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Die Natur ist eine unerschöpfliche Quelle von Konzepten und Rohstoffen, um Chemikalien und Energie herzustellen und zu wandeln.
Dafür müssen wir erkennen und verstehen, welche biochemischen Potenziale und ökologischen Prinzipien in der Natur stecken, und sie mithilfe innovativer Umwelt- und Biotechnologien für den gesellschaftlichen Bedarf nutzbar machen.
Herausforderung
Ob Klimawandel, wachsende Nachfrage nach Ressourcen oder umweltbelastende Stoffströme – es ist nicht nur eine Energiewende notwendig, sondern eine Kehrtwende hin zu einem produktorientierten und integrativen Umweltschutz. Kreisläufe müssen geschlossen werden, um ressourcen- und energieeffizient zu produzieren. Umweltschädliche Einsatzstoffe müssen durch ökologisch verträgliche ersetzt werden. Der Verbrauch fossiler und anorganischer Rohstoffe muss reduziert werden. Schadstoffe dürfen nicht weiter ungehindert in die Umwelt gelangen. Und wo das unvermeidlich ist, muss ihr Schicksal kontrollierbar sein.
Der Verbrauch fossiler und anorganischer Rohstoffe muss reduziert werden.
Neue Verfahren der Umwelt- und Biotechnologie werden bei der Suche nach Lösungen eine Schlüsselrolle spielen. Bereits 2012 lag das weltweite Marktvolumen für Umwelt- und Effizienztechnologien bei etwa zwei Billionen Euro. Schätzungen des Bundesumweltministeriums zufolge wird es sich bis 2022 mehr als verdoppeln.
Fragestellungen
Wie können erneuerbare Ressourcen der Natur zu Energieträgern oder Chemikalien gewandelt werden? Welche Fähigkeiten stecken in Mikroorganismen, Stoffe in Energie oder Chemikalien umzuwandeln? Wie finden wir heraus, welche Mikroorganismen was können? Wie gelingt es, erfolgversprechende Laborergebnisse in industrielle Maßstäbe umzusetzen? Sind neue Umwelt- und Effizienztechnologien tatsächlich ökologisch und effizient? Wie lassen sich unerwünschte Nebenprodukte und Nebenwirkungen minimieren? Können wir die Reinigungskräfte der Natur stärken oder in technischen Anlagen optimieren?
Die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Themenbereichs „Umwelt- und Biotechnologie“ arbeiten an Verfahren und Technologien, mit denen Plattformchemikalien und Energieträger dezentral aus erneuerbaren Rohstoffen hergestellt sowie Schadstoffe in natürlichen und technischen Ökosystemen unschädlich gemacht werden können. Damit verfolgen sie das Ziel, Stoffkreisläufe zu schließen und unerwünschte Nebenprodukte zu vermeiden oder zu behandeln. Sie setzen dabei auf die mikrobiologischen und biochemischen Fähigkeiten der Natur, sogenannte „nature-based solutions“.
Sie nutzen nachwachsende Kohlenstoffquellen, non - food - Biomasse, Kohlendioxid, Wasserstoff, Licht- und elektrische Energie und verknüpfen Syntheseprozesse geschickt mit Nutzungskonzepten für Abfälle, Energie und (Ab)Wasser. Voraussetzung dafür sind detaillierte Kenntnisse darüber, welche mikrobiellen Prozesse welchen Stoffumwandlungen zugrunde liegen und wie jenseits der Grenzen der Biologie chemische und physikalische Methoden eingesetzt werden können. Um biotechnologische Produktionsverfahren und -prozesse industrietauglich zu machen, müssen Wege gefunden werden, sie effizienter und flexibler zu gestalten.
Mit dem Mitteldeutschen Katalysezentrum MIKAT entsteht ein strategisches Netzwerk für Bioverfahrenstechnik, Photoreaktoren und alternative Rohstoffe.
Im Rahmen von Projekten und Fallbeispielen entwickeln die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler einzigartige Lösungsansätze, beispielsweise ein integriertes technologisches Konzept, mit dem Wasser mittels bioartifizieller Photosynthese und natürlicher Katalysatoren gespalten und der entstehende Wasserstoff genutzt wird, Einfamilienhäuser dezentral und energetisch autark zu versorgen. Andere Energieträger wie Biogas oder Strom sowie Plattformchemikalien sollen auf der Basis mikrobiologischer und elektrobiokatalytischer Prozesse hergestellt werden.
