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h-index: 39
Works: 122
Citations: 5,259

Most-cited papers

MiDAS: the field guide to the microbes of activated sludge
S. McIlroy, Aaron Marc Saunders, M. Albertsen, M. Nierychlo +5 more
2015Database J. Biol. Databases Curation299 citations Open access
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Anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to manganese reduction by members of the Methanoperedenaceae
Andy O. Leu, C. Cai, S. McIlroy, G. Southam +4 more
2020The ISME Journal291 citations Open access
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‘Candidatus Competibacter’-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity
S. McIlroy, M. Albertsen, E. K. Andresen, Aaron Marc Saunders +4 more
2013The ISME Journal279 citations Open access
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Identification of active denitrifiers in full-scale nutrient removal wastewater treatment systems.
S. McIlroy, A. Starnawska, Piotr Starnawski, Aaron Marc Saunders +3 more
2016Environmental Microbiology259 citations
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A Critical Assessment of the Microorganisms Proposed to be Important to Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal in Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Systems
M. Stokholm-Bjerregaard, S. McIlroy, M. Nierychlo, S. Karst +2 more
2017Frontiers in Microbiology250 citations Open access
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A metabolic model for members of the genus Tetrasphaera involved in enhanced biological phosphorus removal
R. Kristiansen, H. Nguyen, Aaron Marc Saunders, J. Nielsen +8 more
2012The ISME Journal246 citations Open access
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Culture-Independent Analyses Reveal Novel Anaerolineaceae as Abundant Primary Fermenters in Anaerobic Digesters Treating Waste Activated Sludge
S. McIlroy, R. Kirkegaard, M. S. Dueholm, Eustace Y. Fernando +3 more
2017Frontiers in Microbiology227 citations Open access
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Re-evaluating the microbiology of the enhanced biological phosphorus removal process.
P. Nielsen, S. McIlroy, M. Albertsen, M. Nierychlo
2019Current Opinion in Biotechnology210 citations Open access
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Retrieval of a million high-quality, full-length microbial 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequences without primer bias
S. Karst, M. S. Dueholm, S. McIlroy, R. Kirkegaard +2 more
2018Nature Biotechnology198 citations Open access
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Resolving the individual contribution of key microbial populations to enhanced biological phosphorus removal with Raman–FISH
Eustace Y. Fernando, S. McIlroy, M. Nierychlo, F. Herbst +5 more
2018The ISME Journal176 citations Open access
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The Family Saprospiraceae
S. McIlroy, P. Nielsen
2014160 citations
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MiDAS 2.0: an ecosystem-specific taxonomy and online database for the organisms of wastewater treatment systems expanded for anaerobic digester groups
S. McIlroy, R. Kirkegaard, Bianca McIlroy, M. Nierychlo +4 more
2017Database J. Biol. Databases Curation153 citations Open access
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The impact of immigration on microbial community composition in full-scale anaerobic digesters
R. Kirkegaard, S. McIlroy, J. M. Kristensen, M. Nierychlo +4 more
2017Scientific Reports148 citations Open access
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“Candidatus Propionivibrio aalborgensis”: A Novel Glycogen Accumulating Organism Abundant in Full-Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Plants
M. Albertsen, S. McIlroy, M. Stokholm-Bjerregaard, S. Karst +1 more
2016Frontiers in Microbiology115 citations Open access
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Generation of Comprehensive Ecosystem-Specific Reference Databases with Species-Level Resolution by High-Throughput Full-Length 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and Automated Taxonomy Assignment (AutoTax)
M. S. Dueholm, K. S. Andersen, S. McIlroy, J. M. Kristensen +4 more
2020mBio111 citations Open access
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Genomic and in situ investigations of the novel uncultured Chloroflexi associated with 0092 morphotype filamentous bulking in activated sludge
S. McIlroy, S. Karst, M. Nierychlo, M. S. Dueholm +4 more
2016The ISME Journal94 citations Open access
