Publications by Environmental Engineering

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Hafner, S. D., Møller, H. B., Dalby, F. R., Romio, C. & Adamsen, A. P. S. (2025). How management affects methane emission from stored digestate: insights from coupling heat transfer and microbial models. Abstract from RAMIRAN 2025, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Dalby, F. R., Ambrose, H. W., Lashkari, S. & Børsting, C. F. (2025). Methane emission and organic matter degradation dynamics in cattle manure: Effects of diet and storage temperature. Poster session presented at RAMIRAN 2025, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Li, L., Li, B., Yin, X., Xia, Y., Yang, Y., Xu, X., Lam, T. T. Y., Leung, K. M. Y., Xu, F., Zhang, X., Guo, J., Schmitt, H., Wright, G. D., Midega, J., Bezuidenhout, C., Picão, R. C., Ahammad, S. Z., Smalla, K., Djordjevic, S. P. ... Zhang, T. (2025). Assessing antimicrobial resistance connectivity across One Health sectors. Nature Water, 3(10), 1100-1113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00514-8

Adamsen, A. P. S., Kastensand, M., Larsen, P. F., Kristensen, J. K., Kristensen, E. F. & Guldberg, L. B. (2025). Development of a gas collection and methane flaring system for covered slurry tanks. Abstract from RAMIRAN 2025, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Andersen, T. A., Mikkelsen, M. H., Gyldenkærne, S., Brask, M. J., Børsting, C. F., Adamsen, A. P. S., Dalby, F. R., Hafner, S. D., Priess, M. R. & Dalgaard, T. (2025). FORBEDRET GRUNDLAG FOR OPGØRELSER AF LANDBRUGETS EMISSIONER PÅ BEDRIFTS- OG NATIONALT NIVEAU: Afrapportering på projektet ’Forbedret grundlag for opgørelser af landbrugets emissioner af drivhusgasser og ammoniak på bedrifts- og nationalt niveau'. (671 ed.) Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. Videnskabelig rapport fra DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi No. 671 https://dce.au.dk/fileadmin/dce.au.dk/Udgivelser/Videnskabelige_rapporter_600-699/SR671.pdf

Pedersen, J. (2024). Ammoniakfordampning ved udbringning af afgasset gylle i græs.

Nyangáu, J. O., Børsting, C. F., Adamsen, A. P. S., Dalby, F. R. & Petersen, S. O. (2025). Effects of dietary strategies for methane mitigation on greenhouse gas emissions during manure storage. Abstract from International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference, Nairobi, Kenya. https://ggaaconference.org/storage/2025/10/GGAA2025_Prog_web.pdf

Attard, E., Poly, F., Commeaux, C., Laurent, F., Terada, A., Smets, B. F., Recous, S. & Le Roux, X. (2010). Shifts between Nitrospira- and Nitrobacter-like nitrite oxidizers underlie the response of soil potential nitrite oxidation to changes in tillage practices. Environmental Microbiology, 12(2), 315-326. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02070.x

Kinnunen, M., Dechesne, A., Albrechtsen, H.-J. & Smets, B. F. (2018). Stochastic processes govern invasion success in microbial communities when the invader is phylogenetically close to resident bacteria. I S M E Journal, 12, 2748–2756. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0202-1

Terada, A., Lackner, S., Tsuneda, S. & Smets, B. F. (2007). Redox-stratification controlled biofilm (ReSCoBi) for completely autotrophic nitrogen removal: The effect of co-versus-diffusion on reactor performance. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 97(1), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.21213

Or, D., Smets, B. F., Wraith, J. M., Dechesne, A. & Friedman, S. P. (2007). Physical constraints affecting bacterial habitats and activity in unsaturated porous media – a review. Advances in Water Resources, 30, 1505-1527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.05.025

Yu, R., Smets, B. F., Gan, P., MacKay, A. A. & Graf, J. (2014). Seasonal and spatial variations in microbial activity at various phylogenetic resolutions at a groundwater – surface water interface. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 60(5), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2014-0048

Niederdorfer, R., Hausherr, D., Palomo, A., Wei, J., Magyar, P., Smets, B. F., Joss, A. & Bürgmann, H. (2021). Temperature modulates stress response in mainstream anammox reactors. Communications Biology, 4(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01534-8

Torresi, E., Tang, K., Deng, J., Sund, C., Smets, B. F., Christensson, M. & Andersen, H. R. (2019). Removal of micropollutants during biological phosphorus removal: Impact of redox conditions in MBBR. Science of the Total Environment, 663, 496-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.283

Mortensen, A. T., Goonesekera, E. M., Dechesne, A., Elad, T., Tang, K., Andersen, H. R., Smets, B. F. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2023). Methanotrophic oxidation of organic micropollutants and nitrogen upcycling in a hybrid membrane biofilm reactor (hMbFR) for simultaneous O₂ and CH₄ supply. Water Research, 242, Article 120104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120104

Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Franck, S., Gülay, A., Ruscalleda, M., Terada, A., Abu Al-Soud, W., Asser Hansen, M., Sørensen, S. J. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Sequentially aerated membrane biofilm reactors for autotrophic nitrogen removal: microbial community composition and dynamics. Microbial Biotechnology, 7(1), 32-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12079

