Jourdain, Lisa, Aaron Leininger, Alan R Pacheco, and Wenyu Gu. 2026. “Environmental Selection Constrains Metabolic Network Architecture Despite Taxonomic Turnover in Anaerobic Digestion Communities”. The ISME Journal 20 (1): wrag145.
Publications
2026
Leininger, Aaron, Emily Mayo, Yuqing Yan, Wenyu Gu, Harold D May, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2026. “Prophage Induction and Acetate Availability Are Associated With Distinct Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum Electrode Responses”. Msystems 11 (5): e00183–26.
2024
Leininger, Aaron M. 2024. “Electrochemical Regulation of the Form and Function of Fermentative Microbiomes.”
Lu, Sidan, Aaron Leininger, David Jassby, Eric MV Hoek, Harold D May, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2024. “Temperature Dependence of Acids Recovery from Wastewater Electro-Fermentation”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 203: 107407.
Bian, Yanhong, Aaron M Leininger, Weilan Zhang, Yanna Liang, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2024. “Co-Valorization of Food Waste and CO2 to Produce Volatile Fatty Acids Using Liter-Scale Tubular Microbial Electrosynthesis Cells”. ACS ES&T Engineering 4 (9): 2243–2251.
Lu, Sidan, Allyson McGaughey, Sungju Im, Yiming Liu, Xinyi Wang, Aaron Leininger, David Jassby, Eric Hoek, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2024. “Membrane Electrolysis Distillation for Volatile Fatty Acids Extraction from PH-Neutral Fermented Wastewater”. Water Research 265: 122306.
Leininger, Aaron, Sidan Lu, Jinyue Jiang, Yanhong Bian, Harold D May, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2024. “The Convergence of Lactic Acid Microbiomes and Metabolites in Long-Term Electrofermentation”. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 22: 100459.
Bian, Yanhong, Aaron Leininger, Harold D May, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2024. “H2 Mediated Mixed Culture Microbial Electrosynthesis for High Titer Acetate Production from CO2”. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 19: 100324.
2023
Jiang, Jinyue, Juan A Lopez-Ruiz, Aaron Leininger, Lin Du, Yuqing Yan, Harold D May, and Zhiyong Jason Ren. 2023. “Molecular Transformation and Metabolic Insights of Microbial Electrolysis Treatment and Valorization of Post-Hydrothermal Liquefaction Wastewater”. Green Chemistry 25 (22): 9115–9125.
Yan, Yuqing, Jiayao Zhang, Lili Tian, Xuejun Yan, Lin Du, Aaron Leininger, Mou Zhang, Nan Li, Zhiyong Jason Ren, and Xin Wang. 2023. “DIET-Like Mutualism of Geobacter and Methanogens at Specific Electrode Potential Boosts Production of Both Methane and Hydrogen from Propionate”. Water Research 235: 119911.