Research for the Environment

Prof. Dr. habil. Matthias Kästner

Research interests and expertise

I am interested in the compound turnover in the environment catalysed by microorganisms. Major focus is not on the organisms itself but on the turnover rates and the system properties. Current research topics are:

• Bioremediation processes
• • Microbial degradation potentials and in situ activity
• Metabolic flow in environmental systems
• C and N turnover in soil, genesis of soil organic matter
• Chemical and microbial ecology in soils, sediments, and groundwater
• Isotope tools and tracer compounds

Curriculum Vitae

Other professional activities

Memberships

ASM, VAAM, DECHEMA, German Soil Science Society

Reviewer of the DFG, ERC, and Humboldt Foundation

Scientific advisory board of the international projects: CREAM and REMTEC

Frequent journal reviewer of

Environmental Science and Technology
Environmental Microbiology
Applied and Environ. Microbiology
Water Research
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Soil Biology and Chemistry
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Chemosphere, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Engineering in Life Science
and several other journals

Publications

• Girardi, C., Nowak, K. M., Carranza Diaz, O., Lewkow, B., Miltner, A., Gehre, M., Schäffer, A., Kästner, M., (2013):
  Microbial degradation of the pharmaceutical ibuprofen and the herbicide 2,4-D in water and soil - use and limits of data obtained from aqueous systems for predicting their fate in soil
  Sci. Total Environ. 444 , 32 - 42
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• Nowak, K. M., Girardi, C., Miltner, A., Gehre, M., Schäffer, A., Kästner, M., (2013):
  Contribution of microorganisms to non-extractable residue formation during biodegradation of ibuprofen in soil
  Sci. Total Environ. 445-446 , 377 - 384
  full text (url)
• Schurig, C., Melo, V. A., Miltner, A., Kaestner, M., (2013):
  Characterisation of microbial activity in the framework of natural attenuation without groundwater monitoring wells? A new Direct-Push probe
  Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.
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• Schurig, C., Smittenberg, R., Berger, J., Kraft, F., Woche, S.K., Goebel, M.-O., Heipieper, H.J., Miltner, A., Kästner, M., (2013):
  Microbial cell-envelope fragments and the formation of soil organic matter - a case study from a glacier forefield
  Biogeochemistry 113 (1-3), 595 - 612
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• Seeger, E.M., Maier, U., Grathwohl, P., Kuschk, P., Kaestner, M., (2013):
  Performance evaluation of different horizontal subsurface flow wetland types by characterization of flow behavior, mass removal and depth-dependent contaminant load
  Water Res. 47 (2), 769 - 780
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• Wiessner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kaestner, M., Schultze-Nobre, L., Kuschk, P., (2013):
  Response of ammonium removal to growth and transpiration of Juncus effusus during the treatment of artificial sewage in laboratory-scale wetlands
  Water Res. 47 (13), 4265 - 4273
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• Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Liu, Y.L., Stottmeister, U., (2013):
  Environmental pollution by wastewater from brown coal processing – a remediation example in Germany
  J. Environ. Eng. Landsc. Manag.
• Wu, S., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., Pang, C., Dong, R., (2013):
  Response of removal rates to various organic carbon and ammonium loads in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial wastewater
  Water Environ. Res. 85 (1), 44 - 53
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• Braeckevelt, M., Fischer, A., Kästner, M., (2012):
  Field applicability of Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) for characterization and quantification of in situ contaminant degradation in aquifers
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 94 (6), 1401 - 1421
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• Braeckevelt, M., Kästner, M., (2012):
  Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA); factsheet
  In: Kästner, M., Braeckevelt, M., Döberl, G., Cassiani, G., Petrangeli Papini, M., Leven-Pfister, C., van Ree, D., (eds.)
  Model-driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation : guidance on technologies
  Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, Italy, p. 58 - 60
• Braeckevelt, M., Kästner, M., (2012):
  Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) for characterization of biodegradation
  In: Kästner, M., Braeckevelt, M., Döberl, G., Cassiani, G., Petrangeli Papini, M., Leven-Pfister, C., van Ree, D., (eds.)
  Model-driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation : guidance on technologies
  Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, Italy, p. 199 - 218
• Chen, Z., Kuschk, P., Reiche, N., Borsdorf, H., Kästner, M., Köser, H., (2012):
  Comparative evaluation of pilot scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands and plant root mats for treating groundwater contaminated with benzene and MTBE
  J. Hazard. Mater. 209-210 , 510 - 515
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• Chen, Z., Wu, S., Braeckevelt, M., Paschke, H., Kästner, M., Köser, H., Kuschk, P., (2012):
  Effect of vegetation in pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands treating sulphate rich groundwater contaminated with a low and high chlorinated hydrocarbon
  Chemosphere 89 (6), 724 - 731
