Scientific Publications
- Development of and experience with nature-based solutions – Nature-based: new opportunities in soil remediation- the original article in the Dutch paper ‘Bodem’ (nr. 1, February 2024). Door: ir. Tobias Praamstra
- MiBiPreT– a Python package for prediction and analysis in Microbiome based Remediation. Developed as part of the MiBiRem toolbox for Bioremediation. developed by the University of Utrecht, March 2024
- Development of a device to trap soil bacteria capable of degrading organic contaminants such as alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons–
- Region-specific patterns of soil bacterial communities’ adaptation to hexachlorocyclohexane contamination-Barnabei et al. 2026– Giacomo Barnabei a, Devaki Destri a,b , Marta Franco-Benito c, Miguel Cebrian-Aldana c ,
Akanksha Mishra c, Sara Gil-Guerrero c, Jose Carlos Castilla-Alcantara d ,
Blanca Velasco-Arroyo d, Rocio Barros-Garcia d, Riccardo Di Mambro a , Nicola Bertelloni a ,
Simona Di Gregorio a,e,*
a Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 13, Pisa 56123, Italy, b BD Biodigressioni SRL, Lungarno Mediceo 40, Pisa 56127, Italy, c Biotechnology Division, IDENER.AI, Aeropolis Parque Tecnol´ogico Aeroespacial de Andalucía, N24 Unit 8, C. Earle Ovington, Sevilla 41300, Spain
d International Research Centre in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies-ICCRAM, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Ba˜nuelos s/n, Burgos 09001, Spain
e National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Via del Cedro, Livorno 57122, Italy -
Integrated physicochemical and microbial analyses reveal redox-driven microbial community structure in a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon–polluted subsurface– Simon Vandersanden a,* , Johan van Leeuwen b, Jaco Vangronsveld a,c, Sofie Thijs
a Environmental Microbiology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
b Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences and Water Research Institute KWR, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
c Department of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Received 19 January 2026, Revised 28 May 2026, Accepted 6 June 2026, Available online 9 June 2026, Version of Record 13 June 2026. Publihsed in Environmental Pollution Volume 405, 15 September 2026, 128559. -
DNA damage-associated vesicle production in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is mediated by the maltocin endolysin-Darshan Chandramowli1, Eva Mortier1, Joni Elsmoortel1, Jolien Vitse1, Stijn De Waele1, Stephan Stremersch1, Koen Raemdonck2, Kevin Braeckmans2, Jan Felix3, Bart Devreese 1 ,
1Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium2Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 3Unit for Structural Biology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research and Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent, Belgium. Received 23 March 2026 Accepted 7 May 2026 Published 25 June 2026- Journal of Bacteriology,July 2026 Volume 208 Issue 7 e00158-26



