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| Ivonne NijenhuisSummaryAffiliation: UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Country: Germany Publications
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Stable isotope fractionation of tetrachloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum multivorans and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-S and abiotic reactions with cyanocobalaminIvonne Nijenhuis
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig Halle GmbH, Permoserstrasse 15, D 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:3413-9. 2005..For the field application of stable isotope fractionation, care is needed as fractionation may vary by more than an order of magnitude depending on the bacteria present, responsible for degradation...
Assessment of the natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in an anaerobic contaminated aquifer in the Bitterfeld/Wolfen area using stable isotope techniques, microcosm studies and molecular biomarkersIvonne Nijenhuis
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry ISOBIO, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig Halle, Permoserstr 15 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Chemosphere 67:300-11. 2007..The integrated approach, using metabolite spectra, molecular marker analysis and isotope studies, provided several lines of evidence for natural attenuation of the chlorinated ethenes...- Sensitive detection of anaerobic monochlorobenzene degradation using stable isotope tracersIvonne Nijenhuis
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry ISOBIO, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Environ Sci Technol 41:3836-42. 2007.... 
Detection of monochlorobenzene metabolizing bacteria under anoxic conditions by DNA-stable isotope probingPaula M Martínez-Lavanchy
Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, Germany
Biodegradation 22:973-82. 2011..However, it also demonstrates the limitations of SIP to detect bacteria slowly metabolizing carbon sources under anaerobic conditions...- Characterization of microbial communities in the aqueous phase of a constructed model wetland treating 1,2-dichloroethene-contaminated groundwaterGwenaël Imfeld
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 72:74-88. 2010..Based on a multiple-method approach, this study illustrates the linkage between microbial community dynamics and composition, changes of hydrochemical conditions and processes of DCE degradation in a wetland system... - Factors controlling the carbon isotope fractionation of tetra- and trichloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum ssp. and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-SDanuta Cichocka
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 62:98-107. 2007.... - Assessment of in situ degradation of chlorinated ethenes and bacterial community structure in a complex contaminated groundwater systemGwenaël Imfeld
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig D 04318, Germany
Water Res 42:871-82. 2008..3% of the variance, P=0.005). The integrated approach may open new prospects for the assessment of spatial and temporal functioning of bioattenuation in contaminated groundwater systems... - Variability in microbial carbon isotope fractionation of tetra- and trichloroethene upon reductive dechlorinationDanuta Cichocka
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Chemosphere 71:639-48. 2008..lovleyi sp. strain SZ (PCE no significant fractionation; TCE: epsilonC=8.5) generated the lowest fractionation of all studied strains. Desulfitobacterium sp. strain Viet1 (PCE: epsilonC=16.7) gave the highest enrichment factor for PCE... - Adaptation of anaerobically grown Thauera aromatica, Geobacter sulfurreducens and Desulfococcus multivorans to organic solvents on the level of membrane fatty acid compositionIlka Duldhardt
Departments of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstr 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Microb Biotechnol 3:201-9. 2010..This might be one explanation for the previously observed higher sensitivity of anaerobic bacteria when compared with aerobic ones... - Integrative approach to delineate natural attenuation of chlorinated benzenes in anoxic aquifersNicole Stelzer
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstr 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Environ Pollut 157:1800-6. 2009..Although the complexity of the field site did not allow straightforward assessment of natural attenuation processes, the application of an integrative approach appeared relevant to characterize the in situ biodegradation potential... - Tetrachloroethene conversion to ethene by a Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment culture from BitterfeldDanuta Cichocka
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 72:297-310. 2010..Quantitative real-time PCR confirmed growth with PCE, cis-dichloroethene, 1,1-dichloroethene or vinyl chloride as electron acceptors. The culture was designated BTF08 due to its origin in Bitterfeld... - Isotopic fractionation indicates anaerobic monochlorobenzene biodegradationArno Kaschl
Department of Groundwater Remediation, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Environ Toxicol Chem 24:1315-24. 2005..The study also clearly demonstrates the usefulness of isotopic fractionation analysis to prove biodegradation directly in the field, even when microcosm studies are not available and a metabolic pathway has not yet been elucidated... - High stability and fast recovery of expression of the TOL plasmid-carried toluene catabolism genes of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 under conditions of oxygen limitation and oscillationPaula M Martínez-Lavanchy
Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstr 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:6715-23. 2010..These results suggest that oxygen is not only necessary as a cosubstrate for enzyme activity during the degradation of toluene but also that oxygen modulates the expression of the catabolic genes encoded by the TOL plasmid... - Dehalogenation of diverse halogenated substrates by a highly enriched Dehalococcoides-containing culture derived from the contaminated mega-site in BitterfeldTheresa Kaufhold
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 83:176-88. 2013..Phylogenetic analysis revealed eight reductive dehalogenases with similar sequences in other Dehalococcoides strains and one unique sequence... - Anaerobically grown Thauera aromatica, Desulfococcus multivorans, Geobacter sulfurreducens are more sensitive towards organic solvents than aerobic bacteriaIlka Duldhardt
Department of Bioremediation, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 77:705-11. 2007..However, compared to aerobic bacteria, all three tested anaerobic bacteria were shown to be about three times more sensitive to the tested substances... - Molecular characterization of dichloromethane-degrading Hyphomicrobium strains using 16S rDNA and DCM dehalogenase gene sequencesMarcell Nikolausz
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Bioremediation Department, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Syst Appl Microbiol 28:582-7. 2005..The topology of the two trees is in good agreement and may suggest an ancient origin of DCM dehalogenase, but also raises questions about the original role of the enzyme... - Microbial dehalogenation of trichlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by a Dehalococcoides-containing mixed culture is coupled to carbon isotope fractionationEva Maria Ewald
Institut für Biologie Mikrobiologie, Martin Luther Universitat Halle Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Strasse 3, 06099 Halle, Germany
Environ Sci Technol 41:7744-51. 2007..This can provide a basis for the development of a new method to monitor the fate of dioxins in the environment using compound specific stable isotope analyses... - Stable carbon isotope fractionation during degradation of dichloromethane by methylotrophic bacteriaMarcell Nikolausz
Department of Bioremediation, UFZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Environ Microbiol 8:156-64. 2006..The variability in isotope fractionation among strains was found to be related to the polymorphism of the functional genes encoding the DCM dehalogenase... - Characterization of hydrogenase and reductive dehalogenase activities of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195Ivonne Nijenhuis
Department of Microbiology, Wing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:1664-7. 2005..Benzyl viologen or diquat (Eo' approximately -360 mV) supported reductive dechlorination of PCE or TCE at rates comparable to MV (-450 mV) in cell extracts... - Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 reductively dechlorinates diverse chlorinated aromatic pollutantsDonna E Fennell
Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Environ Sci Technol 38:2075-81. 2004..Harnessing microorganisms such as Dehalococcoides spp. that detoxify these compounds via removal of halogens may lead to cost-effective biotechnological approaches for remediation...