Dr. Uwe Kappelmeyer

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Publications

• Nguyen, P.M., Arslan, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Mäusezahl, I., Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A. (2022):
  Spatial characterization of microbial sulfur cycling in horizontal-flow constructed wetland models
  Chemosphere 309, Part 1 , art. 136605 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136605
• Puiggené, Ò., Cárdenas Espinosa, M.J., Schlosser, D., Thies, S., Jehmlich, N., Kappelmeyer, U., Schreiber, S., Wibberg, D., Kalinowski, J., Harms, H., Heipieper, H.J., Eberlein, C. (2022):
  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 10.1038/s41598-022-06558-0
• Cárdenas Espinosa, M.J., Schmidgall, T., Wagner, G., Kappelmeyer, U., Schreiber, S., Heipieper, H.J., Eberlein, C. (2021):
  An optimized method for RNA extraction from the polyurethane oligomer degrading strain Pseudomonas capeferrum TDA1 growing on aromatic substrates such as phenol and 2,4-diaminotoluene
  PLOS One 16 (11), e0260002 10.1371/journal.pone.0260002
• Stephenson, R., Sheridan, C., Kappelmeyer, U. (2021):
  A curve-shift technique for the use of non-conservative organic tracers in constructed wetlands
  Sci. Total Environ. 752 , art. 141818 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141818
• Balciunas, E.M., Kappelmeyer, U., Harms, H., Heipieper, H.J. (2020):
  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 10.1002/elsc.201900097
• Cárdenas Espinosa, M.J., Colina Blanco, A., Schmidgall, T., Atanasoff-Kardjalieff, A.K., Kappelmeyer, U., Tischler, D., Pieper, D.H., Heipieper, H.J., Eberlein, C. (2020):
  Towards biorecycling: Isolation of a soil bacterium that grows on a polyurethane oligomer and monomer
  Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 404 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00404
• Aylward, L., Bonner, R., Sheridan, C., Kappelmeyer, U. (2019):
  Hydraulic study of a non-steady horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetland during start-up
  Sci. Total Environ. 646 , 880 - 892 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.324
• Bonner, R., Aylward, L., Kappelmeyer, U., Sheridan, C. (2018):
  Combining tracer studies and biomimetic design principles to investigate clogging in constructed wetlands
  Water SA 44 (4), 764 - 770 10.4314/wsa.v44i4.24
• Moodley, I., Sheridan, C.M., Kappelmeyer, U., Akcil, A. (2018):
  Environmentally sustainable acid mine drainage remediation: Research developments with a focus on waste/by-products
  Miner. Eng. 126 , 207 - 220 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.08.008
• Sheridan, C., Akcil, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Moodley, I. (2018):
  A review on the use of constructed wetlands for the treatment of acid mine drainage
  In: Stefanakis, A.I. (ed.)
  Constructed wetlands for industrial wastewater treatment
  Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, p. 249 - 262 10.1002/9781119268376.ch12
• Wells, N.S., Kappelmeyer, U., Knöller, K. (2018):
  Anoxic nitrogen cycling in a hydrocarbon and ammonium contaminated aquifer
  Water Res. 142 , 373 - 382 10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.005
• Aylward, L., Kappelmeyer, U., Bonner, R., Hecht, P., Sheridan, C. (2017):
  Investigation into the kinetics of constructed wetland degradation processes as a precursor to biomimetic design
  Water SA 43 (4), 655 - 665 10.4314/wsa.v43i4.13
• Bonner, R., Aylward, L., Harley, C., Kappelmeyer, U., Sheridan, C.M. (2017):
  Heat as a hydraulic tracer for horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands
  J. Water Process Eng. 16 , 183 - 192 10.1016/j.jwpe.2017.01.007