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• Kästner, M., Braeckevelt, M., Döberl, G., Cassiani, G., Petrangeli Papini, M., Leven-Pfister, C., van Ree, D., (eds., 2012):
  Model-driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation
  Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, Italy, 307 pp.
• Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Seeger, E.M., Kästner, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Paredes, D., Shtemenko, N.I., (2012):
  The status of research on constructed wetlands
  In: Vitale, K., (ed.)
  Environmental and food safety and security for South-East Europe and Ukraine. Proceedings NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental and Food Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 17-19 May 2011
  NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
  Springer, Dordrecht, p. 155 - 171
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• Miltner, A., Bombach, P., Schmidt-Brücken, B., Kästner, M., (2012):
  SOM genesis: microbial biomass a significant source
  Biogeochemistry 111 (1-3), 41 - 55
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• Schurig, C., Kästner, M., (2012):
  In situ microcosms for demonstrating microbial contaminant degradation (BACTRAP®)
  In: Kästner, M., Braeckevelt, M., Döberl, G., Cassiani, G., Petrangeli Papini, M., Leven-Pfister, C., van Ree, D., (eds.)
  Model-driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation - guidance on technologies
  Sapienza Universita Editrice, Rome, p. 219 - 229
• Schurig, C., Kästner, M., (2012):
  Classical BACTRAP; factsheet
  In: Kästner, M., Braeckevelt, M., Döberl, G., Cassiani, G., Petrangeli Papini, M., Leven-Pfister, C., van Ree, D., (eds.)
  Model-driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation : guidance on technologies
  Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, Italy, p. 61 - 63
• Schurig, C., Kästner, M., (2012):
  Direct Push BACTRAP; factsheet
  In: Kästner, M., Braeckevelt, M., Döberl, G., Cassiani, G., Petrangeli Papini, M., Leven-Pfister, C., van Ree, D., (eds.)
  Model-driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation : guidance on technologies
  Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, Italy, p. 64 - 66
• Wu, S., Chen, Z., Braeckevelt, M., Seeger, E.M., Dong, R., Kästner, M., Paschke, H., Hahn, A., Kayser, G., Kuschk, P., (2012):
  Dynamics of Fe(II), sulphur and phosphate in pilot-scale constructed wetlands treating a sulphate-rich chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater
  Water Res. 46 (6), 1923 - 1932
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• Braeckevelt, M., Kästner, M., Kuschk, P., (2011):
  Removal of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene in wetland rhizosphere model systems
  Eng. Life Sci. 11 (3), 298 - 308
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• Braeckevelt, M., Reiche, N., Trapp, S., Wiessner, A., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Chlorobenzene removal efficiencies and removal processes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
  Ecol. Eng. 37 (6), 903 - 913
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• Braeckevelt, M., Seeger, E.M., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Adaptation of a constructed wetland to simultaneous treatment of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 13 (10), 998 - 1013
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• Girardi, C., Greve, J., Lamshöft, M., Fetzer, I., Miltner, A., Schäffer, A., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Biodegradation of ciprofloxacin in water and soil and its effects on the microbial communities
  J. Hazard. Mater. 198 , 22 - 30
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• Girardi, C., Greve, J., Lamshöft, M., Miltner, A., Schäffer, A., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Biodegradation of ciprofloxacin and its effect on microbial communities in soil and water systems
  J. Hazard. Mater. 198 , 22 - 30
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• Lammirato, C., Miltner, A., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Effects of wood char and activated carbon on the hydrolysis of cellobiose by β-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger
  Soil Biol. Biochem. 43 (9), 1936 - 1942
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• Nowak, K. M., Miltner, A., Gehre, M., Schäffer, A., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Formation and fate of bound residues from microbial biomass during 2,4-D degradation in soil
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 45 (3), 999 - 1006
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• Seeger, E.-M., Kuschk, P., Fazekas, H., Grathwohl, P., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Bioremediation of benzene-, MTBE- and ammonia-contaminated groundwater with pilot-scale constructed wetlands
  Environ. Pollut. 159 (12), 3769 - 3776
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• Seeger, E.-M., Reiche, N., Kuschk, P., Borsdorf, H., Kaestner, M., (2011):
  Performance evaluation using a three compartment mass balance for the removal of volatile organic compounds in pilot scale constructed wetlands
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 45 (19), 8467 - 8474
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• Bombach, P., Chatzinotas, A., Neu, T.R., Kästner, M., Lueders, T., Vogt, C., (2010):
  Enrichment and characterization of a sulfate-reducing toluene-degrading microbial consortium by combining in situ microcosms and stable isotope probing techniques
  FEMS Microbiol.Ecol. 71 (2), 237 - 246
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• Bombach, P., Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., Fischer, A., (2010):
