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2012Kellermann MY, Schubotz F, Elvert M, Lipp JS, Birgel D, Prieto-Mollar X, Dubilier N, Hinrichs K-U (2012). Symbiont-host relationships in chemosynthetic mussels: A comprehensive lipid biomarker study. Organic Geochemistry 43, 112-124. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.10.005
Wendeberg A, Zielinski FU, Borowski C, Dubilier N (2012). Expression patterns of mRNAs for methanotrophy and thiotrophy in symbionts of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis. ISME Journal 6, 104-112. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.81
2011Petersen JM, Zielinski FU, Pape T, Seifert R, Moraru C, Amann R, Hourdez S, Girguis PR, Wankel SD, Barbe V, Pelletier E, Fink D, Borowski C, Bach W, Dubilier N (2011). Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses. Nature 476, 176–180. doi:10.1038/nature10325
Hugler M, Petersen JM, Dubilier N, Imhoff JF, Sievert SM (2011). Pathways of carbon and energy metabolism of the epibiotic community associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. PLoS One 6. doi:e1601810.1371/journal.pone.0016018
Kleiner M, Woyke T, Ruehland C, Dubilier N (2011).The Olavius algarvensis metagenome revisited: lessons learned from the analysis of the low diversity microbial consortium of a gutless marine worm. In: Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II; Metagenomics in Different Habitats. Ed: de Bruijn FJ. Wiley/Blackwell.
Zielinski FU, Gennerich H, Borowski C, Wenzhöfer F, Dubilier N. (2011) In situ measurements of hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, and temperature in diffuse fluids of an ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vent field (Logatchev, 14°45′N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Implications for chemosymbiotic bathymodiolin mussels. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 12, Q0AE04. doi:10.1029/2011GC003632.
2010Petersen JM, Ramette A, Lott C, Cambon Bonavita M-A, Zbinden M, Dubilier N (2010). Dual symbiosis of the vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata with filamentous gamma- and epsilonproteobacteria at four Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2204-2218. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02129.x
Ruehland C, Dubilier N (2010). Gamma- and epsilonproteobacterial ectosymbionts of a shallow-water marine worm are related to deep-sea hydrothermal vent ectosymbionts. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2312–2326. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02256.x
Verna C, Ramette A, Wiklund H, Dahlgren TG, Glover AG, Gaill F and Dubilier N (2010). High symbiont diversity in the bone-eating worm Osedax mucofloris from shallow whale-falls in the North Atlantic. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2355–2370. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02299.x
Zielinski F, Dubilier N (2010) Der Eukaryoten-Zellkern als ökologische Nische für Bakterien. BioSpektrum01-10 16 p.12-15
2009Zielinski FU, Pernthaler A, Duperron S, Raggi L, Giere O, Borowski C, Dubilier N (2009). Widespread occurrence of an intranuclear bacterial parasite in vent and seep bathymodiolin mussels. Environmental Microbiology 11, 1150-1167. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01847.x
Petersen JM and Dubilier N (2009). Symbiotic methane oxidizers. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Ed: Kenneth M. Timmis. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_145
Petersen JM and Dubilier N (2009). Methanotrophic symbioses in marine invertebrates. Environmental Microbiology Reports (2009) 1(5), 319–335, doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00081.x
2008Dubilier N, Bergin C, Lott C. 2008. Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis. Nature Reviews Microbiology 6: 725-740
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: 3237-3254
Ruehland C, Blazejak A, Lott C, Loy A, Erséus C, Dubilier N. 2008. Multiple bacterial symbionts in two species of co-occurring gutless marine worms from Mediterranean sea grass sediments. Environ. Microbiol. 10: 3404-3416
Martínez-García M, Stief P, Díaz-Valdés M, Wanner G, Ramos-Esplá A, Dubilier N, and Antón J. 2008. Ammonia-oxidizing Crenarchaeota and nitrification inside the tissue of a colonial ascidian. Environ. Microbiol. 10: 2991-3001
2007Dubilier N. 2007. The searchlight and the bucket of microbial ecology. Environ. Microbiol. 9, 2-3.
