Major Biofilm-Modeling Publications
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1978). Variable-order model of bacterial-film kinetics. J. Environ. Engr. 104: 889-900.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1980). Model of steady-state-biofilm kinetics. Bioengr. 22: 2343-2357.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1980). Evaluation of steady-state-biofilm kinetics. Biotechnol. Bioengr. 22: 2359-2373.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1980). Design of fixed-film processes with steady-state-biofilm model. Water Technol. 12: 271-281.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1981). Substrate flux into biofilms of any thickness. Environ. Engr. 107: 831-849.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1982). Comparative performance of biofilm reactor types. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 24: 1341-1370.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1982). The effect of shear stress on biofilm loss rate. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 24: 501-506.
- Stratton, R., E. Namkung, and B. E. Rittmann (1983). Secondary utilization of trace-organics by biofilms on porous media. J. Amer. Water Works Assn. 75: 463-469.
- Namkung, E., R. G. Stratton, and B. E. Rittmann (1983). Predicting removal of trace-organic compounds by biofilms. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 55: 1366-1372.
- Rittmann, B. E. and K. Dovantzis (1983). Dual limitation of biofilm kinetics. Water Research 17: 1727-1734.
- Rittmann, B. E. and C. W. Brunner (1984). The nonsteady-state-biofilm process for advanced organics removal. Water Poll. Control Federation 56: 874-880.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1985). The effect of load fluctuations on the effluent concentration produced by fixed-film reactors. Water Science Technol. 16: 45-55.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1986). Soluble microbial products (SMP) formation kinetics by biofilms. Water Research 20: 795-806.
- Rittmann, B. E., L. Crawford, C. K. Tuck, and E. Namkung (1986). In situ determination of kinetic parameters for biofioms: isolation and characterization of oligotrophic biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 28: 1753-1760.
- Rittmann, B. E., W. Bae, E. Namkung, and C.-J. Lu (1987). A critical evaluation of microbial product formation in biological processes. Water Sci. Technol. 19: 517-528.
- Wang, Y. T., M. T. Suidan, and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Modeling biofilm kinetics for a low-loaded expanded-bed anaerobic reactor. Bioengr. 30: 15-21.
- Suidan, M.T., B. E. Rittmann, and U. K. Traegner (1987). Criteria establishing biofilm-kinetic types. Water Research 21: 491-498.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Mathematical modeling of biofilm on activated carbon. Sci. Technol. 21: 273-279.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Verification of the model of biofilm on activated carbon. Sci. Technol. 21: 280-288.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Modeling bisubstrate removal by biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 29: 269-278.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Evaluation of bisubstrate secondary utilization kinetics by biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 29: 335-342.
- Gantzer, C. J., H. P. Kollig, B. E. Rittmann, and D. L. Lewis (1988). Predicting the rate of trace-organic compound removal by natural biofilms. Water Research 22: 191-200.
- Sáez, P. B. and Rittmann, B. E. (1988). An improved pseudo-analytical solution for steady-state-biofilm kinetics. Bioengr. 32: 379-385.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1988). Comparative study of biofilm kinetics on different adsorptive media. Water Pollution Control Federation 60: 362-368.
- Gantzer, C. J., B. E. Rittmann, and E. E. Herricks (1988). Mass transport to streambed biofilms. Water Research 22: 709-722.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1989). Mathematical modeling of fixed-film growth. In G. Patry and D. Chapman, eds., Dynamic Modeling and Expert Systems in Wastewater Engineering, Lewis Publ., Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 39-58.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1989). Detachment from biofilms. In Structure and Function of Biofilms, W. G. Characklis and P. A. Wilderer, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester, England, 49-58.
- Gantzer, C. J., A. B. Cunningham, W. Gujer, B. Gutekunst, J. J. Heijnen, E. N. Lightfoot, G. Odham, B. E. Rittmann, E. Rosenberg, D. Stolzenbach, and A. J. B. Zehnder (1989). Group report: Interfacial processes at biofilm surfaces. In Structure and Function of Biofilms, W. G. Characklis and P. A. Wilderer, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester, England, pp. 73-90.
- Manem, J. A. and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Scaling procedure for biofilm processes. Water Sci. Technol. 22: 329-346.
- Heath, M. S., S. A. Wirtel, and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Simplified design of biofilm processes using normalized loading curves. J. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 62: 185-192.
- Odencrantz, J. E., W. Bae, A. J. Valocchi, and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Stimulation of biologically active zones (BAZs) in porous media by electron-acceptor injection. Contaminant Hydrology 6: 37-52.
- Bae, W. J. E. Odencrantz, B. E. Rittmann, and A. J. Valocchi (1990). Transformation kinetics of trace-level halogenated organic contaminants in a biologicaly active zone (BAZ) induced by nitrate injection. Contaminant Hydrology 6: 53-68.
- Sáez, P. B. and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Error analysis of limiting-case solutions of the steady-state-biofilm model. Water Research 24: 1181-1185.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1990) Analyzing biofilm processes used in biological filtration. Amer. Water Works Assn. 82(12): 62-66.
- Gantzer, C. J., B. E. Rittmann, and E. E. Herricks (1991). Effect of long-term water velocity changes on streambed biofilm activity. Water Research 25: 15-20.
- Heath, M.S., S. A. Wirtel, B.E. Rittmann, and D.R. Noguera (1991). Closure to simplified design of biofilm processes using normalized loading curves. J. Water. Pollution Control Federation 63: 91-92.
- Bouwer, E. J. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Correspondance on use of colloid filtration theory in modeling movement of bacteria through a contaminated sandy aquifer. Sci. Technol. 26: 400-401.
- Sáez, P. B. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Model-parameter estimation using least squares. Water Research 26: 789-796.
- Sáez, P. B. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Accurate pseudoanalytical solution for steady-state biofilms. Bioengr. 39: 790-793.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. A. Manen (1992). Development and experimental evaluation of a steady-state, multi-species biofilm model. Bioengr. 39: 914-922.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Advanced modeling of mixed populations of heterotrophs and nitrifiers considering the formation and exchange of soluble microbial products. Water Sci. Technol. 26 (3-4): 493-502.
- Wirtel, S. A., D. R. Noguera, D. T. Kampmeier, M. S. Heath, and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Explaining widely varying biofilm-process performance with normalized loading curves. Water Environ. Res. 64: 706-711.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. B. Sáez (1993). Modeling biological processes involved in degradation of hazardous organic substrates. In M. Levin and M. Gealt, Biotreatment of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, pp. 113-136.
- Valocchi, A. J., J. E. Odencrantz, and B. E. Rittmann (1993). Computational studies of the transport of reactive solutes: interaction between adsorption and biotransformation. in Hydro-Science and -Engineering, Vol. 1. S. Y. Wang, ed., Proc. First Intl. Conf. on Hydro-Science and -Engineering, July 7-11, 1993, Washington, DC, pp. 1845-1852.
- Odencrantz, J. E., A. J. Valocchi, and B. E. Rittmann (1993). Modeling the interaction of sorption and biodegradation on transport in ground water in situ bioremediation systems. Intl. Ground Water Modeling Conference, June, 1993, Golden. Col., pp. 2-3 – 2-12.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1993). The significance of biofilms in porous media. Water Resources Research, 29: 2195-2202.
- Gadani, V., P. Villon, J. Manem, and B. E. Rittmann (1993). A new method to solve non-steady-state multispecies biofilm model. Mathematical Biology 55: 1039-1061.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Evaluation of multiple-species biofilm and floc processes using a simplified aggregate model. Water Sci. Technol. 29 (10-11): 439-446.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Predicting bed dynamics in three-phase, fluidized-bed biofilm reactors. Water Sci. Technol., 29 (10-11): 231-241.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Interpretation of bacterial activities in nitrification filters by a biofilm model considering the kinetics of soluble microbial products. Water Sci. Technol. 30 (11): 147-156.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1995). Fundamentals and Application of Biofilm Processes in Drinking-Water Treatment. Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water, J. Hrubec, Ed., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol 5B, pp 61-87.
- Melcer, H., W. J. Parker, and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Modeling of volatile organic contaminants in trickling filter systems. Water Sci. Technol. 31(1): 95-104.
- Malmstead, M. J., Brockman, A. J. Valocchi, and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Modeling biofilm biodegradation requiring cosubstrates: the quinoline example. Water Sci. Technol. 31(1): 71-84.
- Bae, W. and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Accelerating the rate of cometabolic degradations requiring an intracellular electron source–model and biofilm application. Water Sci. Technol. 31(1): 29-39.
- Ohashi, A., D. G. V. de Silva, B. Mobarry, J. A. Manem, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann. (1995) Influence of substrate C/N ratio on the structure of multi-species biofilms consisting of nitrifiers and heterotrophs. Water Science Technology 32 (8): 75-84.
- Bishop, P. L. and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Modelling heterogeneity in biofilms. Water Sci. Technol. 32 (8): 263-265.
- Wrenn, B. A. and B. E. Rittmann (1996). Evaluation of a mathematical model for the effects of primary substrates on reductive dehalogenation kinetics. Biodegradation 7: 49-64.
- Yu, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1997). Predicting bed expansion and phase holdups for three-phase, fluidized-bed reactors with and without biofilm. Water Research 31: 2604-2616.
- Tebes-Stevens, C., A. J. Valocchi, J. M. VanBriesen, and B. E. Rittmann (1998). Multicomponent transport with coupled geochemical and microbiological reactions: Model description and example simulations. J. Hydrology. 209: 8-26.
- Noguera, D. R., G. Pizarro, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (1999). Simulation of multispecies development in three dimensions. Water Sci. Technol. 39(7): 123-130.
- Rittmann, B. E., M. Pettis, H. Reeves, and D. Stahl. (1999). How biofilm clusters affect substrate flux and ecological selection. Water Sci. Technol. 39(7): 99-105.
- Cooke, A. J., R. K. Rowe, B. E. Rittmann, and I. R. Fleming (1999). Modeling biochemically driven mineral precipitation in anaerobic biofilms. Water Sci. Technol. 39(7): 60-67.
- Cooke, A. J., R. K. Rowe, B. E. Rittmann, J. vanGulck, and S. Millward (2001). Biofilm growth and mineral precipitation in synthetic leachate columns. Geotechnical. Geoenviron. Engr. 127: 849-856.
- Rittmann, B. E. and D. Stilwell (2002). Modeling biological processes in water treatment: the integrated biofiltration model. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology — AQUA 51: 1-14.
- Rittmann, B. E. and C. S. Laspidou (2002). Biofilm Detachment. In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, G. Bitton, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 544-550.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. Stilwell, and A. Ohashi (2002). The transient-state, multiple-species biofilm model for aerobic biofiltration processes. Water Research 36: 2342-2356.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. Stilwell, J.C. Garside, G.L. Amy, C. Spangenberg, A. Kalinsky, and E. Akiyoshi (2002). Treatment of a high-color groundwater by ozone-biofiltration: pilot studies and modeling interpretation. Water Research 36: 3387-3397.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. E. Banaszak, A. Cooke, and R. Kerry Rowe (2003). Mechanisms controlling CaCO3(s) precipitation in landfill leachate-collection systems. Environmental Engineering 129: 723-730.
- VanGulck, J. F., R. K. Rowe, B. E. Rittmann, and A. J. Cooke (2003). Predicting biogeochemical calcium carbonate precipitation in landfill leachate collection systems. Biodegradation 14: 331-346.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Modeling the development of biofilm density including active bacteria, inert biomass, and extracellular polymeric substances. Water Research 38: 3349-3361.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Evaluating trends in biofilm density using the UMCCA model. Water Research 38: 3362-3372.
- Rittmann, B. E., A. O. Schwarz, H. Eberl, E. Morgenroth, J. Perez, M. L. van Loosdrecht, and O. Wanner (2004). Results from the multi-species benchmark problem (BM3) using one-dimensional models. Water Sci. Technol. 49(11-12): 163-168.
- Morgenroth, E., H. Eberl, D. Noguera, C. Piciorneanu, B. E. Rittmann, A. O. Schwarz, M. L. M. van Loosdrecht, and O. Wanner (2004). Results of the single-species benchmark problem (BM1). Water Sci. Technol. 49(11-12): 145-154.
- Eberl, H., E. Morgenroth, M. van Loosdrecht, D. Noguera, C. Piciorneanu, B. Rittmann, A. Schwarz, and O. Wanner (2004). Modelling a spatially heterogeneous biofilm and the bulk fluid – results from the fluid-flow benchmark problem (BM2). Water Sci. Technol. 49(11-12): 155-162.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Modeling biofilm complexity by including active and inert biomass and EPS. Biofilms 1: 285-291.
- Cooke, A. J., R. K. Rowe, and B. E. Rittmann (2005). Modelling species fate and porous media effects for landfill leachate flow. Geotech. J. 42: 1116-1132.
- Laspidou, C., B. E. Rittmann, and S. A. Karamanos (2005). Finite-element modeling to expand the UMCCA model to describe biofilm mechanical strength. Water Sci. Technol. 52(7): 161-166.
- Cooke, A. J., R. K. Rowe, J. VanGulck, and B. E. Rittmann (2005). Application of the Bioclog model for landfill leachate clogging of gravel-packed soil columns. Canadian Geotech. Jl. 42: 1600-1614.
- Wanner, O., H. Eberl, E. Morgenroth, D. Noguera C. Picioreanu, B. E. Rittmann, and M. C. M. van Loosdrecht (2006). Deciphering and using biofilms. Water 21, June 2006, pp. 34-35.
- Wanner, O., H. Eberl, E. Morgenroth, D. Noguera C. Picioreanu, B. E. Rittmann, and M. C. M. van Loosdrecht (2006). Mathematical Modeling of Biofilms. Report of the IWA Biofilm Modeling Task Group, Scientific and Technical Report No. 18, IWA Publishing, London.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann. (2007). Analytical-modeling analysis of how pore-water gradients of toxic metals confer community resistance, Adv. Water Res. 30: 1562-1570.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Conduction-based modeling of the biofilm anode of a microbial fuel cell. Bioengr. 98: 1117-1182.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). A biogeochemical framework for metal detoxification in sulfidic systems. Biodegradation 18: 675-692.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Modeling bio-protection and the gradient-resistance mechanism using CCBATCH. Biodegradation 18: 693-701.
- Merkey, B. V., B. E. Rittmann, and D. L. Chopp (2009). Modeling how soluble microbial products (SMP) support heterotrophs in autotroph-based biofilms. Theoretical Biology 259: 670-683.
- Torres, C. I., Andrew K. Marcus, H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria. FEMS Microb. Rev. 34: 3 – 17.
- Park, S., B. E. Rittmann, and W. Bae (2010). Multi-species nitrifying biofilm model (MSNBM) including free ammonia and free nitrous oxide inhibition and oxygen limitation. Bioengr. 105: 1115-1130.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann (2010). The diffusion-active permeable reactive barrier. J. Contaminant Hydrology 112: 155-162.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Evaluating the impacts of migration in the biofilm anode using the model PCBIOFILM. Electrochimica Acta 55: 6964 – 6972.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Analysis of a microbial electrochemical cell using the proton condition in biofilm (PCBIOFILM) model. Bioresources Technol. 102: 253 – 262.
- Tang, Y., C. Zhou, M. Ziv-El, and B.E. Rittmann (2011). A pH-control model for heterotrophic and hydrogen-based autotrophic denitrification. Water Res. 45: 232 – 240.
- Tang, Y, H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 1: model development and numerical solution. Sci. Technol. 46: 1598 – 1607.
- Tang, Y., H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 2: parameter optimization and results and discussion. Sci. Technol.46: 1608 – 1615.
- Tang, Y., C. Zhou, S. Van Ginkel, A. Ontiveros, J. Shin, and B.E. Rittmann (2012). Hydrogen-permeabilities of the fibers used in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Membrane Sci. 407-408: 176 – 183.
- Tang, Y., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, L. Feng, C. Zhou, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A biofilm model to understand the onset of sulfate reduction in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors. Bioengr. 110: 763 – 772.
- Tang, Y., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Modeling trichloroethene reduction in a hydrogen-based biofilm. Water Sci. Technol. 68(5): 1158-1163.
- Laspidou, C. S., L. A. Spyrou, N. Aravas, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Material modeling of biofilm mechanical properties. Mathematical Biosciences 251: 11-15.
- Park, S., J.-W. Chung, B. E. Rittmann, and W. Bae (2015). Nitrite accumulation from simultaneous free-ammonia and free-nitrous acid inhibition and oxygen limitation in a continuous-flow biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 112: 43-52.
- Boltz, J. P., B. Smets, B. E. Rittmann, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, E. Morgenroth, and G. T. Daigger (2017). Biofilms in the water environment: trends and challenges. Water Sci. Technol. (DOI: 2166/wst.2017.061).
- Rittmann, B. E., J. P. Boltz, D. Brockmann, G. T. Daigger, E. Morgenroth, K. H. Sørensen, I. Takács, M. van Loosdrecht, and P. A. Vanrolleghem (2018). A framework for good biofilm reactor modeling practice (GBRMP). Water Sci. Technol. 77: 1149-1164.
- Tang, Y., Z. Zhang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-S. Lee (2019). Kinetics of anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in the membrane biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 116: 2550-2560.
- Wang, B., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, C. Zhou, Y. Luo, B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Tang (2019). Modeling the interactions among trichloroethene reduction, methanogenesis, and homoacetogenesis in a H2-based biofilm. Environ. Engr. DOI 10.1016/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001642.
Publications on Biofilm Treatment of Drinking Water
(not including publications on the MBfR, which are listed separately)
- Stratton, R., E. Namkung, and B. E. Rittmann (1983). Secondary utilization of trace-organics by biofilms on porous media. J. Amer. Water Works Assn. 75: 463-469.
- Namkung, E., R. G. Stratton, and B. E. Rittmann (1983). Predicting removal of trace-organic compounds by biofilms. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 55: 1366-1372.
- Rittmann, B. E. and V. L. Snoeyink (1984). Achieving biologically stable drinking water. J. American Water Works Association 76 (10): 106-114.
- Snoeyink, V. L. and B. E. Rittmann (1985). Drinking water and wastewater treatment to remove ammonia. In E. A. Glysson, D. E. Swan, and E. J. Way, Eds., Innovations in the Water and Wastewater Fields, Butterworth Publ., Stoneham, MA, pp. 45-58.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1986). Detoxification of hazardous organic contaminants in low concentrations in waters and wastewaters. Bio Expo ’86 (Boston, MA, 1 May 1986) pp. 497-506.
- Rittmann, B. E., L. Crawford, C. K. Tuck, and E. Namkung (1986). In situ determination of kinetic parameters for biofilms: isolation and characterization of oligotrophic biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 28: 1753-1760.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Mathematical modeling of biofilm on activated carbon. Sci. Technol. 21: 273-279.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Verification of the model of biofilm on activated carbon. Sci. Technol. 21: 280-288.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Modeling bisubstrate removal by biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 29: 269-278.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Evaluation of bisubstrate secondary utilization kinetics by biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 29: 335-342.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Removal of taste and odor compounds by humic-substances-grown biofilms. American Water Works Association 79(7): 107-112.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1988). Biodegradation processes to make drinking water biologically stable. In R. A. Larson, ed., Biohazards of Drinking Water, Lewis Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 257-264.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1988). Comparative study of biofilm kinetics on different adsorptive media. Water Pollution Control Federation 60: 362-368.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. M. Huck (1989). Biological treatment of public water supplies. CRC Critical Reviews in Environmental Control 19(2): 119-184.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. A. Manem (1989). Removal of synthetic and natural organic compounds by biological filtration. First Macau Workshop on Water Treatment, Sociedade De Abastecimento De Aguas De Macau, Macau (November 1989), pp. 353-364.
- Manem, J. A. and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Scaling procedure for biofilm processes. Water Sci. Technol. 22: 329-346.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1990). Biofilm-process analysis of design and performance of biological filters used in drinking-water treatment. Emerging Technology in Practice, Amer. Water Works Assn., Cincinnati, OH, June, 1990, pp. 131-152.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1990). Analyzing biofilm processes used in biological filtration. Amer. Water Works Assn. 82(12): 62-66.
