Microbiology Honors Theses and Research Papers
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Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, their ecology, diversity, global distribution, their relationship to disease and food safety, and their beneficial uses in biotechnology and the production of foods, drugs and fuels. Many career paths are available to Microbiology graduates. This major, known as Bacteriology through 2007, is based in the Bacteriology Department.
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Spatial Variation of Microbial Communities in Lake Tanganyika, Africa
(2017-06-13)Lake Tanganyika is a 1400 m deep fresh water lake in Africa's rift valley containing the world's largest amount of anoxic freshwater. Anaerobic freshwater systems often contain unique endemic bacterial taxa, including ... -
Analyzing the protective effect of foods on Salmonella enterica transmission
(2014)One of the most significant hurdles foodbome pathogens encounter is the acid barrier of the stomach. Salmonella, unlike other pathogens like E. coli 0157:H7 has a high infectious dose and is sensitive to low pH (pH 2). ... -
Function of a Nematode Intestine Localization Protein in Nematode Colonizing Xenorhabdus nematophila
(2012)The bacterium Xenorhabdlus nematophila forms a mutualistic relationship with a nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. This association is species specific; S. carpocapsae can only be colonized by X. nematophila, and not by ... -
Overexpression of the rnf operon of Rhodobacter sphaeroides to increase hydrogen production
(2013)Hydrogen has the potential to be a renewable fuel when produced by photosynthetic bacteria. Rhodobacter sphaeroides can produce hydrogen via the nitrogenase enzyme. In this research, several methods are used to attempt to ... -
Transmission ratio distortion in the hybrid offspring of three mouse subspecies
(2010)A crucial component of understanding the origin or new species is understanding how reproductive isolation evolves between divergent populations. The relative importance of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities as compared ... -
Second Sphere Effects of O2 Activation in Stearoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Delta9 Desaturase
(2008)Stearoyl-acyl carrier protein Delta9 desaturase (Delta9D) from Ricinus communis converts stearic acid into monounsaturated oleic acid and functions to maintain the lipid composition of the cell membrane. While the desaturase ... -
Starvation responses of invasive and non-invasive Eurytemora affinis populations
(2007)Within the past century, the copepod Eurytemora affinis have invaded freshwater from saline sources throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Two genetically divergent clades (Atlantic and North Atlantic) of E. affinis coexist ... -
Protein-DNA interactions involved in the initiation of DNA replication
(2007)DNA synthesis is a complex process that is regulated at the stage of initiation of DNA replication. In bacteria, replication initiation occurs at the origin of replication (ori), where multiple molecular interactions occur. ...
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