Research Papers

2023

1. Contreras JA, Valenzuela EI, Bovio-Winkler P, Etchebehere C, Gabaldón C, Quijano G (2023) Anaerobic methane oxidation: high rate performance of a continuous bioreactor using nitrate and nitrite as electron acceptors. Chemical Engineering Journal 466:143137. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Mares S, Moreno-Andrade I, Quijano G (2023) Biological CH4 production from H2/CO2 streams: influence of trace metals concentration on the hydrogenotrophic process. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11(2):109528. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Gonzalez-Cortes JJ, Quijano G, Ramirez M, Cantero D (2023) Methane concentration and bacterial communities'dynamics during the anoxic desulfurization of landfill biogas under diverse nitrate sources and hydraulic residence times. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11(2):109285. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. García A, Valenzuela EI, Vargas A, Godos I, Muñoz R, Wang M, Vital-Jacome M, Quijano G (2023) Wastewater treatment potential, light penetration profile and biomass settling performance of a photo-sequencing batch reactor. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 98:346-356. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Vargas A, Quijano G, García-Martínez LE (2023) Model for microalgae-bacteria systems with nitrification and photoinhibition. IFAC-PapersOnLine 56:9745-9750. 

6. Flores-Salgado G, Contreras JA, Perez-Trevilla J, Quijano G (2023) Removal of volatile methyl siloxanes in an anoxic two-phase partitioning bioreactor operated with hydrophobic biomass. Chemical Engineering Journal 477:146985

2022

1. Aguilar-Pichardo M, Valenzuela EI, Quijano G (2022) Ammonium load determines the performance of a continuous nitritation process and the related microbial communities even under excesses of O2 supply. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 97:3283-3291. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Saxena R, Rodriguez-Jasso RM, Chavez-Gonzalez ML, Aguilar CN, Quijano G, Ruiz HA (2022) Strategy development for microalgae Spirulina Platensis biomass cultivation in a bubble photobioreactor to promote high carbohydrate content. Fermentation 8:374. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Rocher-Rivas R, González-Sánchez A, Ulloa-Mercado G, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2022) Biogas desulfurization and calorific value enhancement in compact H2S/CO2 absorption units coupled to a photobioreactor. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10:108336. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Valenzuela EI, Contreras JA, Quijano G (2022) Fast development of microbial cultures for the anaerobic oxidation of CH4 coupled to denitrification employing widely available inocula. Biochemical Engineering Journal 184:108492. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Tarazona Y, Vargas A, Quijano G, Moreno-Andrade I (2022) Influence of the initial proportions of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids on biohydrogen production by dark fermentation: a multi-response optimization approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47(70):30128-30139. [MORE INFORMATION].

6. Garcia-Martinez LE, Castillo-Araiza CO, Quijano G, Huerta-Ochoa (2022) On the modelling and surface response analysis of a non-conventional wall-cooled solid/gas bioreactor with application in esterification. Chemical Engineering Journal 437:135063. [MORE INFORMATION] 

7. Vital-Jacome M, Barragan-Trinidad M, Buitron G, Quijano G (2022) Transient shifts in hydraulic retention times improve the methane production from ruminal hydrolysates of agave bagasse. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 97:1536-1544. [MORE INFORMATION]

8. Rito-Palomares M, Quijano G (2022) Special Issue: Biotechnology Advances in Latin America. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 97:1351-1352. [MORE INFORMATION]

2021

1. Flores-Salgado G, Quijano G, Vital-Jacome M, Buitron G, Orozco-Soto SM, Vera-Bustamante P, Ibarra-Zanata JM, Thalasso F (2021) Novel photo-microrespirometric method for the rapid determination of photosynthesis-irradiance (PI) curves in microalgal-bacterial systems. Algal Research 58:102414. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Quijano G, Valenzuela EI, Cantero D, Ramírez M, Figueroa-González I (2021) Impact of an anoxic desulfurization process on methane content of the purified biogas. Fuel 303:121256. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Valenzuela EI, Ortiz-Zuñiga MF, Carrillo-Reyes J, Moreno-Andrade I, Quijano G (2021) Continuous anaerobic oxidation of methane: Impact of semi-continuous liquid operation and nitrate load on N2O production and microbial community. Chemosphere 278:130441. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Flores-Cortés M, Pérez-Trevilla J, Cuervo-López FM, Buitron G, Quijano G (2021) H2S oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction in a two-stage bioreactor: targeting H2S-rich biogas desulfurization. Waste Management 120:76-84. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Flores-Salgado G, Thalasso F, Buitron G, Vital-Jacome M, Quijano G (2021) Kinetic characterization of microalgal-bacterial systems: contributions of microalgae and heterotrophic bacteria to the oxygen balance in wastewater treatment. Biochemical Engineering Journal 165:107819. [MORE INFORMATION]