Beim Abbau von Schadstoffen in technischen und natürlichen Systemen setzen die Forscherinnen und Forscher vor allem auf natürliche mikrobiologische oder pflanzenbasierte Verfahren, die – wenn notwendig – physikalisch-chemisch unterstützt werden können.
Auch bei der Gewinnung von mineralischen Rohstoffen und Wertstoffen wie Metallen, Seltenen Erden oder organischen Säuren aus Abfallströmen oder ungenutzten mineralischen Quellen sind es biotechnologische Konzepte, von denen sich Forschung und Industrie die besten Ökobilanzen versprechen. Wie ökologisch, marktfähig und wertschöpfend diese Verfahren und Konzepte tatsächlich sind, wird ebenfalls analysiert und bewertet.
Für diesen integrierten Forschungsansatz, der vom Prozessverständnis bis zum Technologietransfer reicht und auch sozio-ökonomische sowie umweltrechtliche Fragestellungen beinhaltet, stehen am UFZ eine umfassende Expertise aus allen Themenbereichen und modernste Infrastrukturen zur Verfügung: ein Umwelt- und Biotechnikum für die Skalierung vom Labor- in den technischen Maßstab, Omics-Plattformen für molekulare Analysen, das Hightech-Labor ProVIS für die Visualisierung von mikrobiologisch-biochemischen Prozessen auf zellulärer Ebene, Hochleistungsrechner zur Modellierung und Visualisierung komplexer Umweltprozesse, systembiologische Analysemethoden sowie Forschungs- und Demonstrationsstandorte für die dezentrale Abwasserbehandlung im In- und Ausland.
Der Themenbereich „Umwelt- und Biotechnologie“ nimmt eine zentrale Rolle in der an nachhaltigen Technologien interessierten Wissenschaft ein, etwa über die Ausrichtung internationaler Konferenzen und Workshops. Er ist gleichzeitig mit Partnern aus Industrie sowie kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen eng vernetzt.
Mit dem vom UFZ initiierten Mitteldeutschen Katalysezentrum MIKAT (www.mikat.info) entsteht ein wichtiges strategisches Netzwerk für Bioverfahrenstechnik, Photoreaktoren und alternative Rohstoffe. Darüber hinaus bestehen enge Partnerschaften zur Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie DECHEMA, zum Umweltbundesamt UBA, zum Deutschen Biomasseforschungszentrum DBFZ sowie zu Experten auf europäischer Ebene.
Die frühe Einbindung von Industriepartnern in Forschungs- und Demonstrationsprojekte und die kontinuierliche Rückkopplung zu Verbänden und Behörden sichert nicht nur den Transfer von Wissen und die Einhaltung von Ordnungsrahmen und Regelwerken, sondern erhöht auch die Chancen, das Konzepte und Verfahren in Industrie und Praxis implementiert werden. So ist es beispielsweise gelungen, in Jordanien, einer der wasserärmsten Regionen der Welt, auf Basis einer jahrelangen vertrauensvollen Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik vor Ort ein integriertes Wassermanagement aufzubauen, dessen Kern biotechnologische Verfahren zur Abwasseraufbereitung und damit zum Grundwasserschutz sind.
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New Book: Laccases in Bioremediation and Waste Valorisation
The book covers the latest advances in laccase applications in bioremediation and waste valorisation and was released in 2020 (edited by Dietmar Schlosser).
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2022 (33)
Recirculation of H2, CO2, and ethylene improves carbon fixation and carboxylate yields in anaerobic fermentation
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 10 (13), 4073 - 4081
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Exploiting unconventional prokaryotic hosts for industrial biotechnology
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Genome and proteome analyses show the gaseous alkane degrader Desulfosarcina sp. strain
Environ. Microbiol. 24 (4), 1964 - 1976
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Deciphering the fate of sulfate in one- and two-chamber bioelectrochemical systems
Electrochim. Acta 408 , art. 139942
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Applicability and information value of biocalorimetry for the monitoring of fungal solid-state fermentation of lignocellulosic agricultural by-products
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Structure and functional capacity of a benzene‐mineralizing, nitrate‐reducing microbial community
J. Appl. Microbiol. 132 (4), 2795 - 2811
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Enrichment of anaerobic microbial communities from midgut and hindgut of sun beetle larvae (Pachnoda marginata) on wheat straw: effect of inoculum preparation
Microorganisms 10 (4), art. 761
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Microbial | electrochemical CO2 reduction: To integrate or not to integrate?
