Publications

Multiple extracellular polymeric substance pathways transcribed by Accumulibacter and the flanking community during aerobic granule formation and after influent modification

L. Cardona; J. S. Saini; P. N. R. Ramirez; A. Adler; C. Holliger 

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2025. DOI : 10.1128/aem.01769-24.

Modelling the metabolism of the polyphosphate-accumulating organism Candidatus Accumulibacter

P. N. Rodilla Ramírez / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

MiDAS 5: Global diversity of bacteria and archaea in anaerobic digesters

M. K. D. Dueholm; K. S. Andersen; A. K. C. Korntved; V. Rudkjøbing; M. Alves et al. 

Nature communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-49641-y.

Microbial genome collection of aerobic granular sludge cultivated in sequencing batch reactors using different carbon source mixtures

J. S. Saini; A. Adler; L. Cardona; P. N. R. Ramirez; R. Pei et al. 

Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/mra.00102-24.

Benchmarking informatics approaches for virus discovery: caution is needed when combining in silico identification methods

B. Hegarty; J. Riddell; E. Bastien; K. Langenfeld; M. Lindback et al. 

Msystems. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/msystems.01105-23.

Conditional essentiality of the 11-subunit complex I-like enzyme in strict anaerobes: the case of Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain DCB-2

M. S. Willemin; F. Armand; R. Hamelin; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024. Vol. 15, p. 1388961. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1388961.

Retrofitting conventional activated sludge WWTPs with hydrocyclones to extend their lifetime by densifying sludge

M. Rérolle 

2023.

Proteome adaptations of the organohalide-respiring Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain DCB-2 to various energy metabolisms

M. S. Willemin; R. Hamelin; F. Armand; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023. Vol. 14, p. 1058127. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1058127.

Sulfurospirillum diekertiae sp. nov., a tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated soil

H. Jin; L. Huo; Y. Yang; Y. Lv; J. Wang et al. 

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2023. Vol. 73, num. 2. DOI : 10.1099/ijsem.0.005693.

Functional and structural characterization of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in aerobic granular biofilms

A. M. Gelb / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Environment rather than breed or body site shapes the skin bacterial community of healthy sheep as revealed by metabarcoding

S. M. Jost; L. Cardona; E. Rohrbach; A. Mathis; C. Holliger et al. 

Veterinary Dermatology. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/vde.13223.

Structure of a membrane-bound menaquinol:organohalide oxidoreductase

L. Cimmino; A. G. Duarte; D. Ni; B. E. Ekundayo; I. A. C. Pereira et al. 

Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14, p. 7038. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-42927-7.

Evaluation of chemically-enhanced microsieving as primary treatment of municipal wastewater

T. Boutros 

2022.

Assessing the value of kinetic results from biochemical methane potential tests: Reproducibility from a large inter-laboratory study

S. D. Hafner; S. Astals; C. Holliger; K. Koch; L. Nielsen et al. 

Cleaner Chemical Engineering. 2022. Vol. 4, p. 100065. DOI : 10.1016/j.clce.2022.100065.

Characterization of the membrane protein complexes responsible for reductive dehalogenation

L. Cimmino; J. Maillard; A. G. Duarte; I. A. C. Pereira; C. Holliger 

2022.  p. 38 – 38. DOI : 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148711.

It takes two times two to tango – cryoEM structure resolution of the membrane-bound tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase complex

J. Maillard; L. Cimmino; B. Ekundayo; D. Ni; A. G. Duarte et al. 

2022.  p. 33 – 34. DOI : 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148699.

Disentangle genus microdiversity within a complex microbial community by using a multi-distance long-read binning method: example of Candidatus Accumulibacter

A. Adler; S. Poirier; M. Pagni; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Environmental Microbiology. 2022. Vol. 24, num. 4, p. 2136 – 2156. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.15947.

Stoichiometry of the Gene Products From the Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase Operon pceABCT

L. Cimmino; A. W. Schmid; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2022. Vol. 13, p. 838026. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2022.838026.

Characterization of the electron-accepting part of the organohalide respiration chain of Dehalobacter and Desulfitobacterium

L. Cimmino / C. Holliger; J. Maillard (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Complex I-like enzymes in organohalide-respiring bacteria

M. S. Willemin; F. Armand; R. Hamelin; J. Maillard; C. Holliger et al. 

DehaloCon III 3rd International Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, online, September 27-30, 2021.

Absolute quantification of pceABCT gene products and characterization of the membrane protein complex responsible for the reduction of tetrachloroethene in Dehalobacter restrictus

L. Cimmino; A. W. Duarte; A. Schmid; I. A. Pereira; C. Holliger et al. 

DehaloCon III 3rd International Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, online, September 27-30, 2021.

Conditional essentiality of a complex I-like enzyme in strict anaerobes: the case of Desulfitobacterium

M. S. Willemin; R. Hamelin; F. Armand; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Perspectives in Bioenergetics, online, September 8-10, 2021.

Organohalide respiration: variations on a common theme

J. Maillard; L. Cimmino; M. S. Willemin; C. Holliger 

Perspectives in Bioenergetics, online, September 8-10, 2021.

Organohalide respiration: breakthrough towards the elucidation of the electron-accepting moiety of the respiratory chain

L. Cimmino; A. G. Duarte; A. Schmid; I. A. Pereira; C. Holliger et al. 

Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Microbiology (SSM 2021), online, September 2-3, 2021.

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production on fermented wastewater sludge: comparison of reactor mode and mechanistic definition of storage responses

C. Gan 

2021.

Plastic is fantastic: polyhydroxyalkanoate production on fermented wastewater sludge

C. Bettex 

2021.

Organohalide respiration in Firmicutes: energy metabolism and transcription regulation

M. S. Willemin / C. Holliger; J. Maillard (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests: a commentary

C. Holliger; S. Astals; H. F. de Laclos; S. D. Hafner; K. Koch et al. 

Water Science And Technology. 2021. Vol. 83, num. 1, p. 247 – 250. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2020.569.

Multistability and Reversibility of Aerobic Granular Sludge Microbial Communities Upon Changes From Simple to Complex Synthetic Wastewater and Back

A. Adler; C. Holliger 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020. Vol. 11, p. 574361. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2020.574361.

Improving Inter-Laboratory Reproducibility in Measurement of Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP)

S. D. Hafner; H. Fruteau de Laclos; K. Koch; C. Holliger 

Water. 2020. Vol. 12, num. 6, p. 1752. DOI : 10.3390/w12061752.

Power and Limitations of Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Tests

K. Koch; S. D. Hefner; S. Weinrich; S. Astals; C. Holliger 

Frontiers In Energy Research. 2020. Vol. 8, p. 63. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2020.00063.

Hybrid Transcriptional Regulators for the Screening of Target DNA Motifs in Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria

M. S. Willemin; M. Vingerhoets; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020. Vol. 11, p. 310. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00310.

Impact of iron- and/or sulfate-reduction on a cis-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride respiring bacterial consortium: experiments and model-based interpretation

A. Murray; J. Maillard; M. Rolle; M. Broholm; C. Holliger 

Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts. 2020. Vol. 22, num. 3, p. 740 – 750. DOI : 10.1039/c9em00544g.

Investigation of Biogenic Passivating Layers on Corroded Iron

L. Comensoli; M. Albini; W. Kooli; J. Maillard; T. Lombardo et al. 

Materials. 2020. Vol. 13, num. 5, p. 1176. DOI : 10.3390/ma13051176.

Chlorinated ethene plume evolution after source thermal remediation: Determination of degradation rates and mechanisms

A. M. Murray; C. B. Ottosen; J. Maillard; C. Holliger; A. Johansen et al. 

Journal Of Contaminant Hydrology. 2019. Vol. 227, p. 103551. DOI : 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.103551.

Une approche intégrée pour évaluer et surveiller la déchloration réductive d’éthènes chlorés dans des aquifères contaminés – Evaluation de la traitabilité et surveillance d’un site

S. E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; C. Holliger 

Quatrièmes Rencontres nationales de la Recherche sur les sites et sols pollués, Le Beffroi de Montrouge, Portes de Paris, France, November 26-27, 2019.

Wastewater and green waste biorefinery Degradation of simple sugars using mixed cultures of purple non-sulfur bacteria: an insight into microbial interactions

G. Crosset-Perrotin 

2019.

Optimisation d’un traitement par microtamis et valorisation des boues primaires de STEP

S. Strobl 

2019.

Quantifying bacterial structure of aerobic granular sludge using image analysis

K. Gemayel 

2019.

Involvement of respiratory complex I in organohalide respiration?

M. S. Willemin; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Microbiology 2019 (Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland, 3-4 September, 2019.

ORGANOHALIDE RESPIRATION: STUDY OF THE MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEX RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REDUCTION OF HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS

L. Cimmino; A. G. Duarte; A. Schmid; I. A. Pereira; C. Holliger et al. 

Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Microbiology 2019 (Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland, 3-4 September, 2019.

A modeling approach integrating microbial activity, mass transfer, and geochemical processes to interpret biological assays: An example for PCE degradation in a multi-phase batch setup

A. M. Murray; J. Maillard; B. Jin; M. M. Broholm; C. Holliger et al. 

Water Research. 2019. Vol. 160, p. 484 – 496. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.087.

Organic substrate diffusibility governs microbial community composition, nutrient removal performance and kinetics of granulation of aerobic granular sludge

M. Layer; A. Adler; E. Reynaert; A. Hernandez; M. Pagni et al. 

Water Research X. 2019. Vol. 4, p. 100033. DOI : 10.1016/j.wroa.2019.100033.

Explore RdhK based regulatory network of organohalide respiration using a hybrid proteins strategy

M. S. Willemin; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Bacterial Electron Transfer and their Regulation Meeting, Saint-Tropez, France, 11 to 14 March 2018.

Regulation of organohalide respiration

J. Maillard; M. S. Willemin 

Advances in Microbial Physiology; Academic Press, 2019. p. 191 – 238.

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF ORGANOHALIDE POLLUTANTS: A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS THE ELUCIDATION OF PROTEINS INVOLVED

L. Cimmino; A. Schmid; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

SME 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland, 31-1-19 to 01-02-19.

RDHK Family, Regulators dedicated to Organohalide Respiration – Sequence Diversity and Functional Prediction

M. S. Willemin; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting – SME 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland, 30 Jan to 1 Feb 2019.

Dissimilarities in polyphosphate accumulation between Shewanella loihica and the model bacterium Shewanella oneidensis

W. Kooli A.; J. Maillard; E. Joseph; P. Junier 

Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting 2019 (Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30-February 2, 2019.

Imaging the aerobic granular sludge microbial community using light-sheet fluorescence micros

A. Gelb; K. Gemayel; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting 2019 (Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30-February 2, 2019.

Anaerobic Biodegradation of organohalide pollutants: a crucial step towards the elucidation of proteins involved

L. Cimmino; A. Schmid; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting 2019 (Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30-February 2, 2019.

RDHK Family, Regulators dedicated to Organohalide Respiration – Sequence Diversity and Functional Prediction

M. S. Willemin; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting 2019 (Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30-February 2, 2019.

Influence of Wastewater Composition on the Microbial Communities of Aerobic Granular sludge

A. S. Adler; V. Berclaz; M. Horisberger; E. Reynaert; M. Layer et al. 

Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting 2019 (Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, January 30-February 2, 2019.

The effect of different organic substrates on the microbial communities of aerobic granular wastewater treatment sludge

A. S. Adler / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Identifying the role of complex I in organohalide respiration of Firmicutes

M. S. Willemin; R. Hamelin; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

EMBO Practical course: Targeted Proteomics, Experimental design and data analysis, Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 November.

Strain-level diversity drives alternative community types in millimetre-scale granular biofilms

G. E. Leventhal; C. Boix; U. Kuechler; T. N. Enke; E. Sliwerska et al. 

Nature Microbiology. 2018. Vol. 3, num. 11, p. 1295 – 1303. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-018-0242-3.

In vivo regulation of organohalide respiration in Desulfitobacterium hafniense DCB-2

C. Berruex; M. Vingerhoets; M. S. Willemin; J. Maillard 

Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-30 August 2018.

Development of new strategies to produce and characterize PceC, a membrane-bound flavoprotein involved in organohalide respiration

L. Cimmino; C. Holliger 

Annual Swiss Society for Microbiology Meeting, Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-30 August 2018.

Evolution of microbial communities in aerobic granular sludge during changes in wastewater composition

A. S. Adler; V. Berclaz; M. Horisberger; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-30 August 2018.

Characterization of the predicted membrane anchor of reductive dehalogenases

M. Dannay; L. Cimmino; J. Maillard 

Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-30 August 2018.

Explore RdhK based regulatory network of organohalide respiration using a hybrid proteins strategy

M. S. Willemin; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-30 August 2018.

Evolution of microbial communities in aerobic granular sludge during changes in wastewater composition

A. S. Adler 

ISME 2018, Leipzig, Germany, 12-17 August 2018.

Coexistence of two distinct Sulfurospirillum populations respiring tetrachloroethene-genomic and kinetic considerations

G. Buttet; A. M. Murray; T. Goris; M. Burion; B. Jin et al. 

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2018. Vol. 94, num. 5, p. fiy018. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fiy018.

Coexistence of two distinct Sulfurospirillum populations respiring tetrachloroethene—genomic and kinetic considerations

G. F. Buttet; A. M. Murray; T. Goris; M. Burion; J. Biao et al. 

2018

The Membrane-Bound C Subunit of Reductive Dehalogenases: Topology Analysis and Reconstitution of the FMN-Binding Domain of PceC

G. Buttet; M. S. Willemin; R. Hamelin; A. Rupakula; J. Maillard 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018. Vol. 9, p. 755. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00755.

The membrane-bound C subunit of reductive dehalogenases: topology analysis and reconstitution of the FMN-binding domain of PceC

G. F. Buttet; M. S. Willemin; R. Hamelin; A. Rupakula Boyanapalli; J. Maillard 

2018

Evolution of Microbial Communities and Nutrient Removal Performances of Aerobic Granular Sludge during Change of Substrates

A. S. Adler; A. Gelb; V. Berclaz; M. Horisberger; J. Maillard et al. 

IWA Biofilms : Granular Sludge Conference, Delft, Netherlands, March 18-21, 2018.

RdhC, a family of membrane-bound flavoproteins involved in electron transfer in organohalide respiration ?

J. Maillard; G. F. Buttet; M. S. Willemin; R. Hamelin 

Bacterial Electron Transfer and their Regulation Meeting, Saint-Tropez, France, March 11-14, 2018.

