Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Düsseldorf, Universiẗat, Diss., 2002.

Bacteria are known for their abilities to influence the geochemical processes and affect the mobility of contaminants in the subsurface. Arthrobacter strain G975 was studied to improve our understanding of their effect on uranium’s fate and transport. The research experimentally identified and compared several parameters, including cell growth rate, cell viability, and the bacteria partition coefficient, Kd, under various uranium and bicarbonate concentrations mimicking Hanford Site subsurface environmental conditions, as well as the microbes ability to interact with uranyl phosphate minerals. The results show that the G975 strain can uptake up to 90% of the U(VI) concentrations tested, following linear isotherm models whose uptake capacity was measured up to 150.2 ± 71.4 mg/g and decreased with increasing bicarbonate concentrations. AFM and SEM/EDS analysis confirmed surface membrane uranium precipitates. The research presented here is part of a large effort to advance the understanding of the biogeochemistry processes and plausible remediation strategies concerning uranium contamination.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Stuttgart, Univ., Diss., 2000.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-106).

Universiẗat, Diss., 2001--Stuttgart.

This thesis consists of one major section with two subsections. The first subsection investigates the activity of Arthrobacter globiformis aspartate transcarbamylase's specific activity with increasing concentrations of the enzyme's substrate. Dihydroorotase (DHOase) activity was also measured with increasing concentrations of the substrate dihydroorotate. The second subsection collected data in order to classify the enzyme, resulting in a classification into the category of class A ATCases with bifunctional ATCase-DHOase complexes. The thesis provides evidence to broaden understanding of the ATCase and DHOase enzymes for members of the family that Arthrobacter belongs to.

Thesis--University of Florida. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-80).

As antimicrobial resistance persistently disrupts the treatment of microbial infection, identifying novel drugs with novel modes of action is critical to getting ahead of resistance. The primary goal of this project is to extract and identify novel chemical products produced by Arthrobacter sp. TAJX1902, particularly antimicrobial metabolites. Although underexplored, Arthrobacter sps. have been shown to produce bioactive compounds of great versatility; one such is a depsipeptide with quorum-sensing inhibitory activity.1 In this research, Arthrobacter sp. TAJX1902 isolated from a soil sample showed inhibitory activity against a filamentous indicator-type bacterium and a violacein-producing Janthinobacterium sp. A. sp. TAJX1902 was cultured using rich medium broth and agar and extracted with solvents of varying polarity. Characterization of purified bioactive compounds from A. sp. TAJX1902 was done via spectroscopic techniques, including 1D and 2D-NMR spectroscopy, FTIR, and GCMS analysis. The A. sp. TAJX1902 was found to produce pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-1,4-dione,hexahydro-3-(2-methylpropyl), and five other bioactive cyclic dipeptides (CDP).