Refereed Papers
Wall, M., O'Flaherty, V., Ginty, F. and Houghton, J.A.H. (1994) Measurement of
intracellular calcium levels of human spermatozoa acrosome reacted by
electropermeabilization Arch. Androl. 32:185-195.
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1995) Microbial interactions during the anaerobic
treatment of sulphate-containing wastewaters. Med. Landbouww. Gent. 60(4): 26692676.
Lens, P.N.L., O'Flaherty, V., Dijkema, C., Colleran, E. and Stams, A.J.M. (1996) Effects
of
acetate, propionate and butyrate on propionate degradation by mesophilic syntrophic
sludge. J. Ferm. Bioeng. 82: 387-391.
De Beer, D., O'Flaherty, V., Jullapong, T. and Verstraete, W. (1996) EPS distribution and
flotation of anaerobic sludge. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 46: 197-201.
O'Flaherty, V., Lens, P., De Beer, D. and Colleran, E. (1997) Effect of feed composition
and upflow velocity on aggregate characteristics in upflow anaerobic hybrid reactors.
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 47: 102-107.
O'Flaherty, V., Lens, P., Leahy, B. and Colleran, E. (1998) Long term competition
between Sulphate-reducing and methane-producing bacteria during the full-scale
treatment of citric acid production wastewater. Water Res. 32(3): 815-825.
O'Flaherty, V., Mahony, T., O'Kennedy, R. and Colleran, E. (1998) Effect of pH on the
growth kinetics and sulphide toxicity thresholds of a range of methanogenic, syntrophic
and sulphate-reducing bacteria. Process Biochem. 33(5): 555-569.
Colleran, E., Pender, S., Philpot, U., O'Flaherty, V. and Leahy, B. (1998) Full- and
laboratory-scale anaerobic treatment of citric acid production wastewater. Biodegradation
9: 233-245
Colleran, E. and O'Flaherty, V. (1998) Sulphide Toxicity during Anaerobic Digestion. In:
Environmental Technologies to Treat Sulfur Production - Principles and Engineering.
IWA Publishing pp. 467-489
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999) Effect of sulphate addition on volatile fatty acid
and ethanol degradation in an anaerobic hybrid reactor I: Process disturbance and
remediation. Biores. Technol. 68: 101-107.
Thalasso, F., van der Burgt, J., O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999) Anaerobic
degradation of betaine. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 74: 1-7.
O'Flaherty, V., Colohan, S., Mulkerrins, D. and Colleran, E. (1999) Effect of sulphate
addition on volatile fatty acid and ethanol degradation in an anaerobic hybrid reactor II:
Microbial interactions and toxic effects. Biores. Technol. 68: 109-120.
Mahony, T., O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (2001) Anaerobic digestion of phenol and
related compounds. In: (A.F.M. Van Velsen and W.H. Verstraete (eds)) Proceedings of
the 9th World Congress, Anaerobic Digestion 2001, IWA Press.
McHugh, S., Carton, M., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2001) Methanogenic population
structure of anaerobic granular sludges from pscyhrophilic, mesophilic and thermophilic
bioreactors. In: (A.F.M. Van Velsen and W.H. Verstraete (eds)) Proceedings of the 9th
World Congress, Anaerobic Digestion 2001, IWA Press.
McHugh, S., Carton, M., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Methanogenic
population structure in a variety of anaerobic bioreactors. FEMS Microbol Lett. 219(2):
297-304.
Collins, G., Woods, A., McHugh, S., Carton, M. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Microbial
community structure and methanogenic activity during start-up of psychrophilic
anaerobic digesters treating synthetic industrial wastewaters. FEMS Microb. Ecol. . 46
(2), 159-170.
McHugh, S. (2003) Low temperature anaerobic treatment of food processing wastewaters
– microbiology and process technology. PhD thesis. National University of Ireland,
Galway.
O'Flaherty, V. and Lens, P. (2003) Biofilms in wastewater treatment systems. In:
Biofilms in Industry, Medicine and Environmental Biotechnology, vol 1 – analysis,
monitoring and control. Lens, P., Moran, A., Mahony, T., Stoodley, P. and O'Flaherty, V.
(eds.), pp. 132-159. IWA Press, London.
McHugh, S., Carton, M., Collins, G. and O'Flaherty, V. (2004) Reactor performance and
microbial community dynamics during anaerobic biological treatment of simple and
complex wastewaters at 16-37°C. FEMS Microbial Ecology 48(3), 369-378
Pender, S., Toomey, M., Carton, M., Eardly, D., Patching, J., Colleran, E. and
O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Long-term effects of operating temperature and sulphate addition
on the methanogenic community structure of anaerobic hybrid reactors. Water Research
38(3) 619-630.
