2026
- Fritze, M.T., Hedrich, S. (2026) Fluoride toxicity and mitigation strategies in acidophilic bioleaching microorganisms. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 110: 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-025-13677-x
- Fritze, M.T., Hedrich, S. (2026) Selective bioleaching of lithium from waste lithium iron phosphate batteries using spent medium produced by Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans. Hydrometallurgy. Volume 241: 106653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2026.106653
- Fritze, M.T., Haubrich, F., Otto, A., Schippers, A., Hedrich, S. (2026) Bioleaching of GaAs Metal Hydroxide Sludge: A Biohydrometallurgical Alternative to Conventional Acid Leaching. Frontiers in Microbiology 17, 1807986. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1807986
2025
- Fritze, M., Hedrich, S. (2025) Sustainable Lithium Recovery from Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries: A Comparative Study of Direct and Indirect Bioleaching. World of Metallurgy-Erzmetall. 78(2).
- Fuchs, H., Ullrich, S.R., Hedrich, S. (2025) Production of Recombinant Redox Proteins from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in Neutrophilic Hosts, In: Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM (eds) Proceedings of the 63rd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2024, Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-67398-6.
2024
- Fuchs, H., Ullrich, S.R., Hedrich, S. (2024) Vibrio natriegens as a superior host for the production of c-type cytochromes and difficult-to-express redox proteins. Scientific Reports. 14(1), 6093 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54097-7
- Götze, K., Hedrich, S., Braeuer, A.S., Haseneder, R. (2024) Process Optimization of an In-Situ Bioleaching Section with Associated Membrane Filtration in a Field Test Laboratory. Minerals. 14(3), 308.https://doi.org/10.3390/min14030308
- Sanchez, A.A., Haas, K., Jackisch, C., Hedrich, S., Lau, M.P. (2024) Enrichment of dissolved metal(loid)s and microbial organic matter during transit of a historic mine drainage system. Water Research, 266, 122336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122336
- Ullrich, S.R., Fuchs, H., Ashworth-Güth, C. (2024) Electrochemical and structural characterization of recombinant respiratory proteins of the acidophilic iron oxidizer Ferrovum sp. PN-J47-F6 suggests adaptions to the acidic pH at protein level. Front. Microbiol. Sec. Extreme Microbiology 15:1357152 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1357152
2023
- Hedrich, S., Breuker, A., Martin, M., Schippers, A. (2023) Rare earth elements (bio)leaching from zircon and eudialyte concentrates. Hydrometallurgy, 219, 106068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106068
- Hedrich, S., Fritze, M., Schippers, A. (2023) Metall-Recycling mittels Biohydrometallurgie. Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik, in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202300094
- Kinnunen, P., Hedrich, S. (2023) Biotechnological strategies to recover value from waste. Hydrometallurgy. 222, 106182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106182
- Ullrich, S.R., Fuchs, H., Schlömann, M. (2023) Shedding light on the electron transfer chain of a moderately acidophilic iron oxidizer: characterization of recombinant HiPIP-41, CytC-18 and CytC-78 derived from Ferrovum sp. PN-J47-F6. Research in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104088
2022
- Abhilash, Hedrich, S., Meshram, P., Schippers, A., Gupta, A., Sen, S. (2022) Extraction of REEs from Blast Furnace Slag by Gluconobacter oxydans. Minerals , 12, 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060701
- Haferburg, G., Krichler, T. & Hedrich, S. (2022) Prokaryotic communities in the historic silver mine Reiche Zeche. Extremophiles 26, 2 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01249-6
- Hedrich, S. & Kinnunen, P. (2022) Biological removal and recovery of metals from waste streams and process waters, In: Bryan, C. G; Johnson, D. B; Roberto, F. F (Eds.) - Biomining Technologies. Springer. ISBN 3031053818.
- Hofmann, M., Norris, P., Malik, L., Schippers, A., Schmidt, G., Wolf, J., Neumann-Schaal, M., Hedrich, S. (2022) Metallosphaera javensis sp. nov., a novel species of thermoacidophilic archaea, isolated from a volcanic area. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2022;72:005536. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005536
- Malik L and Hedrich S (2022) Ferric Iron Reduction in Extreme Acidophiles. Front. Microbiol. 12:818414. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.818414
- Vera, M., Schippers, A., Hedrich, S., Sand, W. (2022) Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation – part A. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106, 6933–6952. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12168-7
2021
- Aguirre, P., Saavedra, A., Moncayo, E., Hedrich, S., Guerrero, K., Gentina, J.C. (2021) Sticky bacteria: Understanding the behavior of a D-Galactose adapted consortium of acidophilic chemolithotroph bacteria and their attachment on a refractory auriferous mineral. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:767639. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.76
- Hedrich, S., Hofmann, M., Junge, M. (2021) „Biohydrometallurgische Aufbereitung von Platinerzen. Acamonta 28:34-36
- Malik, L. & Hedrich, S. (2021) Ferric Iron Reduction in Extreme Acidophiles. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:818414. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.818414
- Zhang, R., Hedrich, S., Decai, J., Breuker, A., Schippers, A. (2021) Sulfobacillus harzensis sp. nov., an acidophilic bacterium inhabiting mine tailings from a polymetallic mine. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71 (7)
2021
- Kucera, J., Lochman, J., Bouchal, P., Pakostova, E., Mikulasek, K., Hedrich, S., Janiczek, O., Mandl, M., Johnson, D. B. (2020) A Model of Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism of Hydrogen in the Extremophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 3003
