Kelli L. Hiett

Direct polymerase chain reaction detection of Campylobacter spp. in poultry hatchery samples.

Identification of a new source of Campylobacter contamination in poultry: transmission from breeder hens to broiler chickens.

Genotype analyses of Campylobacter isolated from distinct segments of the reproductive tracts of broiler breeder hens.

Genotype analyses of Campylobacter isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts and the reproductive tracts of broiler breeder roosters.

Heat-treated Campylobacter spp. and mRNA stability as determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

Differentiation of campylobacter populations as demonstrated by flagellin short variable region sequences.

Lack of evidence for vertical transmission of Campylobacter spp. in chickens.

Molecular phylogeny of the flaA short variable region among Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected during an annual evaluation of poultry flocks in the Southeastern United States.

Proteomic analyses of a robust versus a poor chicken gastrointestinal colonizing isolate of Campylobacter jejuni.

Genomic differences between Campylobacter jejuni isolates identify surface membrane and flagellar function gene products potentially important for colonizing the chicken intestine.

Broiler Campylobacter contamination and human campylobacteriosis in Iceland.

Use of repetitive element palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) for the epidemiologic discrimination of foodborne pathogens.

Comparative genomics of four closely related Clostridium perfringens bacteriophages reveals variable evolution among core genes with therapeutic potential.

Application of high-throughput sequencing to measure the performance of commonly used selective cultivation methods for the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter.

Pyrosequencing-based validation of a simple cell-suspension polymerase chain reaction assay for Campylobacter with application of high-processivity polymerase and novel internal amplification controls for rapid and specific detection.

Molecular characterization of podoviral bacteriophages virulent for Clostridium perfringens and their comparison with members of the Picovirinae.

Construction, expression, purification and antigenicity of recombinant Campylobacter jejuni flagellar proteins.

The poultry-associated microbiome: network analysis and farm-to-fork characterizations.

Characterization of the Campylobacter jejuni cryptic plasmid pTIW94 recovered from wild birds in the southeastern United States.

Characterization and antigenicity of recombinant Campylobacter jejuni flagellar capping protein FliD.

Characterization and reactivity of broiler chicken sera to selected recombinant Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic proteins.

Reactions of chicken sera to recombinant Campylobacter jejuni flagellar proteins.