Lynn McMullen, PhD, MSc, BSc
Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept
- lmcmulle@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-6015
- Address
-
3-18F Agriculture/Forestry Centre
9011 - 116 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2P5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
food microbiology food safety
About
*** Dr. McMullen is not accepting any new staff or students as she has retired. ***
Degree
PhD, Food Microbiology, University of Alberta
Job/Research Area
Food Microbiology
Research
Major Responsibilities/Research Interests
Areas of interest include the use of lactic acid bacteria as biopreservatives in food systems, microbial ecology and its effects on sensory quality of foods, and detection of pathogens. Currently, the use of lactic acid bacteria and their bacteriocins as biopreservatives for controlling the growth of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes in packaged food is being investigated. Teaching responsibilities include food microbiology, food safety and food fermentation.
Courses
AFNS 527 - Food Safety
Providing students with an understanding of the principles of risk: benefit evaluations related to safety concerns about foods. Not to be taken if credit received for NU FS 427. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
NU FS 427 - Food Safety
Provides students with an understanding of the principles of risk: benefit evaluations related to safety concerns about foods. Prerequisites: *60 and *3 BIOCH.
SPH 527 - Food Safety
Providing students with an understanding of the principles of risk: benefit evaluations related to the metabolic consequences of exposure to food borne chemicals and therapeutic agents, and to safety concerns about foods. Lectures are the same as for NU FS 427, but with additional assignments and evaluation appropriate to graduate studies. Credit will only be given for one of SPH 527, AFNS 527 or NU FS 427. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Publications
Effect of chitosan, and bacteriocin - producing Carnobacterium maltaromaticum on survival of Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium on beef.
Author(s): Hu, Z., D.R. Balay, Y. Hu, L.M. McMullen, M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: International Journal of Food Microbiology
Volume: 290
Page Numbers: 68-75
Monitoring food pathogens: Novel instrumentation for cassette PCR testing.
Author(s): Hunt, D., C. Figley, D.P. Manage, J. Lauzon, R. Figley, L.M. Pilarski, L.M. McMullen, and P.M. Pilarski.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: PLoS One .
Volume: 13
Issue: (5)
Page Numbers: e0197100
Induction of shiga toxin-encoding prophage by abiotic environmental stress in food.
Author(s): Fang, Y., R.G. Mercer, L.M. McMullen and M.G Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
Volume: 83
Page Numbers: e01378-17
Role of myofibers, perimysium and adipocytes in horse meat toughness.
Author(s): Roy, B.C., B. Walker, M.M. Rahman, H.L. Bruce and L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Meat Science
Volume: 146
Page Numbers: 09-121
External Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.08.005
The effect of carbohydrates and bacteriocins on the growth kinetics and resistance of Listeria monocytogenes.
Author(s): Balay, D.R., M.G. Gänzle, and L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Frontiers in Microbiology
Volume: 9
Page Numbers: 347
Frequent implication of multistress-tolerant Campylobacter jejuni in human infections.
Author(s): Oh, E., L. Chui, J. Bae, V. Li, A. Ma, S.K. Mutschall, E. Taboada, L.M. McMullen, B. Jeon.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume: 24
Page Numbers: 1037-1044
Effect of pressure, reconstituted meat microbiota, and antimicrobials on survival and post-pressure growth of Listeria monocytogenes on ham.
Author(s): Teixeira, J., L. Repková, MG. Gänzle, and L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 1979. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01979
Draft genome sequence of Enterococcus canintestini 49, a potential probiotic that produces multiple bacteriocins.
Author(s): Aceo, J.Z., C.I. Romero, S.T. Miyata, A.H. Blane, L.M. McMullen, J.C. Vederas and M.J. VanBelkum.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Genome Announc.
Volume: 5
Issue: 40
Page Numbers: e01131-17
Comparative genomics and characterization of the late promoter pR’ from Shiga toxin prophages in Escherichia coli.
Author(s): Zhang, L.X., D.J. Simpson, L.M. McMullen and M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication: Viruses
Volume: Viruses 10
Page Numbers: 595
External Link: doi:10.3390/v10110595
Differential survival of hyper-aerotolerant Campylobacter jejuni under different gas conditions.
