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Overview

Alfons J. M. Stams is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research focuses on various aspects of environmental science, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their recent publications show a strong emphasis on microbial processes, anaerobic digestion, and environmental microbiology. Some of the notable papers include:

  • The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The bacterial sulfur cycle in expanding dysoxic and euxinic marine waters, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Principles, Advances, and Perspectives of Anaerobic Digestion of Lipids, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • Enrichment of Anaerobic Syngas-Converting Communities and Isolation of a Novel Carboxydotrophic Acetobacterium wieringae Strain JM, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alfons J. M. Stams include:

  • Diana Z. Sousa
  • Irene Sánchez-Andrea
  • M. M. Alves
  • A. J. Cavaleiro
  • Caroline M. Plugge

Their publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The main fields of study they contribute to are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specific subfields of their work include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology

The primary topics of their research cover:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques

Best Publications

  • The ecology and biotechnology of sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Gerard Muyzer;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Electron transfer in syntrophic communities of anaerobic bacteria and archaea

    Alfons J. M. Stams;Caroline M. Plugge

  • Utilisation of biomass for the supply of energy carriers

    P. A. M. Claassen;J. B. van Lier;A. M. Lopez Contreras;E. W. J. van Niel

  • Metabolic interactions between anaerobic bacteria in methanogenic environments.

    Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Methanogenesis from acetate: a comparison of the acetate metabolism in Methanothrix soehngenii and Methanosarcina spp.

    Mike S.M. Jetten;Alfons J.M. Stams;Alexander J.B. Zehnder

  • Microbiology of synthesis gas fermentation for biofuel production.

    Anne M Henstra;Jan Sipma;Arjen Rinzema;Alfons J M Stams

  • A highly purified enrichment culture couples the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to growth

    C. Holliger;G. Schraa;A.J.M. Stams;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Syntrophism among Prokaryotes

    Bernhard Schink;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Exocellular electron transfer in anaerobic microbial communities.

    Alfons J. M. Stams;Frank A. M. De Bok;Caroline M. Plugge;Miriam H. A. Van Eekert

  • Chain elongation in anaerobic reactor microbiomes to recover resources from waste.

    Catherine M. Spirito;Hanno Richter;Korneel Rabaey;Alfons Johannes Maria Stams

  • Biomethanation and its potential

    Irini Angelidaki;Dimitar Borisov Karakashev;Damien J. Batstone;Caroline M. Plugge

  • Physiology, Ecology, Phylogeny, and Genomics of Microorganisms Capable of Syntrophic Metabolism

    Michael J. McInerney;Christopher G. Struchtemeyer;Jessica R Sieber;Housna Mouttaki

  • Enhanced biodegradation of aromatic pollutants in cocultures of anaerobic and aerobic bacterial consortia

    Jim A. Field;Alfons J. M. Stams;Mario Kato;Gosse Schraa

  • Sulfate reduction in methanogenic bioreactors

    Stefanie J.W.H.;Oude Elferink;André Visser;Look W. Hulshoff Pol

  • Metabolic flexibility of sulfate-reducing bacteria.

    Caroline M. Plugge;Weiwen Zhang;Johannes C. M. Scholten;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • A benzene-degrading nitrate-reducing microbial consortium displays aerobic and anaerobic benzene degradation pathways.

    Siavash Atashgahi;Bastian Hornung;Marcelle J. van der Waals;Ulisses Nunes da Rocha;Ulisses Nunes da Rocha

  • Sulfate reduction at low pH to remediate acid mine drainage.

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Jose Luis Sanz;Martijn F. M. Bijmans;Alfons Johannes Maria Stams

  • SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCT INHIBITION OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY THE EXTREME THERMOPHILE CALDICELLULOSIRUPTOR SACCHAROLYTICUS

    Ed W. J. van Niel;Pieternel A. M. Claassen;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Interspecies electron transfer in methanogenic propionate degrading consortia.

    F.A.M. de Bok;C.M. Plugge;A.J.M. Stams

  • Growth of Syntrophic Propionate-Oxidizing Bacteria with Fumarate in the Absence of Methanogenic Bacteria

    Alfons J. M. Stams;Johan B. Van Dijk;Cor Dijkema;Caroline M. Plugge

  • Purification and characterization of an extremely thermostable β-glucosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

    Servé W. M. Kengen;Evert J. Luesink;Alfons J. M. Stams;Alexander J. B. Zehnder

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline M. Plugge
Caroline M. Plugge Wageningen University & Research
M. Madalena Alves
M. Madalena Alves University of Minho
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Gatze Lettinga
Gatze Lettinga Wageningen University & Research
Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Alexander J. B. Zehnder Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Servé W. M. Kengen
Servé W. M. Kengen Wageningen University & Research
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam
J.B. van Lier
J.B. van Lier Delft University of Technology

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