Kalmokoff, Martin, Ph.D.

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

32 Main St.
Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 1J5
Telephone: 902-679-5374
Fax: 902-679-2311
Email: martin.kalmokoff@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• Food microbiology
• Attachment and biofilm formation in food borne pathogenic bacteria, bacterial competition.
• Gut microbiology
• Obligate anaerobes, impact of dietary interventions on intestinal populations in monogastric animals.

Current Projects:

• Impact of feeder antibiotics and various dietary fibres on intestinal bacteria populations in monogastric animals
• Assessment and management of biological and chemical contaminants carried in livestock and poultry manure. [GAPS]
• Attachment and biofilm formation in food-borne pathogens
• Effect of inter-strain competition on isolation of L. monocytogenes from foods

Affiliations:

• Adjunct Professor, Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie University
• Advanced Food and Materials Network Centre of Excellence

Research Publications:

2013:

• Barret, M., Gagnon, N., Kalmokoff, M.L., Topp, E., Verastegui, Y., Brooks, S.P.J., Matias, F., Neufeld, J.D., and Talbot, G. (2013). "Identification of Methanoculleus spp. As active methanogens during anoxic incubations of swine manure storage tank samples.", Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79(2), pp. 424-433. doi : 10.1128/AEM.02268-12
• Kalmokoff, M.L., Zwicker, B., O'Hara, M., Matias, F., Green, J., Green-Johnson, J.M., and Brooks, S.P.J. (2013). "Temporal change in the gut community of rats fed high amylose cornstarch is driven by endogenous urea rather than strictly on carbohydrate availability.", Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114(5), pp. 1516-1528. doi : 10.1111/jam.12157

2012:

• Barret, M., Gagnon, N., Morissette, B., Topp, E., Kalmokoff, M.L., Brooks, S.P.J., Matias, F., Massé, D.I., Masse, L., and Talbot, G. (2012). "Methanoculleus spp. as a biomarker of methanogenic activity in swine manure storage tanks.", FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 80(2), pp. 427-440. doi : 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01308.x
• Inglis, G.D., Thomas, M.C., Thomas, D.K., Kalmokoff, M.L., Brooks, S.P.J., and Selinger, L.B. (2012). "Molecular Methods to Measure Intestinal Bacteria: A Review.", Journal of AOAC International, 95(1), pp. 2-23. doi : 10.5740/jaoacint.SGE_Inglis

2011:

• Gagnon, N., Barret, M., Topp, E., Kalmokoff, M.L., Massé, D.I., Masse, L., and Talbot, G. (2011). "A novel fingerprinting technology to assess the diversity of methanogens.", FEMS Microbiology Letters, 325(2), pp. 115-122. doi : 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02418.x
• Kalmokoff, M.L., Waddington, L.M., Thomas, M., Liang, K.-L., Ma, C., Topp, E., Desranleau Dandurand, U., Letellier, A., Matias, F., and Brooks, S.P.J. (2011). "Continuous feeding of antimicrobial growth promoters to commercial swine during the growing/finishing phase does not modify faecal community erythromycin resistance or community structure.", Journal of Applied Microbiology, 110(6), pp. 1414-1425. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.04992.x

2010:

• Gnanou-Besse, N., Barre, L., Buhariwalla, C., Vignaud, M.L., Khamissi, E., Decourseulles, E., Nirsimloo, M., Chelly, M., and Kalmokoff, M.L. (2010). "The overgrowth of Listeria monocytogenes by other Listeria spp. in food samples undergoing enrichment cultivation has a nutritional basis.", International Journal of Food Microbiology, 136(3), pp. 345-351. doi : 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.10.025
• Talbot, G., Roy, C.S., Topp, E., Kalmokoff, M.L., Brooks, S.P.J., Beaulieu, C., Palin, M.-F., and Massé, D.I. (2010). "Spatial distribution of some microbial trophic groups in a plug-flow-type anaerobic bioreactor treating swine manure.", Water Science and Technology, 61(5), pp. 1147-1155. doi : 10.2166/wst.2010.014
• Waddington, L., Cyr, T., Hefford, M., Hansen, L.T., and Kalmokoff, M.L. (2010). "Understanding the acid tolerance response of bifidobacteria.", Journal of Applied Microbiology, 108(4), pp. 1408-1420. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04540.x

