Ed Topp Ph.D.

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Principal Research Scientist

Environmental microbiology and chemistry

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    1391 Sandford Street, London, ON, Canada N5V 4T3

    Current research and/or projects

    Assessment and management of environmental and human health risks associated with agricultural organic fertilizers of animal, poultry and human origin: Fate and impacts of pharmaceuticals, microbial pathogens, and antibiotic resistant bacteria in food animal and crop production systems.

    Research and/or project statements

    -Mitigating antimicrobial resistance in food production systems.

    -Genomics Research and Development Initiative on antimicrobial resistance [GRDI-AMR]

    Professional activities / interests

    Member, Joint Programming Initiative on AMR (JPIAMR) Science Advisory Board (2019-)

    Chair, FAO/WHO expert committee on antimicrobial resistance, crops and the environment (Rome, June 2018)

    Member, FAO/WHO roster of experts on foodborne antimicrobial resistance (2019-)

    Member, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) working group concerning “The role of the environment in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the food chain” (2019-20)

    Member Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES, France)  expertise collective : « Antibiorésistance et environnement - État et causes possibles de la contamination des milieux en France par les antibiotiques et par les bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques et les supports génétiques de la résistance aux antibiotiques » (2019-2021)

    Education and awards

    Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, USA

    M.Sc., Department of Microbiology, Macdonald College of McGill University, Canada

    B.Sc. (Agriculture). Department of Microbiology, Macdonald College of McGill University, Canada

    Elected ‘Membre Correspondant’ of the Académie d'Agriculture de France 2016

    Government of Canada Public Service Award of Excellence for Scientific Contribution 2016

    AAFC Gold Harvest award for Career Achievement 2015

    Water and Environment Association of Ontario Research Excellence Award 2014

    NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship 1984

    Busch Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Minnesota 1984

    Walter M. Stewart Award, The Faculty of Agriculture, McGill University 1983

    Additional links

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Topp

    https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=gERlCUQAAAAJ&hl=en

    Key publications

    1. Khan, A.H., Topp, E., Scott, A., Sumarah, M., Macfie, S.M., Ray, M.B. (2015). Biodegradation of benzalkonium chlorides singly and in mixtures by a Pseudomonas sp. isolated from returned activated sludge. Journal of Hazardous Materials, [online] 299 595-602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.073

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    2. Brandt, K.K., Aamézquita, A., Backhaus, T., Boxall, A.B.A., Coors, A., Heberer, T., Lawrence, J.R., Lazorchak, J.R., Schönfeld, J., Snape, J.R., Zhu, Y.-G., and Topp, E. (2015). "Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics: A call for improved consideration of microorganisms.", Environment International, 85, pp. 189-205. doi : 10.1016/j.envint.2015.09.013

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    3. Frey, S.K., Topp, E., Khan, I.U.H., Ball, B.R., Edwards, M., Gottschall, N., Sunohara, M., Lapen, D.R. (2015). Quantitative Campylobacter spp., antibiotic resistance genes, and veterinary antibiotics in surface and ground water following manure application: Influence of tile drainage control. Science of the Total Environment, [online] 532 138-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.114

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    4. Zhi, S., Li, Q., Yasui, Y., Edge, T., Topp, E., Neumann, N.F. (2015). Assessing host-specificity of Escherichia coli using a supervised learning logic-regression-based analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in intergenic regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, [online] 92 72-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.007

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    5. Holman, D.B., McAllister, T.A., Topp, E., Wright, A.D.G., Alexander, T.W. (2015). The nasopharyngeal microbiota of feedlot cattle that develop bovine respiratory disease. Veterinary Microbiology, [online] 180(1-2), 90-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.07.031

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    6. Etienne, D., Destas, M., Lyautey, E., Marti, R., Ruffaldi, P., Georges-Leroy, M., Dambrine, E., Topp, E. (2015). Two thousand–year reconstruction of livestock production intensity in France using sediment-archived fecal Bacteroidales and source-specific mitochondrial markers. The Holocene, [online] 25(9), 1384-1393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683615585836

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    7. Whiteduck-Léveillée, K., Whiteduck-Léveillée, J., Cloutier, M., Tambong, J.T., Xu, R., Topp, E., Arts, M.T., Chao, J., Adam, Z., Lévesque, C.A., Lapen, D.R., Villemur, R., Talbot, G., Khan, I.U.H. (2015). Arcobacter lanthieri sp. Nov., isolated from pig and dairy cattle manure. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), [online] 65(8), 2709-2716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000318

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    8. Dhanani, A.S., Block, G., Dewar, K., Forgetta, V., Topp, E., Beiko, R.G., Diarra, M.S. (2015). Genomic comparison of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhimurium, Enteritidis, Heidelberg, Hadar and Kentucky isolates from broiler chickens. PLoS ONE, [online] 10(6), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128773