Editorial: Special issue on anaerobic biological dehalogenation

C. Holliger; I. Nijenhuis 

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2018. Vol. 94, num. 6, p. fiy054. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fiy054.

Bacterial iron reduction and biogenic mineral formation for the stabilisation of corroded iron objects

W. M. Kooli; L. Comensoli; J. Maillard; M. Albini; A. Gelb et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2018. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 764. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-017-19020-3.

Modelling of C/Cl isotopic behaviour during chloroethene biotic reductive dechlorination: Capabilities and limitations of simplified and comprehensive models

A. Badin; F. Braun; L. Halloran; J. Maillard; D. Hunkeler 

PLoS One. 2018. Vol. 13, p. e0202416. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0202416.

Adsorptive Removal of Pb(II) and As(V) from Aqueous Solution by PVDF/HMO Ultrafiltration Mixed Matrix Membrane

Y. L. Seghrouchni 

2018.

Soluble and Solid Iron Reduction Assays with Desulfitobacterium hafniense

L. Comensoli; J. Maillard; W. Kooli; P. Junier; E. Joseph 

Bio-Protocol. 2018. Vol. 8, num. 17. DOI : 10.21769/BioProtoc.3002.

Arsenic methylation dynamics in a rice paddy soil anaerobic enrichment culture

M. Reid; J. Maillard; A. Bagnoud; L. Falquet; P. Le Vo et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2017. Vol. 51, p. 10546 – 10554. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.7b02970.

Hybrid proteins for the screening of transcription regulators of reductive dehalogenase gene clusters

M. S. Willemin; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

DehaloCon II – A Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, Leipzig, Germany, March 26-29, 2017.

Influence of Wastewater Composition on Microbial Communities of Aerobic Granules and their Nutrient Removal Performances

A. S. Adler; E. Reynaert; M. Layer; N. Derlon; E. Morgenroth et al. 

BIOFILM 2017 Conference Office, Dublin, Ireland, May 9-12, 2017.

Comparative genomics of the genus Desulfitobacterium

T. Kruse; T. Goris; J. Maillard; T. Woyke; U. Lechner et al. 

FEMS Microbioly Ecology. 2017. Vol. 93, num. 12, p. fix135. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fix135.

Extraction of carotenoids from Chlorella vulgaris using green solvents and syngas production from residual biomass

E. Damergi; J-P. Schwitzguébel; D. Refardt; S. Sharma; C. Holliger et al. 

Algal Research. 2017. Vol. 25, p. 488 – 495. DOI : 10.1016/j.algal.2017.05.003.

Use of Bacteria To Stabilize Archaeological Iron

L. Comensoli; J. Maillard; M. Albini; F. Sandoz; P. Junier et al. 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2017. Vol. 83, num. 9, p. e03478. DOI : 10.1128/Aem.03478-16.

Effect of in influent composition on the microbial communities and granulation process in aerobic granular sludge systems

E. Reynaert 

2017.

Kinetic considerations of two Sulfurospirillum spp. competing for tetrachloroethene

G. Buttet; A. Murray; M. Burion; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

DehaloCon II – A Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, Leipzig, Germany, March 26-29, 2017.

Modeling Hydraulic Transport and Anaerobic Uptake by PAOs and GAOs During Wastewater Feeding in EBPR Granular Sludge Reactors

D. G. Weissbrodt; C. Holliger; E. Morgenroth 

Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2017. Vol. 114, num. 8, p. 1688 – 1702. DOI : 10.1002/bit.26295.

Effect of Different Influent Compositions on Microbial Communities, Physical Characteristics and Nutrient Removal Performances of Aerobic Granular Sludge

L. A. Hernandez Hungerbühler 

2017.

Properties of Enzymes Involved in Tetrachloroethene Respiration : From Physiology to Protein Function

G. F. Buttet / C. Holliger; J. Maillard (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

La STEP d’Aïre: nouveau lieu de création et de diffusion artistique à Genève

T. Buache 

2017.

Methane Production of Full-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Plants Calculated from Substrate’s Biomethane Potentials Compares Well with the One Measured On-Site

C. Holliger; H. Fruteau de Laclos; G. Hack 

Frontiers in Energy Research. 2017. Vol. 5, p. 12. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2017.00012.

Phytoremediation of soils contaminated by organic compounds: hype, hope and facts

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Journal Of Soils And Sediments. 2017. Vol. 17, num. 5, p. 1492 – 1502. DOI : 10.1007/s11368-015-1253-9.

Evolution of microbial communities and nutrient removal performances in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor during change of substrate

A. S. Adler; V. Berclaz; M. Horisberger; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Swiss Society of Microbiology meeting, Bern, Switzerland, June 13-15, 2016.

Polyphosphate – a key biopolymer in aerobic granular sludge technology

A. S. Adler; A. Gelb; C. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Annual Conference 2016 of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM2016), Jena, Germany, 13-16 March 2016.

Evolution of microbial communities and nutrient removal performances in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor during change of substrate

A. S. Adler; V. Berclaz; M. Horisberger; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

2016. Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering & Biofilms Specialist Groups, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 4-9, 2016.

Validation of an integrative methodology to assess and monitor reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in contaminated aquifers

S-E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; M. V. Brennerova; M. Stavelova; C. Holliger 

Frontiers in Environmental Science. 2016. Vol. 4, p. 7. DOI : 10.3389/fenvs.2016.00007.

FOLDING OF COMPLEX REDOX PROTEINS BY DEDICATED MOLECULAR CHAPERONES

C. Grob; Z. Julier; J. Maillard 

Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM) Annual Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, June 13-15, 2016.

Indirect Evidence Link PCB Dehalogenation with Geobacteraceae in Anaerobic Sediment-Free Microcosms

M. Praveckova; M. V. Brennerova; C. Holliger; L. F. De Alencastro; P. Rossi 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 7, p. 933. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00933.

Laboratory and field scale bioremediation of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contaminated soils by means of bioaugmentation and biostimulation

N. Garg; P. Lata; S. Jit; N. Sangwan; A. K. Singh et al. 

BIODEGRADATION. 2016. Vol. 27, p. 179 – 193. DOI : 10.1007/s10532-016-9765-6.

Role of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in micropollutant removal from wastewater with aerobic granular sludge

J. Margot; S. Lochmatter; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

Water Science and Technology. 2016. Vol. 73, num. 3, p. 564 – 575. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2015.514.

A molecular chaperone dedicated to folding and translocation of reductive dehalogenases

C. Grob; J. Maillard 

International Symposium on BioPolymer (ISBP2016), Madrid, Spain, September 26-29, 2016.

Competition of two Sulfurospirillum populations for tetrachloroethene

G. F. Buttet 

Swiss Society of Microbiology, Bern, Switzerland, June 13-15, 2016.

Optimizing the extraction of extracellular DNA of aerobic granular biofilms

K. Bialek 

Swiss Society for Microbiology, Bern, Switzerland, June 13-15, 2016.

Identification of microorganisms in Aerobic Granular Sludgeactively involved in biological phosphorus removal

A. Gelb 

Swiss Society for Microbiology, Bern, Switzerland, June 13-15, 2016.

Indirect evidences for PCB congener degradation by Geobacteraceae in anaerobic sediment-free microcosms

M. Praveckova; M. Brennerova; C. Holliger; L. F. De Alencastro; P. Rossi 

ISME16, Montréal, Canada, August 21-26, 2016.

The Genus Dehalobacter

C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria; Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2016. p. 153 – 171.

Identification of microorganisms in Aerobic Granular Sludgeactively involved in biological phosphorus removal

A. Gelb 

IWA Specialist Conference Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering, Copenhague, Denmark, September 4-7, 2016.

Optimisation du système d’assainissement des eaux urbaines Réseau-STEP-Milieu récepteur par une approche de gestion intégrée

J-B. Razurel 

2016.

Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests

C. Holliger; M. Alves; D. Andrade; I. Angelidaki; S. Astals et al. 

Water Science and Technology. 2016. Vol. 74, p. 2515 – 2522. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2016.336.

Towards Solar Decathlon: Concepts for a Sustainable Urban Water Management in a new eco-district

G. A. Paglia 

2015.

Phage-dependent variability of Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ populations in aerobic granular sludge

A. S. Adler; O. Cordero Sanchez; J. Maillard; J. Rougemont; C. Holliger 

2015. 6th Symposium Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Ascona, Switzerland, September 10-12, 2015.

Harvesting of Chlorella sorokiniana by co-culture with the filamentous fungus Isaria fumosorosea: A potential sustainable feedstock for hydrothermal gasification

S. Mackay; E. Gomes; C. Holliger; R. Bauer; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Bioresource Technology. 2015. Vol. 185, p. 353 – 361. DOI : 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.026.

Sulfamethoxazole and isoproturon degradation and detoxification by a laccase-mediator system: Influence of treatment conditions and mechanistic aspects

J. Margot; P-J. Copin; U. von Gunten; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

Biochemical Engineering Journal. 2015. Vol. 103, p. 47 – 59. DOI : 10.1016/j.bej.2015.06.008.

Functional genomics of corrinoid starvation in the organohalide-respiring bacterium Dehalobacter restrictus strain PER-K23

A. Rupakula; Y. Lu; T. Kruse; S. Boeren; C. Holliger et al. 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015. Vol. 5, p. 751. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00761.

Success and failure assessment methodology for wastewater and faecal sludge treatment projects in low-income countries

M. Bassan; D. Kone; M. Mbeguere; C. Holliger; L. Strande 

Journal Of Environmental Planning And Management. 2015. Vol. 58, num. 10, p. 1690 – 1710. DOI : 10.1080/09640568.2014.943343.

Understanding the metabolism of tetrachloroethene-respiring Dehalobacter restrictus : from genome analysis, corrinoid cofactor biosynthesis to regulation of reductive dehalogenases

A. Rupakula Boyanapalli / C. Holliger; J. Maillard (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Temporal evolution of bacterial communities associated with the in situ wetland-based remediation of a marine shore porphyry copper tailings deposit

N. Diaby; B. Dold; E. Rohrbach; C. Holliger; P. Rossi 

Science of the Total Environment. 2015. Vol. 533, p. 110 – 121. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.076.

Influence of Temperature, VFA and pH on the inactivation of pathogens in anaerobic digestion of faecel sludge

L. Jost 

2015.

Desulfitobacterium hafniense TCE1 membrane proteomics

J. Maillard; R. Hamelin; C. Holliger; G. F. Buttet 

Bacterial Electron Transfer Processes and their Regulation, Vimeiro, Portugal, March 15-18, 2015.

Micropollutant removal from municipal wastewater : from conventional treatments to advanced biological processes

J. Margot / D. A. Barry; C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. 

Action of Molecular Chaperones dedicated to the maturation of Reductive Dehalogenases

C. Grob; F. Palmieri; G. Buttet; J. Maillard 

6th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS 2015), Maastricht, the Netherlands, June 7-11, 2015.

An ecological approach for understanding the reductive dechlorination process of chlorinated ethenes in contaminated aquifers

S-E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; M. Brennerova; M. Stavelova; C. Holliger 

6th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Locarno, Switzerland, September 10-12, 2015.

Methane oxidation pathways in Lake La Cruz

C. Jegge 

2015.

Can microbes be used to preserve archaeological iron objects?

L. Comensoli; J. Maillard; P. Junier; E. Joseph 

6th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Locarno, Switzerland, 10-12 September, 2015.

Détermination de la production de méthane d’installations de digestion industrielles à partir de tests BMP en laboratoire

G. Hack; H. Fruteau de Laclos; C. Holliger 

2015

Characterization of the action of the molecular chaperone PceT on the reductive dehalogenase PceA

C. Grob; F. Palmieri; G. Buttet; J. Maillard 

Annual Meeting and Assembly of the Swiss Society of Microbiology, Lugano, Switzerland, May 28-29, 2015.

Faecal sludge treatment: Optimization of Ascaris eggs enumeration and inactivation, and start-up of an anaerobic thermophilic acid-phase digester

L. Randin 

2015.

Screening of the bacterial reductive dechlorination potential of chlorinated ethenes in contaminatedaquifers – A technical assistance manual for assessment of natural attenuation of chloroethenes-contaminated sites

S. E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; C. Holliger 

2015

Phage-dependent variability of Candidatus “Accumulibacter phosphatis” populations in aerobic granular sludge

A. Adler; O. Cordero Sanchez; J. Maillard; J. Rougemont; C. Holliger 

6th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Locarno, Switzerland, September 10-12, 2015.

Desulfitobacterium hafniense TCE1 membrane proteomics

G. F. Buttet; R. Hamelin; F. Armand; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Annual Meeting and Assembly of the Swiss Society of Microbiology, Lugano, Switzerland, May 28-29, 2015.

Etude de la sensibilité d’algues unicellulaires au cuivre: le rôle de l’interaction des espèces et de la lumière

V. Gagnaux 

2015.

A review of the fate of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants

J. Margot; L. Rossi; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

WIREs Water. 2015. Vol. 2, num. 5, p. 457 – 487. DOI : 10.1002/wat2.1090.

Divergent PCB organohalide-respiring consortia enriched from the efflux channel of a former Delor manufacturer in Eastern Europe

M. Praveckova; M. Brennerova; M. Cvancarova; L. F. De Alencastro; C. Holliger et al. 

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2015. Vol. 120, p. 223 – 234. DOI : 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.05.038.

Use of silicate minerals for pH control during reductive dechlorination of chloroethenes in batch cultures of different microbial consortia

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2014. Vol. 80, num. 13, p. 3858 – 3867. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.00493-14.

Corrinoid auxotrophy in the obligate organohalide-respiring Dehalobacter restrictus strain PER-K23

A. Rupakula; Y. Lu; T. Kruse; H. Smidt; C. Holliger et al. 

DehaloCon – A Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, Jena, Germany, March 23-26, 2014.

Assessment of the impacts of local conditions and sampling methods on the characteristics of faecal sludge

A. Ferré 

2014.

Multiple Dual C–Cl Isotope Patterns Associated with Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene

A. Badin; G. Buttet; J. Maillard; C. Holliger; D. Hunkeler 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2014. Vol. 48, num. 16, p. 9179 – 9186. DOI : 10.1021/es500822d.

Toward the sustainable cultivation of microalgae to produce renewable biofuels and fine chemicals

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Biotech 2014 and 6th Czech-Swiss Symposium with Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic, June 11-14. 2014.