  Current approaches for the assessment of in situ biodegradation
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 86 (3), 839 - 852
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• Fischer, J., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Schauer, F., Heipieper, H.-J., (2010):
  The degradation of bisphenol A by the newly isolated bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis JF1 can be enhanced by biostimulation with phenol
  Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 64 (4), 324 - 330
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• Fütterer, N., Seeger, E.M., van Afferden, M., Reiche, N., Borsdorf, H., Rakoscy, J., Müller, R.A., Kästner, M., Weiß, H., (2010):
  Development of a low-cost technique for treatment of large-scale contaminated groundwater by using constructed wetlands and aerated trenches
  ConSoil 2010, 22 - 24 September 2010 Salzburg, Austria ; Proceedings 11th International UFZ-Deltares - TNO Conference on Management of Soil, Groundwater & Sediments. Theme: A: Restoration; ThS_A19: Special subjects
  Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig,
• Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2010):
  In situ microcosms studies to characterize microbial processes in the field
  In: Timmis, K.N., McGenity, T., van den Meer, J.R., de Lorenzo, V., (eds.)
  Experimental protocols and appendices
  Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Vol. 5, Part 1
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 3504 - 3511
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• Kuppardt, S., Chatzinotas, A., Kästner, M., (2010):
  Development of a fatty acid and RNA stable isotope probing-based method for tracking protist grazing on bacteria in wastewater
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 76 (24), 8222 - 8230
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• Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., Liu, Y.J., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2010):
  Batch methanogenic fermentation experiments of wastewater from a brown coal low-temperature coke plant
  J. Environ. Sci. 22 (2), 192 - 197
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• Lammirato, C., Miltner, A., Wick, L.Y., Kästner, M., (2010):
  Hydrolysis of cellobiose by ß-glucosidase in the presence of soil minerals - Interactions at solid-liquid interfaces and effects on enzyme activity levels
  Soil Biol. Biochem. 42 (12), 2203 - 2210
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• Langenbach, K., Kuschk, P., Horn, H., Kästner, M., (2010):
  Modeling of slow sand filtration for disinfection of secondary clarifier effluent
  Water Res. 44 (1), 159 - 166
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• Wiessner, A., Rahmann, K.Z., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Jechorek, M., (2010):
  Dynamics of sulphur compounds in horizontal sub-surface flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial sewage
  Water Res. 44 (20), 6175 - 6185
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• Bailón, L., Nikolausz, M., Kästner, M., Veiga, M.C., Kennes, C., (2009):
  Removal of dichloromethane from waste gases in one- and two-liquid-phase stirred tank bioreactors and biotrickling filters
  Water Res. 43 (1), 11 - 20
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• Chrzanowski, L., Wick, L.Y., Meulenkamp, R., Kästner, M., Heipieper, H.-J., (2009):
  Rhamnolipid biosurfactants decrease the toxicity of chlorinated phenols to Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E
  Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 48 (6), 756 - 762
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• Franchini, A.G., Nikolausz, M., Kästner, M., (2009):
  Sequence Specific Primer Extension RNA Analysis (SeSPERA) for the investigation of substrate utilization of microbial communities
  J. Microbiol. Methods 79 (1), 111 - 113
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• Kästner, M., Bombach, P., Richnow, H.H., (2009):
  Mini-U-Boote im Grundwasser und die mikrobielle in situ-Aktivität
  Biospektrum 15 (2), 166 - 168
• Kästner, M., Cassiani, G., (2009):
  ModelPROBE: model driven soil probing, site assessment and evaluation
  Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 8 (2), 131 - 136
  full text (url)
• Kästner, M., Miltner, A., Bombach, P., Schmidt-Brucken, B., (2009):
  "Death in soil" or what can we learn from groundwater for the genesis of soil organic matter
  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73 (13), A612 - A612
  full text (url)
• Kindler, R., Miltner, A., Thullner, M., Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., (2009):
  Fate of bacterial biomass derived fatty acids in soil and their contribution to soil organic matter
  Org. Geochem. 40 (1), 29 - 37
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• Langenbach, K., Kuschk, P., Horn, H., Kästner, M., (2009):
  Slow sand filtration of secondary clarifier effluent for wastewater reuse
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (15), 5896 - 5901
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• Miltner, A., Kindler, R., Knicker, H., Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., (2009):
  Fate of microbial biomass-derived amino acids in soil and their contribution to soil organic matter
  Org. Geochem. 40 (9), 978 - 985
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• Nikolausz, M., Chatzinotas, A., Táncsics, A., Imfeld, G., Kästner, M., (2009):
  The single-nucleotide primer extension (SNuPE) method for the multiplex detection of various DNA sequences: from detection of point mutations to microbial ecology