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    9. Jokinen, C.C., Koot, J., Cole, L., Desruisseau, A., Edge, T.A., Khan, I.U.H., Koning, W., Lapen, D.R., Pintar, K.D.M., Reid-Smith, R., Thomas, J.L., Topp, E., Wang, L.Y., Wilkes, G., Ziebell, K., van Bochove, E., Gannon, V.P.J. (2015). The distribution of Salmonella enterica serovars and subtypes insurface water from five agricultural regions across Canada. Water Research, [online] 76 120-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.038

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    10. Al-Rajab, A.J., Sabourin, L., Lapen, D.R., Topp, E. (2015). Dissipation of triclosan, triclocarban, carbamazepine and naproxen in agricultural soil following surface or sub-surface application of dewatered municipal biosolids. Science of the Total Environment, [online] 512-513 480-488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.075

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    11. Lawrence, J.R., Topp, E., Waiser, M.J., Tumber, V., Roy, J., Swerhone, G.D.W., Leavitt, P., Paule, A., Korber, D.R. (2015). Resilience and recovery: The effect of triclosan exposure timing during development, on the structure and function of river biofilm communities. Aquatic Toxicology, [online] 161 253-266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.02.012

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    12. Caracciolo, A.B., Topp, E., and Grenni, P. (2015). "Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Biodegradation and effects on natural microbial communities. A Review.", Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 106, pp. 25-36. doi : 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.11.040

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    13. Konopka, M., Henry, H.A.L., Marti, R., Topp, E. (2015). Multi-year and short-term responses of soil ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes to zinc bacitracin, monensin, and ivermectin, singly or in combination. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, [online] 34(3), 618-625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2848

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    14. Barret, M., Gagnon, N., Morissette, B., Kalmokoff, M.L., Topp, E., Brooks, S.P.J., Matias, F., Neufeld, J.D., Talbot, G. (2015). Phylogenetic identification of methanogens assimilating acetate-derived carbon in dairy and swine manures. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, [online] 38(1), 56-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2014.11.006

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    15. Frey, S.K., Gottschall, N., Wilkes, G., Grégoire, D.S., Topp, E., Pintar, K.D.M., Sunohara, M., Marti, R., Lapen, D.R. (2015). Rainfall-induced runoff from exposed streambed sediments: An important source of water pollution. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 44(1), 236-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2014.03.0122

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    16. Ross, J., Topp, E. (2015). Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteriophage following soil fertilization with dairy manure or municipal biosolids, and evidence for potential transduction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, [online] 81(22), 7905-7913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02363-15

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    17. MacDonald, J., Doshi, K., Dussault, M., Hall, J.C., Holbrook, L., Jones, G., Kaldis, A., Klima, C.L., MacDonald, P., McAllister, T.A., McLean, M.D, Potter, A., Richman, A.S., Shearer, H., Yarosh, O., Yoo, H.S., Topp, E., and Menassa, R. (2015). "Bringing plant-based veterinary vaccines to market: Managing regulatory and commercial hurdles.", Biotechnology Advances. doi : 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.07.007

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    18. Que, Z., Seidou, O., Droste, R.L., Wilkes, G., Sunohara, M., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R. (2015). Using AnnAGNPS to predict the effects of tile drainage control on nutrient and sediment loads for a river basin. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 44(2), 629-641. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2014.06.0246

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    19. Nadya, S., Allen, K.J., Johnson, R.P., Ziebell, K.A., Topp, E., Delaquis, P.J., and Bach, S.J. (2014). "A comparison of the presence of total Escherichia coli and Shiga-toxigenic E. coli in irrigation waters from an intensive agricultural region.", United Fresh 2014, Chicago, IL, USA, June 10-14, 2014, Abstract. (Poster)

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    20. Adam, Z., Whiteduck-Leveillee, K., Cloutier, M., Chen, W., Lewis, C.T., Lévesque, C.A., Topp, E., Lapen, D.R., Tambong, J.T., Talbot, G., and Khan, I.U.H. (2014). "Draft genome sequence of Arcobacter cibarius Strain LMG21996{SUP}T{/SUP} isolated from broiler carcasses.", Genome Announcements, 2(1), pp. e00034-14. doi : 10.1128/genomeA.00034-14

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    Contact

    Research facility

    London Research and Development Centre
    1391 Sandford Street
    London, ON N5V 4T3
    Canada

    Expertise

    Agriculture›Agriculture-environment interactions
    Environment›Water›Water Quality›Beneficial management practices

    Affiliations

    Adjunct, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology.

    Special Graduate Faculty, University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Pathobiology

    Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM, President 2010-2011).

    Canadian Soil Science Society (CSSS)

    American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

    International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME).

    Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

    Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).

    Language

    English
    French