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Gwyn Beattie
Department Plant Pathology, Iowa State University

 

Office Phone:

515-294-5571

Lab Phone:

515-294-3198

Fax:

515-294-6019

E-Mail

gbeattie@iastate.edu

Address

Iowa State University
Department Plant Pathology
207 Science I
Ames, IA 50011-3211
USA

 

 


Education
Ph.D.,  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1991
B.A.,    Carleton College, Northfield, MN, Chemistry, 1985

 


Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University

2002-present

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Iowa State University
1995 - 2002

Post-doctoral Associate, University of California-Berkeley
1991-1995

 


Current University Affiliations

Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program, Chair
Interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Interdepartmental Graduate Program
Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stress
NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center

 


Professional Service

Editorial Boards:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Grant Review Panels:
USDA-NRICGP
Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance - Enhanced Profitability Program

Professional Committees:
Bacteriology Committee, American Phytopathological Society, 1999-2001, Chair 2003-2004
Phyllosphere Committee, American Phytopathological Society, 1996-1999
USDA Regional Project NC-125 “Biocontrol of soil and residue borne plant pathogens”

Ad-hoc reviewer for:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Applied Microbiology; Canadian Journal of Microbiology; Crop Science; Functional Plant Biology; Journal of Bacteriology; Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions; Phytoparasitica; Phytopathology; Plant Disease; Planta; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Transcripts of the British Royal Society

Society Memberships:
American Society for Microbiologists
American Phytopathological Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science

 


Teaching
Biology of Microorganisms (Micro 302 - undergraduate level)
Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology (Micro 444 - undergraduate level)
Bacterial-Plant Interactions - co-instructed (Micro 477/577 and Plant Pathology      477/577 - undergraduate and graduate level)

 

 

Invited Lectures at Scientific Conferences:

2003 Flow cytometric applications in phyllosphere research, American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

2002 Role of water availability during colonization of leaf surfaces, American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Milwaukee, WI.

2001 Use of a proU-gfp transcriptional fusion to quantify water stress on the leaf surface, 10th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Madison, WI.

2000 Fluorescence—based bacterial biosensors for evaluating the influence of water stress on bacterial leaf colonization, Midwest Molecular Microbial Ecology Conference, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL.

2000 Leaf surface waxes and the process of colonization by bacteria, 7th International Symposium on the Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces, Berkeley, CA.

1999 The Secret Life of Foliar Bacterial Plant Pathogens, Annual Conference of the Association of Applied Insect Ecologists: Micro and Macro Influences on Integrated Pest Management, Santa Barbara, CA.

1999 Bacterial colonization of plant leaves: studies using glossy maize and glowing bacteria, North Central American Society of Microbiologists, Ames, IA.

1998 Leaf colonization from the perspective of a bacterium, American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

1998 Approaches to studying the leaf surface as a habitat for bacteria, Plant Bacteriology Conference, Berkeley, CA.

 


Selected Publications
Casavant, N. C., D. Thompson, G. A. Beattie, G. J. Phillips, and L. J. Halverson. Use of a site-specific recombination-based biosensor for detecting bioavailable toluene and related compounds on roots Environmental Microbiology 5:238-249.

 

Sabaratnam, S. and G. A. Beattie. 2003. Differences between Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a and Pantoea agglomerans BRT98 in epiphytic versus endophytic colonization of leaves. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:1220-1228.

 

Marcell, L. M. and G. A. Beattie. 2002. The effect of leaf surface waxes on leaf colonization by Pantoea agglomerans and Clavibacter michiganensis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 15:1236-1244.

 

Axtell, C. A. and G. A. Beattie.  2002. Construction and characterization of a proU-gfp transcriptional fusion that measures water availability in a microbial habitat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:4604-4612.

Beattie, G. A. and L. M. Marcell. 2002. Comparative dynamics of adherent and non-adherent bacterial populations on maize leaves. Phytopathology 92:1015-1023.

Casavant, N. C., G. A. Beattie, G. Phillips, and L. J. Halverson. 2002.  Site-specific recombination-based genetic system for reporting transient or low-level gene expression. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:3588-3596.

 

Beattie, G. A. and L. M. Marcell. 2002. Effect of alterations in cuticular wax biosynthesis on the physicochemical properties and topography of maize leaf surfaces. Plant Cell and Environment 25:1-16

Beattie, G. A. and S. E. Lindow. 1999. Bacterial colonization of leaves: a spectrum of strategies. Phytopathology 89:353-359.

Andersen, G. L., G. A. Beattie and S. E. Lindow. 1998. Molecular characterization and sequence of a methionine biosynthetic locus from Pseudomonas syringae. Journal of Bacteriology 180:4497-4507.

Beattie, G. A. and S. E. Lindow. 1995. The secret life of foliar bacterial pathogens on leaves. Annual Review of Phytopathology 33:145-172

Beattie, G. A. and S. E. Lindow. 1994. Survival, growth and localization of epiphytic fitness mutants of Pseudomonas syringae on leaves. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60:3790-3798.

Beattie, G. A. and S. E. Lindow. 1994. Comparison of the behavior of epiphytic fitness mutants of Pseudomonas syringae under controlled and field conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60:3799-3808.

Lindow, S. E., G. Andersen and G. A. Beattie. 1993. Characteristics of insertional mutants of Pseudomonas syringae with reduced epiphytic fitness. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59:1593-1601.

 


Book chapters
Beattie, G. A. and C. A. Axtell.  2002.  The use of a proU-gfp transcriptional fusion to quantify water stress on the leaf surface, pp.235-240.  In: S. A. Leong, C. Allen, and E. Triplett (eds), Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol 3. International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, MN.

 

Beattie, G. A. 2002.  Leaf surface waxes and the process of leaf colonization by microorganisms, pp. 3-26. In: S. E. Lindow, E. I. Hecht-Poinar and V. J. Elliott (eds), Phyllosphere Microbiology, Americal Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN.

Beattie, G. A. and S. E. Lindow. 1994. Epiphytic fitness of phytopathogenic bacteria: physiological adaptations for growth and survival, pp. 1-27. In: J. L. Dangl (ed), Bacterial Pathogenesis of Plants and Animals: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms. Springer-Verlag, NY.

 


Non-refereed articles
Beattie, G. A. 2002. Leaf cuticle. In: R. M. Goodman (ed), Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY (In Press).

 

Beattie, G. A. 2002. Early interactions of pathogenic bacteria with plants. In: R. M. Goodman (ed), Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY (In Press).

 

Kinkel, L. L. and G. A. Beattie. 2001. Epiphyte, pp. 417-419. In: O. C. Maloy and T. D. Murray (eds), Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY.

Kinkel, L. L. and G. A. Beattie. 2001. Epiphytic bacteria, pp. 419-421. In: O. C. Maloy and T. D. Murray (eds), Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY.

Halverson, L. J. and G. A. Beattie. 1995. Microbial diversity in terrestrial ecosystems: A technical report for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 103 pp.