, C. H., Kamagata, Y., & Hanada, S. (2012). Phylogenetically novel LuxI/LuxR-type quorum sensing systems isolated using a metagenomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 78, 8067-8074.

Puspita, I. D., Kamagata, Y., Tanaka, M., Asano, K., & Nakatsu, C. H. (2012). Are uncultivated bacteria really uncultivable?. Microbes Environ.. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME12092

Puspita, I. D., Uehara, M., Katayama, T., Kikuchi, Y., Kitagawa, W., Kamagata, Y., . . . Tanaka, M. (2012). Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) from Tomitella biformata AHU 1821T promotes growth and resuscitates non-dividing cells.. Microbes Environ.. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME12122

Whisner, C. M., Martin, B. R., Clavijo, A., Nakatsu, C. H., McCabe, G. P., McCabe, L. D., . . . Weaver, C. M. (2012). Galactooligosaccharides: effects on calcium absorption and gut microflora in young premenarcheal girls. Nutritional Influences on Bone Health.

Henne, K. L., Turse, J. E., Nakatsu, C. H., & Konopka, A. E. (2011). Protein expression profile of an environmentally important bacterial strain: the Chromate response of Arthrobacter sp. strain FB24. In Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches (pp. 663-674).

Weaver, C. M., Martin, B. R., Nakatsu, C. H., Armstrong, A. P., Clavijo, A., McCabe, L. D., . . . derHeuvel, E. G. H. M. (2011). Galactooligosaccharide supplementation improves mineral absorption and bone properties in growing rats through gut fermentation. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 59, 6501-6510.

Cole, J. R., Myrold, D. D., Nakatsu, C. H., Owens, P. R., Kowalchuk, G., Tebbe, C., & Tiedje, J. M. (2010). Development of soil metadata standards for international DNA sequence databases. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil solutions for a changing world.

Kong, W., & Nakatsu, C. H. (2010). Optimization of RNA extraction for PCR quantification of aromatic compound degradation genes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 76, 1282-1284.

Henne, K. L., Turse, J. E., Nakatsu, C. H., & Konopka, A. (2010). Protein expression profile of an environmentally important bacterial strain: the Chromate response of Arthrobacter sp. strain FB24. In Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches.