Yechezkel Kashi, Professor

Research Interests:

Applied Genomics , Food and water microbiology, Environmental microbiology, Bacterial typing, Evolution of microsatellite DNA, Microbiome and host interaction & their coevolution, Industrial yeast Genomics.

Short Synopsis:

Collaboration:
David King, Departments of Anatomy and Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.
David Walt, Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155,USA.
Charles  Franz, Max Rubner-Institute, Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Guenter Klein, Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hannover, Germany.
Abraham Korol, Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa31905, Israel.
Michael M. Meijler, Department of Chemistry and National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Edward N. Trifonov, Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa31905, Israel.

 

69. Buhnik-Rosenblau K, V. Matsko-Efimov,  Minju J., Heuynkil S., Danin-Poleg Y., Kashi Y.  Indication for Co-evolution of Lactobacillus johnsonii with its hosts. BMC Microbiology, 25;12:149, 2012.

70. Yael Danin-Poleg, Sharona Elgavish, Nili Raz1, Vera Efimov and Yechezkel Kashi. Genome Sequence of the Pathogenic Bacterium Vibrio vulnificus Biotype3. Genome Announcements, 1: 136, 2013, citations:0.

71. Keren Buhnik-Rosenblaua, Vera Matsko-Efimova, Yael Danin-Polega, Charles M.A.P. Franzb, Guenter Kleinc, Yechezkel Kashi.  Biodiversity of Enterococcus faecalis based on genomic typing. Int J Food Microbiol.  165:27-34, 2013.

72. Efimov V., Danin-Poleg Y., Raz N., Elgavish S., Linetsky A.,and  Kashi Y. 2013. Insight into the Evolution of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 3’s genome. Front.Micrbiol. 4:393 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00393.

73. Davidovich-Pinhas M., Danin-Poleg Y., Kashi Y., and Bianco-Peled H.  2013. Modified chitosan: A step toward improving the properties of antibacterial food packages. Food Packaging and Shelf Life (in press, 2914).