Ikaia Leleiwi

Abstract Background: Wet tropical forest soils store a vast amount of organic carbon and cycle over a third of terrestrial net primary production. The microbiomes of these soils have a global impact on greenhouse gases and tolerate a remarkably dynamic redox environment-driven by high availability of reductant, high soil moisture, and fine-textured soils that limit oxygen diffusion.

Abstract With a rise in antibiotic resistance and chronic infection, the metabolic response of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to various dietary conditions over time remains an understudied avenue for novel, targeted therapeutics. Elucidating how enteric pathogens respond to dietary variation not only helps us decipher the metabolic strategies leveraged for expansion but also assists in proposing targets for therapeutic interventions.