Multilevel Correlations in the Biological Phosphorus Removal Process: from Bacterial Enrichment to Conductivity-Based Metabolic Batch Tests and Polyphosphatase Assays

D. G. Weissbrodt; J. Maillard; A. Brovelli; A. Chabrelie; J. May et al. 

Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2014. Vol. 111, num. 12, p. 2421 – 2435. DOI : 10.1002/bit.25320.

Regulation of the Corrinoid Metabolism in Desulfitobacteria

J. Maillard; P. Choudhary; A. Duret; E. Rohrbach-Brandt; R. K. O. Sigel et al. 

DehaloCon – A Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, Jena, Germany, June 23 – 26, 2014.

Functional diversity of reductive dehalogenases in a bacterial consortium degrading chloroethenes

G. F. Buttet; C. Kunze; S. Keller; T. Schubert; C. Holliger et al. 

SSM – 72nd Annual Assembly, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 19-20, 2014.

Wastewater treatment processes modelling for anaerobic digestion effluents

M. Steudler 

2014.

The biofilm granulation mechanisms depend on the predominant bacterial populations involved

D. G. Weissbrodt; T. R. Neu; C. Holliger 

2014. Poster : Biofilm 6 International Conference, Vienna, Austria, May, 11-13, 2014. p. 90 – 91.

Assessment of bioremediation potential and monitoring of biological reductive dechlorination in sites contaminated with chlorinated ethenes

S. E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; M. Brennerova; M. Stavelova; C. Holliger 

SSM – 72nd Annual Assembly, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 19-20, 2014.

On-site biostimulation evaluation of a remediated perchloroethene-contaminated acquifer located in Jablunkov, Czech Republic

I. Fäh 

2014.

Assessment of organic waste availability and suitability for the co-digestion of faecal sludge in Vietnam

A. Mertenat 

2014.

Use of silicate minerals for long-term pH control during reductive dechlorination of high tetrachloroethene concentrations in continuous flow-through columns

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; J. Maillard; E. Rohrbach-Brandt; D. A. Barry et al. 

Science of the Total Environment. 2014. Vol. 482-483, p. 23 – 35. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.099.

Selecting appropriate treatment technologies for faecal sludge (FS) from onsite sanitation systems

M. Bassan; D. Nguyen; V. A. Nguyen; C. Holliger; L. Strande 

2014 Tech4Dev International Conference, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, June 4-6, 2014.

Potential of horseradish hairy roots for the phytotreatment of water containing sulfamethoxazole

S. J. Laake 

2014.

Aerobic Granules: Microbial Landscape and Architecture, Stages, and Practical Implications

G. Gonzalez-Gil; C. Holliger 

Applied And Environmental Microbiology. 2014. Vol. 80, num. 11, p. 3433 – 3441. DOI : 10.1128/Aem.00250-14.

Plant detoxification capacity of xenobiotic compounds as limiting factor for phytoremediation

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

International Congress on Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils, Vigo, Spain, July 28-29, 2014.

Assessment of bioremediation potential and monitoring of biological reductive dechlorination in sites contaminated with chlorinated ethenes

S. E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; M. Brennerova; M. Stavelova; C. Holliger 

Biotech 2014 and 6th Czech-Swiss Symposium with Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic, June 11-14. 2014.

Nitrogen Removal over Nitrite by Aeration Control in Aerobic Granular Sludge Sequencing Batch Reactors

S. Lochmatter; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014. Vol. 11, num. 7, p. 6955 – 6978. DOI : 10.3390/ijerph110706955.

Treatment of micropollutants in municipal wastewater using white-rot fungi

J. Margot; M. Vargas; A. Contijoch; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

SETAC Europe 24th annual meeting (Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry), Basel, May 11-15, 2014.

Towards Management of the Bacterial Resource for Nutrient Removal in Granular Sludge Biofilm Systems

D. G. Weissbrodt; C. Holliger 

2014. Keynote presentation : 2nd IWA Specialist Conference on Eco Technologies for Sewage Treatment Plants “Eco STP 2014”, Verona, Italy, June 23-25, 2014. p. 491 – 492.

Do crosstalks with primary and secondary metabolism limit or stimulate the detoxification of xenobiotics?

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

11th International Phytotechnology Conference, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 30 – October 3, 2014.

Treatment of micropollutants in municipal wastewater: study of a sequential batch biofilter

A. Contijoch 

2014.

The knowns and unknowns of the physiology and biochemistry of organohalide respiration

C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Keynote lecture at DehaloCon – A Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, Jena, Germany, March 23-26, 2014.

Linking microbial population dynamics and nutrient removal during wastewater treatment by aerobic granular sludge

D. Weissbrodt; N. Shani; C. Holliger 

15th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Seoul, South Korea, 24-29 August 2014.

Microalgae for wastewater treatment, CO2 mitigation and biofuels : dream or sustainable maid for all work?

J-P. Schwitzguebel; S. Mackay; E. Gomes; R. Bauer; C. Holliger 

11th International Phytotechnology Conference, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 30 – October 3, 2014.

Functional characterization of a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Sulfurospirillum spp. identified in mixed cultures

G. F. Buttet; C. Kunze; T. Schubert; G. Diekert; C. Holliger et al. 

DehaloCon – A Conference on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation, Jena, Germany, March 23-26, 2014.

Modelling bacterial selection during the plug-flow feeding phase of aerobic granular sludge biofilm reactors

D. G. Weissbrodt; C. Holliger; E. Morgenroth 

2014. Poster : IWA/WEF Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar, Spa, Belgium, March 30 – April 2, 2014. p. 322 – 325.

Corrinoid Auxotrophy in the Obligate Organohalide-Respiring Dehalobacter restrictus strain PER-K23

A. Rupakula; Y. Lu; T. Kruse; H. Smidt; C. Holliger et al. 

ASM2014, 114th General Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 17-20, 2014.

Understanding what limits biological phosphorus removal at Uster’s wastewater treatment plant

O. Larivé 

2014.

Evaluation of pathogens inactivation during thermophilic anaerobic digestion of faecal sludge

K. Gallandat 

2014.

Proteome analysis of the response of Dehalobacter restrictus to cobalamin starvation

Y. Lu; A. Rupakula; T. Kruse; S. Boeren; C. Holliger et al. 

15th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Seoul, South Korea, 24-29 August 2014.

Control of groundwater pH during bioremediation: Improvement and validation of a geochemical model to assess the buffering potential of ground silicate minerals

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; C. Holliger; D. A. Barry 

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 2014. Vol. 160, p. 21 – 29. DOI : 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.01.006.

Identification of bacteria from wastewater for the oxidation of micropollutants

A. Gelb; E. Rohrbach; J. Maillard 

SSM – 72nd Annual Assembly, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 19-20, 2014.

Salvage of the essential corrinoid cofactor in Dehalobacter restrictus

A. Rupakula; Y. Lu; T. Kruse; S. Boran; H. Smidt et al. 

SSM – 72nd Annual Assembly, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 19-20, 2014.

Optimization of operation conditions for the startup of aerobic granular sludge reactors biologically removing carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous

S. Lochmatter; C. Holliger 

Water Research. 2014. Vol. 59, p. 58 – 70. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2014.04.011.

Traitement des micropolluants à la STEP – Séparation du charbon actif en poudre par ultrafiltration en mode frontal

A. Magnet; J. Margot; M. Corbaz; E. Bonvin 

Aqua & Gas. 2014. Vol. 1, p. 24 – 29.

Phytoremediation of polluted soils: hype, hope and facts

J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Invited lecture presented at the International Congress on Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils, Vigo, Spain, July 28-29, 2014.

Linking bacterial population dynamics and nutrient removal in the granular sludge biofilm ecosystem engineered for wastewater treatment

D. G. Weissbrodt; N. Shani; C. Holliger 

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2014. Vol. 88, num. 3, p. 579 – 595. DOI : 10.1111/1574-6941.12326.

Pelletization of micro-algae by induced lichen formation through co-culture with filamentous fungi

S. Mackay; E. Pereira Gomes; P. Rossi; J-P. Schwitzguebel; C. Holliger 

SME 2013 : 5th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Murten, Switzerland, February 4-6, 2013.

Functional genotyping of Sulfurospirillum spp. in mixed cultures allowed the identification of a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase

G. F. Buttet; C. Kunze; A. Badin; J. Maillard 

71st Annual Assembly of the SSM, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 26-27, 2013.

Utilisation de composés carbonés afin de diminuer la concentration de cadmium dans des végétaux comestibles de Nouvelle-Zélande

G. Chanson 

2013.

Elimination des micropolluants dans les eaux usées : étude d’un biofiltre fongique (Fungal trickling filter)

M. Vargas 

2013.

Using Silicate Mineral Particles for pH Control during in situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Ethene Source Zones

E. M. Lacroix / C. Holliger; D. A. Barry (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Complete genome sequence of Dehalobacter restrictus PER-K23T

T. Kruse; J. Maillard; L. Goodwin; T. Woyke; H. Teshima et al. 

Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2013. Vol. 8, num. 3, p. 375 – 388. DOI : 10.4056/sigs.3787426.

Influence of treatment conditions on the oxidation of micropollutants by Trametes versicolor laccase

J. Margot; J. Maillard; L. Rossi; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

New Biotechnology. 2013. Vol. 30, num. 6, p. 803 – 813. DOI : 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.06.004.

Respiring chlorinated solvents helps protecting our drinking water resources

C. Holliger 

Symposium zu Ehren von Professor Emeritus Thomas Egli, Dübendorf, Switzerland, July 4, 2013.

Linking microbial population dynamics and nutrient removal during wastewater treatment

C. Holliger; D. G. Weissbrodt 

5th International Conference Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering 2013, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, July 7-10, 2013.

Optimized aeration strategies for nitrogen and phosphorus removal with aerobic granular sludge

S. Lochmatter; G. Gonzalez-Gil; C. Holliger 

Water Research. 2013. Vol. 47, p. 6187 – 6197. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2013.07.030.

Treatment of micropollutants in municipal wastewater: Ozone or powdered activated carbon?

J. Margot; C. Kienle; A. Magnet; M. Weil; L. Rossi et al. 

11th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 15-16, 2013.

Corrinoid auxotrophy in the obligate organohalide respiring Dehalobacter restrictus

A. Rupakula; T. Kruse; H. Smidt; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

SME 2013 : 5th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Murten, Switzerland, February 4-6, 2013.

Corrinoid auxotrophy in the obligate organohalide-respiring Dehalobacter restrictus

A. Rupakula; T. Kruse; C. Holliger 

71st Annual Assembly of the SSM, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 26-27, 2013.

The restricted metabolism of the obligate organohalide respiring bacterium Dehalobacter restrictus: lessons from tiered functional genomics

A. Rupakula; T. Kruse; S. Boeren; C. Holliger; H. Smidt et al. 

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2013. Vol. 368, num. 1616, p. 20120325 – 20120325. DOI : 10.1098/rstb.2012.0325.

Functional genotyping of Sulfurospirillum spp. in mixed cultures allowed the identification of a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase

G. F. Buttet; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

SME 2013 : 5th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Murten, Switzerland, February 4-6, 2013.

Bacterial selection for nutrient removal in aerobic granular sludge wastewater treatment systems

D. G. Weissbrodt; C. Holliger 

2nd Water Research Conference 2013, Singapore, January 20-23, 2013.

Optimization of Reactor Startup and Nitrogen Removal of Aerobic Granular Sludge Systems

S. Lochmatter / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Allometric equations for non-destructive biomass estimation of early stage sugarcane plants – Case study in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil

H. Baecher 

2013.

Assessment of bioremediation potential and monitoring of biological reductive dechlorination in sites contaminated with chlorinated ethenes

S. E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; M. Brennerova; M. Stavelova; C. Holliger 

Biotech 2014 and Czech-Swiss Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, June 11-14.

Functional genotyping of Sulfurospirillum spp. in mixed cultures allowed the identification of a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase

G. F. Buttet; C. Kunze; A. Badin; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

FEMS 2013, Leipzig, Germany, July 21-25, 2013.

Characterization of the metallo-cofactors of the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase purified from Sulfurospirillum multivorans

C. Kunze; J. Gadkari; M. Uksa; W. R. Hagen; T. Schubert et al. 

SME 2013 : 5th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Murten, Switzerland, February 4-6, 2013.

Functional Genotyping of Sulfurospirillum spp. in Mixed Cultures Allowed the Identification of a New Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase

G. F. Buttet; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Applied And Environmental Microbiology. 2013. Vol. 79, num. 22, p. 6941 – 6947. DOI : 10.1128/Aem.02312-13.

The biofilm granulation mechanisms depend on the predominant populations involved

D. G. Weissbrodt; T. Neu; S. Lochmatter; C. Holliger 

71st Annual Assembly of the SSM, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 26-27, 2013.

Enantioselective Dehydrochlorination of delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane and delta-Pentachlorocyclohexene by LinA1 and LinA2 from Sphingobium indicum B90A

B. Geueke; M. E. Miska; T. Poiger; D. Rentsch; R. Lal et al. 

Applied And Environmental Microbiology. 2013. Vol. 79, num. 19, p. 6180 – 6183. DOI : 10.1128/Aem.01770-13.

Assessment of bacterial and structural dynamics in aerobic granular sludge biofilms

D. G. Weissbrodt; T. R. Neu; U. Kuhlicke; Y. Rappaz; C. Holliger 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2013. Vol. 4, p. 175. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00175.

Laccases: Potential treatment for removal of micropollutants in municipal wastewater?

J. Margot; C. Bennati-Granier; J. Maillard; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE 2013), Barcelona, Spain, June 25-28, 2013.

Bacterial resource management for nutrient removal in aerobic granular sludge

D. G. Weissbrodt 

5th International Conference Microbial Ecology Water Engineering, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, July 4-7, 2013.

Molecular highlights of organohalide respiration – current challenges

J. Maillard 

keynote speaker at FOR 1530, Leipzig, Germany, July 19-20, 2013.

Diversity of cobalamin riboswitches in the corrinoid-producing organohalide respirer Desulfitobacterium hafniense

P. K. Choudhary; A. Duret; E. Rohrbach-Brandt; C. Holliger; R. K. O. Sigel et al. 

Journal of Bacteriology. 2013. Vol. 195, num. 22, p. 5186 – 5195. DOI : 10.1128/JB.00730-13.

Conception of a biological activated carbon filter for micropollutants removal in wastewater

S. Gomez 

2013.

Reactive oxygen species production and signalling as a component of salinity tolerance mechanism in cereals

A. Massart 

2013.