Collins, G., McHugh, S., Kearney, A. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004). Psychrophilic anaerobic
digestion of a range of wastewaters: process technology, microbial activity and
population dynamics. Water Intelligence Online In Press.
McHugh, S., O’Reilly, C., Mahony, T., Colleran, E. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Anaerobic
granular sludge bioreactor technology. Re/Views in Environmental Science and
Bio/Technology. In press.
Kearney, A., McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Characteristics of fixed and granular
biofilms during psychrophilic anaerobic treatment of whey wastewaters. Water
Intelligence Online. In press.
Collins, G., Foy, C., Carton, M.W., McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004). Stability,
reproducibility and response to perturbations of high-rate psychrophilic anaerobic
digestion. Submitted to: FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
Collins, G., Foy, C., McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004). Psychrophilic anaerobic
treatment of phenolic wastewater: reactor technology & microbiology. Submitted to:
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Collins, G., Foy, C., McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004). Anaerobic treatment of
2,4,6–trichlorophenol under low-temperature conditions: feasibility and molecular
fingerprinting. Submitted to: FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
Collins, G., O’Connor, L., McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004). Distribution and
dynamics of Crenarchaeota in anaerobic granular sludge from wastewater treatment
plants. Submitted to: Microbial Ecology.
Scully, C., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004). Assessment of anaerobic wastewater
treatment failure using physiological assays and TRFLP. Submitted to: Journal of
Applied Microbiology.
McHugh, S., Carton, M., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial community
dynamics during long-term anaerobic biological treatment of whey based wastewaters at
psychrophilic temperatures (> 20°C). Submitted to: Microbiology.
McHugh, S., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Long-term, high-rate anaerobic
biological treatment of whey wastewaters at psychrophilic temperatures. Submitted to:
Bioresource Technology.
McHugh, S., Carton, M., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Molecular techniques for
the monitoring of populations in anaerobic bioreactors. Submitted to: FEMS Microbiol.
Ecol.
McHugh, S., Carton, M., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Effect of feed
composition on performance and microbial community dynamics within anaerobic
bioreactors. Submitted to: Bioresource. Tech.
Kavanagh, S., Carrigg, C., Rice, O., and O’ Flaherty V. (2004). Evaluation of Rapid
Nucleic Acid Extraction Methods and Profiling of the Bacterial Communities of Diverse
Irish Soils.
Submitted to: Soil Microbiology and
Books/Special Editions
Biofilms in Medicine, Industry and Environmental Biotechnology: Characteristics,
Analysis and Control Lens, P., Moran, A., Mahony, T., Stoodley, P. and O’Flaherty, V.
(eds). IWA Press, London. ISBN 18433390191, 2003.
Biofilms in Medicine, Industry and Environmental Biotechnology: Occurrence, Impact
and Exploitation. O’Flaherty, V., Moran, A., Mahony, T., Colleran, E. and Lens, P. (eds).
Special edition in Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. Kluwer Press,
The Netherlands. In press.(2004)
Oral/Poster Presentations/Published Abstracts
O'Flaherty, V., Pender, S., McCole, J. and Colleran, E. (1994) Toxicity of selected
chemicals against the bacteria involved in anaerobic digestion. Poster presented at the 8th
Forum for Applied Biotechnology, Brugges Belgium.
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1995) Process disturbance due to direct and indirect
sulphide inhibition. Invited Oral Presentation to the EU Human Capital and Mobility
Network meeting, Gent, Belgium.
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1995) Microbial interactions during anaerobic digestion
of sulphate-containing wastewaters. Invited Oral Presentation to the 9th Forum for
Applied Biotechnology, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium.
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1995) Microbial competition during the treatment of
high-sulphate wastewaters. Biol. Env. 95B.
O'Flaherty, V., Mullkerrins, D., Colohan, S. and Colleran, E. (1996) Toxicity studies on
the trophic groups involved in anaerobic digestion. Poster presented at Society for
General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), University College Galway.
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1996) Competition for propionate and acetate during
anaerobic treatment of high-sulphate wastewaters. Invited Oral Presentation to the
Euopean Environmenal Researchers Organisation Workshop, St. Petersberg, Russia.
