Steven L. Daniel
Professor
Life Science Building 3058
217.581.7840
sldaniel@eiu.edu
Dr. Daniel’s Courses and Teaching Website
Dr. Daniel's specialty areas are anaerobic microbiology, microbial physiology, environmental microbiology, and microbial ecology. His general research interests include the ecological and metabolic roles that microorganisms, especially anaerobic bacteria, play in the turnover of matter and energy in various environmental systems such as the human/animal guts, soils, and sediments. In particular, he is interested in the degradation of toxic dietary compounds (plant-derived) by gastrointestinal bacteria and its influence on the health of the host animal; the impact of soil microorganisms on the growth and survival of native prairie plants; and the physiology and enzymology of microbial soybean pathogens.
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Selected Publications
Goradia, L., G.L. Hartman, and S.L. Daniel. 2009. Evaluation of glyphosate-tolerant soybean cultivars for resistance to bacterial pustule. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 124:331-335.
Drake, H. L., Gößner, A. S., Daniel, S. L. 2008. Old acetogens, new light. In: Wiegel, J. (ed.), Incredible Anaerobes. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1125:100-128.
Daniel, S.L., C. Pilsl, and H.L. Drake. 2007. Anaerobic oxalate consumption by microorganisms in forest soils. Res. Microbiol. 158:303-309.
Culbertson*, B.J., N.C. Furumo, and S.L. Daniel. 2007. Impact of nutritional supplements and monosaccharides on growth, oxalate accumulation, and culture pH by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 270:132-138.
Daniel, S.L., G.L. Hartman, E.D. Wagner, and M.J. Plewa. 2007. Mammalian cell cytotoxicity analysis of soybean rust fungicides. Bull. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 78:474-478.
Culbertson*, B.J., J. Krone, E. Gatebe, N.C. Furumo, and S.L. Daniel. 2007. Impact of carbon sources on growth and oxalate synthesis by the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23:1357-1362.
Daniel, S.L., C. Pilsl, and H.L. Drake. 2007. Anaerobic oxalate consumption by microorganisms in forest soils. Res. Microbiol. 158:303-309.
Culbertson, B.J., N.C. Furumo, and S.L. Daniel. 2007. Impact of nutritional supplements and monosaccharides on growth, oxalate accumulation, and culture pH by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 270:132-138.
Daniel, S.L., G.L. Hartman, E.D. Wagner, and M.J. Plewa. 2007. Mammalian cell cytotoxicity analysis of soybean rust fungicides. Bull. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 78:474-478.
Culbertson, B.J., J. Krone, E. Gatebe, N.C. Furumo, and S.L. Daniel. 2007. Impact of carbon sources on growth and oxalate synthesis by the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23:1357-1362.
Drake, H.L., and S. L. Daniel. 2004. Physiology of the thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica. Res. Microbiol. 155:422-436.
Daniel, S.L., C. Pilsl, and H.L. Drake. 2004. Oxalate metabolism by the acetogenic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 231:39-43.
Selected Presentations
Baluka, A.E.C., and S.L. Daniel. 2009. Oxalate degradation by Lactobacillus acidophilus and other probiotic bacteria. Conference on Gastrointestinal Function. Abstract #6.
Schuette, A., and S.L. Daniel. 2009. Anaerobic growth potentials of Xenorhabdus nematophila. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 57, p. 29.
Huckaba, J., and S.L. Daniel. 2009. Comparing the nutritional requirements of the bile acid-metabolizing gut bacteria Clostridium hylemonae and Clostridium hiranonis. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 63, p. 32.
Penn, C., and S.L. Daniel. 2009. Degradation of salicylate, an important plant-signaling molecule, by the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 62, p. 31.
Inboden, A.M., and S.L. Daniel. 2008. Resolving the nutritional requirements of Clostridium scindens, a bile acid-metabolizing gut bacterium. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 60, p. 44.
Baluka, A.E.C., and S.L. Daniel. 2008. PCR-based detection of genes responsible for oxalate detoxification in probiotic microorganisms. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 17, p. 26.
Baluka, A.E.C., and S.L. Daniel. 2008. Oxalate-consuming activities of probiotic microorganisms. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., I-019.
Baluka, A.E.C., and S.L. Daniel. 2008. Evaluation of the oxalate-consuming activities of probiotic bacteria. 2nd ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes, 5A, p. 19.
Daniel, S.L., and H.L. Drake. 2007. From Clostridium thermoaceticum to Moorella thermoacetica, by viewing the old, we learn the new. Incredible Anaerobes: From Physiology to Genomics to Fuels. Abstract #2.
Baluka, A.E.C., and S.L. Daniel. 2007. Oxalate metabolism by Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 45, p. 41.
Concentrations and Diversity of Bacteria in the Caribbean Fruit Fly Anastrepha suspensa. 2007
Doyle*, K., V. Norman*, S.L. Daniel, and A.H. Fritz. 2006. Concentrations and types of bacteria present in the pupae and adults of the Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspense. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 76, pp. 52-53.
Daniel, S.L., and Cox*, R. 2006. Oxalate consumption by probiotic microorganisms. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., I-048.
Oxalate consumption by Probiotic Microorganisms. 2006
Cox, R., and S.L. Daniel. 2005. Oxalate consumption by commercial probiotics. Conference on Gastrointestinal Function, Abstract #8.
Talarico, T.N., T. Millis, and S.L. Daniel. 2005. Microbial degradation of oxalate in the gastrointestinal tracts of cats and dogs. Conference on Gastrointestinal Function, Abstract #26.
Invited Research Seminar University of West Florida, Department of Biology, 2005
Culbertson, B.J., J.R. Krone, K.A. Beer, N.C. Furumo, and S.L. Daniel. 2004. Regulation of growth and oxalate synthesis by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 137, p. 53.
Goradia, L., G. Hartman, and S.L. Daniel. 2004. Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas axonpodis pv. glycines, the causative agent of bacterial pustule in soybeans. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., N-318.
Furumo, N.C., A. Eurell, S.L. Daniel, and K. Doerner. 2004. Microbial metabolism of deoxycholate in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., N-320.
Furumo, N.C., S.L. Daniel, and B.J. Culbertson. 2004. Biochemistry and physiology of oxalate biosynthesis by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a fungal plant pathogen. ACS National Meeting, BIOL 167
Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines, the Causative Agent of Bacterial Pustule in Soybeans. 2004.
Microbial Metabolism of Deoxycholate in the Mammalian Gastrointestinal Tract. 2004
