UMBC An Honors University in Maryland
UMBC Biological Sciences
Steven Caruso
Contact Information
Office: BS 471
Phone: 410-455-2246
Steven Caruso
Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., UMBC, 2002; BS, UMBC, 1994
Selected publications

Pope WH, Jacobs-Sera D, Russell DA, Peebles CL, Al-Atrache Z, et al. 2011 Expanding the Diversity of Mycobacteriophages: Insights into Genome Architecture and Evolution. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16329.


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Caruso, Steven M., Sandoz, James, and Kelsey, Jessica. 2009. Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters. CBE Life Sci Educ 8(4): 278-282
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Caruso, Steven M. and Sandoz, James. 2007. BIOINFORMATICS – Identification of Bacteria using rDNA Analysis. Pages 423-433, in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 29 (Kari L. Clase, Editor). Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 433 pages.


Harold J. Schreier, Steven M. Caruso, Kerstin C. Maier. 2000. Control of Bacillus subtilis glutamine synthetase expression by glnR from Staphylococcus aureus. Curr. Microbio. 41: 425-429.
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