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Associate Professor
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Christof Holliger
Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology
birth date: 07.11.1959
nationality: Suisse

office(s): CHC3425
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 34724,32771,34725
fax: +41-21-6934722
MAIN PUBLICATIONS

C. Aeppli, M. Berg, O. A. Cirpka, C. Holliger, R. P. Schwarzenbach, and T. B. Hofstetter. Influence of Mass-Transfer Limitations on Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Microbial Dechlorination of Trichloroethene. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(23):8813-8820, 2009. [ DOI | Details ]

T. H. M. Smits, A. Hüttmann, D. N. Lerner, and C. Holliger. Detection and Quantification of Bacteria Involved in Aerobic and Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation in an Ammonium-Contaminated Aquifer. Bioremediation Journal, 13(1):41-51, 2009. [ DOI | Details ]

M. Dadhwal, A. Singh, O. Prakash, S. Gupta, K. Kumari, P. Sharma, S. Jit, M. Verma, C. Holliger, and R. Lal. Proposal of biostimulation for hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-decontamination and characterization of culturable bacterial community from high-dose point HCH-contaminated soils. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 106(2):381-392, 2009. [ DOI | Details ]

V. Raina, M. Suar, A. Singh, O. Prakash, M. Dadhwal, S. K. Gupta, C. Dogra, K. Lawlor, S. Lal, J. Roelof van der Meer, C. Holliger, and R. Lal. Enhanced biodegradation of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) in contaminated soils via inoculation with Sphingobium indicum B90A. Biodegradation, 19(1):27-40, 2008. [ DOI | Details ]

L. Wick and C. Holliger. Two-Phase Cultivation Techniques. In Microbiology of Hydrocarbons, Oils, Lipids and Derived Compounds. Springer, 2008. [ Details ]

C. Holliger, P. De Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N. Krieg, W. Ludwig, F. Rainey, K.-H. Schlefer, and W. Whitman. The genus Dehalobacter. In The Bergey's Manual, volume 3, pages 986-987. Springer, 2008. [ Details ]

V. Raina, A. Hauser, H.-R. Buser, D. Rentsch, P. Sharma, R. Lal, C. Holliger, T. Poiger, M. D. Müller, and H.-P. E. Kohler. Hydroxylated Metabolites of ²- and ´-Hexachlorocyclohexane: Bacterial Formation, Stereochemical Configuration, and Occurrence in Groundwater at a Former Production Site. Environmental Science & Technology, 41(12):4292-4298, 2007. [ DOI | Details ]

N. Diaby, B. Dold, H.-R. Pfeifer, C. Holliger, B. Johnson, and K. Hallberg. Microbial communities in a porphyry copper tailings impoundment and their impact on the geochemical dynamics of the mine waste. Environmental Microbiology, 9(2):298-307, 2007. [ DOI | Details ]

P. Sharma, V. Raina, R. Kumari, S. Malhotra, C. Dogra, H. Kumari, H.-P. E. Kohler, C. Holliger, and R. Lal. Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB is responsible for ²- and ´-hexachlorocyclohexane transoformation in sphingobium indicum B90A. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(9):5720-5727, 2006. [ DOI | Details ]

R. Pal, S. Bala, M. Dadhwal, M. Kumar, G. Dhingra, O. Prakash, S. R. Prabagaran, S. Shiaji, J. Cullum, C. Holliger, and R. Lal. Hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A, UT26 and Sp+, having similar lin genes, represent three distinct species, Sphingobium indicum sp. nov., sphingobium japonicum sp. nov. and Sphingobium francense sp. nov., and reclassification of [Sphingomonas] chungbukensis as Sphingobium chungbukense comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 55(5):1965-1972, 2005. [ DOI | Details ]

M. Suar, A. Hauser, T. Poiger, H.-R. Buser, M. D. Müller, C. Dogra, V. Raina, C. Holliger, J. van der Meer, R. Lal, and H.-P. E. Kohler. Enantioselective transformation of ±-hexachlorocyclohexane by the dehydrochlorinases LinA1 and LinA2 from the soil bacterium Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71(12):8514-8518, 2005. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Balsiger, C. Holliger, and P. Höhener. Reductive dechlorination of chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons in sewage sludge and aquifer sediment microcosms. Chemosphere, 61(3):361-373, 2005. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Regeard, J. Maillard, C. Dufraigne, P. Deschavanne, and C. Holliger. Indications for acquisition of reductive dehalogenase genes through horizontal gene transfer by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 71(6):2955-2961, 2005. [ DOI | Details ]

J. Maillard, C. Regeard, and C. Holliger. Isolation and characterization of Tn-Dha1, a transposon containing the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1. Environmental Microbiology, 7(1):107-117, 2005. [ DOI | Details ]