  Biochem. Soc. Trans. 37 (2), 454 - 459
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• Nikolausz, M., Chatzinotas, A., Táncsics, A., Imfeld, G., Kästner, M., (2009):
  Evaluation of single-nucleotide primer extension for detection and typing of phylogenetic markers used for investigation of microbial communities
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 75 (9), 2850 - 2860
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• Ning, J., Liebich, J., Kästner, M., Zhou, J., Schäffer, A., Burauel, P., (2009):
  Different influences of DNA purity indices and quantity on PCR-based DGGE and functional gene microarray in soil microbial community study
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 82 (5), 983 - 993
  full text (url)
• Seeger, E.M., Baun, A., Kästner, M., Trapp, S., (2009):
  Insignificant acute toxicity of TiO₂ nanoparticles to willow trees
  J. Soils Sediments 9 (1), 46 - 53
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• Braeckevelt, M., Mirschel, G., Wießner, A., Rückert, M., Reiche, N., Vogt, C., Schultz, A., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2008):
  Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland
  Ecol. Eng. 33 (1), 45 - 53
  full text (url)
• Ekschmitt, K., Kandeler, E., Poll, C., Brune, A., Buscot, F., Friedrich, M., Gleixner, G., Hartmann, A., Kästner, M., Marhan, S., Miltner, A., Scheu, S., Wolters, V., (2008):
  Soil carbon preservation through habitat constraints and biological limitations on decomposer activity
  J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 171 (1), 27 - 35
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• Feisthauer, S., Wick, L.Y., Kästner, M., Kaschabek, S., Schlömann, M., Richnow, H.H., (2008):
  Differences of heterotrophic ¹³CO₂ assimilation by Pseudomonas knackmussii strain B13 and Rhodococcus opacus 1CP and potential impact on biomarker stable isotope probing
  Environ. Microbiol. 10 (6), 1641 - 1651
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• Gruber, H., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Appenroth, K.-J., (2008):
  Physiological responses of Juncus effusus (rush) to chromium and relevance for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 10 (2), 79 - 90
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., Münch, C., Paredes, D., (2008):
  Pflanzenkläranlagen - Zukunftspotenzial und Forschungsbedarf
  Chem. Ing. Tech. 80 (12), 1785 - 1793
  full text (url)
• Nikolausz, M., Chatzinotas, A., Palatinskzky, M., Imfeld, G., Martinez, P., Kästner, M., (2008):
  Single nucleotide primer extension assay for detection and sequence typing of Dehalococcoides spp.
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 74 (1), 300 - 304
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• Nikolausz, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Székely, A., Rusznyák, A., Marialigeti, K., Kästner, M., (2008):
  Diurnal redox fluctuation and microbial activity in the rhizosphere of wetland plants
  Eur. J. Soil Biol. 44 (3), 324 - 333
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• Rahman, K.Z., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2008):
  Dynamics of arsenic species in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
  Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 603 - 611
  full text (url)
• Rahman, K.Z., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Offelder, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2008):
  Redox dynamics of arsenic species in the root-near environment of Juncus effusus investigated in a macro-gradient-free rooted gravel bed reactor
  Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 612 - 621
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Gonzalias, A.E., Kästner, M., Kuschk, P., (2008):
  Effects of sulphur cycle processes on ammonia removal in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland planted with Juncus effusus
  Ecol. Eng. 34 (2), 162 - 167
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• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Jechorek, M., Seidel, H., Kästner, M., (2008):
  Sulphur transformation and deposition in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Environ. Pollut. 155 (1), 125 - 131
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• Braeckevelt, M., Rokadia, H., Imfeld, G., Stelzer, N., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., Weber, S., (2007):
  Assessment of in situ biodegradation of monochlorobenzene in contaminated groundwater treated in a constructed wetland
  Environ. Pollut. 148 (2), 428 - 437
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• Braeckevelt, M., Rokadia, H., Mirschel, G., Weber, S., Imfeld, G., Stelzer, N., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2007):
  Biodegradation of chlorobenzene in a constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
  Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 57 - 62
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• Gonzalias, A.E., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Jank, M., Kästner, M., Köser, H., (2007):
  Treatment of an artificial sulphide containing wastewater in subsurface horizontal flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
  Ecol. Eng. 31 (4), 259 - 268
  full text (url)
• Miltner, A., Kindler, R., Kästner, M., (2007):
  Contribution of bacterial biomass components to the formation of refractory soil organic matter
  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71 (15), A668
• Nijenhuis, I., Nikolausz, M., Köth, A., Felföldi, T., Weiß, H., Drangmeister, J., Großmann, J., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2007):