Duperron S, Sibuet M, MacGregor BJ, Kuypers MMM, Fisher CR, Dubilier N. 2007. Diversity, relative abundance, and metabolic potential of bacterial endosymbionts in three Bathymodiolus mussel species from cold seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Environ. Microbiol. 9: 1423-1438
Haase KM, Petersen S, Koschinsky A, Seifert R, Devey C, Dubilier N, Fretzdorff S, Garbe-Schönberg D, German CR, Giere O, Keir R, Kuever J, Lackschewitz K, Mawick J, Marbler H, Melchert B, Mertens C, Paulick H, Perner M, Peters M, Sander S, Schmale O, Stecher J, Strauss H, Süling J, Stöber U, Walter M, Weber S, Westernströer U, Yoerger D, Zielinski F (2007) Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5°S on the slow-spreading southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 8: Vol. 8, Q11002, DOI 10.1029/2006GC001509
Musat N, Giere O, Gieseke A, Thiermann F, Amann R, Dubilier N. 2007. Molecular and morphological characterization of the association between bacterial endosymbionts and the marine nematode Astomonema sp. from the Bahamas. Environ. Microbiol. 9: 1345-1353.
Pernice M, Wetzel S, Gros O, Boucher-Rodoni R, Dubilier N. 2007. Enigmatic dual symbiosis in the excretory organ of Nautilus macromphalus (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea). Proc. R. Soc. B. 274: 1143-1152.
Pradillon F, Schmidt A, Peplies J, Dubilier N. 2007. Species identification of marine invertebrate early stages by whole – larvae in situ hybridisation of 18S ribosomal RNA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 333: 103-116.
2006Woyke T, Teeling H, Ivanova NN, Richter M, Hunteman M, Gloeckner FO, Boffelli D, Barry KW, Shapiro HJ, Mussmann M, Bergin C, Ruehland C, Amann R, Anderson IJ, Szeto E, Kyrpides NC, Markowitz VM, Rubin EM, Dubilier N. 2006. Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium. Nature 443: 950-955.
Da Silva SG, Gillan DC, Dubilier N, De Ridder, C. 2006. Characterization by 16S rRNA gene analysis and in situ hybridization of bacteria living in the hindgut of a deposit-feeding echinoid (Echinodermata). J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 86:1209-1213.
Ruehland C, Bergin C, Lott C, Dubilier N. 2006 Darmlose marine Würmer: Symbiosen mit mikrobiellen Konsortien. BIOspektrum 06:600-602
Blazejak, A., Kuever, J., Erséus, C., Amann, R., Dubilier, N. (2006). Phylogeny of 16S rRNA, ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, and adenosine 5’-phosphosulfate reductase genes from gamma- and alphaproteobacterial symbionts in gutless marine worms (Oligochaeta) from Bermuda and Bahamas. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 5527-5536.
Dubilier, N., Blazejak, A., Ruehland, C. (2006). Symbioses between bacteria and gutless marine oligochaetes. In: J. Overmann (ed) Molecular Basis of Symbiosis. Springer Verlag, New York. Pp 251-275.
Duperron, S., Bergin, C., Zielinski, F., Pernthaler, A., Dando, P., McKiness, Z.P., DeChaine, E., Cavanaugh, C.M., Dubilier, N.(2006). A dual symbiosis shared by two mussel species, Bathymodiolus azoricus and B. puteoserpentis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), from hydrothermal vents along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environ. Microbiol. 8: 1441-1447.
Musat, N., Werner, U., Kolb, S., Dodenhof, T., Knittel, K., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Dubilier, N., Amann, R. (2006). Microbial community structure of sandy intertidal sediments in the North Sea, Sylt-Rømø Basin, Wadden Sea. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 29: 333-348.
2005Blazejak, A., Erséus, C., Amann, R., Dubilier, N. 2005. Coexistence of bacterial sulfide-oxidizers, sulfate-reducers, and spirochetes in a gutless worm (Oligochaeta) from the Peru margin. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 1553-1561
Duperron, S., Nadalig, T., Caprais, J.-C., Sibuet, M., Fiala-Médioni, A., Amann, R., Dubilier, N. 2005. Dual symbiosis in a Bathymodiolus sp. mussel from a methane seep on the Gabon continental margin (Southeast Atlantic): 16S rRNA phylogeny and distribution of the symbionts in gills. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 1694-1700
Urakawa, H., Dubilier, N., Fujiwara, Y., Cunningham, D.E., Kojima, S., Stahl, D.A. 2005. Hydrothermal vent gastropods from the same family (Provannidae) harbour gamma - and epsilon-proteobacterial endosymbionts. Environ. Microbiol. 7: 750-754.