Author(s): Oh, E., L.M. McMullen, L. Chui, B. Jeon.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication: 8
Volume: 954
External Link: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00954
Functional analysis of genes comprising the locus of heat resistance in Escherichia coli. Appl. Enivron. Microbiol
Author(s): Mercer, R., O. Nguyen, Q. Ou, L.M. McMullen, and M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication: 83
Page Numbers: e1400-17
The locus of heat resistance (LHR) mediates heat resistance in Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloaceae.
Author(s): Mercer, R. B.D. Walker, X. Yang, L.M. McMullen, M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication: Food Microbiol.
Volume: 64
Page Numbers: 96-103
Differential gene expression and filamentation of Listeria monocytogenes 08-5923 exposed to sodium lactate and sodium diacetate.
Author(s): Liu, X., P. Miller, U. Basu, L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication: Food Microbiol.
Volume: 63
Page Numbers: 153-158
Purification of leucocin A for use on wieners to inhibit Listeria monocytogenes in the presence of spoilage organisms.
Author(s): Balay, D.R, R.V. Dangeti, K. Kaur, L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication: Int. J. Food Microbiol.
Issue: 255
Page Numbers: 25-31
Effect of the food matrix on pressure resistance of shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli.
Author(s): Li, H., R. Garcia-Hernandez, D. Driedger, L.M. McMullen, M. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication: Food Microbiol.
Volume: 57
Page Numbers: 96-102
The effect of growth temperature, process temperature, and sodium chloride on the high-pressure inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes on ham.
Author(s): Teixeira, J.S., M. B. Maier, P. Miller, M Gänzle, L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication: Eur. Food Res. Technol.
External Link: DOI 10.1007/s00217-016-2700-6.
Characterization of a highly potent antimicrobial peptide microcin N from uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Author(s): Kaur, K., O. Tarassova, R.V. Dangeti, S. Azmi, D. Wishart, L.M. McMullen, M. Stiles.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication: FEMS Microbiol. Lett.
Page Numbers: 363
External Link: doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw095
Characterization of germination of spores of Clostridium estertheticum, the primary causative agent of blown pack spoilage of vacuum packaged beef.
Author(s): Rajagopal, S., L.M. McMullen, C.O. Gill, X. Yang.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication: Food Res. Int.
Volume: 87
Page Numbers: 109-114
Variation in heat resistance of verotoxigenic and non-toxigenic Escherichia coli.
Author(s): Liu, Y., A. Gill, L.M. McMullen and M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: J. Food Protect.
Volume: 78
Page Numbers: 111-120
Microbiota of regular and sodium reduced ready-to-eat meat products obtained from the retail market.
Author(s): Liu, Y., A. Gill, L.M. McMullen and M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: Can. J. of Microbiol.
Volume: 61
Page Numbers: 150-154
Impact of oxidative stress defense on bacterial survival and morphological change in Campylobacter jejuni under aerobic conditions.
Author(s): Oh, E., L.M. McMullen and B. Jeon.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: Front. Microbiol.
Volume: 6
Page Numbers: 295
External Link: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00295
Identification of didecyldimethylammonium salts and salicylic acid as antimicrobial compounds in commercial fermented radish kimchi.
Author(s): Li, J., J.L. Chaytor, B. Findlay, L.M. McMullen, D.C Smith, J.C. Vederas.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: J. Agric. Food Chem.
Volume: 63
Page Numbers: 3053-3058
High Prevalence of hyper-aerotolerant Campylobacter jejuni in retail poultry with potential implication in human infection.
Author(s): Oh E, L.M. McMullen, B. Jeon.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: Front. Microbiol.
Volume: 6
Page Numbers: 1263
External Link: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01263
Genetic determinants of heat resistance in Escherichia coli.
Author(s): Mercer, R.G., J. Zheng, R. Garcia-Hernandez, M.G. Gänzle, L.M. McMullen.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: 6
Volume: 932
Page Numbers: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00932
Development and validation of a surrogate strain cocktail to evaluate bactericidal effects of pressure on verotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
Author(s): Garcia-Hernandez, R., L.M. McMullen and M.G. Gänzle.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: Int. J. Food Microbiol.
Volume: 205
Page Numbers: 16-22