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Antje Boetius
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Paper (peer-reviewed)
| In press /accepted/ in review | Bienhold C., Boetius A., Ramette A. (in review) The energy-diversity relationship of complex bacterial communities in Arctic deep-sea sediments. ISMEJ |
| Gobet et al. (in review) Diversity and dynamics of rare and of resident bacterial populations in coastal sands. ISMEJ | |
| Holler et al. (in review) Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction. PNAS Plus | |
| Zinger et al. (in review) A community ecology approach reveals contrasted patterns between seawater and seafloor bacteria. Plos One |
| 2011 | Gruenke, S. et al. (2011) Niche differentiation among mat-forming, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at cold seeps of the Nile Deep Sea Fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Geobiology DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00281.x |
| Holler T., Widdel F., Knittel K., Amann R., Kellermann M., Hinrichs K.U., Teske A., Boetius A., Wegener G. (2011) Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia. ISME doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.77 | |
| Ritt B et al. (2011) Diversity and distribution of cold-seep fauna associated with mud volcanoes and pockmarks in the Nile Deep-Sea Fan. Mar. Biol. | |
| Rossel P, Elvert M, Ramette A, Boetius A, Hinrichs KU (2011). Factors controlling the distribution of anaerobic methanotrophic communities in marine environments: Evidence from intact polar membrane lipids. GCA, 75:164-184 | |
| Schneider von Deimling J., Rehder G., Greinert J., McGinnnis D.F., Boetius A., Linke P. (2011) Quantification of seep-related methane gas emissions at Tommeliten, North Sea. Continental Shelf Research 31 (2011) 867–878 | |
| Schubert CJ, Vazquez F, Lösekann T, Knittel K, Tonolla M, Boetius A (2011) Evidence for anaerobic oxidation ofmethane in sediments of a freshwater system (Lago di Cadagno) FEMSEC DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01036.x |
| 2010 | Wei C-L, Rowe GT, Escobar-Briones E, Boetius A, Soltwedel T, et al. (2010) Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests. PLoS ONE 5(12): e15323. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015323 |
| Orcutt BN, Samantha BJ, Kleindienst S, Knittel K, Ramette A, Reitz A, Samarkin V, Treude T, and Boetius A (2010) Impact of natural oil and higher hydrocarbons on microbial diversity, distribution and activity in Gulf of Mexico cold seep sediments. Deep-Sea Research II, 57:2008–2021 | |
| Lichtschlag A, Felden J, Wenzhöfer F, Schubotz F, Ertefai T, Boetius A, deBeer D (2010) Methane and sulfide fluxes in permanent anoxia: in situ studies at the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Sorokin Trough, Black Sea) Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5002-5018 | |
| Santillano D, Boetius A, Ramette A (2010) Development of a dsrA-based Fingerprinting Strategy to Enable High-throughput Analysis of Sulfate-Reducing Microbial Guilds. AEM 76 (15), 5308–5311 | |
| Grünke S, Lichtschlag A, de Beer D, Kuypers M, Lösekann-Behrens T, Ramette A, Boetius A (2010) Novel observations of Thiobacterium, a sulfur-storing Gammaproteobacterium producing gelatinous mats. ISME J 4, 1031–1043 | |
| Felden J, Wenzhöfer F, Feseker T, Boetius A (2010) Transport and consumption of oxygen and methane in different habitats of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano. Limnology and Oceanography 55(6), 2010, 2366–2380 | |
| Girnth AC, Grünke S, Lichtschlag A, Felden J , Knittel K, Wenzhöfer F, deBeer D, Boetius A (2010) A novel, mat-forming Thiomargarita population associated with a sulfidic fluid flow from a deep-sea mud volcano. Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02353.x | |
