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Tracing nitrogen transformation in contaminated groundwaters - microbial characterization and isotope studies

2021/41/N/ST10/01839

Keywords:

nitrogen groundwaters nitrates nitrites N2O stable isotopes denitrification nitrification microbes

Descriptors:

  • ST10_004:
  • ST10_013:
  • ST10_010:

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk o Ziemi i Kształtowania Środowiska

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Sushmita Deb 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 20 - announced on 2021-03-15

Amount awarded: 202 464 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-02-07

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-02-06

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Microbial nitrogen transformations tracked by natural abundance isotope studies and microbiological methods: A review
    Authors:
    Sushmita Deb, Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak
    Academic press:
    Science of the Total Environment (rok: 2024, tom: 926, strony: 172073), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172073 - link to the publication
  2. N transformations in nitrate-rich groundwaters: combined isotope and microbial approach
    Authors:
    Sushmita Deb, Mikk Espenberg, Reinhard Well, Michał Bucha, Marta Jakubiak, Ülo Mander, Mariusz-Orion Jędrysek, and Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak
    Academic press:
    Biogeosciences (rok: 2025, tom: 22, strony: 5535–5556), Wydawca: EGU
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5194/bg-22-5535-2025 - link to the publication
  3. Simplified bacterial denitrification method using Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens for nitrite dual isotope analysis in low-concentration environmental samples
    Authors:
    Sushmita Deb, Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Environtal Sciences (rok: 2025, tom: 13, strony: 1536882), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fenvs.2025.1536882 - link to the publication
  1. Comprehensive protocol for isotopic analysis of mineral nitrogen forms using bacterial denitrification techniques
    Authors:
    Sushmita Deb, Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak
    Book:
    Pikomolowe puzzle funkcjonowania Wszechświata - Hołd dla Stanisława Hałasa i trzydziestolecie Pracowni Geologii Izotopowej i Geoekologii (rok: 2024, tom: 4238, strony: 205-212), Wydawca: Acta Universitas Wratislaviensis
    Status:
    Published