Merbt, Stephanie Nikol (Date of defense: 2015-01-23)
The main goal of this PhD thesis was the study of the ammonium oxidation process in high nutrient loaded urban streams. We aimed to unveil regulating factors and driving mechanisms from the organisms ...
Restrepo Ortiz, Claudia Ximena (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
The annual dynamics of three different ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) ecotypes (amoA gene) and of the SAGMCG-1 (Nitrosotalea-like aquatic Thaumarchaeota) group (16S rRNA gene) were studied by newly ...
Menéndez Serra, Mateu (Date of defense: 2022-06-16)
Understanding the mechanisms and processes driving biological com- munities assembly, i.e. determining why a specific community is found under certain circumstances, is one of the fundamental questions ...
Barberán Torrents, Albert (Date of defense: 2012-09-07)
El estudio de los microorganismos en cultivo puro ha propiciado el desarrollo de la genética, la bioquímica y la biotecnología. Sin embargo, la ecología ha permanecido reticente a incorporar a los ...
Fernández Guerra, Antonio (Date of defense: 2013-02-15)
Ammonia oxidation, the first and the rate-limiting step in nitrification, is one of the cornerstones of the cycle. Members from the bacterial and archaeal domains are key players in ammonia oxidation ...
Llorens Marès, Tomàs (Date of defense: 2015-07-28)
The main objective of this PhD dissertation was to unveil the links between biogeochemistry and microbial diversity using metagenomics functional potential as a proxy to connect a mechanistic perspective ...