- Manem, J. A. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). The effects of fluctuations in biodegradable organic matter on nitrification filters. Amer. Water Works Assn. 84 (4): 147-151.
- Manem, J. A. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Removing trace-level pollutants in a biological filter. Amer. Water Works Assn. 84(4): 152-157.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. A. Manen (1992). Development and experimental evaluation of a steady-state, multi-species biofilm model. Bioengr. 39: 914-922.
- Block, J. C. and B. E. Rittmann (1993). Introduction to biological processes in drinking water production. Environmental Biotechnology, European Environmental Research Organization, Wageningen, The Netherlands. (revised edition, 1994).
- Rittmann, B. E., C. J. Gantzer, and A. Montiel (1995). Biological treatment to control taste and odor compounds in drinking-water treatment. In Suffett and J. Mallevialle, eds., Advances in the Control of Tastes and Odors in Drinking Water., Amer. Water Works Assn., Denver, CO, pp. 203-240.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1995). Fundamentals and Application of Biofilm Processes in Drinking-Water Treatment. Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water, J. Hrubec, Ed., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol 5B, pp 61-87.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1995). Transformation of organic micropollutants by biological processes. Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water, J. Hrubec, Ed., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 5B, pp 31-60.
- Woolschlager, J. and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Evaluating what is measured by BDOC and AOC Tests. Revue Science de l’Eau 8: 371-385.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. E. Woolschlager (1996). Fundamental components for modeling BOM and regrowth. 4th Intl. Conf. on Biodegradable Organic Matter, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, June 20-21, 1996., pp. 66-69.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1996). Back to bacteria: a more natural filtration. Civil Engineering 66(7): 50-52.
- Nerenberg, R., B. E. Rittmann, and W. J. Soucie (2000). Ozone/Biofiltration for Removing MIB and Geosmin. Amer. Water Works Assn. 92(12): 85 – 95.
- Woolschlager, J. E., B. E. Rittmann, P. Piriou, and B. Schwartz (2001). Developing an effective strategy to control nitrifier growth using the Comprehensive Disinfection and Water Quality Model (CDWQ). World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Orlando, Florida, 30-24 May, 2001, 14 pages.
- Rittmann, B. E. and D. Stilwell (2002). Modeling biological processes in water treatment: the integrated biofiltration model. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology — AQUA 51: 1-14.
- Nerenberg, R. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Perchlorate as a secondary substrate in a denitrifying hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor. Water Sci. Technol.: Water Supply 2(2): 259-265.
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Nerenberg, T. E. Gillogly, G. E. Lehman, and S. Adham (2002). Membrane bioreactors for perchlorate removal, Proc. Microfiltration III, Costa Mesa, CA, National Water Research Institute. May 6, 2002, pp. 59-62.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. Stilwell, and A. Ohashi (2002). The transient-state, multiple-species biofilm model for aerobic biofiltration processes. Water Research 36: 2342-2356.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. Stilwell, J.C. Garside, G.L. Amy, C. Spangenberg, A. Kalinsky, and E. Akiyoshi (2002). Treatment of a high-color groundwater by ozone-biofiltration: pilot studies and modeling interpretation. Water Research 36: 3387-3397.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2004). Biofilms in the water industry. Chapter 19 in M. A. Ghannoum and G. A. O’Toole, eds., Microbial Biofilms, ASM Press, Washington, DC., pp. 359-378.
- Merkey, B. V., B. E. Rittmann, and D. L. Chopp (2009). Modeling how soluble microbial products (SMP) support heterotrophs in autotroph-based biofilms. Theoretical Biology 259: 670-683.
- Biyela, P. T., H. Ryu, A. Brown, A. Alum, M. Abbaszadegan, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Distribution systems as reservoirs of Naegleria fowleri and other amoebae. Amer. Water Works Assn. 104(1):49-50 + dx.doi.org:10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.1006.
- Rittmann, B. E., Y. Tang, K. Meyer, W. D. Bellamy, and R. Nerenberg (2012). Biological Processes. 17 in Water Treatment Plant Design, fifth ed., S. J. Randtke and M. B. Horsely, eds., Amer. Water Works Assn., Denver, CO., pp. 17.1 – 17.43.
- Sarkar, D. C., A. Sathasivan, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Modelling combined effect of chloramine and copper on ammonia-oxidizing microbial activity using a biostability approach. Water Res. 84: 190-197.
- Tang, Y., Y. Zhang, N. Yan, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). The role of electron donors generated from UV photolysis for accelerating pyridine biodegradation. Bioengr. 112: 1792 – 1800.
Publications on Biogeochemical Modeling, CCBATCH, PCBIOFILM, Actinides, and Biogeotechnics
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. M. VanBriesen (1996). Microbiolgical processes in reactive modeling. In P. C. Lichtner, C. I. Steefel, and E. H. Oelkers, eds., Reactive Transport in Porous Media, Reviews in Mineralogy, Vol. 34, pp. 311-334.
- Banaszak, J.E., D. T. Reed, and B. E. Rittmann (1998). Speciation-dependent toxicity of Neptunium(V) towards Chelatobacter heintzii. Sci. Technol. 32: 1085-1091.
- Tebes-Stevens, C., A. J. Valocchi, J. M. VanBriesen, and B. E. Rittmann (1998). Multicomponent transport with coupled geochemical and microbiological reactions: Model description and example simulations. J. Hydrology. 209: 8-26.
- Banaszak, E., J. VanBriesen, B. E. Rittmann, and D. T. Reed (1998). Mathematical modeling of the effects of aerobic and anaerobic chelate biodegradation on actinide speciation. Radiochimica Acta 82: 445-451.
- Banaszak, J. E., D. T. Reed, and B. E. Rittmann (1999). Subsurface interactions of actinide species and microorganisms: implications on bioremediation of actinide-organic mixtures. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chem. 241: 385-435.
- Banaszak, J. E., B. E. Rittmann, S. M. Webb, J.-F. Gailliard, and D. T. Reed (1999). Fate of neptunium in an anaerobic, methanogenic microcosm. Material Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., vol. 556, 1141-1149.
- VanBriesen, J. M. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Mathematical description of microbiological reactions involving intermediates. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 67: 18 – 52.
- VanBriesen, J. M. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Modeling speciation effects on biodegradation in mixed metal/chelate systems. Biodegradation 10: 315-330.
- VanBriesen, J. M. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Modeling recalcitrant intermediate formation during biodegradation. In G. B. Wickrananayake, A. R. Gavaskar, and M. E. Kelley, eds., Natural Attenuation Considerations and Case Studies: Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 25 – 32.
- VanBriesen, J. M., B. E. Rittmann, L. Xun, D. C. Girvin, and H. Bolton, Jr. (2000) The rate-controlling substrate of nitrilotriacetate for biodegradation by Chelatobacter heintzii. Sci. Technol. 34: 3346-3353.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. T. Reed, S. B. Aase, and A. J. Knopt (2000). Oxidation/reduction of multi-valent actinides in the subsurface. Plutonium Futures – The Science, K. K. S. Pillay and K. C. Kim, eds., American Institute of Physisc, Melville, NY.
- Songkasiri, W., D. T. Reed, and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Biosorption of neptunium(V) by Pseudomonas fluorescens. Radiochimica Acta 90: 785-789.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. E. Banaszak, J. M. VanBriesen, and D. T. Reed (2002). Mathematical modeling of precipitation and dissolution reactions in microbiological systems. Biodegradation 13: 239-250.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. E. Banaszak, and D. T. Reed (2002). Reduction of Np(V) and precipitation of Np(IV) by an anaerobic microbial consortium. Biodegradation 13: 329-342.
- Willett, I. A. and B. E. Rittmann (2003). Slow complexation kinetics for ferric iron and EDTA complexes render EDTA non-biodegradable. Biodegradation 14: 105-121.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. E. Banaszak, A. Cooke, and R. Kerry Rowe (2003). Mechanisms controlling CaCO3(s) precipitation in landfill leachate-collection systems. Environmental Engineering 129: 723-730.
- Songkasiri, W., A. Willett, D. T. Reed, B. E. Rittmann, and S. Koenigsberg (2004). Bioremediation of Neptunium(V) using lactate, hydrogen (H2), or hydrogen release compound (HRC). 2003 Battelle Symposium on In Situ and On Site Bioremediation, Orlando, FL, June 2003. Paper L-09 on CD-ROM.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). A biogeochemical framework for metal detoxification in sulfidic systems. Biodegradation 18: 675-692.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Modeling bio-protection and the gradient-resistance mechanism using CCBATCH. Biodegradation 18: 693-701.
- Reed, T., S. E. Pepper, M. K. Richmann, G. Smith, R. Deo, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Subsurface bio-mediated reduction of higher-valent uranium and plutonium. J. Alloys Compounds 444-445: 376-384.
- Schwarz, A. O. and B. E. Rittmann (2010). The Diffusion-active Permeable Reactive Barrier. Contaminant Hydrology 112: 155-162.
- Reed, D. T., R. P. Deo, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Subsurface interactions of actinide species with microorganisms. Chapter 33 in The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Vol. 6, R. Morss, N. Edelstein, and J. Fuger, Eds., pp. 3595 – 3664.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Evaluating the impacts of migration in the biofilm anode using the model PCBIOFILM. Electrochimica Acta 55: 6964 – 6972.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Analysis of a microbial electrochemical cell using the proton condition in biofilm (PCBIOFILM) model. Bioresources Technol. 102: 253 – 262.
- Deo, R. P., W. Songkasiri, B. E. Rittmann, and D. T. Reed (2010). Surface complexation of neptunium (V) onto whole cells and cell components of Shewanella alga, Sci. Technol. 44: 4930 – 4935.
- Deo, R. P., B. E. Rittmann, and D. T. Reed (2011). Pu(V) reduction in the presence of Fe(III)-NTA: modeling and experimental approach. Biodegradation 22: 921-929.
- Deo, R. P. and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A biogeochemical framework for bioremediation of plutonium(V) in the subsurface environment. Biodegradation 23: 525-534.
- Zhou, C., B. E. Rittmann, K. F Hayes, and R. Vannela (2014). Effect of growth conditions on formation and characteristics of biogenic iron-sulfide solids by Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Hazardous Materials 272: 28-35.
- Zhou, C., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, A. S. Zevin; L. C. de Saint Cyr, S. E. Carey, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Uranium removal and microbial community in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research 64: 255-264.
- Zhou, C., R. Vannela, S. Hyun, K. Hayes, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Growth of Desulfovibrio vulgaris when respiring U(VI) and characterization of biogenic uraninite. Sci. Technol. 48: 6928-6937.
- Zhou, C., Z. Liu, P. Pataranutaport, R. Vannela, K. F. Hayes, and B. E. Rittmann. (2015). Biogenic nano-particulate iron-sulfide produced through sulfate and Fe(III)-(hydro)oxide reductions was enhanced by pyruvate as electron donor. RSC Advances 5: 100750-100761.
- O’Donnell, S. T., N. Hamden, B. E. Rittmann, and E. Kavazanjian (2016). A stoichiometric model for biogeotechnical soil improvement. Chicago-Geotech. http://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/9780784480120.002.
- Hamden, N., E. Kavazanjian, B. E. Rittmann, and I. Karatas (2017). Carbonate mineral precipitation for soil improvement through microbial denitrification. Geomicrobiology J. 34(2): 139-146 (DOI: 1080/01490451.2016.1154117).
- Zhou, C., Y. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Reductive precipitation of sulfate and soluble Fe(III) by Desulfovibrio vulgaris: electron donor regulates intracellular electron flow and nano-FeS crystallization. Water Research 119: 91-101.
- O’Donnell, S., B. E. Rittmann, and E. Kavazanjian (2017). MIDP: Liquifaction mitigation via microbial denitrification as a two-state process: Stage II: J. Geotech. Geoenv. Engr., in press.
- O’Donnell, S., B. E. Rittmann, and E. Kavazanjian (2017). MIDP: Liquifaction mitigation via microbial denitrification as a two-state process: Stage I: J. Geotech. Geoenv. Engr., in press.
- Zhou, C., and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Reductive precipitation of sulfate and soluble Fe(III) by Desulfovibrio vulgaris: electron donor regulates electron flow and nano-FeS crystallization. Water Research 119: 91-101.
- Kushwaha, S., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). pH-dependent speciation and hydrogen (H2) control U(VI) respiration by Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Bioengr. 115: 1465 – 1474.
- O’Donnell, T., B. E. Rittmann, and E. Kavazanjian, Jr. (2019). Factors Controlling Microbially induced desaturation and precipitation (MIDP) via denitrification during continuous flow. Geomicrobiology 36: 543-558. (DOI.org/10.1080/01490451.2019.1581858).
- O’Donnell, S. T., C. A. Hall, E. Kavazanjian, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). A biogeochemical model for soil improvement by denitrification. Geotech. Geoenviron. Engr. 145: (11): 04019091.
Publications on the Intestinal Microbiome and Medical Bioremediation
- de Grey, P. J. Alvarez,R. O. Brady, A. M. Cuervo, W. G. Jerome, P. L. McCarty, A. Nixon, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Sparrow (2005). Medical bioremediation: prospects for the application of microbial catabolic diversity to aging and several major age-related diseases. Aging Res. Rev. 2005 Jul 21.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. Schloendorn (2007). Engineering away lysosomal junk – medical bioremediation. Rejuvenation Research 10: 359-365.
- DiBaise, J. K., H. Zhang, M. D. Crowell, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, G. A. Decker, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). The gut microbiota and its relationship to obesity. Mayo Clinic Proc. 83(4): 460-469.
- Mathieu, J., J. Schloendorn, B. E. Rittmann, A. de Grey, and P. J. J. Alvarez (2008). Microbial degradation of 7-ketocholesterol. Biodegradation 19: 807-813.
- Zhang, H., J. K. DiBaise, A. Zuccolo, D. Kudrna, M. Braidotti, Y. Yu, P. Parameswaran, D. Crowell, R. Wing, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2009). Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106 (7): 2365-2370.
- Mathieu, J., J. Schloendorn, B. E. Rittmann, and P. J. J. Alvarez (2009). Medical bioremediation of age-related diseases. Microbial Cell Factories 8: 21; doi:10.1186/1475-2859-8-21.
- Schloendorn, J., T. Webb, K. Kemmish, M. Hamalainen, D. Jackmeyer, L. Jiang, J. Mathieu, J. Rebo, J. Sankman, L. Sherman, L. Tontson, A. Qureshi, P. Alvarez, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Medical bioremediation – a concept moving towards reality. Rejuvenation Res. 12: 411 – 419.
- Kang, D.-W., J. K. DiBaise, Z. E. Ilhan, M. D. Crowell, J. R. Rideout, J.G. Caporaso, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2015). Gut microbial and short-chain fatty acid profiles in adults with chronic constipation before and after treatment with Lubiprostone. Anaerobe 33: 33-41.
- Ilhan, Z. E., A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). pH-mediated microbial and metabolic interactions in fecal enrichment cultures. mSphere 2 (3): e00047-17.
- Ilhan, Z. E., J. K. DiBaise, A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, M. Crowell, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). Distinctive microbiomes and metabolites linked with weight loss after gastric bypass, but not banding. ISME J. (doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.71).
- Ilhan, Z. E., A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). pH-mediated microbial and metabolic interactions in fecal enrichment cultures. mSphere 2 (3): e00047-17.
- Ilhan, Z. E., J. K. DiBaise, A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, M. Crowell, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). Distinctive microbiomes and metabolites linked with weight loss after gastric bypass, but not banding. ISME J. (doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.71).
- Voth-Gaeddert, O. Torres, J. Maldonado, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, B. E. Rittmann, and D. B. Oerther (2019). Aflatoxin exposure, child stunting, and dysbiosis in the intestinal microbiome among children in Guatemala. Environmental Engineering Science. DOI: 1089/ees.2019.0104.
- Ilhan, Z. E., J. K. DiBaise, S. E. Dautel, G. Isern, Y.-M. Kim, D. W. Hoyt, A. A. Schepmoes, H. M. Brewer, K. K. Weitz, T. O. Metz, M. D. Crowell, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmanlik-Brown (2020). Temporospatial shifts in the human gut microbiome and metabolome after gastric bypass surgery. Biofilms and Microbiomes 6: 12, doi.org/10.1038/s41522-020-0122-5.
- Bi, Y., A. K. Marcus, H. Robert, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, E. Rittmann, P. Westerhoff, M.-H. Ropers, and M. Mercier-Bonin (2020). The complex puzzle of dietary silver nanoparticles, mucus and microbiota in the gut. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews 23(2): DOI 10.1080/10937404.2019.1710914.
- Kang D.W., J.K. DiBaise, Z.E. Ilhan, M.D. Crowell, J.R. Rideout, J.R. Caporaso, B.E. Rittmann, R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2015). Gut microbial and short-chain fatty acid profiles in adults with chronic constipation before and after treatment with lubiprostone, Anaerobe. 33: 33-41.
- Zhang, H., J. K. DiBaise, A. Zuccolo, D. Kudrna, M. Braidotti, Y. Yu, P. Parameswaran, M. D. Crowell, R. Wing, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2009). Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (7): 2365-2370.
- DiBaise, J. K., H. Zhang, M. D. Crowell, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, G. A. Decker, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). The gut microbiota and its relationship to obesity. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 83(4): 460-469.
Publications on the Photocatalytic Circulating-Bed Biofilm Reactor (PCBBR) and Intimately Coupled Photobiocatalysis (ICPB)
- Marsolek, M. D., C. I. Torres, M. Hausner, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation in a photocatalytic circulating-bed biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 101: 83-92.
- Park, S., B. E. Rittmann and W. Bae (2009). Kinetics of photocatalytic reactions with porous carriers coated with nano-TiO2 J. Korean Society of Environmental Engineers 31(10): 927-932.
- Zhang, Y., H. Liu, W. Shi, X. Pu, Zhang, H., and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Photobiodegradation of phenol with ultraviolet irradiation of new ceramic biofilm carriers. Biodegradation 21: 881-887.
- Zhang, Y., L. Wang, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Integrated photocatalytic-biological reactor for accelerated phenol mineralization. Microb. Biotechnol. 86: 1977-1985.
- Li, G., S. Park and B. E. Rittmann (2011). 2, 4, 5-Trichlorophenol degradation using a novel TiO2-coated biofilm carrier: roles of adsorption, photocatalysis, and biodegradation. Sci. Technol., 45: 8359-8367.
- Zhang, Y., X. Sun, L. Chen, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Integrated photocatalytic-biological reactor for accelerated 2,4,6-trichlorophenol degradation and mineralization. Biodegradation 23: 189-198.
- Li, G., S. Park, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Degradation of reactive dyes in a photocatalytic circulating-bed biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 109: 884-843.
- Yan, N., S. Xia, L. Xu, J. Zhu, Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Internal loop photobiodegradation reactor (ILPBR) for accelerated degradation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX). Microb. Biotech. 94: 527-535.
- Zhang, Y., R. Yan, Z Zou, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Improved nitrogen removal in dual-contaminated surface water by meansofphotocatalysis. Environ. Sci. Engr. 6: 428-436.
- Wen, D., G. Li, R. Xin, S. Park, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). 2,4-DNT degradation in intimately coupled photocatalysis: the roles of adsorption, photolysis, and biotransformation. Microb. Biotechnol. 95: 263-272.
- Zhang, Y., X. Pu, M. Fang, J. Zhu, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). TCP photobiodegradation and its effects on community structure. Biodegradation 23: 575-583.
- Li, G., S. Park, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Developing an efficient TiO2-coated biofilm carrier to intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation. Water Research 46: 6489 – 6496.
- Yan, N., L. Chang, L. Gan, Y. Zhang, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). UV photolysis for accelerated quinoline biodegradation and mineralization. Microb. Biotechnol. 97: 10555-10561.
- Marsolek, M.D., M. J. Kirisits, K. A. Gray, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Coupled photocatalytic-biodegradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol: effects of photolytic and photocatalytic effluent composition on bioreactor process performance, community diversity, and resistance and resilience to perturbation. Water Research 50: 59-69.
- Zhang, Y., L. Chang, N. Yan, Y. Tang, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). UV photolysis for accelerating pyridine biodegradation. Sci. Technol. 48: 649-655.
