2018

Scientific Articles

unige:101348	Geobacteraceae are important members of mercury-methylating microbial communities of sediments impacted by waste water releases	Bravo, Andrea G.; Zopfi, Jakob; Buck, Moritz; Xu, Jingying; ... Cosio, Claudia
unige:98269	High contamination in the areas surrounding abandoned mines and mining activities: An impact assessment of the Dilala, Luilu and Mpingiri Rivers, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Atibu, Emmanuel K.; Lacroix, Pierre Marcel Anselme; Sivalingam, Periyasamy; Ray, Nicolas; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:103732	High levels of faecal contamination in drinking groundwater and recreational water due to poor sanitation, in the sub-rural neighbourhoods of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kayembe, John M.; Thevenon, Florian; Laffite, Amandine; Periyasamy, Sivalingam; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John

2017

Scientific Articles

unige:93004	Accumulation of toxic metals and organic micro-pollutants in sediments from tropical urban rivers, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kilunga, Pitchouna I.; Periyasamy, Sivalingam; Laffite, Amandine; Grandjean, Dominique; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:93003	Antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas spp. in the aquatic environment: A prevalence study under tropical and temperate climate conditions	Devarajan, Naresh; Kohler, Thilo; Periyasamy, Sivalingam; Van Delden, Christian; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:94055	Microbiological quality of water in a city with persistent and recurrent waterborne diseases under tropical sub-rural conditions: The case of Kikwit City, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Nienie, Alexis B.; Periyasamy, Sivalingam; Laffite, Amandine; Ngelinkoto, Patience; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:94056	Seasonal variability of water quality by physicochemical indexes and traceable metals in suburban area in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Nienie, Alexis B.; Periyasamy, Sivalingam; Laffite, Amandine; Ngelinkoto, Patience; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John

Proceedings Chapters

unige:97650

Citizen sensing of solid waste disposals: crowdsourcing as tool supporting waste management in a developing country

Mavakala, Bienvenu; Mulaji, Crispin; Mpiana, Pius; Elongo, Vicky; ... Giuliani, Gregory

2016

Scientific Articles

unige:90517	Antimicrobial activity and characterization of green synthesized silver nanoparticles from Blepharis maderaspatensis (L) hyne ex. Roth	Parveen, Kalitha; Prabakar, Kandasamy; Pote-Wembonyama, John;
unige:86479	Assessment of trace metal and rare earth elements contamination inrivers around abandoned and active mine areas. The case ofLubumbashi River and Tshamilemba Canal, Katanga, DemocraticRepublic of the Congo	Atibu, Emmanuel K.; Devarajan, Naresh; Laffite, Amandine; Giuliani, Gregory; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:85288	Evaluation of water quality from suburban shallow wells under tropical conditions according to the seasonal variation, Bumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	Kapembo, Michel L.; Laffite, Amandine; Bokolo, Mathieu K.; Mbanga, Aimé L.; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:85611	Hospital Effluents Are One of Several Sources of Metal, Antibiotic Resistance Genes, and Bacterial Markers Disseminated in Sub-Saharan Urban Rivers	Laffite, Amandine; Kilunga, Pitchouna I.; Kayembe, John M.; Devarajan, Naresh; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:83683	Leachates draining from controlled municipal solid waste landfill: Detailed geochemical characterization and toxicity tests	Mavakala, Bienvenu K.; Le Faucheur, Séverine; Mulaji, Crispin K.; Laffite, Amandine; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:83756	Metal Distribution and Characterization of Cultivable Lead-Resistant Bacteria in Shooting Range Soils	Adler, Aline; Devarajan, Naresh; Wildi, Walter; Pote-Wembonyama, John;
unige:81095	Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Bacterial Markers in a Tropical River Receiving Hospital and Urban Wastewaters	Devarajan, Naresh; Laffite, Amandine; Mulaji, Crispin Kyela; Otamonga, Jean-Paul; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:85264	The impact of hospital and urban wastewaters on the bacteriological contamination of the water resources in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	Kilunga, Pitchouna I.; Kayembe, John M.; Laffite, Amandine; Thevenon, Florian; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John

Conference Proceedings

unige:80549

La communication environnementale dans les pays en voie de développement: enjeux, modèles, applications