| Lichtschlag, A, Felden J, Brüchert, V, Boetius, A, deBeer D (2010) Geochemical processes and chemosynthetic primary production in different thiotrophic mats of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea). Limnology and Oceanography 55/2: 931-949 |
| 2009 | Aquilina A, Knab N.J., Knittel K., Kaur G., Geissler A., Kelly S. P., Fossing H., Boot C. S., Parkes R. J., Mills R.A., Boetius A., Lloyd J.R., Pancost R. D. (2009) Biomarker indicators for anaerobic oxidizers of methane in brackish-marine sediments with diffusive methane fluxes. Organic Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.09.009 |
| Holler T, Wegener, G, Knittel, K, Boetius, A, Brunner, B, Kuypers MM, Widdel F (2009) Substantial 13C/12C and D/H fractionation during anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine consortia enriched in vitro. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1 (5): 370-376 | |
| Niemann H, Fischer D, Graffe D, Knittel K, Montiel A, Heilmayer O, Nothen K, Pape T, Kasten S, Bohrmann G, Boetius A, Gutt J (2009). Biogeochemistry of a low-activity cold seep in the Larsen B area, western Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Biogeosciences 6(11): 2383-2395 | |
| Cambon Bonavita M.A., Nadalig T, Roussel E, Delage E, Duperron S, Caprais J.C., Boetius A and Sibuet M (2009). Diversity and distribution of methane oxidizing microbial communities associated with different faunal assemblages in a giant pockmark of the Gabon continental margin. Deep-Sea Research II 56 (23): 2248-2258 | |
| Knittel K, Boetius A (2009). The anaerobic oxidation of methane - progress with an unknown process. Annual Reviews of Microbiology 63:311–34 | |
| Böer S, Arnosti C, van Beusekom J, Boetius A. (2009) Temporal variations in microbial activities and carbon turnover in subtidal sandy sediments. Biogeosciences 6 (7): 1149-1165 2009 | |
| Duperron S., de Beer D, Zbinden M, Boetius A, Schipani V, Kahil N, Gaill F (2009) Molecular characterization of bacteria associated with the trophosome and the tube of Lamellibrachia sp., a siboglinid annelid from cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 69 (3): 395-409 | |
| Huguen, C., J.-P. Foucher, J. Mascle, H. Ondréas, M. Thouement, S. Gontharet, A. Stadnitskaia, C. Pierre, G. Bayon, L. Loncke, A. Boetius, I. Bouloubassi, G. De Lange, J.-C. Caprais, Y. Fouquet, M. Woodside J., S. Dupré and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party. 2009. Menes caldera, a highly active site of brine seepage in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: "In situ" observations from the NAUTINIL expedition (2003). Marine Geology. 261:138-152. | |
| Omoregie E. O., H. Niemann, V. Mastalerz, G. de Lange, A. Stadnitskaia, J. Mascle, J.-P. Foucher and A. Boetius. 2009. Microbial methane oxidation and sulfate reduction at cold seeps of the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Geology. 261:114-127. | |
| Wegener, G; Boetius, A (2009) An experimental study on short-term changes in the anaerobic oxidation of methane in response to varying methane and sulfate fluxes. BIOGEOSCIENCES 6 (5): 867-876 2009 | |
| Treude, T., C.R. Smith, F. Wenzhöfer, E. Carney, A.F. Bernardino, A.K. Hannides, M. Krüger und A. Boetius. 2009. Biogeochemistry of a deep-sea whale fall: sulfate reduction, sulfide efflux and methanogenesis. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 382, 1-21. | |
| Böer S, Hedtkamp S, Beusekom JE, Fuhrman JA, Boetius AB, Ramette A (2009) Time- and sediment depth-related variations in bacterial diversity and community structure in subtidal sands. ISME doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.29 | |
| Schöttner S, Hoffmann F, Wild C, Rapp HT, Boetius A, Ramette A (2009) Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals. ISME 3 (6): 756-759 | |
| Weaver, PPE; Boetius, A; Danovaro, R; Freiwald, A; Gunn, V; Heussner, S; Morato, T; Schewe, I; van den Hove, S (2009) The Future of Integrated Deep-Sea Research in Europe: The HERMIONE Project; OCEANOGRAPHY 22 (1): 178-191 Sp. Iss. SI MAR | |