- Ling, C., Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Internal loop photo-biodegradation reactor used for accelerated quinoline degradation and mineralization. Biodegradation 25:587–594.
- Pan, S., N. Yan, X. Liu, Y. Zhang, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). UV photolysis for accelerating sulfadiazine (SD) biodegradation. Biodegradation 25: 911-921.
- Marsolek, M.D., M. J. Kirisits, K. A. Gray, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Coupled photocatalytic-biodegradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol: effects of photolytic and photocatalytic effluent composition on bioreactor process performance, community diversity, and resistance and resilience to perturbation. Water Research 50: 59-69.
- Yang, L., Y. Zhang, Q. Bai, N. Yan, H. Xu, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Intimately coupled photolysis accelerates nitrobenzene biodegradation, but sequential coupling slows biodegradation. Hazardous Materials 287: 252-258.
- Pan, S., N. Yan, Y. Zhang, B. E. Rittmann (2015). UV photolysis for relieved inhibition of sulfadiazine (SD) to biomass growth. Bioprocess & Biosystems Engr. 38: 911-915.
- Yan, N., L. Wang, L Chang, C. Zhang, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhage, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Coupled aerobic and anoxic biodegradation for quinoline and nitrogen removals. Environ. Sci. Eng. 9(4): 738 – 744.
- Bai, Q.; L. Yang, Lihui, R. Li, B. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Electrons from a photolysis product accelerate quinoline biodegradation and mineralization. Sci. Technol. 49: 11536 – 11542.
- Chen, B., Yang, L., Bai, Q., Li, R., B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Zhang (2015). Coupling UV-H2O2 to accelerate dimethyl phthalate (DMP) biodegradation and mineralization. Biodegradation 26: 431 – 441.
- Song, J., W. Wang, R. Li, J. Zhu, Y. Zhang, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). UV photolysis for enhanced phenol biodegradation in the presence of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP). Biodegradation 27: 59 – 67.
- Tang, Y., Y. Zhang, N. Yan, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). The role of electron donors generated from UV photolysis for accelerating pyridine biodegradation. Bioengr. 112: 1792 – 1800.
- Bai, Q.; L. Yang, Lihui, R. Li, B. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Electrons from a photolysis product accelerate quinoline biodegradation and mineralization. Sci. Technol. 49: 11536 – 11542.
- Chen, B., Yang, L., Bai, Q., Li, R., B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Zhang (2015). Coupling UV-H2O2 to accelerate dimethyl phthalate (DMP) biodegradation and mineralization. Biodegradation 26: 431 – 441.
- Song, J., W. Wang, R. Li, J. Zhu, Y. Zhang, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). UV photolysis for enhanced phenol biodegradation in the presence of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP). Biodegradation 27: 59 – 67.
- Yan, N., R. Li, H. Xu, L. Li, L. Yang, Y. Zhang, R. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). The role of exogenous electron donors for accelerating 2,4,6-trichlorophenol biotransformation and mineralization. 27: 145-154.
- Dong, S., X. Tian, Z. Xu, D. Ma, B. Cui, N. Ren, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Role of self-assembly coated Er3+:YAlO3/TiO2 in intimate coupling of visible-light-responsive photocatalysis and biodegradation reactions. Hazardous Materials. 302: 386-394.
- Xiong, H., D. Zou, D. Zhou, J. Wang, S. Dong, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Enhancing degradation and mineralization of tetracycline using intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation. Engr. J. 316: 7-14.
- Zhou, D., S. Dong, Shi, X. Cui, D. Ki, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Intimate coupling of an N-doped TiO2 photocatalyst and anode respiring bacteria for enhancing 4-chlorophenol degradation and current generation. Chem. Engr. J. 317: 882-889.
- Zhang, Y., N. Yi, Y. Tang, L. Jiang, H.-C. Shi, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Simultaneous di-oxygenation and denitrification in an internal circulation baffled bioreactor. Biodegradation 28(2): 195-203.
- Cao, L., Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, S. Feng, J. Dong, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Competition for electrons between reductive dechlorination and denitrification. Environ. Sci. Technol. 11(6): 14 – 23.
- Xiong, H., D. Zou, D. Zhou, J. Wang, S. Dong, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Enhancing degradation and mineralization of tetracycline using intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation. Chem. Engr. J. 316: 7-14.
- Zhou, D., S. Dong, J. Shi, X. Cui, D. Ki, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Intimate coupling of an N-doped TiO2 photocatalyst and anode respiring bacteria for enhancing 4-chlorophenol degradation and current generation. Chem. Engr. J. 317: 882-889.
- Shan, S., Y. Zhang, L. Hui, W. Shi, and B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Zhang (2017). Comparison of sequential with intimate coupling of photolysis and biodegradation for benzotriazone. Environ. Sci. Technol. 11(6): 8 (DOI 10.1007/s11783-017-0953-3).
- Chen, T., B. Yavuz, A. Delgado, B. Montoya, D. Van Winkle, Y. Zuo, R. Kamanth, P. Westerhoff, R. Krajmalnik-Brow, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Impacts of moisture content during ozonation of soils containing residual petroleum. J. Hazardous Materials 344: 1101-1108.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2018). Biofilms, active substrata, and me. Water Res. 132: 135-145.
- Xiong, H., S. Dong, J. Zhang, D. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Roles of easily biodegradable co-substrate in enhancing tetracycline treatment in an intimately coupled photocatalytic biological reactor. Water Res. 136: 75-83.
- Zhou, D., S. Dong, D. Ki, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Photocatalytic-induced electron transport via anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) at an anode that intimately couples ARB and a TiO2 Chem. Engr. J. 338: 745-751.
- Zhong, N., M. Chen, Y. Luo, Z. Wang, X. Xin, and B.E. Rittmann (2018). A novel photocatalytic optical hollow-fiber with high photocatalytic activity for enhancement of 4-chlorophenol degradation. Chem. Engr. J. 355: 731-739.
- Zhong, N., M. Chen, Y. Luo, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). A novel photocatalytic optical hollow fiber with high photocatalytic activity for enhancement of 4-chlorophenol degradation. Engr. J. 355: 731-739.
- Wang, Y., C. Chen, H. Xiong, D. Zhou, S. Dong, H. Xiong, Y. Zhou, S. Dong, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Eliminating partial-transformation products and mitigating residual toxicity of amoxicillin through intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation. Chemosphere 237:
- Chen, T., B. M. Yavuz, A. G. Delgado, B. Januszewski, Y. Zuo, P. Westerhoff, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Multicycle ozonation+bioremediation for soils containing residual petroleum. Environmental Engineering Science org/10.1089/ees.2019.0195, 36:12:1443-1451.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers:
- C.S. Laspidou, L.A. Spyrou, N. Aravas, B.E. Rittmann (2014). Material Modeling Of Biofilm Mechanical Properties. Mathematical Biosciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2014.02.007.
- Young, M. N., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). A Combined Activated Sludge Anaerobic Digestion Model (CASADM) to Understand the Role of Anaerobic Sludge Recycling in Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 136: 196-204.
- Tang, Y., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Modeling trichloroethene reduction in a hydrogen-based biofilm. Water Science and Technology. 68 (5): 1158-1163.
- Tang, Y., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, L. Feng, C. Zhou, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A biofilm model to understand the onset of sulfate reduction in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110: 763 – 772.
- Tang, Y., C. Zhou, S. Van Ginkel, A. Ontiveros, J. Shin, and B.E. Rittmann (2012). Hydrogen-permeabilities of the fibers used in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Journal of Membrane Science. 407-408: 176 – 183.
- Tang, Y, H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 1: model development and numerical solution. Environmental Science & Technology. 46: 1598 – 1607.
- Tang, Y., H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 2: parameter optimization and results and discussion. Environmental Science & Technology. 46: 1608 – 1615.
- Tang, Y., C. Zhou, M. Ziv-El, and B.E. Rittmann (2011). A pH-control model for heterotrophic and hydrogen-based autotrophic denitrification. Water Research. 45: 232 – 240.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Evaluating the impacts of migration in the biofilm anode using the model PCBIOFILM. Electrochimica Acta. 55: 6964 – 6972.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Analysis of a microbial electrochemical cell using the proton condition in biofilm (PCBIOFILM) model. Bioresources Technology. 102: 253 – 262.
- Park, S., B. E. Rittmann, and W. Bae (2010). Multi-species nitrifying biofilm model (MSNBM) including free ammonia and free nitrous oxide inhibition and oxygen limitation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 105: 1115-1130.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q. Yu (2010). Modeling predation processes in activated sludge. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 105: 1021-1030.
- Torres, C. I., Andrew K. Marcus, H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Review. 34 (1): 3 – 17.
Highly Cited Journal Papers:
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Conduction-based modeling of the biofilm anode of a microbial fuel cell. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 98: 1117-1182.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Modeling the development of biofilm density including active bacteria, inert biomass, and extracellular polymeric substances. Water Research. 38: 3349-3361.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). A unified theory for extracellular polymeric substances, soluble microbial products, and active and inert biomass. Water Research. 36: 2711-2720.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Non-steady state modeling of microbial products and active and inert biomass. Water Research. 36: 1983-1992.
- Rittmann, B. E. and C. S. Laspidou (2002). Biofilm Detachment. In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, G. Bitton, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 544-550.
- Noguera, D. R., G. Pizarro, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (1999). Simulation of multispecies development in three dimensions. Water Science & Technology. 39(7): 123-130.
- Tebes-Stevens, C., A. J. Valocchi, J. M. VanBriesen, and B. E. Rittmann (1998). Multicomponent transport with coupled geochemical and microbiological reactions: Model description and example simulations. Journal of Hydrology. 209: 8-26.
- Bae, W. and B. E. Rittmann (1996). A structured model of dual-limitation kinetics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 49: 683-689.
- Ohashi, A., D. G. V. de Silva, B. Mobarry, J. A. Manem, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann. (1995) Influence of substrate C/N ratio on the structure of multi-species biofilms consisting of nitrifiers and heterotrophs. Water Science and Technology. 32 (8): 75-84.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1995). Fundamentals and Application of Biofilm Processes in Drinking-Water Treatment. Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water, J. Hrubec, Ed., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol 5B, pp 61-87.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. B. Sáez (1993). Modeling biological processes involved in degradation of hazardous organic substrates. In M. Levin and M. Gealt, Biotreatment of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, pp. 113-136.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1993). The significance of biofilms in porous media. Water Resources Research, 29: 2195-2202.
- Sáez, P. B. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Model-parameter estimation using least squares. Water Research. 26: 789-796.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Advanced modeling of mixed populations of heterotrophs and nitrifiers considering the formation and exchange of soluble microbial products. Water Science and Technology. 26 (3-4): 493-502.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. A. Manen (1992). Development and experimental evaluation of a steady-state, multi-species biofilm model. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 39: 914-922.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1989). Mathematical modeling of fixed-film growth. In G. Patry and D. Chapman, eds., Dynamic Modeling and Expert Systems in Wastewater Engineering, Lewis Publ., Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 39-58.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1989). Detachment from biofilms. In Structure and Function of Biofilms, W. G. Characklis and P. A. Wilderer, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester, England, pp. 49-58.
- Sáez, P. B. and Rittmann, B. E. (1988). An improved pseudo-analytical solution for steady-state-biofilm kinetics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 32: 379-385.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Mathematical modeling of biofilm on activated carbon. Environmental Science & Technology. 21: 273-279.
- Suidan, M.T., B. E. Rittmann, and U. K. Traegner (1987). Criteria establishing biofilm-kinetic types. Water Research. 21: 491-498.
- Rittmann, B. E., W. Bae, E. Namkung, and C.-J. Lu (1987). A critical evaluation of microbial product formation in biological processes. Water Science & Technology. 19: 517-528.
- Rittmann, B. E., L. Crawford, C. K. Tuck, and E. Namkung (1986). In situ determination of kinetic parameters for biofioms: isolation and characterization of oligotrophic biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 28: 1753-1760.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1986). Soluble microbial products (SMP) formation kinetics by biofilms. Water Research. 20: 795-806.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1982). Comparative performance of biofilm reactor types. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 24: 1341-1370.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1982). The effect of shear stress on biofilm loss rate. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 24: 501-506.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1981). Substrate flux into biofilms of any thickness. Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division–ASCE. 107: 831-849.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1980). Evaluation of steady-state-biofilm kinetics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 22: 2359-2373.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1980). Model of steady-state-biofilm kinetics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 22: 2343-2357.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (1978). Variable-order model of bacterial-film kinetics. Journal of Environmental Engineering Division–ASCE. 104: 889-900.
Major MBfR Publications from the Rittmann Team
- Lee, K. C. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). A novel hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor for autohydrogenotrophic denitrification of drinking water. Water Sci. Technol. 41(4-5): 219 – 226.
- Nerenberg, R. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Perchlorate as a secondary substrate in a denitrifying hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor. Water Sci. Technol.: Water Supply 2(2): 259-265.
- Lee, K.-C. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Applying a novel autohydrogenotrophic hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor for denitrification of drinking water. Water Research 36: 2040-2052.
- Nerenberg, R., B. E. Rittmann, and I. Najm (2002). Perchlorate reduction in a hydrogen-based membrane-biofilm reactor. J. Amer. Wat. Works Assn. 94(11): 103-114.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2002). Hydrogen-based membrane-biofilm reactor solves thorny problems of oxidized contaminants. Membrane Technology, November 2002, pp. 6 –10.
- Lee, K.-C. and B. E. Rittmann (2003). Effects of pH and precipitation on autohydrogenotrophic denitrification using the hollow-fiber membrane-biofilm reactor. Water Research 37: 1551-1556.
- Nerenberg, R., B. E. Rittmann, T. E. Gillogly, G. E. Lehman, and S. S. Adham (2004) Perchlorate reduction using the hollow-fiber membrane-biofilm reactor: bench and pilot-scale studies. Proc. 2003 Battelle Symposium on In Situ and On Site Bioremediation, Orlando, FL, June 2003. Paper C-08 on CD-ROM.
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Nerenberg, K.-C. Lee, I. Najm, T. E. Gillogly, G. E. Lehman, and S. S. Adham (2004). The hydrogen-based hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor (HFMBfR) for Reducing Oxidized Contaminants. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 4(1): 127-133.
- Nerenberg, R. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Reduction of oxidized water contaminants with a hydrogen-based, hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor. Water Sci. Technol. 49(11-12): 223-230.
- Adham, S., T. Gillogly, G. Lehman, B. Rittmann, and R. Nerenberg (2005). Membrane Biofilm Reactor Process for Nitrate and Perchlorate Removal. American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, Colorado.
- Cowman, J. C. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2005). Total nitrogen removal in an aerobic/anoxic membrane biofilm reactor system. Water Sci. Technol. 52(7): 115-120.
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Nerenberg, B. Stinson, D. Katehis, E. Leong, and J. Anderson (2005). Hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment. Water Intelligence Online, No. 200504029.
- Adham, S. K.-P. Chiu, G. Lehman, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Chung (2005). Novel Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Groundwater Treatment and Remediation. National Water Research Institute, Irvine, California.
- Chung, J., R. Nerenberg, and B. E. Rittmann (2006). Bio-reduction of selenate a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 1664-1671.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2006). The membrane biofilm reactor: the natural partnership of membranes and biofilm, Water Sci. Technol. 53(3): 219-226.
- Chung, J., H. Ryu, M. Abbaszadegan, and B. E. Rittmann (2006). Community Structure and Function in an H2-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor Capable of Bio-reduction of Selenate and Chromate. Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. 72: 1330-1339.
- Chung, J., R. Nerenberg, C. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2006). Bio-reduction of soluble chromate using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Water Res. 40: 1634-1642.
- Chung, J., X. Li, and B. E. Rittmann (2006). Bio-reduction of arsenate using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Chemosphere 40: 24-34.
- Nerenberg, R., Y. Kawagoshi, and B. E. Rittmann (2006). Kinetics of an autotrophic, hydrogen-oxidizing perchlorate-reducing bacterium. Water Res. 40: 3290-3296.
- Chung, J., B. E. Rittmann, W. F. Wright, and R. H. Bowman (2007). Simultaneous bio-reduction of nitrate, perchlorate, selenate, chromate, arsenate, and dibromochloropropane using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Biodegradation 18: 199-209.
- Chung, J. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Bio-reductive dechlorination of 1,1,1-trichloroethane and chloroform using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 97: 52-60.
- Chung, J., R. Nerenberg, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Simultaneous biological reduction of nitrate and perchlorate in brine water using the hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. J. Environ. Engr., 130: 157-164.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2007). The membrane biofilm reactor is a versatile platform for water and wastewater treatment. Engr. Res., 12(4): 157-175.
- Chung, J., C.-H. Ahn, Z. Chen, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Bio-reduction of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Chemosphere 70(3): 516-520.
- Nerenberg, R., Y. Kawagoshi, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Microbial ecology of a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor reducing perchlorate in the presence of nitrate or oxygen. Water Research 42: 1151-1159.
- Chung, J., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Bio-reduction of trichloroethene using a hydrogen-based Membrane biofilm reactor. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42(2): 477-483.
- Hasar, H., S. Xia, C.-H. Ahn, and B. E. Rittmann (2008).. Simultaneous removal of organic matter and nitrogen compounds by an aerobic/anoxic membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research 42: 4109-4116.
- Chung, J. and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Simultaneous bio-reduction of trichloroethene, trichloroethane, and chloroform using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 58(30): 495-501.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., C. H. Ahn, M. Badruzzaman, D. J. Roberts, S. G. Lehman, S. Adham, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Kinetics of nitrate and perchlorate reduction in ion exchange brine using the membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Water Research 42: 4197-4205.
- Ziv-El, M. C. and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Systematic evaluation of nitrate and perchlorate bioreduction kinetics in groundwater using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research, 43: 173-181.
- Ahn, C. H., H. Oh, D. Ki, S. Van Ginkel, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Park (2009). Biofilm-community selection during autohydrogenotrophic reduction of nitrate and perchlorate in ion-exchange brine. Microb. Biotechnol. 81: 1169-1177.
- Ziv-El, M. and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Water-quality assessment after treatment in a membrane biofilm reactor. Amer. Water Works Assn. 101 (12): 77 – 83.
- Merkey, B. V., B. E. Rittmann, and D. L. Chopp (2009). Modeling how soluble microbial products (SMP) support heterotrophs in autotroph-based biofilms. Theoretical Biology 259: 670-683.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., R. Lamendella, W. P. Kovacik, Jr., J. W. Santo Domingo, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Microbial community structure during nitrate and perchlorate reduction in ion-exchange brine using the hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Bioresource Technol. 101: 3747-3750.
- Lehman, S. G., M. Badruzzaman, S. S. Adham, D. J. Roberts, D. A. Clifford, G. Zuo, A. Patel, B. E. Rittmann, C. Ahn, and S Van Ginkel (2010). Biological Destruction of Perchlorate and Nitrate in Ion Exchange Concentrate. Water Research Foundation, Denver, CO.
- Tang, Y. N., M. Ziv-El, C. Zhou, J.-H. Shin, C.-H. Ahn, K. Meyer, D. Candalaria, P. Swaim, D. Friese, R. Overstreet, R. Scott, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Bioreduction of nitrate in groundwater using a pilot-scale hydrogen-base membrane biofilm reactor. Frontiers Environ. Sci. Engr. 4: 280-285.
- Zhang, H., M. Ziv-El, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2010). The effect of dechlorination and sulfate reduction on the microbial community structure in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors. Sci. Technol. 44: 5159-5164.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., C. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Hydrogen-based nitrate and selenate bioreductions in flue-gas desulfurization brine. Environ. Engr. 137: 63 – 68.
- Tang, Y., C. Zhou, M. Ziv-El, and B.E. Rittmann (2011). A pH-control model for heterotrophic and hydrogen-based autotrophic denitrification. Water Res. 45: 232 – 240.
- Van Ginkel, S.W., Y.N. Tang, and B.E. Rittmann (2011). Impact of precipitation on the treatment of real ion-exchange brine using the H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Wat. Sci. Technol. 63(7): 1453-1458.
