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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
33948
World Ranking
3925
National Ranking
92

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
42551
World Ranking
2062
National Ranking
42

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2007 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

J.G. Kuenen is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The scientific work conducted is connected to this institution, reflecting a research focus that aligns with the academic environment of this university.

One notable recognition received by J.G. Kuenen is the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 2007. This award highlights contributions within the field of microbiology, specifically applied and environmental aspects.

Best Publications

  • The sequencing batch reactor as a powerful tool for the study of slowly growing anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms

    M. Strous;J. J. Heijnen;J. G. Kuenen;M. S. M. Jetten

  • Missing lithotroph identified as new planctomycete

    Marc Strous;John A. Fuerst;Evelien H. M. Kramer;Susanne Logemann

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation discovered in a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor

    A. Mulder;A.A. van de Graaf;L.A. Robertson;J.G. Kuenen

  • Autotrophic growth of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing micro-organisms in a fluidized bed reactor

    A.A. Van de Graaf;P. De Bruijn;L.A. Robertson;M.S.M. Jetten

  • Key Physiology of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation

    M. Strous;J.G. Kuenen;Jetten

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation by anammox bacteria in the Black Sea

    Marcel M. M. Kuypers;A. Olav Sliekers;Gaute Lavik;Markus Schmid

  • Sewage Treatment with Anammox

    B. Kartal;J. G. Kuenen;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht

  • The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium

    Mike S.M Jetten;Marc Strous;Katinka T van de Pas-Schoonen;Jos Schalk

  • Anammox bacteria: from discovery to application

    J. Gijs Kuenen

  • Completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite in one single reactor

    A Olav Sliekers;N Derwort;J L Campos Gomez;M Strous;M Strous

  • Ammonium removal from concentrated waste streams with the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process in different reactor configurations

    Marc Strous;Eric Van Gerven;Ping Zheng;J. Gijs Kuenen

  • New concepts of microbial treatment processes for the nitrogen removal in wastewater

    Ingo Schmidt;Olav Sliekers;Markus Schmid;Eberhard Bock

  • Effects of aerobic and microaerobic conditions on anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (Anammox) sludge

    M Strous;E Van Gerven;J G Kuenen;M Jetten

  • Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in Aerobic Chemostat Cultures of Thiosphaera pantotropha

    L.A. Robertson;E.W.J. Van Niel;R.A.M. Torremans;J.G. Kuenen

  • The CANON system (Completely Autotrophic Nitrogen-removal Over Nitrite) under ammonium limitation: interaction and competition between three groups of bacteria.

    K.A. Third;A.O. Sliekers;A.O. Sliekers;A.O. Sliekers;J.G. Kuenen;J.G. Kuenen;J.G. Kuenen;M.S.M. Jetten;M.S.M. Jetten;M.S.M. Jetten

  • CANON and Anammox in a gas-lift reactor.

    A.Olav Sliekers;K.A Third;W Abma;J.G Kuenen

  • Metabolic pathway of anaerobic ammonium oxidation on the basis of 15N studies in a fluidized bed reactor.

    A.A. Van de Graaf;P. De Bruijn;L.A. Robertson;M.S.M. Jetten

  • Biomarkers for In Situ Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria

    Markus C. Schmid;Bart Maas;Ana Dapena;Katinka van de Pas-Schoonen

  • The anammoxosome: an intracytoplasmic compartment in anammox bacteria.

    Laura A. van Niftrik;John A. Fuerst;Jaap S.Sinninghe Damsté;J.Gijs Kuenen

  • Nitrous oxide production by Alcaligenes faecalis under transient and dynamic aerobic and anaerobic conditions

    S. Otte;N.G. Grobben;L.A. Robertson;M.S.M. Jetten

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
J.P. Van Dijken
J.P. Van Dijken Delft University of Technology
Jack T. Pronk
Jack T. Pronk Delft University of Technology
Marc Strous
Marc Strous University of Calgary
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Wn Konings
Wn Konings University of Groningen
Geoffrey A. Codd
Geoffrey A. Codd University of Dundee

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