Ms Marietta John Department of Microbiology Monash University Clayton, Victoria, 3800 Phone: +61 (3) 9905 4838 Fax: +61 (3) 9905 4811 Email: Marietta.John@med.monash.edu.au
		Research areas Marietta works with Professor Ben Adler, Dr John Boyce and Dr Marina Harper using molecular techniques, such as, site-directed mutagenesis and microarray and proteomic analyses to identify and study genes that are responsible for virulence and pathogenesis of Pasturella multocida. P. multocida is the causative agent of fowl cholera in chickens, haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle and atrophic rhinitis in pigs. At present her group is focusing on surface factors including lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and outer membrane proteins (OMP).