- Tang, Y. N., M. Ziv-El, C. Zhou, J.-H. Shin, C.-H. Ahn, K. Meyer, J. McQuarrie, D. Candalaria, P. Swaim, R. Scott, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Using the carrier-surface loading to design heterotrophic denitrification reactors. Amer. Water Works Assn., 103(3): 68-78.
- Zhao, H., Van Ginkel, S., Tang, Y., Kang, D.-W., Rittmann, B. E., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2011). Interactions between perchlorate and nitrate reductions in the biofilm of a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 45: 10155-10162.
- Tang, Y, H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 1: model development and numerical solution. Sci. Technol. 46: 1598 – 1607.
- Tang, Y., H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 2: parameter optimization and results and discussion. Sci. Technol.46: 1608 – 1615.
- Ziv-El, M., K. Cai, R. Halden, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Managing methanogens and homoacetogens to promote reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene with direct delivery of H2 in a membrane biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 109: 2200 – 2210.
- Tang, Y., C. Zhou, S. Van Ginkel, A. Ontiveros, J. Shin, and B.E. Rittmann (2012). Hydrogen-permeabilities of the fibers used in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Membrane Sci. 407-408: 176 – 183.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., B. Kim, Z. Yang, R. Sittmann, M. Sholin, J. Miceli, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Effect of NaCl on nitrate removal from ion-exchange spent brine in the membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Water Sci. Technol. 65 (1): 100 – 104.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., M. Ziv-El., H.-P. Zhou, L. Feng, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2012). Interactions between nitrate-reducing and sulfate-reducing bacteria coexisting in a hydrogen-fed biofilm. Sci. Technol. 46: 11289 – 11298.
- Tang, Y., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, L. Feng, C. Zhou, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A biofilm model to understand the onset of sulfate reduction in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors. Bioengr. 110: 763 – 772.
- Zhao, H.-P., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Y. Tang, B.-O. Kim, Z.-E. Ilhan, R. Krajmalnik-Browh, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Using a two-stage hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) to achieve complete perchlorate reduction in the presence of nitrate and sulfate. Sci. Technol. 47: 1565 – 1572.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A. Y. Tang, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Using a hydrogen-fed biofilm to treat a groundwater highly contaminated with perchlorate. Bioengr. 110: 3139-3147.
- Tang, Y., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Modeling trichloroethene reduction in a hydrogen-based biofilm. Water Sci. Technol. 68(5): 1158-1163.
- Zhao, H.-P; Z. E. Ilhan, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, A.; Y. Tang, B. E. Rittmann, Bruce, and R Krajmalnik-Brown (2013) Effects of multiple electron acceptors on microbial interactions in a hydrogen-based biofilm. Sci. Technol. 47: 7396 – 7403.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Z.-E. Ilhan, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown. Phylogenetic analysis of nitrate- and sulfate-reducing bacteria in a hydrogen-fed biofilm. FEMS Microbiological Ecology 85, 158-167.
- Zhao, H.-P., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Y. Tang, B.-O. Kim, S. Van Ginkel, D. Friese, R. Overstreet, J. Smith, P. Evans, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Removal of multiple electron acceptors by pilot-scale, two-stage membrane biofilm reactors. Water Res. 54: 115-122.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Y. Tang, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Managing the interactions between sulfate- and perchlorate-reducing bacteria when treating highly perchlorate-contaminated groundwater with hydrogen-fed biofilms. Water Research 55: 215-224.
- Lai, C.-Y., X. Yang, Y. Tang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2104). Nitrate shaped the selenate-reducing microbial community in a hydrogen-based biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 48: 3395-3402.
- Zhou, C., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, A. S. Zevin; L. C. de Saint Cyr, S. E. Carey, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Uranium removal and microbial community in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research 64: 255-264.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Y. Tang, H.-P. Zhao, D. Friese, R. Overstreet, J. Smith, P. Evans, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2014). Pyrosequencing analysis yields comprehensive assessment of microbial communities in pilot two-stage membrane biofilm reactors. Sci. Technol. 48: 7511-7518.
- Luo, Y.-H., R. Chen, L.-L. Wen, F. Meng, Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Lai, B. E. Rittmann, H.-P. Zhao, and P. Zheng (2015). Complete perchlorate reduction using methane as the sole electron donor and carbon source. Sci. Technol. 49: 2341-2349.
- Xu, X., S. Xia, Z. Liu, J. Liang, S. Shen, L. Zhou, Z. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Bioreduction of vanadium (V) in groundwater by autohydrogentrophic bacteria: mechanisms and microorganisms. Environ. Sci. 30: 122-128.
- Lai, C.Y., L.-L. Wen, Y. Zhang, S.-S. Luo, Q.-Y. Wang, Y.-H. Luo, R. Chen, X. Yang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2016). Autotrophic antimonite bio-reduction using hydrogen as the electron donor. Water Research 88: 467-474.
- Kim, H.-W., J. Cheng, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Direct membrane-carbonation photobioreactor producing photoautotrophic biomass via carbon dioxide transfer and nutrient removal. Bioresource Technology 204: 32 – 37.
- Lai, C.-Y., Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J.-X. Chen, L.-L. Wen, L.-D. Shi, Y.-P. Sun, F. Ma, B. E. Rittmann, C. Zhou, Y. Tang, P. Zheng, and H.-P. Zhao (2016). Bio-reduction of chromate in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 50: 5832-5839.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Hydrogen-fed biofilm reactors reducing selenate and sulfate: community structure and location of elemental selenium with the biofilm. Bioengr. 113: 1736-1734. DOI: 10.1002/bit.25945.
- Chen, R., Y.-H. Luo, L.-L. Wen, Y. Zhang, Yin; B. E. Rittmann, Y. Tang, and H.-P Zhao (2016). Evolution of the microbial community of the biofilm in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor reducing multiple electron acceptors. Sci. Pollution Res., 10: 9540 – 9548..
- Zhou, C., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Z. Wang, J. Maldonado Ortiz, H.-P. Zhao, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Palladium recovery in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor: formation of Pd(0) nanoparticles through enzymatic and autocatalytic reductions. Sci. Technol. 50: 2546-2555. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05318).
- Zhou, C., Z. Wang, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Biofilm-enhanced continuous recovery and stabilization of palladium nanoparticles (PdNP). Sci. Nano. 3: 1396-1404.
- Xia, S., X. Xu, C. Zhou, C. Wang, L. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Direct delivery of CO2 into a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor and model development. Engr. Jl. 290: 154-160.
- Lai, C.-Y., L.-L. Wen, L. Shi, K.-K. Zhao, Y.-Q. Wang, X. Yang, B. E. Rittmann, C. Zhou, Y. Tang, P. Zheng, and H.-P. Zhao (2016). Selenate and nitrate bio-reductions using methane as the electron donor in a membrane biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 50: 10179-10186.
- Zhou, C., X. Wang, A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Biofilm-enhanced continuous synthesis and stabilization of palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs). Materials Catalyis A. 3: 1396-1404.
- Zhou, C., Z. Wang, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, M. Long, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Coupling of Pd nanoparticles and denitrifying biofilm promotes H2-based nitrate removal with greater selectivity towards N2. Catalysis B: Environment 206: 461-470.
- Zhong, L., C.-Y. Lai, L.-D. Shi, K.-D. Wang, Y.-J. Dai, Y.-W. Liu, F. Ma, B. E. Rittmann, P. Zheng, and H.-P. Zhao (2017). Nitrate effects on chromate reduction in a methane-based biofilm. Water Res. 115: 130-137.
- Wu, Y., Y. Li, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, L. Ordaz-Diaz, J. Liu, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Enhancing denitrification using a novel in situ membrane biofilm reactor (isMBfR). Water Research 119: 234-241.
- Lai, Y. S., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Z. E. Ilhan, Y. Zhou, E. Miranda, J. Maldonado, J., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B E. Rittmann (2017). Enhancing biodegradation of C16-alkyl quaternary ammonium compounds using an oxygen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research 123: 825-833. (DOI: 1016/j.watres.2017.07.003).
- Staicu, L. C., E. D. van Hullebusch, B. E. Rittmann, and P. N. L. Lens (2017). Industrial selenium pollution: sources and biological treatment technology, in E. D. van Hullebusch, ed., Bioremediation of Selenium Contaminated Wastewater, Springer International Publishing, AG, pp. 75-101.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Zhou, Z. E. Ilhan, L. Cornette de Saint Cyr, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Total electron acceptor loading and composition affect hexavalent uranium reduction and microbial community structure in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Research 125: 341 – 349.
- Lusk, B. B. E. Rittmann, A. Tomaswick, and C. Zhou (2018). Using the membrane biofilm reactor to recover platinum group metals from wastewater. TechConnect Briefs 2: 134-137.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2018). Biofilms, active substrata, and me. Water Res. 132: 135-145.
- Long, M., Z. E. Ilhan, C. Zhou, B. E. Rittmann, and S. Xia (2018). Complete dechlorination and mineralization of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactors (MBfR). Water Research 144: 134-144.
- Liu, Z., C. Zhou, Y.-H. Luo, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, M. Long, L. Ang, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Accurate O2 delivery enabled aerobic benzene activations followed by denitrification-coupled degradation. Bioengr. 115: 1988–1999.
- Lai, C.-Y., P.L. Lu, Q.-Y. Dong, S.-L. Yeo, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2018). Bromate and nitrate bio-reduction coupled with poly-b-hydroxybutyrate production in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 52: 7024-7031.
- Alrashed, W., J. Lee, J. Park, B. E. Rittmann, Y. Tang, J. D. Neufeld, and H.-S. Lee (2018). Hypoxic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in a membrane biofilm. Engr. J. 348: 745-753.
- Lai, C.-Y., Q.-Y. Dong, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2018). Bio-reduction of antimonite by anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm batch reactor. Sci. Technol. 52: 8693-8700.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., C. Zhou, H.-P. Zhao, Y. Tang, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Managing microbial communities in membrane biofilm reactors. Microbiol. Biochem. 102: 9003-9014.
- Lee, H.-S., Y. Tang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2018). Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification: fundamentals, challenges, and potential. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48: 1067-1093. DOI 10.1080/10643389.2018.150327.
- Zhou, C., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, R. Nerenberg, Y. Tang, D. Friese, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Hydrogenotrophic microbial reduction of opxyanions with the Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: article 3268 (doi: 3389/fmicb.2018.03268).
- Lai, Y.-J. S., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, T. Coskun, C. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Electron-acceptor loadings affect chloroform dechlorination in a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactors. Bioengr. 116: 1439-1448 (DOI: 10.1002/bit.26945).
- Lv, P.-L., L.-D. Shi, Z. Wang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2019). Methane oxidation coupled to perchlorate reduction in a membrane biofilm batch reactor. Sci. Total Environ. 667: 9-15.
- Tang, Y., Z. Zhang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-S. Lee (2019). Kinetics of anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in the membrane biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 116: 2550-2560.
- Shesh, T., E. Eustance, Y.-J. Lai, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Characterization of CO2 Flux Through Hollow-Fiber Membranes Using pH Modeling. Membrane Science 592: 117389.
- Xia, S, C. Wu, Yang, Y. Zhou, L. Zhou, Y. Ran, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Bioreduction of nitrate in high-sulfate water using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor equipped with a separate carbon dioxide module. Chemical Engineering J. DOI 10.1016/j.cej.2019.123831.
- Wang, B., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, C. Zhou, Y. Luo, B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Tang (2019). Modeling the interactions among trichloroethene reduction, methanogenesis, and homoacetogenesis in a H2-based biofilm. Environ. Engr. DOI 10.1016/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001642.
- Suárez, J. I., M. Aybar, I. Nancucheo, B. Poch, P. Martínez, B. E. Rittmann, and A. Schwarz (2020). Influence of operating conditions on sulfate reduction from real mining process water by membrane biofilm reactors. Chemosphere 244: DOI 10.1016/j.chemophere.2019.125508.
- Lv, P.-L, L.-D. Shi, Q.-Y. Dong, B. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2020). How nitrate affects perchorate reduction in a methane-based biofilm batch reactor. Water Res. DOI 10.1016/j.waterres.2019.115397.
- Xia , S., C. Wu, Yang, Y. Zhou, L. Zhou, Y. Ran, and B. E. Rittmann (2020). Bioreduction of nitrate in high-sulfate water using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor equipped with a separate carbon dioxide module. Chem. Engr. J. 385: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.123831.
- Schwarz, A., J. I. Suárez, M. A. Gaete, M. Aybar, I. Nancucheo, P. Martínez, and B. E. Rittmann. A membrane-biofilm system for sulfate conversion to elemental sulfur in mining-influenced waters. Total Environ. 740: 140088.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers:
- Mahmoud, M., P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Fermentation pre-treatment of landfill leachate for enchanced electron recovery in a microbial electrolysis cell. Bioresource Technology. 151:151-158.
- Young, M. N., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). A Combined Activated Sludge Anaerobic Digestion Model (CASADM) to Understand the Role of Anaerobic Sludge Recycling in Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 136: 196-204.
- Young, M. N., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, W. Liu, M. L. Doyle, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). The role of anaerobic sludge recycle in improving anaerobic digester performance. Bioresource Technology. 128: 731-737.
- Parameswaran, P. and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Feasibility of anaerobic co-digestion of pig waste and paper sludge. Bioresource Technology. 124: 163-168.
- Ziv-El, M., K. Cai, R. Halden, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Managing methanogens and homoacetogens to promote reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene with direct delivery of H2 in a membrane biofilm reactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 109: 2200 – 2210.
- Lee, I. And B. E. Rittmann (2011). Effect of low solids retention time and Focused Pulsed pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. Bioresource Technology. 102: 2542 – 2548.
- Lee, I., P. Parameswaran, J. Alder, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Feasibility of Focused-Pulsed-treated WAS as a supplemental electron donor for denitrification. Water Environment Research. 82: 2316 – 2324.
Highly Cited Journal Papers:
- Zhang, H., J. Banaszak, P. Parameswaran, J. Alder, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, B. E. Rittmann (2009). Focused-Pulsed sludge pre-treatment increases the bacterial diversity and relative abundance of acetoclastic methanogens in a full-scale anaerobic digester. Water Research. 43: 4517-4526.
- Raskin, L., D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (1996). Competition and co-existence of sulfate-reducing and methanogenic populations in anaerobic biofilms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62: 3847-3857.
- Raskin, L.. R. I. Amann, L. K. Poulson, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1995). Use of ribosomal RNA-based molecular probes for characterization of complex microbial communities in anaerobic biofilms. Water Science and Technology. 31(1): 261-272.
- Raskin, L., J. M. Stromley, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Group-specific 16S-rRNA hybridization probes to describe natural communities of methanogens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60: 1232-1240.
- Raskin, L., L. K. Poulson, D. R. Noguera, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Quantification of methanogenic groups in anaerobic biological reactors using oligonucleotide probe hybridizations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60: 1241-1248.
- Noguera, D. R., N. Araki, and B. E. Rittmann (1994) Soluble microbial products (SMP) in anaerobic chemostats. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 44: 1040-1047.
MXC Publications of Dr. Bruce E. Rittmann and Colleagues
- Marcus, A, R. M. Lueptow, and B. E. Rittmann (2005). Preliminary investigation of generating electricity from wastewater via a single-compartment microbial fuel cell,” SAE Paper 05-ICES-302, 2005.
- Rittmann, B. E. Hausner, F. Löffler, N. G. Love, G. Muyzer, S. Okabe, D. B. Oerther, J. Peccia, L. Raskin, and M. Wagner (2006). A vista for microbial ecology and environmental biotechnology. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 1096-1103.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2006). Microbial ecology to manage processes in environmental biotechnology. Trends in Biotechnology April 28, 2006, pp 261-268.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2006). Future directions for environmental biotechnology. Shanghai Normal Univ. 35(6): 1-8.
- Torres, C. I., A. Kato-Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Kinetics of consumption of fermentation products by anode-respiring bacteria. Microb. Biotechnol. 77: 689-697.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2007). Where are we with biofilms now? Where are we going? Water Sci. Technol. 55(8-9): 1-7.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2007). Environmental biotechnology’s essential role in water sustainability. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment: Integrated Water Resources Management – New Steps, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 24-25 October 2007, pp. 121-128.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Conduction-based modeling of the biofilm anode of a microbial fuel cell. Bioengr. 98: 1117-1182.
- Lee, H.-S., P. Parameswaran, A. Kato Marcus, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Evaluation of energy-conversion efficiencies in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) utilizing fermentable and non-fermentable substrates. Water Research 42: 1501-1510.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2008). Opportunities for renewable bioenergy using microorganisms. Bioengr. 100: 203-212.
- Torres, C. I., A. Kato-Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Proton transport inside the biofilm limits electrical current generation by anode-respiring bacteria. Bioengr. 100: 872-881.
- Rittmann, B. E., C. I. Torres, and A. Kato Marcus (2008). Understanding the distinguishing features of a microbial fuel cell as a biomass-based renewable energy technology. Emerging Environmental Technologies, V. Shah, ed., Springer, 1 – 28.
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and R. U. Halden (2008). Pre-genomic, genomic, and post-genomic study of microbial communities involved in bioenergy. Nature Rev. Microb. 6: 604-612.
- Torres, C. I., A. K. Marcus, P. Parameswaran, B. E. Rittmann (2008). Kinetic experiments for evaluating the Nernst-Monod model for anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) in a biofilm anode. Sci. Technol. 42(17): 6593-6597.
- Torres, C. I., H.-S. Lee, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Carbonate species as OH– carriers for decreasing the pH gradient between cathode and anode in bio-fuel cells. Sci. Technol. 42: 8773 – 8777.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Syntrophic interactions between anode respiring bacteria (ARB) and non-ARB in a biofilm anode: electron balances. Bioengr. 103: 513-523.
- Lee, H.-S., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Fate of H2 in an upflow single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell using a metal-catalyst-free cathode. Sci. Technol. 43: 7971-7976.
- Torres, C. I., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, Parameswaran, A. K. Marcus, G. Wanger, Y. Gorby, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Selecting anode-respiring bacteria based on anode potential: phylogenetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 9519-9524.
- Lee, H.-S., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Effects of substrate diffusion and anode potential on kinetic parameters for anode-respiring bacteria in a microbial electrochemical cell. Sci. Technol. 43: 7571-7577.
- Parameswaran, P., H. Zhang, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2010). Microbial community structure in a biofilm anode fed with a fermentable substrate: the significance of hydrogen scavengers. Bioengr. 105: 69-78.
- Torres, C. I., Andrew K. Marcus, H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria. FEMS Microb. Rev. 34: 3 – 17.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2010). The role of biotechnology in water and wastewater treatment. Environ. Engr. (ASCE) 136: 348 – 353.
- Lee, H.-S. and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Characterization of energy losses in an upflow single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell. J. Hydrogen Energy 35: 920-927.
- H.-S. and B. E. Rittmann. Significance of biological H2 oxidation in a continuous single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44: 948-954.
- Lee, H.-S., W. Vermaas, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Biological hydrogen production: perspectives and challenges. Trends in Biotechnology 28(5): 262-271.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Evaluating the impacts of migration in the biofilm anode using the model PCBIOFILM. Electrochimica Acta 55: 6964 – 6972.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Analysis of a microbial electrochemical cell using the proton condition in biofilm (PCBIOFILM) model. Bioresources Technol. 102: 253 – 262.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2011). Hydrogen consumption in microbial electrochemical systems (MXCs): the role of homo-acetogenic bacteria. Bioresource Technology 102: 263-271.
- Ji, E., H. Moon, J. Piao, P. T. Ha, J. An, D. Kim, J.-J. Woo, Y. Lee, S.-H. Moon, B. E. Rittmann, and I. S. Choi (2011). Interface resistances of anion exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells with low ionic strength. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 26: 3266 – 3271.
- Choi, S., H.-S. Hyung-Sool Lee, Y. Yang, P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and J.Chae (2011). A µL-scale micromachined microbial fuel cell having high power density. Lab in a Chip 11: 1110 – 1117.
- Ha, P., T. K. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, J. Park, and I. S. Chang (2012). Treatment of alcohol distillery wastewater using a Bacteriodetes-dominated thermophilic microbial fuel cell. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46: 3022-3030.
