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).