  Assessment of the natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in an anaerobic contaminated aquifer in the Bitterfeld/Wolfen area using stable isotope techniques, microcosm studies and molecular biomarkers
  Chemosphere 67 (2), 300 - 311
  full text (url)
• Nijenhuis, I., Stelzer, N., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2007):
  Sensitive detection of anaerobic monochlorobenzene degradation using stable isotope tracers
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 (11), 3836 - 3842
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• Nikolausz, M., Palatinszky, M., Rusznyak, A., Richnow, H.H., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., (2007):
  Novel approach using substrate-mediated radiolabelling of RNA to link metabolic function with the structure of microbial communities
  FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 274 (1), 154 - 161
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• Wand, H., Vacca, G., Kuschk, P., Krüger, M., Kästner, M., (2007):
  Removal of bacteria by filtration in planted and non-planted sand columns
  Water Res. 41 (1), 159 - 167
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• Fischer, A., Bauer, J., Meckenstock, R.U., Stichler, W., Griebler, C., Maloszewski, P., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2006):
  A multitracer test proving the reliability of rayleigh equation-based approach for assessing biodegradation in a BTEX contaminated aquifer
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (13), 4245 - 4252
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• Horn, M.A., Mertel, R., Gehre, M., Kästner, M., Drake, H.L., (2006):
  In vivo emission of dinitrogen by earthworms via denitrifying bacteria in the gut
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 72 (2), 1013 - 1018
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• Kästner, M., Fischer, A., Nijenhuis, I., Geyer, R., Stelzer, N., Bombach, P., Tebbe, C.C., Richnow, H.H., (2006):
  Assessment of microbial in situ activity in contaminated aquifers
  Eng. Life Sci. 6 (3), 234 - 251
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• Kindler, R., Miltner, A., Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., (2006):
  Fate of gram-negative bacterial biomass in soil-mineralization and contribution to SOM
  Soil Biol. Biochem. 38 (9), 2860 - 2870
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Buddhawong, S., Stottmeister, U., Kästner, M., (2006):
  Effectiveness of differently designed small-scale constructed wetlands to decrease the acidity of acid mine drainage under field conditions
  Eng. Life Sci. 6 (4), 394 - 398
  full text (url)
• Lueders, T., Kindler, R., Miltner, A., Friedrich, M.W., Kästner, M., (2006):
  Identification of bacterial micropredators distinctively active in a soil microbial food web
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 72 (8), 5342 - 5348
  full text (url)
• Nikolausz, M., Nijenhuis, I., Ziller, K., Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., (2006):
  Stable carbon isotope fractionation during degradation of dichloromethane by methylotrophic bacteria
  Environ. Microbiol. 8 (1), 156 - 164
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• Stelzer, N., Büning, C., Pfeifer, F., Dohrmann, A.B., Tebbe, C.C., Nijenhuis, I., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2006):
  In situ microcosms to evaluate natural attenuation potentials in contaminated aquifers
  Org. Geochem. 37 (10), 1394 - 1410
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• Stelzer, N., Fischer, A., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2006):
  Analyse des anaeroben Benzolabbaus: Vergleich von In-situ-Mikrokosmen, Elektronenakzeptorbilanzen und Isotopenfraktionierungsprozessen
  Grundwasser 11 (4), 247 - 258
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Buddhawong, S., Stottmeister, U., Mattusch, J., Kästner, M., (2006):
  Effectiveness of various small-scale constructed wetland designs for the removal of iron and zinc from acid mine drainage under field conditions
  Eng. Life Sci. 6 (6), 584 - 592
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Bederski, O., Müller, R.A., Kästner, M., (2006):
  Influence of helophytes on redox reactions in their rhizosphere
  In: Macková, M., Dowling, D.N., Macek, T., (eds.)
  Phytoremediation and rhizoremediation. Theoretical background
  Focus on Biotechnology 9A
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 69 - 82
• Büning, C., Pfeifer, F., Podwojewski, E., Quecke, W., Dohrmann, A.B., Tebbe, C.C., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2005):
  In situ Mikrokosmenuntersuchungen mit ¹³C-markiertem Benzol und Toluol zum Nachweis des natürlichen biologischen Abbaus im Grundwasser und zur molekularbiologischen Analyse der abbauaktiven Mikroflora
  altlasten spektrum 14 (3), 137 - 146
• Fischer, A., Bauer, J., Dietze, M., Gödeke, S., Schirmer, M., Weiß, H., Kästner, M., Meckenstock, R.U., Richnow, H.H., (2005):
  Konzept zur Quantifizierung des anaeroben in situ-Schadstoffabbaus in BTEX-kontaminierten Grundwasserleitern mittels Deuterium-markierter Substanzen
  altlasten spektrum 14 (1), 5 - 12
• Geyer, R., Peacock, A.D., Miltner, A., Richnow, H.H., White, D.C., Sublette, K.L., Kästner, M., (2005):
  In situ assessment of biodegradation potential using biotraps amended with ¹³C-labeled benzene or toluene
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (13), 4983 - 4989
  full text (url)
• Kaschl, A., Schultz, A., Vogt, C., Dorusch, F., Popp, P., Borsdorf, H., Küster, E., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Weiß, H., (2005):
