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Compost: Its role, mechanism and impact on reducing soil-borne plant diseases by Mehta, C.M., Palni, Uma, Franke-Whittle, I.H., Sharma, A.K.

“…•History of compost research regarding microbiology and disease suppressiveness.•Microbial community and key microbes in composting processes.•Methodologies…”
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Linking Soil Biotic and Abiotic Factors to Apple Replant Disease: a Greenhouse Approach by Spath, Manuela, Insam, Heribert, Peintner, Ursula, Kelderer, Markus, Kuhnert, Regina, Franke‐Whittle, Ingrid H

“…Apple replant disease (ARD) is a frequently occurring plant disease, which causes retarded growth and mortality of young apple trees in replanted orchards. The…”
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Feeding flaxseed to chicken hens changes the size and fatty acid composition of their chicks' brains by Whittle, Rosemary H, Kiarie, Elijah G, Ma, David W L, Widowski, Tina M

“…Diets fed to commercial chicken breeders are high in n-6 fatty acids (n-6 FAs) and low in n-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAs). N-3 FAs are essential for embryonic brain…”
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Long-Term Protection against Carriage of Hepatitis B Virus after Infant Vaccination by Sande, M. A. B. van der, Waight, P., Mendy, M., Rayco-Solon, P., Hutt, P., Fulford, T., Doherty, C., McConkey, S. J., Jeffries, D., Hall, A. J., Whittle, H. C.

“…BackgroundCarriage of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major risk factor for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Infant vaccination has been effective in…”
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Effect of Biowaste Sludge Maturation on the Diversity of Thermophilic Bacteria and Archaea in an Anaerobic Reactor by Goberna, M, Insam, H, Franke-Whittle, I.H

“…Prokaryotic diversity was investigated near the inlet and outlet of a plug-flow reactor. After analyzing 800 clones, 50 bacterial and 3 archaeal phylogenetic…”
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Microbiota in anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge with and without co‐substrates by Walter, Andreas, Probst, Maraike, Franke‐Whittle, Ingrid H., Ebner, Christian, Podmirseg, Sabine Marie, Etemadi‐Shalamzari, Mohammad, Hupfauf, Sebastian, Insam, Heribert

“…In this study, seven full‐scale anaerobic digesters, with or without co‐substrate regime, were analysed by physicochemical and molecular biological methods. A…”
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Molecular analysis of bacterial community succession during prolonged compost curing by Danon, Michael, Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H, Insam, Heribert, Chen, Yona, Hadar, Yitzhak

“…The compost environment consists of complex organic materials that form a habitat for a rich and diverse microbial community. The aim of this research was to…”
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Campaigns with oral polio vaccine may lower mortality and create unexpected results by Benn, C.S, Jacobsen, L.H, Fisker, A.B, Rodrigues, A, Sartono, E, Lund, N, Whittle, H.C, Aaby, P

“…Abstract Three studies from Guinea-Bissau found conflicting effects of OPV-at-birth (OPV0) on child survival. One study from 2004 suggested excess male…”
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Tuberculosis and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Africans and Variation in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene by Bellamy, R., Ruwende, C., Corrah, T., McAdam, K. P. W. J., Thursz, M., Whittle, H. C., Hill, A. V. S.

“…The active metabolite of vitamin D, 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3, is an important immunoregulatory hormone [1]. Its effects are exerted by interaction with the…”
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Relationship between root-endophytic microbial communities and replant disease in specialized apple growing areas in Europe by Manici, L.M., Kelderer, M., Franke-Whittle, I.H., Rühmer, T., Baab, G., Nicoletti, F., Caputo, F., Topp, A., Insam, H., Naef, A.

“…•Apple replant disease was evaluated over three European countries.•A growth test was performed on replanted fallow and gamma ray-treated soil samples.•Replant…”
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Characterisation of source-separated household waste intended for composting by Sundberg, Cecilia, Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H., Kauppi, Sari, Yu, Dan, Romantschuk, Martin, Insam, Heribert, Jönsson, Håkan

“…Large-scale composting of source-separated household waste has expanded in recent years in the Nordic countries. One problem can be low pH at the start of the…”
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What Level of Hepatitis B Antibody Is Protective? by Jack, A. D., Hall, A. J., Maine, N., Mendy, M., Whittle, H. C.

“…This study assessed the level of vaccine-induced hepatitis B surface antibody that is protective against hepatitis B infection and carriage in The Gambia. Sera…”
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Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa by Mendy, M. E., Welzel, T., Lesi, O. A., Hainaut, P., Hall, A. J., Kuniholm, M. H., McConkey, S., Goedert, J. J., Kaye, S., Rowland-Jones, S., Whittle, H., Kirk, G. D.

“…The main objectives of this study were to define the occurrence and levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in asymptomatic HBV carriers, cirrhosis patients and…”
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Application of COMPOCHIP Microarray to Investigate the Bacterial Communities of Different Composts by Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H, Knapp, Brigitte A, Fuchs, Jacques, Kaufmann, Ruediger, Insam, Heribert

“…A microarray spotted with 369 different 16S rRNA gene probes specific to microorganisms involved in the degradation process of organic waste during composting…”
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Biotic and abiotic processes contribute to successful anaerobic degradation of cyanide by UASB reactor biomass treating brewery waste water by Novak, Domen, Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H., Pirc, Elizabeta Tratar, Jerman, Vesna, Insam, Heribert, Logar, Romana Marinšek, Stres, Blaž

“…In contrast to the general aerobic detoxification of industrial effluents containing cyanide, anaerobic cyanide degradation is not well understood, including…”
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Archaeal community dynamics and abiotic characteristics in a mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion process treating fruit and vegetable processing waste sludge with chopped fresh artichoke waste by Ros, M., Franke-Whittle, I.H., Morales, A.B., Insam, H., Ayuso, M., Pascual, J.A.

“…► Co-digestion of fruit and vegetable waste sludge with artichoke waste enhanced biogas production. ► Methanosaeta and Methanosarcina dominanted the…”
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Investigation into the effect of high concentrations of volatile fatty acids in anaerobic digestion on methanogenic communities by Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H., Walter, Andreas, Ebner, Christian, Insam, Heribert

“…•Different methanogenic communities in mesophilic and thermophilic reactors.•High VFA levels do not cause major changes in archaeal communities.•Real-time PCR…”
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Genetic regulation of immune responses to vaccines in early life by Newport, M J, Goetghebuer, T, Weiss, H A, Whittle, H, Siegrist, C-A, Marchant, A

“…Infant immunization is the most cost-effective strategy to prevent infectious diseases in childhood, but is limited by immaturity of the immune system. To…”
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Identification of anammox bacteria in a full-scale deammonification plant making use of anaerobic ammonia oxidation by Innerebner, Gerd, Insam, Heribert, Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H., Wett, Bernhard

“…The existence of anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria was postulated in the late 1970s. Approximately 20 years later, these lithotrophic members of…”
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Design and application of an oligonucleotide microarray for the investigation of compost microbial communities by Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H., Klammer, Susanne H., Insam, Heribert

“…A microarray consisting of oligonucleotide probes targeting variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene was designed and tested for the investigation of microbial…”
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