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Researcher
Dirk Springael
- Disciplines:Soil sciences, challenges and pollution, Agriculture, land and farm management
Affiliations
- Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Division of Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2002 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 10 of 54
- Hybrid 'Managed Aquifer Recharge' as an adaptation tool to ensure a resilient and healthy groundwater sourceFrom1 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Putting ecological invasion theories to the test: improving bioaugmentation of drinking water treatment systems for organic micropollutant removal.From3 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Distribution and genetic cargo of bacterial mobile genetic elements along the Mekong river ecosystem as affected by anthropogenic activities.From20 Apr 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Molecular and ecological features of Ideonella sakaiensis mediated biodegradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plasticsFrom9 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- The role of the gut microbiome in the degradation of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants at different levels of the aquatic food webFrom26 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Putting ecological invasion theories to the test: improving bioaugmentation of drinking water treatment systems for organic micropollutant removalFrom26 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Understanding environmental factors and mechanisms that govern the interactions within a pesticide degrading bacterial consortiumFrom22 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Study of the biology of the insertion sequence element IS1071 and of its ability to recruit and spread adaptive traits in microbial communitiesFrom12 Aug 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Improving biodegradation of an organic micropollutant mixture in dilute freshwaters by means of mixed substrate utilization.From27 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Putting ecological invasion theories to the test: improving bioaugmentation of drinking water treatment systems for organic micropollutant removalFrom27 Jul 2022 → 26 Jun 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
1 - 10 of 165
- Characterization of a thermophilic acidogenic microbial community treating organic waste and producing the high commodity chemical n-caproate using a combination of culturomics and meta-omics(2023)
Authors: Tinh Nguyen Van, Dirk Springael, Kristel Bernaerts, Karoline Faust
- Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates(2023)
Authors: Tinh Nguyen Van, Ilse Smets, Kristel Bernaerts, Karoline Faust, Rob Lavigne, Dirk Springael
- Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic chain elongating bacterium that produces the high commodity chemical n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates(2023)
Authors: Ilse Smets, Kristel Bernaerts, Karoline Faust, Rob Lavigne, Dirk Springael
- Long-Range PCR Reveals the Genetic Cargo of IncP-1 Plasmids in the Complex Microbial Community of an On-Farm Biopurification System Treating Pesticide-Contaminated Wastewater(2022)
Authors: Rob Lavigne, Dirk Springael
- Interspecies Interactions of the 2,6-Dichlorobenzamide Degrading Aminobacter sp. MSH1 with Resident Sand Filter Bacteria: Indications for Mutual Cooperative Interactions That Improve BAM Mineralization Activity(2022)
Authors: Siyao Du, Benjamin Horemans, Dirk Springael
Pages: 1352 - 1364 - The complete genome of 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM) degrader Aminobacter sp. MSH1 suggests a polyploid chromosome, phylogenetic reassignment, and functions of plasmids(2021)
Authors: Benjamin Horemans, Cédric Lood, Vera van Noort, Rob Lavigne, Dirk Springael
- Ecology and molecular biology of bacterial adaptation to pesticides(2021)
Authors: Harry Lerner, Dirk Springael, Kathleen Marchal, René De Mot
- DNA-SIP and repeated isolation corroborate Variovorax as a key organism in maintaining the genetic memory for linuron biodegradation in an agricultural soil(2021)
Authors: René De Mot, Wim Dehaen, Dirk Springael
- Lipid hydrolysis monitoring in wastewater treatment: proof-of-concept for a high throughput vegetable oil emulsion based assay(2021)
Authors: Dirk Springael, Ilse Smets
Pages: 605 - 620 - Methane paradox in tropical lakes? Sedimentary fluxes rather thanpelagic production in oxic conditions sustain methanotrophy andemissions to the atmosphere(2020)
Authors: Cedric Morana, Steven Bouillon, Dirk Springael
Pages: 5209 - 5221