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The Inflamed Gut: An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Impact of Inflammation on Bacteriophage-Host Dynamics. 

Higgins, Keah (2020-05-15)
The intestinal microbiome is a diverse and dynamic microbial ecosystem residing within the gastrointestinal tract. The mammalian intestine is home to both commensal and opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms. The immune ...

Salmonella Bacteriophage-Resistance Genomic Analysis, Computational Approaches of Environmental Data, and Chicken Embryo Lethality Assay 

Kitchens, Steven (2024-04-29)
This dissertation is a coalescence of three individual projects with Salmonella being the only area that the projects have in common. Bacteriophage (phage) treatment for the reduction of multiple drug-resistant Salmonella ...

Sickness Behavior and the Metabolic Demand of Immunity: Insight from a Live Bacterial Infection Model. 

Johnson, Robert (2020-07-21)
Life-history theory states that animals have access to a finite amount of resources over their lifespan. These resources are allocated between growth, reproduction, and maintenance, and how these resources are allocated ...