| Boetius, A; Wenzhofer, F (2009) In Situ Technologies for Studying Deep-Sea Hotspot Ecosystems, OCEANOGRAPHY 22 (1): 177-177 Sp. Iss. SI MAR | |
| Vanreusel, A; Andersen, AC; Boetius, A; Connelly, D; Cunha, MR; Decker, C; Hilario, A; Kormas, KA; Maignien, L; Olu, K; Pachiadaki, M; Ritt, B; Rodrigues, C; Sarrazin, J; Tyler, P; Van Gaever, S; Vanneste, H (2009) Biodiversity of Cold Seep Ecosystems Along the European Margins, OCEANOGRAPHY 22 (1): 110-127 Sp. Iss. SI MAR | |
| Foucher, JP; Westbrook, GK; Boetius, A; Ceramicola, S; Dupre, S; Mascle, J; Mienert, J; Pfannkuche, O; Pierre, C; Praeg, D (2009) Structure and Drivers of Cold Seep Ecosystems, OCEANOGRAPHY 22 (1): 92-109 Sp. Iss. SI MAR |
| 2008 | Dupré, S., Buffet, G., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.-P., Gauger, S., Boetius, A., Marfia, C., the AsterX AUV Team, the Quest ROV Team and the BIONIL Scientific Party, 2008. High-resolution mapping of large gas emitting mud volcanoes on the Egyptian continental margin (Nile Deep Sea Fan) by AUV surveys. Marine Geophysical Researches, 29: 275-290. doi:10.1007/s11001-009-9063-3 |
| Lösekann T, Robador A, Niemann H, Knittel K, Boetius A, Dubilier N. 2008. Endosymbioses between bacteria and deep-sea siboglinid tubeworms from an Arctic cold seep (Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea). Environ. Microbiol. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01712.x | |
| Wegener G, Shovitri M, Knittel K, Niemann H, Hovland M, and Boetius A (2008) Biogeochemical processes and microbial diversity of the Gullfaks and Tommeliten methane seeps (Northern North Sea). Biogeosciences 5, 1127–1144 | |
| Rossel, P.E., Lipp, J.S., Fredricks, H.F., Arnds, J.A., Boetius, A., Elvert, M., Hinrichs, K.-U., 2008. Intact polar lipids of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea and associated bacteria. Organic Geochemistry, oi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.021 | |
| Wegener G, Niemann H, Elvert M, Hinrichs K-U, Boetius A (2008) Assimilation of methane and inorganic carbon by microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environ Microbiol 10 (9), 2287–2298 | |
| Orcutt, B., V. Samarkin, A. Boetius, S. Joye. (2008). On the relationship between methane production and oxidation by anaerobic methanotrophic communities from cold seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Microbiology 10(5), 1108–1117 | |
| Omoregie EO, Mastalerz V, de Lange G, Straub KL, Kappler A, Røy H, Stadnitskaia A, Foucher JP, Boetius AB (2008). Biogeochemistry and Community Composition of Iron- and Sulfur-Precipitating Microbial Mats at the Chefren Mud Volcano (Nile Deep Sea Fan, Eastern Mediterranean). Appl Environ Microbiol 74 (10): 3198–3215 |
| 2007 | Jorgensen BB, Boetius A, (2007). Feast and famine – microbial life in the deep-sea bed. Nature Microbiology Reviews, 5, 770-781 |
| Dupré, S. et al., (2007). Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central Nile Deep Sea Fan). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 54: 1146-1172. | |
| Preisler A., DeBeer D., Lichtschlag A., Larvik G. Boetius A., Joergensen B, (2007) Biological and chemical sulfide oxidation in a Beggiatoa inhabitated sediment. ISME Journal 1-13 | |
| Lösekann T, Knittel K, Nadalig T, Fuchs B, Niemann H, Boetius A and Amann R (2007) Diversity and Abundance of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, AEM 73(10), 3348-3362 | |
| Treude T, Orphan V, Knittel K, Gieseke A, Boetius A (2007) Consumption of methane and CO2 by methanotrophic microbial mats from gas seeps of the anoxic Black Sea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(7), 2271-2283 | |
| Nauhaus K., Albrecht M., Elvert M., Boetius A., Widdel F. (2007) In Vitro cell growth of marine archaeal-bacterial consortia by anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulphate. Environmental Microbiology, 9(1), 187–196 |
| 2006 | Niemann H, Lösekann T, de Beer D, Elvert M, Nadalig T, Knittel K, Amann R, Sauter EJ, Schlüter M, Klages M, Foucher JP, Boetius A (2006) Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as methane sink. Nature, (443) 854-858 |
| Niemann, H., Duarte, J., Hensen, C., Omoregie, E., Magalhães, V.H., Elvert, M., Pinheiro, L, Kopf, A., Boetius, A. (2006) Microbial methane turnover at mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz. Geochemica Cosmochemica Acta 70, 5336-5335 | |
| Inagaki F, Kuypers MM, Tsunogai U, Ishibashi J, Nakamura K, Treude T, Ohkubo S, Nakaseama M, Gena K, Chiba H, Hirayama H, Nunoura T, Takai K, Jørgensen BB, Horikoshi K, Boetius A (2006) Microbial community in a sediment-hosted CO2 lake of the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal system. PNAS 103 (38), 13899-13900 | |
| Sauter, E., Muyakshin S.I., Charlou J.L., Schlüter M, Boetius A, Jerosch K, Damm E, Foucher JP, Klages M (2006) Methane discharge from a deep-sea submarine mud volcano into the upper water column by gas hydrate-coated methane bubbles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 243: 354-365. | |
| de Beer, D., Sauter, E., Niemann, H., Witte, U. & Boetius, A. (2006). In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano. Limnology and Oceanography 51(3): 1315-1331. |
| 2005 | Niemann H, Elvert M, Hovlan M, Orcutt B, Judd A, Suck I, Gutt J, Joye S, Damm E, Finster K, Boetius A,( 2005). Methane emission and consumption at a North Sea gas seep (Tommeliten area). Biogeosciences, 2, 335–351 |
| Elvert M, Hopmans E. C., Treude T., Boetius A., Suess E. (2005). Spatial variation of methanotrophic consortia at cold methane seeps: Implications from a high resolution molecular and isotopic approach. Geobiology 3(3), 195-209. | |
| Tarpgaard I, Boetius A and Finster K (2005) Desulfobacter psychrotolerans sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant sulfate-reducing bacterium and descriptions of its physiological response to temperature changes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI 10.1007/s10482-005-9014-1 | |
| Treude T, Knittel K, Blumenberg M, Seifert R, Boetius A (2005) Subsurface microbial methanotrophic mats in the Black Sea. AEM 71: 6375-6378 | |
| Orcutt B, Joye SB, Boetius A, Elvert M, Samarkin V (2005). Molecular biogeochemistry of sulfate reduction, methanogenesis and the anaerobic oxidation of methane at Gulf of Mexico cold seeps. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 4267-4281. | |
| Krüger M, Treude T, Wolters H, Nauhaus K, Boetius A (2005) Microbial methane turnover in different marine habitats. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227: 6-17 | |
| Wild C, Rasheed M, Jantzen C, Cook P, Struck U, Huettel M, Boetius A (2005) Benthic metabolism and degradation of natural particulate organic matter in carbonate and silicate reef sands of the Northern Red Sea. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 298, 69-78 | |
| Nauhaus K, Treude T, Boetius A, Krüger M. (2005) Environmental regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane: a comparison of ANME-I and ANME-II communities. Environmental Microbiology 7(1), 98-106 | |
| Knittel, K., Lösekann, T., Boetius, A., Kort, R., and Amann, R. (2005). Diversity and distribution of methanotrophic archaea at cold seeps. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 467-479. |
| 2004 | Boetius A., Suess E. (2004) Hydrate Ridge: A natural laboratory for the study of microbial life fueled by methane from near-surface gas hydrates. Chemical Geology 205, 291-310 |
| Orcutt, BN, Boetius, A, Lugo, S., MacDonald, IR, Samarkin, VA. (2004) Life at the Edge of Methane Ice: Microbial Cycling of Carbon and Sulfur in Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates. Chemical Geology 205, 239-251 | |
| Joye, SB, Boetius, A, Orcutt, BN, JP Montoya, Schulz, HN, Erickson, MJ, Lugo S. (2004) The anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction in sediments from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps. Chemical Geology 205, 219-238 | |
| Kallmeyer, J and Boetius A. (2004) The effects of temperature and pressure on rates of sulfate reduction and anaerobic oxidation of methane in hydrothermal deep-sea sediments of Guaymas Basin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70, 2:1231-1233 |
| 2003 | Treude, T, Boetius, A, Knittel, K, Wallmann, K, Jørgensen, BB (2003). Anaerobic oxidation of methane above gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, NE Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 264:1-14 |
| Witte U., Wenzhöfer F., Sommer S., Boetius A., Heinz P., Pfannkuche O., Aberle N., Sand M., Cremer A., Abraham W.R., Jørgensen B.B. (2003) In situ experimental evidence of the fate of a phytodetritus pulse at the abyssal seafloor. Nature 424, 763-766 | |
| Knittel, K., Boetius, A., Lemke, A., Eilers, H., Lochte, K., Pfannkuche, O., Linke, P., and Amann, R. (2003) Activity, distribution, and diversity of sulfate reducers and other bacteria above gas hydrate (Cascadia Margin, OR). Geomicrobiology Journal 20, 269-294 | |
| Elvert M, Boetius A, Knittel K, Jørgensen BB (2003). Characterization of specific membrane fatty acids as chemotaxonomic markers for sulfate-reducing bacteria of the genus Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus involved in anaerobic oxidation of methane. Geomicrobiology Journal 20, 403-419 | |
| Hensen C., Zabel M., Pfeifer K., Schwenk T., Kasten S., Riedinger N, Schulz A., Boetius A. (2003) Control of sulfate pore-water profiles by sedimentary events and the significance of anaerobic oxidation of methane for the burial of sulfur in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67, (14) |
| 2002 | Michaelis W, Seifert R, Nauhaus K, Treude T, Thiel V, Blumenberg M, Knittel K, Gieseke A, Peterknecht K, Pape T, Boetius A, Amann R, Jorgensen BB, Widdel F, Peckmann J, Pimenov NV, Gulin MB (2002) Microbial Reefs in the Black Sea Fueled by Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane, Science 297, 1013-1015. |
| Smith KL, Baldwin RB, Karl DM, Boetius A (2002) Benthic community responses to pulses in pelagic food supply: North Pacific subtropical gyre. Deep-Sea Research I 49, 971-990. | |
| Nauhaus K, Boetius A, Krüger M, Widdel F (2002) In vitro demonstration of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in sediment from a marine gas hydrate area. Environmental Microbiology 4(5), 296-305. | |
| Boetius A., B.B. Jørgensen, R. Amann, J.P. Henriet, K.-U. Hinrichs, K. Lochte, B.J. MacGregor and G. Voordouw (2002) Microbial Systems in Sedimentary Environments of Continental Margins, In Ocean Margin Systems. Wefer, G., Billett, D., Hebbeln, D., Jørgensen, B.B., Schlüter, M., and van Weering, T. (eds), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 479-495. | |
| Hinrichs KU, Boetius AB (2002) The anaerobic oxidation of methane: new insights in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. In Ocean Margin Systems. Wefer, G., Billett, D., Hebbeln, D., Jørgensen, B.B., Schlüter, M., and van Weering, T. (eds), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 457-477. | |
| 2000 | Boetius, A., Ravenschlag, K., Schubert, C., Rickert, D., Widdel, F., Gieseke, A., Amann, R., Jørgensen, B.B., Witte, U., Pfannkuche, O. (2000) A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane. Nature 407, 623-626. |
| Boetius, A., Springer, B., Petry, C. (2000) Microbial activity and particulate matter in the benthic nepheloid layer (BNL) of the deep Arabian Sea. Deep Sea Research II 47, 2687-2706. Boetius, A., Ferdelmann, T., Lochte, K. (2000) Bacterial activity in sediments of the deep Arabian Sea in relation to vertical flux. Deep Sea Research II 47, 2835-2875. | |
| Christiansen, B., Boetius, A. (2000) Mass sedimentation of the swimming crab Charybdis smithii (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the deep Arabian Sea. Deep Sea Research II 47, 2673-2685. | |
| Boetius A., Lochte K. (2000) Regional variation of total microbial biomass in sediments of the deep Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 47, 149-168. | |
| Lochte, K., Boetius, A., Petry, C. (2000) Microbial food webs under severe nutrient limitations: life in the deep sea. In: Bell, C.R., Brylinsky, M., Johnson-Green, P. (eds.) Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecologgy, Halifax, Canada. pp. 95-102. | |
| 1999 | Grahl, C., Boetius, A., Nöthig, E.-M. (1999) Pelagic-benthic coupling in the Laptev Sea affected by sea ice. In: Kassens, H., H.A. Bauch, I. Dmitrenko, H. Eicken, H.-W. Hubberten, M. Melles, J. Thiede and L. Timokhov (eds.) Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic: Dynamics and History. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998, 143-152. |
| Pfannkuche, O., Boetius, A., Lochte, K., Lundgreen, U., Thiel, H. (1999) Responses of deep-sea benthos to unusual sedimentation patterns in the Northeast Atlantic in 1992. Deep-Sea Research I 46, 573-596. | |
| 1998 | Boetius, A., Damm, E. (1998) Benthic oxygen uptake, hydrolytic potentials and microbial biomass at the Arctic continental slope. Deep-Sea Research I 45, 239-275. |
| 1996 | Boetius, A., Lochte, K. (1996) High proteolytic activities of deep-sea bacteria from oligotrophic polar sediments. In: Simon, M., Güde, H. (editors) Sixth International Workshop on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Archive of Hydrobiology 48, 269-276. |
| Boetius, A., Scheibe, S., Tselepides, A., Thiel, H. (1996). Microbial biomass and activities in deep-sea sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean: trenches are benthic hotspots. Deep-Sea Research I 43, 1439-1460. | |
| Boetius, A. and K. Lochte (1996) The effect of organic matter composition on hydrolytic potentials and growth of benthic bacteria in deep-sea sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 140, 235-250. | |
| 1995 | Boetius, A., Felbeck, H. (1995). Digestive enzymes in marine invertebrates from hydrothermal vents and other reducing environments. Marine Biology 122, 105-113. |
| Boetius, A. (1995). Microbial hydrolytic enzyme activities in deep-sea sediments. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 49, 177-178. | |
| Boetius, A., Lochte, K. (1994). Regulation of microbial enzymatic degradation of organic matter in deep-sea sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 104, 299-307. |
Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)
| 2011 | Knittel K, Boetius A. (2011). Anaerobic oxidation of methane. In: Thiel V, Reitner J. (eds). Encyclopedia of Geobiology. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York. Part A 36-47 |
| 2010 | Amaral-Zettler L, Artigas LF, Baross J, Bharathi PAL, Boetius A, Chandramohan D, Herndl G, Kogure K, Neal P, Pedrós-Alió C, Ramette A, Schouten S, Stal L, Thessen A, de Leeuw J, Sogin ML (2010) A Global Census of Marine Microbes. In 'Life in the World’s Oceans' (Ed. AD McIntyre), Blackwell Publishing |
| Boetius A, Wenzhöfer F (2010) Methods for the study of cold seep ecosystems. In: Timmith K Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, Springer, Part 31 Experimental Protocols and Appendices, 3443-3451 | |
| Boetius A. Knittel K. (2010). Habitats of anaerobic methane oxidizers. In: Timmith K Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, Springer, Part 21 Microbial Communities Based on Hydrocarbons, Oils and Fats: Natural Habitats. 2193-2199 | |
| Knittel K., Boetius A. (2010). Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers. In: Timmith K (Ed.) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, Springer, Part 19 The Microbes (6): 2194-2202 | |
| Niemann H., Boetius A. (2010) Mud Volcanoes. In: Timmith K (Ed.) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, Springer, Part 3 Transfer from the Geosphere to Biosphere, 205-214 | |
| 2002 | Boetius A., B.B. Jørgensen, R. Amann, J.P. Henriet, K.-U. Hinrichs, K. Lochte, B.J. MacGregor and G. Voordouw (2002) Microbial Systems in Sedimentary Environments of Continental Margins, In Ocean Margin Systems. Wefer, G., Billett, D., Hebbeln, D., Jørgensen, B.B., Schlüter, M., and van Weering, T. (eds), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 479-495 |
| Hinrichs KU, Boetius A (2002) The anaerobic oxidation of methane: new insights in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. In Ocean Margin Systems. Wefer, G., Billett, D., Hebbeln, D., Jørgensen, B.B., Schlüter, M., and van Weering, T. (eds), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 457-477 | |
| 2000 | Lochte, K., Boetius, A., Petry, C. (2000) Microbial food webs under severe nutrient limitations: life in the deep sea. In: Bell, C.R., Brylinsky, M., Johnson-Green, P. (eds.) Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecologgy, Halifax, Canada. pp. 95-102. |
Book Chapters and Journals (not reviewed)
| 2010 | Boetius A (2010) Vorbild Anglerfisch - Warum Frauen selten an die Spitze kommen, ist kaum untersucht. Tagesspiegel POSITIONEN, 6.10.10 |
| Boetius A (2010) Winzige Helfer gegen die Pest. DFG forschung 3/10: 4-9 | |
| 2009 | Boetius A, Bienhold C, Schöttner S, Ufkes J, Ramette A (2009) Fingerabdrücke mikrobieller Gemeinschaften im Meer. Biospektrum 7: 726-729 |
| Boetius, A; Joye, S (2009) Thriving in Salt. SCIENCE 324 (5934): 1523-1525 | |
| Ramette, A. and Boetius A. (2009) How to use a Crystal Ball in Environmental Microbiology: Developing new ways to explore complex datasets. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1(1):3-26 | |
| Ramette A, Tiedje JM, Boetius A (2009) Impact of space, time and complex environments on microbial communities. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 15(s1):60-62 | |
| 2008 | Boetius A, Holler T, Knittel K, Felden J, Wenzhöfer F (2008) The Seabed as Natural Laboratory: Lessons From Uncultivated Methanotrophs. Microbiol Monogr, doi:10.1007/7171_2008_15 1. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg |
| 2007 | Boetius, A., Priede I.G., Mevel C. (2007). Infrastructure and critical technology. In: The Deep Sea Frontier – Science Challenges for a sustainable future. ISBN 978-92-79-05266-8. European Communities |
| 2006 | Boetius A (2006) Mikroorganismen des Meeresbodens. In: "Faszination Meeresforschung". Ein Lesebuch. Editoren: G. und I. Hempel, S. Schiel, Hauschild Verlag, Bremen, pp. 464 |
| 2005 | Boetius A (2005) Lost City Life. Science 307, 1420-1422 |
| Boetius A (2005) Microfauna – macrofauna interaction in the seafloor: lessons from the tubeworm. PLOS Biology, Vol 3(3) 0375-0378 | |
| 2004 | Weaver P, Billet DM, Boetius A, Danovaro R, Freiwald A, Sibuet M (2004) Hotspot Ecosystem Research on Europe’s Deep-Ocean Margins. Oceanography 17 (4), 49-59 |
| Widdel F, Boetius A, Rabus R (2004) Anaerobic biodegradation of hydrocarbons including methane. The Prokaryotes Online Version, Release 3.16; 1991, 1994-2004 Springer-Verlag New York, LLC | |
| 2003 | Klages, M., Boetius, A., Christensen, J.P., Deubel, H., Piepenburg, D., Schewe, I., Soltwedel, T. (2003) The benthos of Arctic Seas and its role for the carbon cycle at the seafloor. In: Stein, R., Macdonald, R.W. (eds) The Arctic Organic Carbon Cycle, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg: 139-167 |
| 1999 | Grahl, C., Boetius, A., Nöthig, E.-M. (1999) Pelagic-benthic coupling in the Laptev Sea affected by sea ice. In: Kassens, H., H.A. Bauch, I. Dmitrenko, H. Eicken, H.-W. Hubberten, M. Melles, J. Thiede and L. Timokhov (eds.) Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic: Dynamics and History. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998, 143-152 |