John McInroy

John McInroy

Research Associate III

205 Life Science Building
(334) 844-1951

Areas of Expertise:

Bacterial ecology and taxonomy; and endophytic bacteria of crops.

Areas of Interest:

Plant growth-promotion and yield-enhancement through the use of microbial inoculants; bacterial populations and interactions in the soil, rhizosphere, and internal tissues of plants, and bacterial systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature.

Education:

B.S. 1985, Major in Animal Biology, minor in Chemistry, Auburn University
M.S. 1993, Microbiology from Auburn University: Endophytic bacteria of sweet corn (Zea mays) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

Professional Experience:

  • 1989 - 1999, Research Associate in Phytobacteriology and Director of the Bacterial Strain Identification and Mutant Analysis Service (BSI-MAS), Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University.
  • 1984, Researcher - Goodwin Cancer Research Institute, Sunrise, Florida.

Teaching Experience:

  • 1990 - 1998, Routine lectures on the "Current technology available for identifying microbes" and the "Identification of bacteria using fatty acid analysis".
  • 1995, Laboratory instructor for Phytobacteriology, Auburn University.
  • 1986 - 1989, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Botany and Microbiology, Auburn University. Principles of Biology; Plant Biology; Perspectives in Biology; Fundamentals of Plant Physiology; and Microbial Methods.

Memberships:

  • 1987 - 1998, American Society for Microbiology (ASM).
  • 1989 - 1999, American Phytopathological Society (APS).

Recent Publications:

  • McInroy, John A., Qi, W., Mahaffee, W.F., Lu,S., Mei, R, and Kloepper, J.W. 1997. Comparative Evaluation of Endophytic Bacteria from Chinese and U.S. Cotton Cultivars. In: Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria--Present Status and Future Prospects. A. Ogoshi, K. Kobayashi, Y. Homma, F. Kodama, N. Kondo, and S. Akino, eds. Nakanishi Printing, Sapporo, Japan. pp 228-231.

  • McInroy, J.A., Musson, G., Wei, G., and Kloepper, J.W. 1996. Masking of antibiotic-resistance upon recovery of endophytic bacteria. Plant and Soil 186:213-218.

  • Musson, G., McInroy, J.A., and Kloepper, J.W. 1995. Development of delivery systems for introducing endophytic bacteria into cotton. Biocontrol Science and Technology 5:407-416.

  • Reiber, M.A., McInroy, J.A., and Conner, D.E. 1995. Enumeration and identification of bacteria in chicken semen. Poultry Science 74:795-799.

  • McInroy, J.A. and Kloepper, J.W. 1995. Population dynamics of endophytic bacteria in field-grown sweet corn and cotton. Can. J. Microbiol. 41:895-901.

  • McInroy, J.A. and Kloepper, J.W. 1995. Survey of indigenous bacterial endophytes from cotton and sweet corn. Plant and Soil 173:337-342.

  • McInroy, J.A. and Kloepper, J.W. 1994. Novel bacterial taxa inhabiting internal tissues of sweet corn and cotton. In: Improving plant productivity with rhizosphere bacteria. M.H. Ryder, P.M. Stephens, and G.D. Bowen eds. CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia. pp. 190.

  • McInroy, J.A. and Kloepper, J.W. 1994. Studies on indigenous endophytic bacteria of sweet corn and cotton. In: Molecular ecology of rhizosphere microorganisms: Biotechnology and the release of GMOs. F.O'Gara, D.N. Dowling, and B. Boesten eds. VCH, New York. pp. 19-28.
Abstracts
  • Wilson, M., Campbell, H.L., McInroy, J.A., Lindow, S.E., and Pusey, P.L. 1996. Assessment of variability in phenotypic characteristics and efficacy among isolates of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens A506. Phytopathology 86:S42.

  • Moura, A.B., Romeiro, R.S., Oliveira, J.R., Santos, G.R., McInroy, J.A., Silva, H.S.A., and Casela, T.L.C. 1996. Bacterial blight of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) due to a non-fluorescent species of Pseudomonas. Fitopatologia Brasileira.

  • Moura, A.B., Romeiro, R.S., Oliveira, J.R., and McInroy, J.A. 1996. Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestris) of leek (Allium porrum) in Minas Gerais state, Brasil. Fitopatologia Brasileira.

  • Pereira, J.L.A., Moura, A.B., Romeiro, R.S., Oliveira, J.R., and McInroy, J.A. 1996. Black spot of devil's ivy (Epipremnum aureum) induced by a non-fluorescent pseudomonad. Fitopatologia Brasileira.

  • Moura, A.B., Romeiro, R.S., Neves, M.C.P., and McInroy, J.A. 1996. Screening of potential antagonistic actinomycetes to Pseudomonas solanacearum by using a tomato transplant bioassay. Fitopatologia Brasileira.

Conferences:

  • 4th International Workshop on Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, Sapporo, Japan, 1997.

  • 3rd International Workshop on Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, Adelaide, Australia, 1994.

  • American Phytopathological Society, Annual meeting, Portland, Oregon 1992. American Phytopathological Society, Regional meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina 1991.

  • 2nd International Workshop on Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, Interlaken, Switzerland, 1990.

  • American Phytopathological Society, Annual meeting, Richmond, Virginia 1989.

  • American Society for Microbiology, Annual meeting, Miami, Florida 1988.


For additional information jmcinroy@acesag.auburn.edu



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