O'Flaherty, V., Colohan, S., Mullkerrins, D. and Colleran, E. (1996) Sulphide toxicity to
the bacteria involved in anaerobic digestion. Poster presented at the Sixth Irish
Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College, Dublin.
O'Flaherty, V., Maher, D., Colleran, E. and Quinn, G. (1997) Application of advanced
anaerobic reactor designs to the treatment of citric acid production wastewater. Invited
oral presentation to the Second RTC Science Research Colloquim, Sligo RTC.
O'Flaherty, V., Lens, P., Dijkema, C., Stams, A. and Colleran, E. (1998) Effect of
butyrate on propionate degradation by anaerobic sludge. Invited presentation to the
International Symposium on NMR in Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, The
Netherlands.
O'Flaherty, V., Maher, D., Colleran, E. and Quinn, G. (1998) Anaerobic treatment of
sulphate-containing wastewaters with IC and EGSB bioreactors. Invited Oral
Presentation to the Third Institutes of Technology Science Research Colloquium,
Institute of Technology, Tallaght.
Toomey, M, O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999) Long-term study of the population
dynamics of methanogenic bacteria in anaerobic hybrid reactors upon temperature shift to
thermophilic conditions in the presence and absence of sulphate. Poster presented at the
Sixth Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford.
McGinley, S, O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999) An investigation of the feasibility of
a novel anaerobic/aerobic bioreactor for the treatment of a low strength municipal
wastewater. Poster presented at the Sixth Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium,
Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford.
McGinley, S, O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999) The application of a novel
anaerobic/aerobic bioreactor for the treatment of low strength municipal wastewater.
Poster presented at the Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch) Meeting,
University College Cork.
Toomey, M, O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999) Profiling methanogenic populations
in anaerobic hybrid reactors by direct 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Poster presented at
the Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch) Meeting, University College Cork.
Wall, D and O'Flaherty, V. (2000) Molecular microbial diversity of Irish agricultural and
coniferous woodland soils. Poster presented at the Society for General Microbiology,
Irish Branch Meeting "Recent Advances in Molecular Microbial Ecology", Galway, April
2000.
Wall, D and O'Flaherty, V. (2000) The microbial biodiversity of an Irish pasture. Poster
presented at the ESAI workshop on Biodiversity, Dublin, November 2000.
McHugh, S., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2000) Methanogenic population structure in
anaerobic wastewater treatment biofilms. Presented at: Society for General Microbiology,
147th Ordinary Meeting, University of Exeter, 12-15th September 2000.
O'Flaherty, V. (2000) Biofilms for Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation. Irish
Scientist.
Murray, A., Gill, S., Carton, M., O'Flaherty, V. (2001) Molecular microbial diversity of
an agricultural soil from the West of Ireland. Presented at: Environ 2001, Dublin City
University. 26th – 27th January 2001.
McHugh, S., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2001) Methanogenic diversity of anaerobic
granular sludges from psychrophilic, mesophilic and thermophilic bioreactors using 16s
rDNA clone analysis. Abstract to be published in Biology and the Environment (2001)
McHugh, S., Mahony, T. and O'Flaherty, V. (2001) Methanogenic diversity of anaerobic
granular sludges from psychrophilic, mesophilic and thermophilic bioreactors using 16s
rDNA clone analysis. Presented at: Environ 2001, Dublin City University. 26th – 27th
January 2001.
McHugh, S. Carton, M., Mahony T. and O'Flaherty V. (2001) Characterization of
methanogenic populations within anaerobic granular sludges using 16s rDNA clone
library analysis. Presented at: Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Meeting,
Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin, 22nd-23rd March 2001 .
Murray, A., Gill, S., Carton, M. and O'Flaherty, V. (2001) Microbial diversity in Irish
agricultural and peatland soils as determined by SSU rRNA gene analysis. Presented at:
Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Meeting, Hamilton Building, Trinity
College Dublin, 22nd-23rd March 2001.
O'Flaherty, V., Carton, M., Murray, A. (2001) The ecology of methane production in peat
bogs – population structure, diversity and activity during seasonal cycles. In: Proceedings
of the Ninth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam, 26th-30th
August, 2001
Collins, G., Carton, M.W. and O’Flaherty, V. (2002) Start-up and biomonitoring of lowtemperature anaerobic digestion of high-strength industrial wastewaters. Presented at:
Environ 2002, Twelfth Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College
Cork, January 2002.
McHugh, S., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2002) Low-temperature anaerobic
treatment of wastewater from the milk-processing industry. Presented at: Environ 2002,
Twelfth Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College Cork, January
2002.