de Beer, D., Wenzhöfer, F., Ferdelman, T.G., Boehme, S.E., Huettel, M., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Böttcher, M.E., Musat, N., Dubilier, N. 2005. Transport and mineralization rates in North Sea sandy intertidal sediments, Sylt-Rømø Basin, Wadden Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 113-127
2004Gillan, D.C. & Dubilier, N. 2004. Novel epibiotic Thiothrix bacterium on a marine amphipod. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 3772-3775
Dubilier, N. 2004. Multiple bacterial endosymbionts in gutless marine worms: competitors or partners? Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 88: 107-112
2003Schramm, A., Davidson, S.K., Dodsworth, J.A., Drake, H.L., Stahl, D.A., Dubilier, N. 2003. Acidovorax-like endosymbionts in the nephridia of earthworms. Environ. Microbiol. 5: 804-809
2002Borowski, C., Giere, O., Krieger, J., Amann, R., Dubilier, N. 2002. New aspects of the symbiosis in the provannid snail Ifremeria nautilei from the North Fiji Back Arc Basin. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43: 321-324
Dubilier, N., Mülders, C., Blazejak, A. 2002. Eine ungewöhnliche Symbiose in einem darmlosen Meereswurm. BIOforum 3: 127-129
2001Dubilier, N., Mülders, C., Ferdelman, T., de Beer, D., Hentschke, A., Klein M., Wagner, M., Erséus, C., Thiermann, F., Krieger, J., Giere, O., and Amann, R. Endosymbiotic sulfate-reducing and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria in a gutless marine worm (Oligochaeta, Anneldia). 2001. Nature 411: 298-302.
2000Krieger, J. Giere, O., and Dubilier, N. Localization of RubisCO and sulfur in endosymbiotic bacteria of the gutless marine oligochaete Inanidrilus leukodermatus (Annelida). 2000. Mar. Biol. 137: 239-244
1999Dubilier, N., Amann, R., Erséus, C., Muyzer, G., Park, S., Giere, O., and Cavanaugh, C.M. 1999. Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial endosymbionts in the gutless marine oligochaete Olavius loisae (Annelida). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 178: 271-280.
Giere, O., Preusse, J.-H., and Dubilier, N. 1999. Tubificoides benedii (Tubificidae, Oligochaeta) - a pioneer in hypoxic and sulfidic environments. An overview of adaptive pathways. Hydrobiologia 406: 235-241.
1998Dubilier N., Windoffer R., Giere O. 1998. Ultrastructure and stable carbon isotope composition of the hydrothermal vent mussels Bathymodiolus brevior and B. sp. affinis brevior from the North Fiji Basin, western Pacific. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 165: 187-193.
1997Dubilier, N., Grieshaber, M.K. and Giere, O. 1997. Ultrastructure and anaerobic metabolism of mitochondria in the marine oligochaete Tubificoides benedii. Mar. Biol. 127: 637-645.
1996Krueger, D., Dubilier, N., and Cavanaugh, C.M. 1996. Molecular characterization of chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts in Solemya occidentalis (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Mar. Biol. 126: 55-64.
1995Dubilier, N., Giere, O., Distel, D.L., and Cavanaugh, C.M. 1995. Chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts in a gutless marine worm (Oligochaeta, Annelida): Phylogenetic 16S rRNA sequence analysis and in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61: 2346-2350.
Dubilier, N., Giere, O. and Grieshaber, M. 1995. Morphological and ecophysiological adaptations of the marine oligochaete Tubificoides benedii to sulfidic sediments. Amer. Zool. 35: 163-173.
1994Dubilier, N., Giere, O. and Grieshaber, M. 1994. Concomitant effects of sulfide and hypoxia on the aerobic metabolism of the marine oligochaete Tubificoides benedii. J. Exp. Zool. 269: 287-297.
1988Dubilier, N. 1988. H2S - A settlement cue or a toxic substance for Capitella sp. l larvae? Biol. Bull. 174: 30-38.
Giere, O., Rhode, B. and Dubilier, N. 1988. Structural peculiarities of the body wall of Tubificoides benedii (Oligochaeta) and possible relations to its life in sulphidic sediments. Zoomorphology 108: 29-39.
1986Dubilier, N. 1986. Association of filamentous epibacteria with Tubificoides benedii (Oligochaeta: Annelida). Mar. Biol. 92: 285-288.