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Lukas Y. Wick is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing significantly to topics related to microbial ecology, environmental pollution, and molecular biological processes.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Ecology, Pollution, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Biomedical Engineering. Key research topics explored include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, and Water Treatment and Disinfection.

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Research
  • Archives of Toxicology

Lukas Y. Wick has frequently collaborated with Hauke Harms, René Kallies, Bijing Xiong, Claire E. Stanley, and Thomas A. Ternes, each coauthoring multiple publications together.

Among the recent papers authored by Lukas Y. Wick are:

  • Implications of biological activated carbon filters for micropollutant removal in wastewater treatment (2020, Water Research)
  • Chemiluminescent Carbapenem-Based Molecular Probe for Detection of Carbapenemase Activity in Live Bacteria (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • Empty bed contact time: The key for micropollutant removal in activated carbon filters (2020, Water Research)
  • Phage co-transport with hyphal-riding bacteria fuels bacterial invasion in a water-unsaturated microbial model system (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Chemiluminescence Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide Release by β-Lactamase-Catalyzed β-Lactam Biodegradation: Unprecedented Pathway for Monitoring β-Lactam Antibiotic Bacterial Resistance (2021, Bioconjugate Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Principles of microbial PAH-degradation in soil.

    Anders R. Johnsen;Lukas Y. Wick;Hauke Harms

  • Untapped potential: exploiting fungi in bioremediation of hazardous chemicals

    Hauke Harms;Dietmar Schlosser;Lukas Y. Wick

  • Bacterial-fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges.

    Aurélie Deveau;Gregory Bonito;Jessie Uehling;Jessie Uehling;Mathieu Paoletti

  • Taking the Fungal Highway: Mobilization of Pollutant-Degrading Bacteria by Fungi

    Stefanie Kohlmeier;Theo H. M. Smits;Roseanne M. Ford;Christoph Keel

  • Microbial interactions with organic contaminants in soil: definitions, processes and measurement.

    Kirk T. Semple;Kieron J. Doick;Lukas Y. Wick;Hauke Harms

  • Limits of propidium iodide as a cell viability indicator for environmental bacteria

    Lei Shi;Susanne Günther;Thomas Hübschmann;Lukas Y. Wick

  • Influence of the surface topography of stainless steel on bacterial adhesion

    Edi Medilanski;Karin Kaufmann;Lukas Y Wick;Oskar Wanner

  • Membrane Vesicle Formation as a Multiple-Stress Response Mechanism Enhances Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E Cell Surface Hydrophobicity and Biofilm Formation

    Thomas Baumgarten;Stefanie Sperling;Jana Seifert;Martin von Bergen

  • Past, Present, and Future Controls on Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Global Environment

    Luca Nizzetto;Matthew Macleod;Katrine Borga;Ana Cabrerizo

  • Tau Oligomers Impair Artificial Membrane Integrity and Cellular Viability

    Katharina Flach;Isabel Hilbrich;Andrea Schiffmann;Ulrich Gärtner

  • Responses of Mycobacterium sp. LB501T to the low bioavailability of solid anthracene.

    L.Y. Wick;A.R de Munain;Dirk Springael;H. Harms

  • Kinetics of Mass Transfer-Limited Bacterial Growth on Solid PAHs

    Lukas Y. Wick;Teresa Colangelo;Hauke Harms

  • Effect of Fungal Hyphae on the Access of Bacteria to Phenanthrene in Soil

    Lukas Y Wick;Rita Remer;Birgit Würz;Jana Reichenbach

  • Electro-bioremediation of hydrophobic organic soil-contaminants: A review of fundamental interactions

    Lukas Y. Wick;Lei Shi;Hauke Harms

  • Immediate ecotoxicological effects of short-lived oil spills on marine biota

    C.P.D. Brussaard;L. Peperzak;S. Beggah;L.Y. Wick

  • "Omics" Insights into PAH Degradation toward Improved Green Remediation Biotechnologies.

    Abdelhak El Amrani;Anne-Sophie Dumas;Lukas Y Wick;Etienne Yergeau

  • Electrokinetic Transport of PAH-Degrading Bacteria in Model Aquifers and Soil

    Lukas Y Wick;Philipp A Mattle;Pierre Wattiau;Hauke Harms

  • Fungal mycelia allow chemotactic dispersal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon‐degrading bacteria in water‐unsaturated systems

    Shoko Furuno;Katrin Päzolt;Cornelia Rabe;Thomas R. Neu

  • Cell wall adaptations of planktonic and biofilm Rhodococcus erythropolis cells to growth on C5 to C16 n-alkane hydrocarbons.

    Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho;Lukas Y. Wick;Hermann J. Heipieper

  • Plant–microbe interactions as drivers of ecosystem functions relevant for the biodegradation of organic contaminants

    Thomas Fester;Julia Giebler;Lukas Y Wick;Dietmar Schlosser

  • Sorption to Humic Acids Enhances Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation

    Kilian E.C. Smith;Martin Thullner;Lukas Y. Wick;Hauke Harms

Frequent Co-Authors

Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Martin Thullner
Martin Thullner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Karin Frank
Karin Frank Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Anja Miltner
Anja Miltner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Matthias Kästner
Matthias Kästner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hermann J. Heipieper
Hermann J. Heipieper Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hans H. Richnow
Hans H. Richnow Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
José-Julio Ortega-Calvo
José-Julio Ortega-Calvo Spanish National Research Council
Ingo Fetzer
Ingo Fetzer Stockholm Resilience Centre

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