Correlations between environmental variables and bacterial community structures suggest Fe(III) and vinyl chloride reduction as antagonistic terminal electron-accepting processes

N. Shani; P. Rossi; C. Holliger 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2013. Vol. 47, p. 6836 – 6845. DOI : 10.1021/es304017s.

Phytoextraction of zinc, zinc oxide, copper and copper oxide in hydroponic solution with gibberellic acid and EDDS amendments by Lolium perenne

F. Dupuich 

2013.

Multidisciplinary approach for evaluation of the complete removal of chloroethenes in contaminated aquifer

M. Praveckova; M. Stavelova; S. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; C. Holliger et al. 

BioMicroWorld 2013, Madrid, Spain, October 2-4, 2013.

Analysis of loads, water quality and certain biological production on the Kis-Balaton Water Protection System

E. Kaiser 

2013.

Bio-flocculation of the Microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana with the Filamentous Fungi Isaria fumoroseus through the Formation of Lichen Pellets

S. Mackay; E. Pereira Gomes; C. Holliger; R. Bauer; J-P. Schwitzguebel 

UBIOCHEM IV, 4th International Workshop of COST Action CM0903, Valencia, Spain, October 14-16, 2013.

Corrinoid auxotrophy in the obligate organohalide respiring Dehalobacter restrictus

A. Rupakula; A. Kruse; K. Shabestary; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

FEMS 2013, Leipzig, Germany, July 21-25, 2013.

Metabolomics of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) transformation: ratio of LinA to LinB determines metabolic fate of HCH isomers

B. Geueke; N. Garg; S. Ghosh; T. Fleischmann; C. Holliger et al. 

Environmental Microbiology. 2013. Vol. 15, num. 4, p. 1040 – 1049. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.12009.

Etude microbiologique du potentiel de bioremédiation de sites contaminés par des hydrocarbures chlorés

S. E. Tarnawski; P. Rossi; C. Holliger 

6ème journée technique ChloroNet 2013, Soleur, Switzerland, November 28, 2013.

Bacterial Resource Management for Nutrient Removal in Aerobic Granular Sludge Wastewater Treatment Systems

D. G. Weissbrodt / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Impact Assessment of Pumping Parameters on Groundwater Bacterial Communities

N. Shani; V. Aravinthan; P. Rossi; G. Laulan; P. Ducommun et al. 

Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation. 2013. Vol. 33, num. 2, p. 31 – 37. DOI : 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2012.01420.x.

Changes in the Bacterial Community and lin Genes Diversity during Biostimulation of Indigenous Bacterial Community of Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) Dumpsite Soil

S. K. Gupta; D. Lal; P. Lata; N. Sangwan; N. Garg et al. 

Microbiology. 2013. Vol. 82, num. 2, p. 234 – 240. DOI : 10.1134/S0026261713020185.

PyroTRF-ID: a novel bioinformatics methodology for the affiliation of terminal-restriction fragments using 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing data

D. G. Weissbrodt; N. Shani; L. Sinclair; G. Lefebvre; P. Rossi et al. 

SME 2013 : 5th Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Murten, Switzerland, February 4-6, 2013.

Identification of trigger factors selecting for polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors

D. G. Weissbrodt; G. Schneiter; J-M. Fürbringer; C. Holliger 

Water Research. 2013. Vol. 47, num. 19, p. 7006 – 7018. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.043.

Treatment of micropollutants in municipal wastewater: Ozone or powdered activated carbon?

J. Margot; C. Kienle; A. Magnet; M. Weil; L. Rossi et al. 

Science of the Total Environment. 2013. Vol. 461-462, p. 480 – 498. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.034.

Bacterial versus fungal laccase: potential for micropollutant degradation

J. Margot; C. Bennati-Granier; J. Maillard; P. Blánquez; D. A. Barry et al. 

AMB Express. 2013. Vol. 3, p. 63. DOI : 10.1186/2191-0855-3-63.

Evaluation of silicate minerals for pH control during bioremediation: Application to chlorinated solvents

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; C. Holliger; D. A. Barry 

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 2012. Vol. 223, num. 5, p. 2663 – 2684. DOI : 10.1007/s11270-011-1058-4.

Intensity of Light Incident and Photoperiod of LED illumination based system on Scenedesmus vacuolatus growth

E. P. Gomes; O. Emery; M. Bagnoud; J-P. Schwitzguebel; C. Holliger et al. 

2012. 9th European Workshop on Biotechnology of Microalgae, Nuthetal, Germany, June 4-5.

Élimination des micropolluants dans les eaux usées : Étude de la bio-oxydation enzymatique par le genre bactérien Streptomyces

C. B. Granier 

2012.

Numerical modeling of field scale application of ground silicate minerals for groundwater pH buffering

A. Brovelli; D. A. Barry; E. Lacroix; C. Holliger 

AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 3-7, 2012.

Overlapping transport and chaperone-binding functions within a bacterial twin-arginine signal peptide

S. Grahl; J. Maillard; C. A. E. M. Spronk; G. W. Vuister; F. Sargent 

Molecular Microbiology. 2012. Vol. 83, p. 1254 – 1267. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08005.x.

Modelling migration and dissolution of mineral particles in saturated porous media

A. Brovelli; E. Lacroix; C. Holliger; D. A. Barry 

EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, April 22-27, 2012.

Determination of optimal conditions for the degradation of micropollutants by laccase from Trametes versicolor

J. Margot; J. Maillard; L. Rossi; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (EMB), Bologna, Italy, April 10-12, 2012.

Development of a microalgal process for bioenergy production, CO2 mitigation and wastewater treatment

J-P. Schwitzguebel; B. M. Butsch; G. Hack; C. Pfistner; C. Holliger 

Keynote lecture at the 5th International Symposium on Biosorption and Bioremediation, Prague, Czech Republic, June 24-28, 2012.

Microalgal carotenoid recovery in a biorefinery approach

E. Pereira Gomes; O. Emery; M. Bagnoud; J-P. Schwitzguebel; C. Holliger et al. 

2012. 3rd workshop COST Action CM0903 “Utilisation of biomass for fuel and Chemicals (UBIOCHEM)”, Thessaloniki, Greece,

Towards the sustainable cultivation of microalgae to produce renewable biofuels and added-value chemicals

J-P. Schwitzguebel; E. Pereira Gomes; M. Bagnoud; C. Ludwig; C. Holliger 

9th International Conference on Phytotechnologies, Hasselt, Belgium, September 11-14, 2012.

Segmented Field OFFGEL® Electrophoresis

E. Tobolkina; F. Cortes Salazar; D. Momotenko; J. Maillard; H. Girault 

Electrophoresis. 2012. Vol. 33, p. 3331 – 3338. DOI : 10.1002/elps.201200180.

Reclamation of low fertility soils using by-products and fast-growing trees

M. Adami 

2012.

PyroTRF-ID: a novel bioinformatics methodology for the affiliation of terminal-restriction fragments using 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing data

D. G. Weissbrodt; N. Shani; L. Sinclair; G. Lefebvre; P. Rossi et al. 

BMC Microbiology. 2012. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 306. DOI : 10.1186/1471-2180-12-306.

An unusual tandem-domain rhodanese harbouring two active sites identified in Desulfitobacterium hafniense

L. Prat; J. Maillard; E. Rohrbach-Brandt; C. Holliger 

Febs Journal. 2012. Vol. 279, p. 2754 – 2767. DOI : 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08660.x.

Intensity of Light Incident and Photoperiod of LED illumination based system on Scenedesmus vacuolatus growth

E. P. Gomes; O. Emery; M. Bagnoud-Velasquez; J-P. Schwitzguebel; C. Holliger et al. 

9th European Workshop on Biotechnology of Microalgae, Nuthetal, Germany, June 2-3, 2012.

Identification of parameters affecting the outcome of biochemical methane potential (BMP) tests

J. Stöckli 

2012.

Utilization of Silicate Minerals for pH Control during In Situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; C. Holliger; D. A. Barry 

The Eighth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, USA, May 21- 24,2012.

Inoculum origin and adaptation had no influence on biomethane potential results with different substrates

C. Holliger; N. Bachmann; H. Fruteau de Laclos; M. Deront; Y. Membrez et al. 

2012. Oral presentation at the IV International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, November 12-15, 2012.

Towards the sustainable cultivation of microalgae for the production of biofuels and added-value chemicals

J-P. Schwitzguebel; B. M. Butsch; G. Hack; C. Pfistner; C. Holliger 

Keynote lecture at the 27th Congress of the Phycological Society of Southern Africa, Qolora, South Africa, June 17-22, 2012.

Functional diversity of reductive dehalogenases in a bacterial consortium degrading chloroethenes

G. F. Buttet; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

SSM, Joint Annual Meeting 2012, St.Gallen, Switzerland, June 21-22, 2012.

Enzymatic Conversion of epsilon-Hexachlorocyclohexane and a Heptachlorocyclohexane Isomer, Two Neglected Components of Technical Hexachlorocyclohexane

K. Bala; B. Geueke; M. E. Miska; D. Rentsch; T. Poiger et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2012. Vol. 46, p. 4051 – 4058. DOI : 10.1021/es204143x.

The Physiological Opportunism of Desulfitobacterium hafniense Strain TCE1 towards Organohalide Respiration with Tetrachloroethene

A. Duret; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2012. Vol. 78, num. 17, p. 6121 – 6127. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.01221-12.

Metal accumulation and response of antioxidant enzymes in seedlings and adult sunflower mutants with improved metal removal traits on a metal-contaminated soil

E. Nehnevajova; L. Lyubenova; R. Herzig; P. Schröder; J-P. Schwitzguebel et al. 

Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2012. Vol. 76, p. 39 – 48. DOI : 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.10.005.

Bacterial Selection during the Formation of Early-Stage Aerobic Granules in Wastewater Treatment Systems Operated Under Wash-Out Dynamics

D. G. Weissbrodt; S. Lochmatter; S. Ebrahimi; P. Rossi; J. Maillard et al. 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2012. Vol. 3, p. 332. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00332.

Ecology and Biogeography of Bacterial Communities Associated with Chloroethene-Contaminated Aquifers

P. Rossi; N. Shani; F. Kohler; G. Imfeld; C. Holliger 

Frontiers in Microbiology. 2012. Vol. 3, p. 260. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00260.

Assessing the Bacterial Ecology of Organohalide Respiration for the Design of Bioremediation Strategies

N. Shani / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Accumulation of pollutants and plant wellness: bottleneck or key to a successful phytoremediation?

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

the 5th International Symposium on Biosorption and Bioremediation, Prague, Czech Republic, June 24-28, 2012.

The genome of Dehalobacter restrictus – high gene redundancy for a restricted metabolism

A. Rupakula; T. Kruse; H. Smidt; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

SSM, Joint Annual Meeting 2012, St.Gallen, Switzerland, June 21 – 22, 2012.

Functional diversity of reductive dehalogenases in a bacterial consortium degrading chloroethenes

G. F. Buttet; C. Holliger; J. Maillard 

The 6th Swiss Molecular Microbiology Meeting (SWIMM 2012), Villars-sur-Ollon, September 6th – 7th.

Sustainable production of microalgae for the production of biofuels and added-value chemicals

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

COST CM903 Meeting on Green Metrics, Lyon, France, February 2-3, 2012.

Microalgal carotenoid recovery in a biorefinery approach

E. P. Gomes; O. Emery; M. Bagnoud-Velasquez; J-P. Schwitzguebel; C. Holliger et al. 

3rd Workshop COST Action CM0903 “Utilization of biomass for fuel and chemicals (UBIOCHEM)”, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 1-3.

PyroTRF-ID: a novel bioinformatics approach for the identification of terminal-restriction fragments using microbiome pyrosequencing data

D. Weissbrodt; N. Shani; L. Sinclair; G. Lefebvre; P. Rossi et al. 

SSM, Joint Annual Meeting 2012, St.Gallen, Switzerland, June 21-22, 2012.

The corrinoid metabolism in desulfitobacterium hafniense – genetic and regulatory aspects

J. Maillard; P. Choudhary; E. Rohrbach; A. Duret; R. K. O. Sigel et al. 

The 6th Swiss Molecular Microbiology Meeting (SWIMM 2012), Villars-sur-Ollon, September 6th – 7th.

Is phytoremediation a sustainable and reliable approach to clean-up contaminated water and soil in Alpine areas?

J-P. Schwitzguebel; E. Comino; N. Plata; M. Khalvati 

Environmental Science And Pollution Research. 2011. Vol. 18, p. 842 – 856. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-011-0498-0.

Who will clean up the environment from polychlorinated biphenyls?

M. Praveckova; C. Holliger; M. Brennerova; T. Cajthaml; P. Rossi 

FEMS Microbiology Ecology : Ecology of Soil Microorganisms, Prague, Czech Republic, 27.4. – 1.5. 2011.

Anaerobic degradation of vinyl chloride in aquifer microcosms

T. H. M. Smits; A. Assal; D. Hunkeler; C. Holliger 

Journal of Environmental Quality. 2011. Vol. 40, num. 3, p. 915 – 922. DOI : 10.2134/jeq2010.0403.

Microbial diversity of aerobic granular sludge: Is it different from activated sludge?

D. Weissbrodt; M. K. H. Winkler; J. J. Barr 

IWA Biofilm Conference 2011, Shanghai, Chine, October 27-30, 2011.

The role of roots in the phytoextraction of bioavailable zinc

C. Pfistner 

2011.

Multi-parameter study on the start-up phase in aerobic granular sludge technology for wastewater treatment

M. Corbaz 

2011.

Significance of Rhodocyclaceae for the formation of aerobic granular sludge biofilms and nutrient removal from wastewater

D. Weissbrodt; S. Lochmatter; T. R. Neu; C. Holliger 

2011. Poster : IWA Biofilm Conference 2011, Shanghai, October 27-30, 2011. p. 106 – 107.

Effects of different soil amendments on phytoremediation from a cadmium and DDTs co-contaminated soil by Sedum alfredii (Cd hyperaccumulator) co-cropped with Ricinus communis (DDT accumulator)

P. Grandjean 

2011.

Reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene by a stepwise catalysis of different organohalide respiring bacteria and reductive dehalogenases

J. Maillard; M-P. Charnay; C. Regeard; E. Rohrbach-Brandt; K. Rouzeau-Szynalski et al. 

Biodegradation. 2011. Vol. 22, num. 5, p. 949 – 960. DOI : 10.1007/s10532-011-9454-4.

