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Publications by Water Technology

Are you looking for publications by Section of Water Technology? On this page you can find all the publications made by the Section of Water Technology Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University.

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Kinh, C. T., Suenaga, T., Hori, T., Riya, S., Hosomi, M., Smets, B. F. & Terada, A. (2017). Counter-diffusion biofilms have lower N₂O emissions than co-diffusion biofilms during simultaneous nitrification and denitrification: Insights from depth-profile analysis. Water Research, 124, 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.058

Tatari, K., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2013). A novel bench-scale column assay to investigate site-specific nitrification biokinetics in biological rapid sand filters. Water Research, 47(16), 6380-6387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.005

Quintela-Baluja, M., Abouelnaga, M., Romalde, J., Su, J. Q., Yu, Y., Gomez-Lopez, M., Smets, B. F., Zhu, Y. G. & Graham, D. W. (2019). Spatial ecology of a wastewater network defines the antibiotic resistance genes in downstream receiving waters. Water Research, 162, 347-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.075

Su, Q., Ma, C., Domingo-Felez, C., Kiil, A. S., Thamdrup, B., Jensen, M. M. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Low nitrous oxide production through nitrifier-denitrification in intermittent-feed high-rate nitritation reactors. Water Research, 123, 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.067

Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Domingo Felez, C., Mutlu, A. G. & Smets, B. F. (2013). Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass. Water Research, 47(15), 5564-5574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026

Valverde Pérez, B., Wágner, D. S., Lóránt, B., Gülay, A., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Short-sludge age EBPR process – Microbial and biochemical process characterisation during reactor start-up and operation. Water Research, 104, 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.08.026

Torresi, E., Gülay, A., Polesel, F., Jensen, M. M., Christensson, M., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2018). Reactor staging influences microbial community composition and diversity of denitrifying MBBRs- Implications on pharmaceutical removal. Water Research, 138, 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.014

Mauricio Iglesias, M., Vangsgaard, A. K., Gernaey, K., Smets, B. F. & Sin, G. (2015). A novel control strategy for single-stage autotrophic nitrogen removal in SBR. Chemical Engineering Journal, 260, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.069

Chrysochoidis, V., Andersen, M. H., Remigi, E. U., Faragó, M., Smets, B. F., Domingo-Félez, C. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2024). Critical evaluation of different mass transfer equations to model N₂O emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities with diffuse aeration. Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 45(17), 3339-3353. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2023.2215454

Liu, L., Helbling, D. E., Kohler, H.-P. E. & Smets, B. F. (2014). A model framework to describe growth-linked biodegradation of trace-level pesticides in the presence of coincidental carbon substrates and microbes. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(22), 13358-13366. https://doi.org/10.1021/es503491w

Gan, P., Yu, R., Mackay, A. A. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Attenuation of As transport by iron oxides at the groundwater surface water interface and possible microbial contribution. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, 02143. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU05/02143/EGU05-J-02143.pdf?PHPSESSID=45a80abeecdd5ed384d8c3575c9b261c

Sun, S.-P., Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Merkey, B., Zhou, Q., Xia, S.-Q., Yang, D.-H., Sun, J.-H. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Effective Biological Nitrogen Removal Treatment Processes for Domestic Wastewaters with Low C/N Ratios: A Review. Environmental Engineering Science, 27(2), 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2009.0100

Yang, H.-H., Morrow, J. B., Grasso, D., Vinopal, R. T. & Smets, B. F. (2006). Intestinal versus external growth conditions change the surficial properties in a collection of environmental Escherichia coli isolates. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 6976-6982.

Terada, A., Lackner, S., Kristensen, K. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Inoculum effects on community composition and nitritation performance of autotrophic nitrifying biofilm reactors with counter-diffusion geometry. Environmental Microbiology, 12(10), 2858-2872. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02267.x

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Yin, H., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2005). Saturation mutagenesis of 2,4-DNT dioxygenase of Burkholderia sp. strain DNT for enhanced dinotrotoluene degradation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Print), 92(4), 416-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.20602

Lardon, L., Merkey, B., Martins, S., Dötsch, A., Picioreanu, C., Kreft, JU. & Smets, B. F. (2011). iDynoMiCS: next‐generation individual‐based modelling of biofilms. Environmental Microbiology, 13(9), 2416-2434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02414.x

