Christof Holliger

portrait Prof. Christof Holliger

Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Environnementale
Institut d’Ingénierie de l’Environnement IIE
EPF Lausanne
EPFL-ENAC-IIE-LBE
Station 6
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland


Mailing Address:

Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Environnementale
Institut d’Ingénierie de l’Environnement IIE
EPF Lausanne
EPFL-ENAC-IIE-LBE
Station 6
-1015 Lausanne


Phone: +41 (0)21 693 47 24
Phone2: +41 (0) 21 693 47 25
Fax: +41 (0) 21 693 47 22
E-mail: christof.holliger(at)epfl.ch
URL Institution: lbe.epfl.ch


Key Publications of Christof Holliger (up to ten) :
Rupakula A., T. Kruse, S. Boeren, C. Holliger, H. Smidt, and J. Maillard. 2013. The restricted metabolism of the obligate organohalide respiring bacterium Dehalobacter restrictus: lessons from tiered functional genomics. Phil Trans R Soc B 368: 20120325, theme issue “Organohalide respiration: using halogenated hydrocarbons as terminal electron acceptor”.

Shani, N., P. Rossi, and C. Holliger. 2013. Correlations between environmental variables and bacterial community structures suggest Fe(III) and vinyl chloride reduction as antagonistic terminal electron-accepting processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47:6836-45.

Margot, J., C. Bennati-Granier, J. Maillard, P. Blánquez, D. A. Barry, and C. Holliger. 2013. Bacterial versus fungal laccase: Potential for micropollutant degradation. AMB Express 3:63.

Buttet, G. F., C. Holliger, and J. Maillard. 2013. Functional genotyping of Sulfurospirillum spp. in mixed cultures allowed the identification of a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:6941-6947.

Weissbrodt, D. G., G. Schneiter, J.-M. Fürbringer, and C. Holliger. 2013. Identification of trigger factors selecting for polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors. Water Research 47:7006-7018.

Lacroix, E., A. Brovelli, J. Maillard, E. Rohrbach-Brandt, D. A. Barry, and C. Holliger. 2014. Use of silicate minerals for long-term pH control during reductive dechlorination of high tetrachloroethene concentrations in continuous flow-through columns. Science of Total Environment, 482–483:23–35.

Lochmatter, S. and C. Holliger. 2014. Optimization of operation conditions for the startup of aerobic granular sludge reactors biologically removing carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous. Water Research 59:58-70.

Weissbrodt, D. G., N. Shani, and C. Holliger. 2014. Bacterial community dynamics in aerobic granular sludge removing nutrients from wastewater under fluctuations in operation variables. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 88:579-95.

Lochmatter, S., J. Maillard, and C. Holliger. 2014. Nitrogen removal over nitrite by aeration control in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 11(7):6955-6978.

Rupakula, A., Y. Lu, T. Kruse, S. Boeren, C. Holliger, H. Smidt, and J. Maillard. 2015. Functional genomics of corrinoid starvation in the organohalide-respiring bacterium Dehalobacter restrictus strain PER-K23. Front. Microbiol. 5:751.



Expertise of Christof Holliger:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Water Pollution / Waste Water
Topic PedospherePedosphere
Soil Pollution and Restauration
Topic BiosphereBiosphere
Biodiversity
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon
Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain
Topic TechnologyTechnology
Biotechnology
Technical Environmental Protection
Topic SustainabilitySustainability
Ecological Sustainability
MethodsMethod
Applied Research / Technology
GeoForum Environmental-TechnologyEnvironmental Technologies
Groundwater Protection
GeoForum Bio-TechnologyBioTechnology

Specialties of Christof Holliger:
Microbial ecology, molecular ecology of microbial communities, bioremediation, wastewater treatment, microbial diversity

Last update: 11/16/23
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