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Publications

  • Bernstein, A., A. Nejidat , E. Adar. Z. Ronen . 2011. Aerobic biodegradation of RDX in a contaminated aquifer. In press  Biodegradation
  • Sagi-Ben Moshe S. , Z. Ronen, O. Dahan, A. Bernstein, N. Weisbrod, F. Gelman and  E. Adar 2010 .Isotopic evidence and quantification assessment for RDX biodegradation in the deep unsaturated zone. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42:1253-1262.
  • Gelman, F.,  A. Kotlyar, D. Chiguala  and Z. Ronen 2010. Precise and Accurate Compound-Specific Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of RDX by GC-IRMS. Accepted, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry.
  • Iasur L., Z. Arbeli., Z. Ronen? and A. Nejidat. 2010. Characterization of an enrichment culture debrominating tetrabromobisphenol A and optimization of its activity under anaerobic conditions.  Journal of Applied Microbiology, 109:707-715.
  • Bernstein, A., Z. Ronen, E. Adar, W.  Stichler and R. U. Meckenstock. 2010. Quantifying RDX biodegradation in groundwater using compound specific ?15N and ?18O isotope analysis. J. of Contaminant Hydrology 111:25-35.
  • Angel, R., L. Asaf, Z. Ronen  and  A. Nejidat. 2010. Diversity, activity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing  bacteria in the  sediments of a polluted ephemeral stream in the Negev desert.  Microbial Ecology 59:46-58.
  • Ronen, Z. Guerrero,A. A. Gross. 2010. Disinfection of greywater with hydrogen peroxide plus (HPP)-a new environmentally friendly agent. Chemosphere 78:61-65.
  • Gal, H.,  N. Weisbrod , Z. Ronen, O. Dahan , and R. Nativ. 2009. Perchlorate accumulation and migration in the deep vadose zone in a semiarid region.  J. Hydrology 378: 142-149.
  • Sagi - Ben Moshe, S. , Z. Ronen, O. Dahan, N. Weisbrod, L. Groisman, E. Adar and R. Nativ. 2009. Sequential biodegradation of TNT, RDX and HMX in a mixture. Environmental Pollution 157: 2231-2238.
  • Nejidat, A., I. Saadi and Z. Ronen. 2008. Effect of flagella expression on adhesion of Achromobacter piechaudii to chalk surfaces. Journal of Applied Microbiology 105:2009-2014.
  • Bernstein, A., Z. Ronen, E. Adar, W.  Stichler and R. U. Meckenstock. 2008. Compound-specific isotope analysis of RDX and stable isotope fractionation during aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation. Environmental Science and Technology. 42: 7772-7778
  • Ronen Z., Y. Yanovich  and E. Adar 2008. Metabolism of the explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in a contaminated vadose zone. Chemosphere. 73: 149.2-149.8
  • Nejidat, A., I. Saadi and Z. Ronen†. Effect of flagella expression on adhesion of Achromobacter piechaudii to chalk surfaces. Journal of Applied Microbiology 105:2009-2014.
  • Arnon S, O.Dahan1, S. lhanany, K. Cohen, I. Pankratov, A. Gross, Z. Ronen, S. Baram, L. S. Shore. 2008. Transport of testosterone and estrogen from dairy-farm waste lagoons to groundwater. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 55215526.
  • Gal, H., Z. Ronen, N.Weisbrod, O. Dahan, and R. Nativ. 2008. Perchlorate biodegradation in contaminated soils and the deep unsaturated zone. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40: 1751-1757.
  • Palgi1, N., Z. Ronen and B. Pinshow. 2008. Oxalate balance in fat sand rats feeding on high and low calcium diets. Accepted, Journal of Comparative Physiology - B  178:  617-622.
  • Gross, A., A. Wiel-Shafran, N. Bondarenko, and Z. Ronen.  2007. Environmental impact of greywater treated by small scale systems, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 65:41-50.
  • Nejidat, A.,  L. Kafka, Y. Tekoah. and Z. Ronen.  2007. Effect of organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds on RDX degradation and cytochrome P-450 expression in Rhodococcus strain YH1,  Biodegradation 19:313–320.
  • Gross, A., O. Shmoeli,  Z. Ronen and E. Raveh. 2007. Recycled vertical flow constructed wetland (RVFCW) - a novel method to recycle greywater for landscape irrigation in small communities and households. Chemosphere, 66:916-923.
  • Nejidat, A, A. Khaimov, A. Brenner and Z. Ronen. 2006. Enhanced nitrification in industrial wastewater after augmentation by soil nitrifying enrichments. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 6:489-495.
  • Arbeli, Z., Z. Ronen and M. Diaz Baez. 2006. Reductive dehalogenation of tetrabromobisphenol A by sediment from a contaminated ephemeral stream bed and an enrichment culture. Chemosphere 64:1472-1478.
  • Wiel-Shafran, A., Z. Ronen, N. Weisbrod, E. Adar and A. Gross. 2006. Potential changes in soil properties following irrigation with surfactant-rich greywater. Ecological Engineering, 26:346-354.
  • Arnon, S., Z. Ronen, E. Adar and A. Yakirevich. 2006. Evaluation of soil flushing potential for clean-up of desert soil contaminated by industrial wastewater. Chemosphere, 62:17-25.
  • Wiel-Shafran, A., A. Gross, Z. Ronen, N. Weisbrod and E. Adar. 2005. Effects of surfactants originating from reuse of greywater on the capillary rise in the soil. Water Sciences and Technology, 52:157-166.
  • Arnon, S., Z. Ronen, E. Adar, A. Yakirevich, and R. Nativ. 2005. Two-dimensional distribution of microbial activity and flow patterns within naturally fractured chalk. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 79:165- 186.
