Animals are in constant interaction with single-celled organisms. These microbes inhabit an animal’s environment as well as most surfaces of the body, including the skin and gut. The intimate relationship animals have with ...

Experimental pond and laboratory studies centered on the growth and feeding responses of Gulf killifish Fundulus grandis to varied food sources, salinities, and temperatures. Six 0.1-ha ponds were each stocked on June 21 ...

Evolution of phages and their bacterial hosts are directed by interaction between phage and host-encoded factors. These interactions have resulted in the development of several defense and counter-defense strategies such ...

The purpose of this dissertation was to understand interactions between microorganisms and fine-grained sediments during the early stages of burial and diagenesis. Despite the abundance of research on sediment diagenesis, ...

The interaction between moist convection and the environment that engenders it is a problem that spans multiple scales. In this study, the problem is approached using a suite of observational and modeling tools. The first ...

The interactions of the rice weevil, Sitophilus zea-mais Motschulsky, the lesser grain borer, Rhizopertha dominica (Fabricius), and the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), were studied in the laboratory under ...

Water sediment and biota collected from the San Antonio Bay estuarine system were analyzed for residues of the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides dieldrin, DDT, DDD, and DDE by electron-capture gas-liquid chromatography. ...

Soil salinity is a major constraint for crop production worldwide. Among many soil fertility issues associated with saline soils, phosphorus unavailability is most commonly noticed. Improving plant interactions with ...

Phosphatidylserine (PS) lipids in cell membranes play significant roles in cell apoptosis, blood clotting and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A novel fluorescence quenching assay based on lipid ...