Stefan Wuertz

This study evaluates microbial community-based single-cell protein (SCP) as a fishmeal replacement in Pacific white shrimp, finding that up to 90% replacement maintains key performance metrics without significant differences from fishmeal control.

This paper presents a dual-loop bioprocess converting soybean-processing wastewater into microbial single-cell protein with nutrient recovery and product refinement.

The paper applies a trait-based framework to anaerobic microbial communities under disturbance, identifying three life-history strategies.

This study evaluates microbial community-based single-cell protein (SCP) as a fishmeal substitute in juvenile Asian seabass diets across multiple trials and scales, finding it comparable in performance to fishmeal in most metrics.

The paper predicts microbial community responses to disturbance using genome-resolved trait-based life-history strategies, showing alignment with disturbance regimes through functional trade-offs and genomic trait distributions.

MicroEcoTools provides an R package for testing ecological theories in microbial communities using null models and functional trait analysis.

The paper uses integrated genomic analyses to show that horizontal gene transfer of phoU and ppk2 genes led to Pho dysregulation, enabling phosphorus cycling in Ca. Accumulibacter.

The paper presents a draft genome of Pseudopithomyces maydicus, identifying gene models and biosynthetic gene clusters.

This study systematically analyzes CRISPR-Cas systems and prophages in Candidatus Accumulibacter, revealing their role in phage resistance and adaptation across different taxa and environments.

The paper evaluates MAG recovery strategies from activated sludge microbial communities, finding that co-assembly outperforms single-sample assembly and only 58 MAGs meet quality criteria.

The paper describes methods to validate long read assembled genomes using short read metagenome assembled genomes and assesses correction procedures' impact on genome quality, contributing new closed genomes from wastewater bioprocesses.

The paper evaluates extraction solvents for untargeted metabolomics analysis of EBPR bioreactors, finding that optimal methods vary by reactor type.

The paper demonstrates that MinION long read sequencing can recover near-complete genomes from low-medium complexity microbial communities.

The paper investigates the apparent oxygen half saturation constant (Ks(app)) for Nitrospira sublineage I OTU in wastewater treatment plants, finding it lower than AOB, suggesting NOB can thrive under low oxygen conditions.