10th IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Specialist Conference
10-14 September 2023
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane, Australia

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Poster List


P001 Selection of antimicrobial resistant bacteria by chlorine disinfection in wastewater treatment Nguyen Nga The University of Tokyo Japan
P002 The fate of resistome in a megacity's water supply catchment, Shanghai
Bing XieEast China Normal UniversityChina
P003 Unravelling the temporal dynamics of antibiotic resistome and microbiome, and resistant pathogens in sludge anaerobic digestion system Wei Liu Tsinghua University China
P004 Antimicrobial resistance mitigation and dissemination in livestock wastewater: A case study for summer and winter conditions Xinyu Zhu Westlake University China
P005 National scale resistome surveillance and dissemination potential assessment in Denmark Yu Yang Aalborg University Denmark
P006 Microplastic biofilms reduce the effects of nano-alumina and free nitrous acid on conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes Guosheng Zhang Tongji University China
P007 Investigating antibiotic resistance gene transfer in microbial flocs Hari Sathasivam Toronto Metropolitan University Canada
P008 Fluoroquinolone residues in the environment rapidly induce heritable fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli Hebin Liang Tsinghua University China
P009 The distribution and correlation between microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in a water source of the metropolitan area in South Korea Hongmok Jo Dongguk University South Korea
P010 Microbial risks triggered through oral administration of antibiotics in fish aquaculture far persist the legally regulated antibiotic withdrawal time Jin Huang Tsinghua University China
P011 Microbial contaminants persistence and horizontal gene transfer analysis in aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactor Julie -Medina King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia
P012 Multi-omics investigation of ecophysiology of PAOs in full-scale EBPR plants Zivile Kondrotaite Aalborg University Denmark
P013 Determining the contribution of micro/nano plastics to antimicrobial resistance in engineered water systems: Mechanisms and risk assessment Shu-hong Gao Harbin Institute of Technology  China
P014 Synergistic effect of sludge-derived biochar and persulfate on removing antibiotic resistance genes: adsorption and oxidation mechanisms Xuanyuan Pei Wuhan Textile University China
P015 Genome-centric metagenomics resolves microbial diversity and metabolic pathways of volatile fatty acids production from fruit waste at different pH Chen Yating Sichuan University China
P016 Microbiome analysis of a passive gravity-driven membrane filtration system providing drinking water for a first nation community Leili Abkar University of British Columbia Canada
P017 Steps towards a microbially-mediated clay-based advanced oxidation process for micropollutant removal Maggie White Newcastle University United Kingdom
P018 Seeding advanced treated wastewater for purposes of direct potable reuse Alma Bartholow University of California, Berkeley United States
P019 The roles of organic carbon and drinking water quality in Legionella cooling water ecology Audrey Zarb Wayne State University United States
P020 Novel thermal hydrolysis and vacuum fermentation technology for enrichment of thermophilic fermenting bacteria and for recovery of volatile fatty acids Hussain Aqeel Toronto Metropolitan University Canada
P021 Synthesis of bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates) from volatile fatty acids produced from acidogenic fermentation of wastewater Jian Yao Sichuan University China
P022 Calcium carbonate-nucleated anammox granulation to avoid sludge floatation Jinghuan Luo Tohoku University Japan
P023 Electrical selection for microbial communities toward enhancing organic nitrogen wastewater treatments Ke Shi Harbin Institute of Technology China
P024 Antibiotics significantly disturb a drinking water microbiome, while phage treatment has negligible effects Madeleine Gundersen Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway
P025 Development of simple assays for direct RNA quantification using oligonucleotide-modified gold nanoparticle probes Meri Nakajima Hokkaido University Japan
P026 Microbial characterization of the biofilm intimately coupled with photocatalysts in performing antibiotics biodegradation Yanping Mao Shenzhen University China
P027 Free nitrous acid inhibits atenolol removal during the sidestream partial nitritation process through regulating microbial-induced metabolic types Yifeng Xu Wuhan University of Technology China
P028 The mitigation effect of free ammonia (FA) and free nitrous acid (FNA) on nitrous oxide production from the full-nitrification (FN) and partial-nitritation (PN) systems Yifeng Xu Wuhan University of Technology China