  A meso-scale constructed wetland for the remediation of chlorobenzene contaminated groundwater
  In: Thomson, N.R., (ed.)
  Bringing groundwater quality research to the watershed scale (International conference of groundwater quality, Canada, 19.-22. July 2004)
  IAHS Publ. 297
  IAHS Press, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, p. 404 - 411
• Kaschl, A., Vogt, C., Uhlig, S., Nijenhuis, I., Weiß, H., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2005):
  Isotopic fractionation indicates anaerobic monochlorobenzene biodegradation
  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24 (6), 1315 - 1324
  full text (url)
• Miltner, A., Kopinke, F.-D., Kindler, R., Selesi, D., Hartmann, A., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Non-phototrophic CO₂ fixation by soil microorganisms
  Plant Soil 269 (1-2), 193 - 203
  full text (url)
• Miltner, A., Richnow, H.H., Kopinke, F.-D., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Incorporation of carbon originating from CO₂ into different compounds of soil microbial biomass and soil organic matter
  Isot. Environ. Health Stud. 41 (2), 135 - 140
• Mutnuri, S., Vasudevan, N., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Degradation of anthracene and pyrene supplied by microcrystals and non-aqueous-phase liquids
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 67 (4), 569 - 576
  full text (url)
• Mutnuri, S., Vasudevan, N., Kästner, M., Heipieper, H.-J., (2005):
  Changes in fatty acid composition of Chromohalobacter israelensis with varying salt concentrations
  Curr. Microbiol. 50 (3), 151 - 154
  full text (url)
• Nijenhuis, I., Andert, J., Beck, K., Kästner, M., Diekert, G., Richnow, H.H., (2005):
  Stable isotope fractionation of tetrachloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum multivorans and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-S and abiotic reactions with cyanocobalamin
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 71 (7), 3413 - 3419
  full text (url)
• Nikolausz, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Nijenhuis, I., Ziller, K., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Molecular characterization of dichloromethane-degrading Hyphomicrobium strains using 16S rDNA and DCM dehalogenase gene sequences
  Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 28 (7), 582 - 587
  full text (url)
• Vacca, G., Wand, H., Nikolausz, M., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Effect of plants and filter materials on bacteria removal in pilot-scale constructed wetlands
  Water Res. 39 (7), 1361 - 1373
  full text (url)
• Vatsouria, A., Vainshtein, M., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kosolapov, D., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Anaerobic co-reduction of chromate and nitrate by bacterial cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis L-02
  J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 32 (9), 409 - 414
  full text (url)
• Vieth, A., Kästner, M., Schirmer, M., Weiß, H., Gödeke, S., Meckenstock, R.U., Richnow, H.H., (2005):
  Monitoring in situ biodegradation of benzene and toluene by stable carbon isotope fractionation
  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24 (1), 51 - 60
• Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Sulphate reduction and the removal of carbon and ammonia in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Water Res. 39 (19), 4643 - 4650
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Influence of the redox condition dynamics on the removal efficiency of a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Water Res. 39 (1), 248 - 256
  full text (url)
• Heipieper, H.-J., Neumann, G., Kabelitz, N., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2004):
  Carbon isotope fractionation during cis-trans isomerization of unsaturated fatty acids in Pseudomonas putida
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 66 (3), 285 - 290
  full text (url)
• Kosolapow, D.B., Kuschk, P., Vainshtein, M., Vatsourina, A., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2004):
  Microbial processes of heavy metal removal from carbon-deficient effluents in constructed wetlands
  Eng. Life Sci. 4 (5), 403 - 411
  full text (url)
• Miltner, A., Richnow, H.H., Kopinke, F.-D., Kästner, M., (2004):
  Assimilation of CO₂ by soil microorganisms and transformation into soil organic matter
  Org. Geochem. 35 (9), 1015 - 1024
  full text (url)
• Weiß, M., Geyer, R., Günther, T., Kästner, M., (2004):
  Fate and stability of ¹⁴C-labeled 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in contaminated soil following microbial bioremediation processes
  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23 (9), 2049 - 2060
  full text (url)
• Weiß, M., Geyer, R., Russow, R., Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., (2004):
  Fate and metabolism of [¹⁵N]2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene in soil
  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23 (8), 1852 - 1860
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Braun, P., Möder, M., Wießner, A., Müller, J., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2003):
  Elimination von Nonylphenolen und Bisphenol A in Teich- und Pflanzenkläranlagen
  GWF Wasser, Abwasser 144 (4), 297 - 301
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Weißbrodt, E., Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U., (2003):
  Annual cycle of nitrogen removal by a pilot-scale subsurface horizontal flow in a constructed wetland under moderate climate
  Water Res. 37 (17), 4236 - 4242
  full text (url)
• Richnow, H.H., Meckenstock, R.U., Kästner, M., (2003):
