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Dr. Cyril Carroll M.SC., Ph.D.

Contact Details

Title Senior Lecturer
Address Dept. of Microbiology
Arts/Science Building
Nui Galway
Telephone: Ext. 2277
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@llorrac.liryc

 

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Books

Jennings, S.G., Moran, A.P. and Carroll C.V (2003) Bioaerosols and Biofilms. : IWA Publishing, London UK. [Details]
Jordan, K., Murphy C and Carroll C. (2005) Campylobacter spp. : Marcel Dekker Inc., New York. [Details]
Whyte, P., McGill, K., Kelly, L., Cowley, D., Fanning, S., Collins, D., Acke, E., Lawlor, A., Jones, B., Madden, R., Moran, L., Scates, P., Carroll, C., O'Leary, A., McNamara, E., Moore, J. and Cormican, M. (2006) A Comparative Study of Thermophilic Campylobacter Isolates of Clinical, Food and Pet Origin (Food Safety Promotions Board). [Details]

Book Chapters

Duffy, K.S., Moran, A.P. and Carroll, C. V. (1998) 'Ultra violet and hydrogen peroxide sensitivity of Campylobacter jejuni; a comparison between a microaerophilic strain and its aerotolerant variant form' In: Lastovica, A. J., Newell, D. G. & Lastovica, E. E (eds). Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms. Cape Town, South Africa: Institute of Child Health and University of Cape Town. [Details]
Jennings, S.G., Moran, A.P. and Carroll C.V. (2003) 'Bioaerosols and Biofilms' In: Lens, P ., Moran, A., Mahony, T., Stoodley, P. and O’Flaherty, V (eds). Biofilms in Medicine, Industry and Environmental Biotechnology; characteristics, analysis and control. london: IWA Publishing. [Details]
Jordan, K., Murphy C and Carroll C. (2005) 'Campylobacter spp' In: Encyclopaedia of Diagnostic Genomics and Proteomics. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc. [Details]
Josefsen, M. H., Carroll, C., Rudi, K., Olsson Engvall, E., and. Hoorfar, J (2011) 'Campylobacter in Poultry, Pork, and Beef' In: Hoorfar, J (eds). Rapid Detection, Characterization, and Enumeration of Foodborne Pathogens. New York: ASM press. [Details]
 