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The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full‐scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants
M. Nierychlo, A. Miłobędzka, F. Petriglieri, Bianca McIlroy +2 more
2018FEMS Microbiology Ecology93 citations Open access
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Genomic and in Situ Analyses Reveal the Micropruina spp. as Abundant Fermentative Glycogen Accumulating Organisms in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems
S. McIlroy, Cristobal A. Onetto, Bianca McIlroy, F. Herbst +10 more
2018Frontiers in Microbiology72 citations Open access
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Multi-heme cytochrome-mediated extracellular electron transfer by the anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’
Xue-Qing Zhang, Georgina H. Joyce, Andy O. Leu, Jing Zhao +6 more
2023Nature Communications70 citations Open access
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Lateral Gene Transfer Drives Metabolic Flexibility in the Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaeal Family Methanoperedenaceae
S. McIlroy, Andy O. Leu, Jun Ye, D. Parks +2 more
2020mBio68 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of microbial communities performing anaerobic ammonium and methane oxidations under different nitrogen loadings
Jie Li, Tao Liu, S. McIlroy, G. Tyson +1 more
2023ISME Communications59 citations Open access
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Genomic insights into members of the candidate phylum Hyd24-12 common in mesophilic anaerobic digesters
R. Kirkegaard, M. S. Dueholm, S. McIlroy, M. Nierychlo +3 more
2016The ISME Journal57 citations Open access
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Novel prosthecate bacteria from the candidate phylum Acetothermia
Li-Ping Hao, S. McIlroy, R. Kirkegaard, S. Karst +6 more
2017bioRxiv54 citations Open access
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Dynamics of the Fouling Layer Microbial Community in a Membrane Bioreactor
A. S. Ziegler, S. McIlroy, P. Larsen, M. Albertsen +3 more
2016PLoS ONE53 citations Open access
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In situ visualisation of the abundant Chloroflexi populations in full-scale anaerobic digesters and the fate of immigrating species
F. Petriglieri, M. Nierychlo, P. Nielsen, S. McIlroy
2018PLoS ONE52 citations Open access
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Methane-dependent selenate reduction by a bacterial consortium
Ling-Dong Shi, Pan-Long Lv, S. McIlroy, Zhen Wang +6 more
2021The ISME Journal46 citations Open access
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Candidatus Amarolinea and Candidatus Microthrix Are Mainly Responsible for Filamentous Bulking in Danish Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
M. Nierychlo, S. McIlroy, Sergey V. Kucheryavskiy, Chenjing Jiang +4 more
2020Frontiers in Microbiology46 citations Open access
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Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis
Ya-Fei Ou, Hongpo Dong, S. McIlroy, S. Crowe +12 more
2022The ISME Journal45 citations Open access
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Genomic insights into Candidatus Amarolinea aalborgensis gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with settleability problems in wastewater treatment plants.
M. H. Andersen, S. McIlroy, M. Nierychlo, P. Nielsen +1 more
2019Systematic and Applied Microbiology43 citations Open access
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Anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ has a pleomorphic life cycle
S. McIlroy, Andy O. Leu, Xue-Qing Zhang, R. Newell +4 more
2023Nature Microbiology42 citations Open access
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Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia
Meng-Xiong Wu, Jie Li, Andy O. Leu, D. Erler +5 more
2022Nature Communications41 citations Open access
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In situ profiling of microbial communities in full-scale aerobic sequencing batch reactors treating winery waste in australia.
S. McIlroy, Lachlan B. M. Speirs, J. Tucci, R. Seviour
2011Environmental Science and Technology32 citations
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Identification of microorganisms responsible for foam formation in mesophilic anaerobic digesters treating surplus activated sludge.
Chenjing Jiang, S. McIlroy, R. Qi, F. Petriglieri +3 more
2020Water Research31 citations
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Re-appraisal of the phylogeny and fluorescence in situ hybridization probes for the analysis of the Competibacteraceae in wastewater treatment systems.