  Perspectives of stable isotope approaches in bioremediation research
  In: Sasek, V., Glaser, J.A., Baveye, P., (eds.)
  The utilization of bioremediation to reduce soil contamination: problems and solutions. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Prague, Czech Republic, 14-19 June 2000
  NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences 19
  Springer, Dordrecht, p. 367 - 372
• Stottmeister, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Bederski, O., Müller, R.A., Moormann, H., (2003):
  Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
  Biotechnol. Adv. 22 (1-2), 93 - 117
  full text (url)
• Vieth, A., Müller, J., Strauch, G., Kästner, M., Gehre, M., Meckenstock, R.U., Richnow, H.H., (2003):
  In-situ biodegradation of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene in contaminated aquifers monitored by stable isotope fractionation
  Isot. Environ. Health Stud. 39 (2), 113 - 124
  full text (url)
• Kappelmeyer, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2002):
  Operation of a universal test unit for planted soil filters-planted fixed bed reactor
  Eng. Life Sci. 2 (10), 311 - 315
• Kästner, M., (2002):
  Parameter und Methoden zur Beurteilung der biologischen Sanierbarkeit von Böden
  In: Michels, J., Track, T., Gehrke, U., Sell, D., (eds.)
  Leitfaden - Biologische Verfahren zur Bodensanierung
  Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, p. 191 - 234
• Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  Organische Schadstoffe in Böden und Gewässern
  In: Fritzsche, W., (Hrsg.)
  Umwelt und Mensch - Langzeitwirkungen und Schlußfolgerungen für die Zukunft. Vorträge, gehalten auf dem Symposium der Kommission für Umweltprobleme unter Mitwirkung der Kommission für Technikfolgenabschätzung der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig vom 20. bis 22. März 2000 in Leipzig
  Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 59 Heft 5
  Hirzel, Stuttgart, S. 31 - 44
• Meckenstock, R.U., Morasch, B., Kästner, M., Vieth, A., Richnow, H.H., (2002):
  Assessment of bacterial degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment by analysis of stable carbon isotope fractionation
  Water Air Soil Poll.: Focus 2 (3), 141 - 152
• Richnow, H.H., Vieth, A., Kästner, M., Gehre, M., Meckenstock, R.U., (2002):
  Isotope fractionation of toluene: A perspective to characterize microbial in situ degradation
  The Scientific World Journal
  full text (url)
• Vieth, A., Kästner, M., Gödeke, S., Weiß, H., Schirmer, M., Richnow, H.H., (2002):
  Assessment of natural attenuation processes at a BTEX-contaminated site
  European Conference on Natural Attenuation, Heidelberg, 14.-17.10.2002
  p. 76 - 78
• Vieth, A., Kästner, M., Meckenstock, R.U., Morasch, B., Richnow, H.H., (2002):
  Isotopenfraktionierung organischer Schadstoffe zur Quantifizierung der Natural Attenuation Prozesse in kontaminierten Aquiferen - ein erstes Resümee
  3. Symposium Natural Attenuation - Umsetzung, Finanzierung, Perspektiven, Frankfurt/Main, 4.-5.12.2001
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  Abilities of helophyte species to release oxygen into rhizosphere with varying redox conditions in laboratory scale hydroponic systems
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 4 (1), 1 - 15
  full text (url)
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., (2001):
  Planted fixed bed reactor - a universal test system for constructed wetlands
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 33
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., (2001):
  Planted fixed bed reactor - A universal test system for constructed wetlands
  In: Leeson, A., Foote, E., Banks, K., Magar, V.S., (eds.)
  Phytoremediation, wetlands, and sediments. 6th International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, California, USA, 4.-7.6.2001
  Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, p. 337 - 344
• Kappelmeyer, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2001):
  Planted Fixed Bed Reactor - eine universelle Testeinheit für bewachsene Bodenfilter
  Chem. Ing. Tech. 73 (11), 1472 - 1477
  full text (url)
• Kästner, M., Hofrichter, M., (2001):
  Biodegradation of humic substances
  In: Hofrichter, M., Steinbüchel, A., (eds.)
  Biopolymers Vol.1 - Lignin, humic substances and coal
  1
  Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, p. 349 - 378
• Kästner, M., (2001):
  Parameter und Methoden zur Beurteilung der biologischen Sanierbarkeit von Böden
  In: Michels, J., Track, T., Gehrkte, U., Sell, D., (Hrsg.)
  Leitfaden - Biologische Verfahren zur Bodensanierung
  Grün-Weiße-Reihe
  Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Bonn,
• Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2001):
  Formation of Residues of Organic Pollutants within the Soil Matrix - Mechanisms and Stability
  In: Stegmann, R., Brunner, G., Calmano, W., Matz, G., (eds.)
  Treatment of Contaminated Soil
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 219 - 251
• Kästner, M., (2001):
  Sorption und Festlegung von PAK
  In: Wiesner, J., (ed.)
  Sanierung und Entwicklung teerölkontaminierter Standorte; DECHEMA-Fachgespräch Umweltschutz, Dresden; 20.-21.03.01
  DECHEMA, Frankfurt/ Main, Dresden, p. 45 - 69
• Richnow, H.H., Gehre, M., Kästner, M., Morasch, B., Meckenstock, R.U., (2001):
  Characterisation of microbial in situ degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons
  In: Magar, V.S., Vogel, T.M., Aelion, C.M., Leeson, A., (eds.)
  Innovative Methods in Support of Bioremediation. 6th International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, California, USA, 4.-7.6.2001
  6/4
  Battelle Press, Columbus, OH,
