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THE ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF ENERGY SUBSTRATES: AN EXPLORATION INTO COALBED METHANOGENESIS, THE BIODETERIORATION OF DIESEL FUEL, AND BIOCORROSION
(2013-12)
Under anaerobic conditions the complete mineralization of energy substrate can be achieved by specialized individual microorganisms or through syntrophic partnerships involving bacteria and archaea that ultimately convert ...
THE ECO-PHYSIOLOGY, STRESS RESPONSE REGULATION, AND ENGINEERING OF SHEWANELLA SPECIES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
(2016-11-28)
In recent decades, there has been tremendous interest in applying environmental microbiology for waste treatment, bioremediation and sustainable energy production. As one of the most important model environmental microbes, ...
MULTI-SCALE REMOTE SENSING OF OPEN SURFACE WATER BODY AREA AND QUALITY
(2019-05-10)
Water is one of the most important resources for life. Climate change and climate variability have caused dramatic variations and significant trends in surface water resources, while global population growth and increased ...
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISTRIBUTION OF MYXOBACTERIA, THE EFFECT OF PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS ON SECONDARY METABOLITE EXPRESSION, AND DRIVERS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY
(2019)
The myxobacteria are Deltaproteobacteria capable of growing on a wide range of bacterial and fungal prey. To kill their prey, myxobacteria produce diverse secondary metabolites, many of which have medically desirable ...
An Assessment of Microbial Communities and Their Potential Activities Associated with Oil Producing Environments
(2015-06)
Microbial populations have been found in oil-associated environments as early as the 1920s. The proliferation and metabolic activities of these microorganisms can have profound deleterious effects on the infrastructure ...
RESPONSES OF SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES TO CLIMATE WARMING
(2017)
Strong scientific evidence supports that anthropogenic activities since industrialization have caused instability in earth’s climate, featured by increasing global surface temperature, increasing greenhouse gas concentration ...
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NITRATE REDUCING/DENITRIFYING BACTERIA FROM TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SOILS
(2012)
This dissertation addresses the long term impact of crude oil/brine (e.g. salt water) spills on biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in tallgrass prairie soils. The study sites were prairie soils that were accidently ...
Measuring the Impact of Microbial Communities and their Proliferation in Engineered Ecosystems
(2016-06)
The interactions between humans, the structures we build, and the microorganisms that inhabit these spaces are inescapable. Engineered ecosystems are classified broadly as any ecosystem built or managed by humans. Buildings ...
THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING AND EDDY COVARIANCE TECHNOLOGIES TO CHARACTERIZE CROPLAND, DROUGHT AND LAND MANAGEMENTS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS
(2017-05-12)
With the increasing population, human needs more food, fresh water, and other ecosystem services, which burdens the agricultural and natural ecosystems. Under the background of climate change, meeting these human needs ...
BIOFUELS (HYDROGEN AND ETHANOL) PRODUCTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM BY CELLULOSE BIOCONVERSION
(2018-05)
In view of the realization that fossil fuels reserves are limited, the dramatically increasing consumption of fossil fuels raised concerns for the energy security in the recent decades. Alternative energy generating options ...