- Popat, S. C., D. Ki, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2012). Importance of OH– transport from cathodes in microbial fuel cells. ChemSusChem 15: 1071-1079.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, D. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2012). The role of homo-acetogenic bacteria as efficient hydrogen scavengers in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Water Sci. Technol. 65 (1): 1 – 6.
- Vijayaraghavan, K., S. Van Ginkel, C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, Z. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Effect of pH and hydraulic residence time on fermentation product distribution and subsequent treatment in a microbial electrolysis cell. TERI Information Digest on Energy and Environment 11(3): 355-358.
- Parameswaran, P., T. Bry, S. Popat, B. Lusk, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I Torres (2013). Kinetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization of the thermophilic, anode-respiring bacterium Thermincola ferriacetica. Sci. Technol. 47: 4934-4940.
- Mahmoud, M., P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Fermentation pre-treatment of landfill leachate for enhanced electron recovery in a microbial electrolysis cell. Bioresource Technology 151: 151-158.
- Popat, S. C., D. Ki, M. N. Young, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2014). Buffer pKa and transport govern the concentration overpotential in electrochemical oxygen reduction at neutral pH. 1: 1909-1915.
- Ren, H., C.I. Torres, P. Parameswaran, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Chae (2014). Improved Current and Power Density with a Micro-scale Microbial Fuel Cell Due to a Small Characteristic Length. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 61: 587-592.
- Ki, D., P. Parameswaran, S. C. Popat, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2015). Effects of pre-fermentation and pulsed-electric-field treatment of primary sludge in microbial electrochemical cells. Bioresource Technnology 195: 83 – 88.
- Ki, D., P. Parameswaran, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2015). Effect of pulsed electric field (PEF) pretreatment on primary sludge for enhanced bioavailability and energy capture. Engr. Sci. 32: 831 – 837.
- Lusk, B. G., Q. F. Khan, P. Parameswaran, A. Hameed, N. Ali, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2015). Characterization of electrical current-generation capabilities from thermophilic bacterium Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus using xylose, glucose, cellobiose, or acetate with fixed anode potentials. Sci. Technol. 49 (24), pp 14725–14731.
- Mahmoud, M., P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Relieving fermentation inhibition enables high electron recovery from landfill leachate in a microbial electrolysis cell. Royal Soc. Chem. Adv. 6: 6658 (DOI: 1039/c5ra25918e).
- Young, M. N., M. J. Links, S. C. Popat, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2016). Tailoring microbial electrochemical cells for production of hydrogen peroxide at high concentrations and efficiencies. ChemSusChem 9: 1 – 9.
- Lusk, B. G., P. Parameswaran, S. C. Popat, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2016). The effect of pH and buffer concentration on anode biofilms of Thermincola ferriacetica. Bioelectrochemistry 112: 47-52.
- Lee, H.-S., B. Dhar, J. An, B. E. Rittmann, H. Ryu, J. Santodomingo, H. Ren, and J. Chae (2016). The roles of biofilm conductivity and donor substrate kinetics in a mixed-culture biofilm anode. Sci. Technol. 50: 12799-12807.
- Ki, D., P. Parameswaran, S. C. Popat, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2016). Maximizing Coulombic recovery and solids reduction from primary sludge by controlling retention time and pH in a flat-place microbial electrolysis cell. Sci.: Water Res. & Technol. 3: 333-339.
- Park, Y., S. Park, V. K. Nguyen, J. Yu, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and T. Lee (2017). Complete nitrogen removal by simultaneous nitrification and denitrification using flat-panel air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Engr. J. 316: 673-679.
- Rittmann, B. E. Ironies of microbial electrochemistry (2017). Environ. Engr. 143(5): 03117001, pages 1 – 7. (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001202).
- Young, M. N., N. Chowdhury, E. Garver, P. J. Evans, S. C. Popat, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2017). Understanding the impact of operational conditions on performance of microbial peroxide producing cells. Power Sources 356: 448-458 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.03.107).
- Lusk, B., A. Colin, P. Parameswaran, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2017). Simultaneous fermentation of cellulose and current production with a highly enriched mixed culture of thermophilic bacteria in a microbial electrolysis cell. Microbial Biotechnology (DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12733).
- Mahmoud, M. P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Electrochemical techniques reveal that total ammonium stress increases electron flow to anode respiration in mixed-species bacterial anode biofilms. Bioengr. 114: 1151-1159 (DOI: 10.1002/bit.26246).
- Ki, D.-W., S. Popat, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2017). H2O2 production in microbial electrochemical cells fed with primary sludge. Sci. Technol. 51: 6139-6145.
- Gao, Y., J. Lee, J. D. Neufeld, J. Park, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-S. Lee (2017). Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled with extracellular electron transfer to electrodes. Scientific Reports 7: 5099 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05180-9).
- Gao, Y., H. Ryu, B. E. Rittmann, A. Hussain, and Hyung-Sool Lee (2017). Quantification of the methane concentration using anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to extracellular electron transfer. Biores. Technol., in press.
- Chandra, R., S. V. Mohan, R. Parra-Saldivar, B. E. Rittmann, A. Raul, and C. Sanchez (2017). Conversion of light energy to bioelectricity through photosynthetic microbial fuel cell technology. Chapter 19 in Microbial Fuel Cell: A Bioelectrochemical System that Converts Waste to Watts, Capital Publ. Co., New Dehli, India, pp. 373-387.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2018). Biofilms, active substrata, and me. Water Res. 132: 135-145.
- Liu, Y., Y.-J. S. Lai, T. S. Barbosa, R. Chandra, P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Electro-selective fermentation enhances lipid extraction and biohydrogenation of Scenedesmus acutus Algal Research 38: article 101397.
- Liu, Y., Y.-J. Lai, and B. E. Rittmann (2020). Increased anode respiration enhances utilization of short-chain fatty acid and lipid wet-extraction from Scenedesmus acutus biomass in Electro Selective Fermentation. Renewable Energy 148: 374-379. DOI 10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.043.
Publications on Microbial Products
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1986). Soluble microbial products (SMP) formation kinetics by biofilms. Water Research 20: 795-806.
- Rittmann, B. E., W. Bae, E. Namkung, and C.-J. Lu (1987). A critical evaluation of microbial product formation in biological processes. Water Sci. Technol. 19: 517-528.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1988). Effects of SMP on biofilm-reactor performance. Environmental Engineering (ASCE) 114: 199-210.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Advanced modeling of mixed populations of heterotrophs and nitrifiers considering the formation and exchange of soluble microbial products. Water Sci. Technol. 26 (3-4): 493-502.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Evaluation of multiple-species biofilm and floc processes using a simplified aggregate model. Water Sci. Technol. 29 (10-11): 439-446.
- Noguera, D. R., N. Araki, and B. E. Rittmann (1994) Soluble microbial products (SMP) in anaerobic chemostats. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 44: 1040-1047.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. M. Regan, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Nitrification as a source of soluble organic substrate in biological treatment. Water Sci. Technol. 30 (6): 1-8.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Interpretation of bacterial activities in nitrification filters by a biofilm model considering the kinetics of soluble microbial products. Water Sci. Technol. 30 (11): 147-156.
- Woolschlager, J. and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Evaluating what is measured by BDOC and AOC Tests. Revue Science de l’Eau 8: 371-385.
- Ohashi, A., D. G. V. de Silva, B. Mobarry, J. A. Manem, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann. (1995) Influence of substrate C/N ratio on the structure of multi-species biofilms consisting of nitrifiers and heterotrophs. Water Science Technology 32 (8): 75-84.
- de Silva, D. G. V. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Nonsteady-state modeling of multispecies activated sludge processes. Water Environment Research 72: 545 – 553.
- de Silva, D. G. V. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Interpreting the response to loading changes in a mixed-culture completely stirred tank reactor. Water Environment Research 72: 554 – 565.
- Rittmann, B. E. and D. Stilwell (2002). Modeling biological processes in water treatment: the integrated biofiltration model. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology — AQUA 51: 1-14.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). A unified theory for extracellular polymeric substances, soluble microbial products, and active and inert biomass. Water Research 36: 2711-2720.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Non-steady state modeling of microbial products and active and inert biomass. Water Research 36: 1983-1992.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. Stilwell, and A. Ohashi (2002). The transient-state, multiple-species biofilm model for aerobic biofiltration processes. Water Research 36: 2342-2356.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Modeling the development of biofilm density including active bacteria, inert biomass, and extracellular polymeric substances. Water Research 38: 3349-3361.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Evaluating trends in biofilm density using the UMCCA model. Water Research 38: 3362-3372.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2004). Modeling biofilm complexity by including active and inert biomass and EPS. Biofilms 1: 285-291.
- Laspidou, C., B. E. Rittmann, and S. A. Karamanos (2005). Finite-element modeling to expand the UMCCA model to describe biofilm mechanical strength. Water Sci. Technol. 52(7): 161-166.
- Ni, B.-J., F. Fang, H.-Q. Yu, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Modeling microbial products in activated sludge under feast-famine conditions. Sci. Technol. 43: 2489-2497.
- Merkey, B. V., B. E. Rittmann, and D. L. Chopp (2009). Modeling how soluble microbial products (SMP) support heterotrophs in autotroph-based biofilms. Theoretical Biology 259: 670-683.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q. Yu (2010). Modeling predation processes in activated sludge. Bioengr. 105: 1021-1030.
- Kiser, M. A., J. Oppenheimer, J. DeCarolis, Z. M. Hirani, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Quantitatively understanding the performance of membrane bioreactors. Separations Sci. Technol. 45: 1003-1013.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q Yu (2010). Impacts of predators on biomass components and oxygen uptake rates. Water Research 44: 4616 – 4622.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, F. Fang, J. Xu, and H.-Q (2010). Yu.. Long-term formation of microbial products in a sequencing batch reactor. Water Res. 44: 3787 – 3791.
- Deo, R., W. Songkasiri, B. E. Rittmann, and D. Reed (2010). Surface complexation of Neptunium (V) onto whole cells and cell components of Shewanella alga: modeling and experimental study. Sci. Technol. 44: 4930 – 4935.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q. Yu (2011). Soluble microbial products and their implications in mixed culture biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol. 29: 254-263.
- Tang, Y, H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 1: model development and numerical solution. Sci. Technol. 46: 1598 – 1607.
- Tang, Y., H. Zhao, A. K. Marcus, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A steady-state biofilm model for simultaneous reduction of nitrate and perchlorate — Part 2: parameter optimization and results and discussion. Sci. Technol.46: 1608 – 1615.
- Tang, Y., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, L. Feng, C. Zhou, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). A biofilm model to understand the onset of sulfate reduction in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors. Bioengr. 110: 763 – 772.
- Young, M. N., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). A Combined Activated Sludge Anaerobic Digestion Model (CASADM) to Understand the Role of Anaerobic Sludge Recycling in Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance. Bioresource Technology 136: 196-204.
- Tang, Y., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Modeling trichloroethene reduction in a hydrogen-based biofilm. Water Sci. Technol. 68(5): 1158-1163.
- Laspidou, C. S., L. A. Spyrou, N. Aravas, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Material modeling of biofilm mechanical properties. Mathematical Biosciences 251: 11-15.
- Zevin, A. S., T. Nam, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2015). Effects of phosphate limitation on soluble microbial products and microbial community structure in semi-continuous Synechocystis-based photobioreactors. Bioengr. 112: 1761-1769.
- Nguyen, B. T., and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Electron partitioning into soluble microbial products by Synechocystis PCC6805. Biomass and Bioenergy 90: 237-242.
- Zhou, Y., T. Nguyen, Y.-J. Lai, C. Zhou, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Using flow cytometry to evaluate thermal extraction of EPS from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Algal Res. 20: 276-281.
- Zhou, Y., B. Nguyen, C. Zhou, L. Straka, Y.-J. Lai, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). The distribution of P and its transformations during growth of Synechocystis with different P concentrations. Water Res. 122: 355-362.
- Cahill, B., L. Straka, J. Maldanado, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Effects of light intensity on soluble microbial products produced by Synechocystis PCC 6803 and associated heterotrophic communities. Algal Research 38: xxx-yyy (DOI: doi.org.10.1016/j.algal.2019.101409.
- Zhou, Y., A. Marcus, L. Straka, E. Eustance, Y.-J. Lai, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Uptake of phosphorus by Synechocystis PCC 6803 in dark conditions: removal driving force and modeling. Chemosphere 218: 147-156.
- Zhou, Y., Y.-J. Lai, E. Eustance, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Promoting Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 harvesting by cationic surfactants: alkyl-chain length and dose control the release of extracellular polymeric substances and biomass aggregation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7: 2127-2133.
- Zhou, Y., Y.-J. Lai, E. Eustance, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Phosphate depletion affects lipids and heterotrophic bacteria accumulation in the batch growth of Synechocystis PCC 6803. Appl. Microb. Biotech. 103: 5007-5014.
Developing and Using Molecular Microbial Ecology
- Rittmann, B. E., B. Smets, and D. A. Stahl (1990). Genetic capabilities of biological processes. Part I. Sci. Technol. 24: 23-29.
- Smets, B., B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1990). Genetic capabilities of biological processes. Part II. Sci. Technol. 24: 162-169.
- Smets, B. F., B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1993). The specific growth rate of Pseudomonas putida (TOL) influences the conjugal transfer rate of the TOL plasmid. Environ. Microb. 59: 3430-3437.
- Raskin, L., L. K. Poulson, D. R. Noguera, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Quantification of methanogenic groups in anaerobic biological reactors using oligonucleotide probe hybridizations. Environ. Microb. 60: 1241-1248.
- Raskin, L., J. M. Stromley, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Group-specific 16S-rRNA hybridization probes to describe natural communities of methanogens. Environ. Microb. 60: 1232-1240.
- Teske, A., E. Alm, J. M. Regan, S. Toze, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Evolutionary relationships among ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. Bacteriology 176: 6623-6630.
- Smets, B. F., B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Stability and conjugal transfer kinetics of a TOL plasmid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO 1162. FEMS Microb. Ecol. 15: 337-350.
- Raskin, L.. R. I. Amann, L. K. Poulson, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1995). Use of ribosomal RNA-based molecular probes for characterization of complex microbial communities in anaerobic biofilms. Water Sci. Technol. 31(1): 261-272.
- Rittmann, B. E, B. F. Smets, J. A. MacDonald, and D. A. Stahl (1995). Plasmid transfer for enhancing degradation capabilities. Environmental Health Perspectives 103(Suppl. 5): 113-115.
- Smets, B.F., B.E. Rittmann, and D.A. Stahl (1995). Quantification of the effect of substrate concentration on the conjugal transfer rate of the TOL plasmid in short-term batch mating experiments. Letters in Applied Microbiology 21: 167-172.
- Raskin, L., W. C. Capman, M. D. Kane, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1996). Critical evaluation of membrane supports for use in quantitative hybridizations. Environ. Microb. 62: 300-303.
- Mobarry, B. K. , M. Wagner, V. Urbain, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1996). Phylogenetic probes for analyzing abundance and spatial organization of nitrifying bacteria. Applied Environ. Microb. 62: 2156-2162.
- Raskin, L., D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (1996). Competition and co-existence of sulfate-reducing and methanogenic populations in anaerobic biofilms. Environ. Microb. 62: 3847-3857.
- Guschin, D. Y., B. K. Mobarry, D. Proudnikov, D. A. Stahl, B. E. Rittmann, and A. D. Mirzabekov (1997). Oligonucleotide microchips as genesensors for determinative and environmental studies in microbiology. Environ. Microb. 63: 2397-2402.
- Brusseau, G. A., B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1997). Addressing the microbial ecology of marine biofilms. In K. E. Cooksey, ed., Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Oceans, Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 449 – 470.
- Urbain, V., B. K. Mobarry, D. G. V. deSilva, D. A. Stahl, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Manem (1998). Integration of performance, molecular biology, and modeling to describe the activated sludge process. Water Sci. Technol. 37 (3): 223-229.
- Becker, J. G., G. Berardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl. (1998) Molecular and metabolic characterization of a 3-chlorobenzoate degrading anaerobic microbial community. IN: Wickraamanayake, G. B. and Hinchee, R. E., eds. Natural Attenuation, Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 93-98.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1998). Molecular understanding. Water Environment Research 70:
- Urbain, V., B. Mobarry, V. deSilva, D. Stahl, B. Rittmann, and J. Manem (1998). Performance evaluation of the membrane-bioreactor activated sludge process using molecular tools, modeling, and chemical analyses. Intl. Symp. Environ. Biotech.. Brussels, Belgium.
- Rittmann, B. E., C. S. Laspidou, J. Flax, D. A. Stahl, V. Urbain, J. J. van der Waarde, B. Geurtnick, M. J. C. Henssen, H. Brouwer, A. Klamwijk, and M. Wetterauw. (1999). Molecular and modeling analyses of the structure and function of nitrifying activated sludge. Water Sci. Technol. 39(1): 51-59.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1999). International specialty conference on the microbial ecology of biofilms. Water Science and Technology 39(7): 1-3.
- D., S. J. Green, G. Muyzer, Y. Cohen, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1999). Molecular characterization of diurnal changes in a marine microbial mat community. Proc. Halifax Intl. Conf. on Microbial Ecology.
- Lazarova, V., D. Bellahcen, D. Rybacki, B. Rittmann, and J. Manem (1999). Population dynamics and biofilm composition in a new three-phase circulating bed reactor. Water Sci. Technol. 37(4-5): 149-158.
- Minz, D., J. L. Flax, S. J. Green, G. Muyzer, Y. Cohen, M. Wagner, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (1999). Diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in oxic and anoxic regions of a microbial mat characterized by comparative analysis of dissimilatory (bi-) sulfite reductase genes. Environ. Microb. 65: 4666-4671.
- Minz, D., S. Fishbain, S. J. Green, G. Muyzer, Y. Cohen, B. E. Rittmann, D. A. Stahl (1999). Unexpected population distribution in a microbial mat community: Sulfate-reducing bacteria localized to the highly oxic chemocline in contrast to a eukaryotic preference for anoxia. Environ. Microb. 65: 4659-4665.
- Becker, J. G., D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (1999). Reductive dehalogenation and production of 3-chlorobenzoate in a 2-chlorophenol-degrading methanogenic sediment community: implications for predicting the environmental fate of chlorinated pollutants. Environ. Microb. 65: 5169-5172.
- Rittmann, B. E. (ed.). (1999). Microbial Ecology of Biofilms. IWA Publishing, London.
- Becker, J. G., G. Berardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (2001). Successional changes in an evolving anaerobic chlorophenol-degrading community used to infer relationships between population structure and system-level processes. Environ. Microb. 67: 5705-5714.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2002). The role of molecular methods in evaluating processes used in environmental biotechnology. Water Environment Research 74: 421-427 + inside front cover.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2002). Molecular biology and special issues. Water Environment Research 74:
- Rittmann, B. E. (2003). Environmental biotechnology and molecular biology. BIO TECH International 15(2): 5-8.
- Becker, J. G., G. Barardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (2005). The role of syntrophic associations in sustaining anaerobic mineralizations of chlorinated organic compounds. Health Persp. 113(3):310-3166.
- Kelly, J. J., S. Siripong, J. McCormack, P. A. Noble, L. R. Janus, H. Urakawa, S. El-Fantroussi, P. A. Noble, L. Sappelsa, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (2005). DNA-microarray detection of nitrifying bacterial 16S rRNA in wastewater treatment plant samples. Water Research 39: 3229-3238.
- Becker, J. G., G. Berardesco, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl (2006). The effects of endogenous substrates on the adaptation of anaerobic microbial communities to 3-chlorobenzoate. Environ. Microb. 72: 449-456.
- Rittmann, B. E. Hausner, F. Löffler, N. G. Love, G. Muyzer, S. Okabe, D. B. Oerther, J. Peccia, L. Raskin, and M. Wagner (2006). A vista for microbial ecology and environmental biotechnology. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 1096-1103.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2006) Microbial ecology to manage processes in environmental biotechnology. Trends in Biotechnology April 28, 2006, pp 261-268.
- Siripong, S., J. J. Kelly, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (2006). Impact of pre-hybridization amplification on microarray detection of nitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment plant samples. Environmental Microbiology 8: 1564-1574.
