Scholars@Duke
P. Lee Ferguson

P. Lee Ferguson

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
lee.ferguson@duke.edu
Box 90287, 121 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0287
534 Research Dr., Wilkinson Building, Room 205, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Preprints

Autoinducer-2 and acyl homoserine lactones have contrasting effects on ammonia and nitrite-oxidizing sludge

Preprint · 2026 Enhancing nitrification with quorum sensing manipulation has emerged as a promising strategy to overcome rate-limiting steps. This study examined how disrupting microbial cell-to-cell communication by supplementing or quenching signal molecules regulates a ... Full text Cite