Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "soil"
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The genomics of soil-persistant E. coli
(NUI Galway, 2020-11-19)Escherichia coli’s remarkable ability to thrive both in the gut and in soil confounds many assumptions made about the bacterium’s ecological niche specialisation, and a growing body of research has challenged the long-held ... -
Linking microbially mediated soil organic matter turnover and nitrogen mineralisation to phosphorus and pH management in grassland soils
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-10)Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plant growth that is often limiting in agricultural production systems. While soil organic matter (SOM) represents a large terrestrial store of N, N stored in SOM is not directly ... -
Overlaps in the regulatory networks of Listeria monocytogenes in response to environmental cues
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-30)The facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a highly adaptable organism widely distributed in the environment. The ingestion of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes by at-risk individuals can ...