P029 Electric-inducive microbial interactions in thermophilic anaerobic digester revealed by high throughput sequencing of micron-scale single clusters Xia Yu Southern University of Science and Technology China
P030 What can metagenome-assembled genomes tell us about carbon transformation in slow sand filters? Tage Rosenqvist Lund University Sweden
P031 Genomic analysis into the streamlining and toxin production of anatoxin-producing cyanobacteria: Tychonema Abeer Sohrab University of Utah United States
P032 The ecological effects of treated wastewater stagnation: A quantitative meta proteomics approach Fatimah Almulhim King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia
P033 Optimised protocol for the extraction and analysis of drinking water treatment plant biofilter microbial communities. Laura Cossu University of Glasgow United Kingdom
P034 Endothermic metabolism of electrogenic bacteria: Is it thermodynamically feasible yet impossible to measure Liz Heidrich Newcastle University United Kingdom
P035 epsSMASH: A Tool for mining extracellular polymeric substance gene clusters in bacterial genomes reveals the true diversity of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis Roberto Sanchez Navarro Aalborg University Denmark
P036 Self-shedding biofilm in HAP-enhanced SNADCO system treating AnMBR permeate Wenzhao Zhao Tohoku University Japan
P037 Cross-domain symbioses between Candidatus Patescibacteria/Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) and Archaea in methanogenic bioreactors Kyohei Kuroda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan
P038 Phylogenetic diversity, metabolic mechanism and gene expression of novel polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) of Dermatophilaceae in wastewater treatment systems Hui Wang Westlake University China
P039 Enrichment and characterization of thermophilic anammox in the bioreactor Xiao-Wei Wang Harbin Institute of Technology China
P040 Unravelling biosynthetic and biodegradative potentials of microbial dark matters in hypersaline lakes Zhiguang Qiu Peking University China
P041 Microbiome assembly in drinking water biofilters – A meta-analysis Fabien Cholet University of Glasgow United Kingdom
P042 Silver-stabilized hydrogen peroxide for the control of planktonic Legionella Nate Clark Toronto Metropolitan University Canada
P043 Differential utilisation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) by GAC microbial communities from different depths of biofilters Xiang Shi University of Glasgow United Kingdom
P044 Regulatory mechanisms of quorum sensing system of bacteria response to chlorine/ozone disinfection Yang Liu Harbin Institute of Technology China
P045 Effect of filter column size on the performance and microbial communities of granular activated carbon biofilters over initial six months of operation Dominic Quinn University of Glasgow United Kingdom
P046 Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia  
Mengxiong WuThe University of Queensland Australia
P047 Metabolic and kinetic assessment of halophilic polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from surplus feedstocks Lisa Bai The University of Queensland Australia
P048 Culprits of taste and odour in drinking water Jin Zhu UNSW Australia
P049 Understanding the hybrid effect of plants and microbes on the polishing of anaerobic membrane bioreactor permeate in a nature-based biofilter
Yanghui XiongKAUST
P050 Identifying eukaryotes and factors influencing their biogeography in drinking water distribution systems metagenomes Marco Gabrielli EAWAG Switzerland
P051 Is onsite monochloramine disinfection the solution to prevent growth of opportunistic drinking water pathogens in healthcare facilities? Marianne Grimard-Conea Polytechnique Montreal Canada
P052 Advanced biomass formation potential method for drinking water distribution pipes and behavior of bacterial growth using an online flow cytometry Sungkyu Maeng Sejong University South Korea
P053 Understanding the relationship between the sizes of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and their bioavailability for the improvement of DOC removal in biofilters Xiang Shi University of Glasgow United Kingdom
P054 Exploration and identification of biodegradable organic matters in tap water using high resolution mass spectrometry Yuta Shinfuku The University of Tokyo Japan
P055 Characteristics of bacteriophages in drinking water treatment plants Alejandro Palomo Southern University of Science and Technology China
P056 Isolation of Dechloromonas sp. phage from wastewater treatment processes Ana Lanham Instituto Superior Técnico Portugal
P057 Acidogenic and haloalkaliphilic bacteria enriched from bauxite residue Yuanying Ma The University of Queensland Australia
