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Microbial community assembly in engineered bioreactors

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121495

Smith, Savanna K; Weaver, Joseph E; Ducoste, Joel J; de_los_Reyes, Francis L (May 2024, Water Research)

Microbial community assembly (MCA) processes that shape microbial communities in environments are being used to analyze engineered bioreactors such as activated sludge systems and anaerobic digesters. The goal of studying MCA is to be able to understand and predict the effect of design and operation procedures on bioreactor microbial composition and function. Ultimately, this can lead to bioreactors that are more efficient, resilient, or resistant to perturbations. This review summarizes the ecological theories underpinning MCA, evaluates MCA analysis methods, analyzes how these MCA-based methods are applied to engineered bioreactors, and extracts lessons from case studies. Furthermore, we suggest future directions in MCA research in engineered bioreactor systems. The review aims to provide insights and guidance to the growing number of environmental engineers who wish to design and understand bioreactors through the lens of MCA.
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Modeling cell aggregate morphology during aerobic granulation in activated sludge processes reveals the combined effect of substrate and shear

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115384

Wu, Jun; de los Reyes, Francis L.; Ducoste, Joel J. (March 2020, Water Research)

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Increased loading stress leads to convergence of microbial communities and high methane yields in adapted anaerobic co-digesters

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115155

Wang, Ling; Hossen, Elvin H.; Aziz, Tarek N.; Ducoste, Joel J.; de los Reyes, Francis L. (February 2020, Water Research)

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Measuring the Shape and Size of Activated Sludge Particles Immobilized in Agar with an Open Source Software Pipeline

https://doi.org/10.3791/58963

Weaver, Joseph E.; Williams, Jon C.; Ducoste, Joel J.; de los Reyes, Francis L. (January 2019, Journal of Visualized Experiments)

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