Collins, G., Carton, M.W. and O’Flaherty, V. (2002) Use of 16SrDNA sequencing and
TRFLP analysis to monitor the microbial community structure and dynamics of lowtemperature anaerobic digesters. Presented at ‘Metals, Microbes and the Environment’,
Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), Institute of Technology,
Carlow, 26/27th March, 2002.
Collins, G., Carton, M.W. and O’Flaherty, V. (2002) Molecular methods to study
wastewater biofilms. Presented at NCBES Research Seminar Series, National Centre for
Biomedical Engineering Sciences, March, 2002.
Carrig, C., Rice, O., Kavanagh S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Optimisation of protocols
for the extraction and amplification of dna from terrestrial soils and marine sediment.
Poster presented at: Environ 2003, Thirteenth Irish Environmental Researchers
Colloquium, Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway,
8/9/10th January, 2003.
Collins, G., Foy, C. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Cold Chaos? Stability, reproducibility and
response to perturbations of low-temperature anaerobic digestion. Poster presented at:
Environ 2003, Thirteenth Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Environmental
Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, 8/9/10th January, 2003.
Collins, G., Foy, C. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003). An evaluation of the feasibility of lowtemperature anaerobic digestion of phenolic pharmaceutical-like wastewaters. Poster
presented at: Environ 2003, Thirteenth Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium,
Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, 8/9/10th
January, 2003.
Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Community structure and population dynamics of
anaerobic bioreactors treating pharmaceutical wastewaters at low temperatures. Poster
presented at: Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National
University of Ireland, Maynooth, April, 2003.
Connaughton S., Carton M and O’Flaherty V. (2003) Effect of seed sludge source and
loading rates on the operation of psychrophilic laboratory-scale anaerobic hybrid
reactors. Oral presentation at: Environ 2003, Thirteenth Irish Environmental Researchers
Colloquium, Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway,
8/9/10th January, 2003.
Connaughton S., Mc Hugh S and O’Flaherty V. (2003) High rate anaerobic treatment of
industrial wastewater at psychrophilic temperature. Oral presentation at: BioNet Annual
Conference 2003, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 16/17th December, 2003.
Connaughton S and O’Flaherty V. (2003) The start-up and performance of two
psychrophilic laboratory-scale anaerobic hybrid reactors. Poster presented at: Society for
General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
April, 2003.
McHugh, S. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Low temperature anaerobic treatment of milk
processing wastewaters – microbiology and process technology. EPA Showcase,
Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. May 2003.
Collins, G., Foy, C. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) An evaluation of the feasibility of low
temperature anaerobic digestion of phenolic pharmaceutical-like wastewaters. EPA
Showcase, Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. May 2003.
Collins, G., Foy, C. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Cold chaos? Stability, reproducibility and
response to perturbations of low temperature anaerobic digestion of industrial
wastewater. EPA Showcase, Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. May 2003.
Enright, AM and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Application of metabolic and molecular
techniques to assess the suitability of anaerobic sludge for digestion of toxic solvents.
EPA Showcase, Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. May 2003.
Kearney, A and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of whey-based
wastewaters - A Comparison of an Upflow Anaerobic Filter and an Upflow Anaerobic
Sludge Blanket Reactor Design. EPA Showcase, Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. May
2003.
Rice, O., Carrigg, C., Kavanagh, S. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Comparsion of various
physical/chemical extraction methods from terrestrial soils and marine sediment using
DGGE and T-RFLP fingerprinting techniques. SGM Maynooth, Ireland. March 2003.
Carrigg, C., Rice, O., Kavanagh, S. and O' Flaherty, V. (2003) Optimisation of protocols
for the extraction and amplification of DNA from terrestrial soils and marine sediment.
EPA Showcase, Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. May 2003.
Madden, P. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Biofilm based anaerobic/oxic wastewater
treatment systems (bio-box) for treatment of industrial wastestreams and contaminated
groundwaters: methodology. Poster presented at: Irish Research Council for Science
Engineering and Technology – First Research Symposium, Royal Hospital Kilmainham,
Dublin 8, 7th November, 2003.
Kavanagh, S., Carrigg, C., Rice, O. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Comparison of rapid DNA
methods and profiling of the microbial community of contrasting Irish terrestrial soils and
marine sediment using DGGE and T-RFLP fingerprinting techniques. Soil Microbiota,
Marburg, Germany. September 2003.
