Modelling the Composition and Structure of Campylobacter jejuni Biofilms

Dzianach, Paulina Agnieszka

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Open access

Authors

Dzianach, Paulina Agnieszka

Date

2020

Supervisor

Elizabeth Watkin

Francisco-Jose Perez-Reche

Type

Thesis

Award

PhD

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School

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

School of Public Health

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82785

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

The goal of this research project was to study the effects of environmental and genetic factors on biofilm formation of Campylobacter jejuni with the use of mathematical modelling, experimental and bioinformatics techniques. Potential reasons for some puzzling observations regarding C. jejuni biofilm formation have been proposed as a result of this study, and a number of genes and SNPs have been identified, which may play a role in biofilm formation of this pathogen.