Publications by Water Technology

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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

Valverde Pérez, B., Pape, M. L., Kjeldgaard, A. F., Zachariae, A. A., Schneider, C., Hélix-Nielsen, C., Zarebska, A. & Smets, B. F. (2019). Dewatering methanotrophic enrichments intended for single cell protein production using biomimetic aquaporin forward osmosis membranes. Separation and Purification Technology, 235, Article 116133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116133

Rosenbom, A. E., Binning, P. J., Aamand, J., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F. & Johnsen, A. R. (2014). Does microbial cm-scale heterogeneity impact pesticide degradation in and leaching from loamy agricultural soils? Science of the Total Environment, 472, 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.009

Yang, H.-H., Morrow, J. B., Grasso, D., Vinopal, R. T., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2008). Antecedent growth conditions alter retention of environmental Escherichia coli isolates in transiently wetted porous media. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(24), 9310-9316. https://doi.org/10.1021/es801708h

Dechesne, A., Wang, G., Gulez, G., Or, D. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Hydration-controlled bacterial motility and dispersal on surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(32), 14369-14372. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1008392107

Papadopoulou, A., Hedegaard, M. J., Dechesne, A., Albrechtsen, H.-J., Musovic, S. & Smets, B. F. (2019). Methanotrophic contribution to biodegradation of phenoxy acids in cultures enriched from a groundwater-fed rapid sand filter. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103(2), 1007-1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9501-8

Dechesne, A., Or, D. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Substrate diffusion heterogeneity controls bacterial competition and coixistence. EOS, 86(52), Abstract B31A-0967.

Musovic, S., Klümper, U., Dechesne, A., Magid, J. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Long- term manure exposure increases soil bacterial community potential for plasmid uptake. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 6(2), 125-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12138

Yu, Z., He, W., Klincke, F., Madsen, J. S., Kot, W., Hansen, L. H., Quintela-Baluja, M., Balboa, S., Dechesne, A., Smets, B., Nesme, J. & Sørensen, S. J. (2024). Insights into the circular: the cryptic plasmidome and its derived antibiotic resistome in the urban water systems. Environment International, 183, Article 108351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108351

Hedegaard, M. J., Deliniere, H., Prasse, C., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2018). Evidence of co-metabolic bentazone transformation by methanotrophic enrichment from a groundwater-fed rapid sand filter. Water Research, 129, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.10.073

Tirkey, V., Goonesekera, E. M., Kovalovszki, A., Smets, B. F., Dechesne, A. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2022). Short sludge age denitrification as alternative process for energy and nutrient recovery. Bioresource Technology, 366, Article 128184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128184

Li, L., Dechesne, A., He, Z., Madsen, J. S., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J. & Smets, B. F. (2018). Estimating the Transfer Range of Plasmids Encoding Antimicrobial Resistance in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Microbial Community. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(5), 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00105

Klümper, U., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Protocol for Evaluating the Permissiveness of Bacterial Communities Toward Conjugal Plasmids by Quantification and Isolation of Transconjugants. In T. J. McGenity (Ed.), Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols Springer.

Kinnunen, M., Gülay, A., Albrechtsen, H.-J., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Nitrotoga is selected over Nitrospira in newly assembled biofilm communities from a tap water source community at increased nitrite loading. Environmental Microbiology, 19(7), 2785–2793. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13792

Riva, F., Dechesne, A., Eckert, E. M., Riva, V., Borin, S., Mapelli, F., Smets, B. F. & Crotti, E. (2024). Conjugal plasmid transfer in the plant rhizosphere in the One Health context. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, Article 1457854. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1457854

Yu, Z., Wang, Q., Pinilla-Redondo, R., Madsen, J. S., Clasen, K. A. D., Ananbeh, H., Olesen, A. K., Gong, Z., Yang, N., Dechesne, A., Smets, B., Nesme, J. & Sørensen, S. J. (2024). Horizontal transmission of a multidrug-resistant IncN plasmid isolated from urban wastewater. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 271, Article 115971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.115971

