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2024

  • Eryılmaz M., Otuzoğlu J., Tezel U., Demircan O. (2024). The influence of ZIF-L in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) cathode for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Biotechnology Letters. PMID: 39609312

  • Ahkola H., Kotamäki N., Siivola E., Tiira J., Imoscopi S., Riva M., Tezel U., Juntunen J. (2024). Uncertainty in Environmental Micropollutant Modeling. Environmental Management. PMID: 38816505


2022

  • Wilkinson, J. L., Boxall, A. B., Kolpin, D. W., Leung, K. M., Lai, R. W., Galbán-Malagón, C., … & Teta, C. (2022). Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(8), e2113947119.

  • Ozcelik, D., Sakarya, F. K., Tezel, U., & Haznedaroglu, B. Z. (2022). Recent advancements in algae–bacteria consortia for the treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater. In Integrated Wastewater Management and Valorization Using Algal Cultures (pp. 13-50). Elsevier.


2021

  • Emadian, S. M., Sefiloglu, F. O., Balcioglu, I. A., & Tezel, U. (2021). Identification of core micropollutants of Ergene River and their categorization based on spatiotemporal distribution. Science of the Total Environment, 758, 143656.

  • Sakarya, F. K., Haznedaroglu, B. Z., & Tezel, U. (2021). Biological removal of benzalkonium chlorides from wastewater by immobilized cells of Pseudomonas sp. BIOMIG1 in an up-flow packed bed reactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 418, 126210.


2020

  • Akay, C., & Tezel, U. (2020). Biotransformation of Acetaminophen by intact cells and crude enzymes of bacteria: A comparative study and modelling. Science of the total environment, 703, 134990.

  • Altinbag, R. C., Ertekin, E., & Tezel U. (2020). Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain BIOMIG1BAC, Which Mineralizes Benzalkonium Chloride Disinfectants. Microbiology resource announcements, 9(20).


2019

  • Tezel, U., & Şepitci, B. (2019). Testing the biodegradability of priority and emerging contaminants as a mixture. Sakarya Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 23(2), 184-192.

2018

  • Kim, M., Weigand, M. R., Oh, S., Hatt, J. K., Krishnan, R., Tezel, U., … & Konstantinidis, K. T. (2018). Widely used benzalkonium chloride disinfectants can promote antibiotic resistance. Applied and environmental microbiology, 84(17), e01201-18.

2017

  • Ertekin, E., Konstantinidis, K. T., & Tezel, U. (2017). A Rieske-type oxygenase of Pseudomonas sp. BIOMIG1 converts benzalkonium chlorides to benzyldimethyl amine. Environmental science & technology, 51(1), 175-181.

2016

  • Ertekin, E., Hatt, J. K., Konstantinidis, K. T., & Tezel, U. (2016). Similar microbial consortia and genes are involved in the biodegradation of benzalkonium chlorides in different environments. Environmental science & technology, 50(8), 4304-4313.

2015

  • Tezel U., Pavlostathis S. G. 2015. Quaternary ammonium disinfectants: microbial adaptation, degradation and ecology, Current Opinion in Biotechnology 33: 296-304.

  • Yang J., Tezel U., Li K., Pavlostathis S. G. 2015. Prolonged exposure of mixed aerobic cultures to low temperature and benzalkonium chloride affect the rate and extent of nitrification, Bioresource Technology 179: 193-201.


2014

  • Padhye L. P., and Tezel U. 2014. Fate of environmental pollutants, Water Environment Research 86(10): 1714-1773.

  • Tezel U., Tandukar M., Hajaya M. G., and Pavlostathis S. G. 2014. Transition of municipal sludge anaerobic digestion from mesophilic to thermophilic and long-term performance evaluation, Bioresource Technology 170: 385-394.

  • Misiti T., Tezel U., and Pavlostathis S. G. 2014. Effect of alkyl side chain location and cyclicity on the aerobic biotransformation of naphthenic acids, Environmental Science and Technology 48(14): 7909-7917.


2013

  • Padhye L. P., and Tezel U. 2013. Fate of environmental pollutants, Water Environment Research 85(10): 1734-1785.

  • Hong J., Tezel U., Okutman Tas D., and Pavlostathis S. G. 2013. Influence of quaternary ammonium compounds on the microbial reductive dechlorination of pentachloroaniline, Water Research 47(17): 6780-6789.

  • Tandukar M., Oh S., Tezel U., Konstantinidis K. T., and Pavlostathis S. G. 2013. Long-term exposure to benzalkoniun chloride disinfectants results in change of microbial community structure and increased antimicrobial resistance, Environmental Science and Technology 47(17): 9730-9738.

  • Misiti T., Tezel U., Tandukar M., and Pavlostathis S. G. 2013. Aerobic biotransformation potential of a commercial mixture of naphthenic acids, Water Research 47(15): 5520-5534.

  • Misiti T., Tezel U. and Pavlostathis S. G. 2013. Fate and effect of naphthenic acids on oil refinery activated sludge wastewater treatment systems, Water Research 47(1): 449-460.

  • Misiti T., Tandukar M., Tezel U. and Pavlostathis S. G. 2013. Inhibition and biotransformation potential of naphthenic acids under different electron accepting conditions, Water Research 47(1): 406-418.


2012

  • Tezel U., Tandukar M., Martinez R. J., Sobecky P. A. and Pavlostathis S. G. 2012. Aerobic biotransformation of n-tetradecylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride by an enriched Pseudomonas spp. community, Environmental Science and Technology 46(16): 8714-8722.

  • Watson M. K., Tezel U., and Pavlostathis S. G. 2012. Biotransformation of alkanoylcholines by a mixed methanogenic culture, Water Research 46(9): 2947-2956.


Thesis and Dissertation


PhD Thesis

  • Emadian S. 2019. Identification of micropollutants in Ergene river and their biotransformation potential under anaerobic conditions

  • Ertekin E. 2017. Microbial ecology and genetics of benzalkonium chloride biotransformation in the environment

MS Thesis

  • Altinbag R. 2021. Complete genome sequencing and analyzing the genes of Pseudomonas sp. BIOMIG1BAC

  • Serttek B. 2019. Biodegradation of micropollutants in Ergene River during a dry season

  • Karakaya E. 2019. Aerobic biodegradation of dominant micropollutants in the Ergene river by river microcosms and pure cultures of bacteria

  • Turkoglu O. 2019. Evaluation of micropollutant toxicity in Ergene River during a dry month

  • Kubilay D. 2018. Modeling evolution and dissemination of resistance under temporally changing antimicrobial concentration

  • Akay C. 2017. Biotransformation of acetaminophen by four phylogenetically distinct bacteria and immobilized enzymes of rhodococcus erytropolis biomig-p19

  • Gul G. 2016. Antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas sp. BIOMIG1 protects susceptible bacteria from disinfectants

  • Emadian S. 2015. Effect of quaternary ammonium ionic liquids on fermentation of cellulose by bacteria

  • Sakarya K. 2015. Biotransformation of benzalkonium chlorides by immobilized cells of Pseudomonas sp. BIOMIG1

  • Yilmaz O. 2014. Evaluation of factors affecting the biotransformation of benzalkonium chlorides by Pseudomonas spp.