S. McIlroy, Tadashi Nittami, Eri Kanai, J. Fukuda +2 more
2015Environmental Microbiology Reports27 citations
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Monitoring foaming potential in anaerobic digesters.
Chenjing Jiang, R. Qi, Li-Ping Hao, S. McIlroy +1 more
2018Waste Management25 citations Open access
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Genomic insights into the metabolism of ‘Candidatus Defluviicoccus seviourii’, a member of Defluviicoccus cluster III abundant in industrial activated sludge
Cristobal A. Onetto, P. Grbin, S. McIlroy, Kathryn L. Eales
2018FEMS Microbiology Ecology25 citations Open access
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate-driven current generation via acetate by an anaerobic methanotrophic consortium.
Xue-Qin Zhang, S. McIlroy, I. Vassilev, Hesamoddin Rabiee +6 more
2022Water Research22 citations Open access
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Pyrogenic Carbon Promotes Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Coupled with Iron Reduction via the Redox-Cycling Mechanism.
Xue-Qing Zhang, Mengying Xie, C. Cai, Hesamoddin Rabiee +6 more
2023Environmental Science and Technology20 citations Open access
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Nitrate-driven anaerobic oxidation of ethane and butane by bacteria
Meng-Xiong Wu, Jie Li, Chun-Yu Lai, Andy O. Leu +9 more
2024The ISME Journal19 citations Open access
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Osmoregulation in freshwater anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea under salt stress
Maider J. Echeveste Medrano, Andy O. Leu, Martin Pabst, Yue-Mei Lin +7 more
2024The ISME Journal19 citations Open access
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Thousands of primer-free, high-quality, full-length SSU rRNA sequences from all domains of life
S. Karst, M. S. Dueholm, S. McIlroy, R. Kirkegaard +2 more
2016bioRxiv19 citations Open access
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Comprehensive ecosystem-specific 16S rRNA gene databases with automated taxonomy assignment (AutoTax) provide species-level resolution in microbial ecology
M. S. Dueholm, K. S. Andersen, F. Petriglieri, S. McIlroy +7 more
2019bioRxiv18 citations Open access
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Protozoal populations drive system-wide variation in the rumen microbiome
Carl M. Kobel, Andy O. Leu, Arturo Vera-Ponce de León, O. Øyås +16 more
2025bioRxiv17 citations Open access
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A genome-centric view of the role of the Acropora kenti microbiome in coral health and resilience
Lauren F. Messer, D. Bourne, Steven J. Robbins, Megan Clay +3 more
2024Nature Communications16 citations Open access
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High quality draft genome sequence of Meganema perideroedes str. Gr1T and a proposal for its reclassification to the family Meganemaceae fam. nov.
S. McIlroy, A. Lapidus, T. R. Thomsen, James Han +11 more
2015Standards in Genomic Sciences15 citations Open access
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Identifying the abundant and active microorganisms common to full-scale anaerobic digesters
R. Kirkegaard, S. McIlroy, J. M. Kristensen, M. Nierychlo +4 more
2017bioRxiv14 citations Open access
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Characterization of the In Situ Ecophysiology of Novel Phylotypes in Nutrient Removal Activated Sludge Treatment Plants
S. McIlroy, Takanori Awata, M. Nierychlo, M. Albertsen +2 more
2015PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridization for strain-level visualization of microbial communities
J. Engelberts, Jun Ye, D. Parks, Eilish S. McMaster +5 more
2025The ISME Journal11 citations Open access
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Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium and short-chain gaseous alkanes coupled to nitrate reduction by a bacterial consortium
Meng-Xiong Wu, Xiawei Liu, J. Engelberts, G. Tyson +2 more
2024The ISME Journal11 citations Open access
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Machine learning and metagenomics identifies uncharacterized taxa inferred to drive biogeochemical cycles in a subtropical hypereutrophic estuary
Apoorva Prabhu, S. Tule, M. Chuvochina, Mikael Bodén +3 more
2024ISME Communications11 citations Open access
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