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Environmental Sciences
Mexico
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
7777
World Ranking
5587
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Mexico Leader Award

Best Publications

  • Sulfide oxidation under chemolithoautotrophic denitrifying conditions

    Ricardo Beristain Cardoso;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Pieter Rowlette;Elias Razo Flores

  • Simultaneous biological removal of nitrogen, carbon and sulfur by denitrification.

    Jesús Reyes-Avila;Elı́as Razo-Flores;Jorge Gomez

  • Chemolithotrophic denitrification with elemental sulfur for groundwater treatment.

    Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Margarita Salazar;Jorge Gómez

  • Biodegradation of selected azo dyes under methanogenic conditions

    Elías Razo-Flores;Maurice Luijten;Brian Donlon;Gatze Lettinga

  • Fermentative hydrogen production in batch experiments using lactose, cheese whey and glucose: Influence of initial substrate concentration and pH

    Gustavo Davila-Vazquez;Felipe Alatriste-Mondragón;Antonio de León-Rodríguez;Elías Razo-Flores

  • Continuous biohydrogen production using cheese whey: Improving the hydrogen production rate

    Gustavo Davila-Vazquez;Ciria Berenice Cota-Navarro;Luis Manuel Rosales-Colunga;Antonio de León-Rodríguez

  • Stability problems in the hydrogen production by dark fermentation: Possible causes and solutions

    Elena Castelló;Antonio Djalma Nunes Ferraz-Junior;Cristiane Andreani;Melida del Pilar Anzola-Rojas

  • Complete biodegradation of the azo dye azodisalicylate under anaerobic conditions.

    ElÍas Razo-Flores;Maurice Luijten;Brian A. Donlon;Gatze Lettinga

  • Toxicity of N-substituted aromatics to acetoclastic methanogenic activity in granular sludge.

    B A Donlon;E Razo-Flores;J A Field;G Lettinga

  • Fermentative biohydrogen production: trends and perspectives

    Gustavo Davila-Vazquez;Sonia Arriaga;Felipe Alatriste-Mondragón;Antonio de León-Rodríguez

  • Continuous detoxification, transformation, and degradation of nitrophenols in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors

    Brian A. Donlon;Elías Razo-Flores;Gatze Lettinga;Jim A. Field

  • Detoxification and partial mineralization of the azo dye mordant orange 1 in a continuous upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket reactor

    B. Donlon;E. Razo-Flores;M. Luijten;H. Swarts

  • Biotransformation and biodegradation of N‐substituted aromatics in methanogenic granular sludge

    Elías Razo-Flores;Elías Razo-Flores;Brian Donlon;Gatze Lettinga;Jim A. Field

  • Precipitation and recovery of metal sulfides from metal containing acidic wastewater in a sulfidogenic down-flow fluidized bed reactor.

    Marisol Gallegos-Garcia;Lourdes B. Celis;René Rangel-Méndez;Elías Razo-Flores

  • Arsenic mobility controlled by solid calcium arsenates: A case study in Mexico showcasing a potentially widespread environmental problem

    Nadia Martínez-Villegas;Roberto Briones-Gallardo;José A. Ramos-Leal;Miguel Avalos-Borja

  • Hydrogen sulfide oxidation by a microbial consortium in a recirculation reactor system: sulfur formation under oxygen limitation and removal of phenols.

    Sergio Alcantara;Antonio Velasco;Ana Muñoz;Juan Cid

  • Continuous hydrogen and methane production from Agave tequilana bagasse hydrolysate by sequential process to maximize energy recovery efficiency.

    Virginia Montiel Corona;Elías Razo-Flores

  • Microbial communities from 20 different hydrogen-producing reactors studied by 454 pyrosequencing

    Claudia Etchebehere;Elena Castelló;Jorge Wenzel;Mélida del Pilar Anzola-Rojas

  • Dark-fermentative biohydrogen pathways and microbial networks in continuous stirred tank reactors: Novel insights on their control

    Rodolfo Palomo-Briones;Elías Razo-Flores;Nicolas Bernet;Eric Trably

  • Biodegradability of N-substituted aromatics and alkylphenols under methanogenic conditions using granular sludge.

    Elías Razo-Flores;Brian Donlon;Jim Field;Gatze Lettinga

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim A. Field
Jim A. Field University of Arizona
Francisco J. Cervantes
Francisco J. Cervantes National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gatze Lettinga
Gatze Lettinga Wageningen University & Research
Germán Buitrón
Germán Buitrón National Autonomous University of Mexico
Eric Trably
Eric Trably INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nicolas Bernet
Nicolas Bernet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Reyes Sierra-Alvarez
Reyes Sierra-Alvarez University of Arizona
Marcelo Zaiat
Marcelo Zaiat Universidade de São Paulo
Sergio Revah
Sergio Revah UAM Cuajimalpa
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research

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