Peer Reviewed Journals

Carroll C, Coughlan MF, Colleran E. (1981) 'Antibiotic-resistance of faecal coliforms in hospital and domestic sewage'. Irish Journal Of Medical Science, 150 (11):354-355. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C. and Houghton, J.A. (1982) 'Studies on the chromosomes of human spermatozoa'. Heredity, 50 . [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C. and Houghton, J.A. (1982) 'Studies on the visualisation of the chromosomes of human sperm'. Irish Journal Of Medical Science, In Press, 151 (12). [Details]
Tomkins, P., Carroll, C. and Houghton, J.A. (1983) 'Studies on the karyotyping of the chromosomes of human sperm'. Clinical Genetics, 24 . [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C., Walsh, S. and Houghton, J.A. (1983) 'The use of interspecific in vitro fertilisation for the visualisation of the chromosomes of human sperm'. Journal Of Medical Genetic, 20 (6). [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V. and Houghton, J.A. (1984) 'Progress with the analysis of human sperm chromosomes'. Irish Journal Of Medical Science, 153 :410-410. [Details]
Carroll, C.V., Creighton, P., Houghton, J.A., and Tomkins, P.T. (1984) 'The value of interspecific in vitro fertilisation for the assay of human sperm function and the analysis of sperm chromosomes'. Journal Of Physiology, 355 . [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V. and Houghton, J.A. (1984) 'An improved assay for the chromosomes of human sperm'. Irish Journal Of Medical Science, 153 . [Details]
Creighton, P., Carroll, C.V., Tomkins, P. and Houghton, J.A. (1985) 'Studies on the visualisation of the chromosomes of bovine spermatozoa'. Heredity, 54 :417-417. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V. and Houghton, J.A. (1986) 'Possible significance of B-amino acids, indoles and superoxide anions for human sperm motility/survival, capacitation and chromosome condensation in the heterospecific situation'. Irish Journal Of Medical Sciences, 155 :128-129. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V., Houghton, J.A., and Hurley, M. (1986) 'The analysis of sperm chromosomes in individuals exposed to genotoxic agents'. Heredity, 57 :126-126. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V., Houghton, J.A., and Hurley, M. (1986) 'Penetration of zona-free hamster ova by human sperm and their subsequent development in defined media'. Journal Of Reproduction And Fertility, 77 :677-677. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V. and Houghton, J.A. (1987) 'The application of image-analysis techniques to the study of sperm chromosomes'. Journal Of Medical Genetics, 24 :242-243. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V. and Houghton, J.A. (1988) 'Assessment of heterospecific zona-free ovum penetration under fully defined conditions'. Human Reproduction, 3 :367-376. [Details]
Tomkins, P.T., Carroll, C.V. and Houghton, J.A. (1988) 'The application of multiple banding techniques, alone or in conjunction with image analysis, to the study of human sperm chromosomes'. Heredity, 60 :313-314. [Details]
Smith, P., Carroll, C.V., Wilkins, B., Johnson, P., Nic Gabhainn, S. and Smith, L. P. (1999) 'The effect of wind speed and direction on the distribution of sewage associated bacteria in Galway Bay'. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 28 (3):184-188. [Details]
O'Sullivan, N. A., Fallon, R., Carroll, C., Smith, T. and Maher, M. (2000) 'Detection and differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in broiler chicken samples using a PCR/DNA probe membrane based colometric detection assay'. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 14 (1):7-16. [Details]
Grennan, B., O'Sullivan, N.A., Fallon, R., Carroll, C., Smith, T., Glennon, M., and Maher, M. (2001) 'PCR-ELISA's for the detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in poultry samples'. BioTechniques, 30 (3):602-611. [Details]
Fallon, R.V., Casey, E., Maher, M., Smith, T. and Carroll, C.V. (2001) 'Characterisation of Campylobacter species isolated from broiler chickens by flagellin gene typing'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 291 (66). [Details]
Fallon, R.V., Doolan, I., O'Sullivan, N.A., Smith, T. and Carroll, C.V. (2001) 'Isolation of Campylobacter species from farm to fork in Ireland'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 291 (38). [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C. and Jordan, K.N. (2002) 'Induction of an adaptive tolerance response increases survival of Campylobacter jejuni in acidic foods'. Irish Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 41 (124). [Details]
Maher, M., Finnegan, C., Collins, E., Ward, B., Carroll, C.., and Cormican, M. (2003) 'Evaluation of culture methods and a DNA probe-based PCR assay for detection of Campylobacter species in clinical specimens of feces'. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41 (7):2980-2986. [Details]
McCarthy, D., O'Hagan, N., Glannon, M., Shkarlat, P., Carroll, C., Cormican, M. and Maher, M. (2003) 'Application of a PCR/DNA-probe colorimetric Assay to the investigation of floroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter jejuni'. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology, 293 (51). [Details]
Fallon, R., O'Sullivan, N., Maher, M., and Carroll, C. (2003) 'Antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from broiler chickens isolated at an Irish poultry-processing plant'. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 36 (5):277-281. [Details]
O'Rourke, M., Carroll, C., Maher, M. and Casey, E. (2003) 'Development and application of real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays for cadF and cdtB expression studies in Campylobacter'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 293 (83). [Details]
Canty, D., Fanning, S., Cormican, M., and Carroll, C.. (2003) 'Genotypic evidence of a relationship between Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from poultry and humans'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 293 (105). [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C. and Jordan, K.N. (2003) 'Identification of a novel stress resistance mechanism in Campylobacter jejuni'. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 95 (4):704-708. [DOI] [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C.., and Jordan, K. N. (2003) 'Induction of an adaptive tolerance response in the foodborne pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni'. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 223 (1):89-93. [DOI] [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C. and Jordan, K.N. (2003) 'Novel mechanism of survival of Campylobacter jejuni due to environmental stresses'. Irish Journal Of Agriculture And Food Research, 42 :162-163. [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C and Jordan, K.N. (2003) 'Extracellular signalling mechanism that increases Campylobacter jejuni survival of environmental stress'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 293 (59). [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C. and Jordan, K.N. (2003) 'The role of an adaptive tolerance response in increased survival of Campylobacter jejuni during environmental stress'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 293 (59). [Details]
