Nico Boon

53.8k citations
667 papers · 41.5k · 10 hit papers · h-index 109

Impact in

  • Pollution top 0.01%
    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
    • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
    • Microbial Applications in Construction Materials

Papers in

    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal 141
    • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants 34
    • Gut microbiota and health 48

Nico Boon

653 papers receiving 40.6k citations

Nico Boon's Hit Papers

Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity 2017 · 356 citations
3560+7+14Years since publication250500750

Peers

Nico Boon
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  • Pollution 10.8k
  • Environmental Engineering 12.0k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4.5k
  • Process Chemistry and Technology 954
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2.8k
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Per Halkjær Nielsen Denmark
Michael Wagner Austria
Rudolf Amann Germany
Gerard Muyzer Netherlands
James M. Tiedje United States
Jizhong Zhou United States
Wolfgang Ludwig Germany
Bruce E. Rittmann United States
Philip Hugenholtz Australia
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Nico Boon, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer
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2004990
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Initial community evenness favours functionality under selective stress
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2009774
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Microbial Phenazine Production Enhances Electron Transfer in Biofuel Cells
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2005737
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The basics of bio-flocs technology: The added value for aquaculture
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2008713
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Continuous Electricity Generation at High Voltages and Currents Using Stacked Microbial Fuel Cells
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2006708
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Methanosarcina: The rediscovered methanogen for heavy duty biomethanation
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2012692
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Biological Denitrification in Microbial Fuel Cells
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2007655
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Chemical and biological technologies for hydrogen sulfide emission control in sewer systems: A review
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2007616
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Environmental factors shaping the ecological niches of ammonia-oxidizing archaea
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Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity
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2017356
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16 2006309
17 2007307
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20 2008297

About Nico Boon

Nico Boon is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology, Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 667 papers that have together received 41.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (141 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (114 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (87 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (69 papers), Gut microbiota and health (48 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (46 papers), Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (41 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (10.8k citations), Environmental Engineering (12.0k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (4.5k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (954 citations) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2.8k citations). Nico Boon has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include Willy Verstraete, Korneel Rabaey, Massimo Marzorati, Lieven Wittebolle, Tom Hennebel, Tom Defoirdt, Nele De Belie, Tom Van de Wiele, Paul de Vos and Jo De Vrieze. Their work appears in journals such as Water Research, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Science & Technology and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

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