Jan Gerritse

• In situ bioremediation of soil contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons under different redox conditions

  Netherlands, 1994 – 1997

  Sponsor NOVEM / Partners: Groningen University, Tauw Milieu, Oosterhof Holman
  Description: The first full-scale in situ bioremediation of a chloroethene-contaminated site.

• About 30 projects on in situ bioremediation of sites polluted with organic contaminants, including chloroethenes, chloroethanes, chlorinated dioxins, chlorophenols, BTEX, PAH, gasoline, mineral oil or oil tar

  Europe, 1993 – 2014

  Clients: chemical industry, metal industry, dry cleaners, NOBIS, SKB, Dutch ministry of economic affairs.

• CORONA - Confidence in forecasting of Natural Attenuation as a risk-based groundwater remediation strategy

  Europe, 2001 – 2005

  EU project involving 10 universities and TNO, focusing on natural attenuation of a variety of groundwater contaminants at different European locations.

• Biofouling reduction in industrial cooling water systems

  Europe, 2002 – 2006

  Three projects in which the use of biofiltration for bioufouling abatement was tested in laboratory-scale and on-site in industrial cooling water installations.

• Microbial Fuel Cell

  Netherlands, Spain, 2003 – 2010

  Four projects, sponsored by Dutch and European funding organisations, concerning the use of manure for the production of electricity in patented microbial fuel cells.

• AquaTerra

  Europe, 2004 – 2009

  The AquaTerra research project, involving 45 partners from 12 European countries, has developed knowledge for the integrated management of soil, sediment and water in European river basins.

• Detection and Enhancement of MtBE degradation

  Netherlands, Belgium, 2005 – 2011

  Project sponsored by 5 multinationals from oil industry and the Dutch ministry of economic affairs. New molecular methods for the detection and enhancement of methyl tert-butylether (MtBE) were developed and tested on different contaminated locations in the Netherlands and Belgium.

• Development of a rapid and affordable test kit for detection of bacteria indicating faecal contamination

  Netherlands, Afganistan, 2006 – 2009

  In a project, sponsored by Stichting Vluchteling, TNO and Deltares, a new cheap and simple test for on-site detection of coliform bacteria was developed and patented. The rapid test uses a combination of solid phase adsorption of coliforms from water and chromogenic staining.

• AquaFit4Use

  Europe, 2008 – 2012

  AquaFit4Use was a large-scale EU project, which brought solutions to sustainable industrial water use. It aimed at making industries more independent of the supply of drinking water for their production processes, by closing water cycles and obtaining water qualities tailored to suit product and process demands. It involved 33 European participants and 12 pilot cases in for four main industries: Chemical, Paper, Textile and Food.

• Groundwater remediation with wind energy

  Netherlands, 2011 – 2014

  Three projects focusing on the development and implementation of sustainable cheap bioremediation of chloroethene contaminated groundwater. The groundwater is extracted by a windpump and subsequently treated in a constructed wetland. Project partners: Stichting Bodemsanering NS (SBNS), Oranjewoud, BK and Deltares.

• Anaerobic benzene degradation under denitrifying conditions: Peptococcaceae as dominant benzene degraders and evidence for a syntrophic process

  2012
  Zaan, van der B., Talarico Saia, F., Stams, A.J.M., Plugge, C.M., Vos, de W.M., Smid, H., Langenhoff, A.A.M., Gerritse, J. (2012). Environmental Microbiology 14(5):1171-1181

• Stability of total and functional microbial communities in river sediment mesocosms exposed to anthropogenic disturbances.

  2010
  Zaan, van der, B., Smidt, H., Vos, de, W.M., Rijnaarts, H., Gerrits, J. (2010) FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74(1):72-82

• Correlation of Dehalococcoides 16S rRNA and chloroethene-reductive dehalogenase genes with geochemical conditions in chloroethene-contaminated groundwater.

  2010
  Zaan, van der, B., Hannes, F., Hoekstra, N., H. Rijnaarts, Vos, de, W.M., Smidt, H., Gerritse, J. (2010) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(3): 843-850.

• Degradation of benzene at a site amended chlorate.

  2009
  Langenhoff, A.A.M. H. Richnow and J. Gerritse (2009) Journal of Bioremediation, Bioremediation Journal 13(4):1-7.

• Contaminant behaviour of micro-organics in groundwater.

  2009
  Gerritse, J., Grift, van der, B., Langenhoff, A. (2009) In: Groundwater Monitoring. Edited by Quevauviller, P., Fouillac, A.-M., Grath, J., Ward, R. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester PO19 8SQ, UK, p.111-143.

• Degradation of 1,2-dichloroethane by microbial communities from river sediments at various redox conditions.

  2009
  Zaan, van der, B., Weert, de, J., Rijnaarts, H., Vos, de, W.M., Smidt, H., Gerritse, J. (2009) Water Research 43:3207-3216.

• Biofouling reduction in recirculating cooling systems through biofiltration of process water.

  2003
  Meesters, K. P. H., Groenestijn, van, J. W., Gerritse, J. (2003). Water Research 37: 525-532.

• Influence of different electron donors and acceptors on dehalorespiration of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene by Desulfitobacterium frappieri strain TCE1.

  1999
  Gerritse, J., Drzyzga, O., Kloetstra, G., Keijmel, M., Wiersum, L.P., Hutson, R., Collins, M.D., Gottschal, J.C. (1999). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65(12): 5212-5221.

• Complete degradation of tetrachloroethene in coupled anoxic and oxic chemostats.

  1997
  Gerritse, J., Kloetstra, G., Borger, A., Dalstra, G., Alphenaar, A., Gottschal, J.C. (1997). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 48: 553-562.

• Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE1, an anaerobic bacterium that can grow by reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene or ortho-chlorinated phenols.

  1996
  Gerritse, J., Renard, V.,Pedro Gomes, T.M., Lawson, P.A., Collins, M.D., Gottschal, J.C. (1996). Arch. Micriobiol. 165: 132-140.

• Complete degradation of tetrachloroethene by combined activity of anaerobic dechlorinating and aerobic methanotrophic enrichment cultures.

  1995
  Gerritse, J., Renard, V., Visser, J., Gottschal, J.C. (1995). Appl. Microbio. Biotechnol. 43: 920-928

• Two-membered mixed cultures of methanogenic and aerobic bacteria in oxygen-limited chemostats.

  1993
  Gerritse, J., Gottschal, J.C. (1993). J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 1853-1860.

• Mineralization of the herbicide 2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid by a co-culture of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria.

  1992
  Gerritse, J., Gottschal, J.C. (1992). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 101: 89-98.

• Modelling of mixed chemostat cultures of an aerobic bacterium Comamonas testorsteroni, and an anaerobic bacterium, Veillonella alcalescens: Comparison with experimental data.

  1991
  Gerritse, J., Schut, F., Gottschal, J.C. (1991). Appl. Environ. Micriobiol. 58: 1466-1476.

• Mixed chemostat cultures of obligately aerobic and fermentative or methanogenic bacteria grown under oxygen-limiting conditions.

  1990
  Mixed chemostat cultures of obligately aerobic and fermentative or methanogenic bacteria grown under oxygen-limiting conditions.

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