• Novel sequencing-based methods to characterise microbiomes, and in particular spore-forming bacteria, in the dairy processing chain 

  McHugh, Aoife J. (University College Cork, 2020-03)

  Spore-forming bacteria are a concern to dairy processors as a consequence of their potential to be pathogenic or to cause spoilage. Strict customer enforced limits are applied in the case of some sporeformers, but the ...
• Characterisation of antimicrobial producing staphylococci from the human skin microbiota 

  O'Sullivan, Julie N. (University College Cork, 2019-12)

  This thesis outlines a study of the identification and characterisation of novel antimicrobial peptides, primarily bacteriocins produced by the human skin microbiota. Bacteriocins are small ribosomally synthesised heat ...
• Validation and development of sequence-based tools to analyse the human gut virome 

  Sutton, Thomas D. S. (University College Cork, 2019-12)

  The gut microbiome is a complex community of microorganisms that interacts closely with the human host and is believed to play an important role in the maintenance of human health. The viral component of this community is ...
• Bacterial inhabitants of tumours: methods for exploration and exploitation 

  Walker, Sidney P. (University College Cork, 2020-05-04)

  The presence of bacteria in patient tumours of various types has been reported by numerous groups since 2014, but the findings of these and many similar studies remain contentious. Tumour samples provide many obstacles to ...
• Mining for novel human gut bacteriophages against Bacteroidales 

  Guerin, Emma (University College Cork, 2020-02)

  The importance of the gut microbiome in human health and disease has become apparent in recent years. The bacterial component is well characterised in comparison to the viral fraction, that is predominantly composed of ...

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