Elongo L., Vicky; Wildi, Walter; Onaotsho K., Jean; Pote-Wembonyama, John;

2015

Scientific Articles

unige:72653	Accumulation of Clinically Relevant Antibiotic-Resistance Genes, Bacterial Load, and Metals in Freshwater Lake Sediments in Central Europe	Devarajan, Naresh; Laffite, Amandine; Graham, Neil; Meijer, Maria; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:72654	Hospital and urban effluent waters as a source of accumulation of toxic metals in the sediment receiving system of the Cauvery River, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India	Devarajan, Naresh; Laffite, Amandine; Ngelikoto, Patience; Elongo, Vicky; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:43355	Human exposure to mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining areas of Kedougou region, Senegal, as a function of occupational activity and fish consumption	Niane, Birane; Guedron, Stéphane; Moritz, Robert; Cosio, Claudia; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:40247	Trace metal distributions in the sediments from river-reservoir systems: case of the Congo River and Lake Ma Vallée, Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)	Mwanamoki, Paola M.; Devarajan, Naresh; Niane, Birane; Ngelinkoto, Patience; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John

Thesis supervisions

unige:75971

Exploring research frontiers in aquatic ecosystems: role of hospital and urban effluents in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and metals to fresh water ecosystems

Devarajan, Naresh;

2014

Scientific Articles

unige:40248	Assessment of pathogenic bacteria in water and sediment from a water reservoir under tropical conditions (Lake Ma Vallée), Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo	Mwanamoki, Paola M.; Devarajan, Naresh; Thevenon, Florian; Atibu, Emmanuel K.; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:36159	Effect of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining on the contamination of surface river sediment: Case of Gambia River, Kedougou region, southeastern Senegal	Niane, Birane; Moritz, Robert; Guedron, Stéphane; Ngom, Papa Malick; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:40249	Microbiological and physicochemical characterization of water and sediment of an urban river: N'Djili River, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	Tshibanda, Joseph B.; Devarajan, Naresh; Birane, Niane; Mwanamoki, Paola M.; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:36887	Trace metal pollution in aquatic sediments and some fish species from the Kwilu-Ngongo River, Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas-Congo)	Ngelinkoto, Patience; Thevenon, Florian; Devarajan, Naresh; Niane, Birane; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:36886	Trace metals and persistent organic pollutants in sediments from river-reservoir systems in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Spatial distribution and potential ecotoxicological effects	Mwanamoki, Paola M.; Devarajan, Naresh; Thevenon, Florian; Niane, Birane; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John

Professional Articles

unige:35975

Etude des sédiments lacustres : L'impact des activités humaines sur la qualité des ressources naturelles en eau

Thevenon, Florian; Pote-Wembonyama, John; Girardclos, Stéphanie; Adatte, Thierry; de Alencastro, Luiz Felippe

2013

Scientific Articles

unige:26530	A high-resolution historical sediment record of nutrients, trace elements and organochlorines (DDT and PCB) deposition in a drinking water reservoir (Lake Brêt, Switzerland) points at local and regional pollutant sources	Thevenon, Florian; Alencastro, Luiz Felippe de; Loizeau, Jean-Luc; Adatte, Thierry; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:31106	Concentration of metals in surface water and sediment of Luilu and Musonoie Rivers, Kolwezi-Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo	Atibu, Emmanuel K.; Devarajan, Naresh; Thevenon, Florian; Mwanamoki, Paola M.; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:31105	Effects of untreated hospital effluents on the accumulation of toxic metals in sediments of receiving system under tropical conditions: Case of South India and Democratic Republic of Congo	Mubedi, Josué Ilunga; Devarajan, Naresh; Le Faucheur, Séverine; Mputu, John Kayembe; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:28998	Evaluation of antibacterial efficacy of phyto fabricated silver nanoparticles using Mukia scabrella (Musumusukkai) against drug resistance nosocomial gram negative bacterial pathogens	Prabakar, Kandasamy; Sivalingam, Periyasamy; Mohamed Rabeek, Siyed Ibrahim; Muthuselvam, Manickam; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:26540	Human impact on the transport of terrigenous and anthropogenic elements to peri-alpine lakes (Switzerland) over the last decades	Thevenon, Florian; Wirth, Stefanie B.; Fujak, Marian; Pote-Wembonyama, John; Girardclos, Stéphanie
unige:29000	Land use practices in the Central Himalayan region affect soil enzyme activities and their relationship with carbon pools	Kalambukattu, Justin George; Singh, Raj Deo; Patra, Ashok K.; Arunkumar, K.; Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:31108	Physiological and proteomic changes suggest an important role of cell walls in the high tolerance to metals of Elodea nuttallii	Larras, Floriane; Regier, Nicole; Planchon, Sébastien; Pote-Wembonyama, John; ... Cosio, Claudia

