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Torey  Looft    Research Microbiologist  Torey LooftNational Animal Disease CenterResearch Microbiologiste-mail: torey.looft@ars.usda.gov Phone (515) 337-7140P.O. Box 701920 Dayton Ave.Ames, IA  50010 **Education/Experience:** 1997-2001 Bowling Green State University; major, Biology; BS, 2002 2002-2005 Bowling Green State University; major, Conservation Biology; MS. 2007-2012 Iowa State University; major, Microbiology; Ph.D. 2012 2012-2013 GS-11, Postdoctoral Research Microbiologist, USDA, ARS, NADC 2013-Present GS-13, Research Microbiologist, USDA, ARS, NADC **Projects:** Investigate the effects of antibiotics and non-antibiotic feed additives on the expression and transmission of virulence, fitness or antimicrobial resistance genes in intestinal microbial populations.
Characterize host responses to Campylobacter spp. colonization and subsequent changes in intestinal microbiota.
Evaluate environmental and host influences on gut bacterial ecological niches and foodborne pathogen control strategies. **Laboratory Personnel:** Lisa Lai - Biological Science Lab TechTimothy Johnson - Post docLaura Tucker – Stud. Biol. Sci. **Recent Publications:**Complete list of published work: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Looft+T[Author]Johnson, T. A., R. D. Stedtfeld, Q. Wang, J. R. Cole, S. A. Hashsham, **T. Looft**, Y.-  Zhu and J. M. Tiedje. "Clusters of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Enriched Together Stay Together in Swine Agriculture." mBio 7(2). 2016. **Looft T.**, D. O. Bayles, D. P. Alt, T. B. Stanton. Complete genome sequence of *Coriobacteriaceae* Strain 68-1-3, a novel mucus- degrading isolate from the swine intestinal tract. *Genome Announc*. 3: e01143. 2015. **Looft T.**, H. K. Allen, T. A. Casey, D. P. Alt, T. B. Stanton. Carbadox has both temporary and lasting effects on the swine gut microbiota. *Front Microbiol* 5: 276. Allen H.K., J. Trachsel, **T.** **Looft**, T. A. Casey. Finding alternatives to antibiotics*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences* 1323(1): 91-100. 2014**Looft, T**., H. K. Allen, B. L. Cantarel, U. Y. Levine, D. O. Bayles, D. P. Alt, B. Henrissat, T. B. Stanton. Bacteria, phages, and pigs: The effects of in-feed antibiotics on the microbiome at different gut locations. *ISME J*. 8: 1566-1576. 2014. Bearson S. M. D., H. K. Allen, B. L. Bearson, **T. Looft**, B.W. Brunelle, J. D. Kich, C. K. Tuggle, D. O. Bayles, D. Alt, U. Y. Levine, T. B. Stanton. Profiling the gastrointestinal microbiota in response to *Salmonella*: low versus high *Salmonella* shedding in the porcine host. *Infect Genet Evol* 16: 330-340. 2013.Allen H. K., U. Y. Levine, **T. Looft**, M. Bandrick, T. A. Casey. Treatment, promotion, commotion: Antibiotic alternatives in food-producing animals. *Trends in microbiology* 21: 114-119. 2013.**Looft T**., U. Y. Levine, and T. B. Stanton. *Cloacibacillus porcorum* sp. nov.,–a mucin-degrading bacterium from the swine intestinal tract. *Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol*. 63: 1960-1966. 2013.


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