2009:

• Abnous, K., Brooks, S.P.J., Kwan, J., Matias, F., Green-Johnson, J.M., Selinger, L.B., Thomas, M., and Kalmokoff, M.L. (2009). "Diets Enriched in Oat Bran or Wheat Bran Temporally and Differentially Alter the Composition of the Fecal Community of Rats.", Journal of Nutrition, 139(11), pp. 2024-2031. doi : 10.3945/jn.109.109470
• Brooks, S.P.J., Kheradpir, E., McAllister, M., Kwana, J., Burgher-MacLellan, K.L., and Kalmokoff, M.L. (2009). "In-feed administered sub-therapeutic chlortetracycline alters community composition and structure but not the abundance of community resistance determinants in the fecal flora of the rat.", Anaerobe, 15(4), pp. 145-154. doi : 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.01.007
• Donovan, C.J., Garduño, R.A., Kalmokoff, M.L., Ku, J.C., Quilliam, M.A., and Gill, T.A. (2009). "Pseudoalteromonas Bacteria Are Capable of Degrading Paralytic Shellfish Toxins.", Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(21), pp. 6919-6923. doi : 10.1128/AEM.01384-09
• Kalmokoff, M.L., Austin, J.W., Cyr, T.D., Hefford, M.A., Teather, R.M., and Selinger, L.B. (2009). "Physical and genetic characterization of an outer-membrane protein (OmpM1) containing an N-terminal S-layer-like homology domain from the phylogenetically Gram-positive gut anaerobe Mitsuokella multacida.", Anaerobe, 15(3), pp. 74-81. doi : 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.01.001

Other Science Related Publications:

2011:

• Barret, M., Neufeld, J.D., Gagnon, N., Kalmokoff, M.L., Topp, E., Verastegui, Y., and Talbot, G. (2011). "Active methanogens in swine manure storage tanks revealed by stable isotope probing.", 61st Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists/ Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, June 20-23, 2011, Abstract AE74. (Abstract)
• Brooks, S.P.J., Green-Johnson, J.M., Inglis, G.D., Uwiera, R.R.E., and Kalmokoff, M.L. (2011). "Gut microbiology – a relatively unexplored domain.", in Moo-Young, M. et al. (eds.) - Comprehensive Biotechnology, 2nd Edition. Vol. 4, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK & New York, USA, pp. 575-590.

2010:

• Gagnon, N., Topp, E., Kalmokoff, M.L., Masse, L., Massé, D.I., and Talbot, G. (2010). "Novel fingerprint technology to assess the diversity of methanogens.", 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME13), Seattle, WA, USA, August 22-27, 2010. (Abstract)
• Talbot, G., Topp, E., Kalmokoff, M.L., Roy, C.S., Brooks, S.P.J., Beaulieu, C., and Massé, D.I. (2010). "Archaeal community analysis along a plug-flow bioreactor treating swine manure.", 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists / Conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne des Microbiologistes (SCM), Hamilton, ON, Canada, June 14-17, 2010.

2009:

• Talbot, G., Roy, C.S., Topp, E., Kalmokoff, M.L., Brooks, S.P.J., Beaulieu, C., Palin, M.-F., and Massé, D.I. (2009). "Multivariate analysis of microbial population quantitative data during start-up of a compartmentalized anaerobic bioreactor treating swine manure.", 5th ASPD Specialised Conference: Microbial Population Dynamics in Biological Wastewater Treatment, Aalborg, Denmark, May 24-27, 2009.