Domingo-Felez, C. & Smets, B. F. (2020). Modelling denitrification as an electric circuit accurately captures electron competition between individual reductive steps: the ASM-Electron Competition model. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(12), 7330–7338. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01095

Elad, T., Hally, M. P., Domingo-Félez, C., Knoop, O., Drewes, J. E., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Smets, B. F. (2023). Exploring the effects of intermittent aeration on the performance of nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Science of the Total Environment, 891, Article 164329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164329

Blum, J.-M., Su, Q., Ma, Y., Valverde Pérez, B., Domingo-Felez, C., Jensen, M. M. & Smets, B. F. (2018). The pH dependency of N-converting enzymatic processes, pathways and microbes: effect on net N₂O production. Environmental Microbiology, 20(5), 1623-1640. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14063

Wágner, D. S., Radovici, M., Smets, B. F., Angelidaki, I., Valverde Pérez, B. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Harvesting microalgae using activated sludge can decrease polymer dosing and enhance methane production via co-digestion in a bacterial-microalgal process. Algal Research, 20, 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.10.010

Khoshnevisan, B., Dodds, M., Tsapekos, P., Torresi, E., Smets, B. F., Angelidaki, I., Zhang, Y. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2020). Coupling electrochemical ammonia extraction and cultivation of methane oxidizing bacteria for production of microbial protein. Journal of Environmental Management, 265, Article 110560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110560

Schittich, A.-R., Fenner, K., Stedmon, C. A., Xu, J., McKnight, U. S. & Smets, B. F. (2024). Coupling pathway prediction and fluorescence spectroscopy to assess the impact of auxiliary substrates on micropollutant biodegradation. Environmental Microbiology, 26(2), Article e16560. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16560

Ely, C. S. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Bacteria from Wheat and Cucurbit Plant Roots Metabolize PAHs and Aromatic Root Exudates: Implications for Rhizodegradation. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 19(10), 877-883. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2017.1303805

Ely, C. S. & Smets, B. F. (2019). Guild Composition of Root-Associated Bacteria Changes with Increased Soil Contamination. Microbial Ecology, 78(5), 416-427. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01326-6

D'Alvise, P., Sjoholm, O. R., Yankelevich, T., Jin, Y. J., Wuertz, S. & Smets, B. F. (2010). TOL plasmid carriage enhances biofilm formation and increases extracellular DNA content in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 312(1), 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02105.x

Hassoun-Kheir, N., Stabholz, Y., Kreft, J. U., de la Cruz, R., Romalde, J. L., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J., Smets, B. F., Graham, D. & Paul, M. (2020). Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review. Science of the Total Environment, 743, Article 140804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140804

De Clippeleir, H., Courtens, E., Mosquera, M., Vlaeminck, S. E., Smets, B. F., Boon, N. & Verstraete, W. (2012). Efficient Total Nitrogen Removal in an Ammonia Gas Biofilter through High-Rate OLAND. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(16), 8826-8833. https://doi.org/10.1021/es301717b

Morrow, J. B., Stratton, R., Yang, H.-H., Smets, B. F. & Grasso, D. (2005). Macro- and nanoscale observations of adhesive behavior for several E. coli strains (O157:H7 and environmental isolates) on mineral surfaces. Environmental Science and Technology Library, 39, 6395-6404. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0500815

Gülay, A., Musovic, S., Albrechtsen, H.-J. & Smets, B. F. (2013). Neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria: occurrence and relevance in biological drinking water treatment. Water Supply, 13(5), 1295-1301. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.113

Moro, M. A., McKnight, U. S., Smets, B. F., Min, Y. & Andersen, M. M. (2018). The industrial dynamics of water innovation: A comparison between China and Europe. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2(1), 14-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijis.2018.03.001

Merkey, B., Lardon, L., Seoane, J. M., Kreft, JU. & Smets, B. F. (2011). Growth dependence of conjugation explains limited plasmid invasion in biofilms: an individual‐based modelling study. Environmental Microbiology, 13(9), 2435-2452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02535.x

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Mori, M., Morton, M. D., Stuart, J. D., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2006). Oxidation of aminonitrotoluenes by 2,4-DNT dioxygenase of Burkholderia sp. strain DNT. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 93(2), 231-237.

