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RESEARCH

For more information refer toMy faculty page

Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for research in my laboratory has been provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), The National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The Jeffress Research Foundation, The National Institutes of Health (NIH), and The Virginia Department of Health.

Recent presentations/ publications

Dryden,C.,  A.S.Gordon and J.R. Donat. 2007. Seasonal survey of copper-complexing ligands and thiol compounds in a heavily utilized, urban estuary: Elizabeth River, Virginia. Marine Chemistry. 103: 276-288.

Gordon, A.S., E. P. Gordon, and B. J. Dyer.  2006. Susceptibility of two fishes (Oreochromis niloticus and Cyprinodon variegatus) to Pfiesteria shumwayae and its associated toxin: influence of salinity.  Harmful Algae. in press.

 Duncan, P.M., B. Parris, S. Schultz, J. Jones, A. Gordon, B. Dyer and H. Marshall. 2005. Behavioral effects and drug vulnerability in rats exposed to Pfiesteria toxin. Neurotoxicology & Teratology. 27:701-710.

Gordon et al. 2005. Characterization of ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 6463-6464.

Burkholder, Gordon et al. 2005. Demonstration of toxicity to fish and mammals by Pfiesteria species: Comparison of assay methods and multiple strains. PNAS 102: 3471-3476

Gordon, A.S. and B.J. Dyer. 2005. Relative contribution of exotoxin and micropredation to ichthyotoxicity of two strains of Pfiesteria shumwayae. Harmful Algae. 4:423-431. click for a PDF file of this article

Dryden,C.,A.S. Gordon,and J.R. Donat. 2004. Interactive regulation of dissolved copper toxicity by an estuarine microbial community. Limnology & Oceanography. 49: 1115-1122. click for a PDF file of this article

Burkholder J.M., P. Moeller, A.S. Gordon, A.J. Lewitus, J.S. Ramsdell, H.B. Glasgow, H.G. Marshall and S.L. Morton. 2004. Status of Pfiesteria Science, Including Tests of Pfiesteria shumwayae CCMP 2089 for Ichthyotoxicity and Toxin. J. Proc. Xth Intl. Conf. on Harmful Algae. 

Gordon, A.S., B.J. Dyer, D. Seaborn and H.G. Marshall. 2002. Comparative toxicity of Pfiesteria spp., prolonging toxicity of P. piscicida in culture and evaluation of toxin(s) stability. Harmful Algae. 1: 85-94.

Seaborn, D.W., W.M. Dunstan, H.G. Marshall, A.S. Gordon and A.M. Seaborn. 2001. Growth and Toxicity studies of the Dinoflagellate Cryptoperidiniopsis sp., Gyrodinium galatheanum, and Pfiesteria piscicida. Proc. 9th Intl. Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms.

Brown, A.C. and A.S. Gordon. 2001. Production of a novel copper-binding ligand by marine Synechococcus sp. in response to toxic concentrations of copper. Vir. J. Science. 52:259-272.

TEACHING

General Microbiology: Taught each Fall Semester 

Note to students: course syllabus, announcements, and lectures for General Microbiology will be posted on Blackboard (http://blackboard.odu.edu)

Microbial Ecology: Spring 2007

Microbial Ecology Laboratory: Spring 2007

Marine Microbiology (team taught with Fred Dobbs, Dept. Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science): Spring 2008

Links to some useful and fun microbiology web sites

• My faculty page
• Microbe Zoo and more - fun microbiology stuff
• The Biology of Microorganisms - the textbook for BIOL 315. Study support, practice questions etc.
• Bioscience Jump Site - many more links to microbiology and cell biology web sites.
• Cells Alive
• Microbes.info - The Microbiology Information Portal.

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Contact Information:

Office Telephone: (757) 683-3604
E-mail address:    AGORDON@odu.edu

Last update January 2008