Peter Pollard
Griffith University
40 Papers
232 Citations
Peter Pollard is an academic researcher from Griffith University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bacterial growth & Seagrass. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 40 publications. Previous affiliations of Peter Pollard include University of Queensland.
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Papers
Identification of cyanophage Ma-LBP and infection of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa from an Australian subtropical lake by the virus.
Stephen Tucker,Peter Pollard +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that this cyanophage could be a major natural control mechanism of M. aeruginosa abundance in aquatic ecosystems like Lake Baroon and future studies of potentially toxic cyanobacterial blooms need to consider factors that influence cyanophages attachment, infectivity, and lysis of their host alongside the physical and chemical parameters that drive cyanobacteria growth and production.
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Recovery of soil properties and functions in different rainforest restoration pathways
TL;DR: All three reforestation pathways were able to restore soil properties to varying degrees, although the rate of recovery was lowest in untreated camphor regrowth, and there was little variation with deforestation or reforestation.
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Measuring bacterial biomass-COD in wastewater containing particulate matter
Elisabeth v. Münch,Peter Pollard +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method to determine bacterial biomass-COD in wastewater treatment systems in the presence of particulate matter is described, which can greatly enhance the accuracy and reliability of wastewater treatment models that rely on the component “biomass concentration, which is usually expressed in terms of COD.
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Sensitive and meaningful measures of bacterial metabolic activity using NADH fluorescence.
Melissa Louise Wos,Peter Pollard +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that fluorescence probe measurements taken from wastewater do not represent bacterial cell metabolic activity because intracellular NADH is likely swamped by the stable extracellular NADh fraction.
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Bacterial growth dynamics in activated sludge batch assays
TL;DR: In situ growth dynamics of bacterial populations in batch reactors are presented, confirming that the batch reactor environment induces changes in the bacterial physiology and/or community structure compared to the original treatment environment, even at low S/X ratios.
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