Diwan, V., Albrechtsen, H.-J., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2018). Does universal 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of environmental communities provide an accurate description of nitrifying guilds? Journal of Microbiological Methods, 151, 28-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2018.05.025

Dechesne, A., Owsianiak, M., Bazire, A., Grundmann, G. L., Binning, P. J. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Biodegradation in a Partially Saturated Sand Matrix: Compounding Effects of Water Content, Bacterial Spatial Distribution, and Motility. Environmental Science & Technology, 44, 2386-2392. https://doi.org/10.1021/es902760y

Owsianiak, M., Dechesne, A., Binning, P. J., Chambon, J. C. C., Sørensen, S. R. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Evaluation of Bioaugmentation with Entrapped Degrading Cells as a Soil Remediation Technology. Environmental Science & Technology, 44(19), 7622-7627. https://doi.org/10.1021/es101160u

Kinnunen, M., Dechesne, A., Proctor, C., Hammes, F., Johnson, D., Quintela-Baluja, M., Graham, D., Daffonchio, D., Fodelianakis, S., Hahn, N., Boon, N. & Smets, B. F. (2016). A conceptual framework for invasion in microbial communities. ISME Journal, 10(12), 2773–2779. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.75

Pedersen, L. L., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2015). Measuring biogeochemical heterogeneity at the micro scale in soils and sediments. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 90, 122-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.08.003

Li, L., Dechesne, A., Madsen, J. S., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J. & Smets, B. F. (2020). Plasmids persist in a microbial community by providing fitness benefit to multiple phylotypes. ISME Journal, 14, 1170–1181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0596-4

Serhatlioglu, M., Rezaei, B., Stovicek, A., Pikkupeura, S., Hoestgaard-Jensen, K., Keller, S. S., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F. & Kristensen, A. (2025). Viscoelastic particle enrichment using a 3D-printed enrichment device. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 395, Article 116992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2025.116992

Wagner, F. B., Diwan, V., Dechesne, A., Fowler, J., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2019). Copper-induced stimulation of nitrification in biological rapid sand filters for drinking water production by proliferation of Nitrosomonas spp. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(21), 12433-12441. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03885

Palomo, A., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F. & Zheng, Y. (2023). Narrow host range phages infect essential bacteria for water purification reactions in groundwater-fed rapid sand filters. Water Research, 245, Article 120655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120655

Gulez, G., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2010). The Pressurized Porous Surface Model: An improved tool to study bacterial behavior under a wide range of environmentally relevant matric potentials. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 82(3), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2010.06.009

Gülez, G., Altintas, A., Fazli, M., Dechesne, A., Workman, C., Tolker-Nielsen, T. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Colony morphology and transcriptome profiling of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and its mutants deficient in alginate or all EPS synthesis under controlled matric potentials. MicrobiologyOpen, 3(4), 457-469. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.180

He, Z., Parra, B., Nesme, J., Smets, B. F. & Dechesne, A. (2022). Quantification and fate of plasmid-specific bacteriophages in wastewater: Beyond the F-coliphages. Water Research, 227, Article 119320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119320

Li, H., Dechesne, A., He, Z., Jensen, M. M., Song, H. L. & Smets, B. F. (2023). Electrochemical disinfection may increase the spread of antibiotic resistance genes by promoting conjugal plasmid transfer. Science of the Total Environment, 858, Article 159846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159846

Klümper, U., Droumpali, A., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Novel assay to measure the plasmid mobilizing potential of mixed microbial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, Article 730. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00730

Pedersen, L., Dechesne, A. & Smets, B. F. (2015). A nitrate sensitive planar optode; performance and interferences. Talanta, 144, 933-937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.07.046

Dechesne, A., Badawi, N., Aamand, J. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Fine scale spatial variability of microbial pesticide degradation in soil: scales, controlling factors, and implications. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(667). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00667

Olesen, A. K., Pinilla-Redondo, R., Hansen, M. F., Russel, J., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F., Madsen, J. S., Nesme, J. & Sørensen, S. J. (2022). IncHI1A plasmids potentially facilitate a horizontal flow of antibiotic resistance genes to pathogens in microbial communities of urban residential sewage. Molecular Ecology, 31(5), 1595-1608. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16346

