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Predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus significantly reduces viability and alters the microbial community composition of activated sludge flocs and granules
by FENG Shugeng, Tan C.H., Constancias F., Kohli G.S., Cohen Y., Rice S. A.
Reference: FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2017) 93: doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix1020.
Research Cluster(s): Biofilm Biology
Programme(s): Experimental Biofilms & Synthetic Ecology Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology
Toward a generalizable framework of disturbance ecology through crowdsourced science
by Contributor consortium, Santillan E.
Reference: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2021) 9: 588940
Research Cluster(s): Environmental Engineering
Programme(s): Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology
Frequency of disturbance alters diversity, function, and underlying assembly mechanisms of complex bacterial communities
by Santillan E., Seshan H., Constancias F., Moses D., Wuertz S.
Reference: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2019) 5: 8.
Research Cluster(s): Biofilm Biology Environmental Engineering Meta-'omics & Microbiomes
Programme(s): Experimental Biofilms & Synthetic Ecology Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology
Primer-free FISH probes from metagenomics/metatranscriptomics data permit the study of uncharacterised taxa in complex microbial communities
by TAN Shi Ming, Yung P. Y. M., Yung, P.Y.M., , Muhammad Hafiz Bin ISMAIL, Moses D., Little P.F, Williams R. B. H., Cohen Y.
Reference: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2019) 5: 17.
Research Cluster(s): Biofilm Biology Meta-'omics & Microbiomes
Programme(s): Experimental Biofilms & Synthetic Ecology Bioreactor Community Ecology Integrative Analysis Unit
Polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in full-scale tropical wastewater treatment plants use diverse carbon sources
by Qiu G., Montanez R.E.Z., Law Y., Thi S.S., Nguyen T.Q.N., Eganathan KALIYAMOORTHY, Nielsen P. H., Williams R. B. H., Wuertz S.
Reference: Water Research (2019) 149: 496-510
Research Cluster(s): Environmental Engineering Meta-'omics & Microbiomes
Programme(s): Experimental Biofilms & Synthetic Ecology Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology Integrative Analysis Unit
Integrative microbial community analysis reveals full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal under tropical conditions
by Law Y., Kirkegaard R.H., Cokro A. A., Liu X., Arumugam K., Xie C., Stokholm-Bjerregaard M., Moses D., Nielsen P. H., Wuertz S., Williams R. B. H.
Reference: Scientific Reports (2016) 6: 25719.
Research Cluster(s): Environmental Engineering Meta-'omics & Microbiomes
Programme(s): Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology Integrative Analysis Unit
Effect of microbial community structure on organic removal and biofouling in membrane adsorption bioreactor used in seawater pretreatment
by Jeong S., Cho K., Bae H., Keshvardoust P., Rice S. A., Vigneswaran S., Lee S., Leiknes T.
Reference: Chemical Engineering Journal (2016) 294: 30-39.
Research Cluster(s): Biofilm Biology Environmental Engineering
Programme(s): Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology
Partial bioaugmentation to remove 3-chloroaniline slows bacterial species turnover rate in bioreactors
by Falk M.W., Seshan H., Dosoretz C., Wuertz S.
Reference: Water Research (2013) 47(19): 7109-7119
Research Cluster(s): Environmental Engineering
Programme(s): Urban Water Cycle Bioreactor Community Ecology
Microbiome assembly predictably shapes diversity across a range of disturbance frequencies
by Santillan E., Wuertz S.
Reference: bioRxiv: 2021.2008.2002.454702.
Research Cluster(s): Environmental Engineering
Programme(s): Bioreactor Community Ecology
Trait-based life-history strategies explain succession scenario for complex bacterial communities under varying disturbance
by Santillan E., Seshan H., Constancias F., Wuertz S.
Reference: Environmental Microbiology (2019) 21: 3751-3764
Research Cluster(s): Environmental Engineering
Programme(s): Bioreactor Community Ecology
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