Sumarah, Mark, PhD

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

1391 Sandford Street
London, Ontario N5V 4T3
Telephone: 519-457-1470
Fax: 519-457-3997
Email: mark.sumarah@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• LC-MS
• NMR
• Natural products chemistry
• Fermentation, isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from fungi

Research Publications:

2013:

• Li, H., Sumarah, M.W., and Topp, E. (2013). "Persistence and dissipation pathways of the antidepressant sertraline in agricultural soils.", Science of the Total Environment, 452-453, pp. 296-301. doi : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.080
• McMullin, D.R., Sumarah, M.W., and Miller, J.D. (2013). "Chaetoglobosins and azaphilones produced by Canadian strains of Chaetomium globosum isolated from the indoor environment.", Mycotoxin Research, 29(1), pp. 47-54. doi : 10.1007/s12550-012-0144-9
• Tellenbach, C.Sumarah, M.W., Grünig, C.R., and Miller, J.D. (2013). "Inhibition of Phytophthora species by secondary metabolites produced by the dark septate endophyte Phialocephala europaea.", Fungal Ecology, 6(1), pp. 12-18. doi : 10.1016/j.funeco.2012.10.003
• Topp, E., Chapman, R.A., Devers-Lamrani, M., Hartmann, A., Marti, R., Martin-Laurent, F., Sabourin, L., Scott, A., and Sumarah, M.W. (2013). "Accelerated Biodegradation of Veterinary Antibiotics in Agricultural Soil following Long-Term Exposure, and Isolation of a Sulfamethazine-degrading Microbacterium sp.", Journal of Environmental Quality, 42(1), pp. 173-178. doi : 10.2134/jeq2012.0162

2012:

• McMullin, D.R., Sumarah, M.W., Blackwell, B.A., and Miller, J.D. (2012). "New azaphilones from Chaetomium globosum isolated from the built environment.", Tetrahedron Letters, 54(6), pp. 568-572. doi : 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.11.084
• Topp, E., Sumarah, M.W., and Sabourin, L. (2012). "The antihistamine diphenhydramine is extremely persistent in agricultural soil.", Science of the Total Environment, 439(15 November 2012), pp. 136-140. doi : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.033
• Trimble, L.A., Sumarah, M.W., Blackwell, B.A., Wrona, M.D., and Miller, J.D. (2012). "Characterization of (16R) and (16S)-hydroxyroquefortine C; diastereomeric metabolites from Penicillium crustosum DAOM 215343.", Tetrahedron Letters, 53(8), pp. 956-958. doi : 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.12.052

2011:

• Baines, D.D.S., Erb, S.L., Sumarah, M.W., Lowe, R.M.S., Turkington, T.K., Sabau, E., Kuldau, G., Juba, J., Masson, L., Mazza, A., Roberts, R. (2011). "A prebiotic, Celmanax™, decreases Escherichia coli O157:H7 colonization of bovine cells and feed-associated cytotoxicity in vitro.", BMC Research Notes, 4:110. doi : 10.1186/1756-0500-4-110
• Baines, D.D.S., Erb, S.L., Turkington, T.K., Kuldau, G., Juba, J., Sumarah, M.W., Mazza, A., and Masson, E. (2011). "Characterization of Haemorrhagic Enteritis in Dairy Goats and the Effectiveness of Probiotic and Prebiotic Applications in Alleviating Morbidity and Production Losses.", Fungal Genomics & Biology, 1:1. doi : 10.4172/fgb.1000102
• Sumarah, M.W., Kesting, J.R., Sørensen, D., and Miller, J.D. (2011). "Antifungal metabolites from fungal endophytes of Pinus strobus.", Phytochemistry, 72(14-15), pp. 1833-1837. doi : 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.05.003

2010:

• Sumarah, M.W., Puniani, E., Sørensen, D., Blackwell, B.A., and Miller, J.D. (2010). "Secondary metabolites from anti-insect extracts of endophytic fungi isolated from Picea rubens.", Phytochemistry, 71(7), pp. 760-765. doi : 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.01.015

Other Science Related Publications:

2009:

• Sumarah, M.W., Puniani, E., Sørensen, D., Blackwell, B.A., and Miller, J.D. (2009). "Characterization of metabolites from red spruce endophytes by LC-MS-SPE/NMR.", Gordon Research Conference on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, USA, June 21-26, 2009. (Poster)