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Stable isotope probing of the ovine rumen for RDX degrading microorganisms

Creator:: Mitchell, Edward A.
Abstract:: The anaerobic and highly reductive conditions found in the ovine rumen are considered favorable for the degradation of the nitroaromatic explosives such as hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX). In this study, we used stable-isotope-probing to determine the bacteria responsible for the degradation of RDX in the rumen. Results indicate 10 μg mL⁻¹ (45...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: responsible for the degradation of RDX in the rumen. Results indicate 10 μg mL-1 (45 μM) of 13C-RDX was

Evaluating Biochar for the Sustainable Treatment of Heavy Metals in Stormwater: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Barriers

Creator:: Burch, Sarah
Abstract:: Heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, and cadmium, are ubiquitous in stormwater and potentially toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations. Removal of heavy metals contamination by conventional treatment is expensive and does not always reduce metals concentrations low enough to ensure safety of all aquatic species. This research seeks...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Interaction of recombinant factor VIII and the nonionic surfactant Tween 80 at interfaces

Creator:: Joshi, Omkar
Abstract:: The role of the nonionic surfactant Tween 80 on the behavior of the therapeutic recombinant protein Factor VIII (rFVIII) was investigated at solid/liquid and air/water interfaces. In order to provide a model system to compare results obtained for the complicated rFVIII-Tween system, a well-characterized globular protein lysozyme was used. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: chicken egg white, was purchased from Sigma (Lot number 051K7028). Phosphate buffer (PB, 0.01 M) at pH 7

Patterns of carbon storage within a mature northern highbush blueberry production system

Creator:: Nemeth, Denise Alexandra
Abstract:: The objectives of this study were to: 1) determine how organic matter (incorporated vs. surface mulch) and nitrogen fertilization rate impact northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) plant biomass, carbon accumulation, plant losses and allocation, and mycorrhizal infection in mature plants, and 2) determine the magnitude of carbon fluxes (carbon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: advice. I would like to thank Gil Buller for his help with field work and for his time, friendship

Vegetation and soil microbial communities three years after wildfire in spruce-fir forests of northwestern Wyoming

Creator:: Hooke, Jennifer Suzanne
Abstract:: The Normalized Burn Ratio and Composite Burn Index were used to classify burn severity in three sites that experienced lightning-ignited wildfire in the year 2000. The effect of burn severity (unburned, low, moderate, and high severity classes) was investigated on vegetation and soil microbial community composition. Vegetation communities showed a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: span an elevational range of 2381-2636 m and slopes range from 4-32% across all aspects. 0 3 6 9 12

Evaluation of bioluminescence as a measure of bacterial cell density in porous media

Creator:: Uesugi, Sandra L.
Abstract:: Salicylate-induced, lux gene dependent bioluminescence was measured using a cooled charge-coupled device (CCD) camera to evaluate its potential as a quantitative measurement of cell density of Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44 in porous media. The CCD camera was able to detect bioluminescence from cell densities between 1x10⁶ and 1x10⁸ cells/ml in both...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in a 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask in 200 ml MMS containing 1 gIL glucose in a shaker incubator at 28° C

Mineral Surfaces as Agents of Environmental Proteolysis: Mechanisms and Controls

Creator:: Chacon, Stephany S.
Abstract:: The bottleneck in the turnover of soil organic matter (SOM) is the conversion of large molecular compounds into smaller compounds that can be transported through a cell membrane of a microbe for processing. Once inside the cell, organic compounds can be converted into biomass or be respired. The microbial depolymerization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . M. Ahmed, M.Jaramillo and M. Kleber contributed to the writing of chapter one publication. R. Chu

Ecology and applications of cutaneous mechanisms of resistance to amphibian chytridiomycosis

Creator:: Nebergall, Emily E.
Abstract:: Amphibian biodiversity is in rapid global decline, due in part to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Susceptibility to Bd and chytridiomycosis varies between species and populations. Skin peptides and symbiotic skin bacteria appear to be important mechanisms of Bd resistance. However, not much is known about...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Determinants of microbial community structure and substrate utilization potential in soils of vegetable cropping systems

Creator:: Schutter, Mary E.
Abstract:: The Oregon Long-Term Soil Quality Project was initiated to identify soil properties that respond rapidly to alternative management practices. Such practices included winter cover cropping, which was implemented at two experimental research stations and several grower fields throughout the Willamette Valley. The goal of this thesis was to identify the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the years of friendship given to me by my previous office mates: Gil Buller, for his wit and

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Stable isotope probing of the ovine rumen for RDX degrading microorganisms

Evaluating Biochar for the Sustainable Treatment of Heavy Metals in Stormwater: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Barriers

Interaction of recombinant factor VIII and the nonionic surfactant Tween 80 at interfaces

Patterns of carbon storage within a mature northern highbush blueberry production system

Vegetation and soil microbial communities three years after wildfire in spruce-fir forests of northwestern Wyoming

Evaluation of bioluminescence as a measure of bacterial cell density in porous media

Mineral Surfaces as Agents of Environmental Proteolysis: Mechanisms and Controls

Ecology and applications of cutaneous mechanisms of resistance to amphibian chytridiomycosis

Determinants of microbial community structure and substrate utilization potential in soils of vegetable cropping systems

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