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North Terrace Campus
Level 5, Molecular Life Sciences
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
Connor Thomas

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Refereed Publications

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Research Publications

  1. Thomas, C.J., McMeekin, T.A. and Balis, C. (1977). Retention of bacteria in surface films at agar surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 34: 456-457.

  2. McMeekin, T.A. and Thomas, C.J. (1978). Retention of bacteria on chicken skin after immersion in bacterial suspensions. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 45: 383-387.

  3. McMeekin, T.A., Thomas, C.J. and McCall, D. (1979). Scanning electron microscopy of microorganisms on chicken skin. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 46: 195-200.

  4. McMeekin, T.A. and Thomas, C.J. (1979). Aspects of the microbial ecology of poultry processing and storage - a review. Food Technol. Aust. 31: 35-43.

  5. Bin Daud, H., McMeekin, T.A. and Thomas, C.J. (1979). Spoilage association of chicken skin. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 37: 399-401.

  6. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1980). Contamination of broiler carcass skin during commercial processing procedures: an electron microscopic study. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 40: 133-144.

  7. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1980). A note on scanning electron microscopic assessment of stomacher action on chicken skin. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 49: 339-344.

  8. McMeekin, T.A. and Thomas, C.J. (1980). Microbiological problems associated with refrigerated poultry. CSIRO Food Research Quarterly 40: 141-149.

  9. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1981). Spoilage of chicken skin at 2oC: an electron microscopic study. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 41: 492-503.

  10. Thomson, K.S., McMeekin, T.A. and Thomas, C.J. (1981). Flavobacterium aquatile (ATCC 11947, NCIB 8694) and Flavobacterium meningosepticum (ATCC 13253, NCTC 10016) are non flagellate microorganisms. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 51: 226-231.

  11. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1981). Production of off odours by isolates from poultry skin with particular reference to volatile sulphides. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 51: 529.

  12. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1981). Attachment of Salmonella to chicken muscle surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 42: 130-134.

  13. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1982). Effect of water immersion on the microtopography of the skin of chicken carcasses. J.Sci. Food Agric. 33: 549-554.

  14. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1984). Effect of water uptake by poultry tissues on contamination by bacteria during immersion in bacterial suspensions. J. Food Protect. 47: 398-402.

  15. McMeekin, T.A., Thomas, C.J. and Pennington, P.I. (1984). Contamination and decontamination of poultry carcass neck tissue. J. Food Safety 6: 79-88.

  16. McMeekin, T.A.; Pennington, P.I. and Thomas, C.J. (1984). Effect of potassium sorbate on the microbiology of vacuum packaged poultry. J. Food Safety 6: 261-270.

  17. McMeekin, T.A., McCall, D. and Thomas, C.J. (1986). Cryo-scanning electron microscopy of microorganisms in a liquid film on spoiled chicken skin. Food Microstruct. 5: 77 82.

  18. Thomas, C.J., McMeekin, T.A. and Patterson, J.T. (1987). Prevention of microbial contamination in the poultry processing plant. In Elimination of pathogenic bacteria from meat and poultry. Smulders, F.J.M. (ed.) pp. 183-200. Holland: Elsevier Press.

  19. Campbell, S., Duckworth, S., Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1987). A note on adhesion of bacteria to chicken muscle connective tissue. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 63: 67 71.

  20. Thomas, C.J., O'Rourke, R.D. and McMeekin, T.A. (1987). Bacterial penetration of chicken breast muscle. Food Microbiol. 4: 87-95.

  21. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. and McCall, D. (1987). Soft scald induced damage of chicken skin. Brit. Poult. Sci. 28: 659-662.

  22. Thomas, C.J. and Masters, F. (1987). Microbial spoilage of pre-cooked potato-topped pies. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 64: 227-234.

  23. Heuzenroeder, M.W., Neal, B.L., Thomas, C.J., Halter, R. & Manning, P.A. (1989) Characterization and molecular cloning and characterization of the PCF8775 CS5 antigen from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O115:H40 isolated in Central Australia. Mol. Microbiol., 3: 303-310.

  24. Heuzenroeder, M.W., Elliot, T.R., Thomas, C.J., Halter, R. and Manning, P.A. (1990) A new fimbrial type (PCFO9) on enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O9:H- LT+ isolated from a case of infant diarrhea in Central Australia. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 66: 55-60.