O'Leary A.M., Whyte, P., McGill, K., Cowley, D., Madden, R., Moran, L., Scates, P., Collins, J., and Carroll, C. (2003) 'Genetic heterogeneity of Campylobacter jejuni strains of clinical and food origin in Ireland determined by PFGE and flaA PCR RFLP analysis'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 292 (98). [Details]
Whyte, P., Mc Gill, K., Cowley, D., Carroll, C., Doolan, I., O'Leary, A., Casey E., and Collins, J. D. (2003) 'A comparison of two culture media for the recovery of thermophilic campylobacters in broiler farm samples'. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 54 (3):367-371. [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C and Jordan, K.N. (2003) 'Identification of a novel stress resistance mechanism in Campylobacter jejun'. Journal Of Applied Microbiology, 95 :704-708. [Details]
Fitzmaurice, J., Duffy, G., Kilbane, B., Sheridan, J. J., Carroll, C.. and Maher. M. (2004) 'Comparison of a membrane surface adhesion recovery method with an IMS method for use in a polymerase chain reaction method to detect Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in minced beef'. Journal of Microbiological methods, 59 (2):243-252. [DOI] [Details]
Casey, E., Doolan, I., Whyte, P., and Carroll, C.. (2004) 'A comparison of genotypic methods for assessing strain diversity amongst thermotolerant Campylobacters isolated from broiler farms in Ireland'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 293 (101). [Details]
Doolan, I., Casey, E., Whyte, P., Cowley, D., and Carroll, C. (2004) 'Investigation of the prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter in commercially produced broiler flocks in the Republic of Ireland'. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology, 293 (137). [Details]
P. Whyte, K. McGill, D. Cowley, R.H. Madden, L. Moran, P. Scates, C. Carroll, A. O'Leary, S. Fanning, J.D. Collins, E. McNamara, J.E. Moore, M. Cormican (2004) 'Occurrence of Campylobacter in retail foods in Ireland'. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 95 (2):111-118. [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C. and Jordan, K.N. (2004) 'Analysis of the adaptive tolerance response of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis'. Irish Journal Of Agricultural & Food Research, 43 (1):122-123. [Details]
Fitzmaurice, J., Glennon, M., Duffy, G., Sheridan, J. J., Carroll, C.. and Maher. M. (2004) 'Application of real-time PCR and RT-PCR assays for the detection and quantitation of VT1 and VT2 toxin genes in E. coli 0157:H7'. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 18 (2):123-132. [DOI] [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C. and Jordan, K.N. (2005) 'The effect of different media on the survival and induction of stress responses by Campylobacter jejuni'. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 62 (2):161-166. [DOI] [Details]
McGill, K., Cowley, D., Moran, L., Scates, P., O'Leary, A., Madden, R. H., Carroll, C., McNamara, E., Moore, J. E., Fanning, S., Collins, J.D., and Whyte P. (2006) 'Antibiotic resistance of retail food and human Campylobacter isolates on the island of Ireland from 2001-2002'. Epidemiology and Infection, 134 (6):1282-1291. [Details]
Murphy, C., Carroll, C., and Jordan, K.N. (2006) 'Environmental survival mechanisms of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni, a review'. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 100 :623-632. [Details]
Douglas, I., Ruane, N. M., Geary, M., Carroll, C., Fleming, G.T.A., McMurray, J. & Smith, P. (2007) 'The advantages of the use of discs containing single agents in disc diffusion testing of the susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida to potentiated sulphonamides'. Aquaculture, 272 :118-125. [DOI] [Details]
Smith, P., Ruane, N. M., Douglas, I., Carroll, C., Kronvall, G. & Fleming, G.T.A. (2007) 'Impact of inter-lab variation on the estimation of epidemiological cut-off values for disc diffusion susceptibility test data for Aeromonas salmonicida'. Aquaculture, 272 :168-179. [DOI] [Details]
Duignan, O., Fleming, G. T. A., and Carroll, C. V. (2007) 'A Study of the Adaptations Campylobacter jejuni to Antibiotic Selection Pressures in Chemostat Culture'. Zoonoses and Public Health, 54 (1):39-39. [Details]
Ruane, N.M., Douglas, I., Geary, M., Carroll, C., Fleming, G.T.A., Smith, P. (2007) 'Application of Normalised Resistance Interpretation to disc diffusion data on the susceptibility of Aeromonas salmonicida to three quinolone agents'. Aquaculture, 272 :156-167. [DOI] [Details]
Smith, P., Fleming, G.T.A. & Carroll, C. (2008) 'Reducing inter-operator variation in disc diffusion assays by the inclusion of internal controls in a standard susceptibility test protocol'. Aquaculture, 285 :273-276. [DOI] [Details]
K. McGill, L. Kelly, R.H. Madden, L. Moran, C. Carroll, A. O'Leary, J.E. Moore, E. McNamara, M. O'Mahony, S. Fanning, P. Whyte (2009) 'Comparison of Disc Diffusion and Epsilometer (E- test) Testing Techniques to Determine Antimicrobial Susceptibiliy of Campylobacter  Isolates of Food and Human Clinical origin'. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 79 :238-241. [DOI] [Details]
Smith, P., Douglas, I., McMurray, J., and Carroll, C. (2009) 'A rapid method of improving the criteria being used to interpret disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test data for bacteria associated with fish diseases'. Aquaculture, 290 :172-178. [DOI] [Details]
O'Leary, A.M., Whyte, P.M., Madden, R.H., Cormican, M., Moore, J.E., Mc Namara, E,. Mc Gill, K., Kelly,L., Cowley, D., Moran, L., Scates, P., Collins, J.D and Carroll C.V.( (2011) 'Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis typing of human and retail foodstuff Campylobacters: an Irish perspective'. Food Microbiology, 28 :426-433. [Details]
Acke, E., Carroll, C., O'Leary, A., McGill, K., Kelly, L., Lawlor, A., Madden, R. H., Moran, L., Scates, P., McNamara, E., Moore, J. E., Jones, B. R., Fanning, S and Whyte. P. (2011) '. Genotypic characterisation and cluster analysis of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from domestic pets, human clinical cases and retail food'. Irish Veterinary Journal, 64 . [Details]
   

Published Reports

Whyte, P., McGill, K., Kelly, L., Cowley, D., Fanning, S., Collins, D., Acke, E., Lawlor, A., Jones, B., Madden, R., Moran, L., Scates, P., Carroll, C., O’Leary, A., McNamara, E., Moore, J. and Cormican, M. (2006) A Comparative Study of Thermophilic Campylobacter Isolates of Clinical, Food and Pet Origin. SafeFood, Dublin. [Details]
                                     

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