UMBC An Honors University in Maryland
UMBC Biological Sciences
Harold Schreier
Contact Information
Office: Columbus Center Baltimore, MD
Phone: 410-234-8874
Harold Schreier
Associate Professor
Postdoctoral, Molecular Biology, Tufts University Health Science Campus, 1986; Ph.D., Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1983; B.S.. Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1978
Selected publications

Schreier H. J., K. Saito and N. Mirzoyan. (2010) Microbial diversity of biological filters in recirculating aquaculture systems. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 21:318-325.
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Tal, Y., H. J. Schreier, K. R. Sowers , J. D. Stubblefield, A. R. Place and Y. Zohar.  (2009) Environmentally sustainable, fully contained, land-based marine aquaculture.  Aquaculture 286: 28-35.
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Morrison, M. M, Y. Tal and H. J. Schreier.  (2008) Stimulating denitrification in marine recirculating aquaculture systems using granular starch as a carbon source. International Journal of Recirculating Aquaculture 9:23-41.
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Van Rijn, J., Y. Tal and H. J. Schreier. (2006) Denitrification in recirculating systems: theory and applications. Aquacultural Engineering 34: 364-376.
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K. Neelon, H. J. Schreier, H. Meekins, P. M. Robinson and M. F. Roberts (2005). Compatible solute effects on thermostability of glutamine synthetase and aspartate transcarbamoylase from Methanococcus jannaschii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics. 1753: 164-173
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Tal, Y., J. E. Watts and H. J. Schreier (2005) Anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and related activity in Baltimore Inner Harbor sediment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 1816-1821
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Tal, Y., S. B. Schreier, J. E. Watts, K. A. Sowers and H. J. Schreier (2003) Characterization of the biofilter microbial community associated with a closed recirculated aquaculture system. Aquaculture: 215:187-202
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Robertson, P., K. Neelon, H. J. Schreier, and M. Roberts (2001) ß-Glutamate as a substrate for glutamine synthetase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol, 67: 4458-4463
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Sakuraba, H., E. Utsumi, H. J. Schreier, and T. Ohshima (2001) Transcriptional regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate synthase by maltose in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus. J. Biosci. Bioeng., 92: 108-113
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Harwood, V. J. and H. J. Schreier (2001) Prolyl oligopeptidase from Pyrococcus furiosus: Purification and characterization. Meth. Enzymol., 330: 445-454.

Schreier, H. J., S. A. Caruso, and K. C. Maier (2000) Control of Bacillus subtilis glutamine synthetase expression by glnR from Staphylococcus aureus. Curr. Microbiol., 41: 425-429
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Schreier, H. J., A. M. Romashko, K. A. Bidle and G. V. Patel (1999). Heterologous expression in the Archaea: Transcription from Pyrococcus furiosus gdh and mlrA promoters in Haloferax volcanii. Extremophiles, 3:11-19
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Sowers, K. A. and H. J. Schreier (1999). Gene transfer systems for the Archaea. Trends in Microbiology. 7:212-219
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