  • Ronen, Z., S. Visnovsky and A. Nejidat. 2005. Soil extracts and co-culture assist biodegradation of 2,4,6-tribromophenol in culture and soil by an auxotrophic Achromobacter piechaudii strain TBPZ. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 37:1640-1647.
  • Arnon, S., E. Adar, Z. Ronen, A. Nejidat, A. Yakirevich and R. Nativ. 2005. Biodegradation of 2,4,6-Tribromophenol during transport in fractured chalk. Environmental Science and Technology, 39:748-755.
  • Arnon, S., E. Adar, Z. Ronen, A. Yakirevich,  and R. Nativ. 2005. The impact of microbial activity on the hydraulic properties of fractured chalk. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 76:315-336.
  • Nejidat, A., I. Saadi and Z. Ronen. 2004. Microbial colonization on fractured chalk and its effect on degradation of organic pollutants. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 96:844-852.
  • Arbeli, Z. and Z. Ronen. 2003 Enrichment of microbial culture capable of reductive debromination of the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A and identification of the intermediate metabolites produced in the process. Biodegradation, 14:385-395.
  • Gross,    A., A. Nemirovsky, D. Zilberg, A. Khaimov, A. Brenner, E. Snir, Z. Ronen, and A. Nejidat. 2003. Soil nitrifying enrichments as biofilter starters in intensive re-circulating saline water aquaculture. Aquaculture, 223:51-62.
  • Sorensen, S. R., Z. Arbeli, J. Aamand and Z. Ronen.  2002. Metabolism of diphenylurea by a Marinobacter sp. isolated from a contaminated ephemeral streambed in the Negev Desert. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 213:199-204.
  • Sorensen, S. R., Z. Ronen and J. Aamand. 2002. Growth in co-culture stimulates metabolism of the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon by Sphingomonas sp. SRS2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68:3478-3485.
  • Wafer-Roehl, A., E.R. Graber, E. Adar, A. Yakirevich and Z. Ronen. 2002. Retardation of organic contaminants on natural fractured chalk. Groundwater, 40:291-301
  • Sorensen, S. R., Z. Ronen and J. Aamand. 2001. Isolation from agricultural soil and characterization of a Sphingomonas sp. able to Mineralize the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67:5403-5409.
  • Dahan, O. and Z. Ronen.  2001. Simultaneous use of seven flourobezoates in multi-tracer test. Groundwater, 39:366-370.
  • Wefer-Roehl, A., E.R. Graber, E. Adar, R, Nativ, D. Borisover and Z. Ronen. 2001. Sorption of organic contaminants in a fracture chalk formation. Chemosphere, 44:1121-1130.
  • Ronen, Z., L. Vasiluk, A. Abeliovich and A. Nejidat. 2000. Activity and survival of tribromophenol-degrading bacteria in a contaminated desert soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 32:1643-1650.
  • Ronen, Z. and A. Abeliovich. 2000. Anaerobic-aerobic process for microbial biodegradation of  tetrabromobisphenol A. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66:2372-2377.
  • Brenner, A., Z. Ronen, Y. Harel and A. Abeliovich. 2000. Degradation of RDX during biological treatment of munitions waste. Water and Environment Research, 72:469-475.
  • Dahan, O., R. Nativ, E. Adar, Z. Ronen and B. Berkowitz.1999. Field observation of flow in a fractured intersecting unsaturated chalk. Water Resources Research, 35:3315-3326
  • Ronen, Z., A. Brenner and A. Abeliovich. 1998. Biodegradation of RDX contaminated waste in nitrogen-deficient environment. Water Science and Technology, 38:219-224.
  • Ronen, Z., A. Abeliovich and A. Nejidat.1998. Biodegradation of alkylpyridine by bacteria isolated from a polluted subsurface. Biodegradation, 8:357-361.
  • Ronen, Z., C.-H. Hsu, J. C. Young and J.-M. Bollag. 1996. Feasibility of bioremediation of a groundwater aquifer polluted with alkylpyridines. Groundwater, 34:194-199.
  • Abeliovich, A. and Z. Ronen. 1995. Bioremediation of polluted soil in arid zones. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 5S:211-214.
  • Ronen, Z. and J.-M. Bollag. 1995. Biodegradation of pyridine and pyridine derivatives by soil and subsurface microorganisms. International Journal of Environmental Chemistry, 59:133-143.
  • Ronen, Z. and J.-M. Bollag.1994. Biological versus chemical mineralization of pyridine. Environmental  Toxicology and  Chemistry, 13:21-26.
  • Ronen, Z. and J.-M. Bollag. 1991. Rapid anaerobic mineralization of pyridine in a subsurface sediment inoculated with a pyridine-degrading Alcaligenes  sp. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 37:264-269.
  • Ronen, Z. and J. -M. Bollag. 1991. Pyridine metabolism by denitrifying bacterium.  Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 37:725-729.
  • Bernstein, A.,  Z. Ronen? Biodegradation of the Explosives TNT, RDX and HMX invited chapter for book “Microbial degradation of xenobiotic” S. N. Singh editor. Submitted for publication
  • Sher, Y§., S. Baram, O§. Dahan, Z. Ronen, A. Nejidat. Nitrogen transformations and abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in a clay soil underlay a highly reduced manure pond, FEMS Microbial Ecology. Submitted for publication
  • Gal1 H., Z. Ronen, N. Weisbrod, R. Nativ, O. Dahan, and M. Coleman. Chlorine stable isotope analyses quantify microbial perchlorate reduction in the unsaturated zone of a Mars analog site, Asreobiology. Submitted for publication
 



 

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