Degrees
PhD Cellular Biology
University of Georgia
MS Cellular Biology
University of Georgia
BS Biological Sciences
Florida State University
Research Interests
Discovery and characterization of bacteriophage for undergraduate science education and phage therapy development.
Selected Publications
Chen J, Gissendanner CR, Tikhe CV, Li H-F, Sun Q, Husseneder C (2022). Genomics and Geographic Diversity of Bacteriophages Associated With Endosymbionts in the Guts of Workers and Alates of Coptotermes Species (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.881538
Hanauer DI, Graham MJ, Arnold RJ, Ayuk MA, Balish MF, Beyer AR, Butela KA, Byrum CA, Chia CP, Chung HM, Clase KL, Conant S, Coomans RJ, D'Elia T, Diaz J, Diaz A, Doty JA, Edgington NP, Edwards DC, Eivazova E, Emmons CB, Fast KM, Fisher EJ, Fleischacker CL, Frederick GD, Freise AC, Gainey MD, Gissendanner CR, Golebiewska UP, Guild NA, Hendrickson HL, Herren CD, Hopson-Fernandes MS, Hughes LE, Jacobs-Sera D, Johnson AA, Kirkpatrick BL, Klyczek KK, Koga AP, Kotturi H, LeBlanc-Straceski J, Lee-Soety JY, Leonard JE, Mastropaolo MD, Merkhofer EC, Michael SF, Mitchell JC, Mohan S, Monti DL, Noutsos C, Nsa IY, Peters NT, Plymale R, Pollenz RS, Porter ML, Rinehart CA, Rosas-Acosta G, Ross JF, Rubin MR, Scherer AE, Schroeder SC, Shaffer CD, Sprenkle AB, Sunnen CN, Swerdlow SJ, Tobiason D, Tolsma SS, Tsourkas PK, Ward RE, Ware VC, Warner MH, Washington JM, Westover KM, White SJ, Whitefleet-Smith JL, Williams DC, Wolyniak MJ, Zeilstra-Ryalls JH, Asai DJ, Hatfull GF, Sivanathan V (2022). Instructional Models for Course-Based Research Experience (CRE) Teaching. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2022 Mar;21(1):ar8. doi: 10.1187/cbe.21-03-0057.
Tikhe CV, Gissendanner CR, Husseneder C (2018). Whole-Genome Sequence of the Novel Temperate Enterobacter Bacteriophage Tyrion, Isolated from the Gut of the Formosan Subterranean Termite. Genome Announcements 6(1). pii: e00839-17
Tikhe CV, Martin TM, Gissendanner CR, Husseneder C (2015). Complete Genome Sequence of Citrobacter Phage CVT22 Isolated from the Gut of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Genome Announcements. 16;3(4). pii: e00408-15
Tikhe CV, Gissendanner CR, Husseneder C (2018). Whole-Genome Sequence of the Novel Enterobacter Bacteriophage Arya with an Integrase Pseudogene, Isolated from the Gut of the Formosan Subterranean Termite. Genome Announcements 6(1). pii: e00838-17
Chris R. Gissendanner, Allison M.D. Wiedemeier, Paul D. Wiedemeier, Russell L. Minton, Swapan Bhuiyan#, Jeremy S. Harmson#, Ann M. Findley (2014). A web-based restriction endonuclease tool for mycobacteriophage cluster prediction. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 54(10):1140.