Optimisation des tests standardisés de digestibilité dans des réacteurs batch

N. Bachmann; M. Deront; H. Fruteau de Laclos; C. Holliger; Y. Membrez et al. 

2011

Effect of heterogeneity on enhanced reductive dechlorination: Analysis of remediation efficiency and groundwater acidification

A. Brovelli; E. Lacroix; C. Robinson; J. I. Gerhard; C. Holliger et al. 

AGU Fall meeting 2011, San Francisco, California, USA, December 5-9, 2011.

Accumulation of pollutants and plant wellness : Bottleneck or key to successful phytoremediation ?

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

First International Conference on Agri-Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Budapest, Hungary, September 20-22, 2011.

Nitrogen removal from digested manure in a simple one-stage process

V. Gomez; J. David; H. Fruteau de Laclos; J. Dovat; Y. Membrez et al. 

Water Science & Technology. 2011. Vol. 63, num. 9, p. 1991 – 1996. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2011.430.

Production of a thermostable fumarase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the bioconversion of fumarate to L-malate

C. Signorell 

2011.

The RdhT protein family: chaperoning bacterial organohalide respiration

J. Maillard; P. Genevaux; H. Christof 

7th European Workshop on Bacterial Respiratory Chain, Höör, Sweden, May 11-15, 2011.

Using Plants to Remove Foreign Compounds from Contaminated Water and Soil

J-P. Schwitzguebel; V. Page; S. Martins-Dias; L. C. Davies; G. Vasilyeva et al. 

Organic Xenobiotics and Plants: From Mode of Action to Ecophysiology; Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011. p. 149 – 189.

Dynamics of Microbial Community Structure of and Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal by Aerobic Granules Cultivated on Propionate or Acetate

G. Gonzalez-Gil; C. Holliger 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2011. Vol. 77, p. 8041 – 8051. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.05738-11.

Influence of pH on dehalogenating bacteria for bioremediation of chlorinated solvents

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

4th Swiss Microbial Ecology (SME) Meeting, Engelberg, Switzerland, February 2-4, 2011.

Accumulation and translocation capacity of As, Co, Cr and Pb by forage plants

E. Comino; S. Menegatti; A. Fiorucci; J. P. Schwitzguebel 

Agrochimica. 2011. Vol. 55, p. 105 – 115.

Redundancy and specificity of multiple Trigger Factor chaperones in Desulfitobacteria

J. Maillard; P. Genevaux; C. Holliger 

Microbiology. 2011. Vol. 157, p. 2410 – 2421. DOI : 10.1099/mic.0.050880-0.

Assainissement de la décharge de Colliare à Penthaz – Etude de variantes

G. Hack 

2011.

Frequent concomitant presence of Desulfitobacterium spp. and “Dehalococcoides” spp. in chloroethene-dechlorinating microbial communities

K. Rouzeau-Szynalski; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2011. Vol. 90, num. 1, p. 361 – 368. DOI : 10.1007/s00253-010-3042-0.

Utilization of silicate minerals for pH control during in situ bioremediation of chlorinated solvent

E. Lacroix; A. Brovelli; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

5 th European Bioremediation Conference, Chania, Crete, Greece, July, 4-7,2011.

Characterization of Groundwater Microbial Communities, Dechlorinating Bacteria, and In Situ Biodegradation of Chloroethenes Along a Vertical Gradient

G. Imfeld; H. Pieper; N. Shani; P. Rossi; M. Nikolausz et al. 

Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2011. Vol. 221, num. 1-4, p. 107 – 122. DOI : 10.1007/s11270-011-0774-0.

Evaluation of silicate minerals for acid neutralization during bioremediation of high concentrations of chlorinated ethenes

L. Gilbert 

2011.

Physiological adaptation of Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1 to tetrachloroethene respiration

L. Prat; J. Maillard; R. Grimaud; C. Holliger 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2011. Vol. 77, num. 11, p. 3853 – 3859. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.02471-10.

Supporting tetrachloroethene anaerobic respiration in Desulfitobacterium: genetic and biochemical perspectives

J. Maillard 

Minisymposium on Functional Genomics of Organohalide Respiring Bacteria, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June 1, 2010.

Successes and limitations of phytotechnologies at field scale: outcomes, assessment and outlook from COST Action 859

M. Mench; N. Lepp; V. Bert; J-P. Schwitzguébel; S. W. Gawronski et al. 

Journal of Soils and Sediments. 2010. Vol. 10, num. 6, p. 1039 – 1070. DOI : 10.1007/s11368-010-0190-x.

GENETIC INSTABILITY OF THE DEHALORESPIRATION PROCESS IN DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE STRAIN TCE1

J. Maillard; A. Duret; C. Holliger 

SOCIETE SUISSE DE MICROBIOLOGIE, 69 Annual Meeting, Zurich, Suisse, June, 24-25, 2010.

Survey of one-carbon metabolism in Desulfitobacteria

J. Maillard; L. Prat; C. Holliger 

Gordon Research conference on Molecultar Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism, Lewiston, Maine, UA, August 1-6, 2010.

Intrinsic GTPase activity of a bacterial twin-arginine translocation proofreading chaperone induced by domain swapping

D. Guymer; J. Maillard; M. F. Agacan; C. A. Brearley; F. Sargent 

FEBS Journal. 2010. Vol. 277, num. 2, p. 511 – 525. DOI : 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07507.x.

Bacterial life in a stagnant PCE-contaminated aquifer

N. Shani; P. Rossi; C. Holliger 

SSM, 69th Annual Assembly, Zurich, June 24-25, 2010.

wo-Phase Cultivation Techniques for Hydrocarbon-Degrading Organisms

L. Wick; C. Holliger 

Microbiology of Hydrocarbons, Oils, Lipids and Derived Compounds; Springer, 2010. p. 3919 – 3926.

The carbon source governs the population dynamics of phosphate accumulating organisms in aerobic granules

G. Gonzalez-Gil; S. Noll; S. Lochmatter; O. Zanoletti; C. Holliger 

SSM, 69th Assembly, Zurich, Switzerland, June 24-25, 2010.

From green to clean: a promising and sustainable approach towards environmental remediation

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

keynote lecture at International Symposium on Ecological Remediation of Environmental Pollution and Bioenergy Exploitation, Hangzhou, China, October 9-11, 2010.

Accumulation and detoxification of sulfonated aromatic compounds from dye and textile industries by different plant species

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

7th International Conference on Phytotechnologies, Parma, Italie, September 26-29, 2010.

Biochemistry of Microbial Degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane and Prospects for Bioremediation

R. Lal; P. Sharma; K. Kumari; S. Malhotra; G. Pandey et al. 

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 2010. Vol. 74, num. 1, p. 58 – 80. DOI : 10.1128/MMBR.00029-09.

WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs)?

M. Praveckova; C. Holliger; D. Alencastro; L. Felippe; P. Rossi 

SSM, 69th Annual Assembly, Zurich, June 24-25, 2010.

Enhanced biofuel production from microalgae by adding CO2 to stimulate lipid biosynthesis (biodiesel) and by hydrothermal processing (syngas)

J-P. Schwitzguebel; G. A. Haiduc; D. Pauli; F. Vogel; C. Ludwig 

3rd Algae World Asia Conference, Singapore, Singapore, October 19-20, 2010.

Influence of pH on dehalorespiring consortia & first steps in the development of a methodology for acid neutralization in enhanced in situ bioremediation

N. Munz 

2010.

Buffering soil-water acidity in chlorinated solvent bioremediation schemes

D. A. Barry; C. Robinson; E. Lacroix; C. Holliger; A. Brovelli 

2010. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 1-6, 2010. p. 27 – 30.

Plant accumulation of pollutants versus plant wellness: insoluble conundrum or key to a successful green clean-up?

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

keynote lecture at International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Clean Bio/Phytoremediation, Pisa, Italy, September, 16-19, 2010.

Purification & characterization of PceC protein involved in dehalorespiration by desulfitobacterium & dehalobacter

A. Rupakula; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

SSM, 69th Annual Assembly, Zurich, June 24-25, 2010.

Purification & characterization of PceC protein involved in Dehalorespiration by Desulfitobacterium & Dehalobacter spp

A. Rupakuka 

2010.

Buffering agent for pH control during in situ bioremediation of chlorinated solvent source zones

E. Lacroix; D. A. Barry; C. Holliger 

SGM Annual congress 2010, Zurich, June 24-25, 2010.

Acidophilic bacteria in Deep Groundwaters of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin after Extensive Uranium Leaching

O. Korotkevych; A. Benakova; P. Rossi; M. V. Brennerova 

8th International Congress on Extremophiles, Azores, Portugal, 12-16 September 2010.

From green to clean: options for phytoremediation and phytoextraction of organic pollutants

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

3rd Alps Bio Cluster Event, Munich, Germany, February 3-4, 2010.

LES PLANTES DEPOLLUANTES : MYTHE OU REALITE ?

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Symposium sur l’Efficacité Energétique, les Energies Renouvelables et l’Environnement dans le Bâtiment, Yverdon-les-Bains, Suisse, November 24-26, 2010.

Performance and microbial community composition dynamics of aerobic granular sludge from sequencing batch bubble column reactors operated at 20, 30, and 35°

S. Ebrahimi; S. Gabus; E. Rohrbach-Brandt; M. Hosseini; P. Rossi et al. 

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2010. Vol. 87, p. 1555 – 1568. DOI : 10.1007/s00253-010-2621-4.

PREDOMINANCE OF ZOOGLOEA SP. DURING AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE BIOFILMS DEVELOPMENT FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT

D. Weissbrodt; S. Gabus; S. Lochmatter; E. Rohrbach; P. Rossi et al. 

SSM, 69th Annual Assembly, Zurich, Switzerland, June, 24-25, 2010.

Bacterial communities associated with chloroethene–contaminated aquifers present both geographical isolation and strong correlations to local environmental variables

P. Rossi; N. Shani; F. Kohler; C. Holliger 

Symposium on Soil Metagenomics, Braunschweig, Germany, December 8-10, 2010.

Biofuel production from microalgae by hydrothermal processing

J-P. Schwitzguebel; G. A. Haiduc; F. Vogel; R. Bernier-Latmani; C. Ludwig 

UBIOCHEM 1 : Utilisation of biomass for fuels and chemicals, Cordoba, Spain, May 13-15, 2010.

MICROBIAL AND BIOMOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY OF AEROBIC GRANULES WITHIN A SINGLE BIOREACTOR ?

S. Lochmatter; D. Weissbrodt; H. Christof 

SSM, 69th Annual Assembly, Zurich, June 24-25, 2010.

Maturation and Export of the Corrinoid-Containing Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase

C. Holliger; A. Duret; J. Maillard; L. Prat 

Gordon Research Conference on Corrinoids, Oxford, England, August 2-6, 2009.

Dualities in plant tolerance to pollutants and their uptake and translocation to the upper plant parts

J. A. Verkleij; A. Golan-Goldhirsh; D. M. Antosiewisz; J-P. Schwitzguébel; P. Schröder 

Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2009. Vol. 67, p. 10 – 22. DOI : 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.05.009.

Increased tolerance of sunflower mutant seedlings to Cd and Zn in hydroponic culture

E. NEHNEVAJOVA; T. SCHMüLLING; T. HERZIG; J-P. SCHWITZGUEBEL 

Agrochimica. 2009. Vol. LIII, num. 4, p. 353 – 366.

From green to clean: a promising and sustainable approach to remove toxic metals from contaminated soils

J-P. Schwitzguebel 

MARCO Symposium 2009 – Challenges for Agro-Environmental Research in Monsoon Asia, Tsukuba, Japan, October 5-7, 2009.

Méthodologie d’évaluation des facteurs de succès et d’échec des stations de traitement des eaux usées et des boues de vidange à grande échelle – A methodology to evaluate succes or failure of full-scale wasterwater and faecal sludge treatment systems

M. Bassan 

2009.

Advantages and limits of co-digestion in wastewater treatment plants – comparison to co-digestion in agriculture

N. Bachmann 

2009.

Comparison of the denitrification potential of aerobic granules cultivated with acetate and propionate

S. Lochmatter; G. Gonzalez-Gil; D. Weissbrodt; C. Holliger 

2009. Poster : Biofilm 2009, Davis, Californie, USA, September 13-16, 2009.

Molecular and biochemical aspects of the chloroethene dehalorespiration process

C. Holliger; A. Duret; J. Maillard; L. Prat 

Eawag Seminar Series in Environmental Microbiology, Dübendorf, Switzerland, October 20, 2009.

Detection and Quantification of Bacteria Involved in Aerobic and Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation in an Ammonium-Contaminated Aquifer

T. H. M. Smits; A. Hüttmann; D. N. Lerner; C. Holliger 

Bioremediation Journal. 2009. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 41 – 51. DOI : 10.1080/10889860802690562.

Influence of environmental factors on the structures of bacterial communities in a chloroethene – contaminated aquifer

N. SHANI; P. ROSSI; C. HOLLIGER 

Goldschmidt 2009, Davos, June 21-26, 2009.

A genetic analysis of in vivo selenate reduction by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 and Escherichia coli K12

D. Guymer; J. Maillard; F. Sargent 

Archives of microbiology. 2009. Vol. 191, num. 6, p. 519 – 28. DOI : 10.1007/s00203-009-0478-7.

N-removal optimization by various aeration strategies

S. Taillard 

2009.

Influence of Mass-Transfer Limitations on Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Microbial Dechlorination of Trichloroethene

C. Aeppli; M. Berg; O. A. Cirpka; C. Holliger; R. P. Schwarzenbach et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2009. Vol. 43, num. 23, p. 8813 – 8820. DOI : 10.1021/es901481b.

Phyto 2009 – The Final International Conference on “Phytotechnologies to promote sustainable land use and improve food safety”

J-P. Schwitzguebel; S. Gupta; R. Schulin; P. Demaria 

2009. Phyto 2009 – COST Action 859 Final Conference on.

Microbial community evolution in a marine shore porphyry tailings deposit throughout wetland remediation

N. Diaby; P. Rossi; B. Dold; C. Holliger 

FEMS, 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 28 – July 2, 2009.

Proposal of biostimulation for hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-decontamination and characterization of culturable bacterial community from high-dose point HCH-contaminated soils

M. Dadhwal; A. Singh; O. Prakash; S. Gupta; K. Kumari et al. 

Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2009. Vol. 106, num. 2, p. 381 – 392. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03982.x.

Elaboration d’outils pour l’investigation et l’assainissement des stands de tirs

B. Chappuis 

2009.

