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Aquatic microbiology &Water quality control in fish culture systems.
Lab members
Technicians:
Ms. Miriam Barak
Ph.D. students:
Gilad Yamin, DSVM - Probiotic function of water in a zero-discharge recirculating fish culture system.
Michal Raz Bahat - The digestive system in corals and its adaptation to coral predation on particulate matter. (Joint supervision with B. Rinkevitch).
M.Sc students:
Assaf Lazarus- Development of a multi species coral nursery for coral reefs restoration. (Joint supervision with B. Rinkevitch).
Ayelet Ben-Natan - Physiological indicators for nitrate toxicity in fish
Ido Revel - Removal of Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol by Immobilized Bacteria in aquaculture systems. (Joint supervision with A. Nussinovitch).
Snir Azaria – Bioreactor development for removal of off-flavor compounds from recirculating systems.
Former students:
Master's degree students
1990-1991 Wisenfeld-Kruse, C. Aerobic denitrifying and heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment systems. Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands. Joint supervision with: J.G. Kuenen, N. Iversen, K. Hendriksen.
1989-1991 Rivera, G. Nitrite accumulation during nitrification and denitrification in The treatment of aquaculture wastewater. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Oceanography.
1991-1993 Arbiv, R. Studies on a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor used in a recirculated fish culture system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
1992-1994 Aboutboul, Y. Volatile fatty acid mediated denitrification. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
Zuckerman, U. Antifouling paints as an algicide in Mekoroth third line reservoirs. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
1994-1996 Dvir, O. Microbial transformation of nitrogen in an integrated system for the growth of marine fish and seaweed – nitrification and denitrification. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with: A. Neori.
1994-1996 Alkalai, R. Microbial transformations of nitrogen in an intensive fish culture system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
1994-1996 Hurvitz, A. Streptococcal vaccine in rainbow trout (Oncorchynchus mykiss, Walbaum): Evaluation of efficiency with different adjuvants and under chronic ammonia stress. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with: H. Bercovier.
1995-1997 Barak,Y. Factors mediating nitrite accumulation during denitrification by Pseudomonas sp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
1996-1999 Zahira, G. Performance of nitrifying filters operated in an intensive aquaculture system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
1998 Shnel, N.† Studies on water purification processes in a semi-commercial, closed fish culture system with emphasis on the anaerobic water purification stage. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
2000 Even-Chen, Z. Degradation of organic matter in an intensive marine aquaculture system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
2000-2002 Gelfand, Y. Study on nutrient transformations in a zero-discharge mariculture recirculating system with emphasis on sulfide oxidation system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
2002-2005 Guttman, L. Off-flavor causing actinomycetes in recirculating fish culture systems. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
2002-2007 Koch, L. Shifts in the ammonia-oxidizing community structure in a trickling filter of an aquaculture recirculating system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with D. Minz.
2005-2007 Sher, Y. Influence of sulfide on nitrate reduction in the anaerobic treatment stage of a zero-discharge system. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
2007-2009 Almog, Oshri. Mass culture of the freshwater rotifer Branchionus calysiflorus. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with E. Lubzens.
2008-2011 Nachum, Ortal. An examination of prokaryote predatory in the treatment steps of a zero discharge aquaculture system. Joint supervision with E. Jurkovitch.
2008-2012 Fertig, Tamar. Removal of nitrogen by heterotrophic bacteria transformed with anammox-encoding plasmids.
Doctoral degree students:
1995-2001 Tal, Y. (formerly Aboutboul). Studying and improving denitrification processes in hydrocolloid immobilization systems. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with: A. Nussinovitch.
1997-2002 Barak, Y. Phosphate removal in recirculating aquaculture systems. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture.
2000-2005 Cytryn, E. Sulfur cycling in a closed-system, marine intensive aquaculture unit. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with: D. Minz (Volcani Institute).
2001-2008 Shafir, S. Agricultural and biological aspects of inland cultivation of corals. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. Joint supervision with: B. Rinkevitch.
2003–2009 Yehezkel, E. Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) by bacterial isolates from aquaculture systems.
2005 - 2012 Guttman, Lior. Production and reduction of the off-flavor compounds, geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, in recirculating aquaculture systems.
Post-doctoral fellows:
2005–2006 Schneider, H.K. Tracing carbon cycling in a marine zero-discharge fish culture system by means of stable isotope geochemistry.