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TGen-Luxembourg team conducts unprecedented analysis of microbial ecosystem
https://www.tgen.org/home/news/2014-media-releases/tgen-luxembourg-team-conducts-unprecedented-ecosystem-study.aspx[font face=Serif][font size=5]TGen-Luxembourg team conducts unprecedented analysis of microbial ecosystem[/font]
[font size=4] Research published in Nature Communications has implications for protecting environment, energy and human health [/font]
[font size=3]FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Nov. 26, 2014 - An international team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) have completed a first-of-its-kind microbial analysis of a biological wastewater treatment plant that has broad implications for protecting the environment, energy recovery and human health.
The study, published Nov. 26 in the scientific journal Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomm6603), describes in unprecedented detail the complex relationships within a model ecosystem.
The study focused on biofuel molecules, lipids, which are naturally accumulated by microbial mats and floated on top of wastewater. This is "free energy" as lipids can be converted into diesel fuel.
"Bacterial communities are everywhere, and understanding how they interact is critical to industry, agriculture, the environment and human health," said Dr. Paul Keim, Director of TGen's Pathogen Genomics Division, noting both the academic achievement and the applied implications of these research efforts.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomm6603 (Doesn't work yet.)
[font size=4] Research published in Nature Communications has implications for protecting environment, energy and human health [/font]
[font size=3]FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Nov. 26, 2014 - An international team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) have completed a first-of-its-kind microbial analysis of a biological wastewater treatment plant that has broad implications for protecting the environment, energy recovery and human health.
The study, published Nov. 26 in the scientific journal Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomm6603), describes in unprecedented detail the complex relationships within a model ecosystem.
The study focused on biofuel molecules, lipids, which are naturally accumulated by microbial mats and floated on top of wastewater. This is "free energy" as lipids can be converted into diesel fuel.
"Bacterial communities are everywhere, and understanding how they interact is critical to industry, agriculture, the environment and human health," said Dr. Paul Keim, Director of TGen's Pathogen Genomics Division, noting both the academic achievement and the applied implications of these research efforts.
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http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141126/ncomms6603/full/ncomms6603.html