Staff profile

Dr Barbara McDougall

Emeritus Scholar

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Pharmacy and Applied Science
Department of Pharmacy

Applied Science 2, Room 3.17, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BSc, MSc (Melbourne), PhD (ANU)

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian Society for Microbiology

Area of study

Pharmacy

Brief Profile

Research interest:

- Purification and characterisation of agarase from an anaerobic bacterium

Recent Publications

JAYUS, MCDOUGALL, B.M. & SEVIOUR, R.J. (2004). Synthesis of extracellular (1-3) and (1-6)-B- glucanase activities in carbon limiting chemostat culture by the fungus Acremonium sp. IMI 383068 Enzyme Microb. Technol. (in press)

JAYUS, MCDOUGALL, B.M. & SEVIOUR, R.J. (2004). The effect of dissolved oxygen concentrations on (1-3)- and (1-6)- B-glucanase production by Acremonium sp. IMI 383068 in batch culture. Enzyme Microb. Technol. (in press)

CAMPBELL, B.S., SIDDIQUE, A. M., McDOUGALLl, B.M.& SEVIOUR, R.J. (2004). Which morphological form of the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans is responsible for pullulan synthesis? FEMS Microbiol Lett. 232: 225-228.

JAYUS, B.M. McDOUGALL & R.SEVIOUR (2004). Purification and characterization of the (1-3)-b-glucanases from Acremonium sp. IMI 383068. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 230: 259-264.

CAMPBELL, B.S., MCDOUGALL, B.M. & SEVIOUR, R.J. (2003). Why do exopolysaccaride yields from the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans fall during batch culture fermentation? Enzyme Microb. Technol. 33(1): 104-112.

JAYUS, MCDOUGALL, B.M. & SEVIOUR, R.J. (2002). Factors affecting the synthesis of (1-3) and (1-6)-b- glucanases by the fungus Acremonium sp. IMI 383068 grown in batch culture. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 31(3): 289-299.

JAYUS, MCDOUGALL, B.M. & SEVIOUR, R.J. (2001) Purification and properties of a (1-6)-b-glucanase from Acremonium sp. IMI 383068. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 29(2-3): 194-200.

SCHMID, F., STONE, B.A., MCDOUGALL, B.M., BACIC, A., MARTIN, K.L., BROWNLEE, R.T.C., CHAI, E. & SEVIOUR, R.J. (2001) Structure of epiglucan, a highly side-branched/branched (1-3,1-6) -b-glucan from the microfungus Epicoccum nigrum Ehrenb. ex. Schlecht. Carbohydrate Research, 331(2): 163-171.

PITSON, S.M., SEVIOUR, R.J. & MCDOUGALL, B.M. (1999) Intracellular and cell wall associated beta glucanases and beta glucosidases of Acremonium persicinum. Mycological Research, 103(10): 1217-1224.

PITSON, S.M., SEVIOUR, R.J. & MCDOUGALL, B.M. (1999) Induction and carbon source control of extracellular beta-glucosidase production in Acremonium persicinum. Mycological Research, 103(2): 161-167.