• Bonner, R., Aylward, L., Kappelmeyer, U., Sheridan, C. (2017):
  A comparison of three different residence time distribution modelling methodologies for horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands
  Ecol. Eng. 99 , 99 - 113 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.11.024
• Meyer-Cifuentes, I., Fiedler, S., Müller, J.A., Kappelmeyer, U., Mäusezahl, I., Heipieper, H.J. (2017):
  Draft genome sequence of Magnetospirillum sp. strain 15-1, a denitrifying toluene degrader isolated from a planted fixed-bed reactor
  Genome Announc. 5 (32), e00764-17 10.1128/genomeA.00764-17
• Lünsmann, V., Kappelmeyer, U., Benndorf, R., Martínez-Lavanchy, P.M., Taubert, A., Adrian, L., Duarte, M., Pieper, D.H., von Bergen, M., Müller, J.A., Heipieper, H.J., Jehmlich, N. (2016):
  In situ protein-SIP highlights Burkholderiaceae as key players degrading toluene by para ring hydroxylation in a constructed wetland model
  Environ. Microbiol. 18 (4), 1176 - 1186 10.1111/1462-2920.13133
• Lünsmann, V., Kappelmeyer, U., Taubert, A., Nijenhuis, I., von Bergen, M., Heipieper, H.J., Müller, J.A., Jehmlich, N. (2016):
  Aerobic toluene degraders in the rhizosphere of a constructed wetland model show diurnal polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 82 (14), 4126 - 4132 10.1128/AEM.00493-16
• Saad, R.A.B., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Müller, J.A., Köser, H. (2016):
  Role of plants in nitrogen and sulfur transformations in floating hydroponic root mats: A comparison of two helophytes
  J. Environ. Manage. 181 , 333 - 342 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.064
• Barreto, A.B., Vasconcellos, G.R., von Sperling, M., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Vasel, J.L. (2015):
  Field application of a planted fixed bed reactor (PFR) for support media and rhizosphere investigation using undisturbed samples from full-scale constructed wetlands
  Water Sci. Technol. 72 (4), 553 - 560 10.2166/wst.2015.238
• Coban, O., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Spott, O., Martienssen, M., Jetten, M.S.M., Knoeller, K. (2015):
  Nitrogen transforming community in a horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetland
  Water Res. 74 , 203 - 212 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.018
• Kamau, J.N., Kuschk, P., Machiwa, J., Macia, A., Mothes, S., Mwangi, S., Munga, D., Kappelmeyer, U. (2015):
  Investigating the distribution and fate of Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in sewage-impacted mangrove-fringed creeks of Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique
  J. Soils Sediments 15 (12), 2453 - 2465 10.1007/s11368-015-1214-3
• Martínez-Lavanchy, P.M., Chen, Z., Lünsmann, V., Marin-Cevada, V., Vilchez-Vargas, R., Pieper, D.H., Reiche, N., Kappelmeyer, U., Imparato, V., Junca, H., Nijenhuis, I., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P., Heipieper, H.J. (2015):
  Microbial toluene removal in hypoxic model constructed wetlands occurs predominantly via the ring monooxygenation pathway
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 81 (18), 6241 - 6252 10.1128/AEM.01822-15
• Schultze-Nobre, L., Wiessner, A., Wang, D., Bartsch, C., Kappelmeyer, U., Paschke, H., Mattusch, J., Kuschk, P. (2015):
  Removal of dimethylphenols from an artificial wastewater in a laboratory-scale wetland system planted with Juncus effusus
  Ecol. Eng. 80 , 151 - 155 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.11.056
• Chen, Z.B., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P. (2014):
  Benzene removal in laboratory scale model wetland under different electron acceptor conditions treating sulfate-rich wastewater
  In: Wang, A., Li, X., Wang, X., Zhao, J. (eds.)
