Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …

Bacteriophages (phages) are biological entities that have attracted a great deal of attention
in recent years. They have been reported as the most abundant biological entities on the …

Understanding the processes that are driving variation of natural microbial communities
across space or time is a major challenge for ecologists. Environmental conditions strongly …

Vertical flow constructed wetlands for wastewater and sludge treatment represent a
relatively new and still growing technology. Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands is the first …

A promising long-term and sustainable solution to the growing scarcity of water worldwide is
to recycle and reuse wastewater. In wastewater treatment plants, the biodegradation of …

Bacterial growth in biofilms is the major cause of recalcitrant biofouling in industrial
processes and of persistent infections in clinical settings. The use of bacteriophage …

Abstract The Feast-Famine (FF) process has been frequently used to select
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-accumulating mixed cultures (MCs), but there has been little …

Background Members of the genus Klebsiella are among the leading microbial pathogens
associated with nosocomial infection. The increased incidence of antimicrobial resistance in …

This paper reviews the state of knowledge regarding human viruses in water systems from
an environmental engineer's perspective. The authors describe (1) viruses of concern and …

Determinants of species diversity in microbial ecosystems remain poorly understood.
Bacteriophages are believed to increase the diversity by the virtue of Kill-the-Winner …