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The Signaling Role of Divalent Cations in Clostridium perfringens Spore Germination

Creator:

Almatrafi, Roua

Abstract:

Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic, gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium that leads to a broad range of diseases in humans and animals [23, 27, 50]. Among seven C. perfringens types (type A-G), type F is known to be the most common bacteria that is responsible for causing human food-borne disease outbreaks...

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Masters Thesis

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cooked meat media (Difco, BD Diagnostic Systems, Sparks, MD, USA) and stored at -20°C. Spore
Bacterial Predation in Host Microbiomes

Creator:

Welsh, Rory M.

Abstract:

In host-associated microbiomes, the mechanisms that regulate community composition or the principles that govern dynamics remain far from clear. However, understanding how the structure of microbial communities shift as the system moves away from a healthy state is critical to assessing disease progression and to formulate any potential mitigation strategy....

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Dissertation
Host-pathogen Interactions of Respiratory RNA Viruses and the Application of Recombinase Polymerase Amplification for Viral Diagnostics

Creator:

Prescott, Meagan A.

Abstract:

Humans and viral disease are inextricably intertwined. Viral disease plays an immeasurable role in human life, from the disease and economic burden associated with every facet of contending with human viral disease, to managing the consequences of viral disease in organisms important to our food supply, economy, and entertainment. The...

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Dissertation