P058 Predicting the risks associated with the synbio revolution to wastewater Cresten Mansfeldt University of Colorado Boulder United States
P059 Role of extracellular adhesins in microbial aggregation: Reimagining the microbial structure Hussain Aqeel Toronto Metropolitan University Canada
P060 Evaluating a metagenomic workflow for nontargeted detection and typing of disease agents in wastewater Katherine Scott Virginia Tech United States
P061 High-throughput acquisition of microfauna images by real-time and online microscopic data analysis Yu Tao Harbin Institute of Technology China
P062 Bacterial imprinting as a mechanism for controlling biofilm ecology within emerging wastewater treatment systems Jack Reeder Newcastle University United Kingdom
P063 The removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by sulfidated nanoscale zero-valent iron activating periodate Li Liang Tongji University China
P064 Deciphering a novel chloramphenicols resistance mechanism: oxidative inactivation of the propanediol pharmacophore Bing Li Tsinghua University China
P065 What supports Escherichia coli growth in urban river? A non-targeted screening and quantification by high resolution LC/MS Yutaro Uehara The University of Tokyo Japan
P066 Metabolic modelling of purple non-sulfur bacteria for resource recovery Akhila Shon The University of Queensland Australia
P067 Rarity is the main biodiversity measure of the microbiome in Oosterhorn saline wastewater treatment plant that drives the functioning of the activated sludge reactor as revealed by cross-correlational analysis Asala Mahajna WETSUS The Netherlands
P068 Identifying degraders and degradation pathways in bench-scale activated sludge bioreactors subjected to a press chemical disturbance Hari Seshan Tyr Group Pty Ltd Australia
P069 Evaluation of social behaviors and secondary metabolites gene clusters of phylum Myxococcota present in activated sludge systems through shotgun-metagenomic sequence analysis. Hazuki Kurashita Nagaoka University of Technology Japan
P070 Co-occurrence and cooperation between comammox and anammox bacteria in a full-scale attached growth municipal wastewater treatment process Katherine Vilardi Northeastern University United States
P071 An integrated meta-omics approach reveals the response mechanism of anammox community towards trace fluoroquinolones in enhanced nitrogen removal Ke Yu Peking University China
P072 MiDAS 5: Global diversity of bacteria and archaea in anaerobic digesters Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm Aalborg University Denmark
P073 The putative interactions of AOB and NOB at a large spatial scale
Bing ZhangMinzu University of ChinaChina
P074 Shift in assembly mechanism precedes the changes in diversity pattern in anaerobic digestion ecosystem under varying frequency of disturbance at constant incidence Soheil A. Neshat Nanyang Technological University Singapore
P075 High pH and free ammonia resistant ammonia oxidizing bacteria Xin Zou University of Alberta Canada
P076 Microbiome mediating methane and nitrogen transformations in a subterranean estuary Sebastian Euler Southern Cross University Australia
P077 Novel tiling amplicon sequencing enables sensitivity quantification, delineation, and early warning SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater Yu Wang The University of Queensland Australia
P078 Effects of temperature reduction on microbial community during high-rate anaerobic digestion of dairy wastewater with long chain fatty acids Yu-Chen Liu University of Galway Ireland
P079 Examining the correlation between solubilization and methane potential in anaerobic digestion of pre-treated waste activated sludge Byung-Kyu Ahn Chungbuk National University South Korea
P080 Assessing the effects of variation in microbial community on the biodegradation of polymers in different aquatic environments Edward Mitchell Newcastle University United Kingdom
P081
P082 Understanding kinetic limitations and metabolic pathways of simple to complex substrate degradation in anaerobic systems Hannah Bird Newcastle University United Kingdom
P083 Nitrospira dominant pin-point flocs show granule-like settleability in continuously stirred tank reactors operated with oxic/anoxic/oxic conditions Hussain Aqeel Toronto Metropolitan University Canada
P084 Effects of nanobubble technology on the microbial community structure of influent of domestic wastewater treatment plant Jesmin Akter University of Science and Technology South Korea
P085 Investigation of microbial community and infectious pathogens in a wastewater treatment plant in South Korea Jesmin Akter University of Science and Technology South Korea
P086 Meta-omics approaches to decipher Candidatus Accumulibacter metabolism under conditions of phosphate limitation Laëtitia Cardona EPFL Switzerland
P087 A 24,000+ high-quality genome catalog of global activated sludge microbiomes by ultra-deep nanopore sequencing Lei Liu Aalborg University Denmark