- Siripong, S. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Diversity study of nitrifying bacteria in full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plants. Water Res. 41: 1110-1120.
- Ren, N., D. Xing, B. E. Rittmann, L. Zhao, T. Xie, and X. Zhao (2007). Microbial community structure of ethanol-type fermentation in bio-hydrogen production. Microb. 9: 1112-1125.
- Siripong, S., J. J. Kelly, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Response to correspondance on influence on grid placement on melting profiles obtained from gel-pad microarrays. Environ Microb. 9: 1866-1867.
- Xing, D., N. Ren, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Genetic diversity of hydrogen-producing bacteria in acidophilic ethanol-H2 co-producing system analyzed by [Fe]-hydrogenase gene. Environ. Microb. 74: 1232-1239.
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and R. U. Halden (2008). Pre-genomic, genomic, and post-genomic study of microbial communities involved in bioenergy. Nature Rev. Microb. 6: 604-612.
- Zhang, H., J. K. DiBaise, A. Zuccolo, D. Kudrna, M. Braidotti, Y. Yu, P. Parameswaran, D. Crowell, R. Wing, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2009). Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106 (7): 2365-2370.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Syntrophic interactions between anode respiring bacteria (ARB) and non-ARB in a biofilm anode: electron balances. Bioengr. 103: 513-523.
- Zhang, H., J. E. Banaszak, P. Parameswaran, J. Alder, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Changes in a methanogenic microbial community after Focused Pulsed sludge pre-treatment. Water Research 43: 4517-4526.
- Torres, C. I., Krajmalnik-Brown, P. Parameswaran, A. K. Marcus, G. Wanger, Y. Gorby, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Selecting anode-respiring bacteria based on anode potential: phylogenetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 9519-9524.
- Parameswaran, P., H. Zhang, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2010). Microbial community structure in a biofilm anode fed with a fermentable substrate: the significance of hydrogen scavengers. Bioengr. 105: 69-78.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., R. Lamendella, W. P. Kovacik, Jr., J. W. Santo Domingo, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Microbial community structure during nitrate and perchlorate reduction in ion-exchange brine using the hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Bioresource Technol. 101: 3747-3750.
- Zhang, H., M. Ziv-El, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2010). The effect of dechlorination and sulfate reduction on the microbial community structure in denitrifying membrane biofilm reactors. Sci. Technol. 44: 5159-5164.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2011). Hydrogen consumption in microbial electrochemical systems (MXCs): the role of homo-acetogenic bacteria. Bioresource Technology 102: 263-271.
- Zhang, H., P. Parameswaran, J. Badalamenti, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2011). Integrating high-throughput pyrosequencing and quantitative real-time PCR to analyze complex microbial communities. Chapter 8 in High-Throughput Sequencing: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 733. M. Kwon and S. C. Ricke, eds, Humana Press, New York, pp. 107 – 128.
- Zhao, H., Van Ginkel, S., Tang, Y., Kang, D.-W., Rittmann, B. E., and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2011) Interactions between perchlorate and nitrate reductions in the biofilm of a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 45: 10155-10162.
- Ha, P., T. K. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, J. Park, and I. S. Chang (2012). Treatment of alcohol distillery wastewater using a Bacteriodetes-dominated thermophilic microbial fuel cell. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46: 3022-3030.
- Zhang, Y., X. Pu, M. Fang, J. Zhu, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). TCP photobiodegradation and its effects on community structure. Biodegradation 23: 575-583.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, D. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2012). The role of homo-acetogenic bacteria as efficient hydrogen scavengers in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Water Sci. Technol. 65 (1): 1 – 6.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., M. Ziv-El., H.-P. Zhou, L. Feng, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2012). Interactions between nitrate-reducing and sulfate-reducing bacteria coexisting in a hydrogen-fed biofilm. Sci. Technol. 46: 11289 – 11298.
- Young, M. N., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, W. Liu, M. L. Doyle, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). The role of anaerobic sludge recycle in improving anaerobic digester performance. Bioresource Technol. 128: 731-737.
- Zhao, H.-P., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Y. Tang, B.-O. Kim, Z.-E. Ilhan, R. Krajmalnik-Browh, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Using a two-stage hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) to achieve complete perchlorate reduction in the presence of nitrate and sulfate. Sci. Technol. 47: 1565 – 1572.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A. Y. Tang, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Using a hydrogen-fed biofilm to treat a groundwater highly contaminated with perchlorate. Bioengr. 110: 3139-3147.
- Zhao, H.-P; Z. E. Ilhan, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, A.; Y. Tang, B. E. Rittmann, Bruce, and R Krajmalnik-Brown (2013) Effects of multiple electron acceptors on microbial interactions in a hydrogen-based biofilm. Sci. Technol. 47: 7396 – 7403.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Z.-E. Ilhan, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2013). Phylogenetic analysis of nitrate- and sulfate-reducing bacteria in a hydrogen-fed biofilm. FEMS Microbiological Ecology, in press. DOI:10.1111/1574-6941.12107.
- Marsolek, M.D., M. J. Kirisits, K. A. Gray, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Coupled photocatalytic-biodegradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol: effects of photolytic and photocatalytic effluent composition on bioreactor process performance, community diversity, and resistance and resilience to perturbation. Water Research 50: 59-69.
- Zhao, H.-P., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Y. Tang, B.-O. Kim, S. Van Ginkel, D. Friese, R. Overstreet, J. Smith, P. Evans, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Removal of multiple electron acceptors by pilot-scale, two-stage membrane biofilm reactors. Water Res. 54: 115-122.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Y. Tang, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Managing the interactions between sulfate- and perchlorate-reducing bacteria when treating highly perchlorate-contaminated groundwater with hydrogen-fed biofilms. Water Research 55: 215-224.
- Lai, C.-Y., X. Yang, Y. Tang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-P. Zhao (2104). Nitrate shaped the selenate-reducing microbial community in a hydrogen-based biofilm reactor. Sci. Technol. 48: 3395-3402.
- Zhou, C., A. Ontiveros-Valencia, A. S. Zevin; L. C. de Saint Cyr, S. E. Carey, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Uranium removal and microbial community in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research 64: 255-264.
- Zhou, C., R. Vannela, S. Hyun, K. Hayes, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Growth of Desulfovibrio vulgaris when respiring U(VI) and characterization of biogenic uraninite. Sci. Technol. 48: 6928-6937.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Y. Tang, H.-P. Zhao, D. Friese, R. Overstreet, J. Smith, P. Evans, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2014). Pyrosequencing analysis yields comprehensive assessment of microbial communities in pilot two-stage membrane biofilm reactors. Sci. Technol. 48: 7511-7518.
- Kang, D.-W., J. K. DiBaise, Z. E. Ilhan, M. D. Crowell, J. R. Rideout, J.G. Caporaso, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2015). Gut microbial and short-chain fatty acid profiles in adults with chronic constipation before and after treatment with Lubiprostone. Anaerobe 33: 33-41.
- Zevin, A. S., T. Nam, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2015). Effects of phosphate limitation on soluble microbial products and microbial community structure in semi-continuous Synechocystis-based photobioreactors. Bioengr. 112: 1761-1769.
- Marsolek, M. D. and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Effect of substrate characteristics on microbial community structure, function, resistance, and resilience; application to coupled photocatalytic-biological treatment. Water Research 90: 1-8.
- Zevin, A. S., B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2016). Effects of inoculum source on the structure of bacterial communities in Synechocystis PCC6803-based photobioreactors. Algal Res. 13: 109-116.
- Lai, Y.-J. S., McCaw, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Y. Shi, P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Multiple synergistic benefits of selective fermentation of Scenedesmus biomass for fuel recovery via wet-biomass extraction. Algal Research 17: 253 – 260.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2106). Hydrogen-fed biofilm reactors reducing selenate and sulfate: community structure and location of elemental selenium with the biofilm. Bioengr. 113: 11736-1744 (DOI: 10.1002/bit.25945).
- Chen, R., Y.-H. Luo, L.-L. Wen, Y. Zhang, Yin; B. E. Rittmann, Y. Tang, and H.-P Zhao (2016). Evolution of the microbial community of the biofilm in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor reducing multiple electron acceptors. Sci. Pollution Res. 10: 9540-9548 (DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6146-y).
- Esquivel-Elizondo, S., P. Parameswaran, A. C. Delgado, J. Maldanado, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown. Archaea and Bacteria acclimate to high total ammonia in a methanogenic reactor treating swine waste. Archaea Article ID 4089684 (10 pages). http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4089684.
- Ilhan, Z. E., A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). pH-mediated microbial and metabolic interactions in fecal enrichment cultures. mSphere 2 (3): e00047-17.
- Ilhan, Z. E., J. K. DiBaise, A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, M. Crowell, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). Distinctive microbiomes and metabolites linked with weight loss after gastric bypass, but not banding. ISME J. (doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.71).
- Lusk, B., A. Colin, P. Parameswaran, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2017). Simultaneous fermentation of cellulose and current production with a highly enriched mixed culture of thermophilic bacteria in a microbial electrolysis cell. Microbial Biotechnology (DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12733).
- Ilhan, Z. E., A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). pH-mediated microbial and metabolic interactions in fecal enrichment cultures. mSphere 2 (3): e00047-17.
- Ilhan, Z. E., J. K. DiBaise, A. K. Marcus, D.-W. Kang, M. Crowell, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2017). Distinctive microbiomes and metabolites linked with weight loss after gastric bypass, but not banding. ISME J. (doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.71).
- Voth-Gaeddert, O. Torres, J. Maldonado, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, B. E. Rittmann, and D. B. Oerther (2019). Aflatoxin exposure, child stunting, and dysbiosis in the intestinal microbiome among children in Guatemala. Environmental Engineering Science. DOI: 1089/ees.2019.0104.
- Ilhan, Z. E., J. K. DiBaise, S. E. Dautel, G. Isern, Y.-M. Kim, D. W. Hoyt, A. A. Schepmoes, H. M. Brewer, K. K. Weitz, T. O. Metz, M. D. Crowell, D.-W. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmanlik-Brown (2020). Temporospatial shifts in the human gut microbiome and metabolome after gastric bypass surgery. Biofilms and Microbiomes 6: 12, doi.org/10.1038/s41522-020-0122-5.
- Bi, Y., A. K. Marcus, H. Robert, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, E. Rittmann, P. Westerhoff, M.-H. Ropers, and M. Mercier-Bonin (2020). The complex puzzle of dietary silver nanoparticles, mucus and microbiota in the gut. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews 23(2): DOI 10.1080/10937404.2019.1710914.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., Zhou, Z. E. Ilhan, L. Cornette de Saint Cyr, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Total electron acceptor loading and composition affect hexavalent uranium reduction and microbial community structure in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Research 125: 341 – 349.
- Ontiveros-Valencia, A., C. Zhou, H.-P. Zhao, Y. Tang, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Managing microbial communities in membrane biofilm reactors. Microbiol. Biochem. 102: 9003-9014.
- Wang, B., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, C. Zhou, Y. Luo, B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Tang (2019). Modeling the interactions among trichloroethene reduction, methanogenesis, and homoacetogenesis in a H2-based biofilm. Environ. Engr. DOI 10.1016/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001642.
- Wu., L, D. Ning, B. Zhang, Y. Li, P. Zhang X. Shan, Q. Zhang, M. Brown, Z. Li, J. D. Van Nostrand, F. Ling, N. Xiao, J. Vierheilig, G. F. Wells, Y. Yang, Y. Deng, Q. Tu, A. Wang, Global Water Microbiome Consortium, T. Zhang, Z. He, J. Keller, P. H. Nielsen, P. J. J. Alvarez, Craig S. Criddle, M. Wagner, J. M. Tiedje, Q. He, T. P. Curtis, D. A. Stahl, L. Alvarez-Cohen, B. E. Rittmann, X. Wen, and J. Zhou (2019). Global bacterial diversity and biogeography of activated sludge systems. Nature Biotechnology 4: 1183-1195 (DOI.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0426-5).
Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers:
- Park, S., Chung, J., Rittmann, B. E. and Bae, W. (2015), Nitrite accumulation from simultaneous free-ammonia and free-nitrous-acid inhibition and oxygen limitation in a continuous-flow biofilm reactor. Biotechnology & Bioengineering. 112: 43–52.
- Gifford, M. , J. Liu, B. E. Rittmann, R. Vannela, P. Westerhoff (2015). Phosphorus recovery from microbial biofuel residual using microwave peroxide digestion and anion exchange. Water Research. 70: 130-137.
- Mahmoud, M., P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). Fermentation pre-treatment of landfill leachate for enchanced electron recovery in a microbial electrolysis cell. Bioresource Technology. 151:151-158.
- Parameswaran, P., T. Bry, S. Popat, B. Lusk, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I Torres (2013). Kinetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization of the thermophilic, anode-respiring bacterium Thermincola ferriacetica. Environmental Science & Technology, 47: 4934-4940.
- Young, M. N., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). A Combined Activated Sludge Anaerobic Digestion Model (CASADM) to Understand the Role of Anaerobic Sludge Recycling in Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 136: 196-204.
- Yuan, W., M. Wiehn, Y. Wang, H-W. Kim, B. E. Rittmann, and D. R. Nielsen (2013). Solid-phase extraction of long-chain fatty acids from aqueous solution. Separation and Purification Technology. 106: 1 – 7.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2013) The energy issues in urban water management. Chpt. 2. in Wastewater Management: Source Separation and Decentralisation. T. Larsen, K. Udert, and J. Liener, eds., IWA Publishing, London, pp. 13-28.
- Young, M. N., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, W. Liu, M. L. Doyle, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). The role of anaerobic sludge recycle in improving anaerobic digester performance. Bioresource Technology. 128: 731-737.
- Kim, H. W., R. Vannela, B. E. Rittmann (2013). Responses of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to total dissolved solids in long-term continuous operation of a photobioreactor. Bioresource Technology. 128: 378-384.
- Mayer, B. K., D. Gerrity, B. E. Rittmann, D. Reisinger, S. Brandt-Williams (2013). Innovative strategies to achieve low total phosphorus concentrations in high water flow. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 43(4): 409-441.
- Vijayaraghavan, K., S. Van Ginkel, C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, Z. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Effect of pH and hydraulic residence time on fermentation product distribution and subsequent treatment in a microbial electrolysis cell. TERI Information Digest on Energy and Environment. 11(3): 355-358.
- Parameswaran, P. and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Feasibility of anaerobic co-digestion of pig waste and paper sludge. Bioresource Technology. 124: 163-168.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, D. Kang, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2012). The role of homo-acetogenic bacteria as efficient hydrogen scavengers in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Water Science & Technology. 65 (1): 1 – 6.
- Popat, S. C., D. Ki, B. E. Rittmann, and C. I. Torres (2012). Importance of OH- transport from cathodes in microbial fuel cells. ChemSusChem. 15: 1071-1079.
- Sheng, J., R. Vannela, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Disruption of Synechocystis PCC 6803 for lipid extraction. Water Science & Technology. 65(30): 567-576.
- Ha, P., T. K. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, J. Park, and I. S. Chang (2012). Treatment of alcohol distillery wastewater using a Bacteriodetes-dominated thermophilic microbial fuel cell. Environmental Science & Technology. 46: 3022-3030.
- Sheng, J., H.-W. Kim, J. P. Badalamenti, C. Zhou, S. Sridharakrishnan, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Vannela (2011). Temperature effects on growth and lipids of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 in a photobioreactor. Bioresource Technology. 102: 11218-11225.
- Kim. H.-W., A. K. Marcus, J.-H. Shin, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Advanced control for photoautotrophic growth and CO2-utilization efficiency using a membrane-carbonation photobioreactor (MCPBR). Environmental Science & Technology. 45: 5032-5038.
- Choi, S., H.-S. Hyung-Sool Lee, Y. Yang, P. Parameswaran, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and J.Chae (2011). A µL-scale micromachined microbial fuel cell having high power density. Lab in a Chip. 11: 1110 – 1117.
- Vermaas, W., S. Cheney, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, H. Lamb, D. Nielsen, B. E. Rittmann, R. Roberson, W. Roberts, and D. Thompson (2011). Cyanobacteria as solar-powered biocatalysts for production of biofuels. Journal of Phycology. 47: S6-S6.
- Sheng, J., R. Vannela, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Evaluation of cell-disruption effects of pulsed-electric-field treatment of Synechocystis PCC6803. Environmental Science & Technology. 45: 3795 – 3802.
- Zhang, H., P. Parameswaran, J. Badalamenti, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2011). Integrating high-throughput pyrosequencing and quantitative real-time PCR to analyze complex microbial communities. Chapter 8 in High-Throughput Sequencing: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 733. Y. M. Kwon and S. C. Ricke, eds, Humana Press, New York, pp. 107 – 128.
- Rittmann, B. E., B. Mayer, P. Westerhoff, and M. Edwards (2011). Capturing the lost phosphorus. Chemosphere. 84: 846-853.
- Ji, E., H. Moon, J. Piao, P. T. Ha, J. An, D. Kim, J.-J. Woo, Y. Lee, S.-H. Moon, B. E. Rittmann, and I. S. Choi (2011). Interface resistances of anion exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells with low ionic strength. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26: 3266 – 3271.
- Sutton, P. M., B. E. Rittmann, O. J. Schraa, J. E. Banaszak, and A. P. Togna (2011). Wastewater as a resource: a unique approach to achieving energy sustainability. Water Science & Technology. 63(9): 2004-2009.
- Kim, H.-W., R. Vannela, C. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Nutrient acquisition and limitation for the photoautotrophic growth of Synechocystis PCC6803 as a renewable biomass source. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 108: 277 – 285.
- Lee, I. And B. E. Rittmann (2011). Effect of low solids retention time and Focused Pulsed pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. Bioresource Technology. 102: 2542 – 2548.
- Sheng J., R. Vannela, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Evaluation of methods to extract and quantify lipids from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Bioresource Technology. 102: 1697-1703.
- Parameswaran, P., C. I. Torres, H.-S. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2011). Hydrogen consumption in microbial electrochemical systems (MXCs): the role of homo-acetogenic bacteria. Bioresource Technology. 102: 263-271.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Analysis of a microbial electrochemical cell using the proton condition in biofilm (PCBIOFILM) model. Bioresources Technology. 102: 253 – 262.
- Lee, H.-S., W. Vermaas, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Biological hydrogen production: perspectives and challenges. Trends in Biotechnology. 28(5): 262-271.
- Lee, I., P. Parameswaran, J. Alder, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Feasibility of Focused-Pulsed-treated WAS as a supplemental electron donor for denitrification. Water Environment Research. 82: 2316 – 2324.
- Lee. H.-S. and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Significance of biological hydrogen oxidation in a continuous single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell. Environmental Science & Technology. 44: 948-954.
- Lee, H.-S. and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Characterization of energy losses in an upflow single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 35: 920-927.
- Torres, C. I., Andrew K. Marcus, H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Review. 34 (1): 3 – 17.
- Parameswaran, P., H. Zhang, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2010). Microbial community structure in a biofilm anode fed with a fermentable substrate: the significance of hydrogen scavengers. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 105: 69-78.
Highly Cited Journal Papers:
- Torres, C. I., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, P. Parameswaran, A. K. Marcus, G. Wanger, Y. Gorby, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Selecting anode-respiring bacteria based on anode potential: phylogenetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization. Environmental Science & Technology. 43: 9519-9524.
- Lee, H.-S., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Fate of H2 in an upflow single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell using a metal-catalyst-free cathode. Environmental Science & Technology. 43: 7971-7976.
- Torres, C. I., A. K. Marcus, P. Parameswaran, B. E. Rittmann (2008). Kinetic experiments for evaluating the Nernst-Monod model for anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) in a biofilm anode. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(17): 6593-6597.
- Torres, C. I., A. Kato-Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Proton transport inside the biofilm limits electrical current generation by anode-respiring bacteria. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 100: 872-881.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2008). Opportunities for renewable bioenergy using microorganisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 100: 203-212.
- Rittmann, B.E., C. I. Torres, and A. K. Marcus (2008). Perspectives on microbial fuel cells and other biomass-based renewable energy technologies. Emerging Environmental Technologies, V. Shah ed., Springer ISBN: 978-1-4020-8785-1.
