Tamara Revazishvili

Tamara Revazishvili,

Assistant Scientist

Department: RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS
Business Phone: (352) 273-9395
Business Email: trevazis@epi.ufl.edu

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-7637-9817

Publications

2023
Distributed compact plasma reactor decontamination for planetary protection in space missions.
Scientific reports. 13(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-023-29049-2. [PMID] 36732555.
2015
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Yersinia pestis.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1301:115-28 [DOI] 10.1007/978-1-4939-2599-5_11. [PMID] 25862053.
2013
A strain of Yersinia pestis with a mutator phenotype from the Republic of Georgia.
FEMS microbiology letters. 343(2):113-20 [DOI] 10.1111/1574-6968.12137. [PMID] 23521061.
2012
A Yersinia pestis-specific, lytic phage preparation significantly reduces viable Y. pestis on various hard surfaces experimentally contaminated with the bacterium.
Bacteriophage. 2(3):168-177 [PMID] 23275868.
2011
Enumeration of bacteriophage particles: Comparative analysis of the traditional plaque assay and real-time QPCR- and nanosight-based assays.
Bacteriophage. 1(2):86-93 [PMID] 22334864.
2010
Characterization of pPCP1 Plasmids in Yersinia pestis Strains Isolated from the Former Soviet Union.
International journal of microbiology. 2010 [DOI] 10.1155/2010/760819. [PMID] 21197443.
2008
Characterisation of Yersinia pestis isolates from natural foci of plague in the Republic of Georgia, and their relationship to Y. pestis isolates from other countries.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 14(5):429-36 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01953.x. [PMID] 18294239.
2006
Genetic background and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in the Republic of Georgia.
Journal of clinical microbiology. 44(10):3477-83 [PMID] 17021070.
2004
Comparative analysis of multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for characterizing Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from environmental and clinical sources.
Journal of clinical microbiology. 42(1):276-85 [PMID] 14715765.

Grants

Oct 2023 ACTIVE
Microbiology tests to show sterilization efficacy of the SteriBox unit against BSL 2 bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) gram-positive bacteria and Shigella dysenteriae gram-negative bacteria; and BSL 3 bacteria/select agent: Burkholderia pseudomal
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SURFPLASMA via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Jul 2022 ACTIVE
Enhancing arbovirus surveillance and risk management in the public health systems of Georgia, Turkey, and Ukraine
Role: Faculty
Funding: DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
May 2022 – Apr 2024
Distributed compact plasma reactor sterilization for Planetary protection and contamination control for space missions
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SURFPLASMA via NASA
Jun 2021 – Nov 2021
Distributed compact plasma reactor sterilization for Planetary protection and contamination control for space missions
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SURFPLASMA via NASA

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-9395
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO BOX 100009
EMERGING PATHOGENS INSTITUTE
GAINESVILLE FL 326100009
Business Street:
2055 MOWRY RD RM 200E
GAINESVILLE FL 32610