Spérandio, M., Lang, L., Sabba, F., Nerenberg, R., Vanrolleghem, P., Domingo-Félez, C., Smets, B. F., Duan, H., Ni, B. J. & Yuan, Z. (2022). Modelling N₂O production and emissions. In L. Ye, J. Porro & I. Nopens (Eds.), Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems (pp. 167-196). IWA Publishing. https://doi.org/10.2166/9781789060461_0167

Sabba, F., Terada, A., Wells, G., Smets, B. F. & Nerenberg, R. (2018). Nitrous oxide emissions from biofilm processes for wastewater treatment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(22), 9815–9829. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9332-7

Sydow, M., Owsianiak, M., Szczepaniak, Z., Framski, G., Smets, B. F., Ławniczak, Ł., Lisiecki, P., Szulc, A., Cyplik, P. & Chrzanowski, Ł. (2016). Evaluating robustness of a diesel-degrading bacterial consortium isolated from contaminated soil. New Biotechnology, 33(6), 852-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2016.08.003

Agrawal, S., Weissbrodt, D. G., Annavajhala, M., Jensen, M. M., Arroyo, J. M. C., Wells, G., Chandran, K., Vlaeminck, S. E., Terada, A., Smets, B. F. & Lackner, S. (2021). Time to act-assessing variations in qPCR analyses in biological nitrogen removal with examples from partial nitritation/anammox systems. Water Research, 190, Article 116604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116604

Ye, J., Gao, H., Domingo-Félez, C., Wu, J., Zhan, M., Yu, R. & Smets, B. F. (2021). Insights into chronic zinc oxide nanoparticle stress responses of biological nitrogen removal system with nitrous oxide emission and its recovery potential. Bioresource Technology, 327, Article 124797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124797

Ye, J., Gao, H., Domingo-Félez, C., Wu, J., Zhan, M., Yu, R. & Smets, B. F. (2022). Chronic effects of cerium dioxide nanoparticles on biological nitrogen removal and nitrous oxide emission: Insight into impact mechanism and performance recovery potential. Bioresource Technology, 351, Article 126966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126966

Valverde Perez, B., Ramin, E., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2015). EBP2R – An innovative enhanced biological nutrient recovery activated sludge system to produce growth medium for green microalgae cultivation. Water Research, 68(1), 821-830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.027

Xu, J.-X., Li, X.-M., Sun, G.-X., Cui, L., Ding, L.-J., He, C., Li, L.-G., Shi, Q., Smets, B. F. & Zhu, Y.-G. (2019). Fate of Labile Organic Carbon in Paddy Soil Is Regulated by Microbial Ferric Iron Reduction. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(15), 8633-8542. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01323

Lv, C., Ming, L., Zhong, S., Wang, J., Lei, W., Mutlu, A. G. & Smets, B. F. (2018). Corrigendum to “Decay Experiments of Effective N-Removing Microbial Communities in Sequencing Batch Reactors”. Journal of Chemistry, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8949574

Gilmore, K. R., Terada, A., Smets, B. F., Love, N. G. & Garland, J. L. (2013). Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal in a Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor Under Continuous Aeration: A Demonstration. Environmental Engineering Science, 30(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2012.0222

Yin, X., Chen, X., Jiang, X.-T., Yang, Y., Li, B., Shum, M. H.-H., Lam, T. T. Y., Leung, G. M., Rose, J., Sanchez-Cid, C., Vogel, T. M., Walsh, F., Berendonk, T. U., Midega, J., Uchea, C., Frigon, D., Wright, G. D., Bezuidenhout, C., Picão, R. C. ... Zhang, T. (2023). Toward a Universal Unit for Quantification of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Samples. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(26), 9713-9721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00159

Palomo, A., Dechesne, A., Pedersen, A. G. & Smets, B. F. (2022). Genomic profiling of Nitrospira species reveals ecological success of comammox Nitrospira. Microbiome, 10(1), Article 204. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01411-y

Dechesne, A., Musovic, S., Palomo, A., Diwan, V. & Smets, B. F. (2016). Underestimation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria abundance by amplification bias in amoA-targeted qPCR. Microbial Biotechnology, 9(4), 519-524. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12366

Palomo, A., Dechesne, A., Cordero, O. X. & Smets, B. F. (2022). Evolutionary Ecology of Natural Comammox Nitrospira Populations. mSystems, 7(1), Article e01139-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01139-21

Tian, Z., Palomo, A., Zhang, H., Luan, X., Liu, R., Awad, M., Smets, B. F., Zhang, Y. & Yang, M. (2020). Minimum influent concentrations of oxytetracycline, streptomycin and spiramycin in selecting antibiotic resistance in biofilm type wastewater treatment systems. Science of the Total Environment, 720, Article 137531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137531

Fowler, S. J., Palomo, A., Dechesne, A., Mines, P. D. & Smets, B. F. (2018). Comammox Nitrospira are abundant ammonia oxidizers in diverse groundwater‐fed rapid sand filter communities. Environmental Microbiology, 20(3), 1002-1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14033