- Lee, H.-S., M. Salerno, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Thermodynamic evaluation of hydrogen production in glucose fermentation. Environmental Science & Technology. 42: 2401-2407.
- Lee, H.-S., P. Parameswaran, A. Kato Marcus, C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Evaluation of energy-conversion efficiencies in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) utilizing fermentable and non-fermentable substrates. Water Research. 42: 1501-1510.
- Xing, D., N. Ren, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Genetic diversity of hydrogen-producing bacteria in acidophilic ethanol-H2 co-producing system analyzed by [Fe]-hydrogenase gene. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74: 1232-1239.
- Marcus, A. K., C. I. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Conduction-based modeling of the biofilm anode of a microbial fuel cell. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 98: 1117-1182.
- Torres, C. I., A. Kato-Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Kinetics of consumption of fermentation products by anode-respiring bacteria. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77: 689-697.
- Ren, N., D. Xing, B. E. Rittmann, L. Zhao, T. Xie, and X. Zhao (2007). Microbial community structure of ethanol-type fermentation in bio-hydrogen production. Environmental Microbiology. 9: 1112-1125.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2006) Microbial ecology to manage processes in environmental biotechnology. Trends in Biotechnology. April 28, 2006, pp 261-268.
Photobioenergy Publications
- Rittmann, B. E. (2008). Opportunities for renewable bioenergy using microorganisms. Bioengr. 100: 203-212.
- Sheng J., R. Vannela, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Evaluation of methods to extract and quantify lipids from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Bioresource Technology 102: 1697-1703.
- Kim, H.-W., R. Vannela, C. Zhou, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Nutrient acquisition and limitation for the photoautotrophic growth of Synechocystis PCC6803 as a renewable biomass source. Bioengr. 108: 277 – 285.
- Sheng, J., R. Vannela, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Evaluation of cell-disruption effects of pulsed-electric-field treatment of Synechocystis Environ. Sci. Technol. 45: 3795 – 3802.
- Vermaas, W., S. Cheney, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, H. Lamb, D. Nielsen, B. E. Rittmann, R. Roberson, W. Roberts, and D. Thompson (2011). Cyanobacteria as solar-powered biocatalysts for production of biofuels. J. Phycol. 47: S6-S6.
- Kim, H.-W., A. K. Marcus, J.-H. Shin, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Advanced control for photoautotrophic growth and CO2-utilization efficiency using a membrane-carbonation photobioreactor (MCPBR). Sci. Technol. 45: 5032-5038.
- Sheng, J., H.-W. Kim, J. P. Badalamenti, C. Zhou, S. Sridharakrishnan, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Vannela (2011). Temperature effects on growth and lipids of Synechocystis PCC6803 in a photobioreactor. Bioresource Technology 102: 11218-11225.
- Sheng, J., R. Vannela, and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Disruption of Synechocystis PCC 6803 for lipid extraction. Water Sci. Technol. 65(30): 567-576.
- Kim, H. W., R. Vannela, B. E. Rittmann (2013). Responses of Synechocystis PCC 6803 to total dissolved solids in long-term continuous operation of a photobioreactor. Bioresource Technol. 128: 378-384.
- Yuan, W., M. Wiehn, Y. Wang, H-W. Kim, B. E. Rittmann, and D. R. Nielsen (2013). Solid-phase extraction of long-chain fatty acids from aqueous solution. Separationn and Purification Technology 106: 1 – 7.
- Lai, Y-J. S., P. Parameswaran, A.Li, M. Baez, and B. E. Rittmann (2014). Effects of pulsed electric field treatment on lipid recovery from the microalga Scenedesmus. Bioresource Technology 173: 457-461.
- Cuellar-Bermudez, S. P., J. S. Garcia-Perez, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Parra-Salvidar (2014). Photosynthetic bioenergy utilizing CO2: an approach on flue gases utilization for third generation biofuels. J. Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology 5(4):
- Cuellar-Bermudez, S. P., M. A. Romero-Ogawa, N. Ornelas-Soto, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Parra (2014). Algal biofuels production processes, carbon dioxide fixation, and biorefinery concept. Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology 5(4): 1000185.
- Gifford, M., J. Liu, B. E. Rittmann, R. Vannela, and P. Westerhoff (2015). Phosphorus recovery from microbial biofuel residual using microwave peroxide digestion and anion exchange. Water Research 70: 130-137.
- Cueller-Bermudez, S. P., M. A. Romero-Owaga, R. Vannela, Y.-J Lai, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Parra-Saldivar (2015). Effects of light intensity and carbon dioxide on lipids and fatty acids produced by Synechocystis PCC6803 during Continuous Flow. Algal Research 12: 10 – 16.
- Zevin, A. S., T. Nam, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2015). Effects of phosphate limitation on soluble microbial products and microbial community structure in semi-continuous Synechocystis-based photobioreactors. Bioengr. 112: 1761-1769.
- Nguyen, B. and B. E. Rittmann (2015). Predicting dissolved inorganic carbon in photoautotrophic microalgae culture via the nitrogen source. Sci. Technol. 49: 9826 – 9831.
- Cuéllar-Bermúdez S.P., García-Pérez J.S., Alemán-Nava G.S., Rittmann B.E., Rodríguez-Rosales M., Romero-Ogawa M.A., Mahlknecht J., and Parra-Saldívar R. (2015). Evaluation of wastewater treatment of municipal and industrial sewage using microalgae like indicators. In Alcocer, J., M. Merino-Ibarra, E. Escobar-Briones. (Eds). Tendencias de investigación en Limnología tropical: Perspectivas universitarias en Latinoamérica. Asociación Mexicana de Limnología, A.C., Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM, y Consejo Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnología. México. ISBN 978-607-02-7199-1.
- Zevin, A. S., B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2016). Effects of inoculum source on the structure of bacterial communities in Synechocystis PCC6803-based photobioreactors. Algal Res. 13: 109-116.
- Lai, Y.-J., P. Parameswaran, A. Li, A. Aguinaga, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Selective fermentation of carbohydrate and protein fractions of Scenedesmus, and biohydrogenation of its lipid fraction for enhanced recovery of saturated fatty acids. Bioengr.113: 320 – 329.
- Kim, H.-W., J. Cheng, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Direct membrane-carbonation photobioreactor producing photoautotrophic biomass via carbon dioxide transfer and nutrient removal. Bioresource Technology 204: 32 – 37.
- Lai, Y.-J., P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Improving lipid recovery from Scenedesmus wet biomass by surfactant-assisted disruption. Green Chem. 18: 1319-1326.
- Lai, Y.-J. S., McCaw, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, Y. Shi, P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Multiple synergistic benefits of selective fermentation of Scenedesmus biomass for fuel recovery via wet-biomass extraction. Algal Research 17: 253 – 260.
- Nguyen, B. T., and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Electron partitioning into soluble microbial products by Synechocystis PCC6805. Biomass and Bioenergy 90: 237-242.
- Alemán-Nava, G. S., S. P. Cuellar-Bermudez, M. Cuaresma, R. Bosma, K. Muylaert, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Parra (2016). How to use Nile Red, a selective fluorescent stain for microalgal neutral lipids. Microb. Meth. 128: 74 – 79.
- Cuellar-Bermudez, S. P., G. S. Alenam-Nava, R. Chandra, J. S. Garcia-Perez, J. r. Contreras-Angula, G. Markou, K. Muylaert, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Parra-Saldivar (2016). Nutrients utilization and contaminants removal. A review of two approaches of algae and cyanobacteria in wastewater. Algal Res. (DOI: 1016/j.algal.2016.018).
- Nguyen, B. T. and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Effects of inorganic carbon and pH on growth kinetics of Synechocystis PCC 6803. Algal Research 19: 363-369 (DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.011).
- Zhou, Y., T. Nguyen, Y.-J. Lai, C. Zhou, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Using flow cytometry to evaluate thermal extraction of EPS from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Algal Res. 20: 276-281.
- Lai, Y-J. S., Y. Zhou, R. Martarelli, Z. Wang, and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Synergistic integration of C12 to C16 cationic surfactants for flocculation and lipid extraction from Chlorella ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 1: 752-757.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Light attenuation changes with photo-acclimation in a culture of Synechocystis PCC6803. Algal Research 21: 223-226.
- Aleman-Nava, G. S., K. Muylaert, S. P. Cuellar, O. Depratetere, B. E. Rittmann, R. Parra, and D. Vandamme (2017). Two-stage cultivation of Nanochloropsis oculata for lipid production using reversible alkaline flocculation. Bioresource Technology 226: 18 – 23.
- Cuéllar-Bermúdez, S. P., G. S. Alemán-Nava, R. Chandra, J. S. Garcia-Perez, J. R. Contreras-Angulo, Markou, K. Muylaert, B. E. Ritmann, Parra-Saldivar (2017). Nutrients utilization and contaminants removal. A review of two approaches of algae and cyanobacteria in wastewater. Algal Research 24: 438-449.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2017). The role of heterotrophic bacteria in assessing phosphorus stress to Synechocystis PCC6803. J. Applied Phycology (DOI: 10.1007/s/0811-017-1098-2).
- Zhou, Y., B. Nguyen, C. Zhou, L. Straka, Y.-J. Lai, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). The distribution of P and its transformations during growth of Synechocystis with different P concentrations. Water Res. 122: 355-362.
- Hwang, J.-H. and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Effect of permeate recycling and light intensity on growth kinetics of Synechocystis PCC 6803. Algal Research 27: 170-176.
- Alemán-Nava, G. S., I. A. Gatti, R. Parra, J.-F. Dallemand, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Biotechnological revalorization of tequila waste and by-product streams for cleaner production – a review from biorefinery perspective. Cleaner Production 108, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.134.
- Zhou, Y., Y.-J. Lai, E. Eustance, L. Straka, C. Zhou, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). How myristyltrimethylammonium bromide enhances biomass harvesting and pigments extraction from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Water Res. 126: 189-196.
- Chandra, R., S. V. Mohan, R. Parra-Saldivar, B. E. Rittmann, A. Raul, and C. Sanchez (2017). Conversion of light energy to bioelectricity through photosynthetic microbial fuel cell technology. Chapter 19 in Microbial Fuel Cell: A Bioelectrochemical System that Converts Waste to Watts, Capital Publ. Co., New Dehli, India, pp. 373-387.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Effect of culture density on biomass production and light-utilization efficiency of Synechocystis PCC 6803. Biotechnol. Bioengr. 115: 507-511.
- Nguyen, B. and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Low-cost optical sensor to automatically monitor and control biomass concentration in microalgal cultivation. Algal Research 32: 101-106.
- Li, A., Z. Liu, X. Xu, Y. Zhou, D. Zhou, C. Zhou, Y. Tang, F. Ma, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Direct solid-state evidence of H2-induced partial U(VI) reduction concomitant with adsorption by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Bioengr. 115: 1685–169.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Light-dependent kinetic model for microalgae experiencing photoacclimation, photodamage, and photodamage repair. Algal Research 31: 232-238.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Dynamic response of Synechocystis PCC 6803 to changes in light intensity. Algal Research 32: 210-220.
- Li, Q, L. Fu, Y. Wang, D. Zhou, and E. Rittmann (2018). Excess phosphorus caused inhibition and cell damage during heterotrophic growth of Chlorella regularis. Bioresource Technology 268: 266-270.
- Lai, Y.-J., E. Eustance, L. Straka, Z. Wang, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Cell disruption by cationic surfactants affects bioproduct recovery from Synechocysis PCC 6803. Algal Res. 34: 250-255.
- Zhou, Y., E. Eustance, L. Straka, Y.-J. Lai, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Quantification of heterotrophic bacteria during growth of Synechocystis PCC 6803 using fluorescence activated cell sorting and microscopy. Algal Research 30: 94-100.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Growth kinetics and mathematical modeling of Synechocystis PCC 6803 under flashing light. Biotechnol. Bioengr. 116: 469-474.
- Cahill, B., L. Straka, J. Maldanado, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Effects of light intensity on soluble microbial products produced by Synechocystis PCC 6803 and associated heterotrophic communities. Algal Research 38: xxx-yyy (DOI: doi.org.10.1016/j.algal.2019.101409.
- Liu, Y., Y.-J. S. Lai, T. S. Barbosa, R. Chandra, P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Electro-selective fermentation enhances lipid extraction and biohydrogenation of Scenedesmus acutus Algal Research 38: article 101397.
- Allen, R., B. E. Rittmann, and R. Curtiss (2019). Axenic biofilm formation and aggregation by Synechocystis PCC 6803 induced by changes in nutrient concentration and requires cell surface structures. Environ. Microb. 85: e02-192-18.
- Zhou, Y., A. Marcus, L. Straka, E. Eustance, Y.-J. Lai, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Uptake of phosphorus by Synechocystis PCC 6803 in dark conditions: removal driving force and modeling. Chemosphere 218: 147-156.
- Zhou, Y., Y.-J. Lai, E. Eustance, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Promoting Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 harvesting by cationic surfactants: alkyl-chain length and dose control the release of extracellular polymeric substances and biomass aggregation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7: 2127-2133.
- Zhou, Y., Y.-J. Lai, E. Eustance, S. Xia, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Phosphate depletion affects lipids and heterotrophic bacteria accumulation in the batch growth of Synechocystis PCC 6803. Appl. Microb. Biotech. 103: 5007-5014.
- Shesh, T., E. Eustance, Y.-J. Lai, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Characterization of CO2 Flux Through Hollow-Fiber Membranes Using pH Modeling. Membrane Science 592: 117389.
- Liu, Y., Y.-J. Lai, and B. E. Rittmann (2020). Increased anode respiration enhances utilization of short-chain fatty acid and lipid wet-extraction from Scenedesmus acutus biomass in Electro Selective Fermentation. Renewable Energy 148: 374-379. DOI 10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.043.
- Chandra, R., F. P. Pons-Faudoa, R. Parra-Saldivar, and B. E. Rittmann (2020). Effect of ultra-violet exposure on increasing the production of mycosporin-like amino acids and saturated lipids by Lyngbya purpurem. Biomass & Bioenergy 134: DOI.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105475.
Mechanisms and Models for Wastewater Treatment
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Suozzo, and B. Romero (1983). Effect of temperature on oxygen transfer to rotating biological contactors. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 55: 270-277.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1983). Needs and strategies for genetic control: municipal wastes. In Genetic Control and Environmental Pollutants, Plenum Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., pp. 215-228.
- Rittmann, B. E. and C. W. Brunner (1984). The nonsteady-state-biofilm process for advanced organics removal. J. Water Poll. Control Federation 56: 874-880.
- Rittmann, B. E. and W. E. Langeland (1985). Simultaneous denitrification with nitrification in single-channel oxidation ditches. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 57: 300-308.
- Rittmann, B. E. and D. E. Baskin (1985). Theoretical and modeling aspects of anaerobic treatment of sewage. Intl. Seminar on Anaerobic Treatment of Sewage, Amherst, MA., pp. 55-94.
- Wang, Y. T., M. T. Suidan, and B. E. Rittmann (1985). Performance of an expanded-bed methanogenic reactor. Environ. Engr. 111: 460-471.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1985). The relationships between genetic-control and process-control strategies in municipal waste treatment. Bio Expo ’85, pp. 401-410.
- Wang, Y.-T., M T. Suidan, and B. E. Rittmann (1986). Anaerobic treatment of phenol by an expanded-bed reactor. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 58: 227-233.
- Wang, Y.-T., M. T. Suidan, and B. E. Rittmann (1986). Kinetics of methanogens in an expanded-bed reactor. Environmental Engr. 112: 155-170.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1986). Detoxification of hazardous organic contaminants in low concentrations in waters and wastewaters. Bio Expo ’86 (Boston, MA, 1 May 1986) pp. 497-506.
- Tanaka, K., Oshima, and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Performance evaluation of rotating biological contactor process. Water Sci. Technol. 19: 483-494.
- Wang, Y. T., M. T. Suidan, and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Modeling biofilm kinetics for a low-loaded expanded-bed anaerobic reactor. Bioengr. 30: 15-21.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1987). Aerobic biological treatment. Environmental Science & Technology, 21: 128-136.
- Namkung, E. and B. E. Rittmann (1987). Estimating volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from publically owned treatment works (POTWs). Water Pollution Control Federation 59: 670-678.
- Rittmann, B. E., D. Jackson, and S. L. Storck (1988). Potential for treatment of hazardous organic chemicals with biological processes. In D. L. Wise, ed., Biotreatment Systems, Vol. III, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 15-64.
- Chang, H. T. and B. E. Rittmann (1988). Comparative study of biofilm kinetics on different adsorptive media. Water Pollution Control Federation 60: 362-368.
- Heath, M. S., S. A. Wirtel, and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Simplified design of biofilm processes using normalized loading curves. J. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 62: 185-192.
- Sprouse, G. B. and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Colloid filtration in fluidized beds. Environmental Engineering (ASCE) 116: 299-313.
- Sprouse, G. B. and B. E. Rittmann (1990). Colloid removal in a fluidized-bed biofilm reactor. Environmental Engineering (ASCE) 116: 314-329.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1990). Biotechnological control of hazardous organic contaminants in sewage works. 4th WPCF/JSWA Joint Technical Seminar, Tokyo, May, 1990, pp. 21-36.
- Rittmann, B. E. and S. A. Wirtel (1991). Effect of biofilm accumulation on colloid cohesion. Environ. Engr., ASCE, 117: 692-695.
- Kyosai, S. and B. E. Rittmann (1991). Effect of water-surface desorption on volatile compound removal under bubble aeration. J. Water Poll. Control Fedn. 63: 887-894.
- Sprouse, G. and B. E. Rittmann (1991). Closure for colloid filtration in fluidized beds. Environ. Engr. 117: 708-711.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1992). Innovations in biological processes for pollution control. In Environmental Microbiology, R. Mitchell, ed., Wiley-Liss, New York, pp. 265-286.
- MacDonald, J. A., B. Smets, and B. E. Rittmann (1992). The effects of energy availability on the conjugative-transfer kinetics of plasmid RP4. Water Research 26: 461-468.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1992). Advanced modeling of mixed populations of heterotrophs and nitrifiers considering the formation and exchange of soluble microbial products. Water Sci. Technol. 26 (3-4): 493-502.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Evaluation of multiple-species biofilm and floc processes using a simplified aggregate model. Water Sci. Technol. 29 (10-11): 439-446.
- Rittmann, B. E. and R. Whiteman (1994). Bioaugmentation comes of age. Water Quality International, No. 1, 22-26.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. M. Regan, and D. A. Stahl (1994). Nitrification as a source of soluble organic substrate in biological treatment. Water Sci. Technol. 30 (6): 1-8.
- Furumai, H. and B. E. Rittmann (1994). Interpretation of bacterial activities in nitrification filters by a biofilm model considering the kinetics of soluble microbial products. Water Sci. Technol. 30 (11): 147-156.
- Melcer, H., W. J. Parker, and B. E. Rittmann (1995). Modeling of volatile organic contaminants in trickling filter systems. Water Sci. Technol. 31(1): 95-104.
- Rittmann, B. E, B. F. Smets, J. A. MacDonald, and D. A. Stahl (1995). Plasmid transfer for enhancing degradation capabilities. Environmental Health Perspectives 103(Suppl. 5): 113-115.
- Ohashi, A., D. G. V. de Silva, B. Mobarry, J. A. Manem, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann. (1995) Influence of substrate C/N ratio on the structure of multi-species biofilms consisting of nitrifiers and heterotrophs. Water Science Technology 32 (8): 75-84.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1996). How input active biomass affects the sludge age and process stability. Environmental Engineering 122: 4-8.
- Urbain, V., B. K. Mobarry, D. G. V. deSilva, D. A. Stahl, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Manem (1998). Integration of performance, molecular biology, and modeling to describe the activated sludge process. Water Sci. Technol. 37 (3): 223-229.
- deSilva, V. D. G., V. Urbain, R. Abeysinghe, and B. E. Rittmann. (1999) Advanced analysis of membrane-bioreactor performance with aerobic-anoxic cycling. Water Sci. Technol. 38(4-5): 505-512.