  25. Heuzenroeder, M.W., Beger, D.W., Thomas, C.J. and Manning, P.A. (1989) Molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli K-12 of the O101 rfb region from E. coli B41 (O101:K99/F41) and the genetic relationship to other O101 rfb loci. Mol. Microbiol. 3: 295-302.

  26. Sharma, D.P, Stroeher, U.H., Thomas, C.J., Attridge, S.R. and Manning, P.A. (1989) The characterization of of a major non-LPS protective antigen on Vibrio cholerae strain Z17561 and molecular cloning of the Tcp pilus. In Advances in cholera and related diarrheas. (eds.) Y. Takeda and R.B. Sack. Vol VIII, KTK Publications, Tokyo.

  27. Sharma, D.P., Thomas, C.J., Hall, R.H., Levine, M.M. & Attridge, S.R. (1989) Significance of toxin-coregulated pili as protective antigens of Vibrio cholerae. Vaccine, 7: 451 456.

  28. Sharma, D.P., Stroeher, U.H., Thomas, C.J., Manning, P.A. and Attridge, S.R. (1989) The toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) of Vibrio cholerae: molecular cloning of the genes involved in pilus biosynthesis and evaluation of TCP as a protective antigen in the infant mouse model. Microbial Pathogenesis, 7: 437-448.

  29. Jalajakumari, M.B., Thomas, C.J., Halter, R. and Manning, P.A. (1989) Genes for biosynthesis and assembly of CS3 pili of CFA/II enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: novel regulation of pilus production bypassing an amber codon. Mol. Microbiol. 3: 1685-1697.

  30. Sanderson, K., Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1991) Molecular basis of adhesion of Salmonella serotypes to chicken muscle fascia. Biofouling, 5: 89-102.

  31. Thomas, C.J. and McMeekin, T.A. (1991) Factors which affect retention of bacteria by chicken muscle fascia. Biofouling, 5: 75-88.

  32. Fitter,S, Heuzenroeder, M. and Thomas, C.J. (1992) A combined PCR and selective enrichment method for rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 73: 53-59.

  33. Gustafson, C.E., Thomas, C.J. and Trust, T.J. (1992). Detection of Aeromonas salmonicida from fish using polymerase chain reaction amplification of the virulence surface array protein gene. Appl Env. Microbiol. 58: 3816-3825.

  34. Middelberg, A.P.J., O'Neill, B.K., Bogle, I.D.L., Gully, N.J., Rogers, A.H. and Thomas, C.J. (1992) A new model for the disruption of Escherichia coli by high pressure homogenisation. II A correlation for the effective cell strength. Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng. 70: part C:213-218.

  35. Francis, M.F., Parker, A.F., Morona, R. and Thomas, C.J. Bacteriophage Lambda as a delivery vector for Tn10 derived transposons in Xenorhabdus bovienii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59: 3050-3055.

  36. Middelberg, A.P.J.; O'Neil, B.K. and Thomas, C.J. 1994. A simplified model for the disruption of Escherichia coli: the effect of cell septation. Biotech. Prog. 10: 109-113.

  37. Davey, K.R., Hall, R.F. and Thomas, C.J. (1995). Experimental and model studies of the combined effect of temperature and pH on thermal sterilisation of vegetative bacteria in liquid. Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part C, Food and Bioproducts Processing. 73: 127-132.

  38. Jorgensen, L.; O'Neil, B.K.; Thomas, C.J.; Morona, R. and Middelberg, A.P.J. (1995) Release of Chloramphenicol Acetyl Transferase from recombinant Escherichia coli by sonication and the French press. Biotechnology Techniques, 9:477-480.

  39. Jorgensen, L.; Middelberg, A.P.J.; O'Neil, B.K.; Thomas, C.J. (1996). Quantitation of chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) messenger RNA by filter hybridisation using a digoxigenin label. Biotechnology Techniques.

  40. Pinyon, R.A.; Linedale; E.C.,Webster, M.A.; and Thomas, C.J. (1996). Tn5 induced Xenorhabdus bovienii lecthinase mutants demonstrate reduced virulence for Galleria mellonella larvae. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 80:411-417.

  41. Collis, M.A., O’Neil, B.K., Thomas, C.J. and Middelberg, A.P.J. (1996). The effect of thermal deactivation on the properties and processing characteristics of E. coli. Bioseparation. 6:55-63.

  42. Francis, M.S. and Thomas, C.J. (1996). Effects of multiplicity of infection on Listeria monocytogenes invasion of HeLa and Caco-2 cell lines. J Medical Microbiology. 45:323-330.

