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DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF TERRESTRIAL GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY USING REMOTE SENSING AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS
(2017-12)
Vegetation play a critical role in the interactions between atmosphere and biosphere. CO2 fixed by plants through photosynthesis process at ecosystem scale is termed as gross primary production (GPP). It is also the first ...
ENHANCING ALCOHOL PRODUCTION IN CLOSTRIDIUM CARBOXIDIVORANS STRAIN P7T AND THE ROLE OF TANDEM ADH GENES
(2014)
Clostridium carboxidivorans P7 is one of three microbial catalysts capable of fermenting synthesis gas (mainly CO, CO2 and H2) to produce the liquid biofuels ethanol and butanol. Gasification of feedstocks to produce ...
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ARABIDOPSIS NUCLEAR FACTOR-Y TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY
(2014-05-09)
NUCLEAR FACTOR-Y (NF-Y) transcription factors, composed of three independent families: NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC, have greatly expanded in plants in comparison to animals. For example, while humans have only one member of ...
ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: DROUGHT ASSESSMENT (REMOTE SENSING), FIELD MEASUREMENTS (EDDY COVARIANCE) AND MODELING (DNDC)
(2017-12-15)
Climate variability and management practices in isolation or in combination influence the properties of ecosystems and the flows of energy and materials through them. The goal of this dissertation is to better understand ...
SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE RESOLUTION VIEW OF GENE EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 UNDER VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
(2015-05-08)
We analyzed the transcriptome of Escherichia coli K-12 by strand-specific RNA sequencing at single-nucleotide resolution during logarithmic- growth and upon entry into stationary phase under carbon, nitrogen, and phosphate ...
Systems analysis of grass cell wall biosynthesis for biofuel production
(2017-05)
Grass cell walls play an important role in plant development, pathogen defense, and are an abundant and sustainable carbon source for biofuel production. Chapter 1 introduces the great impact of cell wall composition on ...
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS STUDIES OF CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM FOR LIGNOCELLULOSE BIOCONVERSION
(2016-12)
The astonishing consumption of fossil fuels arouses serious concerns over energy security and environmental sustainability. Lignocellulosic biofuel, as a sustainable and carbon-neutral energy that can be produced from ...
THE IMPACT OF LONG-TERM ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ON BELOWGROUND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AT CONTRAST NITROGEN CONDITIONS
(2017-12)
Global terrestrial ecosystems are subjected to various climate change factors, including the concurrent elevated CO2 (eCO2) and nitrogen deposition (eN). Despite the increasing appreciation that eCO2 and eN can interactively ...
ANAEROBACULUM HYDROGENIFORMANS: INSIGHTS INTO THE NOVEL BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ABILITY OF A THERMOPHILIC BIOCATALYST THAT CAN UTILIZE BOTH DEFINED AND UNDEFINED SUBSTRATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2011)
This body of work describes the bacterium Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans strain OS1, a novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, NaCl-requiring fermentative bacterium that was isolated from oil production water collected ...
BET-HEDGING IN HETEROCARPIC GRINDELIA CILIATA (ASTERACEAE)
(2017-05-12)
A challenge for all living organisms is to offset the fitness associated risks of environmental uncertainty. Bet-hedging strategies are adaptive in unpredictable environments and are documented in a wide range of taxa ...