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Section I: Facultative and obligatory anaerobic bacteria were isolated from the ground water of a sanitary landfill characterized by sandy soil and a periodically high water table. Isolates were examined for 63 characteristics and subject to numerical analysis. Eight clusters were established and correlations with conventional taxonomy were made. The Bacteriodaceae were found to be the dominant group of organisms by the methods employed. The anaerobic population was observed to decrease as the period of seasonal rainfall ended. At the same time, gram positive anaerobes were largely replaced with gram negative ones. Leaching between sampling sites (wells) made correlations between metabolic end products (observed by gas-liquid chromatography) and metabolites produced by the organisms in vitro, impossible. Attempts were made to modify the original test battery to create a smaller battery which would yield approximately the same groupings as the original battery. Clusters became less discreet with these modifications and probably unacceptable for detailed taxonomic work. Section II: An index is described which measure the "goodness of fit" of an organism within a phenon as established by numerical taxonomy. A hypothetical mean organism was established for each phenon. Similarity and relevance coefficients were generated between this hypothetical organism and each member of the phenon. The product of these two coefficients has been termed the Index of Relevance and Similarity (IRS). This index ranges from zero to unity and can be generated with two-state and/or multistate data.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 21, 2007). Advisor: Christopher J. Woolverton. Keywords: Bacillus, spores, electron beam irradiation, anthrax, liquid crystals, detection. Includes bibliographical references.

published_or_final_version / Civil Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Five species of methanogenic bacteria were analyzed for the presence of plasmid DNA. Several procedures for the detection and isolation of covalently closed circular plasmid DNA were modified for use with the methanogens.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: David L. Kirchman, College of Marine and Earth Studies. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: David L. Kirchman, College of Marine and Earth Studies. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics." Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-98).

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

abstract / Dentistry / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy