Dr. Sompong O-Thong
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Dr. Sompong O-Thong

Assistant Professor
Thaksin University, Thailand

Highest Degree
PostDoc Fellow in Energy Biotechnology from Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

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Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
100%
Fermentation Technology
62%
Microbial Ecology
90%
Environmental Biotechnology
75%
Thermophilic Bacteria
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
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Chapters
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Articles
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Selected Publications

  1. Suksong, W., P. Kongjan, P. Prasertsan, T. Imai and O. Sompong, 2016. Optimization and microbial community analysis for production of biogas from solid waste residues of palm oil mill industry by solid-state anaerobic digestion. Bioresour. Technol., 214: 166-174.
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  2. O-Thong, S., W. Suksong, K. Promnuan, M. Thipmunee, C. Mamimin and P. Prasertsan, 2016. Two-stage thermophilic fermentation and mesophilic methanogenic process for biohythane production from palm oil mill effluent with methanogenic effluent recirculation for pH control. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.095.
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  3. Mamimin, C., A. Jehlee, S. Saelor, P. Prasertsan and O. Sompong, 2016. Thermophilic hydrogen production from co-fermentation of palm oil mill effluent and decanter cake by Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum PSU-2. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.152.
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  4. Wongfaed, N., P. Kongjan and O. Sompong, 2015. Effect of substrate and intermediate composition on foaming in palm oil mill effluent anaerobic digestion system. Energy Procedia, 79: 930-936.
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  5. Suksong, W., P. Kongjan and O. Sompong, 2015. Biohythane production from co-digestion of palm oil mill effluent with solid residues by two-stage solid state anaerobic digestion process. Energy Procedia, 79: 943-949.
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  6. Srimachai, T., K. Nuithitikul, O. Sompong, P. Kongjan and K. Panpong, 2015. Optimization and kinetic modeling of ethanol production from oil palm frond juice in batch fermentation. Energy Procedia, 79: 111-118.
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  7. Panpong, K., K. Nuithitikul, O. Sompong and P. Kongjan, 2015. Anaerobic co-digestion biomethanation of cannery seafood wastewater with microcystis SP; blue green algae with/without glycerol waste. Energy Procedia, 79: 103-110.
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  8. Noparat, P., P. Prasertsan, O. Sompong and X. Pan, 2015. Dilute acid pretreatment of oil palm trunk biomass at high temperature for enzymatic hydrolysis. Energy Procedia, 79: 924-929.
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  9. Mamimin, C., S. Chaikitkaew, C. Niyasom, P. Kongjan and O. Sompong, 2015. Effect of operating parameters on process stability of continuous biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent under thermophilic condition. Energy Procedia, 79: 815-821.
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  10. Mamimin, C., A. Singkhala, P. Kongjan, B. Suraraksa, P. Prasertsan, T. Imai and O. Sompong, 2015. Two-stage thermophilic fermentation and mesophilic methanogen process for biohythane production from palm oil mill effluent. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 40: 6319-6328.
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  11. Kumneadklang, S., S. Larpkiattaworn, C. Niyasom and O. Sompong, 2015. Bioethanol production from oil palm frond by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. Energy Procedia, 79: 784-790.
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  12. Khongkliang, P., P. Kongjan and O. Sompong, 2015. Hydrogen and methane production from starch processing wastewater by thermophilic two-stage anaerobic digestion. Energy Procedia, 79: 827-832.
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  13. Jijai, S., G. Srisuwan, O. Sompong, N. Ismail and C. Siripatana, 2015. Effect of granule sizes on the performance of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors for cassava wastewater treatment. Energy Procedia, 79: 90-97.
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  14. Jariyaboon, R., O. Sompong and P. Kongjan, 2015. Bio-hydrogen and bio-methane potentials of skim latex serum in batch thermophilic two-stage anaerobic digestion. Bioresour. Technol., 198: 198-206.
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  15. Chookaew, T., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2015. Biohydrogen production from crude glycerol by two stage of dark and photo fermentation. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 40: 7433-7438.
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  16. Chaikitkaew, S., P. Kongjan and O. Sompong, 2015. Biogas production from biomass residues of palm oil mill by solid state anaerobic digestion. Energy Procedia, 79: 838-844.
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  17. Thongdumyu, P., N. Intrasungkha and O. Sompong, 2014. Optimization of ethanol production from food waste hydrolysate by co-culture of Zymomonas mobilis and Candida shehatae under non-sterile condition. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 13: 866-873.
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  18. Srimachai, T., V. Thonglimp and O. Sompong, 2014. Ethanol and methane production from oil palm frond by two stage SSF. Energy Procedia, 52: 352-361.
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  19. Seengenyoung, J., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2014. Comparison of ASBR and CSTR reactor for hydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent under thermophilic condition. Adv. Biosci. Biotechnol., 5: 177-183.
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  20. Panpong, K., G. Srisuwan, O. Sompong and P. Kongjan, 2014. Enhanced biogas production from canned seafood wastewater by co-digestion with glycerol waste and Wolffia Arrhiza. Energy Procedia, 52: 337-351.
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  21. Panpong, K., G. Srisuwan, O. Sompong and P. Kongjan, 2014. Anaerobic co-digestion of canned seafood wastewater with glycerol waste for enhanced biogas production. Energy Procedia, 52: 328-336.
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  22. Nitipan, S., C. Mamimin, N. Intrasungkha, N.K. Birkeland and O. Sompong, 2014. Microbial community analysis of thermophilic mixed culture sludge for biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 39: 19285-19293.
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  23. Kougias, P.G., K. Boe, S. O-Thong, L.A. Kristensen and I. Angelidaki, 2014. Anaerobic digestion foaming in full-scale biogas plants: A survey on causes and solutions. Water Sci. Technol., 69: 889-895.
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  24. Kongjan, P., R. Jariyaboon and O. Sompong, 2014. Anaerobic digestion of skim latex serum (SLS) for hydrogen and methane production using a two-stage process in a series of up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 39: 19343-19348.
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  25. Chookaew, T., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2014. Statistical optimization of medium components affecting simultaneous fermentative hydrogen and ethanol production from crude glycerol by thermotolerant Klebsiella sp. TR17. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 39: 751-760.
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  26. Chookaew, T., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2014. Biohydrogen production from crude glycerol by immobilized Klebsiella sp. TR17 in a UASB reactor and bacterial quantification under non-sterile conditions. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 39: 9580-9587.
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  27. Sittijunda, S., A.F. Tomas, A. Reungsang, O. Sompong and I. Angelidaki, 2013. Ethanol production from glucose and xylose by immobilized Thermoanaerobacter pentosaceus at 70°C in an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Bioresour. Technol., 143: 598-607.
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  28. Seengenyoung, J., P. Prasertsan and O. Sompong, 2013. Biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent pretreated by chemical methods using Thermoanaerobacterium-rich sludge. Iranica J. Energy Environ., 4: 312-319.
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  29. Reungsang, A., S. Sittijunda and O. Sompong, 2013. Bio-hydrogen production from glycerol by immobilized Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 13048 on heat-treated UASB granules as affected by organic loading rate. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 38: 6970-6979.
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  30. Kongjan, P., S. O-Thong and I. Angelidaki, 2013. Hydrogen and methane production from desugared molasses using a two-stage thermophilic anaerobic process. Eng. Life Sci., 13: 118-125.
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  31. Yossan, S., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2012. Effect of initial pH, nutrients and temperature on hydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent using thermotolerant consortia and corresponding microbial communities. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 37: 13806-13814.
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  32. Sompong, O., K. Boe and I. Angelidaki, 2012. Thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of oil palm empty fruit bunches with palm oil mill effluent for efficient biogas production. Appl. Energy, 93: 648-654.
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  33. Noparat, P., P. Prasertsan and O. Sompong, 2012. Potential for using enriched cultures and thermotolerant bacterial isolates for production of biohydrogen from oil palm sap and microbial community analysis. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 37: 16412-16420.
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  34. Mamimin, C., P. Thongdumyu, A. Hniman, P. Prasertsan, T. Imai and O. Sompong, 2012. Simultaneous thermophilic hydrogen production and phenol removal from palm oil mill effluent by Thermoanaerobacterium-rich sludge. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 37: 15598-15606.
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  35. Chookaew, T., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2012. Fermentative production of hydrogen and soluble metabolites from crude glycerol of biodiesel plant by the newly isolated thermotolerant Klebsiella pneumoniae TR17. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 37: 13314-13322.
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  36. Boe, K., P.G. Kougias, F. Pacheco, S. O-Thong and I. Angelidaki, 2012. Effect of substrates and intermediate compounds on foaming in manure digestion systems. Water Sci. Technol., 66: 2146-2154.
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  37. Sukkasem, C., S. Laehlah, A. Hniman, S. O'thong and P. Boonsawang et al., 2011. Upflow bio-filter circuit (UBFC): Biocatalyst microbial fuel cell (MFC) configuration and application to biodiesel wastewater treatment. Bioresour. Technol., 102: 10363-10370.
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  38. Pattra, S., C.H. Lay, C.Y. Lin, O. Sompong and A. Reungsang, 2011. Performance and population analysis of hydrogen production from sugarcane juice by non-sterile continuous stirred tank reactor augmented with Clostridium butyricum. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 8697-8703.
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  39. O-Thong, S., C. Mamimin and P. Prasertsan, 2011. Effect of temperature and initial pH on biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent: Long-term evaluation and microbial community analysis. Electron. J. Biotechnol., Vol. 14. 10.2225/vol14-issue5-fulltext-9.
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  40. O-Thong, S., A. Hniman, P. Prasertsan and T. Imai, 2011. Biohydrogen production from cassava starch processing wastewater by thermophilic mixed cultures. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 3409-3416.
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  41. Noparat, P., P. Prasertsan and O. Sompong, 2011. Isolation and characterization of high hydrogen-producing strain Clostridium beijerinckii PS-3 from fermented oil palm sap. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 14086-14092.
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  42. Kongjan, P., O. Sompong and I. Angelidaki, 2011. Performance and microbial community analysis of two-stage process with extreme thermophilic hydrogen and thermophilic methane production from hydrolysate in UASB reactors. Bioresour. Technol., 102: 4028-4035.
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  43. Kongjan, P., O. Sompong and I. Angelidaki, 2011. Biohydrogen production from desugared molasses (DM) using thermophilic mixed cultures immobilized on heat treated anaerobic sludge granules. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 14261-14269.
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  44. Hniman, A., P. Prasertsan and O. Sompong, 2011. Community analysis of thermophilic hydrogen-producing consortia enriched from Thailand hot spring with mixed xylose and glucose. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 14217-14226.
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  45. Hniman, A., O. Sompong and P. Prasertsan, 2011. Developing a thermophilic hydrogen-producing microbial consortia from geothermal spring for efficient utilization of xylose and glucose mixed substrates and oil palm trunk hydrolysate. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 8785-8793.
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  46. Hasyim, R., T. Imai, S. O-Thong and L. Sulistyowati, 2011. Biohydrogen production from sago starch in wastewater using an enriched thermophilic mixed culture from hot spring. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 14162-14171.
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  47. Hasyim, R., T. Imai, A. Reungsang and O. Sompong, 2011. Extreme-thermophilic biohydrogen production by an anaerobic heat treated digested sewage sludge culture. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 8727-8734.
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  48. Fang, C., O. Sompong, K. Boe and I. Angelidaki, 2011. Comparison of UASB and EGSB reactors performance, for treatment of raw and deoiled palm oil mill effluent (POME). J. Hazard. Mater., 189: 229-234.
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  49. Sittijunda, S., A. Reungsang and O.T. Sompong, 2010. Biohydrogen production from dual digestion pretreatment of poultry slaughterhouse sludge by anaerobic self-fermentation. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 35: 13427-13434.
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  50. Kongjan, P., S. O-Thong, M. Kotay, B. Min and I. Angelidaki, 2010. Biohydrogen production from wheat straw hydrolysate by dark fermentation using extreme thermophilic mixed culture. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 105: 899-908.
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  51. Zhao, C., O. Sompong, D. Karakashev, I. Angelidaki, W. Lu and H. Wang, 2009. High yield simultaneous hydrogen and ethanol production under extreme-thermophilic (70°C) mixed culture environment. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34: 5657-5665.
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  52. Sompong, O., P. Prasertsan and N.K. Birkeland, 2009. Evaluation of methods for preparing hydrogen-producing seed inocula under thermophilic condition by process performance and microbial community analysis. Bioresour. Technol., 100: 909-918.
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  53. Prasertsan, P., O. Sompong and N.K. Birkeland, 2009. Optimization and microbial community analysis for production of biohydrogen from palm oil mill effluent by thermophilic fermentative process. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34: 7448-7459.
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  54. Sompong, O., P. Prasertsan, D. Karakashev and I. Angelidaki, 2008. Thermophilic fermentative hydrogen production by the newly isolated Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum PSU-2. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 33: 1204-1214.
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  55. Sompong, O., P. Prasertsan, D. Karakashev and I. Angelidaki, 2008. High-rate continuous hydrogen production by Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum PSU-2 immobilized on heat-pretreated methanogenic granules. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 33: 6498-6508.
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  56. Sompong, O., P. Prasertsan, D. Karakashev and I. Angelidaki, 2008. 16S rRNA-targeted probes for specific detection of Thermoanaerobacterium spp., Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum and Caldicellulosiruptor spp. by fluorescent in situ hybridization in biohydrogen producing systems. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 33: 6082-6091.
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  57. Prasertsan, P., O. Sompong and N.K. Birkeland, 2008. Thermophilic biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent under batch and fed-batch cultivation with microbial community analysis. J. Biotechnol., Vol. 136. .
  58. O'Thong, S., P. Prasertsan, N. Intrasungkha, S. Dhamwichukorn and N.K. Birkeland, 2008. Optimization of simultaneous thermophilic fermentative hydrogen production and COD reduction from palm oil mill effluent by Thermoanaerobacterium-rich sludge. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 33: 1221-1231.
  59. O'Thong, S.O., P. Prasertsan, N. Intrasungkha, S. Dhamwichukorn and N.K. Birkeland, 2007. Improvement of biohydrogen production and treatment efficiency on palm oil mill effluent with nutrient supplementation at thermophilic condition using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor. Enz. Microb. Technol., 41: 583-590.
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  60. Niha, N., P. Siriwat, S. O-Thong, N. Sukrakarn and N. Intrasungkha, 2005. Modification of nitrate determination in saline wastewater by using the copper-cadmium reduction column method and commercial nitrite test kit, Merck Ltd. Thai Environ. Eng. J., 19: 113-121.
  61. Sompong, O., S. Songsang, S. Jaubongo, P. Prasertsan and N. Intrasungkha, 2004. A field survey of microbial products used in marine shrimp cultivation and preliminary evaluation of their wastewater treatment efficiency. Thaksin J., 7: 21-32.
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  62. O-Thong, S., R. Jiapakdee and N. Intrasungkha, 2003. Wastewater generated from marine shrimp feed and its treatment potential by internal filter system. Thaksin Univ. J., 6: 41-53.