Barbara I. Adaikpoh
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About
Research Interests:
Understanding the metabolic changes and natural products associated with bacterial interactions in the soil. Developing new strategies to access hard-to-reach antibiotics from the rhizosphere.
Teaching and Supervision
Research Techniques in Pharmacognosy (PSCI 520), 10/11/2024 – Present
Natural Products and Synthetic Biology (PSCI 594), 3/6/2024 – Present
Selected Publications
Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Eustáquio, Alessandra S. (2024). Complete genome sequence of Sphingobacterium thalpophilum BAA-1094. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13, (11), e00423-e00424. doi:10.1128/mra.00423-24.
Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Romanowski, Sean B, Eustáquio, Alessandra S. (2023). Understanding Autologous Spliceostatin Transcriptional Regulation to Derive Parts for Heterologous Expression in a Burkholderia Bacterial Host. ACS Synthetic Biology, 12, (7), 1952-1960. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.3c00228.
Kunakom, Sylvia, Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Tran, Tuan Anh, Eustáquio, Alessandra S. (2023). Complete Genome Sequence of Soil Bacterium Burkholderia sp. Strain FERM BP-3421, a Producer of Spliceostatins. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12, (5), e00111-e00123. doi:10.1128/mra.00111-23.
Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Fernandez, Hannah N, Eustáquio, Alessandra S. (2022). Biotechnology approaches for natural product discovery, engineering, and production based on Burkholderia bacteria. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 77, 102782. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102782.
Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Dowd, Scot E, Stevens, D Cole. (2021). Draft Genome Sequence of Aneurinibacillus sp. Strain BA2021, Isolated as a Contaminant of a Laboratory-Cultivated Predatory Myxobacterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10, (17), 10.1128/mra.00243-10.1128/mra.00221. doi:10.1128/mra.00243-21.
Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Dowd, Scot E, Stevens, D Cole. (2017). Draft Genome Sequence of Archangium sp. Strain Cb G35. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 5, (8), e01678-e01616. doi:10.1128/genomea.01678-16.
Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Akbar, Shukria, Albataineh, Hanan, Misra, Sandeep K, Sharp, Joshua S, Stevens, D Cole. Myxobacterial Response to Methyljasmonate Exposure Indicates Contribution to Plant Recruitment of Micropredators. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 34. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00034.
Gregory, Katherine, Salvador, Laura A, Akbar, Shukria, Adaikpoh, Barbara I, Stevens, D Cole. Survey of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from Sequenced Myxobacteria Reveals Unexplored Biosynthetic Potential. Microorganisms, 7, (6), 181. doi:10.3390/microorganisms7060181.
Adaikpoh, Barbara I. Microbial natural products activated by plant stress. Natural Product Reports. doi:10.1039/d5np00062a.
Education
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, United States, 2021
MSc, University College London, United Kingdom, 2015
PharmD., University of Benin, Nigeria, 2010
Postgraduate Training:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois Chicago, United States, 2023
Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Illinois Chicago, United States, 2025
Selected Presentations
Adaikpoh, Barbara I. (2025 October 01). Employing Plant-Bacterial Interactions to Access the Metabolic Capacity of Bacteroidetes. doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2025.103803.