Publications
2026
Böckmann, M., Axtmann, K., Bierbaum, G., & Zarfl, C. (2026). Pulsed antibiotic release into the environment may foster the spread of antimicrobial resistance. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 102(1), fiaf128. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf128
2025
Boeckmann, M., Siemens, J., Heyde, B. J., & Zarfl, C. (2025). Identification of dissipation pathways for pharmaceuticals in soils – a modelling approach. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 27(3), 649–660. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EM00777H
Braun, M., Juraschek, L., Siebers, N., & Kruse, J. (2025). Natural Colloids in Soil: Effect of Storage and Extraction Conditions on Colloid Amount and Composition. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202400341
Hauschild, K., Suzuki, M., Wolters, B., Tokuda, M., Yamazaki, R., Masumoto, M., Moriuchi, R., Dohra, H., Bunk, B., Spröer, C., Shintani, M., & Smalla, K. (2025). The transferable resistome of biosolids—plasmid sequencing reveals carriage of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes. mBio. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02068-25
Heyde, B. J., Braun, M., Soufi, L., Lüneberg, K., Gallego, S., Amelung, W., Axtmann, K., Bierbaum, G., Glaeser, S. P., Grohmann, E., Arredondo-Hernández, R., Mulder, I., Pulami, D., Smalla, K., Zarfl, C., Siebe, C., & Siemens, J. (2025). Transition from irrigation with untreated wastewater to treated wastewater and associated benefits and risks. Npj Clean Water, 8(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00438-6
Heyde, B. J., Lüneberg, K., Hahn, N., Braun, M., Siemens, J., & Siebe, C. (2025). Nutrients, metals, and carbon in soils irrigated with treated versus untreated wastewater. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. Online ahead of print. (accepted 19 November 2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.70042
Soufi, L., Kampouris, I. D., Lüneberg, K., Heyde, B. J., Pulami, D., Glaeser, S. P., Siebe, C., Siemens, J., Smalla, K., Grohmann, E., & Gallego, S. (2025). Wastewater-borne pollutants influenced antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in the soil without affecting the bacterial community composition in a changing wastewater irrigation system. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 494, 138680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138680
2023
Pulami, D., Kämpfer, P., & Glaeser, S. P. (2023). High diversity of the emerging pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii and other Acinetobacter spp. In raw manure, biogas plants digestates, and rural and urban wastewater treatment plants with system specific antimicrobial resistance profiles. Science of The Total Environment, 859, 160182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160182
Pulami, D., Schwabe, L., Blom, J., Schwengers, O., Wilharm, G., Kämpfer, P., & Glaeser, S. P. (2023). Genomic plasticity and adaptive capacity of the quaternary alkyl-ammonium compound and copper tolerant Acinetobacter bohemicus strain QAC-21b isolated from pig manure. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 116(4), 327–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-022-01805-w
2022
Schuster, D., Axtmann, K., Holstein, N., Felder, C., Voigt, A., Färber, H., Ciorba, P., Szekat, C., Schallenberg, A., Böckmann, M., Zarfl, C., Neidhöfer, C., Smalla, K., Exner, M., & Bierbaum, G. (2022). Antibiotic concentrations in raw hospital wastewater surpass minimal selective and minimum inhibitory concentrations of resistant Acinetobacter baylyi strains. Environ Microbiol, 24(12), 5721–5733. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16206
2021
Pulami, D., Schauss, T., Eisenberg, T., Blom, J., Schwengers, O., Bender, J. K., Wilharm, G., Kämpfer, P., & Glaeser, S. P. (2021). Acinetobacter stercoris sp. Nov. Isolated from output source of a mesophilic german biogas plant with anaerobic operating conditions. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 114(3), 235–251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-021-01517-7