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McKenna Farmer

Northwestern UniversityORCID 0000-0001-8795-0479Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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George WellsiD· 2 shared Fabrizio SabbaiD· 1 shared Keith E. J. TyoiD· 1 shared Rashmi Rajasabhai· 1 shared William Abraham TarpehiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyWater Research XPeer-reviewedJul 30, 2025

Nitrous oxide production, mechanisms, and modeling from a denitrifying phosphorus removal bioreactor

McKenna Farmer, Fabrizio Sabba, George Wells

This study investigates N2O production in a wastewater treatment reactor, identifies key microbial pathways, and models N2O generation using metagenomic data.

4 citations

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EcologyFrontiers in MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedNov 16, 2023

Meta-omic profiling reveals ubiquity of genes encoding for the high value nitrogen rich biopolymer cyanophycin in activated sludge microbiomes

McKenna Farmer, Rashmi Rajasabhai, William Abraham Tarpeh…·George Wells

The paper identifies the ubiquity of the cyanophycin synthesis gene cphA in activated sludge microbiomes, suggesting potential for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus recovery.

15 citations

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