Joule 6 (5), 935 - 940
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What is the role of individual species within bidirectional electroactive microbial biofilms: A case study on Desulfarculus baarsii and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus
ChemElectroChem 9 (2), e202101116
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Lagrangian profiles of riverine autotrophy, organic matter transformation, and micropollutants at extreme drought
Sci. Total Environ. 828 , art. 154243
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Draft genome sequences of two Sphingobium species associated with hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) degradation isolated from an HCH-contaminated soil
Microbiol. Resour. Announc. 11 (3), e00886-21
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Predicting the impact of spatial heterogeneity on microbially mediated nutrient cycling in the subsurface
Biogeosciences 19 (3), 665 - 688
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MAIT cell activation is reduced by direct and microbiota-mediated exposure to bisphenols
Environ. Int. 158 , art. 106985
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Electrochemical microwell plate to study electroactive microorganisms in parallel and real-time
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 10 , art. 821734
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Stabilizing microbial communities by looped mass transfer
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119 (17), e2117814119
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The impact of the antibiotic fosfomycin on wastewater communities measured by flow cytometry
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 737831
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Machine learning-assisted identification of bioindicators predicts medium-chain carboxylate production performance of an anaerobic mixed culture
Microbiome 10 , art. 48
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Physiological effects of 2-bromoethanesulfonate on hydrogenotrophic pure and mixed cultures
Microorganisms 10 (2), art. 355
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PredicTF: prediction of bacterial transcription factors in complex microbial communities using deep learning
Environ. Microbiome 17 , art. 7
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Widespread ability of ligninolytic fungi to degrade hazardous organic pollutants as the basis for the self-purification ability of natural ecosystems and for mycoremediation technologies
Appl. Sci. 12 (4), art. 2164
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Extracellular degradation of a polyurethane oligomer involving outer membrane vesicles and further insights on the degradation of 2,4-diaminotoluene in Pseudomonas capeferrum TDA1
Sci. Rep. 12 , art. 2666
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Exploring the extent of phosphorus and heavy metal uptake by single cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their effects on intrinsic elements by SC-ICP-TOF-MS
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 870931
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Thickness and roughness of transparent gold-palladium anodes have no impact on growth kinetics and yield coefficients of early-stage Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms
Bioelectrochemistry 144 , art. 108043
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Polyphasic analysis reveals potential petroleum hydrocarbon degradation and biosurfactant production by rare biosphere thermophilic bacteria from Deception Island, an active Antarctic volcano
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 885557
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Toward improved bioremediation strategies: Response of BAM-degradation activity to concentration and flow changes in an inoculated bench-scale sediment tank
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (7), 4050 - 4061
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Syntrophy drives the microbial electrochemical oxidation of toluene in a continuous-flow “bioelectric well”
J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 10 (3), art. 107799
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Thermophilic composting of human feces: Development of bacterial community composition and antimicrobial resistance gene pool
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 824834
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Metagenomic insights into the changes of antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity factor pools upon thermophilic composting of human excreta
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 826071
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Transport of marine tracer phage particles in soil
Sci. Total Environ. 814 , art. 152704
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Phage co-transport with hyphal-riding bacteria fuels bacterial invasion in a water-unsaturated microbial model system
ISME J. 16 (5), 1275 - 1283
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Mycelia-assisted isolation of non-host bacteria able to co-transport phages
Viruses 14 (2), art. 195
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Mechanistic details of the actinobacterial lyase-catalyzed degradation reaction of 2-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA
J. Biol. Chem. 298 (1), art. 101522
