Representative Publications
 
 
Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts:
Woodman, M. E., A. E. Cooley, and B. Stevenson. (2008) Production of outer surface protein A by Borrelia burgdorferi during transmission from infected mammals to feeding ticks is insufficient to trigger OspA seroconversion. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 54: 277-282.
 
 
Bykowski T., M.E. Woodman, A.E. Cooley, C.A. Brissette, V. Brade, R. Wallich, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson. (2007) Coordinated expression of Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins during the Lyme disease spirochete's mammal-tick infection cycle. Infect Immun. 75:4227-36.
 
 
Woodman M.E., A. E. Cooley, J.C. Miller, J.J. Lazarus, K. Tucker, T. Bykowski, M. Botto, J. Hellwage, R. M. Wooten, and B. Stevenson. (2007) Borrelia burgdorferi binding of host complement regulator factor H is not required for efficient mammalian infection. Infect. Immun. 75:3131-9.
 
 
O’Brien D.K., B.H. Therit, M.E. Woodman, and S.B. Melville. (2007) The role of neutrophils and monocytic cells in the initiation of Clostridium perfringens gas gangrene infections. FEMS Immunol Med Micro. 50: 86-93.
 
 
Miller J.C., K. von Lackum, M.E. Woodman, B. Stevenson. (2006) Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi gene expression during mammalian infection using transcriptional fusions expressing green fluorescent protein. Micro. Patho. 41: 43-7.
 
 
von Lackum K., J.C. Miller, T. Bykowski, S.P. Riley, M.E. Woodman, V. Brade, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson, R. Wallich. (2005) Borrelia burgdorferi regulates expression of complement regulator-acquiring surface protein- 1 (CRASP-1) during the mammal-tick infection cycle. Infect. Immun. 73: 7398-405.
 
  Woodman, M. E., A. E. Cooley, R. Avdiushko, A. Bowman, M. Botto, R. M. Wooten, N. van Rooijen, D. A. Cohen, and B. Stevenson. 2009. Roles for phagocytic cells and complement in controlling relapsing fever infection. J. Leukoc. Biol. In press.
 
  Book Chapters & Reviews: 
 
  Woodman, M.E. (2008) Direct PCR of intact bacteria: Colony PCR. In Current Protocols in Microbiology. R. Coico, T. Kowalik, J.M. Quarles, B. Stevenson, R.K. Taylor (eds.) J. Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, N.J.
 
  Brissette, C.A., A.E. Cooley, L.H. Burns, S.P. Riley, A. Verma, M.E. Woodman, T. Bykowski, B. Stevenson. (2008) Lyme borreliosis spirochete Erp proteins, their known host ligands, and potential roles in mammalian infection. Int J Med Microbiol. 298: 257-267.
 
  Bykowski T., M.E. Woodman, A.E. Cooley, C.A. Brissette, R. Wallich, V. Brade, R. Wallich, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson. (2008) Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins (BbCRASPs): Expression patterns during the mammal-tick infection cycle. Int J Med Microbiol. 298: 249-256.
 
  Riley, S.P., M.E. Woodman, and B. Stevenson. (2008) Culture of Escherichia coli and related bacteria. p. 4.2.1-25. In Current Protocols in Essential Laboratory Techniques. S. Gallagher and E. Wiley (eds.) J. Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, N.J.
 
  Stevenson, B., K. von Lackum, S.P. Riley, A.E. Cooley, M.E. Woodman, and T. Bykowski. (2006) Evolving models of Lyme disease spirochete gene regulation. Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 118: 643-652.
 
  Stevenson, B., T. Bykowski, A.E. Cooley, K. Babb, J.C. Miller, M.E. Woodman, K. von Lackum, S.P. Riley. (2006) The Lyme disease spirochete Erp protein family: structure, function and regulation of expression. p. 354-72. In Molecular Biology of Spirochetes. F.C. Cabello, H.P. Godfrey and D.Hulinska (eds.). IOS Press BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.