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Biology and Biochemistry
Czechia
2026

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Chemistry

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59
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11504
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10220
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Biology and Biochemistry

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66
Citations
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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Tomáš Cajthaml is a researcher affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic, focusing primarily on environmental sciences and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans various subfields including pollution, plant science, ecology, soil science, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The main topics addressed in Tomáš Cajthaml's research include pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, microplastics and plastic pollution, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, microbial community ecology and physiology, and composting and vermicomposting techniques.

Tomáš Cajthaml has contributed to several frequent publication venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Tomáš Cajthaml include:

  • Complementary Roles of Wood-Inhabiting Fungi and Bacteria Facilitate Deadwood Decomposition, 2021, mSystems
  • Screening for 32 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including GenX in sludges from 43 WWTPs located in the Czech Republic - Evaluation of potential accumulation in vegetables after application of biosolids, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Effect of pyrolysis temperature on removal of organic pollutants present in anaerobically stabilized sewage sludge, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Recovery of fen peatland microbiomes and predicted functional profiles after rewetting, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Current knowledge in the field of algal organic matter adsorption onto activated carbon in drinking water treatment, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Tomáš Cajthaml has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Jaroslav Semerád, Alena Grasserová, Michael Komárek, Alena Filipová, and Zuzana Münzbergová.

The researcher has produced at least one book published by Springer Nature titled Advanced Nano-Bio Technologies for Water and Soil Treatment in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Occurrence of microplastics in raw and treated drinking water.

    Martin Pivokonsky;Lenka Cermakova;Katerina Novotna;Petra Peer

  • Microplastics in drinking water treatment - Current knowledge and research needs

    Katerina Novotna;Lenka Cermakova;Lenka Pivokonska;Tomas Cajthaml

  • Ligninolytic fungi in bioremediation: extracellular enzyme production and degradation rate

    Čeněk Novotný;Kateřina Svobodová;Pavla Erbanová;Tomáš Cajthaml

  • Seasonal dynamics of fungal communities in a temperate oak forest soil

    Jana Voříšková;Jana Voříšková;Vendula Brabcová;Tomáš Cajthaml;Tomáš Cajthaml;Petr Baldrian

  • Tree diversity and species identity effects on soil fungi, protists and animals are context dependent

    Leho Tedersoo;Mohammad Bahram;Tomáš Cajthaml;Sergei Põlme

  • Spatial variability of enzyme activities and microbial biomass in the upper layers of Quercus petraea forest soil

    Jaroslav Šnajdr;Vendula Valášková;Veˇra Merhautová;Jana Herinková

  • Responses of the extracellular enzyme activities in hardwood forest to soil temperature and seasonality and the potential effects of climate change

    Petr Baldrian;Jaroslav Šnajdr;Věra Merhautová;Petra Dobiášová

  • Transformation of Quercus petraea litter: successive changes in litter chemistry are reflected in differential enzyme activity and changes in the microbial community composition.

    Jaroslav Šnajdr;Tomáš Cajthaml;Vendula Valášková;Věra Merhautová

  • Biodegradation of endocrine-disrupting compounds and suppression of estrogenic activity by ligninolytic fungi.

    Tomáš Cajthaml;Zdena Křesinová;Kateřina Svobodová;Monika Möder

  • Is the effect of trees on soil properties mediated by soil fauna? A case study from post-mining sites

    Jan Frouz;Miluše Livečková;Jana Albrechtová;Alica Chroňáková

  • Purification of a new manganese peroxidase of the white-rot fungus Irpex lacteus, and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the enzyme.

    Petra Baborová;Monika Möder;Petr Baldrian;Kamila Cajthamlová

  • Enzymatic degradation of anthracene, dibenzothiophene and pyrene by manganese peroxidase in media containing acetone.

    Gemma Eibes;Tomas Cajthaml;Maria Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Extracellular oxidative enzyme production and PAH removal in soil by exploratory mycelium of white rot fungi.

    Čeněk Novotný;Pavla Erbanová;Václav Šašek;Alena Kubátová

  • Estimation of fungal biomass in forest litter and soil

    Petr Baldrian;Tomáš Větrovský;Tomáš Cajthaml;Petra Dobiášová

  • Production of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes and degradation of leaf litter by saprotrophic basidiomycetes isolated from a Quercus petraea forest

    Vendula Valášková;Jaroslav Šnajdr;Britta Bittner;Tomáš Cajthaml

  • Decomposer food web in a deciduous forest shows high share of generalist microorganisms and importance of microbial biomass recycling.

    Ruben López-Mondéjar;Vendula Brabcová;Martina Štursová;Anna Davidová

  • Enzyme activities and microbial biomass in topsoil layer during spontaneous succession in spoil heaps after brown coal mining

    Petr Baldrian;Josef Trögl;Jan Frouz;Jaroslav Šnajdr

  • When the forest dies: the response of forest soil fungi to a bark beetle-induced tree dieback

    Martina Štursová;Jaroslav Šnajdr;Tomáš Cajthaml;Jiří Bárta

  • Distribution of microbial biomass and activity of extracellular enzymes in a hardwood forest soil reflect soil moisture content

    Petr Baldrian;Věra Merhautová;Mirka Petránková;Tomáš Cajthaml

  • Ecotoxicity and biodegradability of new brominated flame retardants: A review

    M. Ezechiáš;S. Covino;T. Cajthaml

  • Irpex lacteus, a white rot fungus applicable to water and soil bioremediation.

    Č. Novotný;P. Erbanová;T. Cajthaml;N. Rothschild

  • Preparation of titania mesoporous materialsusing a surfactant-mediated sol–gel method

    P. Kluson;P. Kacer;T. Cajthaml;M. Kalaji

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Frouz
Jan Frouz Charles University
Petr Baldrian
Petr Baldrian Czech Academy of Sciences
Stefano Covino
Stefano Covino National Institute for Astrophysics
Rosa Margesin
Rosa Margesin University of Innsbruck
Miroslav Černík
Miroslav Černík Technical University of Liberec
Marie Stiborová
Marie Stiborová Charles University
Hana Šantrůčková
Hana Šantrůčková University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Milan Gryndler
Milan Gryndler Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
Miroslav Vosátka
Miroslav Vosátka Czech Academy of Sciences
Inmaculada García-Romera
Inmaculada García-Romera Spanish National Research Council

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