M. Suar, J. R. van der Meer, M. Lawlor, C. Holliger, and R. Lal. Dynamics of multiple lin gene expression in Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A in response to different hexachlorocyclohexane isomers. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 70(11):6650-6656, 2004. [ DOI | Details ]

T. H. M. Smits, C. Devenoges, K. Szynalski, J. Maillard, and C. Holliger. Development of a real-time PCR method for quantification of the three genera Dehalobacter, Dehalococcoides, and Desulfitobacterium in microbial communities. Journal Of Microbiological Methods, 57(3):369-378, 2004. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Seignez, N. Adler, C. Thoeni, M. Stettler, P. Peringer, and C. Holliger. Steady-state and transient-state performance of a biotrickling filter treating chlorobenzene-containing waste gas. Applied Microbiology And Biotechnology, 65(1):33-37, 2004. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Regeard, J. Maillard, and C. Holliger. Development of degenerate and specific PCR primers for the detection and isolation of known and putative chloroethene reductive dehalogenase genes. Journal Of Microbiological Methods, 56(1):107-118, 2004. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Dogra, V. Raina, R. Pal, M. Suar, S. Lal, K. H. Gartemann, C. Holliger, J. R. van der Meer, and R. Lal. Organization of lin genes and IS6100 among different strains of hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis: Evidence for horizontal gene transfer. Journal Of Bacteriology, 186(8):2225-2235, 2004. [ DOI | Details ]

J. Maillard, W. Schumacher, F. Vazquez, C. Regeard, W. R. Hagen, and C. Holliger. Characterization of the corrinoid iron-sulfur protein tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Dehalobacter restrictus. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 69(8):4628-4638, 2003. [ DOI | Details ]

A. N. Nozhevnikova, K. Zepp, F. Vazquez, J. B. Zehnder, and C. Holliger. Evidence for the Existence of Psychrophilic Methanogenic Communities in Anoxic Sediments of Deep Lakes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, (3):1832-1835, 2003. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Holliger, C. Regeard, G. Diekert, M. Häggblom, and I. Bossert. Dehalogenation by anaerobic bacteria. In Dehalogenation: Microbial processes and environmental applications, pages 115-157. Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2003. [ Details ]

D. Koné, G. Cissé, C. Seignez, and C. Holliger. Le lagunage à laitue d'eau (Pistia stratiotes) à Ouagadougou: une alternative pour l'épuration des eaux usées destinées à l'irrigation. Cahiers Agricultures, 11:39-43, 2002. [ DOI | Details ]

R. Kumari, S. Subudhi, M. Suar, G. Dhingra, V. Raina, C. Dogra, S. Lal, J. R. Van der Meer, C. Holliger, and R. Lal. Cloning and Characterization of lin Genes Responsible for the Degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane Ismomers by Sphingomonas paucimobilis Strain B90. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68(12):6021-6028, 2002. [ DOI | Details ]

D. Koné, G. Cisse, C. Seignez, and C. Holliger. Le lagunage à macrophytes et l'irrigation en maraîchage: Etude d'une station expérimentale à Ouagadougou. Info CREPA, 03 BP 7112 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso, (31):4, 2001. [ DOI | Details ]

L. Y. Lokshina, V. A. Vavilin, R. H. Kettunen, J. A. Rintala, C. Holliger, and A. N. Nozhevnikova. Evaluation of kinetic coefficients using integrated Monod and Haldane models for low-temperature acetoclastic methanogenesis. Water Research, 35(12):2913-2922, 2001. [ DOI | Details ]

K. Alha, C. Holliger, B. S. Larsen, P. Purcell, and W. Rauch. Environmental engineering education - summary report of the 1st European Seminar. Water Science and Technology, 41(2):1, 2000. [ DOI | Details ]

K. Zepp Falz, C. Holliger, R. Grosskopf, W. Liesack, A. N. Nozhevnikova, B. Müller, B. Wehrli, and D. Hahn. Vertical Distribution of Methanogens in the Anoxic Sediment of Rotsee (Switzerland). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 65(6):2402-2408, 1999. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Holliger, G. Wohlfarth, and G. Diekert. Reductive dechlorination in the energy metabolism of anaerobic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 22:383-398, 1999. [ DOI | Details ]

U. Friedrich, M. Schallenberg, and C. Holliger. Pelagic Bacteria-Particle Interactions and Community-Specific Growth Rates in Four Lakes along a Trophic Gradient. Microbial Ecology, 37(1):49-61, 1999. [ DOI | Details ]

T. B. Hofstetter, C. G. Heijman, S. B. Haderlein, C. Holliger, and R. P. Schwarzenbach. Complete Reduction of TNT and Other (Poly)nitroaromatic Compounds under Iron-Reducing Subsurface Conditions. Envrionmental Science & Technology, 33:1479-1487, 1999. [ DOI | Details ]

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