Dr.
Gerald L. Kreider
Professor of Biology
Education
B.A. Biology - Goshen College, 1966
M.S. Biology - Temple University, 1969
Ph.D. Biology - Temple University, 1972
Courses Taught
- The Changing Face of Human Disease (BIO 183 and
J25)
- General Bacteriology (BIO 321)
- Molecular Genetics (BIO 343)
- Immunology Seminar w/lab (BIO 498)
Research Areas
Evaluation of microbial diversity using nucleotide
sequence analysis of uncultured bacteria
Evaluation of anti-Salmonella antibodies in egg yolks
from community egg suppliers
Recent Student Research Collaborators
Heather Miller, “The Use of 16S rDNA Sequences
to Identify Bacterial Species Living in Selwyn Pond
and Antietam Lake”
Kate Hodge, “An Immunological Investigation
of Antibacterial Antibodies in Chicken Egg Yolks”
Recent Publications
Kreider, G.L. (2000) "Characterization of a
666bp amplicon from the luxA region of Shewanella hanedai
(ATCC 33224) DNA." GenBank Accession #299389.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Distel, C.J. and G. L. Kreider. From Soil to Sequence: A
Convincing Demonstration of the Predominance of Uncultured Bacteria
in a Soil Sample.
Poster at 11th Conference for Undergraduate Educators.
(American Society for Microbiology) New Orleans May
21 – 23, 2004. (Abstract 17-B). |