2012

Scientific Articles

unige:18100	Antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes dissemination in lacustrine sediments highly increased following cultural eutrophication of Lake Geneva (Switzerland)	Thevenon, Florian; Adatte, Thierry; Wildi, Walter; Pote-Wembonyama, John;
unige:18101	Characterization of fecal indicator bacteria in sediments cores from the largest freshwater lake of Western Europe (Lake Geneva, Switzerland)	Thevenon, Florian; Regier, Nicole; Benagli, Cinzia; Tonolla, Mauro; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:19306	Characterization of Modern and Fossil Mineral Dust Transported to High Altitude in the Western Alps: Saharan Sources and Transport Patterns	Thevenon, Florian; Chiaradia, Massimo; Adatte, Thierry; Hueglin, Christoph; Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:27318	Les indicateurs de bactéries pathogènes résistantes aux antibiotiques dans les sédiments du Léman	Pote-Wembonyama, John; Thevenon, Florian; Wildi, Walter;
unige:23264	Recent human-induced trophic change in the large and deep perialpine Lake Lucerne (Switzerland) compared to historical geochemical variations	Thevenon, Florian; Adatte, Thierry; Pote-Wembonyama, John; Spangenberg, Jorge E.;
unige:23854	Water Pollution History of Switzerland Recorded by Sediments of the Large and Deep Perialpine Lakes Lucerne and Geneva	Thevenon, Florian; Pote-Wembonyama, John;

2011

Scientific Articles

unige:17241	(Pre-) historic changes in natural and anthropogenic heavy metals deposition inferred from two contrasting Swiss Alpine lakes	Thevenon, Florian; Guedron, Stéphane; Chiaradia, Massimo; Loizeau, Jean-Luc; Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:17320	Ancient versus modern mineral dust transported to high-altitude alpine glaciers evidences saharan sources and atmospheric circulation changes	Thevenon, Florian; Chiaradia, Massimo; Adatte, Thierry; Hueglin, C.; Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:17242	Composition of bacterial and archaeal communities in freshwater sediments with different contamination levels (Lake Geneva, Switzerland)	Haller, Laurence; Tonolla, Mauro; Zopfi, Jakob; Peduzzi, Raffaele; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:17728	Local to regional scale industrial heavy metal pollution recorded in sediments of large freshwater lakes in central Europe (lakes Geneva and Lucerne) over the last centuries	Thevenon, Florian; Graham, Neil; Chiaradia, Massimo; Arpagaus, Philippe; ... Pote-Wembonyama, John
unige:17240	Spatio-temporal distribution of organic and inorganic pollutants from Lake Geneva (Switzerland) reveals strong interacting effects of sewage treatment plant and eutrophication on microbial abundance	Thevenon, Florian; Graham, Neil; Herbez, Aline; Wildi, Walter; Pote-Wembonyama, John

2010

Scientific Articles

unige:90562	Evaluation of quantitative recovery of bacterial cells and DNA from different lake sediments by Nycodenz density gradient centrifugation	Pote-Wembonyama, John; Bravo, Andréa Garcia; Mavingui, Patrick; Ariztegui, Daniel; Wildi, Walter
unige:90563	Leaching and transformability of transgenic DNA in unsaturated soil columns	Pote-Wembonyama, John; Teresa Ceccherini, Maria; Rosselli, Walter; Wildi, Walter; ... Vogel, Timothy M.
unige:90274	Use of Bio-Resources for Remediation of Soil Pollution	Pal, Sharmistha; Patra, A. K.; Reza, S. K.; Wildi, Walter; Pote-Wembonyama, John

2009

Scientific Articles

unige:35827

Distribution and survival of faecal indicator bacteria in the sediments of the Bay of Vidy, Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Haller, Laurence; Pote-Wembonyama, John; Loizeau, Jean-Luc; Wildi, Walter;