THE CHOICE OF INOCULUM IS KEY FOR THE FORMATION OF DENSE FAST-SETTLING AEROBIC GRANULAR SLUDGE

D. Weissbrodt; S. Gabus; S. Ebrahimi; S. Lochmatter; E. Rohrbach et al. 

SSM Congrès annuel 2009, Lausanne, June 4-5, 2009.

THE TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCATION PATHWAY IN THE OBLIGATE ANAEROBE DESULFITOBACTERIUM

J. Maillard; A. Duret; E. Rohrbach; F. Sargent; C. Holliger 

SSM annual congress, Lausanne, June 4-5, 2009.

DENITRIFYING PAO AND GAO IN AEROBIC GRANULAR BIOFILM CULTIVATED WITH ACETATE AND PROPIONATE

S. Lochmatter; D. Weissbrodt; G. Gonzalez-Gil; C. Holliger 

SSM Annual Assembly, Lausanne, June 04-05 2009.

From green to clean: a promising and sustainable approach towards environmental remediation and human health for the 21st century

J-P. Schwitzguébel; J. Kumpiene; E. Cominto; T. Vanek 

Agrochimica. 2009. Vol. LIII, num. 4, p. 209 – 237.

B12-BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE TETRACHLOROETHENE-RESPIRING OBLIGATE ANAEROBE DESULFITOBACTERIUM

A. Duret; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

68th Annual Assembly of the SSM, Lausanne, June 4-5, 2009.

TsrE: a sulfur-transferase involved in various anaerobic respiration pathways ?

L. Prat; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

EMBO Workshop on Microbial Sulfur Metabolisme (WMSM 2009), Tomar, Portual, Mars 15-18 2009.

Assessment of successful experiments and limitations of phytotechnologies: contaminant uptake, detoxification and sequestration, and consequences for food safety

M. Mench; J-P. Schwitzguebel; P. Schroeder; V. Bert; S. Gawronski et al. 

Environmental Science And Pollution Research. 2009. Vol. 16, p. 876 – 900. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-009-0252-z.

Comparative study of environmental impacts of imported organic products and regional conventional products – Geneva’s case

F. Escalera 

2009.

Identification and characterization of proteins supporting dehalorespiration in Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1

L. Prat / C. Holliger; J. Maillard (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Stability of enhanced yield and metal uptake by sunflower mutants for improved phytoremediation

E. Nehnevajova; R. Herzig; C. Bourigault; S. Bangerter; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

International Journal of Phytoremediation. 2009. Vol. 11, p. 329 – 346. DOI : 10.1080/15226510802565394.

Bioprocédés intégrés et innovateurs pour la dépollution des eaux

C. Holliger 

2e Symposium International sur les Biotechnologies environnementales, El Jadida, Marocco, December 14-15, 2009.

Phytotechnologies to promote sustainable land use and improve food safety: outcomes and outlook from the European COST Action 859

J-P. Schwitzguebel; P. Schroeder 

Environmental Science And Pollution Research. 2009. Vol. 16, p. 743 – 744. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-009-0242-1.

The role of cytochromes P450 and peroxidases in the detoxification of sulphonated anthraquinones by rhubarb and common sorrel plants cultivated under hydroponic conditions

V. Page; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2009. Vol. 16, num. 7, p. 805 – 816. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-009-0197-2.

BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN A CONTAMINATED AQUIFER: INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES

N. Shani; P. Rossi; C. Holliger 

SSM Annual Assembly 2009, Lausanne, June 4-5, 2009.

Biogeography and spatial variability of bacterial communities associated with chloroethene – contaminated aquifers

P. Rossi; N. Shani; F. Gillet; C. Holliger 

FEMS, 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 28-July 2, 2009.

Metabolism of sulphonated anthraquinones in rhubarb, maize and celery: the role of cytochromes P450 and peroxidases

V. Page; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Plant Cell Reports. 2009. Vol. 28, num. 11, p. 1725 – 1735. DOI : 10.1007/s00299-009-0772-5.

Fuel bioethanol production from whey permeate

F-N. d. Glutz / C. Holliger; I. W. Marison (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. 

Mass Flows of X-ray Contrast Media and Cytostatics in Hospital Wastewater

D. Weissbrodt; L. Kovalova; C. Ort; V. Pazhepurackel; R. Moser et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2009. Vol. 43, num. 13, p. 4810 – 4817. DOI : 10.1021/es8036725.

The choice of inoculum is key for aerobic granular sludge process development

D. Weissbrodt; S. Gabus; S. Lochmatter; E. Rohrbach; P. Rossi et al. 

Oral presentation : IWA Biofilms Conference, Davis, USA, September 13-16 2009.

BIOGEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CHLOROETHENE – CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS

P. Rossi; N. Shani; F. Gillet; C. Holliger 

68th Annual Assembly of SSM, UNIL, Lausanne, June 04-05, 2009.

Study of the microbial communities of core and water samples in a chloroethenes contaminated aquifer

G. Laulan 

2009.

Accumulation and transoformation of sulfonated aromatic compounds by higher plants – toward the phytotreatment of wastewater from dye and textile industries

J-P. Schwitzguébel; S. Braillard; V. Page; S. Aubert 

Sulfur assimilation and abiotic stress in plants; Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2008. p. 335 – 354.

Développement et validation de l’extraction in situ d’éthanol sur culture mixte à partir de perméat de petit-lait

M. Hugonnet 

2008.

New Metabolites in the Degradation of α- and γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH): Pentachlorocyclohexenes Are Hydroxylated to Cyclohexenols and Cyclohexenediols by the Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium indicum B90A

V. Raina; D. Rentsch; T. Geiger; P. Sharma; H. R. Buser et al. 

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2008. Vol. 56, num. 15, p. 6594 – 6603. DOI : 10.1021/jf800465q.

LCA and contaminated sites

F. Gambazzi 

2008.

Transport of methane and noble gases during gas push−pull tests in variably saturated porous media

K. Gomez; G. Gonzalez-Gil; M. Schroth; J. Zeyer 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2008. Vol. 42, p. 2515 – 2521. DOI : 10.1021/es072036y.

Diffusional and microbial isotope fractionation of methane during gas push–pull tests

G. Gonzalez-Gil; M. Schroth; K. Gomez; A. Papritz; J. Zeyer 

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2008. Vol. 72, p. 2115 – 2124. DOI : 10.1016/j.gca.2008.02.006.

The genus Dehalobacter

C. Holliger 

The Bergey’s Manual; Springer, 2008. p. 986 – 987..

Aerobic granular sludge reactor technology – Aerobic granulation with different substrates

S. Lochmatter 

2008.

Molecular and biochemical aspects of the chloroethene dehalorespiration process

C. Holliger; A. Duret; J. Maillard; L. Prat 

IUMS 2008: XII International Congress on Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey, August 5-9, 2008.

Aerobic granular sludge formation and performance at 30 and 35°C in sequencing batch bubble-column reactors

C. Holliger; S. Gabus; S. Ebrahimi; M. Hosseini; G. Gonzalez-Gil 

IWA Biofilm Technologies Conference, Singapore, January 8-10, 2008.

Microbial processes in aerobic granules – can we use them to treat wastewater more efficiently?

S. Lochmatter; G. Gonzalez-Gil; C. Holliger 

67th Annual Assembly of the Swiss Society of Microbiology (SSM), Interlaken, Switzerland, June 12-13, 2008.

Influences des variables géologiques sur la structure de communautés bactériennes impliquées dans la déhalogenation réductrice des éthènes chlores dans un aquifère contaminé

R. Coulon 

2008.

Enhanced biodegradation of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) in contaminated soils via inoculation with Sphingobium indicum B90A

V. Raina; M. Suar; A. Singh; O. Prakash; M. Dadhwal et al. 

Biodegradation. 2008. Vol. 19, num. 1, p. 27 – 40. DOI : 10.1007/s10532-007-9112-z.

Features of a twin-arginine signal peptide required for recognition by a Tat proofreading chaperone

G. Buchanan; J. Maillard; S. B. Nabuurs; D. J. Richardson; T. Palmer et al. 

FEBS Letters. 2008. Vol. 582, p. 3979 – 3984. DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.10.049.

Factors influencing photocatalytic drinking water detoxification and disinfection by suspended and fixed TiO2

D. Gumy / C. Pulgarin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. 

Hydroxylated Metabolites of β- and δ-Hexachlorocyclohexane: Bacterial Formation, Stereochemical Configuration, and Occurrence in Groundwater at a Former Production Site

V. Raina; A. Hauser; H-R. Buser; D. Rentsch; P. Sharma et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2007. Vol. 41, num. 12, p. 4292 – 4298. DOI : 10.1021/es062908g.

Cultivation-independent analysis reveals a shift in ciliate 18S rRNA gene diversity in a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-polluted soil

E. Lara; C. Berney; H. Harms; A. Chatzinotas 

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2007. Vol. 62, num. 3, p. 365 – 373. DOI : 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00387.x.

ESPR subject area 5 ‘Environmental Microbiology, (Bio)Technologies, Health Issues’

J-P. Schwitzguébel; H. Wang 

Environmental Science and Pollution Research – International. 2007. Vol. 14, num. 7, p. 450 – 451. DOI : 10.1065/espr2007.10.454.3.

ESPR subject area 5 ‘Environmental Microbiology, (Bio)Technologies, Health Issues’

J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Environmental Science and Pollution Research – International. 2007. Vol. 14, num. 7, p. 447 – 448. DOI : 10.1065/espr2007.10.454.1.

A Promising Technique to Increase Metal Concentration and Extraction in Sunflowers

E. Nehnevajova; R. Herzig; G. Federer; K-H. Erismann; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

International Journal of Phytoremediation. 2007. Vol. 9, num. 2, p. 149 – 165. DOI : 10.1080/15226510701232880.

Using plant phylogeny to predict detoxification of triazine herbicides

S. Vullioud-Marcacci; J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Phytoremediation; Totowa: Humana Press, 2007. p. 233 – 249.

Nitrogen removal from digested manure to decrease ammoniac emissions from agriculture

V. Gomez; J. David; J. Dovat; H. Fruteau de Laclos; Y. Membrez et al. 

IWA Workshop on Anaerobic Digestion in Mountain Area (and isolated rural zones), Chambéry, France, June 5-7, 2007.

In vitro breeding of Brassica juncea L. to enhance metal accumulation and extraction properties

E. Nehnevajova; R. Herzig; K-H. Erismann; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Plant Cell Reports. 2007. Vol. 26, p. 429 – 437. DOI : 10.1007/s00299-006-0264-9.

Activation of the heat shock response in plants by chlorophenols: transgenic Physcomitrella patens as a sensitive biosensor for organic pollutants

Y. Saidi; M. Domini; C. Fleur; J-P. Zryd; J-P. Schwitzguébel et al. 

Plant, Cell and Environment. 2007. Vol. 30, num. 6, p. 753 – 763. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01664.x.

Influence of temperature and high acetate concentrations on methanogenensis in lake sediment slurries

A. N. Nozhevnikova; V. Nekrasova; A. Ammann; A. J. B. Zehnder; B. Wehrli et al. 

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2007. Vol. 62, p. 336 – 344. DOI : 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00389.x.

The impact of Co and Ni speciation on methanogenesis in sulfidic media – Biouptake versus metal dissolution

S. Jansen; G. Gonzalez-Gil; H. van Leeuwen 

Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 2007. Vol. 40, p. 823 – 830. DOI : 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.06.019.

Transport of methane and noble gases during gas push-pull tests in dry porous media

G. Gonzalez-Gil; M. Schroth; J. Zeyer 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2007. Vol. 41, p. 3262 – 3268. DOI : 10.1021/es0618752.

Structural diversity in twin-arginine signal peptide-binding proteins

J. Maillard; C. A. Spronk; G. Buchanan; V. Lyall; D. J. Richardson et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2007. Vol. 104, num. 40, p. 15641 – 15646. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0703967104.

Développement d’un concept combiné de production de biogaz et d’élimination de l’ammoniac appliqué aux affluents agricoles

H. Fruteau; Y. Membrez; J. Dovat; J. Villegas; C. Holliger 

2007

Mass production of bacterial communities adapted to the degradation of volatile organic compounds (TEX)

M. Lapertot; C. Seignez; S. Ebrahimi; S. Delorme; P. Peringer 

Biodegradation. 2007. Vol. 18, num. 3, p. 343 – 350. DOI : 10.1007/s10532-006-9068-4.

Microbial communities in a porphyry copper tailings impoundment and their impact on the geochemical dynamics of the mine waste

N. Diaby; B. Dold; H-R. Pfeifer; C. Holliger; B. Johnson et al. 

Environmental Microbiology. 2007. Vol. 9, num. 2, p. 298 – 307. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01138.x.

Reductive dechlorination: result of horizontal gene transfer and common effort of different populations ?

C. Holliger 

International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Leipzig, Germany, July 9-13, 2006.

Mécanismes d’action du TiO2 illuminé sur Escherichia Coli

G. Gogniat / C. Pulgarin; S. Dukan (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. 

Pesticides Removal Using Plants: Phytodegradation Versus Phytostimulation

J-P. Schwitzguébel; J. Meyer; P. Kidd 

Phytoremediation Rhizoremediation; Springer Netherlands, 2006. p. 179 – 198.

Metabolism of lactose by Clostridium themolacticum growing in continuous culture

C. Collet; L. Girbal; P. Péringer; J-P. Schwitzguébel; P. Soucaille 

Archives of Microbiology. 2006. Vol. 185, num. 5, p. 331 – 339. DOI : 10.1007/s00203-006-0098-4.

Hydrogenases of the dehalorespiring bacterium Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1

B. Zen-Ruffinen / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. 

Aerobic granular sludge reactor technology Microbial diversity of aerobic granules

D. Weissbrodt 

2006.

Catalytic activity of commercial of TiO2 powders for the abatement of the bacteria (E. coli) under solar simulated light: Influence of the isoelectric point

D. Gumy; C. Morais; P. Bowen; C. Pulgarin; S. Giraldo et al. 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2006. Vol. 63, num. 1-2, p. 76 – 84. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2005.09.013.

Aerobic granular sludge reactor technology Aerobic granulation in bubble column reactor at unregulated temperature

S. Gabus 

2006.

Conjugation of atrazine in vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides Nash) grown in hydroponics

S. Vullioud-Marcacci; M. Raveton; P. Ravanel; J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2006. Vol. 56, num. 2, p. 205 – 215. DOI : 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.02.004.

Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB is responsible for β- and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane transoformation in sphingobium indicum B90A

P. Sharma; V. Raina; R. Kumari; S. Malhotra; C. Dogra et al. 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2006. Vol. 72, num. 9, p. 5720 – 5727. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.00192-06.

A strategy for xenobiotic removal using photocatalytic treatment, microbial degradation or integrated photocatalytic-biological process

M. Lapertot / C. Pulgarin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. 

Antibacterial textiles prepared by deposition of silver

J. Kiwi; T. Yuranova; A. G. Rincon 

2005. Hygienic Coatings + Surfaces, Paris, 16-17 March 2005.

The influence of Ti02 physico chemical characteristics in photocatalytic water disinfection

D. Gumy; C. Morais; P. Bowen; R. Hajdu; S. Giraldo et al. 

ECOR 2, The Second European conference on Oxidation and reduction technologies for ex-situ and in-situ treatment of water, air and soil, Göttingen, Germany, June 12-15, 2005.

New helio-photocatalytic-photovoltaic hybrid system for simultaneous water decontamination and solar energy conversion

V. Sarria; S. Kenfack; S. Malato; J. Blanco; C. Pulgarin 

Solar Energy. 2005. Vol. 79, num. 4, p. 353 – 359. DOI : 10.1016/j.solener.2005.02.022.

Optimizing the solar photo-fenton process in the treatment of contaminated water. Determination of intrinsic kinetic constants for scale-up

M. Rodriguez; S. Malato; C. Pulgarin; S. Contreras; D. Curcó et al. 

Solar Energy. 2005. Vol. 79, num. 4, p. 360 – 368. DOI : 10.1016/j.solener.2005.02.024.

Use of coaxial photocatalytic reactor (CAPHORE) in the TiO2 photo-assisted treatment of mixed E-coli and Bacillus sp and bacterial community present in wastewater

A. G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

Catalysis Today. 2005. Vol. 101, num. 3-4, p. 331 – 344. DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2005.03.022.

Screening of sunflower cultivars for metal phytoextraction in a contaminated field prior to mutagenesis

E. Nehnevajova; R. Herzig; G. Federer; K-H. Erismann; J. Schwitzguebel 

International Journal of Phytoremediation. 2005. Vol. 7, num. 4, p. 337 – 349. DOI : 10.1080/16226510500327210.

Indications for the acquisition of reductive dehalogenase genes by horizontal gene transfer

C. Holliger; J. Maillard; C. Regeard 

Gordon Research Conference on Corrinoids, Oxford, England, September 18-23, 2005.

Non-GMO approach for the improvement of heavy metal accumulation and extraction of high yielding crop species for efficient phytoextraction of contaminated soil

E. Nehnevajova / J-P. Schwitzguébel; R. Herzig (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. 

Solar disinfection of water by photocatalytic processes : physico-chemical and biological aspects

A-G. Rincón Benavides / C. Pulgarin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. 

Indication for horizontal transfer of reductive dehalogenase genes

C. Holliger; J. Maillard; C. Regeard; C. Dufraigne; P. Deschavannes 

BAGECO 8, Lyon, France, June 26-29, 2005.

Isolation and characterization of Tn-Dha1, a transposon containing the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1

J. Maillard; C. Regeard; C. Holliger 

Environmental Microbiology. 2005. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. 107 – 117. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00671.x.

Reductive dechlorination of chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons in sewage sludge and aquifer sediment microcosms

C. Balsiger; C. Holliger; P. Höhener 

Chemosphere. 2005. Vol. 61, num. 3, p. 361 – 373. DOI : 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.087.

Molecular analysis of the biodiversity of protists in hydrocarbon-polluted and pristine soils

E. Lara / C. Holliger; H. Harms (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. 

Mode of action of TiO2 in photocatalytic bacterial disinfection of water: Role of bacterial adsorption on calalyst

G. Gogniat; M. Thyssen; C. Pulgarin; S. Dukan 

2005. 64th Annual Assembly of the SSM, UNIL Mail, Geneva, March 31-April 1, 2005.

The possible role of hydroxylation in the detoxification of atrazine in mature vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides nash) grown in hydroponics

S. Vullioud-Marcacci; M. Raveton; P. Ravanel; J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C – A Journal of Biosciences. 2005. Vol. 60, num. 5-6, p. 427 – 434. DOI : 10.1515/znc-2005-5-611.

Influence of nematodes grazing bacteria on biomass growth in a biotrickling filter treating chlorobenzenes

C. Seignez; C. Holliger 

Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control, Coruna, Espagne, October 5-7 2005.

Metal accumulation and metabolism in higher plants: potential for phytoremediation

J-P. Schwitzguébel; E. Nehnevajova; G. Federer; R. Herzig 

Soil and sediment remediation; IWA Publishing, London UK, 2005. p. 289 – 309.

Supported Fe/C and Fe/Nafion/C catalysts for the photo-Fenton degradation of Orange II under solar irradiation

D. Gumy; P. Fernandez-Ibanez; S. Malato; C. Pulgarin; O. Enea et al. 

Catalysis Today. 2005. Vol. 101, num. 3-4, p. 375 – 382. DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2005.03.036.

Water disinfection by solar TiO2 mediated photocatlaysis: influence of biological and physico-chemical parameters

A-G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

2005. 8th Intern. Conference on Solar energy and applied photochemistry SOLAR 05, combined with 5th Intern. Workshop on Environmental photochemistry Enpho 05, Luxor, Egypt, 20-25 February 2005.

Indications for acquisition of reductive dehalogenase genes through horizontal gene transfer by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195

C. Regeard; J. Maillard; C. Dufraigne; P. Deschavanne; C. Holliger 

Applied And Environmental Microbiology. 2005. Vol. 71, num. 6, p. 2955 – 2961. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.71.6.2955-2961.2005.

Acetate production from lactose by Clostridium thermolacticum and hydrogen-scavenging microorganisms in continuous culture – Effect of hydrogen partial pressure

C. Collet; O. Gaudard; P. Peringer; J. P. Schwitzguebel 

Journal Of Biotechnology. 2005. Vol. 118, num. 3, p. 328 – 338. DOI : 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.05.011.

Enantioselective transformation of α-hexachlorocyclohexane by the dehydrochlorinases LinA1 and LinA2 from the soil bacterium Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A

M. Suar; A. Hauser; T. Poiger; H-R. Buser; M. D. Müller et al. 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2005. Vol. 71, num. 12, p. 8514 – 8518. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8514-8518.2005.

Dynamics of E. coli membrane cell peroxidation during TiO2 photocatalysis studies by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and AFM microscopy

V. Nedtochenko; A-G. Rincon; S. Stanca; J. Kiwi 

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. 2005. Vol. A Chemistry, num. 169, p. 131 – 137. DOI : 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2004.06.011.

Hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A, UT26 and Sp+, having similar lin genes, represent three distinct species, Sphingobium indicum sp. nov., Sphingobium japonicum sp. nov. and Sphingobium francense sp. nov., and reclassification of [Sphingomonas] chungbukensis as Sphingobium chungbukense comb. nov.

R. Pal; S. Bala; M. Dadhwal; M. Kumar; G. Dhingra et al. 

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2005. Vol. 55, num. 5, p. 1965 – 1972. DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.63201-0.

Development of a real-time PCR method for quantification of the three genera Dehalobacter, Dehalococcoides, and Desulfitobacterium in microbial communities

T. H. M. Smits; C. Devenoges; K. Szynalski; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Journal Of Microbiological Methods. 2004. Vol. 57, num. 3, p. 369 – 378. DOI : 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.02.003.

Bactericidal action of illuminated TiO2 on pure Escherichia coli and natural bacterial consortia: post-irradiation events in the dark and assessment of the effective disinfection time

A. G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2004. Vol. 49, num. 2, p. 99 – 112. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2003.11.013.

Lindane and Technical HCH Residues in Indian Soils and Sediments: A Critical Appraisal

A. Courdouan; S. Vullioud-Marcacci; S. Gupta; J-P. Schwitzguebel 

Journal of Soils and Sediments. 2004. Vol. 4, num. 3, p. 192 – 196. DOI : 10.1007/BF02991140.

Hydrogen metabolism and transfer in acetate production from lactose by anaerobic thermophilic bacteria

C. Collet / P. Péringer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. 

Dynamics of multiple lin gene expression in Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A in response to different hexachlorocyclohexane isomers

M. Suar; J. R. van der Meer; M. Lawlor; C. Holliger; R. Lal 

Applied And Environmental Microbiology. 2004. Vol. 70, num. 11, p. 6650 – 6656. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6650-6656.2004.

Effect of biological parameters on the bacterial inactivation by TIO2 photocatalysis: Post-irradiation events in the dark and assessment of the effective disinfection time

A. G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

Coupled Advanced Oxidation and Biodegradation

V. Sarria; C. Pulgarin 

Fate of volatile fluorinated compounds in the subsurface

C. Balsiger / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. 

Molekulare Detektion von Chlorethen-dechlorierenden Bakterien und Enzymen in Umweltproben und Mikrokosmen

C. Holliger 

DECHEMA Tagung des Interdisziplinären Arbeitskreises “Umweltbiotechnologie-Boden”, Frankfurt, Germany, February, 26-27, 2004.

Supported Fe/C and Fe/Nafion/C catalysts for the photo-Fenton degradation of orange II under solar radiation

P. Fernandez; S. Malato; D. Gumy; C. Pulgarin; O. Enea et al. 

SPEA3, 3rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Application, Barcelona, Spain, 30 June – 2 July 2004.

Molecular characterization of key enzymes involved in dehalorespiration with tetrachloroethene

J. Maillard / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. 

Coût du traitement photo-fenton sous irradiation solaire des polluants bio récalcitrants au moyen de catalyseurs supportés

D. Gumy; C. Pulgarin; P. Fernandez; S. Malato; O. Enea 

Organization of lin genes and IS6100 among different strains of hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis: Evidence for horizontal gene transfer

C. Dogra; V. Raina; R. Pal; M. Suar; S. Lal et al. 

Journal of Bacteriology. 2004. Vol. 186, num. 8, p. 2225 – 2235. DOI : 10.1128/JB.186.8.2225-2235.2004.

Steady-state and transient-state performance of a biotrickling filter treating chlorobenzene-containing waste gas

C. Seignez; N. Adler; C. Thoeni; M. Stettler; P. Peringer et al. 

Applied Microbiology And Biotechnology. 2004. Vol. 65, num. 1, p. 33 – 37. DOI : 10.1007/s00253-003-1531-0.

Photo-Fendon Degradation of Model Pollutants on Fe/C and Fe/Nafion/C supported Catalysts under Solar Radiation

D. Gumy; C. Pulgarin; J. Kiwi; P. Fernandez; L. Pérez et al. 

The Improving Human Potential Programme. Access to Research Infrastructure Activity. Plataforma Solar de Almeria; CIEMAT, Madrid, 2004. p. 61 – 67.

Assessment of microbial community changes and limiting factors during bioremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soil with new miniaturized physiological methods

K. Kaufmann / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. 

Field solar E-coli inactivation in the absence and presence of TiO2: is UV solar dose an appropriate parameter for standardization of water solar disinfection?

A. G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

Solar Energy. 2004. Vol. 77, num. 5, p. 635 – 648. DOI : 10.1016/j.solener.2004.08.002.

Valorisation des tourteaux de presse de graines oléagineuses dans le but de décontaminer l’eau chargée en polluants hydrophobes

L. Steiner 

2004.

Photo-Fenton degradation of model pollutants on FE/C and FE/NAFION/C supported catalysts under solar radiation

D. Gumy; C. Pulgarin; J. Kiwi; P. Fernandez; L. Pérez et al. 

The improving human potential programme. Access to research infrastructures activity; Madrid: Editorial CIEMAT, 2004. p. 61 – 67.

Effect of pH, inorganic ions, organic matter and H2O2 on E-coli K12 photocatalytic inactivation by TiO2 – Implications in solar water disinfection

A. G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2004. Vol. 51, num. 4, p. 283 – 302. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2004.03.007.

Dehalogenation by anaerobic bacteria

C. Holliger; C. Regeard; G. Diekert 

Dehalogenation: Microbial processes and environmental applications; Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2004. p. 115 – 157.

Mechanism and dynamics of E. coli abatement mediated by TiO2 photocatalysis leading to cell lysis. Process energetics

V. Nadtochenko; A. Rincon; C. Pulgarin; J. Kiwi 

Screening of plant species for the phytotreatment of wastewater containing sulphonated anthraquinones

S. Aubert; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Water Research. 2004. Vol. 38, num. 16, p. 3569 – 3575. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.057.

The Use of Plants for Remediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils

A. Vassilev; J-P. Schwitzguébel; T. Thewys; D. Van der Lelie; J. Vangronsveld 

The Scientific World Journal. 2004. Vol. 4, p. 637619. DOI : 10.1100/tsw.2004.2.

Potential of Phytoremediation, an Emerging Green Technology: European Trends and Outlook

J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. 2004. Vol. B70, num. 1, p. 131 – 152.

Solar disinfection of water containing E. Coli in absence and presence of TiO2: Pilot plant studies in Switzerland

A-G. Rincon; D. Gumy; C. Pulgarin 

Congrès GECAT 2004, Ambleteuse, France, 10 au 13 mai 2004.

A phytoremediation approach to remove pesticides (atrazine and lindane) from contaminated environment

S. Marcacci / J-P. Schwitzguébel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. 

New helio-photocatalytic/photovoltaic hybrid system for simultaneous water decontamination and solar energy conversion

V. Sarria; S. Kenfack; S. Malato; J. Blanco; C. Pulgarin 

Solar degradation of 5-amino-6-methyl-2-benzimidazolone by TiO2 and iron(III) catalyst with H2O2 and O-2 as electron acceptors

V. Sarria; P. Peringer; J. Caceres; J. Blanco; S. Malato et al. 

Energy. 2004. Vol. 29, num. 5-6, p. 853 – 860. DOI : 10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00190-7.

Solar water disinfection in a pilot plant in Lausanne-Switzerland: Comparative evaluation of TiO2 and Fe+3 photoassisted processes

A-G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

2004. 12th Intern. Symposium Solar power and chemical energy systems, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 6-8, 2004.

Development of degenerate and specific PCR primers for the detection and isolation of known and putative chloroethene reductive dehalogenase genes

C. Regeard; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

Journal Of Microbiological Methods. 2004. Vol. 56, num. 1, p. 107 – 118. DOI : 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.09.019.

