Nicholas Bergman, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Biology (Biochemistry), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
Phone:
Fax: (404) 894-0519
Office: Cherry Emerson 231
Publications
N. H. Bergman, E. C. Anderson, E. E. Swenson, B. K. Janes, N. Fisher, M. Niemeyer, A Miyoshi, and P. C. Hanna. (2007) ”Transcriptional profiling of Bacillus anthracis during infection of host macrophages.” In press, Infection and Immunity.
K. D. Passalacqua, N. H. Bergman, J. Y. Lee and P.C. Hanna. (2007) “The global transcriptional responses of Bacillus anthracis Sterne 34F2 and deltasodA1 to paraquat reveal metal ion homeostasis imbalances during endogenous superoxide stress.” Journal of Bacteriology. 189(11):3996-4013.
J. Y. Lee, B. K. Janes, K. D. Passalacqua, B. Pfleger, N. H. Bergman, H. Liu, K. Hakansson, R. V. Somu, C. Aldrich, S. Cendrowski, P. C. Hanna, and D. Sherman. (2007) “Biosynthetic Analysis of the Petrobactin Siderophore Pathway from Bacillus anthracis.” Journal of Bacteriology. 189(5):1698-1710.
N. H. Bergman, K. D. Passalacqua, P. C. Hanna, and Z. S. Qin. (2007) “Operon Prediction in Sequenced Bacterial Genomes Without Experimental Information.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(3):846-54.
K. Passalacqua and N. H. Bergman. “Bacillus anthracis: Interactions with the host and establishment of inhalational anthrax”. Future Microbiology, Dec 2006, 1(4):397-415.
N. H. Bergman, E. C. Anderson, E. E. Swenson, M. M. Niemeyer, A. D. Miyoshi, and P. C. Hanna. (2006) “Transcriptional Profiling of the Bacillus anthracis Life Cycle in vitro and an implied model for regulation of spore formation” Journal of Bacteriology, 188(17):6092-6100.
K. D. Passalacqua, N. H. Bergman, A. Herring, and P. C. Hanna. (2006) "The superoxide dismutases of Bacillus anthracis do not cooperatively protect against endogenous superoxide stress." Journal of Bacteriology, 188(11):3837-3848.
N. Fisher, L. Shetron-Rama, A. Herring, B. Heffernan, N. H. Bergman, and P. C. Hanna. (2006) “The dltABCD Operon of Bacillus anthracis Sterne 34F2 is Expressed During Outgrowth and is Required for Virulence and Resistance to Peptide, Enzymatic, and Cellular Mediators of Innate Immunity.” Journal of Bacteriology 188(4):1301-1309.
N. H. Bergman, K.D. Passalacqua, R. Gaspard, L. M. Shetron-Rama, J. Quackenbush, and P. C. Hanna. (2005). “Murine Macrophage Transcriptional Responses to Bacillus anthracis infection and intoxication.” Infection and Immunity, 73(2):1069-1080.
N. H. Bergman*, H. Liu*, B. Thomason*, S. Shallom, A. Hazen, J. Crossno, D. A. Rasko, J. Ravel, T. D. Read, S. N. Peterson, J. Yates, III and P. C. Hanna. (2004). “Formation and Composition of the Bacillus anthracis Endospore.” Journal of Bacteriology 186(1):164-178.(*equal contribution)