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Jan Dolfing is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom and has a significant body of research primarily focused on Environmental Science.

Their work covers several subfields within Environmental Science, including:

  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Soil Science

Dolfing's main topics of research include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Their recent papers illustrate the range of research interests and collaboration within the field:

  • "Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils" (2021, Microbiome)
  • "Syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria in methanogenic systems" (2021, FEMS Microbiology Reviews)
  • "Stable biogas production from single-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste" (2020, Applied Energy)
  • "Using Microbial Aggregates to Entrap Aqueous Phosphorus" (2020, Trends in biotechnology)
  • "Occurrence and removal of micropollutants in full-scale aerobic, anaerobic and facultative wastewater treatment plants in Brazil" (2021, Journal of Environmental Management)

Dolfing frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Water Research
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Microbial Biotechnology

Collaborations with frequent coauthors are a part of Dolfing's research output, including:

  • Yonghong Wu
  • Ying Xu
  • Pengfei Sun
  • Bruce E. Rittmann
  • Youzhi Feng

Best Publications

  • Evidence of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance Gene Abundances in Archived Soils since 1940

    Charles W. Knapp;Jan Dolfing;Phillip A. I. Ehlert;David W. Graham

  • Nitrifier denitrification as a distinct and significant source of nitrous oxide from soil

    Dorien M. Kool;Jan Dolfing;Nicole Wrage;Jan Willem Van Groenigen

  • Trends in Global Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Animal Production Systems

    O. Oenema;N. Wrage;N. Wrage;G.L. Velthof;J.W. van Groenigen

  • Exocellular electron transfer in anaerobic microbial communities.

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

  • Determination of the internal chemical energy of wastewater

    Elizabeth Heidrich;Thomas Curtis;Jan Dolfing

  • Performance of a pilot scale microbial electrolysis cell fed on domestic wastewater at ambient temperatures for a 12 month period.

    Elizabeth S. Heidrich;Stephen R. Edwards;Jan Dolfing;Sarah E. Cotterill

  • Biodegradation of perfluorinated compounds.

    John R. Parsons;Monica Sáez;Jan Dolfing;Pim de Voogt

  • Production of hydrogen from domestic wastewater in a pilot-scale microbial electrolysis cell.

    Elizabeth Heidrich;Jan Dolfing;Keith Scott;Stephen Edwards

  • Gibbs free energy of formation of halogenated aromatic compounds and their potential role as electron acceptors in anaerobic environments

    J. Dolfing;B.K. Harrison

  • Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils

    Yuanyuan Bao;Jan Dolfing;Zhiying Guo;Ruirui Chen

  • Isolation and characterization of a bacterium that mineralizes toluene in the absence of molecular oxygen.

    J. Dolfing;J. Zeyer;P. Binder-Eicher;R. P. Schwarzenbach

  • Effect of Ca on the solubility and molecular size distribution of DOC and Cu binding in soil solution samples

    Paul F. A. M. Römkens;Jan Dolfing

  • Thermodynamic constraints on methanogenic crude oil biodegradation

    Jan Dolfing;Stephen R Larter;Ian M Head

  • Reductive dechlorination of 3-chlorobenzoate is coupled to ATP production and growth in an anaerobic bacterium, strain DCB-1

    Jan Dolfing

  • Inhibitory effects of copper on bacteria related to the free ion concentration.

    L. P. T. M. Zevenhuizen;J. Dolfing;E. J. Eshuis;Ineke J. Scholten-Koerselman

  • A review on the bioenergetics of anaerobic microbial metabolism close to the thermodynamic limits and its implications for digestion applications.

    Ling Leng;Peixian Yang;Shubham Singh;Huichuan Zhuang

  • Activity measurements as a tool to characterize the microbial composition of methanogenic environments

    J. Dolfing;W.G.B.M. Bloemen

  • Comparison of methane production rate and coenzyme F420 content of methanogenic consortia in anaerobic granular sludge

    Jan Dolfing;Jan-Willem Mulder

  • Chemical and bacteriological composition of granular methanogenic sludge

    J. Dolfing;A.R.W. Griffioen;A.R.W. van Neerven;L.P.T.M. Zevenhuizen

  • Quantification of syntrophic acetate-oxidizing microbial communities in biogas processes.

    Maria Westerholm;Jan Dolfing;Angela Sherry;Neil D. Gray

  • Cometabolic degradation of trichloroethylene by Pseudomonas cepacia G4 in a chemostat with toluene as the primary substrate.

    A. S. Landa;E. M. Sipkema;J. Weijma;A. A. C. M. Beenackers

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Curtis
Thomas P. Curtis Newcastle University
Peter Kuikman
Peter Kuikman Wageningen University & Research
Ian M. Head
Ian M. Head Newcastle University
David W. Graham
David W. Graham Newcastle University
Oene Oenema
Oene Oenema Wageningen University & Research
Dick B. Janssen
Dick B. Janssen University of Groningen
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Gerard L. Velthof
Gerard L. Velthof Wageningen University & Research
Youzhi Feng
Youzhi Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jan Willem van Groenigen
Jan Willem van Groenigen Wageningen University & Research

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