M. Conthe Calvo
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Assessing the life-cycle sustainability of algae and bacteria-based wastewater treatment systems
High-rate algae pond and sequencing batch reactor
High Rate Algae Ponds (HRAPs) are a promising technology for the treatment of municipal wastewater in locations with sufficient space and solar radiation. Algae-based processes do not require aeration, and thus have the potential to be less energy-intensive than activated slud ...
Nitrous oxide (N2O) reducing microorganisms may be key in the mitigation of N2O emissions from managed ecosystems. However, there is still no clear understanding of the physiological and bioenergetic implications of microorganisms possessing either of the ...
Life on N2O
On the ecophysiology on nitrous oxide reduction & its potential as a greenhouse gas sink in wastewater treatment
Reduction of the greenhouse gas N2O to N2 is a trait among denitrifying and non-denitrifying microorganisms having an N2O reductase, encoded by nosZ. The nosZ phylogeny has two major clades, I and II, and physiological differences among organis ...