Browsing by Author "Lutter, Erika I."
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Biochemical, physiological and structural characterization of AzoC, a novel azoreductase from Clostridium perfringens
Morrison, Jessica Marie (2015-05)Azo dyes are used throughout the paper, textile, food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries as artificial colorants and are characterized by the presence of an azo (double nitrogen) bond. Azoreductases are ... -
Ca2+ regulated antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Khanam, Sharmily S. (2017-07)Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen, causes life threatening infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Due to increased abundance of Ca2+ in CF lung, P. aeruginosa is surrounded with elevated Ca2+ that ... -
Chlamydia Trachomatis and Host Cell Egress
Behar, Amanda Rain (2016-12-01)Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequently reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Even after a C. trachomatis infection is treated, there is an increased risk for the development of pelvic inflammatory ... -
Cyanobacterial cyclic electron flow drives proton pumping through NDH-1 complexes
Miller, Neil (2020-12)In cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic organisms, cyclic electron flow (CEF) around Photosystem I (PSI) is a crucial mechanism for balancing the photosynthetically produced energy carriers NADPH and ATP that are utilized ... -
Effects of Bacterial Roles on the Formation of Disinfection By-Products Under Metal Induction and Biofilm Response to Antibiotics
Fu, Xiang (2019-05-01)This dissertation had studied the differences between chemical and biological reaction of DBP production and provide a mechanistic understanding for the sources of precursors under which DBP formation varies. This study ... -
Extrusion as a Mechanism of Host Immune Response Evasion in a Chlamydia trachomatis Murine Infection Model
Key, Charlotte Elise (2019-07)Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular organism that is the leading cause of preventable blindness and sexually transmitted bacterial infections. C. trachomatis exhibits a biphasic developmental cycle involving ... -
Insights into mechanisms of antifungal activity by innate immune cells
Nelson, Benjamin N. (2023-05)Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes over 180,000 annual deaths in HIV/AIDS patients. Innate phagocytes such as dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages are the first cells to interact with ... -
Survey on the Phenotypic Variability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis
Pascual, Elizabeth Grace Ochavillo (Oklahoma State University, 2015-05-01)Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common autosomal recessive genetic disorders, resulting in faulty chloride ion channels in the lungs. As a result, the lungs are severely compromised with viscous secretions leading ...