2020

1. Rodero MR, Severi CA, Rocher-Rivas R, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2020) Long-term influence of high alkalinity on the performance of photosynthetic biogas upgrading. Fuel 281:118804. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Quijano G, Franco-Morgado M, Córdova-Aguilar MS, Galindo E, Thalasso F (2020) Oxygen transfer in a three-phase bubble column using solid polymers as mass transfer vectors. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química 19(supl. 1):483-494. In Memory of Mariano Gutiérrez [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Covarrubias-Garcia I, Quijano G, Aizpuru A, Sanchez-Garcia JL, Rodriguez-Lopez JL, Sonia Arriaga (2020) Reduced graphene oxide decorated with magnetite nanoparticles enhance biomethane enrichment. Journal of Hazardous Materials 397:122760. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Flores-Barbosa A, Aizpuru A, Quijano G, Arriaga S (2020) Evaluation of bioaerosols by flow cytometry and removal performance in a biofilter treating toluene/ethyl acetate vapors. Chemosphere 251:126404. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Buitron G, Muñoz-Paez KM, Quijano G, Carrillo-Reyes J, Albarran-Contreras BA (2020) Biohydrogen production from winery effluents: control of the homoacetogenesis through the headspace gas recirculation. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 95:544-552. [MORE INFORMATION]

6. Moreno-Andrade I, Moreno G, Quijano G (2020) Theoretical framework for the estimation of H2S concentration in biogas produced from complex sulfur-rich effluents. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27:15959-15966. [MORE INFORMATION]

7. Vital-Jacome M, Diaz-Zamorano AL, Cuautle-Marin M, Moreno G, Buitron G, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2020) Microalgal-bacterial aggregates with flue gas supply as a platform for the treatment of anaerobic digestion centrate. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 95:289-296. [MORE INFORMATION]

2019

1. Lopez JC, Porca E, Collins G, Clifford E, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2019) Ammonium influences kinetics and methanotrophic consortia. Waste Management 89:345-353. [MORE INFORMATION] 

2. Coronado-Apodaca KG, Vital-Jácome M, Buitron G, Quijano G (2019) A step forward in the characterization of microalgal consortia: microbiological and kinetic aspects. Biochemical Engineering Journal 145:170-176. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. San-Valero P, Penya-roja JM, Alvarez-Hornos FJ, Buitron G, Gabaldon C, Quijano G (2019) Fully aerobic bioscrubber for the desulfurization of H2S-rich biogas. Fuel 241:884-891. [MORE INFORMATION]

2018

1. Quijano G, Figueroa-González I, Buitrón G (2018) Fully aerobic two-step desulfurization process for purification of highly H2S-laden biogas. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 93:3553-3561. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Figueroa-González I, Moreno G, Carrillo-Reyes J, Sánchez A, Quijano G, Buitrón G (2018) From mesophilic to thermophilic conditions: one-step temperature increase improves the methane production of a granular activated sludge treating agroindustrial effluents. Biotechnology Letters 40:569-575. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Buitrón G, Figueroa-González I, Quijano G (2018) Kinetic characterization of Scenedesmus quadricauda under low irradiation conditions. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 93:842-848. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. San-Valero P, Dorado AD, Quijano G, Álvarez-Hornos AJ, Gabaldón C (2018) Biotrickling filter modeling for styrene abatement. Part 2: Simulating a two-phase partitioning bioreactor. Chemosphere 191: 1075-1082. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Ordaz A, Figueroa-Gonzalez I, San-Valero P, Gabaldón C, Quijano G (2018) Effect of the height-to-diameter ratio on the mass transfer and mixing performance of a biotrickling filter. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 93:121-126. [MORE INFORMATION]

2017

1. San Valero P, Gabaldón C, Penya-roja JM, Quijano G (2017) Enhanced styrene removal in a two-phase partitioning bioreactor operated as a biotrickling filter: towards full-scale applications. Chemical Engineering Journal 309:588-595. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Lopez JC, Porca E, Collins G, Perez R, Rodriguez-Alija A, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2017) Biogas-based denitrification in a biotrickling filter: Influence of nitrate concentration and hydrogen sulfide. Biotechnology & Bioengineering 114:665-673. [MORE INFORMATION]