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Efficient removal of trifluoroacetic acid from water using surface-modified activated carbon and electro-assisted desorption
J. Hazard. Mater. 436 , art. 129051
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Fungi in PAH-contaminated marine sediments: Cultivable diversity and tolerance capacity towards PAH
Mar. Pollut. Bull. 164 , art. 112082
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Effect of oxygen contamination on propionate and caproate formation in anaerobic fermentation
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 725443
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Hydrogen as a co-electron donor for chain elongation with complex communities
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 650631
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A downstream processing cascade for separation of caproic and caprylic acid from maize silage-based fermentation broth
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 725578
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Metabolic history and metabolic fitness as drivers of anabolic heterogeneity in isogenic microbial populations
Environ. Microbiol. 23 (11), 6764 - 6776
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Electro-bioremediation of nitrate and arsenite polluted groundwater
Water Res. 190 , art. 116748
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General statistical scaling laws for stability in ecological systems
Ecol. Lett. 24 (7), 1474 - 1486
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Community and single cell analyses reveal complex predatory interactions between bacteria in high diversity systems
Nat. Commun. 12 , art. 5481
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Impact of surface properties of porous SiOC‐based materials on the performance of Geobacter biofilm anodes
ChemElectroChem 8 (5), 850 - 857
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Effects of combined tannic acid/fluoride on sulfur transformations and methanogenic pathways in swine manure
PLOS One 16 (9), art. e0257759
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Evaluation of two methods to concentrate SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater
Pathogens 10 (2), art. 195
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Benefits of age–Improved resistance of mature electroactive biofilm anodes in anaerobic digestion
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (12), 8258 - 8266
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Numerical heat flow and transport simulation as a development tool for the design of isothermal microcalorimeters
Thermochim. Acta 706 , art. 179070
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Pore-scale modeling of microbial activity: What we have and what we need
Vadose Zone J. 20 (1), e20087
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Compost fungi allow for effective dispersal of putative PGP bacteria
Agronomy-Basel 11 (8), art. 1567
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New thermodynamic activity-based approach allows predicting the feasibility of glycolysis
Sci. Rep. 11 , art. 6125
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Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity - A monitoring and indicator system can inform policy
Science 371 (6526), 239 - 241
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Hydrogen from water is more than a fuel: Hydrogenations and hydrodeoxygenations for a biobased economy
Chem. Rec. 21 (9), 2277 - 2289
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First settlers persist
Joule 5 (6), 1316 - 1319
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Evidence for lignocellulose-decomposing enzymes in the genome and transcriptome of the aquatic hyphomycete Clavariopsis aquatica
J. Fungi 7 (10), art. 854
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Predicting the presence and abundance of bacterial taxa in environmental communities through flow cytometric fingerprinting
mSystems 6 (5), e00551-21
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Beyond nitrogen: phosphorus - estimating the minimum niche dimensionality for resource competition between phytoplankton
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HumanMetagenomeDB: a public repository of curated and standardized metadata for human metagenomes
Nucleic Acids Res. 49 (D1), D743 - D750
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Monitoring of the effects of a temporally limited heat stress on microbial communities in a shallow aquifer
Sci. Total Environ. 781 , art. 146377
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Metagenomic insights into the taxonomy, function, and dysbiosis of prokaryotic communities in octocorals
Microbiome 9 , art. 72
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Draft genome sequence of Fusarium equiseti K3, a fungal species isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil
Microbiol. Resour. Announc. 10 (47), e00885-21
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Precious data from tiny samples: Revealing the correlation between energy content and the chemical oxygen demand of municipal wastewater using micro-bomb combustion calorimetry
Front. Energy Res. 9 , art. 705800
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Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy on biofilm electrodes – conclusive or euphonious?
Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 29 , art. 100757
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How to go beyond C1 products with electrochemical reduction of CO2
Sustain. Energ. Fuels 5 (23), 5893 - 5914
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Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams
Water Res. 201 , art. 117262
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Microbial communities in flexible biomethanation of hydrogen are functionally resilient upon starvation
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 619632
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High biodiversity in a benzene-degrading nitrate-reducing culture is sustained by a few primary consumers
Commun. Biol. 4 , art. 530
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Temperature management potentially affects carbon mineralization capacity and microbial community composition of a shallow aquifer
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 97 (2), fiaa261
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Benzene degradation in contaminated aquifers: Enhancing natural attenuation by injecting nitrate
J. Contam. Hydrol. 238 , art. 103759
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Making sense of gas measurements: quantification of multicomponent gas mixtures in biological and chemical laboratory experiments
ChemTexts 7 (4), art. 27
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Platinized titanium as alternative cost-effective anodes for the efficient Kolbe electrolysis in aqueous electrolyte solutions
ChemSusChem 14 (15), 3097 - 3109
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Characterization of putative circular plasmids in sponge‐associated bacterial communities using a selective multiply‐primed rolling circle amplification
Mol. Ecol. Resour. 21 (1), 110 - 121
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Electrifying biotrickling filters for the treatment of aquaponics wastewater
Bioresour. Technol. 319 , art. 124221
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Determination of elemental distribution and evaluation of elemental concentration in single Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells using single cell-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Metallomics 13 (6), mfab032
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Electroactive microorganisms in mouse feces
Electrochim. Acta 365 , art. 137326
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Redox potential heterogeneity in fixed bed electrodes leads to microbial stratification and inhomogeneous performance
ChemSusChem 14 (4), 1155 - 1165
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Evolutionary relationships of Ljungan virus variants circulating in multi-host systems across Europe
Viruses 13 (7), art. 1317
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Conditioning film and early biofilm succession on plastic surfaces
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (16), 11006 - 11018
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How comparable are microbial electrochemical systems around the globe? An electrochemical and microbiological cross‐laboratory study
ChemSusChem 14 (11), 2313 - 2330
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Cover profile: How comparable are microbial electrochemical systems around the globe? An electrochemical and microbiological cross‐laboratory study
ChemSusChem 14 (11), 2267 - 2267
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OrtSuite: from genomes to prediction of microbial interactions within targeted ecosystem processes
Life Sci. Alliance 4 (12), e202101167
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Mining synergistic microbial interactions: a roadmap on how to integrate multi-omics data
Microorganisms 9 (4), art. 840
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The electrode potential determines the yield coefficients of early-stage Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilm anodes
Bioelectrochemistry 140 , art. 107752
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Antibacterial effect of a brominated self-etch adhesive on carious dentin - An in vivo study
J. Dent. 105 , art. 103555
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Mass-transfer-limited biodegradation at low concentrations—Evidence from reactive transport modeling of isotope profiles in a bench-scale aquifer
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (11), 7386 - 7397
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Magnitude of diffusion- and transverse dispersion-induced isotope fractionation of organic compounds in aqueous systems
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (8), 4772 - 4782
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Complementary roles of wood-inhabiting fungi and bacteria facilitate deadwood decomposition
mSystems 6 (1), e01078-20
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Metagenomes, metatranscriptomes and microbiomes of naturally decomposing deadwood
Sci. Data 8 , art. 198
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Simultaneous removal of hydrocarbons and sulfate from groundwater using a “bioelectric well”
Electrochim. Acta 388 , art. 138636
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Enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate nanoplastics analyzed in real time by isothermal titration calorimetry
Sci. Total Environ. 773 , art. 145111
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Phage strategies facilitate bacterial coexistence under environmental variability
PeerJ 9 , art. e12194
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New developments in biological phosphorus accessibility and recovery approaches from soil and waste streams
Eng. Life Sci. 21 (3-4), 77 - 86
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A framework for P-cycle assessment in wastewater treatment plants
Sci. Total Environ. 760 , art. 143392
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Disentangling multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a lotic ecosystem using a longitudinal approach
Sci. Total Environ. 769 , art. 144324
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Adsorption of polar and ionic organic compounds on activated carbon: Surface chemistry matters
Sci. Total Environ. 794 , art. 148508
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Investigating community dynamics and performance during microbial electrochemical degradation of whey
ChemElectroChem 7 (4), 989 - 997
