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Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR)-based approaches in microbial ecology by Smith, Cindy J, Osborn, A. Mark

“…Quantitative PCR (Q-PCR or real-time PCR) approaches are now widely applied in microbial ecology to quantify the abundance and expression of taxonomic and…”
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Diversity and Abundance of Nitrate Reductase Genes (narG and napA), Nitrite Reductase Genes (nirS and nrfA), and Their Transcripts in Estuarine Sediments by SMITH, Cindy J, NEDWELL, David B, DONG, Liang F, OSBORN, A. Mark

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Changes in Benthic Denitrification, Nitrate Ammonification, and Anammox Process Rates and Nitrate and Nitrite Reductase Gene Abundances along an Estuarine Nutrient Gradient (the Colne Estuary, United Kingdom) by Dong, Liang F, Smith, Cindy J, Papaspyrou, Sokratis, Stott, Andrew, Osborn, A. Mark, Nedwell, David B

“…Estuarine sediments are the location for significant bacterial removal of anthropogenically derived inorganic nitrogen, in particular nitrate, from the aquatic…”
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Biological Phosphorus Removal During High-Rate, Low-Temperature, Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater by Keating, Ciara, Chin, Jason P, Hughes, Dermot, Manesiotis, Panagiotis, Cysneiros, Denise, Mahony, Therese, Smith, Cindy J, McGrath, John W, O'Flaherty, Vincent

“…We report, for the first time, extensive biologically mediated phosphate removal from wastewater during high-rate anaerobic digestion (AD). A hybrid sludge…”
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Bioturbating shrimp alter the structure and diversity of bacterial communities in coastal marine sediments by Laverock, Bonnie, Smith, Cindy J, Tait, Karen, Osborn, A Mark, Widdicombe, Steve, Gilbert, Jack A

“…Bioturbation is a key process in coastal sediments, influencing microbially driven cycling of nutrients as well as the physical characteristics of the…”
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Nitrate reduction functional genes and nitrate reduction potentials persist in deeper estuarine sediments. Why? by Papaspyrou, Sokratis, Smith, Cindy J, Dong, Liang F, Whitby, Corinne, Dumbrell, Alex J, Nedwell, David B

“…Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) are processes occurring simultaneously under oxygen-limited or anaerobic conditions,…”
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Seasonal variation in denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia process rates and corresponding key functional genes along an estuarine nitrate gradient by Smith, Cindy J, Dong, Liang F, Wilson, John, Stott, Andrew, Osborn, A Mark, Nedwell, David B

“…This research investigated spatial-temporal variation in benthic bacterial community structure, rates of denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to…”
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Small-scale variation of ammonia oxidisers within intertidal sediments dominated by ammonia-oxidising bacteria Nitrosomonas sp. amoA genes and transcripts by Duff, Aoife M., Zhang, Li-Mei, Smith, Cindy J.

“…While numerous studies have investigated the abundance of ammonia oxidising bacteria and archaea (AOB/AOA) via the ammonia monooxygenase gene amoA , less is…”
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Hatchery type influences the gill microbiome of Atlantic farmed salmon (Salmo salar) after transfer to sea by Stewart, Kelly J., Boerlage, Annette S., Barr, William, Ijaz, Umer Z., Smith, Cindy J.

“…Abstract Background Salmon aquaculture involves freshwater and seawater phases. Recently there has been an increase in multifactorial gill health challenges…”
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Evaluation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based approaches for determining gene copy and gene transcript numbers in environmental samples by Smith, Cindy J., Nedwell, David B., Dong, Liang F., Osborn, A. Mark

“…Summary Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q‐PCR) amplification is widely applied for determining gene and transcript numbers within environmental…”
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Ecological Observations Based on Functional Gene Sequencing Are Sensitive to the Amplicon Processing Method by Cholet, Fabien, Lisik, Agata, Agogué, Hélène, Ijaz, Umer Z., Pineau, Philippe, Lachaussée, Nicolas, Smith, Cindy J.

