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Simon Jon McIlroy

Centre for Microbiome Research, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Verified email at qut.edu.au
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[HTML][HTML] Re-evaluating the microbiology of the enhanced biological phosphorus removal process

PH Nielsen, SJ McIlroy, M Albertsen… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Per Halkjær Nielsen , Simon J McIlroy , Mads …
Stokholm-Bjerregaard, SJ McIlroy, M. Nierychlo, SM Karst, M. … EY Fernando, SJ Mcilroy, M. …

MiDAS: the field guide to the microbes of activated sludge

SJ McIlroy, AM Saunders, M Albertsen, M Nierychlo… - Database, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The Microbial Database for Activated Sludge (MiDAS) field guide is a freely available online
resource linking the identity of abundant and process critical microorganisms in activated …

Identification of active denitrifiers in full‐scale nutrient removal wastewater treatment systems

SJ McIlroy, A Starnawska, P Starnawski… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Denitrification is essential to the removal of nitrogen from wastewater during treatment, yet
an understanding of the diversity of the active denitrifying bacteria responsible in full‐scale …

[HTML][HTML] A critical assessment of the microorganisms proposed to be important to enhanced biological phosphorus removal in full-scale wastewater treatment systems

M Stokholm-Bjerregaard, SJ McIlroy… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… 18 plants with EBPR was done within the MiDAS project (McIlroy et al., 2015b). The plants
were … should therefore be a priority and is currently underway (McIlroy et al., unpublished). …

A metabolic model for members of the genus Tetrasphaera involved in enhanced biological phosphorus removal

…, JL Nielsen, R Wimmer, VQ Le, SJ McIlroy… - The ISME …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Members of the genus Tetrasphaera are considered to be putative polyphosphate accumulating
organisms (PAOs) in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) from wastewater…

Anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to manganese reduction by members of the Methanoperedenaceae

AO Leu, C Cai, SJ McIlroy, G Southam… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a major biological process that reduces global
methane emission to the atmosphere. Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) mediate this …

'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity

SJ McIlroy, M Albertsen, EK Andresen… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The glycogen-accumulating organism (GAO) ‘Candidatus Competibacter’ (Competibacter)
uses aerobically stored glycogen to enable anaerobic carbon uptake, which is subsequently …

MiDAS 2.0: an ecosystem-specific taxonomy and online database for the organisms of wastewater treatment systems expanded for anaerobic digester groups

SJ McIlroy, RH Kirkegaard, B McIlroy, M Nierychlo… - Database, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Wastewater is increasingly viewed as a resource, with anaerobic digester technology being
routinely implemented for biogas production. Characterising the microbial communities …

The family saprospiraceae

SJ McIlroy, PH Nielsen - … : Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and …, 2014 - eprints.qut.edu.au
The Saprospiraceae, a family within the order Sphingobacteriales and the phylum
Bacteroidetes, embrace the genera Saprospira, Lewinella, Haliscomenobacter, Aureispira, “…

Retrieval of a million high-quality, full-length microbial 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequences without primer bias

SM Karst, MS Dueholm, SJ McIlroy… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes, 16S in bacteria and 18S in eukaryotes,
have been the standard phylogenetic markers used to characterize microbial diversity and …