Palomo, A., Azevedo, D., Touceda-Suárez, M., Domingo-Félez, C., Mutlu, A. G., Dechesne, A., Wang, Y., Zhang, T. & Smets, B. F. (2022). Efficient management of the nitritation-anammox microbiome through intermittent aeration: absence of the NOB guild and expansion and diversity of the NOx reducing guild suggests a highly reticulated nitrogen cycle. Environmental Microbiomes, 17(1), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-022-00432-2

Palomo, A., Pedersen, A. G., Fowler, J., Dechesne, A., Sicheritz-Pontén, T. & Smets, B. F. (2018). Comparative genomics sheds light on niche differentiation and the evolutionary history of comammox Nitrospira. I S M E Journal, 12(7), 1779-1793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0083-3

Xu, S., Chai, W., Xiao, R., Smets, B. F., Palomo, A. & Lu, H. (2022). Survival strategy of comammox bacteria in a wastewater nutrient removal system with sludge fermentation liquid as additional carbon source. Science of the Total Environment, 802, Article 149862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149862

Yuan, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Palomo, A., Zhou, J., Smets, B. F., Bürgmann, H. & Ju, F. (2021). Pathogenic and Indigenous Denitrifying Bacteria are Transcriptionally Active and Key Multi-Antibiotic-Resistant Players in Wastewater Treatment Plants. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(5), 10862–10874. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02483

Wang, S., Ishii, K., Yu, H., Shi, X., Smets, B. F., Palomo, A. & Zuo, J. (2021). Stable nitrogen removal by anammox process after rapid temperature drops: Insights from metagenomics and metaproteomics. Bioresource Technology, 320, Article 124231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124231

Valverde Pérez, B., Xing, W., Zachariae, A. A., Skadborg, M. M., Kjeldgaard, A. F., Palomo, A. & Smets, B. F. (2020). Cultivation of methanotrophic bacteria in a novel bubble-free membrane bioreactor for microbial protein production. Bioresource Technology, 310, Article 123388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123388

Palomo, A., Fowler, J., Gülay, A., Rasmussen, S., Sicheritz-Pontén, T. & Smets, B. F. (2016). Metagenomic analysis of rapid gravity sand filter microbial communities suggests novel physiology of Nitrospira spp. I S M E Journal, 10, 2569–2581. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.63

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C., Zhang, Z., Blum, J.-M., Jensen, M. M. & Smets, B. F. (2019). The effect of pH on N₂O production in intermittently-fed nitritation reactors. Water Research, 156, 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.015

Blansaer, N., Alloul, A., Verstraete, W., Vlaeminck, S. E. & Smets, B. F. (2022). Aggregation of purple bacteria in an upflow photobioreactor to facilitate solid/liquid separation: Impact of organic loading rate, hydraulic retention time and water composition. Bioresource Technology, 348, Article 126806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126806

Pellicer i Nàcher, C. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Structure, composition, and strength of nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilms. Water Research, 57, 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.026

Lee, C. O., Boe-Hansen, R., Musovic, S., Smets, B. F., Albrechtsen, H.-J. & Binning, P. J. (2014). Effects of dynamic operating conditions on nitrification in biological rapid sand filters for drinking water treatment. Water Research, 64, 226-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.001

Parra, B., Lutz, V. T., Brøndsted, L., Carmona, J. L., Palomo, A., Nesme, J., Van Hung Le, V., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2024). Characterization and Abundance of Plasmid-Dependent Alphatectivirus Bacteriophages. Microbial Ecology, 87(1), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-024-02401-3

Parra, B., Cockx, B., Lutz, V. T., Brøndsted, L., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2024). Isolation and characterization of novel plasmid-dependent phages infecting bacteria carrying diverse conjugative plasmids. Microbiology Spectrum, 12(1), Article e0253723. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02537-23

Li, L., Nesme, J., Quintela-Baluja, M., Balboa, S., Hashsham, S., Williams, M. R., Yu, Z., Sørensen, S. J., Graham, D. W., Romalde, J. L., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2021). Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and Carbapenemase Genes are Substantially and Sequentially Reduced during Conveyance and Treatment of Urban Sewage. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(9), 5939–5949. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08548

Tsitonaki, A., Smets, B. F. & Bjerg, P. L. (2008). Effects of heat-activated persulfate oxidation on soil microorganisms. Water Research, 42(4-5), 1013-1022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.09.018

Klümper, U., Dechesne, A., Riber, L., Brandt, K. K., Gülay, A., Sørensen, S. J. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Metal stressors consistently modulate bacterial conjugal plasmid uptake potential in a phylogenetically conserved manner. I S M E Journal, 11, 152-165. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.98

Vangsgaard, A. K., Mutlu, A. G., Gernaey, K., Smets, B. F. & Sin, G. (2013). Calibration and validation of a model describing complete autotrophic nitrogen removal in a granular SBR system. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 88(11), 2007-2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.4060

Ma, Y., Domingo Felez, C., Plósz, B. G. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Intermittent Aeration Suppresses Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria in Membrane-Aerated Biofilms: A Model-Based Explanation. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(11), 6146-6155. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b00463

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