Charles W Bacon
Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research
Research Leader
Phone: (706) 546-3158
Fax: (706) 546-3116
Room 352 USDA, ARS, SAA
RBRRC 950 COLLEGE STATION ROAD ATHENS, GA, 30605-2720
Bacon, C.W., Glenn, A.E., Yates, I.E. 2008. Fusarium verticillioides: Managing the Endophytic Association with Maize for Reduced Fumonisins Accumulation. Journal of Toxicology Toxins Reviews. 27:1-36.
Zitomer, N.C., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Riley, R.T. 2008. A single extraction method for the analysis by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry of fumonisins and biomarkers of disrupted sphingolipid metabolism in tissues of maize seedlings. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 391:2257-2263.
Olubajo, B.A., Bacon, C.W. 2008. Electrotransformation of Bacillus mojavensis with fluorescent protein markers. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 74:102-105.
Bacon, C.W., Olubajo, B.A., Hinton, D.M. 2008. Characterization of bacterial endophytes for biocontrol purposes: Bacillus mojavensis, a case study. In: Sorvari, S. and Mattila, A.M., editors. Prospects and Applications for Plant Associated Microbes: A laboratory manual. Turku, Finland:BioBien Innovations. p. 144-153.
Torres, O.A., Palencia, E.R., Lopez De Pratdesaba, L., Grajeda, R., Fuentes, M., Speer, M.C., Merrill Jr, A.H., O Donnell, K., Bacon, C.W., Glenn, A.E., Riley, R.T. 2007. Estimated Fumonisin Exposure in Guatemala Greatest in Consumers of Lowland Maize. Journal of Nutrition. 137(12):2723-2729.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Glenn, A.E., Macias, F.A., Marin, D. 2007. Interactions of Bacillus mojavensis and Fusarium verticillioides with a benzoxazolinone (BOA) and its transformation product, APO. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33:1885-1897.
Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Bacon, C.W. 2007. Molecular differentiation of species within the Aspergillus section Nigri by using an automated repetitive-PCR method. Mycological Society of America. p. 92.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Glenn, A.E., Macias, F.A., Marin, D. 2007. Bacillus mojavensis Intensified the Accumulation of Fungitoxic APO in the Presence of Fusarium verticillioides. Phytopathology. 97:S6.
Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Bacon, C.W. 2007. Differentiation and identification of species within the Aspergillus section Nigri by using an automated rep-PCR approach. Phytopathology. 97:S88.
Bacetty, A.A., Snook, M.E., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Nagabhyru, P., Schardl, C.L. 2007. Nematoxic effects of endophyte-infected tall fescue toxins and extracts to an in vitro bioassay using the nematode Pratylenchus scribneri. International Neotyphodium Grass Interactions. Christ Church, New Zealand. Pages 357-361.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Zimeri, A.M., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2007. Fumonisin Disruption of Ceramide Biosynthesis in Maize Roots and the Effects on Plant Development and Fusarium verticillioides-Induced Seedling Disease. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:2937-2946.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2007. Fumonisin production is necessary for development of the full spectrum of symptoms indicative of Fusarium verticillioides maize-seedling disease and evidence for disruption of sphingolipid metabolism as the proximate cause. Toxicological Sciences. Abst. 550, p. 118.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2007. Potential for Control of Seedling Blight of Wheat Caused by Fusarium graminearum and Related Species Using the Bacterial Endophyte Bacillus mojavensis. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 17:81-94.
Williams, L.D., Glenn, A.E., Bacon, C.W., Smith, M.A., Riley, R.T. 2006. Fumonisin production and bioavailability to maize seedlings grown from seeds inoculated with fusarium verticillioides and grown in natural soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54(15):5694-5700.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2006. Bacterial endophytes: the endophytic niche, its occupants, and its utility. In: Gnanamanickam, S.S., editor. Plant-Associated Bacteria. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. p. 155-194.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2006. Fusaric acid, a fusarium verticillioidies miasma to bacillus mojavensis, a biological control bacterial endophyte. Aflatoxin Elimination Workshop Proceedings. p. 61.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M., Hinton Jr, A. 2006. Growth-inhibiting effects of concentrations of fusaric acid on the growth of bacillus mojavensis and other biocontrol bacillus species. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 100:185-194.