Murray, A. and O'Flaherty, V. (2003) Bacterial Community structure and population
dynamics in a peatland soil during seasonal cycles. Soil Microbiota, Marburg, Germany.
September 2003.
Rice, O. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Ecological studies of methane production in Irish
peatlands. Presented at EPA Meeting Johnstown Castle, Wexford, October 2003.
Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Feasibility and molecular microbial ecology of
low-temperature, low-technology anaerobic digestion of pharmaceutical-like
wastewaters. Presented at: BioNet Annual Conference 2003, Galway-Mayo Institute of
Technology, 16/17th December, 2003.
McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Low temperature anaerobic treatment of wheybased wastewaters – microbiology and process technology. Presented at: BioNet Annual
Conference 2003, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 16/17th December, 2003
Rice, O., Carrigg, C., Kavanagh, S. and O’ Flaherty V. (2003) Development of
methodologies for accessing genetic information of soil microorganisms. Presented at:
BioNet Annual Conference 2003, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 16/17th
December, 2003
Kearney, A. and O’Flaherty, V. (2003) Anaerobic digestion of a whey based wastewater
under psychrophilic conditions. Presented at: BioNet Annual Conference 2003, GalwayMayo Institute of Technology, 16/17th December, 2003
Enright, A-M., Beirne, L., McHugh S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Psychrophilic anaerobic
treatment of pharmaceutical wastewaters. . Poster presented at: Environ 2004, 14th Irish
Environmental Researchers Colloquium, UL, Limerick, January, 2004.
Enright, A-M., Beirne, L., McHugh S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Psychrophilic anaerobic
treatment of pharmaceutical wastewaters. Poster presented at: 2nd Young Researchers
Conference, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, April, 2004.
Kearney, A. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Effect of reactor design on the psychrophilic
anaerobic digestion of whey-based wastewater. Poster presented at: Environ 2004, 14th
Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, UL, Limerick, January, 2004.
Kearney, A. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) The use of fixed and granular biofilms in
psychrophilic anaerobic bioreactors treating whey wastewaters. Poster presented at:
Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland,
Galway, April, 2004
Bhreathnach, N., Richards, K. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial contamination of
aquifers in Ireland: identification of groundwater vulnerability factors and development
of molecular detection protocols for key microbial pathogens. Poster presented at:
Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland,
Galway, April, 2004
Carrigg, C., Kavanagh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Development and evaluation of a
nucleic acid stabilization buffer for use in a national microbial soils database project.
Poster presented at: Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National
University of Ireland, Galway, April, 2004
Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Stability of low-temperature anaerobic digestion
for cost-effective wastewater treatment. Poster presented at: Society for General
Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland, Galway, April,
2004.
Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Low-cost anaerobic treatment of treatment of
phenol-contaminated wastewater: technology and ecology. Poster presented at: Society
for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland,
Galway, April, 2004.
Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Treatment of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol-contaminated
wastewater at 15°C under exclusively anaerobic conditions. Poster presented at: Society
for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland,
Galway, April, 2004.
Connaughton S and O’Flaherty V. (2004) The start-up and performance of two
psychrophilic laboratory-scale anaerobic/aerobic hybrid reactors. Poster presented at:
Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland,
Galway, April, 2004.
Kavanagh, S., Carrigg, C., Rice, O., and O’ Flaherty V. (2004) Comparison of Rapid
Nucleic Acid Extraction Methods and Profiling of the Bacterial Communities of
Contrasting Irish Terrestrial Soils using DGGE and T-RFLP Fingerprinting Techniques".
Poster presented at: Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National
University of Ireland, Galway, April, 2004.
Madden, P., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Biofilm based anaerobic/oxic
wastewater treatment systems (bio-box) for treatment of industrial wastestreams and
contaminated groundwaters. Poster presented at: Society for General Microbiology (Irish
Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland, Galway, April, 2004.
O’Connor, L., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Distribution and prevalence of
Crenarchaeota in anaerobic wastewater treatment bioreactors. Poster presented at:
Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland,
Galway, April, 2004.
Scully, C., McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Reactor performance and microbial
community dynamics during anaerobic treatment of volatile fatty acid wastewater. Talk
presented at: Environ 2004, 14th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, UL,
Limerick, January, 2004.
Scully, C., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Reactor performance and microbial
community dynamics during the anaerobic treatment of synthetic industrial wastewater.
Poster presented at: Society for General Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National
University of Ireland, Galway, April, 2004.
