Lisa Gorski

Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit Phone: 510-559-6046

USDA, ARS, WRRC FAX: 510-559-6162

800 Buchanan St. Email: <lgorski@pw.usda.gov>

Albany, CA 94710

**[Education]{.underline}**

1986 B.S., Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University

1993 Ph.D., Microbiology, The University of Connecticut

1994-99 NIH Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University

**[Publications]{.underline}**

Godchaux III, W., L. Gorski, and E. R. Leadbetter. 1990. Outer membrane
polysaccharide deficiency in two nongliding mutants of Cytophaga
johnsona. [*Journal of Bacteriology*,
172:1250-1255](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2307648&dopt=Abstract).

Gorski, L., E. R. Leadbetter, and W. Godchaux, III. 1991. Temporal
sequence of trait recovery during phenotypic curing of a *Cytophaga
johnsonae* motility mutant. [*Journal of Bacteriology*,
173:7534-7539](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1938948&dopt=Abstract).

Gorski, L., W. Godchaux, III, E. R. Leadbetter, and R. R. Wagner. 1992.
Diversity in surface features of *Cytophaga johnsonae* motility mutants.
*Journal of General Microbiology*, 138:1767-1772.

Gorski, L., W. Godchaux, III, and E. R. Leadbetter. 1993. Structural
specificity of sugars that inhibit gliding motility of *Cytophaga
johnsonae*. *Archives of Microbiology*, 160:121-125.

Gorski, L. and D. Kaiser. 1998. Targeted mutagenesis of sigma-54
activator proteins in *Myxococcus xanthus*. [*Journal of Bacteriology*,
180:5896-5905](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9811647&dopt=Abstract).

Gorski, L., T. Gronewold, and D. Kaiser. 2000. A sigma-54 activator
protein necessary for spore differentiation within the fruiting body of
*Myxococcus xanthus*. [*Journal of Bacteriology*,
182:2438-2444](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10762243&dopt=Abstract).

Licking, E. L., L. Gorski, and D. Kaiser. 2000. A common step for
changing the cell shape in fruiting body and starvation-independent
sporulation of *Myxococcus xanthus*. [*Journal of Bacteriology*,
182:3553-3558](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10852889&dopt=Abstract).

Mandrell, R., J. Barak, M. Brandl, A. Charkowski, M. Cooley, L. Gorski,
W. Miller, J. Palumbo, M. Wachtel. 2002. Fitness of Human Enteric
Pathogens in Models of Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Produce
Contamination. US-Japan Natural Resources Meeting Symposium.

Gorski, L., J. D. Palumbo, and R. E. Mandrell. 2003. Attachment of
*Listeria monocytogenes* to radish tissue is dependent upon temperature
and flagellar motility. [*Applied and Environmental Microbiology*,
69:258-266](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12514003).

Palumbo, J. D., M. K. Borucki, R. E. Mandrell, and L. Gorski. 2003.
Serotyping of *Listeria monocytogenes* by enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay and identification of mixed-serotype cultures by colony
immunoblotting. [*Journal of Clinical Microbiology*,
41;564-571](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12574247).

Gorski, L., J. D. Palumbo, and K. D. Nguyen. 2003. Strain-specific
differences in the attachment of *Listeria monocytogenes* to alfalfa
sprouts. *Applied and Environmental Microbiology*, submitted.