Hi all,
Following on from the discussion in <"Does depleted KH stop the nitrogen cycle?"> I said I'd try and contact <"Josh Neufeld's lab">., I did and I'm delighted to say that both Prof. Neufeld and Dr Michelle McKnight have replied. I'll put the correspondence in the subsequent post, as there are several "sections" to it.
The reason for attempting to contact them was that his research group have published some very interesting scientific papers on novel nitrifying organisms and aquarium filters. Before I get onto the correspondence, I'll list the papers we've referenced on UKAPS.
Following on from the discussion in <"Does depleted KH stop the nitrogen cycle?"> I said I'd try and contact <"Josh Neufeld's lab">., I did and I'm delighted to say that both Prof. Neufeld and Dr Michelle McKnight have replied. I'll put the correspondence in the subsequent post, as there are several "sections" to it.
The reason for attempting to contact them was that his research group have published some very interesting scientific papers on novel nitrifying organisms and aquarium filters. Before I get onto the correspondence, I'll list the papers we've referenced on UKAPS.
- This one isn't a paper in a peer reviewed Scientific Journal, but it is well worth a read and I might start with it: <"http://cichlidpower.org.au/TCM/PDF/041/TCM041-201203_Apr_wcon.pdf"> (pages 14 - 20) in <"Hello from Kent">.
- McKnight, M & Neufeld, J. (2021) "Microbial community analysis of biofilters reveals a dominance of either comammox Nitrospira or archaea as ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquaria" <"Microbial community analysis of biofilters reveals a dominance of either comammox Nitrospira or archaea as ammonia oxidizers in freshwater aquaria"> in <"Nitrites never zero"> & <"Does depleted KH stop the nitrogen cycle?">.
- Al-Ajeel, S., Spasov, E., Sauder, L.A., McKnight, M.M. and Neufeld, J.D., (2022). <"Ammonia-oxidizing archaea and complete ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in water treatment systems">. Water Research X, p.100131. in <"Seeding new filter media . . ."> I obviously liked this one as it is linked into multiple threads: <"Dr Timothy Hovanec's comments about Bacterial supplements">, <"Does depleted KH stop the nitrogen cycle?"> & <"The nitrifying microbes in aquariums and cycling">.
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