  43. Francis, M.S and Thomas, C.J. (1997). Isolation of an EGTA induced stress associated gene in Listeria monocytogenes that has significant homology to bacterial P-type adenosine triphosphatases involved in cation transport. Molecular and General Genetics. 253:484-491.

  44. Francis, M.S. and Thomas, C.J. (1997) Mutants in the CtpA copper transporting P-type ATPase reduce virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. Microbial Pathogenesis. 22:67-78.

  45. Jorgensen, L. Thomas, C.J., O’Neill, B.K. and Middelberg, A.P.J. (1997) Investigation of the relationship between protein message and inducer concentrations in recombinant E. coli cells. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 7:21-24.

  46. Ling, Y., Williams, D.R.G., Thomas, C.J. and Middelberg, A.P.J. (1997). Recovery of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate from recombinant Escherichia coli by homogenization and centrifugation. Biotechnology Techniques. 11:409-412.

  47. Chiruta, J., Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. (1997). Thermal inactivation kinetics of three vegetative bacteria as influenced by combined temperature and pH in a liquid medium. Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers., Part C Food and Bioproducts Processing 75: 174-180.

  48. Ling, Y., Wong, H.H., Thomas, C.J., Williams, D.R.G. and Middelberg, A.P.J. (1998). Pilot-scale extraction of PHB from recombinant E. coli by homogenization and centrifugation. Bioseparation. 7:9-15.

  49. Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. (2000). Estimation of pasteurisation values using an enzymic time-temperature integrator. Food Australia 52: 371.

  50. Pinyon, R.A., Hew, F.H. and Thomas, C.J. (2000) Xenorhabdus bovienii T228 phase variation and virulence are independent of RecA function. Microbiology 146:2815-2824.

  51. Davey, K.R., Thomas, C.J. Cerf, O. (2001). Thermal death of bacteria.  J. Appl. Microbiol. 90 (1): 148-150.

  52. Mmolawa, P.T. Willmore, R. Thomas, C. J., Heuzenroeder, M. W. (2001) Temperate phages in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium: Implications for epidemiology. Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 291 (8): 633-644.

  53. Amos, S., Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. (2001) Predicting the combined effect of UV dose and suspended solids concentration on disinfection kinetics of Escherichia coli. Food and Bioproducts Processing, Part B of the Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. 79:174-182.

  54. Davey, K.R., Thomas, C.J. and Khoo, K.Y. (2003) Comparison of thermal inactivation kinetics for Escherichia coli in bench scale capillary tests and in a continuous steriliser as affected by combined temperature and pH. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Foods. Quimper, France, June 15 - 19. Van Impe, J.F.M., Geeraerd, A.H., Leguérinel, I. and Mafart, P. (Editors). 

Conference Papers

  1. Davey, K.R., Gardener, T., Manning, V.K. and Thomas, C.J. (1995). Potable water production using UV irradiation. Chemeca 95, Proceedings of 23rd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, 3: Food and Bioprocessing, 104-109.

  2. Davey, K.R., Hall, R.F. and Thomas, C.J. (1995). Experimental and model studies of the combined effect of temperature and pH on thermal sterilisation of vegetative bacteria in liquid. Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Part C, Food and Bioproducts Processing. 73: 127-132.

  3. Chiruta, J. Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. 1996. Modelling the combined effect of process temperature and pH in continuous sterilisation of liquids. In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Predictive Microbiology, February 18 - 22, 1996, Wrest Point Convention Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

  4. Chiruta, J, Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. (1996) Modelling the combined effect of process temperature and pH in continuous sterilisation of liquids. Chemeca’96 Proceedings of 24th Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, 3: Environmenta Engineering, Biotechnology, Education. 129-134.

  5. Chiruta, J., Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. (1997). Thermal inactivation kinetics of three vegetative bacteria as influenced by combined temperature and pH in a liquid medium. Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers., Part C Food and Bioproducts Processing 75: 174-180.

  6. Amos, S., Davey, K.R. and Thomas, C.J. (2001) Predicting the combined effect of UV dose and suspended solids concentration on disinfection kinetics of Escherichia coli. Food and Bioproducts Processing, Part B of the Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. 79:174-182 .

  7. Victory K. J., Lewis D. M., Thomas C. J, Kumar J. M., King K. D., (2005) Analysis and Classification of Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by Microalgae and Cyanobacteria,"² 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Proceedings, CD-ROM, xx pp. (July, 2005).