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Complementary Microorganisms in Highly Corrosive Biofilms from an Offshore Oil Production Facility by Vigneron, Adrien, Alsop, Eric B, Chambers, Brian, Lomans, Bartholomeus P, Head, Ian M, Tsesmetzis, Nicolas

“…Offshore oil production facilities are frequently victims of internal piping corrosion, potentially leading to human and environmental risks and significant…”
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Succession in the petroleum reservoir microbiome through an oil field production lifecycle by Vigneron, Adrien, Alsop, Eric B, Lomans, Bartholomeus P, Kyrpides, Nikos C, Head, Ian M, Tsesmetzis, Nicolas

“…Subsurface petroleum reservoirs are an important component of the deep biosphere where indigenous microorganisms live under extreme conditions and in isolation…”
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Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data by Quince, Christopher, Lanzén, Anders, Curtis, Thomas P, Davenport, Russell J, Hall, Neil, Head, Ian M, Read, L Fiona, Sloan, William T

“…We present an algorithm, PyroNoise, that clusters the flowgrams of 454 pyrosequencing reads using a distance measure that models sequencing noise. This infers…”
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Life in the slow lane; biogeochemistry of biodegraded petroleum containing reservoirs and implications for energy recovery and carbon management by Head, Ian M, Gray, Neil D, Larter, Stephen R

“…Our understanding of the processes underlying the formation of heavy oil has been transformed in the last decade. The process was once thought to be driven by…”
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Response of Methanogens in Arctic Sediments to Temperature and Methanogenic Substrate Availability by Blake, Lynsay I, Tveit, Alexander, Øvreås, Lise, Head, Ian M, Gray, Neil D

“…Although cold environments are major contributors to global biogeochemical cycles, comparatively little is known about their microbial community function,…”
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A single-chamber microbial fuel cell as a biosensor for wastewaters by Di Lorenzo, Mirella, Curtis, Tom P., Head, Ian M., Scott, Keith

“…The traditional 5-day test of the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD 5 test) has many disadvantages, and principally it is unsuitable for process control and…”
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Thaumarchaeotes abundant in refinery nitrifying sludges express amoA but are not obligate autotrophic ammonia oxidizers by Mussmann, Marc, Brito, Ivana, Pitcher, Angela, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S, Hatzenpichler, Roland, Richter, Andreas, Nielsen, Jeppe L, Nielsen, Per Halkjær, Müller, Anneliese, Daims, Holger, Wagner, Michael, Head, Ian M

“…Nitrification is a core process in the global nitrogen cycle that is essential for the functioning of many ecosystems. The discovery of autotrophic…”
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Quantifying the roles of immigration and chance in shaping prokaryote community structure by Sloan, William T., Lunn, Mary, Woodcock, Stephen, Head, Ian M., Nee, Sean, Curtis, Thomas P.

“…Summary Naturally occurring populations of bacteria and archaea are vital to life on the earth and are of enormous practical significance in medicine,…”
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Thermodynamic constraints on methanogenic crude oil biodegradation by Dolfing, Jan, Larter, Stephen R, Head, Ian M

“…Methanogenic degradation of crude oil hydrocarbons is an important process in subsurface petroleum reservoirs and anoxic environments contaminated with…”
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Effect of increasing anode surface area on the performance of a single chamber microbial fuel cell by Di Lorenzo, Mirella, Scott, Keith, Curtis, Tom P., Head, Ian M.

“…The anode material and its configuration represent an important parameter in a microbial fuel cell (MFC), as it influences the development of the microbial…”
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Biological activity in the deep subsurface and the origin of heavy oil by Larter, Steve R, Head, Ian M, Jones, D. Martin

“…At temperatures up to about 80 degrees C, petroleum in subsurface reservoirs is often biologically degraded, over geological timescales, by microorganisms that…”
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An Evaluation of the Performance and Economics of Membranes and Separators in Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells Treating Domestic Wastewater by Christgen, Beate, Scott, Keith, Dolfing, Jan, Head, Ian M, Curtis, Thomas P

“…The cost of materials is one of the biggest barriers for wastewater driven microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Many studies use expensive materials with idealistic…”
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Electricity generation from cysteine in a microbial fuel cell by Logan, Bruce E., Murano, Cassandro, Scott, Keith, Gray, Neil D., Head, Ian M.

“…In a microbial fuel cell (MFC), power can be generated from the oxidation of organic matter by bacteria at the anode, with reduction of oxygen at the cathode…”
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High Throughput Biodegradation-Screening Test To Prioritize and Evaluate Chemical Biodegradability by Martin, Timothy J., Goodhead, Andrew K., Acharya, Kishor, Head, Ian M., Snape, Jason R., Davenport, Russell J.

“…Comprehensive assessment of environmental biodegradability of pollutants is limited by the use of low throughput systems. These are epitomized by the…”
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An underappreciated DIET for anaerobic petroleum hydrocarbon‐degrading microbial communities by Aulenta, Federico, Tucci, Matteo, Cruz Viggi, Carolina, Dolfing, Jan, Head, Ian M., Rotaru, Amelia‐Elena

“…Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) via electrically conductive minerals can play a role in the anaerobic oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons in…”
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Does pre-enrichment of anodes with acetate to select for Geobacter spp. enhance performance of microbial fuel cells when switched to more complex substrates? by Christgen, Beate, Spurr, Martin, Milner, Edward M, Izadi, Paniz, McCann, Clare, Yu, Eileen, Curtis, Tom, Scott, Keith, Head, Ian M

“…Many factors affect the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Considerable attention has been given to the impact of cell configuration and materials on…”
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Massive dominance of Epsilonproteobacteria in formation waters from a Canadian oil sands reservoir containing severely biodegraded oil by Hubert, Casey R. J., Oldenburg, Thomas B. P., Fustic, Milovan, Gray, Neil D., Larter, Stephen R., Penn, Kevin, Rowan, Arlene K., Seshadri, Rekha, Sherry, Angela, Swainsbury, Richard, Voordouw, Gerrit, Voordouw, Johanna K., Head, Ian M.

“…Summary The subsurface microbiology of an Athabasca oil sands reservoir in western Canada containing severely biodegraded oil was investigated by combining 16S…”
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Low-Dissolved-Oxygen Nitrifying Systems Exploit Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria with Unusually High Yields by Bellucci, Micol, Ofiteru, Irina D, Graham, David W, Head, Ian M, Curtis, Thomas P

“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Quantification of syntrophic acetate-oxidizing microbial communities in biogas processes by Westerholm, Maria, Dolfing, Jan, Sherry, Angela, Gray, Neil D., Head, Ian M., Schnürer, Anna

“…Summary Changes in communities of syntrophic acetate‐oxidizing bacteria (SAOB) and methanogens caused by elevated ammonia levels were quantified in…”
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The metabolic pathways and environmental controls of hydrocarbon biodegradation in marine ecosystems by Kostka, Joel E, Teske, Andreas P, Joye, Samantha B, Head, Ian M

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