Plant & Environmental
Biotechnology Laboratory

Publications in Soil Nitrogen microbial cycling
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Papadopoulou E., Moutzourelli C., Terzopoulos T., Dritsas, N., Moditsi M., Batala M-P., Papadakis E-N., Vryzas Z., Papadopoulou E.S. Karpouzas D.G., (2026) Exploring the dissipation of biological nitrification inhibitors in soil: the role of soil physicochemical parameters and the soil microbiota. Biology and Fertility of Soils https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-026-01987-9

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Ribeiro, H., Papadopoulou, E. S., Zhang, K., Kanellopoulos, A. E., Papadopoulou, K. K., & Karpouzas, D. G. (2026). The potential of plant-derived triterpenoids as biological nitrification inhibitors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 110(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-026-13776-3

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Ghatak, A., Kanellopoulos, A. E., López‐Hidalgo, C., Malits, A., Meng, Y., Schindler, F., Zhang, S., Li, J., Waldherr, S., Ribeiro, H., Kerou, M., Hodgskiss, L. H., Dreer, M., Mir, R. R., Sharma, S., Bachmann, G., Karpouzas, D. G., Schleper, C., Papadopoulou, E. S., … Weckwerth, W. (2025). Natural variation of the wheat root exudate metabolome and its influence on biological nitrification inhibition activity. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(11), 4755–4772. https://Ghatak, A., Kanellopoulos, A. E., López‐Hidalgo, C., Malits, A., Meng, Y., Schindler, F., Zhang, S., Li, J., Waldherr, S., Ribeiro, H., Kerou, M., Hodgskiss, L. H., Dreer, M., Mir, R. R., Sharma, S., Bachmann, G., Karpouzas, D. G., Schleper, C., Papadopoulou, E. S., … Weckwerth, W. (2025). Natural variation of the wheat root exudate metabolome and its influence on biological nitrification inhibition activity. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(11), 4755–4772. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70248

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Amanatidou P., Perruchon C., Mavrou E., Karpouzas D.G., Papadopoulou E.S., (2025) Prior soil exposure leads to distinct inhibitory activity, dissipation patterns and off-target effects by DCD and DMPP Biology and Fertility of Soils 61, 1253–1269 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01936-y025-01936-y

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Bachtsevani E., Kolovou M., Papadopoulou E., Karpouzas D.G., Hazard C., Nicol G.W., (2025) Single species in vitro assays with soil nitrifying microorganisms as a first-tier tool for assessing the toxicity of pesticides on soil microorganisms. Environmental Science and Technology 59(39):20941-20953. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c02995

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Papadopoulou, E. S., Bachtsevani, E., Katsoula, A., Charami, C., Lampronikou, E., Vasileiadis, S., & Karpouzas, D. G. (2024). Nitrification inhibitors impose distinct effects on comammox bacteria and canonical ammonia oxidizers under high N fertilization regimes. Applied Soil Ecology, 199, 105417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105417

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Kolovou M., Panagiotou D., Suble L., Loiselier O., Williams S., Karpouzas D.G., Papadopoulou E.S., (2023) Assessing the activity of different plant-derived molecules and potential biological nitrification inhibitors on a range of soil ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01380-23

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     Papadopoulou, E.S., Bachtsevani, E., Papazlatani, C.V., Rousidou, C., Brouziotis, A., Lampronikou, E., Tsiknia, M., Vasileiadis, S., Ipsilantis, I., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, U., Ehaliotis, C., Philippot, L., Nicol, G.W., Karpouzas, D.G., (2022) The Effects of quinone imine, a new potent nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, and nitrapyrin on target and off-target soil microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum 10: e0240321. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02403-21

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Bachtsevani, E., Papazlatani, C. V., Rousidou, C., Lampronikou, E., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, U., Nicol, G. W., Karpouzas, D. G., & Papadopoulou, E. S. (2021). Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57(8), 1117–1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-021-01602-z

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Papadopoulou E.S., Bachtsevani, E., Lampronikou, E., Adamou, E., Katsaouni, A., Vasileiadis, S., Thion, S., Nicol, G.W., Menkissolgou-Spiroudi, U., Karpouzas, D.G., (2020) Comparison of novel and established nitrification inhibitors relevant to agriculture on soil ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing isolates. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:581283. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.581283

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