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2005). TNT and nitroaromatic compounds are chemoattractants for Burkholderia cepacia R34 and Burkholderia sp. strain DNT. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 69, 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-005-1983-5

Mutlu, A. G., Vangsgaard, A. K., Sin, G. & Smets, B. F. (2013). An operational protocol for facilitating start-up of single-stage autotrophic nitrogen-removing reactors based on process stoichiometry. Water Science and Technology, 68(3), 514-521. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.157

Domingo Felez, C., Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Petersen, M. S., Jensen, M. M., Plósz, B. G. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Heterotrophs are key contributors to nitrous oxide production in mixed liquor under low C-to-N ratios during nitrification - batch experiments and modelling. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(1), 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.26062

Morrow, J. B., Smets, B. F. & Grasso, D. (2007). Proteinaceous surface appendage contribution to Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 surface properties and adhesive ability: Abstract 00193. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 9.

Yu, R., Graf, J. & Smets, B. F. (2008). An improved cell recovery method for iron oxidizing bacterial (IOB) enrichments. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 72(3), 235-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2007.12.001

Su, Q., Schittich, A.-R. & Smets, B. F. (2021). Response to "Comment on 'Role of Ammonia Oxidation in Organic Micropollutant Transformation during Wastewater Treatment': Overlooked Evidence to the Contrary". Environmental Science and Technology, 55(24), 16783–16784. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05941

Boltz, J. P., Smets, B. F., Rittmann, B. E., van Loosdrecht, M. CM., Morgenroth, E. & Daigger, G. T. (2017). From biofilm ecology to reactors: a focused review. Water Science and Technology, 75(8), 1753-1760. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2017.061

Suenaga, T., Hori, T., Riya, S., Hosomi, M., Smets, B. F. & Terada, A. (2019). Enrichment, isolation, and characterization of high-affinity N₂O-reducing bacteria in a gas-permeable membrane reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 12101-12112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02237

Smets, B. F. & Barkay, T. (2005). Horizontal gene transfer: Perspectives at a crossroads of scientific disciplines. Nature Reviews. Microbiology, 3, 675-678.

Tian, H., Li, Y., Chen, H., Zhang, J., Hui, M., Xu, X., Su, Q. & Smets, B. F. (2023). Aerobic biodegradation of quinoline under denitrifying conditions in membrane-aerated biofilm reactor. Environmental Pollution, 326, Article 121507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121507

Gülay, A., Cekic, Y., Musovic, S., Albrechtsen, H.-J. & Smets, B. F. (2018). Diversity of Iron Oxidizers in Groundwater-Fed Rapid Sand Filters: Evidence of Fe(II)-Dependent Growth by Curvibacter and Undibacterium spp. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, Article 2808. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02808

Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Sun, S.-P., Lackner, S., Terada, A., Schreiber, F., Zhou, Q. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Sequential Aeration of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors for High-Rate Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal: Experimental Demonstration. Environmental Science & Technology, 44(19), 7628-7634. https://doi.org/10.1021/es1013467

Guisasola, A., Chandran, K., Smets, B. F., Baeza, J. A., Carrera, J. & Lafuente, J. (2006). Observation and mathematical description of the acceleration phenomenon in batch respirograms associated with ammonium oxidation. Water Science and Technology, 54(8), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2006.718

Gilmore, K. R., Little, J. C., Smets, B. F. & Love, N. G. (2009). Oxygen Transfer Model for a Flow-Through Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(9), 806-814. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000035

Ma, C., Jensen, M. M., Smets, B. F. & Thamdrup, B. (2017). Pathways and Controls of N₂O Production in Nitritation-Anammox Biomass. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(16), 8981–8991. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01225

Widder, S., Allen, R. J., Pfeiffer, T., Curtis, T. P., Wiuf, C., Sloan, W. T., Cordero, O. X., Brown, S. P., Momeni, B., Shou, W., Kettle, H., Flint, H. J., Haas, A. F., Laroche, B., Kreft, J. U., Rainey, P. B., Freilich, S., Schuster, S., Milferstedt, K. ... Soyer, O. S. (2016). Challenges in microbial ecology: Building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics. I S M E Journal, 10(11), 2557-2568. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.45

Liu, L., Binning, P. J. & Smets, B. F. (2015). Evaluating Alternate Biokinetic Models for Trace Pollutant Cometabolism. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(4), 2230-2236. https://doi.org/10.1021/es5035393

Zhang, D., Vahala, R., Wang, Y. & Smets, B. F. (2016). Microbes in biological processes for municipal landfill leachate treatment: Community, function and interaction. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 113, 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2016.02.013

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