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Professor Emeritus Edward Leadbetter
picture Professor Emeritus Edward Leadbetter
University of Connecticut
Molecular & Cell Biology
354 Mansfield Road, Unit 2131
Storrs, CT 06269-2131

Telephone:
Fax: (860) 486-1936
E-Mail: EDWARD.LEADBETTER@uconn.edu

Education: Ph.D. The University of Texas, Austin

Research Interests: Biochemical approaches to the mechanism of gliding motility in bacteria; biosynthesis and biodegradation of sulfonates, and their role in the sulfur cycle; degradation of cellulose and chitin by gliding bacteria.

Selected Publications:
Pitta, T.P., W. Godchaux, III and E.R. Leadbetter. 1993. Protein content of peptidoglycan of liquid-grown cells differs from that of surface-grown, gliding Cytophaga johnsonae. Arch. Microbiol. 160:214-221.

Uria-Nickelsen, M., E.R. Leadbetter and W. Godchaux III. 1993. Sulphonate-sulphur assimilation by yeasts resembles that of bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 114:73-78.

Chien, C.-C., E.R. Leadbetter and W. Godchaux III. 1995. Sulfonate-sulfur can be assimilated for fermentative growth. FEMS Microbiology Letters 129:189-194.