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Caroline M. Plugge is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on various aspects of microbial activity and its applications in environmental processes.

Their key areas of study include Molecular Biology, Building and Construction, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Ecology. They have concentrated on topics such as Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Gut Microbiota and Health, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation.

The scientist has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • How microbial glycosyl hydrolase activity in the gut mucosa initiates microbial cross-feeding, 2021, Glycobiology
  • Calcium effect on microbial activity and biomass aggregation during anaerobic digestion at high salinity, 2020, New Biotechnology
  • Microbial Community Drivers in Anaerobic Granulation at High Salinity, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Biofouling control: the impact of biofilm dispersal and membrane flushing, 2021, Water Research
  • Biodiversity and ecology of microorganisms in high pressure membrane filtration systems, 2020, Water Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Caroline M. Plugge include:

  • Alfons J. M. Stams
  • Clara Belzer
  • Maryse D Berkhout
  • Suyash Gupta
  • Gerard Muyzer

The scientist's publications have appeared notably in the following venues:

  • Microorganisms
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Glycobiology
  • Water Research

Best Publications

  • Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium.

    Muriel Derrien;Elaine E. Vaughan;Caroline M. Plugge;Willem M. de Vos

  • Electron transfer in syntrophic communities of anaerobic bacteria and archaea

    Alfons J. M. Stams;Caroline M. Plugge

  • Reversible interconversion of carbon dioxide and formate by an electroactive enzyme.

    Torsten Reda;Caroline M. Plugge;Nerilie J. Abram;Judy Hirst

  • Chain Elongation with Reactor Microbiomes: Open-Culture Biotechnology To Produce Biochemicals.

    Largus T. Angenent;Hanno Richter;Wolfgang Buckel;Catherine M. Spirito

  • Exocellular electron transfer in anaerobic microbial communities.

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

  • Biological formation of caproate and caprylate from acetate: fuel and chemical production from low grade biomass

    Kirsten J. J. Steinbusch;Hubertus V. M. Hamelers;Caroline M. Plugge;Cees J. N. Buisman

  • The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Rüdiger Pukall;Birte Abt;Bärbel U. Foesel

  • Biomethanation and its potential

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

  • Metabolic flexibility of sulfate-reducing bacteria.

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

  • The Genome of Akkermansia muciniphila, a Dedicated Intestinal Mucin Degrader, and Its Use in Exploring Intestinal Metagenomes

    Mark W. J. van Passel;Ravi Kant;Erwin G. Zoetendal;Caroline M. Plugge

  • 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

  • Syntrophic butyrate and propionate oxidation processes: from genomes to reaction mechanisms

    Nicolai Müller;Petra Worm;Bernhard Schink;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Reverse Methanogenesis and Respiration in Methanotrophic Archaea.

    Peer H. A. Timmers;Cornelia U. Welte;Jasper J. Koehorst;Caroline M. Plugge

  • Bacteriological composition and structure of granular sludge adapted to different substrates.

    J T Grotenhuis;M Smit;C M Plugge;Y S Xu

  • Presence and role of anaerobic hydrolytic microbes in conversion of lignocellulosic biomass for biogas production

    S. Azman;A. F. Khadem;J. B. van Lier;G. Zeeman

  • Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans sp. nov., a syntrophic propionate-degrading sulfate-reducing bacterium

    H.J.M. Harmsen;B.L.M. van Kuijk;C.M. Plugge;A.D.L. Akkermans

  • Production of butyrate from lysine and the Amadori product fructoselysine by a human gut commensal

    Thi Phuong Nam Bui;Jarmo Ritari;Sjef Boeren;Pieter de Waard

  • Advancing microbial sciences by individual-based modelling

    Ferdi L. Hellweger;Robert J. Clegg;James R. Clark;Caroline M. Plugge

  • The first true obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium, Pelotomaculum schinkii sp. nov., co-cultured with Methanospirillum hungatei, and emended description of the genus Pelotomaculum.

    Frank A. M. de Bok;Hermie J. M. Harmsen;Caroline M. Plugge;Maaike C. de Vries

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research
Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
M. Madalena Alves
M. Madalena Alves University of Minho
Hardy Temmink
Hardy Temmink Wageningen University & Research
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cees J.N. Buisman
Cees J.N. Buisman Wageningen University & Research
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam

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