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Full-Text Articles in Microbiology
Soil Moisture Sensitivity Of Microbial Processing Of Soil Organic Carbon, Shikha Singh
Soil Moisture Sensitivity Of Microbial Processing Of Soil Organic Carbon, Shikha Singh
Doctoral Dissertations
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest terrestrial C pool and understanding SOC decomposition in response to environmental factors is critical for accurate predictions of climatic change. Soil moisture is one of the most important, yet less explored, environmental factors controlling soil microbial respiration. The relationship between soil moisture and respiration also varies with soil texture. Currently, it is difficult to predict feedbacks to climatic changes from changes in soil moisture, as most earth system models lack site-specific, experimentally-derived parameters to represent soil moisture-texture-respiration relationships. The overarching goals of this dissertation are to gain a fundamental understanding of the interactive …
Root Phosphomonoesterase As A Vital Component Of Increasing Phosphorus Availability In Tropical Forests, Kristine Grace Manno Cabugao
Root Phosphomonoesterase As A Vital Component Of Increasing Phosphorus Availability In Tropical Forests, Kristine Grace Manno Cabugao
Doctoral Dissertations
Tropical forests, relative to other terrestrial ecosystems, exchange the largest amount of carbon with the atmosphere and also constitute a significant carbon sink. However, nutrient limitation, particularly of phosphorus (P), could limit growth of tropical forests and their function with the global carbon cycle. Thus, understanding root mechanisms to acquire P is necessary to representing the P cycle and corresponding interactions with plant growth. A large portion of total soil P in tropical forests occurs in organic forms, only accessible through root and microbial production of phosphatase enzymes. These phosphatase enzymes mineralize organic P into orthophosphate, the form of P …
Phytophthora Capsici In Tennessee: Fungicide Resistance, Population Genetics And Cultural Control, Timothy Brent Siegenthaler
Phytophthora Capsici In Tennessee: Fungicide Resistance, Population Genetics And Cultural Control, Timothy Brent Siegenthaler
Masters Theses
Phytophthora capsici, a plant pathogenic oomycete, is the causal agent of the vegetable disease Phytophthora blight of pepper and cucurbits. Since the identification of P. capsici in 1922, a significant amount of research has been conducted to understand its biology and disease management. Despite this, little research had been conducted on this species in the state of Tennessee. Three studies were done from 2018 to 2020, focusing on fungicide resistance, population genetics, and testing management strategies in the field. In 2018 and 2019 a total of 248 isolate of P. capsici were collected from five counties in Tennessee. These isolates …
Needles In A Haystack Of Protein Diversity: Interrogation Of Complex Biological Samples Through Specialized Strategies In Bottom-Up Proteomics Uncover Peptides Of Interest For Diverse Applications, Manuel I. Villalobos Solis
Needles In A Haystack Of Protein Diversity: Interrogation Of Complex Biological Samples Through Specialized Strategies In Bottom-Up Proteomics Uncover Peptides Of Interest For Diverse Applications, Manuel I. Villalobos Solis
Doctoral Dissertations
Peptide identification is at the core of bottom-up proteomics measurements. However, even with state-of the-art mass spectrometric instrumentation, peptide level information is still lost or missing in these types of experiments. Reasons behind missing peptide identifications in bottom-up proteomics include variable peptide ionization efficiencies, ion suppression effects, as well as the occurrence of chimeric spectra that can lower the efficacy of database search strategies. Peptides derived from naturally abundant proteins in a biological system also have better chances of being identified in comparison to the ones produced from less abundant proteins, at least in regular discovery-based proteomics experiments. This dissertation …