2016

1. Díaz I, Figueroa-González I, Miguel JA, Bonilla-Morte LM, Quijano G (2016) Enhancing the biomethane potential of liquid dairy cow manure by addition of solid manure fractions. Biotechnology Letters 38:2097-2102. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Figueroa González I, Quijano G, Laguna I, Muñoz R, García-Encina P (2016) A fundamental study on biological N2O removal in the presence of oxygen. Chemosphere 158:9-16. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Frutos OD, Quijano G, Perez R, Muñoz R (2016) Simultaneous biological nitrous oxide abatement and wastewater treatment in a denitrifying off-gas bioscrubber. Chemical Engineering Journal 288:28-37. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Lebrero R, Lopez JC, Lehtinen I, Perez R, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2016) Exploring the potential of fungi for methane abatement: performance evaluation of a fungal-bacterial biofilter. Chemosphere 144:97-106. [MORE INFORMATION]

2015

1. Frutos OD, Arvelo IA, Perez R, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2015) Continuous nitrous oxide abatement in a novel denitrifying off-gas bioscrubber. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99:3695-3706. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Dorado AD, Dumont E, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2015) A novel mathematical approach for the understanding and optimization of two-phase partitioning bioreactors devoted to air pollution control. Chemical Engineering Journal 263:239-248. [MORE INFORMATION]

2014

1. Saucedo-Lucero JO, Marcos R, Salvador M, Arriaga S, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2014) treatment of O2-free toluene emissions by anoxic biotrickling filtration. Chemosphere 117:774-780. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Lopez JC, Quijano G, Perez R, Muñoz R (2014) Assessing the influence of CH4 concentration during culture enrichment on the biodegradation kinetics and population structure. Journal of Environmental Management 146:116-123. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Ordaz A, Lopez JC, Figueroa-Gonzalez I, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2014) Assessment of methane biodegradation kinetics in two-phase partitioning bioreactors by pulse respirometry. Water Research 67:46-54. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Estrada JM, Dudek A, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2014) Fundamental study on gas–liquid mass transfer in a biotrickling filter packed with polyurethane foam. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 89:1419-1424. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Estrada JM, Lebrero R, Quijano G, Perez R, Figueroa-Gonzalez I, Garcia-Encina P, Muñoz R (2014) Methane abatement in a gas-recycling biotrickling filter: evaluating innovative operational strategies to overcome mass transfer limitations. Chemical Engineering Journal 253:385-393. [MORE INFORMATION]

6. Saucedo-Lucero JO, Quijano G, Arriaga S, Muñoz R (2014) Hexane abatement and spore emission control in a fungal biofilter-photoreactor hybrid unit. Journal of Hazardous Materials 276:287-294. [MORE INFORMATION]

7. Malhautier L, Quijano G, Avezac M, Rocher J, Fanlo JL (2014) Kinetic characterization of toluene biodegradation by Rhodococcus erythropolis: towards a rationale for microflora enhancement in bioreactors devoted to air treatment. Chemical Engineering Journal 247:199-204. [MORE INFORMATION]

8. Lebrero R, Estrada JM, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2014) Deterioration of organic packing materials commonly used in air biofiltration: Effect of VOC-packing interactions. Journal of Environmental Management 137:93-100. [MORE INFORMATION]

9. Lebrero R, Hernandez M, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2014) Hexane biodegradation in two-liquid phase biofilters operated with hydrophobic biomass: effect of the organic phase- packing media ratio and the irrigation rate. Chemical Engineering Journal 237:162-168. [MORE INFORMATION]

10. Lopez JC, Quijano G, Perez R, Muñoz R (2014) Effect of pollutant concentration during isolation on the CH4 biodegradation kinetics, population structure and PHB accumulation. Chemical Engineering Transactions 40:211-216.

2013

1. Muñoz R, Souza TSO, Glittmann L, Perez R, Quijano G (2013) Biological anoxic treatment of O2-free VOC emissions from the petrochemical industry: a proof of concept study. Journal of Hazardous Materials 260:442-450. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Quijano G, Couvert A, Amrane A, Darracq G, Couriol C, Le Cloirec P, Paquin L, Carrie D (2013) Absorption and biodegradation of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in ionic liquids. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 224:1528. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Estrada JM, Quijano G, Lebrero R, Muñoz R (2013) Step-feed biofiltration: a low cost alternative configuration for off-gas treatment. Water Research 47:4312-4321. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Muñoz R, Gan E, Hernandez M, Quijano G (2013) Hexane biodegradation in two-liquid phase bioreactors: high-performance operation based on the use of hydrophobic biomass. Biochemical Engineering Journal 70:9-16. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Ordaz A, Quijano G, Thalasso F, Garibay-Orijel C (2013) Pulse respirometry in two-phase partitioning bioreactors: case study of terephthalic acid biodegradation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 169:810-820. [MORE INFORMATION]