• Richnow, H.H., Gehre, M., Kästner, M., Morasch, B., Meckenstock, R.U., (2001):
  Characterisation of Microbial In Situ Degradation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  In: Magar, V.S., Vogel, T.M., Aelion, C.M., Lesson, A., (eds.)
  Innovative Methods in Support of Bioremediation. In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, Vol. 6(4)
  6
  Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, p. 99 - 108
• Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., Meckenstock, R.U., (2001):
  Analyse von natural attenuation - Prozessen mittels stabiler Isotope
  In: Kreysa, G., Track, T., Michels, J., Wiesner, J., (eds.)
  2. DECHEMA Symposium "Natural Attenuation - Neue Erkentnisse, Konflikte, Anwendungen", Frankfurt/M., 7.-8.12.2000
  Dechema Eigenverlag, Frankfurt/M., p. 91 - 95
• Vieth, A., Kästner, M., Gehre, M., Meckenstock, R.U., Richnow, H.H., (2001):
  Characterisation of the in situ biodegradation of aromatic compounds in contaminated aquifers using isotope fractionation
  In: Wiesner, J., (ed.)
  Fachtagung Sanierung und Entwicklung teerkontaminierter Standorte, Dresden, 20.-21.3.2001
  DECHEMA-Fachgespräche Umweltschutz
  DECHEMA, Frankfurt/M., p. 493 - 496
• Vieth, A., Kästner, M., Morasch, B., Meckenstock, R.U., Richnow, H.H., (2001):
  Charakterisierung des biologischen Abbaus von BTEX im Grundwasserleitern über Isotopenfraktionierung - Feldstudien
  TerraTech 10 (5), 37 - 41
• Kästner, M., (2000):
  "Humifizierung" oder die Bildung refraktärer organischer Substanzen
  In: Kreysa, G., (Hrsg.)
  Natural Attenuation - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen naturnaher Sanierungsstrategien. Resümee und Beiträge zum 1. Symposium Natural Attenuation vom 27. bis 28. Oktober 1999 bei der DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt am Main
  DECHEMA, Frankfurt/M., S. 111 - 118
• Kästner, M., (2000):
  "Humification" process or formation of refractory soil organic matter
  In: Rehm, H.J., Reed, G., Pühler, A., Stadler, P., (eds.)
  Biotechnology Volume 11b: Environmental Processes II
  Wiley VCH, Weinheim, New York, p. 89 - 125
  full text (url)
• Kästner, M., (2000):
  Degradation of aromatic and polyaromatic compounds
  In: Rehm, H.J., Reed, G., Pühler, A., Stadler, P., (eds.)
  Biotechnology Volume 11b: Environmental Processes II
  Wiley VCH, Weinheim, New York, p. 211 - 239
  full text (url)
• Richnow, H.H., Gehre, M., Kästner, M., Morasch, B., Meckenstock, R.U., (2000):
  Isotope fractionation of aromatic hydrocarbons - a perspective to characterise microbial in-situ degradation
  Isot. Environ. Health Stud. 36 (4), 383 - 384
• Richnow, H.H., Kästner, M., (2000):
  Perspectives of stable isotope chemistry in environmental science
  Contaminated Soil 2000. Proceedings of the 7th International FZK/TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil, 18 - 22 September 2000, Leipzig, Germany
  Telford Publishing, London, p. 230 - 238
• Teutsch, G., Weiß, H., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., Schirmer, K., Schirmer, M., Schüürmann, G., Dahmke, A., (2000):
  Reference testsite Zeitz for the implementation of the "natural-attenuation" concept (RETZINA)
  Contaminated Soil 2000. Proceedings of the 7th International FZK/TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil, 18 - 22 September 2000, Leipzig, Germany
  Telford Publishing, London, p. 1178 - 1179
• Weiss, M., Geyer, R., Kästner, M., Dickert, G., (2000):
  Analyse der Bindungsstrukturen gebundener TNT-Rückstände im Boden nach aerober biologischer Behandlung mit ligninolytischen Pilzen - Bildung und Remobilisierbarkeit nicht extrahierbarer Rückstände
  Verbundvorhaben Langzeit- und Remobilisierungsverhalten von Schadstoffen - 2. Statusseminar, Bremen, 22.-23.2.2000
• Weiss, M., Geyer, R., Kästner, M., Dieckert, G., (2000):
  Analyse der Bindungsstrukturen gebundener TNT-Rückstände im Boden nach aerober biologischer Behandlung mit ligninolytischen Pilzen - Bildung und Remobilisierbarkeit nicht extrahierbarer Rückstände. Verbundvorhaben Langzeit- und Remobilisierungsverhalten von Schadstoffen - Veröffentlichungen des BMBF (PT AWAS)
  Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, 18 S.
• Kästner, M., (1999):
  Humifizierung oder die Bildung refraktärer organischer Substanzen
  Natural Attenuation - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen naturnaher Sanierungsstrategien - Resümee und Beiträge zum 1. Symposium Natural Attenuation, Frankfurt/M., 27.-29.10.1999
  DECHEMA-Fachgespräche Umweltschutz
  DECHEMA, Frankfurt/M., S. 111 - 118
• Kästner, M., Streibich, S., Beyrer, M., Richnow, H.H., Fritsche, W., (1999):
  Formation of bound residues during microbial degradation of [¹⁴C]anthracene in soil
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 65 (5), 1834 - 1842
• Richnow, H.H., Annweiler, E., Fritsche, W., Kästner, M., (1999):
  Organic pollutants associated with macromolecular soil organic matter and the formation of bound residues
  In: Baveye, P., Block, J.C., Gonscharuk, V.V., (eds.)
  Bioavailability of organic xenobiotics in the environment - practical consequences for the environment. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Bioavailability of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment, Prague, Czech Republic, 18-29 August 1997
  Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 297 - 326
• Richnow, H.H., Eschenbach, A., Mahro, B., Kästner, M., Annweiler, E., Seifert, R., Michaelis, W., (1999):
  Formation of nonextractable soil residues: A stable isotope approach
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 33 , 3761 - 3767

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