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Andrade Meirelles, Lucas (2022) The Nuanced Effects of Redox-Active Metabolites on Bacterial Physiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/67p2-q992. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02152022-081613451

Angeles-Albores, David (2019) A Theory of Genetic Analysis Using Transcriptomic Phenotypes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JRNS-NS05. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10232018-150005837

Augustyn, Katherine Emily (2007) Fundamental Mechanisms and Biological Applications of DNA-Mediated Charge Transport. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AYHS-7Q13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282007-225441

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Basta, David Wagdi (2019) Genetic Determinants of Growth Arrest Survival in the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Role of Proteases. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/K6X1-GS91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282019-090132145

Barnes, Stephanie Loos (2018) Decoding the Regulatory Genome: Quantitative Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation in Escherichia coli. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/D13T-7868. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292018-133205686

Babin, Brett Michael (2016) Bioorthogonal Noncanonical Amino Acid Tagging for Selective Analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Proteome. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z94X55S1. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05062016-131543245

Bialecka-Fornal, Maja I. (2013) Single-Cell Analysis of the Physiology of Mechanosensation in Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7SRD-WS94. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05142013-213725125

Brenner, Sarah Katherine (2009) Engineering Synthetic Biofilm-Forming Microbial Consortia. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PMZ3-4Z96. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04212009-104756

Bosak, Tanja (2005) Laboratory Models of Microbial Biosignatures in Carbonate Rocks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/NJ3F-PJ25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12102004-144939

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Chadwick, Grayson Lee (2021) How to Beat Diffusion: Explorations of Energetics and Spatial Relationships in Microbial Ecosystems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/svrp-rb07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07182020-211405749

Chure, Griffin Daniel (2020) The Molecular Biophysics of Evolutionary and Physiological Adaptation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q8h6-xr92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022020-102020436

Chen, Wen (2019) Proteomics Profiling and Functional Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Excreted/Secreted Proteins. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WTMK-7M75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06072019-035956740

Campbell, Kate Marie (2007) Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization in Haiwee Reservoir Sediments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/T3WC-DA42. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12182006-102819

Croal, Laura Rosemary (2005) Fe(II) Oxidation by Anaerobic Phototrophic Bacteria: Molecular Mechanisms and Geological Implications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PW00-W724. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06062005-011632

Ching, Weng Ki (2001) Disinfection by Pulsed Power Discharges. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RV3M-0849. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07252005-142630

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Donaldson, Gregory Paul (2018) Colonization of the Intestinal Surface by Indigenous Microbiota. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6EZ0-3007. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05082018-122340793

Dekas, Anne Elizabeth (2013) Diazotrophy in the Deep: An Analysis of the Distribution, Magnitude, Geochemical Controls, and Biological Mediators of Deep-Sea Benthic Nitrogen Fixation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/H9F5-T161. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12192012-141624638

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Glasser, Nathaniel Robert (2017) Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Survival in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9SN070S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312017-133325449

Grodick, Michael Andrew (2016) DNA-Mediated Charge Transport Signaling Within the Cell. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9F769GX. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07192015-214603085

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Hui, Yue (2023) Applications of Genetically Engineered Bacillus subtilis in Biocatalysis and Functional Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/cdja-ck19. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07272022-064642720

Huber, Ferdinand Michael (2019) Molecular Basis for Ribosomal Protein Protection from Cellular Degradation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4S7C-V170. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242019-115311540

Herrera, Nadia (2017) Structure and Function of the Mycobacterial Mechanosensitive Channel of Large Conductance, MscL. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9JH3J77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05162017-130844945

Huang, Jean Jing (2007) Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signal Degradation by Soil and Clinical Pseudomonas sp. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fjr6-5f51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04162007-092010

Hernández, Maria Eugenia (2004) Mechanisms of Indirect Mineral Reduction by Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G5P3-ER69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06042004-011242

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Johnson, Jena Elaine (2015) Manganese: Minerals, Microbes, and the Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RF5S0X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05182015-162708844

Jiao, Yongqin (2007) Physiological and Mechanistic Studies of Phototrophic Fe(II) Oxidation in Purple Non-sulfur Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XC8V-K304. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01242007-141030

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Kopf, Sebastian Hermann (2015) From Lakes to Lungs: Assessing Microbial Activity in Diverse Environments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HQ3WV6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182014-160835979

Kreamer, Naomi N. (2015) Ferrous Iron Sensing and Responding in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9DN4324. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03092015-135659710

Kopp, Robert Evans, III (2007) The Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Biogeomagnetism. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/83R3-VB23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04122007-135320

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Liaw, Eric Jer-Jiun (2023) A Novel, Rapid Phenotypic Assay for a Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Susceptibility and an Analysis of its Theoretical Limits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qhvg-7q92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05112023-130637882

Lingappa, Usha Farey (2021) Manganese Through Time and Other Stories Concerning Cyanobacteria and the World Around Them. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9ysw-jt52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012021-160326752

Liu, Xinran (2020) Cell-Selective Proteomic Profiling in Complex Biological Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/p18t-5j69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282020-112303076