“…Until recently, the de facto method for short-read-based amplicon reconstruction was a sequence similarity threshold approach (operational taxonomic units…”
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Diatom-Derived Carbohydrates as Factors Affecting Bacterial Community Composition in Estuarine Sediments by Haynes, Kelly, Hofmann, Tanja A, Smith, Cindy J, Ball, Andrew S, Underwood, Graham J.C, Osborn, A. Mark

“…Microphytobenthic biofilms in estuaries, dominated by epipelic diatoms, are sites of high primary productivity. These diatoms exude large quantities of…”
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Microbiomes in drinking water treatment and distribution: A meta-analysis from source to tap by Thom, Claire, Smith, Cindy J, Moore, Graeme, Weir, Paul, Ijaz, Umer Z

“…•Our meta-analysis suggests DWDS microbiomes are affected by stochastic processes.•Chlorination exerts a stronger selective pressure on microbiome assembly…”
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Optimizing Carbon Structures in Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes Using Design of Experiments for Enhanced Electrochemical Sensing Characteristics by Fantinelli Franco, Fabiane, Malik, Muhammad Hassan, Manjakkal, Libu, Roshanghias, Ali, Smith, Cindy J., Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline

“…In this study, we explored the morphological and electrochemical properties of carbon-based electrodes derived from laser-induced graphene (LIG) and compared…”
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Reverse transcriptase enzyme and priming strategy affect quantification and diversity of environmental transcripts by Cholet, Fabien, Ijaz, Umer Z., Smith, Cindy J.

“…Summary Reverse‐transcriptase‐quantitative PCR (RT‐Q‐PCR) and RT‐PCR amplicon sequencing, provide a convenient, target‐specific, high‐sensitivity approach for…”
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Low-abundant but highly transcriptionally active uncharacterised Nitrosomonas drive ammonia-oxidation in the Brouage mudflat, France by Cholet, Fabien, Agogué, Hélène, Ijaz, Umer Z., Lachaussée, Nicolas, Pineau, Philippe, Smith, Cindy J.

“…Exploring differences in nitrification within adjacent sedimentary structures of ridges and runnels on the Brouage mudflat, France, we quantified Potential…”
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Differential ratio amplicons (Ramp) for the evaluation of RNA integrity extracted from complex environmental samples by Cholet, Fabien, Ijaz, Umer Z., Smith, Cindy J.

“…Summary Reliability and reproducibility of transcriptomics‐based studies are dependent on RNA integrity. In microbial ecology, microfluidics‐based techniques,…”
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Microbial stratification and DOM removal in drinking water biofilters: Implications for enhanced performance by Shi, Xiang, Pereira, Ryan, Uzma, Savage, Laurie, Poursat, Baptiste, Quinn, Dominic, Kostrytsia, Anastasiia, Cholet, Fabien, Smith, Cindy J, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline, Sloan, William T., Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan, Vignola, Marta

“…•Microbial communities at the opposite ends of a biofilter are compositionally different.•The bottom community shows greater network complexity.•Both…”
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Community and functional shifts in ammonia oxidizers across terrestrial and marine (soil/sediment) boundaries in two coastal Bay ecosystems by Zhang, Li‐Mei, Duff, Aoife M., Smith, Cindy J.

“…Summary Terrestrial–marine boundaries are significant sites of biogeochemical activity with delineated gradients from land to sea. While niche differentiation…”
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intI1 gene abundance from septic tanks in Thailand using validated intI1 primers by Okonkwo, Valentine, Cholet, Fabien, Ijaz, Umer Z, Koottatep, Thammarat, Pussayanavin, Tatchai, Polpraset, Chongrak, Sloan, William T, Connelly, Stephanie, Smith, Cindy J

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a serious global health threat, and wastewater treatment (WWT), including septic tanks, is a source of AMR. In Thailand,…”
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