Evolution of toxicity during melamine photocatalysis with TiO2 suspensions

A. Bozzi; M. Dhananjeyan; I. Guasaquillo; S. Parra; C. Pulgarin et al. 

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry. 2004. Vol. 162, num. 1, p. 179 – 185. DOI : 10.1016/S1010-6030(03)00352-6.

Hydrogen production by Clostridium thermolacticum during continuous fermentation of lactose

C. Collet; N. Adler; J. P. Schwitzguebel; P. Peringer 

International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy. 2004. Vol. 29, num. 14, p. 1479 – 1485. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2004.02.009.

Ecophysiology and molecular identification of microbial populations involved in the reductive dechlorination of chloroethenes

K. Szynalski / C. Holliger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. 

Biogas reactor performance and methanogenic microbial community shifts due to a sudden change of the substrate composition

C. Holliger; E. Büeler; E. Rohrbach; M. Deront 

Phytoremediation Inventory

T. Vanek; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

COST Action 837 View; Vanek & Schwitzguébel, 2003.

Structural properties and photoreactivity relationships of substituted phenols in TiO2 suspensions

S. Parra; J. Olivero; L. Pacheco; C. Pulgarin 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2003. Vol. 43, num. 3, p. 293 – 301. DOI : 10.1016/S0926-3373(02)00324-7.

Accumulation and transformation of sulphonated anthraquinones by higher plants : a first step towards the phytotreatment of wastewater from dye and textile industry

S. Aubert / J-P. Schwitzguébel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. 

Detection of the activity of specific tetrachlorethene-dechlorinating bacteria in environmental samples

T. H. M. Smits; C. Delbès; J. Maillard; K. Szynalski; M. Gaillard et al. 

Joint Annual Meeting, Swiss Society for Microbiology, Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases, Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, SSID, Basel, 6-7 March 2003.

Kann molekulare Detektion von spezifischen Bakterien- und Enzymsequenzen helfen Grundwasserleiter zu sanieren?

C. Holliger; C. Regeard; T. Smits; K. Szynalski; B. Zen-Ruffinen 

Characterization of the corrinoid iron-sulfur protein tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Dehalobacter restrictus

J. Maillard; W. Schumacher; F. Vazquez; C. Regeard; W. R. Hagen et al. 

Applied And Environmental Microbiology. 2003. Vol. 69, num. 8, p. 4628 – 4638. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4628-4638.2003.

Performance of a biotrickling filter treating a chlorobenzene-contaminated waste gas

C. Seignez; C. Thöni; M. Stettler; P. Péringer; C. Holliger 

Acetate and methane production from lactose by a consortium of three anaerobic thermophilic microorganisms

C. Collet; J-P. Schwitzguébel; P. Péringer 

Evidence for the Existence of Psychrophilic Methanogenic Communities in Anoxic Sediments of Deep Lakes

A. N. Nozhevnikova; K. Zepp; F. Vazquez; J. B. Zehnder; C. Holliger 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2003. Vol. 69, num. 3, p. 1832 – 1835. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1832-1835.2003.

An innovative coupled solar-biological system at field pilot scale for the treatment of biorecalcitrant pollutants

V. Sarria; S. Kenfack; O. Guillod; C. Pulgarin 

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2003. Vol. 159, num. 1, p. 89 – 99. DOI : 10.1016/S1010-6030(03)00105-9.

Mineralization of phenol by means of solar photo-phenton treatment: Influence of different types of reactors

M. Rodriguez; S. Malato; J. Giménez; D. Curco; S. Contreras et al. 

4th European Congress of Chemical Engineering “Chemical Engineering, a Tool for Progess”, Granada, Spain, 21-25 September 2003.

Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) to assess the bioremediation potential of tetrachloroethene-contaminated sites

C. Regeard; C. Holliger 

Green Plants for Wastewater Treatment: European Approaches and Trends

J-P. Schwitzguébel 

U.S. EPA International Applied Phytotechnologies Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 3-5, 2003.

Improvement of acetate production from lactose by growing Clostridium thermolacticum in mixed batch culture

C. Collet; J. P. Schwitzguebel; P. Peringer 

Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2003. Vol. 95, num. 4, p. 824 – 831. DOI : 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02060.x.

Cloning of Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases from Comamonas, Xanthobacter and Thodococcus using polymerase chain reaction with highly degenerate primers

J. B. van Beilen; F. Mouriane; M. A. Seeger; J. Kovac; Z. Li et al. 

Environmental Microbiology. 2003. Vol. 5, num. 3, p. 174 – 182. DOI : 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00401.x.

Testing the interactive potential of plants and rhizosperic bacteria for the phytoremediation of lindane

J-P. Schwitzguebel; A. Courdouan; S. Vullioud-Marcacci; K. Paknikar 

Achievements and Prospects of Phytoremediation in Europe, COST Action 837, Vienna, Austria, October 15-18, 2003.

A coaxial photocatalytic reactor (caphor) for water disinfection using TiO2

A-G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

OSR-1 – TiO2-8 – AOTs-9, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 26-29, 2003.

Coupled advanced oxidation and biological processes for wastewater treatment

V-M. Sarria Muñoz / C. Pulgarin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. 

Photocatalytical inactivation of E. coli: effect of (continuous-intermittent) light intensity and of (suspended-fixed) TiO2 concentration

A. G. Rincon; C. Pulgarin 

Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2003. Vol. 44, num. 3, p. 263 – 284. DOI : 10.1016/S0926-3373(03)00076-6.

Metabolism of atrazine and derivatives in vetiver plants

J-P. Schwitzguébel; L. Stalder; S. Vullioud-Marcacci 

Achievements and Prospects of Phytoremediation in Europe, Vienna, October 15-18, 2003.

Antibacterial textiles prepared by RF-plasma and vacuum-UV mediated deposition of silver

T. Yuranova; A. G. Rincon; A. Bozzi; S. Parra; C. Pulgarin et al. 

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry. 2003. Vol. 161, num. 1, p. 27 – 34. DOI : 10.1016/S1010-6030(03)00204-1.

Trends in Soil Science in Switzerland: Improvement of Food Chain Safety with the Help of Sustainable Land Use Management

S. K. Gupta; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Journal of Soils & Sediments. 2003. Vol. 3, p. 247 – 247. DOI : 10.1007/BF02988673.

Genetic structure and possible rearrangement around the tetrachloroethene productive dehalogenase gene of Desulfitobacterium frappieri strain TCE1

J. Maillard; C. Regeard; C. Holliger 

European trends for the use of green plants to treat wastewater

J-P. Schwitzguébel 

International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Venice, Italy, 30 Sept .- 3 Oct. 2003.

Plant biotechnology for the removal of organic pollutants and toxic metals from wastewaters and contaminated sites

T. Vanek; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

The Utilization of Bioremediation to Reduce Soil Contamination: Problems and Solutions; The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. p. 285 – 293.

Real-Time PCR in molecular ecology: pitfalls for absolute quantification

T. H. M. Smits; C. Devenoges; K. Szynalski; J. Maillard; C. Holliger 

BOD5 measurements of water presenting inhibitory Cu2+ : implications in using of BOD to evaluate biodegradability of industrial wastewaters

A. Hufschmid; K. Becker-Van Slooten; A. Strawczynski; P. Vioget; S. Parra et al. 

Chemosphere. 2003. Vol. 50, num. 1, p. 171 – 176. DOI : 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00553-2.

Degradation of a biorecalcitrant dye precursor present in industrial wastewaters by a new integrated iron(III) photoassisted-biological treatment

V. Sarria; M. Deront; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2003. Vol. 40, num. 3, p. 231 – 246. DOI : 10.1016/S0926-3373(02)00162-5.

Electrochemical treatment of industrial wastewater containing 5-amino-6-methyl-2-benzimidazolone: toward an electrochemical-biological coupling

R. A. Torres; V. Sarria; W. Torres; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

Water Research. 2003. Vol. 37, num. 13, p. 3118 – 3124. DOI : 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00179-9.

Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Organic Pollutants

R. Haberl; S. Grego; G. Langergraber; R. H. Kadlec; A-R. Cicalini et al. 

Journal of Soils and Sediments. 2003. Vol. 3, num. 2, p. 109 – 124. DOI : 10.1007/BF02991077.

Electrochemical degradation of p-substituted phenols of industrial interest on Pt electrodes. Attempt of a structure-reactivity relationship assessment

R. A. Torres; W. Torres; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

Chemosphere. 2003. Vol. 50, num. 1, p. 97 – 104. DOI : 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00487-3.

Les biotechnologies végétales: La main verte pour diagnostiquer et assainir les eaux usées, les sites et sols contaminés

M. Mench; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Risk Assessment and Sustainable Land Management Using Plants in Trace Element-Contaminated Soils; Centre Bordeaux-Aquitaine: INRA, 2003. p. 9 – 13.

Ni-FeHydrogenases of dehalorespiring bacteria form a distinct group within this enzyme family

B. Zen-Ruffinen; C. Holliger 

Utilization of mutation techniques to improve metal uptake in sunflower

E. Nehnevajova; R. Herzig; G. Federer; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Analysis and toxicity of methomyl and ametryn after biodegradation

A. Farré; J. Fernandez; M. Paez; L. Granada; L. Barba et al. 

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2002. Vol. 373, num. 8, p. 704 – 709. DOI : 10.1007/s00216-002-1413-9.

Effect of Biotrickling Filter Operating Parameters on Chlorobenzenes Degradation

C. Seignez; A. Atti; N. Adler; P. Péringer 

Journal of Environmental Engineering. 2002. Vol. 128, num. 4, p. 360 – 366. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:4(360).

Hydrogenases in dehalorespiring bacteria

B. Zen-Ruffinen; C. Holliger 

61st Annual Assembly of Swiss Society for Microbiology, focused on Water, Luzern, Feb 20/21, 2002.

Screening of Plant Species for the Phytotreatment of Wastewater containing Sulphonated Aromatic Compounds

S. Aubert; S. Jullien; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Capillary Electrophoretic Separation of Sulphonated Anthraquinones in a Variety of Matrices

S. Aubert; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Chromatographia. 2002. Vol. 56, p. 693 – 697. DOI : 10.1007/BF02492470.

Detection of key players and their activity involved in reductive dechlorination of chloroethenes

C. Holliger; C. Delbès; J. Maillard; C. Regeard; K. Szynalski et al. 

Iron(III) photoassisted- biological system as an alternative for the treatment of real industrial wastewater

V. Sarria; M. Deront; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

2nd European Meeting on Solar-Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Application, Saint-Avold (FR), May 29-31, 2002.

Recent developments in the coupling of photoassisted and aerobic biological processes for the treatment of biorecalcitrant compounds

V. Sarria; S. Parra; N. Adler; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

2nd European Meeting on Solar-Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Application, Saint-Avold (FR), May 29-31, 2002.

Are Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenases located on Catabolic Islands?

J. Maillard; C. Regeard; C. Holliger 

Coupling solar and biological processes for the degradation of a dye biorecalcitrant pollutant

V. M. Sarria; S. Kenfack; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

Phytoextraction of Lindane by Chili and Coriander in a Hydroponic System

S. Vullioud-Marcacci; S. Paratte; J-P. Schwitzguebel 

The 3rd International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, USA, May 20-23, 2002.

Hydrogen metabolism and transfer in acetate production from lactose by anaerobic thermophilic bacteria

C. Collet; J-P. Schwitzguébel; P. Péringer 

Key points in the coupling of Fe(III) and TiO2 photoassisted systems with biological processes

V. Sarria; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

Detection of the activity of specific tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating bacteria in environmental samples

T. H. M. Smits; C. Delbès; J. Maillard; K. Szynalski; M. Gaillard et al. 

Solar treatment as an alternative for water disinfection

A. G. Rincon; N. Adler; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

2002.  p. 19 – 24.

Evaluation of photocatalytic disinfectin of crude water for drinking-water production

J. Wist; J. Sanabria; C. Dierolf; W. Torres; C. Pulgarin 

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2002. Vol. 147, num. 3, p. 241 – 246. DOI : 10.1016/S1010-6030(01)00615-3.

Limiting factors in connect of a photochemical and biological system to treat wastewater coming from the textile industry: A real case

M. Rodriguez; S. Esplugas; C. Pulgarin 

Effect of Different Physicochemical and Biological Parameters on E. coli Inactivation Using TiO2

A. G. Rincon; P. Péringer; P. Pulgarin 

2002.  p. 453 – 458.

Detection of the activity of tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating bacteria in envrionmental samples

T. H. M. Smits; C. Delbès; B. Zen-Ruffinen; C. Regeard; C. Holliger 

Screening of Plant Species for the Phytotreatment of Wastewater containing Sulphonated Aromatic Compounds

S. Aubert; S. Jullien; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Cloning and Characterization of lin Genes Responsible for the Degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane Ismomers by Sphingomonas paucimobilis Strain B90

R. Kumari; S. Subudhi; M. Suar; G. Dhingra; V. Raina et al. 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2002. Vol. 68, num. 12, p. 6021 – 6028. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6021-6028.2002.

Phytoextraction of Lindane by Chili and Coriander in Hydroponic System

S. Marcacci; S. Paratte; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Prospects for the Phytoremediaton of Organic Pollutants in Europe

P. Schröder; P. J. Harvey; J-P. Schwitzguébel 

Environmental Science & Pollution Research. 2002. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 1 – 3. DOI : 10.1007/BF02987312.

Solar Degradation of 5-Amino-6-Methyl-2-Benzimidazolone by TiO2 and Iron(III) Catalyst with H2O2 and O2 as Electron Acceptors

V. Sarria; P. Péringer; J. Caceres; J. Blanco; S. Malato et al. 

2002.  p. 489 – 494.

Le lagunage à laitue d’eau (Pistia stratiotes) à Ouagadougou: une alternative pour l’épuration des eaux usées destinées à l’irrigation

D. Koné; G. Cissé; C. Seignez; C. Holliger 

Cahiers Agricultures. 2002. Vol. 11, p. 39 – 43.

Wastewater treatment: Green plants – A European approach

J-P. Schwitzguébel; S. Braillard; S. Jullien; S. Aubert 

First EPSO Conference: Networks in Plant Biology, Brunnen/Switzerland, Oct. 27-31, 2002.

Coupled photocatalytic and biological process for the treatment of biorecalcitrant compounds

S. Parra; V. Sarria; P. Péringer; C. Pulgarin 

Molecular characterization of enrichment cultures dechlorinating chloroethenes to vinyl chloride or ethene

K. Szynalski; C. Delbès; C. Seignez; M. Deront; C. Holliger