Degree:   

Ph.D. Land Resources and Environmental Science

Thesis Title   

Detection of Cyanobacterial Ecotypes in a Hot Spring Microbial Mat Using Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST)

Abstract:   

There has been an ongoing debate about what constitutes the fundamental unit or a species in microbiology. Past research by Dave Ward and Fred Cohan has suggested that known bacterial species can be further broken down and classified into ecotypes; populations defined by a particular ecology. Work has been done on the 16S rRNA and ITS regions of the genomes of A-type and B-type cyanobacteria from Yellowstone National Park, however this has not led to a definitive definition of what constitutes an ecotype on the genomic level. The current studying uses a molecular technique, MLST to achieve higher resolution in determining what the fundamental ecological units/clusters are in the hot spring mat.

Major Advisor(s):   

Dr. Dave Ward

      Degree:   

 B.S. Biology

Where:   

 Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Thesis Title:   

The Effects of CO2 Sequestration and Methane Emissions in a Secondary Forest of the Ecuadorian Amazon: A Cost/Benefit Analysis.

Abstract:   

Major Advisor(s): 

Dr. Joseph Vogel and Dr. John Main

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