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Gavin COLLINS

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences | Ryan Institute | University of Galway
Verified email at universityofgalway.ie
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Reactor performance and microbial community dynamics during anaerobic biological treatment of wastewaters at 16–37 C

S McHugh, M Carton, G Collins… - FEMS microbiology …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The anaerobic biological treatment of volatile fatty acid (VFA) – and sucrose – based wastewaters
was investigated in two anaerobic bioreactors, R1 and R2, over a 300-day trial period. …

DNA extraction method affects microbial community profiles from soils and sediment

C Carrigg, O Rice, S Kavanagh, G Collins… - Applied microbiology …, 2007 - Springer
To evaluate whether different deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction procedures can affect
estimates of bacterial community composition, based on the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid …

Aerobic denitrification in permeable Wadden Sea sediments

H Gao, F Schreiber, G Collins, MM Jensen… - The ISME …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Permeable or sandy sediments cover the majority of the seafloor on continental shelves
worldwide, but little is known about their role in the coastal nitrogen cycle. We investigated the …

The microbiology and biochemistry of anaerobic bioreactors with relevance to domestic sewage treatment

V O'Flaherty, G Collins, T Mahony - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2006 - Springer
Anaerobic granular and fixed-film reactors have been successfully operated for wastewater
treatment at full scale for over two decades and represent a sustainable, energy-producing …

[HTML][HTML] DESMAN: a new tool for de novo extraction of strains from metagenomes

…, S Raguideau, J Alneberg, AE Darling, G Collins… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
We introduce DESMAN for De novo Extraction of Strains from Metagenomes. Large multi-sample
metagenomes are being generated but strain variation results in fragmentary co-…

Psychrophilic and mesophilic anaerobic digestion of brewery effluent: a comparative study

S Connaughton, G Collins, V O'Flaherty - Water research, 2006 - Elsevier
Two expanded granular sludge bed-anaerobic filter (EGSB-AF) bioreactors (3.38l active
volume) were used to directly compare psychrophilic (15C), anaerobic digestion (PAD) to …

Microbial community structure and methanogenic activity during start-up of psychrophilic anaerobic digesters treating synthetic industrial wastewaters

G Collins, A Woods, S McHugh… - FEMS microbiology …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Culture-independent, molecular techniques were applied to the characterization of
microbial communities of an anaerobic granular sludge obtained from a full-scale digester. …

Simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal from wastewater lacking organic matter through microbial oxidation of pyrrhotite coupled to nitrate reduction

R Li, L Morrison, G Collins, A Li, X Zhan - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated the efficiency of a pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification biofilter (PADB)
technology for simultaneous N and P removal from wastewater lacking organic matter. A …

Low-temperature anaerobic digestion for wastewater treatment

RM McKeown, D Hughes, G Collins, T Mahony… - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Methanogenesis is an important biogeochemical process for the degradation of organic matter
within cold environments, and is associated with the release of the potent greenhouse gas…

Development of microbial community structure and actvity in a high-rate anaerobic bioreactor at 18 C

S Connaughton, G Collins, V O'Flaherty - Water Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion in the psychrophilic (< 20C) or sub-mesophilic temperature range has
recently been proven as an effective treatment option for the mineralization of a wide variety …