Dr Tao Liu
ARC DECRA Fellow
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

Featured projects | Duration |
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An innovative nitrogen removal process by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification Australian Research Council |
2009 |
Dissolved methane-supported denitrification to enable mainstream bioenergy recovery from wastewaster Australian Research Council |
2020–2023 |
Journal Articles
Zheng, Min, Li, Huijuan, Duan, Haoran, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Hu, Zhetai, Watts, Shane, Meng, Jia, Liu, Peng, Rattier, Maxime, Larsen, Eloise, Guo, Jianhua, Dwyer, Jason, Akker, Ben Van Den, Lloyd, James, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application. Water Research X, 19 100166, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100166
Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Meng, Jia and Zheng, Min (2023). Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (11), 4522-4532. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06444
Lim, Zhuan Khai, Liu, Tao, Zheng, Min, Rattier, Maxime, Keller, Jurg, Yuan, Zhiguo, Guo, Jianhua and Hu, Shihu (2023). Membrane reciprocation as energy-efficient fouling control with high biogas recovery in a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106849, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106849
Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2023). Microbial stratification affects conversions of nitrogen and methane in biofilms coupling anammox and n-DAMO processes. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (11), 4608-4618. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07294
Zhao, Jing, Liu, Tao, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Lu, Xuanyu, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Ammonium concentration determines oxygen penetration depth to impact the suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria inside partial nitritation and anammox biofilms. Chemical Engineering Journal, 455 140738, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140738
Cheng, Jiaxin, You, Hairong, Tian, Minge, Kuang, Shaoping, Liu, Shuai, Chen, Hui, Li, Xuan, Liu, Huan and Liu, Tao (2022). Occurrence of nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation bacteria in the continental shelf sediments. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 168, 626-632. doi: 10.1016/j.psep.2022.10.037
Zhao, Jing, Zheng, Min, Su, Zicheng, Liu, Tao, Li, Jie, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Selective enrichment of comammox Nitrospira in a moving bed biofilm reactor with sufficient oxygen supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (18), 13338-13346. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03299
Huang, Tuo, Xia, Jun, Liu, Tao, Su, Zicheng, Guan, Yuntao, Guo, Jianhua, Wang, Chengwen and Zheng, Min (2022). Comammox Nitrospira bacteria are dominant ammonia oxidizers in mainstream nitrification bioreactors emended with sponge carriers. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (17), 12584-12591. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03641
Zuo, Zhiqiang, Liu, Tao, Zheng, Min, Xing, Yaxin, Ren, Daheng, Li, He, Yang, Shaolin, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Huang, Xia (2022). Recovery of ammonium nitrate solution from urine wastewater via novel free nitrous acid (FNA)-mediated two-stage processes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 440 135826, 135826. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.135826
Fang, Hao, Liu, Yinghan, Qiu, Pengxiang, Song, Hai-Liang, Liu, Tao, Guo, Jianhua and Zhang, Shuai (2022). Simultaneous removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by molybdenum carbide assisted electrochemical disinfection. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 432 128733, 128733. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128733
Zhang, Shuai, Liu, Xingxiang, Qiu, Pengxiang, Chen, Bin, Xu, Chenmin, Dong, Weiliang and Liu, Tao (2022). Microplastics can selectively enrich intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistant genes and shape different microbial communities in aquatic systems. Science of the Total Environment, 822 153488, 153488. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153488
Wang, Bo, Qiao, Xin, Hou, Feng, Liu, Tao, Pang, Hongtao, Guo, Yuanyuan, Guo, Jianhua and Peng, Yongzhen (2022). Pilot-scale demonstration of a novel process integrating Partial Nitritation with simultaneous Anammox, Denitrification and Sludge Fermentation (PN + ADSF) for nitrogen removal and sludge reduction. Science of the Total Environment, 815 152835, 152835. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152835
Fan, Liru, Li, Huayu, Chen, Yao, Jia, Fangxu, Liu, Tao, Guo, Jianhua and Yao, Hong (2022). Evaluation of the joint effects of Cu2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+ on completely autotrophic nitrogen-removal over nitrite (CANON) process. Chemosphere, 286 (Pt 3) 131896, 131896. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131896
Meng, Jia, Liu, Tao, Zhao, Jing, Lu, Xin, Li, Jianzheng and Zheng, Min (2021). Assessing the stability of one-stage PN/A process through experimental and modelling investigations. Science of the Total Environment, 801 149740, 149740. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149740
Wang, Zhiyao, Liu, Tao, Duan, Haoran, Song, Yarong, Lu, Xi, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Batstone, Damien and Zheng, Min (2021). Post-treatment options for anaerobically digested sludge: current status and future prospect. Water Research, 205 117665, 117665. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117665
Liu, Tao, Lu, Yan, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Efficient nitrogen removal from mainstream wastewater through coupling Partial Nitritation, Anammox and Methane-dependent nitrite/nitrate reduction (PNAM). Water Research, 206 117723, 117723. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117723