- Rittmann, B. E., C. S. Laspidou, J. Flax, D. A. Stahl, V. Urbain, J. J. van der Waarde, B. Geurtnick, M. J. C. Henssen, H. Brouwer, A. Klamwijk, and M. Wetterauw. (1999). Molecular and modeling analyses of the structure and function of nitrifying activated sludge. Water Sci. Technol. 39(1): 51-59.
- McAvoy, D. J. Shi, W. Schecher, B. E. Rittmann, and K.-C. Lee (1999). ASTREAT: A Model for Calculating Chemical Loss Within an Activated Sludge Treatment System, Version 1. The Procter & Gamble Co, Cincinnati, OH.
- de Silva, D. G. V. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Nonsteady-state modeling of multispecies activated sludge processes. Water Environment Research 72: 545 – 553.
- de Silva, D. G. V. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Interpreting the response to loading changes in a mixed-culture completely stirred tank reactor. Water Environment Research 72: 554 – 565.
- Rittmann, B. E., P. Tularak, K.-C. Lee, T. W. Federle, N. R. Itrich, S. K. Kaiser, J. Shi, and D. C. McAvoy. (2001) How adaptation and mass transfer control the biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate by activated sludge. Biodegradation 12: 31-37. (Also see Vol. 12, No. 5, 2001 for an Errata.)
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). A unified theory for extracellular polymeric substances, soluble microbial products, and active and inert biomass. Water Research 36: 2711-2720.
- Laspidou, C. S. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Non-steady state modeling of microbial products and active and inert biomass. Water Research 36: 1983-1992.
- Abeysinghe, D. H., V. deSilva, D. A. Stahl, and B. E. Rittmann (2002). The effectiveness of bioaugmentation in nitrifying systems stressed by washout conditions and cold temperatures. Water Environment Research 74: 187-199.
- Kemp, J., R. G. Zytner, L. Sterne, and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Measuring and modelling VOC biotransformation rates. Technol. 23: 547-551.
- Dahlen, E. P. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). Two-tank activated sludge process for accelerating the detoxification kinetics of hydrocarbons requiring initial monooxygenation reactions. Biodegradation 13: 91-99.
- Dahlen, E. P. and B. E. Rittmann (2002). A detailed analysis of the mechanisms controlling the acceleration of 2,4-DCP monooxygenation in the two-tank activated sludge process. Biodegradation 13: 101-116.
- DiGiano, F., A., G. Andreoltola, S. Adham, C. Buckley, P. Cornel, G. T. Daigger, A. G. Fane, N. Galil, J. Jacangelo, A. Pollice, B. E. Rittmann, A. Rozzi, T. Stephenson, and Z. Ujang (2004). Safe water for everyone: membrane bioreactor technology. Science in Africa (online): http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/june/membrane.htm.
- DiGiano, F. A., G. Andreottola, S. Adham, C. Buckley, P. Cornel, G. T. Daigger, A. G. Fane, N. Galil, J. Jacangelo, A. Pollice, B. E. Rittmann, A. Rozzi, T. Stephenson, and Z.Ujang (2004). Safe water for everyone, Water Environ. Technol., June, 2004, pp. 31-35.
- Cowman, J. C. Torres, and B. E. Rittmann (2005). Total nitrogen removal in an aerobic/anoxic membrane biofilm reactor system. Water Sci. Technol. 52(7): 115-120.
- Rittmann, B. E., R. Nerenberg, B. Stinson, D. Katehis, E. Leong, and J. Anderson (2005). Hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment. Water Intelligence Online, No. 200504029.
- Chung, J., W. Bae, Y.-W. Lee, and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Shortcut biological nitrogen removal is hybrid biofilm/suspended growth reactors. Process Biochemistry 42: 320-328.
- Siripong, S. and B. E. Rittmann (2007). Diversity study of nitrifying bacteria in full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plants. Water Res. 41: 1110-1120.
- Rittmann, B. E., H.-S. Lee, H. Zhang, J. Alder, J. E. Banaszak, and D. Emon (2008). Full-scale application of focused-pulse pre-treatment for improving biosolids digestion and conversion to methane. 2008 Leading Edge Technology Conference (Zürich), on CD, International Water Association, London.
- Hasar, H., S. Xia, C.-H. Ahn, and B. E. Rittmann (2008). Simultaneous removal of organic matter and nitrogen compounds by an aerobic/anoxic membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research 42: 4109 – 4116.
- Salerno, M. B., H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Using a pulsed electric field pretreatment for improved biosolids digestion and methane production. Biosolids Technical Bulletin, 14 (1): 11 – 15.
- Krasner, S. W., P. Westerhoff, B. Chen, B. E. Rittmann S.-N. Nam, and G. Amy (2009). Impact of wastewater treatment processes on organic carbon, organic nitrogen, and DBP precursors in effluent organic matter. Sci. Technol. 43: 2911-2918.
- Ni, B.-J., F. Fang, H.-Q. Yu, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Modeling microbial products in activated sludge under feast-famine conditions. Sci. Technol. 43: 2489-2497.
- Salerno, M. B., H.-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, and B. E. Rittmann (2009). Using a pulsed electric field as a pretreatment for improved biosolids digestion and methanogenesis. Water Environment Research 81: 831-839.
- Zhang, H., J. E. Banaszak, P. Parameswaran, J. Alder, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B.
- Krasner, S. W., P. Westerhoff, B. Chen, B. E. Rittmann, and G. Amy (2009). The occurrence of disinfection byproducts in USA wastewater treatment plant effluent. Sci. Technol. 43: 8320-8325.
- Park, S., W. Bae, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Operational boundaries for nitrite accumulation in a nitrification process by using minimum/maximum substrate concentrations that include effects of oxygen limitation, pH, and inhibition. Sci. Technol. 44: 335 – 342.
- Park, S. W. Bae, B. E. Rittmann, S. Kim, and J. Chung (2010). Operation of suspended-growth shortcut biological nitrogen removal (SSBNR) based on the minimum/maximum substrate concentration. Water Res. 44: 1419-1428.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q. Yu (2010). Modeling predation processes in activated sludge. Bioengr. 105: 1021-1030.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2010). The role of biotechnology in water and wastewater treatment. Environ. Engr. (ASCE) 136: 348 – 353.
- Kiser, M. A., J. Oppenheimer, J. DeCarolis, Z. M. Hirani, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Quantitatively understanding the performance of membrane bioreactors. Separations Sci. Technol. 45: 1003-1013.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q Yu (2010). Impacts of predators on biomass components and oxygen uptake rates. Water Research 44: 4616 – 4622.
- Park, S., B. E. Rittmann, and W. Bae (2010). Multi-species nitrifying biofilm model (MSNBM) including free ammonia and free nitrous oxide inhibition and oxygen limitation. Bioengr. 105: 1115-1130.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, F. Fang, J. Xu, and H.-Q (2010). Yu.. Long-term formation of microbial products in a sequencing batch reactor. Water Res. 44: 3787 – 3791.
- Lee, I. And B. E. Rittmann (2011). Effect of low solids retention time and Focused Pulsed pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. Bioresource Technology 102: 2542 – 2548.
- Sutton, P. M., B. E. Rittmann, O. J. Schraa, J. E. Banaszak, and A. P. Togna (2011). Wastewater as a resource: a unique approach to achieving energy sustainability. Sci. Technol. 63(9): 2004-2009.
- Hamdan, N., E. Kavazanjian, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Carbonate mineral
- Rittmann, B. E., B. Mayer, P. Westerhoff, and M. Edwards (2011). Capturing the lost phosphorus. Chemosphere 84: 846-853.
- Lee, Y.-W., J. Lee, B. E. Rittmann, and J. Chung (2011). Wastewater recycling at an electronics company using a combined system of membrane bioreactor and reverse osmosis membrane processes. Canadian J. Civil Engineering 38: 762-771.
- Ni, B.-J., B. E. Rittmann, and H.-Q. Yu (2011). Soluble microbial products and their implications in mixed culture biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol. 29: 254-263.
- Parameswaran, P. and B. E. Rittmann (2012). Feasibility of anaerobic co-digestion of pig waste and paper sludge. Bioresource Technology 124: 163-168.
- Mayer, B. K., D. Gerrity, B. E. Rittmann, D. Reisinger, S. Brandt-Williams (2013). Innovative strategies to achieve low total phosphorus concentrations in high water flow. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 43(4): 409-441.
- Young, M. N., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, W. Liu, M. L. Doyle, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). The role of anaerobic sludge recycle in improving anaerobic digester performance. Bioresource Technol. 128: 731-737.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2013) The energy issues in urban water management. 2. in Wastewater Management: Source Separation and Decentralisation. T. Larsen, K. Udert, and J. Liener, eds., IWA Publishing, London, pp. 13-28.
- Almeida, P. G. S., A. K. Marcus, B. E. Rittmann, and C. A. L. Chernicharo (2013). Performance of plastic- and sponge-based trickling filters treating effluents from a UASB reactor. Water Sci. Technol. 67(5): 1034- 1042.
- Young, M. N., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2013). A Combined Activated Sludge Anaerobic Digestion Model (CASADM) to Understand the Role of Anaerobic Sludge Recycling in Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance. Bioresource Technology 136: 196-204.
- Park, S., J.-W. Chung, B. E. Rittmann, and W. Bae (2015). Nitrite accumulation from simultaneous free-ammonia and free-nitrous acid inhibition and oxygen limitation in a continuous-flow biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 112: 43-52.
- Yeo, H, J. An, R. Reid, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-S. Lee (2015). Mechanisms for over-saturation of dissolved methane in anaerobic membrane bioreactors treating dilute wastewater. Sci. Technol. 49: 10366 – 10372.
- Lee, I.-S. and B. E. Rittmann (2016). Siloxane removal from municipal sewage sludge by Focused Pulsed Technology. Environ. Engr. 142: DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000975, 04015056.
- Boltz, J. P., B. Smets, B. E. Rittmann, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, E. Morgenroth, and G. T. Daigger (2017). From biofilm ecology to reactors: a focused review. Water Sci. Technol. 77(8): 1753-1760.
- Jiang, L., Y. Tang, W. Sun, N. Yi, Y. Zhang, H. Shi, and B. E. Rittmann (2017). Simultaneous di-oxygenation and denitrification in an internal circulation baffled bioreactor. Biodegradation 28: 195-203. (DOI 10.1007/s10532-017-9788-7).
- Park, Y., S. Park, V. K. Nguyen, J. Yu, C. I. Torres, B. E. Rittmann, and T. Lee (2017). Complete nitrogen removal by simultaneous nitrification and denitrification using flat-panel air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Engr. J. 316: 673-679.
- Staicu, L. C., E. D. van Hullebusch, B. E. Rittmann, and P. N. L. Lens (2017). Industrial selenium pollution: sources and biological treatment technology, in E. D. van Hullebusch, ed., Bioremediation of Selenium Contaminated Wastewater, Springer International Publishing, AG, pp. 75-101.
- Rittmann, B. E., J. P. Boltz, D. Brockmann, G. T. Daigger, E. Morgenroth, K. H. Sørensen, I. Takács, M. van Loosdrecht, and P. A. Vanrolleghem (2018). A framework for good biofilm reactor modeling practice (GBRMP). Water Sci. Technol. 77: 1149-1164.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., J. Miceli, B. Kim, Z. Yang, M. Young, A. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Determining the mechanism for low sludge yields in the Cannibal® Solids Reduction System. Water Environment Res. 90: 42-47.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Light-dependent kinetic model for microalgae experiencing photoacclimation, photodamage, and photodamage repair. Algal Research 31: 232-238.
- Straka, L. and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Dynamic response of Synechocystis PCC 6803 to changes in light intensity. Algal Research 32: 210-220.
- Van Ginkel, S. W., J. Miceli, B. Kim, Z. Yang, M. Young, A. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Determining the mechanism for low sludge yields in the Cannibal® Solids Reduction System. Water Environment Res. 90: 42-47.
- Zou, S., B. Zhang, C. Zhang, H. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. E. Rittmann (2018). Competition for molecular oxygen and electron donor between phenol and quinoline during their simultaneous biodegradation. Biochem. 70: 136-143
- Yang, C., N. Yan, Y. Tang, H. Xu, N. Li, Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2018). Competition for electrons between mono-oxygenations of pyridine and 2-hydroxypyridine. Biodegradation 29: 419-427.
- , L, D. Ning, B. Zhang, Y. Li, P. Zhang X. Shan, Q. Zhang, M. Brown, Z. Li, J. D. Van Nostrand, F. Ling, N. Xiao, J. Vierheilig, G. F. Wells, Y. Yang, Y. Deng, Q. Tu, A. Wang, Global Water Microbiome Consortium, T. Zhang, Z. He, J. Keller, P. H. Nielsen, P. J. J. Alvarez, Craig S. Criddle, M. Wagner, J. M. Tiedje, Q. He, T. P. Curtis, D. A. Stahl, L. Alvarez-Cohen, B. E. Rittmann, X. Wen, and J. Zhou (2019). Global bacterial diversity and biogeography of activated sludge systems. Nature Biotechnology 4: 1183-1195 (DOI.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0426-5).
- Wang, Y., Q. Zeng, S. Zou, C. Hu, F. Chen, Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Bioavailable electron donors from ultra-sound treated biomass for stimulating denitrification. Environ. Management. 250: 109533.
- Karadagli, F., A. K. Marcus, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Role of hydrogen (H2) mass transfer in microbiological H2-threshold studies. Biodegradation 30: 113-125.
- Tang, Y., Z. Zhang, B. E. Rittmann, and H.-S. Lee (2019). Kinetics of anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification in the membrane biofilm reactor. Bioengr. 116: 2550-2560.
- Wang, B., R. Krajmalnik-Brown, C. Zhou, Y. Luo, B. E. Rittmann, and Y. Tang (2019). Modeling the interactions among trichloroethene reduction, methanogenesis, and homoacetogenesis in a H2-based biofilm. Environ. Engr. DOI 10.1016/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001642.
- Zhang, Y., Y. Wang, Q. Lu, C. Zhange, Y. Zhang, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). The role of ultra-sound treated sludge for accelerating quinoline mono-oxygenation. Environ. Management 233: 561-566.
- Xiong, J., M. N. Young, A. K. Marcus, S. W. Van Ginkel, and B. E. Rittmann (2020). Mathematical modeling and analysis of a wastewater treatment plant using the Cannibal® J. Environ. Engr. 146(2): 04019108. DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001627.
- Huete-Pérez, J. A., P. J. J. Alvarez, J. L. Schnoor, B. E. Rittmann, A. Clayton, M. L. Acosta, C. E. M. Bicudo, M. T. K. Arroyo, M. T. Brett, V. M. Campos, H. Chaimovich, B. Jimenez-Cisneros, A. Covich, L. D. Lacerda, J.-M. Maes, J. C. Miranda, S. Montenegro-Guillén, M. Ortega-Hegg, G. R. Urquhart, K. Vammen, and L. Zambran (2015). Scientists Raise Alarms about Fast Tracking of Transoceanic Canal through Nicaragua. Environmental Science & Technology. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00215.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. L. McCarty (2001). Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. M. VanBriesen (1996). Microbiolgical processes in reactive modeling. In P. C. Lichtner, C. I. Steefel, and E. H. Oelkers, eds., Reactive Transport in Porous Media, Reviews in Mineralogy, Vol. 34, pp. 311-334.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2013) The energy issues in urban water management. Chpt. 2. in Wastewater Management: Source Separation and Decentralisation. T. Larsen, K. Udert, and J. Liener, eds., IWA Publishing, London, pp. 13-28.
- Zhang, H., P. Parameswaran, J. Badalamenti, B. E. Rittmann, and R. Krajmalnik-Brown (2011). Integrating high-throughput pyrosequencing and quantitative real-time PCR to analyze complex microbial communities. Chapter 8 in High-Throughput Sequencing: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 733. Y. M. Kwon and S. C. Ricke, eds, Humana Press, New York, pp. 107 – 128.
- Hamdan, N., E. Kavazanjian, and B. E. Rittmann (2011). Carbonate mineral precipitation for soil improvement through microbial denitrification. Proceeding from Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, J. Han and D. E. Alzamoro, eds., Amer. Soc. Civil Engrs. Geotechnical Special Publication 211, pp. 3925-3955.
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. J. Alvarez (2010). Environmental Bio- and Nano-Technologies. A World of Opportunities – Work in the International Water Sector, IWA Publishing, London, pp. 14 – 16.
- Meyer, K. J., P. D. Swaim, W. D. Bellamy, B. E. Rittmann, Y. Tang, and R. Scott (2010). Biological and Ion Exchange Nitrate Removal. Water Research Foundation, Denver, CO.
- Lehman, S. G., M. Badruzzaman, S. S. Adham, D. J. Roberts, D. A. Clifford, G. Zuo, A. Patel, B. E. Rittmann, C. Ahn, and S Van Ginkel (2010). Biological Destruction of Perchlorate and Nitrate in Ion Exchange Concentrate. Water Research Foundation, Denver, CO.
- Rittmann, B. E., Y. Tang, K. Meyer, W. D. Bellamy, and R. Nerenberg (2010). Biological Processes. Chpt. 17 in Water Treatment Plant Design, fifth ed., S. J. Randtke and M. B. Horsely, eds., Amer. Water Works Assn., Denver, CO., pp. 17.1 – 17.43.
- Reed, D. T., R. P. Deo, and B. E. Rittmann (2010). Subsurface interactions of actinide species with microorganisms. Chapter 33 in Vol. 6 of The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Vol. 6, L. R. Morss, N. Edelstein, and J. Fuger, Eds., Springer, New York, pp. 3595 – 3664.
- Rittmann, B.E., C. I. Torres, and A. K. Marcus (2008). Perspectives on microbial fuel cells and other biomass-based renewable energy technologies. Emerging Environmental Technologies, V. Shah ed., Springer ISBN: 978-1-4020-8785-1.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2004). Biofilms in the water industry. Chapter 19 in M. A. Ghannoum and G. A. O’Toole, eds., Microbial Biofilms, ASM Press, Washington, DC., pp. 359-378.
- Rittmann, B. E. and C. S. Laspidou (2002). Biofilm Detachment. In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, G. Bitton, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 544-550.
- Rittmann, B. E. (2002). Applying NRC guidelines for natural attenuation of MTBE. Chapter 14 in Contaminated Soils, Vol. 7, P. T. Kostecki, E. J. Calabrese, and J. Dragun, eds., Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, Massachusetts, pp. 199-212.
- Rittmann, B. E. and J. A. MacDonald (2000). National Research Council guidance on natural attenuation. In G. B. Wickrananayake, A. R. Gavaskar, and M. E. Kelley, eds., Natural Attenuation Considerations and Case Studies: Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 1 – 8.
- National Research Council (2000). Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation, National Academy Press, Washington, DC. (B. E. Rittmann, chairman).
- VanBriesen, J. M. and B. E. Rittmann (2000). Modeling recalcitrant intermediate formation during biodegradation. In G. B. Wickrananayake, A. R. Gavaskar, and M. E. Kelley, eds., Natural Attenuation Considerations and Case Studies: Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 25 – 32.
- Rittmann, B. E. (editor). (1999). Microbial Ecology of Biofilms. IWA Publishing, London.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1995). Fundamentals and Application of Biofilm Processes in Drinking-Water Treatment. Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water, J. Hrubec, Ed., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol 5B, pp 61-87.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1995). Transformation of organic micropollutants by biological processes. Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water, J. Hrubec, Ed., The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 5B, pp 31-60.
- National Research Council (1993). In Situ Bioremediation: When Does It Work? National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (B. E. Rittmann, chairman).
- Rittmann, B. E. and P. B. Sáez (1993). Modeling biological processes involved in degradation of hazardous organic substrates. In M. Levin and M. Gealt, Biotreatment of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, pp. 113-136.
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- Rittmann, B. E. (1989). Mathematical modeling of fixed-film growth. In G. Patry and D. Chapman, eds., Dynamic Modeling and Expert Systems in Wastewater Engineering, Lewis Publ., Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 39-58.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1989). Detachment from biofilms. In Structure and Function of Biofilms, W. G. Characklis and P. A. Wilderer, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester, England, pp. 49-58.
- Rittmann, B. E. (1988). Biodegradation processes to make drinking water biologically stable. In R. A. Larson, ed., Biohazards of Drinking Water, Lewis Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 257-264.