Lucey, Kaitlyn Shae (2014) Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase-Assisted Cleavage of Aromatics by "Anaerobic" Termite Gut Spirochetes and Genomic Evidence of a Complete Meta-Pathway. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KQB3-7010. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10262013-152651094

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Marken, John Paul (2023) Experimental and Theoretical Frameworks for Enabling Environmental Synthetic Biology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/h50w-p058. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292023-181810775

Meyerowitz, Joseph Toshiro (2023) Engineering and Rapid Prototyping for Biology in Extreme Conditions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9gbb-n831. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12022022-073109279

Mullin, Sean William Alexander (2021) Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microorganisms Living Along Steep Energy Gradients and Implications for Ecology and Geologic Preservation in the Deep Biosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/f3k8-ck13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09232020-172452048

Magyar, Paul Macdonald (2017) Insights into Pathways of Nitrous Oxide Generation from Novel Isotopologue Measurements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93776RJ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262017-143517395

Marlow, Jeffrey James (2016) Physical, Metabolic, and Energetic Investigations of Methane-Metabolizing Microbial Communities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9W66HPS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07212015-103405937

Malasarn, Davin (2007) Molecular and Environmental Studies of Bacterial Arsenate Respiration. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6PAA-PF90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02232007-132917

Meinhold, Peter (2005) Engineering Cytochrome P450 BM-3 for Selective Hydroxylation of Alkanes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/aats-ca30. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06032005-113204

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Nash, Cody Zane (2008) Mechanisms and Evolution of Magnetotactic Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9M6S-MS85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282008-140316

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Perry, Elena Kim (2021) Mechanisms and Consequences of Bacterial Resistance to Natural Antibiotics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/tv8n-kr43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04152021-173245433

Price-Whelan, Alexa Mari (2009) Physiology and Mechanisms of Pyocyanin Reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N42E-M534. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02182009-100346

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Razo-Mejia, Manuel (2022) Physical Biology of Cellular Information Processing. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kpc2-b345. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08242021-212609828

Ramesh, Pradeep (2019) Imaging and Control of Engineered Cells using Magnetic Fields. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KY00-7Y74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052019-181520170

Rojansky, Rebecca Bloom (2016) A Core Mitophagic Machinery Promotes Selective Degradation of Paternal Mitochondria in Mouse Embryos and MEF Cells. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96Q1V75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04292016-193643737

Romano, Christine Anne (2011) DNA-Mediated Charge Transfer Between [4Fe-4S] Cluster Glycosylases. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/63TC-FN74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04032011-125158842

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Sanders, Cecilia Brooke (2023) Geological and Geochemical Explorations of the Salitre Formation Phosphorite, Eastern Brazil. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rd4m-7x08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07202022-060317708

Sarai, Nicholas Singh (2023) Engineering Cytochrome P450BM3 for Oxidation and Silicon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Volatile Methylsiloxanes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/gn1j-fz77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05152023-034200704

Savela, Emily Sue (2022) Nucleic Acid Measurements for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing and Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vp9a-n206. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10072021-173853251

Saunders, Scott Harrison (2020) Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/P4Z5-5445. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04022020-212557295

Silva, Rebekah Miriam Brawer (2020) Attributes of the [4Fe4S] Cofactor Coordinated by UvrC, a DNA Repair Enzyme. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/r0j6-jk09. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082020-163907557

Satsanarukkit, Penvipha (2014) Development of Integrated Parylene Fluidic Devices for Use as a Microbial Monitoring System in Wastewater Treatment. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z98G8HPQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312014-143352981

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Tsypin, Lev Maximovich (2023) The Discovery and Biological Mechanisms of a Widespread Phenazine's Oxidation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rmsf-e465. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01202023-073514292

Tookmanian, Elise M. (2022) Investigation of the Roles of Hopanoids in the Lifecycle of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens in the Context of Climate Change. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/h0xe-jb65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09072021-015258902

Teal, Tracy Kristin (2007) Studies of the Spatial Organization of Metabolism in Shewanella oneidensis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2gdf-yh13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05312007-190155

Tobias, Alexander Vincent (2006) Directed Evolution of Biosynthetic Pathways to Carotenoids with Unnatural Carbon Backbones. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WF0Q-2J98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08232005-174620

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Wang, Grace Zimu (2024) Chemo-Selective Proteomics for Discovery of Polymicrobial Interactions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1vw0-gt98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03292024-213352165

Wang, Renée Zurui (2024) From Photosynthesis to Detoxification: Microbial Metabolisms Shape Earth’s Surface Chemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kf85-cq89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10102023-024622119

Wilbert, Steven Alexander (2023) The Role of Context-Dependent Metabolic Interactions in Organizing Microbial Communities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7sv2-gj10. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06122023-184806431

Wang, Ya-Juan (Megan) (2007) Studies on Environmental Relevance of Quorum Sensing Signal Decay. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/C00R-DG30. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03212007-235559

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Yun, Hyun Gi (2019) Structural and Biochemical Studies of Enzymes in Bacterial Glycobiology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VKH3-XX98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292019-144516804

Yu, Hang Hank (2017) Understanding the Symbiosis in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Through Metabolic, Biosynthetic and Transcriptomic Activities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9XD0ZQQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:06082017-134458390