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Coupling an electroactive Pseudomonas putida KT2440 with bioelectrochemical rhamnolipid production
Microorganisms 8 (12), art. 1959
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Increasing ibuprofen degradation in constructed wetlands by bioaugmentation with gravel containing biofilms of an ibuprofen-degrading Sphingobium yanoikuyae
Eng. Life Sci. 20 (5-6), 160 - 167
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Prospects for integrating disturbances, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning using microbial systems
Front. Ecol. Evol. 8 , art. 21
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A modular metagenomics pipeline allowing for the inclusion of prior knowledge using the example of anaerobic digestion
Microorganisms 8 (5), art. 669
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Longitudinal multi-omics analyses identify responses of megakaryocytes, erythroid cells, and plasmablasts as hallmarks of severe COVID-19
Immunity 53 (6), 1296 - 1314
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Environmental factors and host microbiomes shape host–pathogen dynamics
Trends Parasitol. 36 (7), 616 - 633
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TerrestrialMetagenomeDB: a public repository of curated and standardized metadata for terrestrial metagenomes
Nucleic Acids Res. 48 (D1), D626 - D632
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Biotransformation of phthalate plasticizers and bisphenol A by marine-derived, freshwater, and terrestrial fungi
Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 317
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Keystone species and modularity in microbial hydrocarbon degradation uncovered by network analysis and association rule mining
Microorganisms 8 (2), art. 190
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The Great Oxidation Event expanded the genetic repertoire of arsenic metabolism and cycling
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117 (19), 10414 - 10421
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Bacterial mock communities as standards for reproducible cytometric microbiome analysis
Nat. Protoc. 15 , 2788 - 2812
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Effect of tannic acid combined with fluoride and lignosulfonic acid on anaerobic digestion in the agricultural waste management chain
Bioresour. Technol. 307 , art. 123171
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Anaerobic digestion of co-ensiled cover crop and barley straw: Effect of co-ensiling ratios, manure addition and impact on microbial community structure
Ind. Crop. Prod. 144 , art. 112025
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Beyond sugar and ethanol production: Value generation opportunities through sugarcane residues
Front. Energy Res. 8 , art. 579577
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How to speed up the detection of aerobic microbial contaminations by using isothermal microcalorimetry
J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 142 (5), 1933 - 1949
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Rapid culture‐based detection of Legionella pneumophila using isothermal microcalorimetry with an improved evaluation method
Microb. Biotechnol. 13 (4), 1262 - 1272
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Microbial electrosynthesis – An inventory on technology readiness level and performance of different process variants
Biotechnol. J. 15 (10), art. 2000066
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Standard Gibbs energy of metabolic reactions: VI. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase reaction
Fluid Phase Equilib. 517 , art. 112597
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Standard Gibbs energy of metabolic reactions: V. Enolase reaction
BBA-Proteins Proteomics 1868 (4), art. 140365
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Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research
Nat. Commun. 11 (1), art. 3870
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Gastric bypass surgery in a rat model alters the community structure and functional composition of the intestinal microbiota independently of weight loss
Microbiome 8 , art. 13
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Coupled electrochemical and microbial catalysis for the production of polymer bricks
ChemSusChem 13 (19), 5295 - 5300
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Diversity and coexistence are influenced by time-dependent species interactions in a predator-prey system
Ecol. Lett. 23 (6), 983 - 993
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Label‐free four‐dimensional visualization of anaerobically growing electroactive biofilms
Cytom. Part A 97 (7), 737 - 741
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Physical, chemical and biological effects on soil bacterial dynamics in microscale models
Front. Ecol. Evol. 8 , art. 53
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Letter: What are the active species in the photocatalytic disinfection of water?
Chem 6 (4), 806 - 807
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Determining incremental coulombic efficiency and physiological parameters of early stage Geobacter spp. enrichment biofilms
PLOS One 15 (6), e0234077
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Cover profile: Availability of hydrogen shapes the microbial abundance in biofilm anodes based on Geobacter enrichment
ChemElectroChem 7 (18), 3683 - 3683
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Availability of hydrogen shapes the microbial abundance in biofilm anodes based on Geobacter enrichment
ChemElectroChem 7 (18), 3720 - 3724
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Following the community development of SIHUMIx – a new intestinal in vitro model for bioreactor use
Gut Microbes 11 (4), 1116 - 1129
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The activation of mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells is affected by microbial diversity and riboflavin utilization in vitro
Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 755
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Biotransformation of hexachlorocyclohexanes contaminated biomass for energetic utilization demonstrated in continuous anaerobic digestion system
J. Hazard. Mater. 384 , art. 121448
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Competition between butyrate fermenters and chain-elongating bacteria limits the efficiency of medium-chain carboxylate production
Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 336
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