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Alfred Brown Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

 

Mailing Address:
Biological Sciences
101 Rouse Life Sciences
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1661
Fax: (334) 844-1645
brownae@auburn.edu
 

 

 

Education
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Professional Experience
1980 - present, Auburn University
1993-1996, Director, Electron Microscopy Facility
1996-2002, Head, Department of Botany and Microbiology
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

Research & Teaching Interests
Physiology of biosynthetic bacteria, effects of herbicides on soil bacteria

Selected Publications

 Brown, A.E., 2006, 2008. Benson's Microbiological Applications. Laboratory Manual in General Microbiology. McGraw-Hill

Brown, A.E., C.T. Highfill, and B. Truelove. 1994. The production of polypeptides by s-triazine treated Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Microbial Releases. 2:281-288.

Brown, A.E., R. Luttrell, C.T. Highfill, and A. Rushing. 1990. Characterization of naturally occurring atrazine-resistant isolates of the purple nonsulfur bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 56:507-513.

Brown, A.E., B. Truelove, C.T. Highfill, and S. Smith. 1988. Physiological competence of atrazine-resistant strains of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides (Rhodospirillaceae). Weed Science 36:703-706.

Brown, A.E., C.W. Gilbert, R. Guy, and C.J. Arntzen. 1984. Triazine herbicide resistance in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopreudomonas sphaeroides. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 81:6310-6314.

Courses previously taught:

Undergraduate Graduate
BIOL 3000 General Microbiology MB 609 Biomembranes
BIOL 3020 Medical Microbiology  
BIOL 4980 Undergraduate Research  
BIOL 5410 Applied and Environmental Microbiology  
BIOL 5580 Photosynthesis