Academic Background
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kvitko Lab, University of Georgia, USA, 2023
Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2020
M.S. Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2014
B.S. (Hons) Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2011
B.S. Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2009
Research Interest and Current Efforts
Gi Yoon (Gina) Shin, as a postdoctoral research associate at the Mitchum Lab within the Department of Plant Pathology, has a keen interest in studying host-pathogen interactions. Her research primarily centers on elucidating the interaction between soybeans and the soybean cyst nematode (SCN).
Publications
Shin, G., Dutta, B. and Kvitko, B.H. (2023) The genetic requirements for HiVir-mediated onion necrosis by Pantoea ananatis, a necrotrophic plant pathogen. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-11-22-0246-R
Stice, S.P., Jan, H-H., Chen, H-C., Nwosu, L., Shin, G., Weaver, S., Coutinho, T., Kvitko, B.H. and Baltrus, D.A. (2023) Pantailocins: Phage-derived Bacteriocins from Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes. Accepted at Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.07.539753
Koirala, S., Myers, B.K., Shin, G., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B.H. and Dutta, B. (2023) Evaluation options to increase the efficacy of biocontrol agents for the management of Pantoea spp. under field conditions. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-11-22-2710-RE
Myers, B.K., Shin, G., Agarwal, G., Sitce, S.P., Gitaitis, R.D., Kvitko, B.H. and Dutta, B. (2022) Genome-wide association and dissociation studies in Pantoea ananatis reveal potential virulence factors affecting Allium porrum and Allium fistulosum x Allium cepa hybrid. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1094155
Zhao, M., Stice, S., Shin, G., Coutinho, T., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B. and Dutta, B. (2022) A novel biosynthetic gene cluster across the Pantoea species complex is important for pathogenicity in onion. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-08-22-0165-R
Theron, E., Bophela, K.N., Bisschoff, J., Shin, G., Coutinho, T.A. and van der Waals, J.E. (2022) Survey of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae infecting potatoes in South Africa. Potato Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11540-022-09598-1
Shin, G., Smith, A., Coutinho, T.A., Dutta, B. and Kvitko, B. (2022) Validation of species-specific PCR assays for the detection of Pantoea ananatis, P. agglomerans, P. allii and P. stewartii. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1810-SC
Coutinhio, T.A. and Shin, G. (2022) Budvicia. Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Online © Bergey’s Manual Trust. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in association with Bergey’s Manual Trust. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01138.pub2
Coutinho, T.A., Shin, G. and van der Waals, J. (2021) Dickeya. Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Online © Bergey’s Manual Trust. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in association with Bergey’s Manual Trust. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm02014
Coutinho, T.A., Shin, G. and van der Waals, J. (2021) Pectobacterium. Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Online © Bergey’s Manual Trust. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in association with Bergey’s Manual Trust. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01158.pub2
Stice, S.P., Shin, G., De Armas, S., Koirala, S., Galván, G., Inés, M., Severns, P., Coutinho, T., Dutta, B. and Kvitko, B. (2021) The distribution of onion virulence loci among Pantoea spp. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12 :643787. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.643787
Shin, G., Schachterle, J. K., Shyntum, D. Y., Moleleki, L. N., Coutinho, T. A. and Sundin, G. W. (2019) Functional characterization of a global virulence regulator Hfq and identification of Hfq-dependent sRNAs in the plant pathogen Pantoea ananatis. Frontiers in Microbiology 10, 1-19. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02075
Shutt, V.M., Shin, G., van der Waals, J.E., Goszczynska, T. and Coutinho, T.A. (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection 112, 56-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.013
Venter, S.N., Palmer, M., Beukes, C.W., Chan, W., Shin, G., van Zyl, E., Seal, T., Coutinho, T.A. and Steenkamp, E.T. (2017) Practically delineating bacterial species with genealogical concordance. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 110, 1311-1325. DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0869-8
Shutt, V.M., Shin, G., van der Waals, J.E., Goszczynska, T. and Coutinho, T.A. (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection 112, 56-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.013
Venter, S.N., Palmer, M., Beukes, C.W., Chan, W., Shin, G., van Zyl, E., Seal, T., Coutinho, T.A. and Steenkamp, E.T. (2017) Practically delineating bacterial species with genealogical concordance. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 110, 1311-1325. DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0869-8