A review on nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions during biological nutrient removal from municipal wastewater and sludge reject water

TM Massara, S Malamis, A Guisasola, JA Baeza… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is an important pollutant which is emitted during the biological nutrient
removal (BNR) processes of wastewater treatment. Since it has a greenhouse effect which is …

The mechanisms of granulation of activated sludge in wastewater treatment, its optimization, and impact on effluent quality

BM Wilén, R Liébana, F Persson, O Modin… - Applied microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
Granular activated sludge has gained increasing interest due to its potential in treating
wastewater in a compact and efficient way. It is well-established that activated sludge can …

Metabolic origins of spatial organization in the tumor microenvironment

C Carmona-Fontaine, M Deforet… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The genetic and phenotypic diversity of cells within tumors is a major obstacle for cancer
treatment. Because of the stochastic nature of genetic alterations, this intratumoral …

[HTML][HTML] Limited simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) in aerobic granular sludge systems treating municipal wastewater: Mechanisms and practical …

M Layer, MG Villodres, A Hernandez, E Reynaert… - Water research X, 2020 - Elsevier
Simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) is, in theory, a key advantage of aerobic
granular sludge systems over conventional activated sludge systems. But practical …

Aerobic granular sludge: recent advances

SS Adav, DJ Lee, KY Show, JH Tay - Biotechnology advances, 2008 - Elsevier
Aerobic granulation, a novel environmental biotechnological process, was increasingly
drawing interest of researchers engaging in work in the area of biological wastewater …

The sociobiology of biofilms

CD Nadell, JB Xavier, KR Foster - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Biofilms are densely packed communities of microbial cells that grow on surfaces and
surround themselves with secreted polymers. Many bacterial species form biofilms, and their …

Microbial community structure and function in aerobic granular sludge

J Xia, L Ye, H Ren, XX Zhang - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS), a self-immobilized microbial consortium containing different
functional microorganisms, is receiving growing attention, since it has shown great …

The cancer microbiome: distinguishing direct and indirect effects requires a systemic view

JB Xavier, VB Young, J Skufca, F Ginty, T Testerman… - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
The collection of microbes that live in and on the human body–the human microbiome–can
impact on cancer initiation, progression, and response to therapy, including cancer …

Emergence of spatial structure in cell groups and the evolution of cooperation

CD Nadell, KR Foster, JB Xavier - PLoS computational biology, 2010 - journals.plos.org
On its own, a single cell cannot exert more than a microscopic influence on its immediate
surroundings. However, via strength in numbers and the expression of cooperative …

[HTML][HTML] On the mechanisms for aerobic granulation-model based evaluation

EJH van Dijk, VA Haaksman, MCM van Loosdrecht… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study a mathematical framework was developed to describe aerobic granulation
based on 6 main mechanisms: microbial selection, selective wasting, maximizing transport …