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  • Deciphering the Function of New Gonorrhea Vaccine Candidates in Cell Envelope Homeostasis

    Creator:
    Baarda, Benjamin I.
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    Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the sexually transmitted pathogen responsible for millions of cases of gonorrhea worldwide each year. Rapidly-spreading antibiotic resistance is diminishing the ability to effectively treat a disease with significant consequences to female and male reproductive health, as well as to neonatal well-being. A protective vaccine has the potential...
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    Dissertation

  • Disease models and infectious phenotypes of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

    Creator:
    Everman, Jamie L.
    Abstract:
    Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causative agent of Johne's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects ruminant populations worldwide. The characteristic stages of the disease make diagnosis difficult, resulting in silent transmission among animals in a herd for years before proper detection of the infection. The extensive...
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    Dissertation
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    , Rashmi Gupta, Jessica Chinison, Michael McNamara, and Laura Hauck, your suggestions, brainstorming

  • Identification and characterization of type III effector proteins in plant-associated bacteria

    Creator:
    Thomas, William J.
    Abstract:
    Symbioses between microbes and multicellular eukaryotes are found in all biomes, and encompass a spectrum of symbiotic lifestyles that includes parasitism and disease, commensalism, and mutually beneficial interdependent host-microbe relationships. Regardless of outcome, these symbiotic lifestyles are governed by a complex molecular "courtship" between microbe and potential host. This courtship...
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    Dissertation
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    . ................................................... 48 Figure 3.1. Analysis of M. loti MAFF303099 genome for evidence of HGT events. ........... 66