First Name: Regina-Michaela
Name: Wittich
Position: Research Professor
Email: r.wittich@csic.es
Institute / University / Company: Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC
Research Unit: Department of Environmental Protection
Address (city, state): Granada
Country: Spain
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- Microbial Ecotoxicity
- Biodegradation of Toxic Pollutants
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Catabolic Pathways
- Bioremediation
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- Pesticides
- PCBs
- dioxins
- explosives (TNT)
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
- Sphingomonads
- biodegrading MOs in general
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
- Sediments
- Soil
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: NO
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Effluent decontamination by the ibuprofen-mineralizing strain, Sphingopyxis granuli RW412: Metabolic processes. Aguilar-Romero I, De la Torre-Zúñiga J, Quesada JM, Haïdour A, O’Connell G, McAmmond BM, Van Hamme JD, Romero E, Wittich RM, van Dillewijn P. Environ Pollut. 2021 Apr 1;274:116536. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116536. Epub 2021 Jan 24. PMID: 33529903
- Bacterial ecotoxicity and shifts in bacterial communities associated with the removal of ibuprofen, diclofenac and triclosan in biopurification systems. Aguilar-Romero I, Romero E, Wittich RM, van Dillewijn P. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 1;741:140461. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140461. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32886990
- Draft Genome Sequences of Isolates from Sediments of the River Elbe That Are Highly Tolerant to Diclofenac. Quesada JM, Aguilar I, de la Torre J, Wittich RM, van Dillewijn P. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Aug 16;7(6):e00849-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00849-18. eCollection 2018 Aug. PMID: 30533899