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Former Academic Staff Member

Professor Emer Colleran (B.Sc., Ph.D.)

Former Chair of Microbiology, NUI Galway;
Former Director, Environmental Change Institute, NUI Galway.

Contact Information:
Tel.: 353 (0)91 794395 .
E-mail: emer.collerannuigalway.ie

Interests:

Microbiology of anaerobic digestion.
Applications of anaerobic digestion to the treatment of domestic, agricultural and industrial wastes and wastewaters.
Competitive microbiological interactions between methanogenesis and sulphidogenesis in anaerobic environments.
Biodegradability and toxicity of xenobiotic chemicals in anaerobic ecosystems.
Biological N and P removal in sequencing batch reactors.
Environmental significance and genetics/biochemistry of enteric plasmids of the IncH group.
[Founding] Former Director of the B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Environmental Science.
Former Director of the Environmental Research Unit.
Former Director of the Environmental Change Institute.

Sample Publications:

Whelan, K.F. and Colleran, E. (1992). Restriction endonuclease mapping of the H12 incompatibility group plasmid R478. Journal of Bacteriology, 174: 1197-1204.
Colleran, E., Finnegan, S. and O'Keefe, R.B. (1994). Anaerobic digestion of high-sulphate-content wastewater from the industrial production of citric acid. Water Science Technology, 30: 263-273.
Colleran, E., Finnegan, S. and Lens, P. (1995). Anaerobic treatment of sulphate-containing waste streams. Antonie van Leeuwenboek, 67: 24-46.
Whelan, K.F., Colleran, E. and Taylor, D.E. (1995). Phage inhibition, colicin resistance and tellurite resistance are encoded by a single cluster of genes on the IncH12 plasmid R478. Journal of Bacteriology, 177: 5016-5027.
Henry, M.P., Donlon, B.A., Lens, P.N. and Colleran, E. (1996). Use of anaerobic hybrid reactors for treatment of syhthetic pharmaceutical wastewaters containing organic solvents. Journal of Chemical and Technical Biotechnology, 66: (in press).
Thalasso, F., van der Burgt, J., O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (1999). Large-scale anaerobic degradation of betaine. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 74: 1176-1182.
Colleran, E. (2000). Hygienic and sanitation requirements in biogas plants treating animal manures or mixtures of manures and other organic wastes. In: Anaerobic Digestion: Making energy and solving modern waste problems. Ed. H. Ørtenblad. AD-NETT, Herning Municipal Authorities, Denmark. pp. 77-86.
Killilea, E., Colleran, E. and Scahill, C. (2000). Establishing procedures for the design, operation and maintenance of sewage sludge anaerobic treatment plants. Water Sci. Technol., 41: 305-312.
Mulkerins. D., Jordan, C., McMahon, S. and Colleran, E. (2000). Evaluation of the parameters affecting nitrogen and phosphorus removal in anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (A/A/O) biological nutrient removal systems. Journal of Chemical and Technical Biotechnology, 75 : 261-268.
O'Flaherty, V. and Colleran, E. (2000). Sulfur problems in anaerobic digestion. In: Environmental Technologies to Treat Sulfur Pollution. Eds. P. Lens and L. Hulshoff-Pol. IWA Publishing Alliance, London. pp. 467-489.
John Curtin, Martin Cormican, Gerard Fleming, John Keelehan and Emer Colleran. Linezolid compared with eperezolid, vancomycin and gentamicin in an in vitro model of "antimicrobial lock" therapy for Staphylococcus epidermidis central venous catheter-related biofilm infections. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 47 (10): In press.

Microbiology,
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National University of Ireland, Galway,
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