Siegfried E. Vlaeminck Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology University of Antwerp Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Siegfried E. Vlaeminck has not added a biography. If you are Siegfried E. Vlaeminck and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications A Novel Mechanistic Modelling Approach for Microbial Selection Dynamics: Towards Improved Design and Control of Raceway Reactors for Purple Bacteria Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37827201 Plant and Microbial Science and Technology As Cornerstones to Bioregenerative Life Support Systems in Space NPJ Microgravity. Aug, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37620398 Comparison of Typical Nitrite Oxidizing Bacteria Suppression Strategies and the Effect on Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Biofilm Reactor Bioresource Technology. Nov, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37544532 Continuous Cultivation of Microalgae Yields High Nutrient Recovery from Nitrified Urine with Limited Supplementation Journal of Environmental Management. Nov, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37542810 Feasibility of a Return-sludge Nursery Concept for Mainstream Anammox Biostimulation: Creating Optimal Conditions for Anammox to Recover and Grow in a Parallel Tank Bioresource Technology. Oct, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37343792 Follow-up of Solid-state Fungal Wood Pretreatment by a Novel Near-infrared Spectroscopy-based Lignin Calibration Model Journal of Microbiological Methods. May, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37060948 Feasibility of Packed-bed Trickling Filters for Partial Nitritation/anammox: Effects of Carrier Material, Bottom Ventilation Openings, Hydraulic Loading Rate and Free Ammonia Bioresource Technology. Apr, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36758644 Dissolution Rate and Growth Performance Reveal Struvite As a Sustainable Nutrient Source to Produce a Diverse Set of Microbial Protein The Science of the Total Environment. Mar, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36572313 Boosting Aerobic Microbial Protein Productivity and Quality on Brewery Wastewater: Impact of Anaerobic Acidification, High-rate Process and Biomass Age Bioresource Technology. Jan, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36368491 Rapid Lignin Quantification for Fungal Wood Pretreatment by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. Jan, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36174400 Dehazing Redox Homeostasis to Foster Purple Bacteria Biotechnology Trends in Biotechnology. Jan, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 35843758 Ammonia Oxidation by Novel " Nitrosacidococcus Urinae" is Sensitive to Process Disturbances at Low PH and to Iron Limitation at Neutral PH Water Research X. Dec, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 36262799 Enhancing Bioflocculation in High-rate Activated Sludge Improves Effluent Quality Yet Increases Sensitivity to Surface Overflow Rate Chemosphere. Dec, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 36084824 Purple Bacteria Screening for Photoautohydrogenotrophic Food Production: Are New H-fed Isolates Faster and Nutritionally Better Than Photoheterotrophically Obtained Reference Species? New Biotechnology. Dec, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 36049649 Introducing Bioflocculation Boundaries in Process Control to Enhance Effluent Quality of High-rate Contact-stabilization Systems Water Environment Research : a Research Publication of the Water Environment Federation. Aug, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35965329 Spontaneous Riboflavin-Overproducing for Biofortification of Fermented Foods Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35757245 Aggregation of Purple Bacteria in an Upflow Photobioreactor to Facilitate Solid/liquid Separation: Impact of Organic Loading Rate, Hydraulic Retention Time and Water Composition Bioresource Technology. Mar, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35131464 Regulating Light, Oxygen and Volatile Fatty Acids to Boost the Productivity of Purple Bacteria Biomass, Protein and Co-enzyme Q10 The Science of the Total Environment. May, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35122839 Aerobes and Phototrophs As Microbial Organic Fertilizers: Exploring Mineralization, Fertilization and Plant Protection Features PloS One. 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35108295 Towards Mainstream Partial Nitritation/anammox in Four Seasons: Feasibility of Bioaugmentation with Stored Summer Sludge for Winter Anammox Assistance Bioresource Technology. Mar, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34958904 A Bioreactor and Nutrient Balancing Approach for the Conversion of Solid Organic Fertilizers to Liquid Nitrate-rich Fertilizers: Mineralization and Nitrification Performance Complemented with Economic Aspects The Science of the Total Environment. Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34852428 Storage Without Nitrite or Nitrate Enables the Long-term Preservation of Full-scale Partial Nitritation/anammox Sludge The Science of the Total Environment. Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34717986 Unlocking the Genomic Potential of Aerobes and Phototrophs for the Production of Nutritious and Palatable Microbial Food Without Arable Land or Fossil Fuels Microbial Biotechnology. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 33529492 Oxygen Control and Stressor Treatments for Complete and Long-term Suppression of Nitrite-oxidizing Bacteria in Biofilm-based Partial Nitritation/anammox Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34598074 From Biogas and Hydrogen to Microbial Protein Through Co-Cultivation of Methane and Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34527661 Towards Harmonization of Water Quality Management: A Comparison of Chemical Drinking Water and Surface Water Quality Standards Around the Globe Journal of Environmental Management. Nov, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34426213 Microbial Food from Light, Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Gas: Kinetic, Stoichiometric and Nutritional Potential of Three Purple Bacteria Bioresource Technology. Oct, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34120062 Electrochemical In Situ PH Control Enables Chemical-Free Full Urine Nitrification with Concomitant Nitrate Extraction Environmental Science & Technology. Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34086451 Operational Strategies to Selectively Produce Purple Bacteria for Microbial Protein in Raceway Reactors Environmental Science & Technology. Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34085818 A Systematic Comparison of Commercially Produced Struvite: Quantities, Qualities and Soil-maize Phosphorus Availability The Science of the Total Environment. Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33307495 Time to Act-assessing Variations in QPCR Analyses in Biological Nitrogen Removal with Examples from Partial Nitritation/anammox Systems Water Research. Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33279744 Cocultivating Aerobic Heterotrophs and Purple Bacteria for Microbial Protein in Sequential Photo- and Chemotrophic Reactors Bioresource Technology. Jan, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33039841 Enrichment and Aggregation of Purple Non-sulfur Bacteria in a Mixed-Culture Sequencing-Batch Photobioreactor for Biological Nutrient Removal From Wastewater Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33392158 Bio-electrochemical COD Removal for Energy-efficient, Maximum and Robust Nitrogen Recovery from Urine Through Membrane Aerated Nitrification Water Research. Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32739699 Mainstream Partial Nitritation/anammox with Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge: Combined Aeration and Floc Retention Time Control Strategies Limit Nitrate Production Bioresource Technology. Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32622275 Purple Phototrophic Bacteria for Resource Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities Biotechnology Advances. Nov, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32470594 Dried Aerobic Heterotrophic Bacteria from Treatment of Food and Beverage Effluents: Screening of Correlations Between Operation Parameters and Microbial Protein Quality Bioresource Technology. Jul, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32248065 Return-Sludge Treatment with Endogenous Free Nitrous Acid Limits Nitrate Production and NO Emission for Mainstream Partial Nitritation/Anammox Environmental Science & Technology. May, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32216296 Pioneering on Single-sludge Nitrification/denitrification at 50 °C Chemosphere. Aug, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32213375 Storage, Fertilization and Cost Properties Highlight the Potential of Dried Microbial Biomass As Organic Fertilizer Microbial Biotechnology. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32180337 Bottle or Tap? Toward an Integrated Approach to Water Type Consumption Water Research. Apr, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32058152 Adaptation and Characterization of Thermophilic Anammox in Bioreactors Water Research. Apr, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31958594 Environmental Impact of Microbial Protein from Potato Wastewater As Feed Ingredient: Comparative Consequential Life Cycle Assessment of Three Production Systems and Soybean Meal Water Research. Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31881500 Dunaliella Microalgae for Nutritional Protein: An Undervalued Asset Trends in Biotechnology. Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31451287 Purple Non-sulphur Bacteria and Plant Production: Benefits for Fertilization, Stress Resistance and the Environment Microbial Biotechnology. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31432629 Media Optimization, Strain Compatibility, and Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity Exposure of Synthetic Microbial Communities for Urine Nitrification in Regenerative Life-Support Systems Astrobiology. Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31657947 Urine Nitrification with a Synthetic Microbial Community Systematic and Applied Microbiology. Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31623889 High-rate Activated Sludge Systems Combined with Dissolved Air Flotation Enable Effective Organics Removal and Recovery Bioresource Technology. Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31357043 Tomato Plants Rather Than Fertilizers Drive Microbial Community Structure in Horticultural Growing Media Scientific Reports. Jul, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31266970 Proof of Concept of High-rate Decentralized Pre-composting of Kitchen Waste: Optimizing Design and Operationof a Novel Drum Reactor Waste Management (New York, N.Y.). May, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31203939 Reactivation of Microbial Strains and Synthetic Communities After a Spaceflight to the International Space Station: Corroborating the Feasibility of Essential Conversions in the MELiSSA Loop Astrobiology. Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31161957 Enhancement of Co-production of Nutritional Protein and Carotenoids in Dunaliella Salina Using a Two-phase Cultivation Assisted by Nitrogen Level and Light Intensity Bioresource Technology. Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31078812 Determining Stoichiometry and Kinetics of Two Thermophilic Nitrifying Communities As a Crucial Step in the Development of Thermophilic Nitrogen Removal Water Research. Jun, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30904709 C Incorporation As a Tool to Estimate Biomass Yields in Thermophilic and Mesophilic Nitrifying Communities Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30814983 Volatile Fatty Acids Impacting Phototrophic Growth Kinetics of Purple Bacteria: Paving the Way for Protein Production on Fermented Wastewater Water Research. Apr, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30665160 High Variability in Nutritional Value and Safety of Commercially Available Chlorella and Spirulina Biomass Indicates the Need for Smart Production Strategies Bioresource Technology. Mar, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30594834 Light Regime and Growth Phase Affect the Microalgal Production of Protein Quantity and Quality with Dunaliella Salina Bioresource Technology. Mar, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30583115 Resource Recovery from Pig Manure Via an Integrated Approach: A Technical and Economic Assessment for Full-scale Applications Bioresource Technology. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30352731 Overcoming Floc Formation Limitations in High-rate Activated Sludge Systems Chemosphere. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30326440 Metabolic and Proteomic Responses to Salinity in Synthetic Nitrifying Communities of Spp. and Spp Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30555445 Nitrogen Cycle Microorganisms Can Be Reactivated After Space Exposure Scientific Reports. Sep, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30214003 Temperature Impact on Sludge Yield, Settleability and Kinetics of Three Heterotrophic Conversions Corroborates the Prospect of Thermophilic Biological Nitrogen Removal Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30153548 Photosynthetic Oxygenation for Urine Nitrification Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. Aug, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30101801 Refinery and Concentration of Nutrients from Urine with Electrodialysis Enabled by Upstream Precipitation and Nitrification Water Research. Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30014981 Supernatant Organics from Anaerobic Digestion After Thermal Hydrolysis Cause Direct And/or Diffusional Activity Loss for Nitritation and Anammox Water Research. Oct, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29986237 Synergistic Exposure of Return-Sludge to Anaerobic Starvation, Sulfide, and Free Ammonia to Suppress Nitrite Oxidizing Bacteria Environmental Science & Technology. Aug, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29787677 Capture-Ferment-Upgrade: A Three-Step Approach for the Valorization of Sewage Organics As Commodities Environmental Science & Technology. Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29772177 Pinpointing Wastewater and Process Parameters Controlling the AOB to NOB Activity Ratio in Sewage Treatment Plants Water Research. Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29571087 Sulfur-based Denitrification Treating Regeneration Water from Ion Exchange at High Performance and Low Cost Bioresource Technology. Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29524912 Success of Mainstream Partial Nitritation/anammox Demands Integration of Engineering, Microbiome and Modeling Insights Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Apr, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29459309 Ureolytic Activity and Its Regulation in Vibrio Campbellii and Vibrio Harveyi in Relation to Nitrogen Recovery from Human Urine Environmental Science & Technology. Nov, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29083891 Smart Operation of Nitritation/denitritation Virtually Abolishes Nitrous Oxide Emission During Treatment of Co-digested Pig Slurry Centrate Water Research. Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28992459 Kinetic Exploration of Intracellular Nitrate Storage in Marine Microalgae Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering. Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28949865 The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goals Microbial Biotechnology. Sep, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28840974 The ManureEcoMine Pilot Installation: Advanced Integration of Technologies for the Management of Organics and Nutrients in Livestock Waste Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. Mar, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28333045 Live Fast, Die Young: Optimizing Retention Times in High-Rate Contact Stabilization for Maximal Recovery of Organics from Wastewater Environmental Science & Technology. Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27480015 Thermophilic Sludge Digestion Improves Energy Balance and Nutrient Recovery Potential in Full-scale Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Bioresource Technology. Oct, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27423372 Used Water and Nutrients: Recovery Perspectives in a 'panta Rhei' Context Bioresource Technology. Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27184651 High-rate Activated Sludge Communities Have a Distinctly Different Structure Compared to Low-rate Sludge Communities, and Are Less Sensitive Towards Environmental and Operational Variables Water Research. Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27183209 Growing Media Constituents Determine the Microbial Nitrogen Conversions in Organic Growing Media for Horticulture Microbial Biotechnology. May, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27005434 Nitrification and Microalgae Cultivation for Two-stage Biological Nutrient Valorization from Source Separated Urine Bioresource Technology. Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26998796 A Robust Nitrifying Community in a Bioreactor at 50 °C Opens Up the Path for Thermophilic Nitrogen Removal The ISME Journal. Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26894446 Deammonification for Digester Supernatant Pretreated with Thermal Hydrolysis: Overcoming Inhibition Through Process Optimization Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26893142 Empowering a Mesophilic Inoculum for Thermophilic Nitrification: Growth Mode and Temperature Pattern As Critical Proliferation Factors for Archaeal Ammonia Oxidizers Water Research. Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26841233 Unraveling the Role of Earthworms in Enhancing Mineral Weathering for CO2 Removal (Video) | JoVE Tullia Calogiuri1,2, Mathilde Hagens2, Jan Willem Van Groenigen1, Thomas Corbett3, Jens Hartmann4, Rick Hendriksen5, Iris Janssens6, Ivan A. Janssens7, Guillermo Ledesma Dominguez7, Grant Loescher4, Steven Mortier6, Anna Neubeck3, Harun Niron7, Reinaldy P. Poetra4, Lukas Rieder4, Eric Struyf7, Michiel Van Tendeloo8, Tom De Schepper6, Tim Verdonck9, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck8, Sara Vicca7, Alix Vidal1 1Soil Biology Group, Wageningen University & Research, 2Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality, Wageningen University & Research, 3Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 4Institute for Geology, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, 5Tupola, Wageningen University & Research, 6IDLab - Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp - imec, 7Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Biology Department, University of Antwerp, 8Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, University of Antwerp, 9Department of Mathematics, University of Antwerp - imec JoVE 65563 Biochimica
Unraveling the Role of Earthworms in Enhancing Mineral Weathering for CO2 Removal (Video) | JoVE Tullia Calogiuri1,2, Mathilde Hagens2, Jan Willem Van Groenigen1, Thomas Corbett3, Jens Hartmann4, Rick Hendriksen5, Iris Janssens6, Ivan A. Janssens7, Guillermo Ledesma Dominguez7, Grant Loescher4, Steven Mortier6, Anna Neubeck3, Harun Niron7, Reinaldy P. Poetra4, Lukas Rieder4, Eric Struyf7, Michiel Van Tendeloo8, Tom De Schepper6, Tim Verdonck9, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck8, Sara Vicca7, Alix Vidal1 1Soil Biology Group, Wageningen University & Research, 2Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality, Wageningen University & Research, 3Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 4Institute for Geology, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, 5Tupola, Wageningen University & Research, 6IDLab - Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp - imec, 7Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Biology Department, University of Antwerp, 8Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, University of Antwerp, 9Department of Mathematics, University of Antwerp - imec JoVE 65563 Biochimica