Barth F. Smets

Research interests

Publications

• Toward a Universal Unit for Quantification of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Samples

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2023 · 10.1021/acs.est.3c00159

• Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2020 · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140804

• Spatial ecology of a wastewater network defines the antibiotic resistance genes in downstream receiving waters

  Water Research · 2019 · 10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.075

• Water and sanitation: an essential battlefront in the war on antimicrobial resistance

  FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2018 · 10.1093/femsec/fiy101

• Comparative genomics sheds light on niche differentiation and the evolutionary history of comammox Nitrospira

  The ISME Journal · 2018 · 10.1038/s41396-018-0083-3

• Comammox Nitrospira are abundant ammonia oxidizers in diverse groundwater‐fed rapid sand filter communities

  Environmental Microbiology · 2017 · 10.1111/1462-2920.14033

• Metagenomic analysis of rapid gravity sand filter microbial communities suggests novel physiology ofNitrospiraspp.

  The ISME Journal · 2016 · 10.1038/ismej.2016.63

• Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics

  The ISME Journal · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.45

• Biofilm Thickness Influences Biodiversity in Nitrifying MBBRs—Implications on Micropollutant Removal

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2016 · 10.1021/acs.est.6b02007

• Metal stressors consistently modulate bacterial conjugal plasmid uptake potential in a phylogenetically conserved manner

  The ISME Journal · 2016 · 10.1038/ismej.2016.98

• Broad host range plasmids can invade an unexpectedly diverse fraction of a soil bacterial community

  The ISME Journal · 2014 · 10.1038/ismej.2014.191

• Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass

  Water Research · 2013 · 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026

• Modeling Nitrous Oxide Production during Biological Nitrogen Removal via Nitrification and Denitrification: Extensions to the General ASM Models

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2011 · 10.1021/es201489n

• iDynoMiCS: next‐generation individual‐based modelling of biofilms

  Environmental Microbiology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02414.x

• Hydration-controlled bacterial motility and dispersal on surfaces

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 10.1073/pnas.1008392107

• Effective Biological Nitrogen Removal Treatment Processes for Domestic Wastewaters with Low C/N Ratios: A Review

  Environmental Engineering Science · 2010 · 10.1089/ees.2009.0100

• Shifts between Nitrospira ‐ and Nitrobacter ‐like nitrite oxidizers underlie the response of soil potential nitrite oxidation to changes in tillage practices

  Environmental Microbiology · 2009 · 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02070.x

• Aggregate Size and Architecture Determine Microbial Activity Balance for One-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2009 · 10.1128/aem.02337-09

• Nitrogen Removal from Digested Black Water by One-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2009 · 10.1021/es803284y

• Heterotrophic activity compromises autotrophic nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilms: Results of a modeling study

  Water Research · 2007 · 10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.025

• Physical constraints affecting bacterial habitats and activity in unsaturated porous media – a review

  Advances in Water Resources · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.05.025

• Impact of Metal Sorption and Internalization on Nitrification Inhibition

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2003 · 10.1021/es025977d

• Characterization of an Autotrophic Nitrogen-Removing Biofilm from a Highly Loaded Lab-Scale Rotating Biological Contactor

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2003 · 10.1128/aem.69.6.3626-3635.2003

• Mobilization of soil organic matter by complexing agents and implications for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon desorption

  Chemosphere · 2001 · 10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00498-7

• Variability in kinetic parameter estimates: A review of possible causes and a proposed terminology

  Water Research · 1996 · 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00199-9

Current projects

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