Cai, Chen, Zhang, Xueqin, Wu, Mengxiong, Liu, Tao, Lai, Chun-Yu, Frank, Joshua, He, Bingqing, Marcellin, Esteban, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Roles and opportunities for microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane in natural and engineered systems. Energy and Environmental Science, 14 (9), 4803-4830. doi: 10.1039/d1ee00708d
Lai, Chun-Yu, Wu, Mengxiong, Wang, Yulu, Zhang, Jiongbin, Li, Jiahui, Liu, Tao, Xia, Jun, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Cross-feeding interactions in short chain gaseous alkane-driven perchlorate and selenate reduction. Water Research, 200 117215, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117215
Zhang, Junji, Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). Feasibility of methane bioconversion to methanol by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Water Research, 197 117077, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117077
Shi, Ling-Dong, Wang, Zhen, Liu, Tao, Wu, Mengxiong, Lai, Chun-Yu, Rittmann, Bruce E., Guo, Jianhua and Zhao, He-Ping (2021). Making good use of methane to remove oxidized contaminants from wastewater. Water Research, 197 117082, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117082
Liu, Chunshuang, Liu, Tao, Zheng, Xiaoying, Meng, Jia, Chen, Hui, Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Rapid formation of granules coupling n-DAMO and anammox microorganisms to remove nitrogen. Water Research, 194 116963, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116963
Li, Jiyun, Hua, Zheng-Shuang, Liu, Tao, Wang, Chengwen, Li, Jie, Bai, Ge, Lücker, Sebastian, Jetten, Mike S. M., Zheng, Min and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Selective enrichment and metagenomic analysis of three novel comammox Nitrospira in a urine-fed membrane bioreactor. ISME Communications, 1 (1) 7. doi: 10.1038/s43705-021-00005-3
Liu, Tao, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Biogas-driven complete nitrogen removal from wastewater generated in side-stream partial nitritation. Science of the Total Environment, 745 141153, 141153. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141153
Li, Huayu, Yao, Hong, Liu, Tao, Wang, Bingzheng, Xia, Jun and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Achieving simultaneous nitrogen and antibiotic removal in one-stage partial nitritation-Anammox (PN/A) process. Environment International, 143 105987, 105987. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105987
Liu, Tao, Li, Jie, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Simultaneous removal of dissolved methane and nitrogen from synthetic mainstream anaerobic effluent. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (12) acs.est.0c00912, 7629-7638. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00912
Liu, Tao, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Model-based investigation of membrane biofilm reactors coupling anammox with nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation. Environment International, 137 105501, 105501. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105501
Liu, Tao, Khai Lim, Zhuan, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Temperature-tolerated mainstream nitrogen removal by anammox and nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (5) acs.est.9b05650, 3012-3021. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05650
Chen, Hui, Liu, Shuai, Liu, Tao, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Efficient nitrate removal from synthetic groundwater via in situ utilization of short-chain fatty acids from methane bioconversion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 393 124594, 124594. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.124594
Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2019). High-level nitrogen removal by simultaneous partial nitritation, anammox and nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation. Water Research, 166 115057, 115057. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115057
Lu, Peili, Liu, Tao, Ni, Bing-Jie, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2019). Growth kinetics of Candidatus ‘Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ enriched in a laboratory reactor. Science of The Total Environment, 659, 442-450. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.351
Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 39 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/07388551.2019.1598333
Xia, Xue, Li, Mengchen, Liu, Tao, Liang, Peng and Huang, Xia (2018). Facile synthesis of cobalt oxide as electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal, 342, 395-400. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.02.092
Xie, Guo-Jun, Liu, Tao, Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2017). Achieving high-level nitrogen removal in mainstream by coupling anammox with denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. Water research, 131, 196-204. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.037
Liu, Tao, Ma, Bin, Chen, Xueming, Ni, Bing-Jie, Peng, Yongzhen and Guo, Jianhua (2017). Evaluation of mainstream nitrogen removal by simultaneous partial nitrification, anammox and denitrification (SNAD) process in a granule-based reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 327, 973-981. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.06.173
Conference Paper
Duan, Haoran, Zheng, Min, Li, Ji-yun, Liu, Tao, Shrestha, Sohan, Wang, Bingzheng and Yuan, Zhiguo (2018). Start-up of mainstream partial nitritation at high hydraulic loading rates: experimental demonstration and model explanation. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18-21 November 2018.
Thesis
Liu, Tao (2020). Exploring versatile applications of nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation through modelling and experimental investigations. PhD Thesis, Advanced Water Management Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.618