Erika Ganda
Assistant Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes

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308 AVBS
University Park, PA 16802 - ganda@psu.edu
- 814-865-4084
Research Summary
Developing practical ways to leverage the microbiome to improve food safety and improve food production animals' production efficiency.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Microbiome Center
- Center for Reproductive Biology and Health
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Integrative and Biomedical Physiology
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
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Publication Tags
Milk Dna Microbiota Poultry Genes Food Salmonella Enterica Metformin Genome Rumen Fluoroquinolones Brazil Salmonella Methodology Sheep Mucins Fluids Cephalosporins Mycoplasma Ovipneumoniae Enterococcus Faecium Nucleic Acids Lactobacillus Reuteri Fluid Gastrointestinal Microbiome CattleMost Recent Publications
The association of hyperketonemia with fecal and rumen microbiota at time of diagnosis in a case-control cohort of early lactation cows
Asha M. Miles, Jessica A.A. McArt, Svetlana F. Lima, Rafael C. Neves, Erika Ganda, 2022, BMC Veterinary Research
Metformin modulates the gut microbiome in broiler breeder hens
Emily Van Syoc, Evelyn Weaver, Connie Jo Rogers, Justin Silverman, Ramesh Ramachandran, Erika Ganda, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
Effect of Intramammary Dry Cow Antimicrobial Treatment on Fresh Cow’s Milk Microbiota in California Commercial Dairies
Carl Basbas, Sharif Aly, Emmanuel Okello, Betsy M. Karle, Terry Lehenbauer, Deniece Williams, Erika Ganda, Martin Wiedmann, Richard V. Pereira, 2022, Antibiotics
Draft genome sequences of 25 Salmonella enterica serovar Agona strains isolated from poultry and associated food products harbouring multiple antibiotic resistance genes
Abubakar Siddique, Nimat Ullah, Amjad Ali, Ami Patel, Terence Moore, Sophia M. Kenney, Erika Ganda, Abdur Rahman, 2022, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance on p. 131-135
Global metagenomics analyses demonstrate metformin-induced changes in the gut mycobiome in subjects with type 2 diabetes
Emily Van Syoc, Connie J. Rogers, Erika Ganda, 2022, FASEB Journal
The first Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae recovered from a sheep with respiratory disease in Brazil – draft genome and genomic analysis
Natália C. Gaeta, Ana Marcia de Sá Guimarães, Jorge Timenetsky, Stephanie Clouser, Lilian Gregory, Erika Ganda, 2022, Veterinary Research Communications
Lactobacillus reuteri and enterococcus faecium from poultry gut reduce mucin adhesion and biofilm formation of cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone-resistant salmonella enterica
Abubakar Siddique, Sara Azim, Amjad Ali, Fazal Adnan, Maryum Arif, Muhammad Imran, Erika Ganda, Abdur Rahman, 2021, Animals on p. 3435
DNA extraction and host depletion methods significantly impact and potentially bias bacterial detection in a biological fluid
Erika Ganda, Kristen Beck, Niina Haiminen, J Silverman, Ban Kawas, Brittany Cronk, Renee Anderson, Laura Goodman, Martin Wiedmann, 2021, mSystems
Choice of commercial dna extraction method does not affect 16s sequencing outcomes in cloacal swabs
Emily Van Syoc, Natália Carrillo Gaeta, Erika Ganda, 2021, Animals on p. 1372
A Cross-Sectional Study of Dairy Cattle Metagenomes Reveals Increased Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals Farmed in a Heavy Metal Contaminated Environment
Natalia Carrillo Gaeta, Emily Bean, Asha Marie Miles, Daniel Ubriaco Oliveira Gonçalves de Carvalho, Mario Augusto Reyes Alemán, Jeferson Silva Carvalho, Lilian Gregory, Erika Ganda, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
News Articles Featuring Erika Ganda
Dec 22, 2022
2022 Top 10 Most Popular Microbiome Center News Articles
The stories that made the year in 2022 for the Penn State Microbiome Center
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May 25, 2022
Three Physiology Students Awarded USDA Fellowships
Three graduate students in the Huck Institutes' Integrative and Biomedical Physiology program have recently been awarded fellowships by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support their continued research.
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Mar 02, 2022
Students in Department of Animal Science receive accolades for research
There are many opportunities to participate in undergraduate- and graduate-level research in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Graduate students Emily Van Syoc and Sophia Kenney are among those reaping the numerous benefits.
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