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Bleakley, Bruce H.
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Degrees:
Ph.D., Agronomy, University of Florida, 1986
M.S., Soil Science, Michigan State University, 1981
B.S., Crop Science, Michigan State University, 1978
Postdoctoral Training:
- Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee-Center for Great Lakes Studies, 1986-May 1987
- Microbiology, University of Idaho, May 1987-December 1990
- Microbiology, University of Notre Dame-Center for Bioengineering and Pollution Control, January-July 1991
Address: NPB rm 251C, PO Box 2140D,
Department of Biology & Microbiology, SDSU
Brookings, SD 57007
Phone: 605-688-5498 (Office and Lab)
E-mail: Bruce_Bleakley@sdstate.edu
(Underscore between first and last names)
Weekly Schedule:
Spring-2005
Department Affiliations:
. Professor, Department of Biology & Microbiology , SDSU
. Professor, Department of Plant Science, SDSU
Teaching Responsibilities:
1) Micro 231: General Microbiology lecture (fall semester)
2) Micro 231L: General Microbiology Lab Section (fall and spring semester)
3) Micr 421/521: Soil Microbiology (spring semester)
4) Plant Science 421/521: Soil Microbiololgy (spring semester)
5) Micro 490: Senior Seminar (spring semester)
6) Advances In Microbiology-Various topics such as molecular microbial ecology
Research Interests: (Soil microbiology, microbial ecology; environmental microbiology)
1) Microbial processes in Prairie Pothole wetlands, including denitrification and sulfate reduction
2) Characterization of microbial communities in various environments (wetlands, arid soils, etc.)
3) Bacterial source tracking of E. coli in terrestrial and aquatic environments
4) Biological control of plant diseases (including Fusarium Head Blight of wheat) with beneficial bacteria and mechanisms of antagonism of the biocontrol bacteria
5) Study of the terrestrial luminescent bacterial genus Photorhabdus (Xenorhabdus luminescens)
6) Study of actinomycetes, especially the genus Streptomyces
Service Responsibilities:
1) Advisor, microbiology majors
2) Plant Science Department Lectureship Committee
Society Membership:
1) American Society for Microbiology
2) American Association for the Advancement of Science
3) Sigma Xi
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