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Research
Latest papers
Burkholderia vietnamiensis genes involved in extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026
Genomic Drivers of Biofilm Formation in Salmonella Enteritidis and S. Kentucky from Poultry Production.
Microorganisms · 2025
Microbial consortia in full-scale pre-ozonated biologically active filters treating a high-DOC water: Effects of seasonal and operational variations.
Water research · 2025
Latest funding
- $300,000
Relating fermentation pathways to energy conservation in lignocellulolytic clostridia and related organisms
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $357,995
Aerobic granular sludge in continuous flow reactor configuration
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $7,983
Characterizing the growth promotion capabilities of phosphate solubilizing bacterial strains on canola and corn in a greenhouse setting
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
74 publications.
Burkholderia vietnamiensis genes involved in extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation.
Yap ZL, Yi S, Quintana E, García LG, Safklou M, Darragh R, Hogan AM, Motnenko A, Blunt W, Sparling R, Fernández Do Porto D, Levin DB, Cardona ST
Genomic Drivers of Biofilm Formation in Salmonella Enteritidis and S. Kentucky from Poultry Production.
Zhang J, Ebosa O, Diarra M, Nadon C, McAllister T, Sparling R, Narvaez-Bravo C
Microbial consortia in full-scale pre-ozonated biologically active filters treating a high-DOC water: Effects of seasonal and operational variations.
Mirzaei S, Gorczyca B, Uyaguari-Diaz M, Sparling R, Maksimova E
Adaptive evolution of Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 on alternate carbon sources leads to altered fermentation profiles.
Daley SR, Kirby S, Sparling R
Kinetic characterization of annotated glycolytic enzymes present in cellulose-fermenting Clostridium thermocellum suggests different metabolic roles.
Daley SR, Gallanosa PM, Sparling R
Methane oxidation in a landfill biowindow under wide seasonally fluctuating climatic conditions.
Berenjkar P, Sparling R, Lozecznik S, Yuan Q
A meta-analysis reveals that operational parameters influence levels of antibiotic resistance genes during anaerobic digestion of animal manures.
Flores-Orozco D, Levin D, Kumar A, Sparling R, Cicek N
Cross-feeding and wheat straw extractives enhance growth of Clostridium thermocellum-containing co-cultures for consolidated bioprocessing.
Froese AG, Sparling R
Analysis of the Yarrowia lipolytica proteome reveals subtle variations in expression levels between lipogenic and non-lipogenic conditions.
Sestric R, Spicer V, Krokhin OV, Sparling R, Levin DB
Response of Microbial Community to Induced Failure of Anaerobic Digesters Through Overloading With Propionic Acid Followed by Process Recovery.
Khafipour A, Jordaan EM, Flores-Orozco D, Khafipour E, Levin DB, Sparling R, Cicek N
Relating fermentation pathways to energy conservation in lignocellulolytic clostridia and related organisms
Principal investigators: Sparling, Richard
Keywords: anaerobes; bacteriology; biofuels; clostridia; comparative genomics; enzymes; fermentation; lignocellulose; metabolomics
Aerobic granular sludge in continuous flow reactor configuration
Principal investigators: Oleszkiewicz, Jan
Characterizing the growth promotion capabilities of phosphate solubilizing bacterial strains on canola and corn in a greenhouse setting
Principal investigators: Sparling, Richard
Innovative use of compost as biocover for landfill
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qiuyan
Characterization of two strains of bacteria for phosphate solubilisation from hog manure solids and for plant growth promotion
Principal investigators: Sparling, Richard
Integration of fermentation and energy conservation pathways in thermophilic, lignocellulolytic clostridia and related anaerobes.
Principal investigators: Sparling, Richard
Optimization of phosphorus removal in municipalities served by regional sludge processing facilities
Principal investigators: Oleszkiewicz, Jan
Development of designer microbial consortia for bioconversion of cellulose to energy and value-added products
Principal investigators: Hausner, Martina
Metabolic engineering for 3rd generation biofuels
Principal investigators: Levin, David
Hydrogen production from cellulosic biomass
Principal investigators: Levin, David
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Nazim Cicek and Richard Sparling: 32 shared papers
- David Levin and Richard Sparling: 7 shared papers
- Nazim Cicek and Warren Blunt: 7 shared papers
- Warren Blunt and Richard Sparling: 6 shared papers
- David Levin and Nazim Cicek: 4 shared papers
- Ayush Kumar and Richard Sparling: 3 shared papers
- David Levin and Oleg Krokhin: 2 shared papers
- Richard Sparling and Oleg Krokhin: 2 shared papers
- John Wilkins and Richard Sparling: 1 shared paper
- John Wilkins and Oleg Krokhin: 1 shared paper
- Ayush Kumar and David Levin: 1 shared paper
- Ayush Kumar and Nazim Cicek: 1 shared paper
- Qiuyan Yuan and Nazim Cicek: 1 shared paper
- Qiuyan Yuan and Jan Oleszkiewicz: 1 shared paper
- Qiuyan Yuan and Richard Sparling: 1 shared paper
- Shawn Clark and Richard Sparling: 1 shared paper
- Beata Gorczyca and Richard Sparling: 1 shared paper
- Nazim Cicek and Jan Oleszkiewicz: 1 shared paper
- Jan Oleszkiewicz and Richard Sparling: 1 shared paper
- Civil Engineering
- Biosystems Engineering
- Microbiology
- Internal Medicine
Co-authors at University of Manitoba, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Nazim Cicek
Biosystems Engineering
32 shared papers, latest 2022
David Levin
Biosystems Engineering
7 shared papers, latest 2022
Warren Blunt
Biosystems Engineering
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Ayush Kumar
Microbiology
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Oleg Krokhin
Internal Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Jan Oleszkiewicz
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2006
Shawn Clark
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Qiuyan Yuan
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
John Wilkins
Internal Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Beata Gorczyca
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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