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Marine Methyl Halide-Utilising Bacteria
A thesis submitted byMichael J Cox BSc (Hons)toThe Department of Biological Sciences infulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyJuly, 2005University of Warwick Coventry, UK
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Dedicated to the girl who sang the blues
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Table of contents
Title Page iTable of contents iiiList of Figures ivList of Tables viAbbreviations viiiAcknowledgements xiDeclaration xiiPublications xiiiAbstract xivChapter 1: Introduction 1Chapter 2: Materials and Methods 35Chapter 3: Measurement of Methyl Bromide 58Chapter 4: Enrichment and Isolation of Methyl Bromide-Utilising Bacteria 83Chapter 5: Methanol Dehydrogenase as a Functional Genetic Marker 100Chapter 6: Diversity of
cmuA
in Marine Environments: Clone library and TRFLPanalysis 119Chapter 7:
Leisingera methylohalidivorans
strain MB2 and attempts to identify
cmuA
144Chapter 8: Synopsis, Discussion and Future Work 153Bibliography 164Appendices 181
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