2012

1. Estrada JM, Rodriguez E, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2012) Influence of VOC concentration on the diversity and biodegradation performance of microbial communities. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 35:1477-1488. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Hernandez M, Quijano G, Muñoz R (2012) Key role of microbial characteristics on the performance of VOC biodegradation in two-liquid phase bioreactors. Environmental Science & Technology 46:4059-4066. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Lebrero R, Estrada JM, Muñoz R, Quijano G (2012). Toluene mass transfer characterization in a biotrickling filter. Biochemical Engineering Journal 60: 44-49. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Ordaz A, Oliveira CS, Quijano G, Ferreira EC, Alves M, Thalasso F (2012) Kinetic and stoichiometric characterization of a fixed biofilm reactor by pulse respirometry. Journal of Biotechnology 157:173-179. [MORE INFORMATION]

2011

1. Rocha-Rios J, Quijano G, Thalasso F, Revah S, Muñoz R (2011) Methane biodegradation in a two-phase partition airlift reactor with gas recirculation. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 86:353-360. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Hernandez M, Quijano G, Muñoz R, Bordel S (2011) Modeling of VOC mass transfer in two-liquid phase stirred tank, biotrickling filter and airlift reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal 172:961-969. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Quijano G, Couvert A, Amrane A, Darracq G, Couriol C, Le Cloirec P, Paquin L, Carrié D (2011) Potential of ionic liquids for VOC absorption and biodegradation in multiphase systems. Chemical Engineering Science 66:2707-2712. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Quijano G, Couvert A, Amrane A, Darracq G, Couriol C, Le Cloirec P, Paquin L, Carrie D (2011) Toxicity and biodegradability of ionic liquids: new perspectives towards whole-cell biotechnological applications. Chemical Engineering Journal 174:27-32. [MORE INFORMATION]

2010

1. Quijano G, Hernandez M, Villaverde S, Thalasso F, Muñoz R (2010) A step-forward in the characterization and potential applications of solid and liquid oxygen transfer vectors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 85:543-551. [MORE INFORMATION]

2. Quijano G, Rocha Rios J, Hernandez M, Villaverde S, Revah S, Muñoz R, Thalasso F (2010) Determining the effect of solid and liquid vectors on the gaseous interfacial area and oxygen transfer rates in two-phase partitioning bioreactors. Journal of Hazardous Materials 175:1085-1089. [MORE INFORMATION]

3. Quijano G, Ordaz A, Muñoz R, Thalasso F (2010) New insights on oxygen uptake mechanisms in two-phase partitioning bioreactors. Biotechnology Letters 32:223-228. [MORE INFORMATION]

4. Hernandez M, Quijano G, Thalasso F, Daugulis AJ, Villaverde S, Muñoz R (2010). A comparative study of solid and liquid non-aqueous phases for the biodegradation of hexane in two-phase partitioning bioreactors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering106:731-740. [MORE INFORMATION]

5. Quijano G, Chavez-Avila R, Muñoz R, Thalasso F, Ordaz A (2010) KLa measurement in two-phase partitioning bioreactors: new insights on potential errors at low power input. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 85:1407-1412. [MORE INFORMATION]

6. Hernandez M, Gouveia J, Quijano G, Thalasso F, Villaverde S, Muñoz R (2010) A systematic study of the influence on microbial kinetics of the presence of an organic phase during microbial isolation. Chemical Engineering Transactions 23:375-380.

7. Lebrero R, Quijano G, Torio I, Martinez B, Muñoz R (2010) A comparative study of two biological processes for odour treatment: biofiltration vs. activated sludge diffusion. Chemical Engineering Transactions 23:333-338.

8. Quijano G, Huerta-Ochoa S, Gutierrez-Rojas M (2010) Assessment of the limiting step of mass transfer in n-hexadecane biodegradation in a bubble column reactor. Water Science and Technology 62:906-914. [MORE INFORMATION]

2009

1. Quijano G, Revah S, Gutierrez-Rojas M, Flores-Cotera LB, Thalasso F (2009) Oxygen transfer in three-phase airlift and stirred tank reactors using silicone oil as transfer vector. Process Biochemistry 44:619-624. [MORE INFORMATION]