Title
Associate ProfessorOffice Building
Animal Science ComplexOffice
101Mailing Address
Animal Science Complex 101Animal Science-Box 2170
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Areas of Research
- Microbiomes of gut environments in food animals
Publications
- Fresno Rueda, A., Griffin, J.E., Kruse, C. and St-Pierre, B. (2023). Effects of grain-based diets on the rumen and fecal bacterial communities of the North American bison (Bison bison). Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1163423. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1163423.
- St-Pierre, B., Perez Palencia, J.Y. and Samuel, R.S. (2023). Review: Impact of Early Weaning on Development of the Swine Gut Microbiome. Microorganisms 11(7), 1753. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11071753.
- Fowler, E.C., Samuel, R.S. and St-Pierre, B. (2023). A comparative analysis of the fecal bacterial communities of light and heavy finishing barrows raised in a commercial swine production environment. Pathogens 12, 738. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12050738.
- St-Pierre, B. (2023). Special Issue “Rumen Microbial Communities”: Editorial. Microorganisms 11, 919. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11040919.
- Bandarupalli, V.V.K. and St-Pierre, B. (2023). Metagenomics-based analysis of candidate lactate utilizers from the rumen of beef cattle. Microorganisms 11 (3), 658. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11030658.
- Poudel, P., Samuel, R., Levesque, C.L. and St-Pierre, B. (2022). Investigating the effects of peptide-based, MOS and protease feed additives on the growth performance and fecal microbial composition of weaned pigs. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 13, 25. DOI: 10.1186/s40104-022-00681-8.
- Rosa, F., Michelotti, T.C., St-Pierre, B., Trevisi, E., Osorio, J.S. (2021). Early Life Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Enhances Neonatal Growth Performance and Alleviates Inflammation and Oxidative Stress during Weaning in Dairy Calves. Animals 11, 2704. DOI: 10.3390/ani11092704.
- Fresno Rueda, A., Samuel, R. and St-Pierre, B. (2021). Investigating the effects of a phytobiotics-based product on the fecal bacterial microbiome of weaned pigs. Animals 11(7), 1950. DOI: 10.3390/ani11071950.
- Fowler, E.C., Poudel, P., White, B., St-Pierre, B., and Brown, M. (2021). Effects of a bioprocessed soybean meal ingredient on the intestinal microbiota of Hybrid Striped Bass, Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis. Microorganisms 9 (5), 1032; DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051032.
- Zeamer, K.M., Samuel, R.S., St-Pierre, B., Thaler, R.C., Woyengo, T.A., Hymowitz, T. and Levesque, C.L. (2021). Effects of a low allergenic soybean variety on gut permeability, microbiota composition, ileal digestibility of amino acids, and growth performance in pigs. Livestock Science 243, 104369. DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2020.104369.
- Bandarupalli, V.V.K. and St-Pierre, B. (2020). Identification of a candidate starch utilizing strain of Prevotella albensis from bovine rumen. Microorganisms 8 (12), 2005. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8122005.
- Park, S., Li, W., St-Pierre, B., Wang, Q. and Woyengo, T.A. (2020). Growth performance, nutrient digestibility and fecal microbial composition of weaned pigs fed multi-enzyme supplemented diets. Journal of Animal Science, 98, 10, 1-10. DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa306.
- Poudel, P., Levesque, C.L., Samuel, R. and St-Pierre, B. (2020). Dietary inclusion of Peptiva, a peptide-based feed additive, can accelerate the maturation of the fecal bacterial microbiome in weaned pigs. BMC Veterinary Research, 16, 1-13. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02282-x
- Ortman, J., Sinn, S.M., Gibbons, W.R., Brown, M.L., DeRouchey, J.M., St-Pierre, B., Saqui-Salces, M., and Levesque, C.L. (2020). Comparative analysis of the ileal bacterial composition of post-weaned pigs fed different high-quality protein sources. Animal, 1-11. DOI: 10.1017/S1751731120000014.
- Landsman, A., St-Pierre, B., Rosales-Leija, M., Brown, M., Gibbons, W. (2019). Investigation of the Potential Effects of Host Genetics and Probiotic Treatment on the Gut Bacterial Community Composition of Aquaculture-raised Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Microorganisms 7 (8), 217. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7080217.
- Poudel, P., Froehlich, K., Casper, D.P. and St-Pierre, B. (2019). Feeding essential oils to neonatal Holstein dairy calves results in increased ruminal Prevotellaceae abundance and propionate concentrations. Microorganisms 7 (5), 120. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7050120.
- Landsman, A., St-Pierre, B., Rosales-Leija, M., Michael Brown, M. and Gibbons, W. (2019). Impact of aquaculture practices on intestinal bacterial profiles of Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei.
Microorganisms 7 (4), 93. DIO: 10.3390/microorganisms7040093. - St-Pierre, B., Bandarupalli, V. and Poudel, P. (2018). Mini-Review: Rumen Anaerobic Fungi. Journal of Bacteriology & Mycology: Open Access 6, 74-75. DOI: 15406/jbmoa.2018.06.00179.
- Petzel, E.A., Smart, A.J., St-Pierre, B., Selman, S.L., Bailey, E.A., Beck, E.E., Walker, J.A., Wright, C.L., Held, J.E. and Brake, D.W. (2018) Estimates of diet selection in cattle grazing cornstalk residues by measurement of chemical composition and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy of diet samples collected by ruminal evacuation. Journal of Animal Science 96, 1914-1928. DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky089.
- Opdahl, L.J., Gonda, M.G. and St-Pierre, B. (2018). Identification of uncultured bacterial species from Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and CANDIDATUS Saccharibacteria as candidate cellulose utilizers from the rumen of beef cows. Microorganisms 6 (1), 17. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6010017.
- St-Pierre, B. and Wright, A.-D.G. (2017). Implications from distinct sulfate reducing bacteria populations between cattle manure and digestate in the elucidation of H2S production during anaerobic digestion of animal slurry. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 101, 5543-5556. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8261-1.
- Levesque, C., Turner, J., Li, J., Wizzard, P., St-Pierre, B., Lim, D. and Wales, P. (2016). In a neonatal piglet model of intestinal failure administration of antibiotics and lack of enteral nutrition have greater impact on intestinal microflora than surgical resection alone. Journal of Parental and Enteral Nutrition 2, 2016. 0148607115626903. DOI: 10.1177/0148607115626903
- St-Pierre, B., Cersosimo, L., Ishaq, S.L. and Wright, A.-D.G. (2015). Review: Towards the identification of methanogenic archaeal groups as targets of methane mitigation in livestock animals. Frontiers in Microbiology 6, 776. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00776.
- St-Pierre, B. and Wright, A.-D.G. (2015). Investigation of bacterial and methanogen community composition and diversity in full-scale anaerobic manure digesters. BAOJ Microbiology 1, 003. DOI: 10.24947/baojm/1/1/00102.
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