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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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intI 1 gene abundance from septic tanks in Thailand using validated intI 1 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 is a global crisis, and wastewater treatment, including septic tanks, remains an important source of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)…”
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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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Dissimilatory reduction of nitrate to ammonium, not denitrification or anammox, dominates benthic nitrate reduction in tropical estuaries by Dong, Liang F., Sobey, Milika Naqasima, Smith, Cindy J., Rusmana, Iman, Phillips, Wayne, Stott, Andrew, Osborn, A. Mark, Nedwell, David B.

“…We measured benthic denitrification (DN) and dissimilatory reduction of nitrate to ammonium (DNRA) using the isotope-pairing technique in three tropical…”
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A framework based on fundamental biochemical principles to engineer microbial community dynamics by González-Cabaleiro, Rebeca, Martinez-Rabert, Eloi, Argiz, Lucia, van Kessel, Maartje AHJ, Smith, Cindy J

“…[Display omitted] •Individual microbial cell growth can be classified as a function of its metabolic biochemistry.•The spatial structure of a community is…”
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16S rRNA sequencing reveals likely beneficial core microbes within faecal samples of the EU protected slug Geomalacus maculosus by Reich, Inga, Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan, Gormally, Mike, Smith, Cindy J.

“…The EU-protected slug Geomalacus maculosus Allman occurs only in the West of Ireland and in northern Spain and Portugal. We explored the microbial community…”
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Pharmacogenomics testing in a community pharmacy: patient perceptions and willingness-to-pay by Gibson, Mara L, Hohmeier, Kenneth C, Smith, Cindy T

“…To determine patient knowledge, interest and willingness-to-pay for pharmacogenomics testing in a community pharmacy. The link to a cross-sectional, anonymous…”
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Dynamic gill and mucus microbiomes during a gill disease episode in farmed Atlantic salmon by Birlanga, Victor B., McCormack, Grace, Ijaz, Umer Z., MacCarthy, Eugene, Smith, Cindy, Collins, Gavin

“…Amoebic gill disease (AGD) and complex gill disease (CGD) are recurrent gill disorders in Atlantic salmon, resulting in significant aquaculture losses. The…”
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Environmental and ecological controls of the spatial distribution of microbial populations in aggregates by Martinez-Rabert, Eloi, van Amstel, Chiel, Smith, Cindy, Sloan, William T, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro, Rebeca

“…In microbial communities, the ecological interactions between species of different populations are responsible for the spatial distributions observed in…”
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Biochemistry shapes growth kinetics of nitrifiers and defines their activity under specific environmental conditions by Martinez‐Rabert, Eloi, Smith, Cindy J., Sloan, William T., González‐Cabaleiro, Rebeca

“…Is it possible to find trends between the parameters that define microbial growth to help us explain the vast microbial diversity? Through an extensive…”
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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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