Voss, K.A., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Riley, R.T., Burns, T.D., Bacon, C.W. 2005. Reproductive toxicity of fumonisin-producing fusarium verticillioides in the LM/Bc and CD1 mouse strains. Annual Report for 2004 of the Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia. p.
Voss, K.A., Liu, J., Miller, J.D., Owen, J.R., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W., Corton, J.C. 2005. Fumonisin-induced liver toxicity in mice is independent of the peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor alpha. Annual Report for 2004 Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia. p.
Voss, K.A., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Riley, R.T., Burns, T.D., Bacon, C.W. 2004. Maternal and fetal toxicity of fumonisin-producing fusarium verticillioides culture material in lm/bc and cd1 mice. United States-Japan Cooperative Program on Development and Utililization of Natural Resources. Abstracts Proceedings.
Bacon, C.W., Lyons,, P.C. 2005. Ecological fitness factors for fungi within the balansieae and clavicipiteae. In: Dighton, J., White, J., Oudemans, P., editors. The Fungal Community: Its Organizaton and Role in the Ecosystem. Boca Raton, FL:CRC/Taylor Francis Group. p. 519-531.
Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2004. Niche overlap index as an indicator for competition between endophytic colonization of maize by bacillus mojavensis and fusarium verticillioides. Phytopathology. v.94. p.796.
Yates, I.E., Arnold, J.W., Bacon, C.W., Hinton, D.M. 2004. In vitro assessments of diverse plant pathogenic fungi treated with a novel growth control agent. Crop Protection 23:1169-1176.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Norred, W.P., Bacon, C.W., Meredith, F.I. 2004. The effects of cooking on fumonisins: overview and recent studies. Multicrop Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshop-The Peanut Foundation. October 13-15, 2003, Savannah, Georgia. p. 19.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Bacon, C.W. 2004. Fumonisins: toxicology, emerging issues, and prospects for control and detoxification. In: Yoshizawa, T., editor, New Horizon of Mycotoxicology for Assuring Food Safety, Proceedings International Symposium of Mycotoxicology Kagawa 2003. Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. p. 41-48.
Voss, K.A., Plattner, R.D., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W. 2003. Current trends in mycotoxin research: deoxynivalenol and fumonisins. National Food Research Institute's International Symposium on Food Safety (Japan). November, 1-5, 2003, Tsukuba, Japan, p. 9-12.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Gelineau-Van Waes, J.B., Bacon, C.W. 2004. Fumonisins: toxicology, emerging issues, and prospects for detoxification [abstract]. Japanese Association of Mycotoxicology - International Symposium of Mycotoxicology in Kagawa. November 4, 2003, Kagawa, Japan. p. 5.
Voss, K.A., Riley, R.T., Sharma, R.P., Corton, J., Miller, J., Bacon, C.W. 2004. The use of genetically modified mice for studying the in vivo mode of action of fumonisins: studies on tumor necrosis factor alpha and the peroxixome proliferator-activated receptor alpha. Abstracts of Proceedings of US-Japan Cooperative Program on Devlopment and Utililization of Natural Products. November 9-14, 2003. Tokyo, Japan.
Voss, K.A., Meredith, F.I., Bacon, C.W. 2003. The effect of baking and frying on the in vivo toxicity to rats of cornmeal containing fumonisins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. v.51. n.18 p.5546-5551.
GLENN, A.E., BACON, C.W. IDENTIFICATION OF FDB1, FDB2, AND OTHER FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES GENES EXPRESSED IN RESPONSE TO BOA, A MAIZE ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND. FUNGAL GENETICS CONFERENCE/ASILOMAR. 2003. v.50. p.120.
GLENN, A.E., MEREDITH, F.I., MORRISON III, W.H., BACON, C.W. IDENTIFICATION OF INTERMEDIATE AND BRANCH METABOLITES RESULTING FROM BIOTRANSFORMATION OF 2-BENZOXAZOLINONE (BOA) BY FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2003. v.69(6). p.3165-3169.
Yates, I.E., Arnold, J.W., Basinger, W., Bacon, C.W. 2003. Food additive controls growth of fusarium verticillioides. [abstract] International Congress of Plant Pathologists. 2:276.
BACON, C.W., WHITE, J.F. EVIDENCE FOR NEMATODE DEFENSE IN SYMBIOTIC GRASSES. BOOK - CLAVICIPITALEAN FUNGI. 2003. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY. p.549-569.