Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Hug, Laura"
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Exploring microbial diversity across a Southern Ontario landfill
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-11)Sanitary landfills are highly engineered environments that receive a heterogeneous mixture of organic waste, metals, and plastics. Global waste production continues to grow every year and waste management is an increasing ... -
From genomes to metagenomes: Development of a rapid-aligner for genome assembly and application of macroecological models to microbiology
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)Since the development of the modern computer, many scientific fields have undergone paradigm shifts due to an increasing facility in data collection and analysis. Microbiology has been impacted by computational advances, ... -
A Metagenomic Examination of Virus Diversity, Host Interactions, and Genetic Potential Across Municipal Waste Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-18)Viruses are the most abundant microbial guild on the planet, impacting microbial community structure and ecosystem services. Despite this, they have been underrepresented in reference databases compared to Bacteria and ... -
Microbial Community Compositional Stability in Agricultural Soils During Freeze-Thaw and Fertilizer Stress
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)Microbial activity persists in cold region agricultural soils during the fall, winter, and spring (i.e., non-growing season) and frozen condition, with peak activity during thaw events. Climate change is expected to change ... -
Microbial Composition and Functional Diversity in Waste Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-09)Landfilling remains the most common endpoint of discarded waste. At landfill sites, waste is transformed and degraded by microbially mediated processes conducted by different trophic groups, comprised of members of a ... -
Microbial diversity and cellulosic capacity in municipal waste sites
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound found on earth. Cellulose’s recalcitrance to hydrolysis is a major limitation to improving the efficiency of industrial applications. The biofuel, pulp and paper, agriculture, ... -
Towards a Better Understanding of Activated Carbon-Based Amendments for In Situ Treatment of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Anaerobic Groundwater Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-11)Injected activated carbon (AC) particulate amendments for the in situ treatment of groundwater impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) is relatively new, and relies on a combination of AC sorption and biodegradation. ... -
Using Metagenomic Approaches to Determine Antimicrobial Resistance Diversity and Prevalence within Four Landfills
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-21)Antibiotics are one of the many hazardous substances present in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. Antibiotics can contaminate the leachate generated in landfills, which poses a threat to human health as leachate ...