Bülent İçgen

E-mail

bicgen@metu.edu.tr

Department

Department of Environmental Engineering

ORCID

0000-0001-8114-4230

Scopus Author ID

6602948754

Web of Science Researcher ID

F-2958-2012

Removal capacities of wastewater treatment plants to minimize spread of enteroviruses Ozgur, Cansu; İçgen, Bülent (2025-02-01) The enteroviruses such as Adenovirus, Enterovirus, Hepatitis A virus, Norovirus, and Rotavirus are mostly transmitted via water and are com- monly seen in Turkey. Due to lack of regulations for monitoring these viruses at ...
Use of lyophilized and acclimated digestate dominated by Methanobrevibacter as a start-up inoculum in anaerobic digester led to higher methane production in biochemical methane potential assays Cam, Deniz; Sayin, Sena; Sarman, Oral Zeki; Iren, Erol; İçgen, Bülent (2024-09-01) Transporting wet inoculum for full-scale anaerobic digester (AD) start-up is usually infeasible and costly, especially, for remote locations. To overcome these burdens lyophilized AD inoculum is thought to be used after on...
Discharges of Wastewater Treatment Plants Needed Further Monitoring to Minimize Potential Risk of Entamoeba and Blastocystis for Public Health Onursal, Aslı; İçgen, Bülent (2024-01-01) The protozoan parasites Entamoeba histolytica and Blastocystis hominis are responsible for causing human amebiasis and hominis infections, respectively. These infections are highly prevalent and are often linked to waterbo...
Wastewater treatment plants discharges disseminated more Giardia than Cryptosporidium Onursal, Asli; İçgen, Bülent (2023-02-01) Parasitic protozoaGiardia intestinalisandCryptosporidium parvumare causative agents for giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis, respectively. These infections are mostly associated with waterborne diseases. The discharges from w...
Two-stage anaerobic digestion of ozonated sewage sludge predominantly took over by acetotrophic methanogens with increased biogas and methane production Akcakaya, Merve; Tuncay, Sera; İçgen, Bülent (2022-06-01) Ozonation of sewage sludge prior to single-stage anaerobic digestion (SAD) has been reported to increase biogas and/or methane production. However, no studies have evaluated the impact of ozone pre-treatment on two-stage a...
Ozonation of sewage sludge prior to anaerobic digestion led to Methanosaeta dominated biomethanation Tuncay, Sera; Akcakaya, Merve; İçgen, Bülent (2021-01-01) Anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge is commonly employed for sludge stabilization and energy generation at wastewater treatment plants. Of pretreatment techniques used to accelerate rate-limiting hydrolysis step in A...
intI1 Type Mobile Genetic Elements Co-selected Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Untreated Hospital Wastewaters Kayali, Osman; İçgen, Bülent (2021-01-01) Dissemination of antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) from hospital wastewaters (HWWs) is facilitated by the horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and involves association of ARGs with mobile genetic elements (MGEs). In our previous...
Removal of antibiotic resistance genes in various water resources recovery facilities Kucukunsal, Serkan; İçgen, Bülent (Wiley, 2020-06-01) Water resources recovery facilities (WWTPs) are hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and pose a significant threat to environments. Therefore, ARG removal efficiencies of WWTPs are of great importance. In this s...
Monorhamnolipids Predominance among Kerosene Degraders Aydin, Dilan Camille; İçgen, Bülent (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020-06-01) Rhamnolipids, produced during biodegradation, enhance the removal of hydrocarbons by decreasing the surface tension and increasing the bioavailability. Unlike the synthetic surfactants, rhamnolipids are very promising for ...
Untreated HWWs Emerged as Hotpots for ARGs Kayali, Osman; İçgen, Bülent (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-03-01) Hospital wastewaters (HWWs) are reported to be hotspots for antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. However, limited information involves the impact of these effluents on dissemination of antibiotic-resistance genes...

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