Establishment of an arbitrary PCR for rapid identification of Tn917 insertion sites in staphylococcus epidermidis : Characterization of biofilm-negative and nonmucoid mutants /

Míreanna Comhchosúla

• Microbial characterization of biofilms in domestic drains and the establishment of stable biofilm microcosms /
• Isolation, characterization, heterologous expression of the novel lantibiotic epicidin 280 and analysis of its biosynthetic gene cluster /
• Establishment of new genetic traits in a microbial biofilm community /
• Surface display of the cholera toxin B subunit on Staphylococcus xylosus and Staphylococcus carnosus /
• Characterization of an NaCl-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus mutant and rescue of the NaCl-sensitive phenotype by glycine betaine but not by other compatible solutes /