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GlpR Regulates the Glyoxylate Pathway and Virulence Factor Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2012-05-10)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa establishes life-long infection in the CF lung by utilizing various adaptation strategies ...
Assessing Some Key Approaches Used to Monitor and Study Populations of Birds
(2012-01-10)
Efforts to monitor birds and determine their distributions often make assumptions that allow for inference into parameters of interest but necessitate that potentially confounding factors be ignored. In any scientific ...
Functional Genomics of Soil Bacteria using a Metagenomics Approach
(2012-07-31)
Soil microbial communities are an abundant resource for natural product discovery. Traditional methods such as cultivation of soil microorganisms from soil under laboratory conditions have lead to discovery of new compounds ...
Seeing stars: a molecular and morphological investigation of the Odontasteridae (Asteroidea)
(2012-05-16)
Odontasterids (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) comprise a clade described by A.E. Verrill in 1899 and are placed within Valvatida, a derived assemblage of sea stars. Boasting a worldwide distribution, Odontasterids are found ...
The Ecology and Evolution of Coral-Associated Apicomplexans
(2012-12-05)
Apicomplexans are protists within the eukaryotic supergroup S.A.R. that infect a wide- range of animal species and can cause disease. Although apicomplexans are an important parasitic group, little is published regarding ...
Tritrichomonas foetus: Search for a Potential Reservoir Host in Wild and Captive Rodents
(2012-10-31)
Tritrichomonas foetus is a parasitic protist that has economic importance because it causes a venereal disease in cattle and a bowel disease in domestic cats. The source of infection for feline populations is unknown; one ...
Cytokinin Response Factor 4: A Role in Development During Cold Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2012-07-20)
Cold stress is a major cause of crop loss annually in the United States such that a detailed study
of the mechanisms and genes behind these stresses are essential for improvement of crop plants.
This thesis investigated ...
Molecular Interactions between phage and the catfish pathogen Edwardsiella ictaluri and Comparative Genomics of Epidemic strains of Aeromonas hydrophila
(2012-12-05)
Edwardsiella ictaluri causes Enteric Septicemia of Catfish (ESC) which is responsible for significant economic loss of the catfish aquaculture industry in the southeastern United States. A better diagnostic tool is required ...
Diving tourism on coral reefs in Florida: Variation in recreational diver behavior and impacts on reef corals
(2012-04-06)
Ecotourism often is promoted as an ecologically-friendly use of natural resources, however if not managed carefully, can cause negative impacts to ecosystems. In the Florida Keys, minimal government involvement in regulating ...
Habitat Associations of Birds of North America
(2012-09-28)
I examined habitat associations of woodpeckers (Picidae) and warblers (Parulidae) on Redstone Arsenal, Madison County, Alabama. I used maps derived from satellite imagery to construct models of habitats occupied by the ...