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Liverpool, University of, PhD, Biological Sciences (Microbiology)

University of Liverpool
 United Kingdom

 

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Study modeFull-time Start daten/a Durationyears: 3
Supervision and research interests include: molecular approaches to microbial ecology, extra-chromosomal elements and antibiotic resistance, gene transfer, gene cloning and molecular basis of bacterial pathogenicity, environmental consequences of release of genetically engineered micro-organisms, biochemical and molecular characterisation of actinomycete enzymes, microbial differentiation, parasitic protozoa, cell cycle events in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, physiology and molecular biology of thermophilic streptomycetes, phenetic identification of actinomycetes, actinomycetes and phages in soil, screening of such microbes for useful metabolites, fungal nutrition, marine fungi, rhythmic growth in fungi, long-distance translocation in fungal mycelia, fungal protoplasts, metal-binding peptides and proteins in fungi, late-blight disease in celery, witches' broom disease of cocoa, variation and genetic structure in Phytophthora populations, molecular biology of plant cell cultures, wastewater microbiology, waste stabilisation ponds.

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Liverpool John Lennon Airport is around eight miles from the city centre and offers flights from various parts of Europe. A low-cost bus service from the airport to the city centre is operated by Merseytravel. Manchester Airport, which is around 45 minutes from Liverpool, is the destination for flights from around the world. There is a direct rail link and coach service from the airport to Liverpool City Centre.