P088 Directional propionate recovery from food wastewater: Ecological insight and engineering practice Menghan Wu Tsinghua University China
P089 Effect of exogenous N-acyl-homoserine lactones on the anammox process at 15 ℃: Nitrogen removal performance, gene expression and metagenomics analysis Min Ji Tianjin University China
P090
P091 Quantitative sequencing based on 16S rRNA gene for comprehensive pathogen monitoring and tracking in a municipal wastewater treatment plant Rasindu Galagoda Kanazawa University Japan
P092 Laboratory-scale study to elucidate greenhouse gas emission and microbial communities in open wastewater sludge lagoons Sarah Aucote The University of Queensland Australia
P093 Enhancement of two-stage co-fermentation process combining H2 and CH4 production via addition of conductive materials Tae-Hoon Kim Chungbuk National University South Korea
P094 The effect of tetracycline on the river bacterial community and their activities Takeo Hama University of Tsukuba Japan
P095 Remediation of groundwater polluted by crude oil via enriched anaerobic consortium. Claudia Lorena Sanchez Huerta King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia
P096 Microbial extracellular metabolites: Biomethane booster for granular activated carbon amended anaerobic reactors Yingdi Zhang University of Alberta Canada
P097 Synchronism and asynchronism of bacterial community for Hong Kong and global wastewater treatment plants Yulin Zhang The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, SAR of China
P098 Insight into the ecophysiology of newly discovered comammox bacteria Chaoyu Li The University of Queensland Australia
P099 Constructed wetlands: a real solution or a hotspot for AMR selection in the environment? Chiara Borsetto University of Warwick United Kingdom
P100 Occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from environmental samples Iftita Rahmatika Universitas Indonesia Indonesia
P101 Nitrogen removal contribution, activity, and metabolic pathway of functional bacteria in a pilot-scale anammox-based process treating landfill leachate Jing Wang Westlake University China
P102 Exploring the diversity and spatial distribution of marine bacterial communities in coastal seawater and sediments of Qatar Kashif Rasool Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar
P103 Genome-centric metaproteomics reveals microbial functional activities and seasonal dynamics in a full-scale livestock wastewater treatment plant Lingrong Jin Westlake University China
P104 Nitrite reduction to ammonium by anammox bacterial cell extracts Mamoru Oshiki Hokkaido University Japan
P105 Long-term and low-dose chlorination (LLC) drives dissemination of antimicrobial resistance through bacterial membrane resilience and evolution Peng Shi Nanjing University China
P106 Assessment of technical factors influencing DNA-based analysis of low-biomass tap water produced by reverse osmosis Putri Ratna King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia
P107 Investigating the impact of silver-stabilized hydrogen peroxide on host-pathogen interactions in drinking water systems Stefania Conforti Toronto Metropolitan University Canada
P108 Floc-wise bacterial community composition and its relationship with floc morphological parameters in activated sludge Tomohiro Tobino University of Tokyo Japan
P109 Deciphering the inhibition of ethane on anaerobic ammonium oxidation Xin Tan Harbin Institute of Technology China
P110 Microbial community involved in the lactic acid production using mixed cultures and raw cheese whey as substrate Ines Etchelet Instituto De Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable Uruguay
P111 Hot spring distribution and survival mechanisms of thermophilic comammox Nitrospira Yan Zhang Foshan University China
P112 Biotransformation of phenolic compounds under nitrate reducing conditions Siyuan Zhai Tianjin University China
P113 Does Ethanol enhance propionate oxidising communities’ ability to deal with stress? Kris Anthony Silveira University of Galway Ireland
P114 Activated sludge model no. 1 calibration for a paper mill wastewater treatment plant Hussain Ahmed Tampere University Finland
P115 Metagenomic analysis of novel fungi in sewage treatment processes  Kengo Kubota Tohoku University Japan
P116 Evaluation of microbial community in anaerobic N2O reducing bioreactor  Ryota Maeda Tohoku University Japan
P117 Metagenomic analysis of metabolic potentials of complete ammonia oxidizers in biological drinking water treatment Ikuro Kasuga The University of Tokyo Japan
P118
P119 Establishment of and N2O emissions from a thermophilic nitritation reactor Mingsheng Jia Ghent University Belgium
P120 Moving-bed biofilm reactors in drinking water treatment: Learnings from three pilot systems
Gilda CarvalhoThe University of QueenslandAustralia








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