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Behan, J. A., Barrière, F., Geneste, F., Bodin, C., Vautier, A., Guihéneuf, S., Colavita, P. E., Philips, J., Reiner, J. E., Tschulkow, M. & Nimmegeers, P. (2025). Challenges and opportunities for the production of sustainable active species for redox flow batteries in bioelectrochemical systems. Chemical Engineering Journal, 524, Article 169515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.169515
Muñoz-Duarte, L., Chakraborty, S., Grøn, L. V., Bambace, M. F., Catalano, J. & Philips, J. (2025). H2 Consumption by Various Acetogenic Bacteria Follows First-Order Kinetics up to H2 Saturation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 122(4), 804-816. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28904
Palacios, P. A., Philips, J., Bentien, A. & Kofoed, M. V. W. (2024). Relevance of extracellular electron uptake mechanisms for electromethanogenesis applications. Biotechnology Advances, 73, 108369. Article 108369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108369
Sandfeld, T., Grøn, L. V., Munoz Duarte, L. D., Meyer, R. L., Koren, K. & Philips, J. (2024). Considerations on the use of microsensors to profile dissolved H2 concentrations in microbial electrochemical reactors. PLoS One, 19(1), Article e0293734. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293734
Munoz Duarte, L. D. & Philips, J. (2023). No acetogen is equal: Strongly different H2 thresholds reflect diverse bioenergetics in acetogenic bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 25(10), 2032-2040. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16429
Philips, J., Procopio, L. & Marshall, I. P. G. (2023). Insights into the various mechanisms by which Shewanella spp. induce and inhibit steel corrosion. npj Materials Degradation, 7(1), Article 95. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41529-023-00416-8
Philips, J. (2020). Extracellular electron uptake by acetogenic bacteria: Does H2 consumption favor the H2 evolution reaction on a cathode or metallic iron? Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Article 2997. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02997
Philips, J., Monballyu, E., Georg, S., De Paepe, K., Prévoteau, A., Rabaey, K. & Arends, J. B. A. (2019). An Acetobacterium strain isolated with metallic iron as electron donor enhances iron corrosion by a similar mechanism as Sporomusa sphaeroides. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95(2), Article fiy222. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy222
Vanoppen, M., van Vooren, T., Gutierrez, L., Roman, M., Coué, LJ.-P., Verbeken, K., Philips, J. & Verliefde, A. R. D. (2019). Secondary treated domestic wastewater in reverse electrodialysis: what is the best pre-treatment? Separation and Purification Technology, 218, 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2018.12.057
Philips, J., Van den Driessche, N., Prevotaeu, A., Gralnick, J. A., Arends, J. BA. & Rabaey, K. (2018). A new Shewanella isolate enhances corrosion by using metallic iron as electron donor with fumarate as electron acceptor. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(20), Article e01154-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01154-18
Philips, J., Rabaey, K., R. Lovley, D. & Vargas, M. (2017). Biofilm formation by Clostridium ljungdahlii is induced by sodium chloride stress: Experimental evaluation and transcriptome analysis. PLoS One, 12(1), Article e0170406. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170406
Zhang, X., Philips, J., Roume, H., Guo, K., Rabaey, K. & Prevoteau, A. (2017). Rapid and quantitative assessment of redox conduction across electroactive biofilms via double potential step chronoamperometry. ChemElectroChem, 4(5), 1026-1036. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201600853
Philips, J., Verbeeck, K., Rabaey, K. & Arends, J. B. A. (2016). Electron transfer mechanisms in biofilms. In Microbial Electrochemical and Fuel Cells (pp. 67-113). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2014-0-01767-4
Chen, S., Rotaru, A.-E., Liu, F., Philips, J., Woodard, T. L., Nevin, K. P. & Lovley, D. R. (2014). Carbon cloth stimulates direct interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic co-cultures. Bioresource Technology, 173, 82-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.009
Philips, J., Miroshnikov, A., Haest, P. J., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2014). Motile Geobacter dechlorinators migrate into a model source zone of trichloroethene dense non-aqueous phase liquid: Experimental evaluation and modeling. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 170, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.09.010
Paul, L., Herrmann, S., Koch, C. B., Philips, J. & Smolders, E. (2013). Inhibition of microbial trichloroethylene dechorination by Fe (III) reduction depends on Fe mineralogy: A batch study using the bioaugmentation culture KB-1. Water Research, 47(7), 2543-2554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.029
Philips, J., Maes, N., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2013). Acidification due to microbial dechlorination near a TCE DNAPL is overcome with pH buffer or formate as electron donor: experimental demonstration in diffusion-cells. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 147, 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.02.002
Philips, J., Haest, P. J., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2013). Distribution of a dechlorinating community in relation to the distance from a trichloroethene dense non-aqueous phase liquid in a model aquifer. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(3), 1510-1517. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303390q
Philips, J., Van Muylder, R., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2013). Electron donor limitations reduce microbial enhanced trichloroethene DNAPL dissolution: a flux-based analysis using three-layer diffusion-cells. Chemosphere, 91(1), 7-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.016
Philips, J., Haest, P. J., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2013). Inhibition of Geobacter Dechlorinators at Elevated Trichloroethene Concentrations Is Explained by a Reduced Activity Rather than by an Enhanced Cell Decay. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(3), 1510-1517. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303390q
Haest, P. J., Philips, J., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2011). The reactive transport of trichloroethene is influenced by residence time and microbial numbers. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 119(1-4), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.09.011
Philips, J., Springael, D. & Smolders, E. (2011). A three-layer diffusion-cell to examine bioenhanced dissolution of chloroethene dense non-aqueous phase liquid. Chemosphere, 83(7), 991-996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.012
Dijk, J. A., Breugelmans, P., Philips, J., Haest, P. J., Smolders, E. & Springael, D. (2008). Catalyzed reporter deposition-fluorescent in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH) detection of Dehalococcoides. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 73(2), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2008.01.012
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