  Advances in environmental technologies III : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2014) April 26-28, 2014, Xi'an, China
  Advanced Materials Research 955-959
  Trans Tech Publications, Durnten-Zurich, p. 2083 - 2086 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.955-959.2083
• Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Liu, Y.L., Stottmeister, U. (2014):
  Environmental pollution by wastewater from brown coal processing – a remediation case study in Germany
  J. Environ. Eng. Landsc. Manag. 22 (1), 71 - 83 10.3846/16486897.2013.808640
• Elawwad, A., Sandner, H., Kappelmeyer, U., Koeser, H. (2013):
  Long-term starvation and subsequent recovery of nitrifiers in aerated submerged fixed-bed biofilm reactors
  Environ.Technol. 34 (8), 945 - 959 10.1080/09593330.2012.722758
• 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 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.045
• Wu, S., Wiessner, A., Braeckevelt, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Dong, R., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P. (2013):
  Influence of nitrate load on sulfur transformations in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial domestic wastewater
  Environ. Eng. Manag. J. 12 (3), 565 - 573 10.30638/eemj.2013.069
• 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 10.1007/978-94-007-2953-7_15
• 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 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.03.007
• Löffler, C., Eberlein, C., Mäusezahl, I., Kappelmeyer, U., Heipieper, H.J. (2010):
  Physiological evidence for the presence of a cis-trans isomerase of unsaturated fatty acids in Methylococcus capsulatus Bath to adapt to the presence of toxic organic compounds
  FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 308 (1), 68 - 75 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01993.x
• Martínez-Lavanchy, P.M., Müller, C., Nijenhuis, I., Kappelmeyer, U., Buffing, M., McPherson, K., Heipieper, H.J. (2010):
  High stability and fast recovery of expression of the TOL plasmid-carried toluene catabolism genes of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 under conditions of oxygen limitation and oscillation
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 76 (20), 6715 - 6723 10.1128/AEM.01039-10
• Nikolausz, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Székely, A., Rusznyák, A., Márialigeti, K., Kästner, M. (2008):
  Diurnal redox fluctuation and microbial activity in the rhizosphere of wetland plants
  Eur. J. Soil Biol. 44 (3), 324 - 333 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.01.003
• Nikolausz, M., Palatinszky, M., Rusznyák, 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 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00821.x
• Helm, J., Wendlandt, K.-D., Rogge, G., Kappelmeyer, U. (2006):
  Characterizing a stable methane-utilizing mixed culture used in the synthesis of a high-quality biopolymer in an open system
  J. Appl. Microbiol. 101 (2), 387 - 395 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02960.x
• 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 10.1007/978-1-4020-4999-4_6
• Neumann, G., Veeranagouda, Y., Karegoudar, T.B., Sahin, Ö., Mäusezahl, I., Kabelitz, N., Kappelmeyer, U., Heipieper, H.J. (2005):
  Cells of Pseudomonas putida and Enterobacter sp. adapt to toxic organic compounds by increasing their size
  Extremophiles 9 (2), 163 - 168 10.1007/s00792-005-0431-x
• 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 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.011
• 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 10.1016/j.watres.2004.08.032
• 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 10.1016/j.watres.2005.09.017
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U. (2003):
  Model experiments on the influence of artificial humic compounds on chemodenitrification
  Water Air Soil Pollut. 147 (1-4), 317 - 330 10.1023/A:1024518027312
• Kappelmeyer, U. (2003):
  Stickstoffelimination in Wurzelrauamanlagen
  In: Stottmeister, U. (Hrsg.)
  Biotechnologie zur Umweltentlastung
  Teubner-Reihe Umwelt
  Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Wiesbaden, S. 196 - 207
• 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 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00163-5
• 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 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2003.08.010
• Helm, J., Rogge, G., Kappelmeyer, U., Jechorek, M., Wendlandt, K.-D., Stottmeister, U. (2002):
  Benefits of using a methane utilizing mixed culture for biosynthesis of PHB
  Biopolymers: Limits of Natural Performances & Prospects f or Overcoming, Workshop, 30 - 31 May 2002, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Germany
  UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, p. 9
• Helm, J., Rogge, G., Kappelmeyer, U., Wendlandt, K.-D., Jechorek, M., Stottmeister, U. (2002):
  Benefits of using a methane utilizing mixed culture for biosynthesis of PHB biopolymers: limits of natural performances and prospects for overcoming
  Workshop UFZ, Leipzig, 30.-31.5.2002
• 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 10.1002/1618-2863(20021008)2:10<311::AID-ELSC311>3.0.CO;2-9
• Kappelmeyer, U. (2001):
  Planted Fixed Bed Reactor - eine universelle Testeinheit für bewachsene Bodenfilter
  19. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen, Leipzig, 13.-15.3.2001
• Kappelmeyer, U. (2001):
  Untersuchungen zu Mechanismen der Stickstoffumsetzung in Wässern bei der Passage durch bewachsene Bodenfilter (Pflanzenkläranlagen)
  Dissertation, TU Dresden
  UFZ-Bericht 5/2001
  UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, 146 S.
• 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 : the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, California, June 4-7, 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 10.1002/1522-2640(200111)73:11<1472::AID-CITE1472>3.0.CO;2-Q
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kossolapov, D.B., Kappelmeyer, U., Stottmeister, U. (2001):
  Experimental strategies to investigate the influence of helophytes on the redox reactions in their rhizosphere
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 15
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U. (2000):
  Nitrogen transformations in a constructed wetland
  IACR-Tagung "A root zone process", Rothamsted, 10.-12.4.2000
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U. (1999):
  Nitrogen transformations in a constructed wetland
  10th Nitrogen Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23.-26.8.1999