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
PSCI 594 – Molecular Mechanisms of Therapeutics, 4/9/2026 – Present
PSCI 522 – Advanced Pharmacognosy, 3/12/2026 – Present
Research Techniques in Pharmacognosy (PSCI 520), 9/26/2025 – Present
Natural Products and Synthetic Biology (PSCI 594), 4/16/2025 – Present
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. (2026). Microbial natural products activated by plant stress. Natural Product Reports, 43, (4), 590-596. doi:10.1039/d5np00062a.
Adaikpoh, BarbaraI, Kornfuehrer, Taylor, Dai, Yitao, Ptacek, Galen, Paulo, Bruno S, Cheifetz, Talia, Duggan, Brendan, La Clair, James J, Burkart, Michael D, Eustáquio, Alessandra S. (2026). Comparative Genomics and Metabolomics of Domesticated, Pladienolide-Producing Streptomyces Bacteria. Journal of Natural Products, 89, (3), 1081-1092. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6c00235.
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.
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, 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.
Professional Leadership
American Society for Pharmacognosy Younger Members Committee, American Society for Pharmacognosy, 1/1/2022 - 7/31/2025
Education
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, United States, 2021
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.