Hassoun-Kheir, N., Stabholz, Y., Kreft, J.-U., de la Cruz, R., Dechesne, A., Smets, B. F., Romalde, J. L., Lema, A., Balboa, S., García-Riestra, C., Torres-Sangiao, E., Neuberger, A., Graham, D., Quintela-Baluja, M., Stekel, D. J., Graham, J., Pruden, A., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J. ... Paul, M. (2021). EMBRACE-WATERS statement: Recommendations for reporting of studies on antimicrobial resistance in wastewater and related aquatic environments. One Health, 13, Article 100339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100339

Wágner, D. S., Valverde Pérez, B., Sæbø, M., Bregua de la Sotilla, M., van Wagenen, J. M., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Towards a consensus-based biokinetic model for green microalgae – The ASM-A. Water Research, 103, 485-499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.07.026

MacKay, A. A., Gan, P., Yu, R. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Seasonal Arsenic Accumulation in Stream Sediments at a Groundwater Discharge Zone. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(2), 920-929. https://doi.org/10.1021/es402552u

Moro, M. A., Andersen, M. M., Smets, B. F. & McKnight, U. S. (2019). National innovative capacity in the water sector: A comparison between China and Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 325-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.329

Chandran, K. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Optimizing experimental design to estimate ammonia and nitrite oxidation biokinetic parameters from batch respirograms. Water Research, 39, 4969-4978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.001

Ni, B.-J., Ruscalleda, M. & Smets, B. F. (2012). Evaluation on the microbial interactions of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs in Anammox biofilm. Water Research, 46(15), 4645-4652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.016

Wang, R., Terada, A., Lackner, S., Smets, B. F., Henze, M., Xia, S. Q. & Zhao, J. F. (2009). Nitritation performance and biofilm development of co- and counter-diffusion biofilm reactors: Modeling and experimental comparison. Water Research, 43(10), 2699-2709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.017

Lackner, S., Terada, A. & Smets, B. F. (2008). Heterotrophic activity compromises autotrophic nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilms: Results of a modeling study. Water Research, 42(4-5), 1102-1112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.025

Xu, M., Savio, F., Kjærgaard, C., Jensen, M. M., Kovalovszki, A., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Zhang, Y. (2025). Inorganic bioelectric system for nitrate removal with low N₂O production at cold temperatures of 4 and 10 °C. Water Research, 274, Article 123061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.123061

Hu, Z., Ferraina, R. A., Ericson, J. F. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Effect of long-term exposure, biogenic substrate presence, and electron acceptor conditions on the biodegradation of multiple substituted benzoates and phenolates. Water Research, 39, 3501-3510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.06.009

Lackner, S., Holmberg, M., Terada, A., Kingshott, P. & Smets, B. F. (2009). Enhancing the formation and shear resistance of nitrifying biofilms on membranes by surface modification. Water Research, 43(14), 3469-3478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.011

Qiu, Y., Ekström, S., Valverde-Pérez, B., Smets, B. F., Climent, J., Domingo-Félez, C., Cuenca, R. M. & Plósz, B. G. (2024). Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N₂O emission in biological water resource recovery. Water Research, 255, Article 121398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121398

Domingo-Felez, C., Calderó-Pascual, M., Sin, G., Plósz, B. G. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Calibration of the comprehensive NDHA-N₂O dynamics model for nitrifier-enriched biomass using targeted respirometric assays. Water Research, 126, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.013

Qiu, Y., Hug, T., Wágner, D. S., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Plósz, B. G. (2023). Dynamic calibration of a new secondary settler model using Cand. Microthrix as predictor of settling velocity. Water Research, 246, Article 120664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120664

Hu, Z. Q., Ferraina, R. A., Ericson, J. F., MacKay, A. A. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Biomass characteristics in three sequencing batch reactors treating a wastewater containing synthetic organic chemicals. Water Research, 39(4), 710-720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.11.018

Tatari, K., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2016). Depth investigation of rapid sand filters for drinking water production reveals strong stratification in nitrification biokinetic behavior. Water Research, 101, 402-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.073

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