Rice, O., Kavanagh S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Effects of vegetation type on the
microbial biodiversity of two blanket peat bogs. Poster presented at: Society for General
Microbiology (Irish Branch Meeting), National University of Ireland, Galway, April,
2004.
McHugh, S., Richards, K., Dunne, E., Harrington, R. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004)
Microbiological studies on an Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) used for treatment
of agricultural wastewaters. Presented at: Nutrient
Management in Agricultural Watersheds: A Wetlands Solution, Teagasc, Wexford. May
2004.
Bhreathnach, N., Kavanagh, S., Richards, K. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial
contamination of aquifers in Ireland: identification of groundwater vulnerability factors
and development of molecular detection protocols for key microbial pathogens. Oral
poster presented at: International Society for Microbial Ecology 10th International
Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th August, 2004.
Carrigg, C., Kavanagh, S. and O'Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial Diversity & Distribution
of Ammonia Oxidising Bacteria In Irish Loam Soils Under Diverse Crop Plantation.
Poster presented at: International Society for Microbial Ecology 10th International
Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th August, 2004.
Collins, G., and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Psychrophilic anaerobic treatment of phenolic
and chloroaromatic wastewaters: feasibiblity and process technology. Poster presented at:
Anaerobic Digestion, 10th World Conference (AD10 – 2004), Montreal, August 29 –
September 2, 2004.
Connaughton, S., McHugh, S., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Psychrophilic
anaerobic digestion as a feasible, sustainable wastewater treatment alternative for lowand medium strength wastewaters. Oral presentation at: Anaerobic Digestion, 10th World
Conference (AD10 – 2004), Montreal, August 29 –September 2, 2004.
Enright, A.-E., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Metabolic screening of anaerobic
sludges and start-up low-temperature anaerobic bioreactors for treatment of
pharmaceutical wastewaters. Poster presented at: International Society for Microbial
Ecology 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th
August, 2004.
Kearney, A. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) The use of fixed and granular biofilms in
psychrophilic anaerobic bioreactors treating whey wastewaters. Poster presented at:
International Society for Microbial Ecology 10th International Symposium on Microbial
Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th August, 2004.
Kearney, A., and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbiological and structural characteristics of
fixed and granular biofilms in psychrophilic anaerobic bioreactors treating whey
wastewaters. Poster presented at: Anaerobic Digestion, 10th World Conference (AD10 –
2004), Montreal, August 29 –September 2, 2004.
McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial community structure and dynamics
during long-term anaerobic treatment of food processing wastewaters at psychrophilic
temperatures. Poster presented at: International Society for Microbial Ecology 10th
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th August,
2004.
McHugh, S. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial community structure and dynamics
during long-term anaerobic biological treatment of whey-basd wastewaters at
psychrophilic temperatures. Poster presented at: Anaerobic Digestion, 10th World
Conference (AD10 – 2004), Montreal, August 29 –September 2, 2004.
Scully, C., Collins, G and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Reactor performance and microbial
community dynamics during anaerobic treatment of synthetic industrial wastewater.
Poster presented at: International Society for Microbial Ecology 10 th International
Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th August, 2004.
Scully, C., Collins, G. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Reactor performance and microbial
community dynamics during the anaerobic treatment of synthetic industrial wastewater.
Poster presented at: Anaerobic Digestion, 10th World Conference (AD10 – 2004),
Montreal, August 29 –September 2, 2004.
Rice, O., Kavanagh, S. and O'Flaherty, V. (2004) Enrichment and molecular
fingerprinting of various mesophilic and psychrophilic anaerobic consortia from acidic
peat bogs. Poster presented at: International Society for Microbial Ecology 10th
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, 22nd-27th August,
2004.
Scully, C., Collins, G and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Microbial community dynamics of
particulate biofilm during the anaerobic treatment of synthetic industrial wastewater.
Poster for presentation at: Biofilms 2004, International Water Association International
Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 24th – 26th October, 2004.
Collins, G., Mahony, T., McHugh, S., Gieseke, A.*, de Beer, D.* and O’Flaherty, V.
(2004) Distribution, dynamics and in situ ecophysiology of Crenarchaeota in anaerobic
wastewater treatment granular biofilms. Oral presentation at: Biofilms 2004, International
Water Association International Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 24th – 26th October,
2004.
McHugh, S., Collins, G., Mahony, T. and O’Flaherty, V. (2004) Biofilm reactor
technology for low-temperature anaerobic waste treatment: microbiology and process
characteristics. Oral presentation at: Biofilms 2004, International Water Association
International Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 24th – 26th October, 2004.