Aerobes and phototrophs as microbial organic fertilizers: Exploring mineralization, fertilization and plant protection features

• Eva Wambacq ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eva Wambacq, Abbas Alloul

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eva.wambacq@hogent.be (EW); Abbas.Alloul@uantwerpen.be (AA); geert.haesaert@ugent.be (GH)

  Affiliations Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Research Centre AgroFoodNature, School of Bioscience and Industrial Technology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gent, Belgium

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• Abbas Alloul ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eva Wambacq, Abbas Alloul

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eva.wambacq@hogent.be (EW); Abbas.Alloul@uantwerpen.be (AA); geert.haesaert@ugent.be (GH)

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience Engineering, Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-7470

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• Oliver Grunert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Aphea.Bio, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

  Affiliation Greenyard Horticulture Belgium, Gent, Belgium

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• Jasper Carrette,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre AgroFoodNature, School of Bioscience and Industrial Technology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gent, Belgium

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• Pieter Vermeir,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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• Janne Spanoghe,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience Engineering, Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

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• Myrsini Sakarika,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience Engineering, Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2098-8688

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• Siegfried E. Vlaeminck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience Engineering, Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

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• Geert Haesaert

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eva.wambacq@hogent.be (EW); Abbas.Alloul@uantwerpen.be (AA); geert.haesaert@ugent.be (GH)

  Affiliations Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Research Centre AgroFoodNature, School of Bioscience and Industrial Technology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gent, Belgium

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