Publications 2017

Department of Biogeochemistry

Bristow LA, Callbeck CM, Larsen M, Altabet MA, Dekaezemacker J, Forth M, Glud RN, Kuypers MMM, Lavik G, Mangesh G, Milucka J, Naqvi SWA, Pratihary A, Revsbech NP, Thamdrup B, Treusch A and Canfield DE.: N2 production rates limited by nitrite availability in the Bay of Bengal Oxygen Minimum Zone. In press at Nature Geoscience 10, 24- 29 doi: 10.1038/ngeo2847. (2017)

Padilla C.C., Bertagnolli A., Bristow L.A., Sarode N., Glass J., Thamdrup B., Stewart F.: Metagenomic binning recovers a transcriptionally active Gammaproteobacterium linking methanotrophy to partial denitrification in an anoxic oxygen minimum zone. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:23. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00023. (2017)

Callbeck C.M., Lavik G., Stramma L, Kuypers M.M., Bristow L.A.: Enhanced nitrogen loss by eddy-induced vertical transport in the offshore Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. PLoS ONE 12, e0170059. (2017)

Meyer, J., Löscher, C.R., Lavik, G., Riebesell, U.: Mechanisms of P* Reduction in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 1. (2017)

Probandt, D., Knittel, K., Tegetmeyer, H. E., Ahmerkamp, S., Holtappels, M., & Amann, R.: Permeability shapes bacterial communities in sublittoral surface sediments. Environmental Microbiology. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13676. (2017)

Beck, M., A. Reckhardt, J. Amelsberg, A. Bartholomä, H.-J. Brumsack, H. Cypionka, T. Dittmar, B. Engelen, J. Greskowiak, H. Hillebrand, M. Holtappels, R. Neuholz, J. Köster, M. M. M. Kuypers, G. Massmann, D. Meier, J. Niggemann, R. Paffrath, K. Pahnke, S. Rovo, M. Striebel, V. Vandieken, A. Wehrmann, O. Zielinski: The drivers of biogeochemistry in beach ecosystems: A cross-shore transect from the dunes to the low water line. Marine Chemistry 190, 35-50. (2017)

Eichner, M., I. Klawonn, S. Wilson, S. Littmann, M. Whitehouse, M. J. Church, M. Kuypers, D. Karl, and H. Ploug: Chemical microenvironments and single-cell carbon and nitrogen uptake in field-collected colonies of Trichodesmium under different pCO2. The ISME Journal 16-01122OAR. (2017)

Kasina, M., S. Bock, H. Wuerdemann, D. Pudlo, A. Picard, A. Lichtschlag, C. Maerz, L. Wagenknecht, L. M. Wehrmann, C. Vogt, P. Meister: Mineralogical and geochemical analysis of Fe-phases in drill-cores from the Triassic Stuttgart Formation at Ketzin CO2 stroage site before CO2 arrival. Environmental Earth Science, 76: 161, DOI10.1007/s12665-017-6460-9. (2017)

Hamann, E., H. E. Tegetmeyer, D. Riedel, S. Littmann, S. Ahmerkamp, J. Chen, P. E. Hach and M. Strous: Syntrophic linkage between predatory Carpediemonas and specific prokaryotic populations. The ISME Journal. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.197 (2017)

Ahmerkamp, S., C. Winter, K. Krämer, D. de Beer, F. Janssen, J. Friedrich, M. M. M Kuypers, and M. Holtappels: Regulation of benthic oxygen fluxes in permeable sediments of the coastal ocean. Limnology and Oceanography doi: 10.1002/lno.10544. (2017)

Sokoll S., Ferdelman T.G., Holtappels M., Goldhammer T., Littmann S., Iversen M.H., and Kuypers M.M.M.: Intense biological phosphate uptake onto particles in sub-euphotic continental margin waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, DOI:10.1002/2016GL072183. (2017)

Marchant, H. K., S. Ahmerkamp, G. Lavik, H. Tegetmeyer, J. Graf, J. M. Klatt, M. Holtappels, E. Walpersdorf, M. M.M. Kuypers: Denitrifying community in coastal sediments performs aerobic and anaerobic respiration simultaneously. ISMEJ, (2017)

Balci N., Brunner B. and Turchyn A. V.: Tetrathionate and Elemental Sulfur Shape the Isotope Composition of Sulfate in Acid Mine Drainage. Front. Microbiol. 8. (2017)

HGF-MPG joined research Group

Ahmerkamp S., Winter C., Krämer K., de Beer D., Janssen F., Friedrich J., Kuypers M. M. M., Holtappels M.: Regulation of benthic oxygen fluxes in permeable sediments of the coastal ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 62:1935-1954. doi: 10.1002/lno.10544 (2017) ASLO

Avcı B., Hahnke R., Chafee M., Fischer T., Gruber-Vodicka H., Tegetmeyer H.E., Harder J., Fuchs B.M., Amann R.I., Teeling H.: Genomic and physiological analyses of Reinekea forsetii reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environmental Microbiology 19(3),1209-1221. doi:1111/1462-2920.13646. (2017) PubMed

Chafee M., Fernàndez-Guerra A., Buttigieg P.L., Gerdts G., A. Eren M., Teeling H., Amann R.I.: Recurrent patterns of microdiversity in a temperate coastal marine environment. ISME Journal 12, 237-252. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.165. ISME

Chen J., Hanke A., Tegetmeyer H.E., Kattelmann I., Sharma R., Hamann E., Hargesheimer T., Kraft B., Lenk S., Geelhoed J.S., Hettich R.L., Strous M.: Impacts of chemical gradients on microbial community structure. ISME Journal 11, 920-931 doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.175. (2017) ISME

Donis D., Janssen F., Liu B., Wenzhöfer F., Dellwig O., Escher P., Spitzy A., Böttcher M.E.: Biogeochemical impact of submarine ground water discharge on coastal surface sands of the southern Baltic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 189: 131-142. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.03.003 (2017) ScienceDirect

Guilini K., Weber M., de Beer D., Schneider M., Molari M., Lott C., Bodnar W., Mascart T.,De Troch M., Vanreusel A.: Response of Posidonia oceanica seagrass and its epibiont communities to ocean acidification. PLoS One 12(8): e0181531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181531 (2017) PubMed

Hamann E., Tegetmeyer H.E., Riedel D., Littmann S., Ahmerkamp S., Chen J., Hach P., Strous M.: Syntrophic linkages between predatory Carpediemonas and specific prokaryotic populations. ISME Journal 11, 1205-1217. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.197. (2017) PubMed

Hassenrück C., Tegetmeyer H., Ramette A., Fabricius K.: Minor impacts of reduced pH on bacterial biofilms on settlement tiles along natural pH gradients at two CO2 seeps in Papua New Guinea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 74 (4): 978-987. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsw204. (2017) ICES

Hoffman K., Hassenrück C., Salman-Carvalho V., Holtappels M., Bienhold C.: Response of bacterial communities to different detritus compositions in Artic deep-sea sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:266. doi:103389/fmicb.2017.0026 (2017) PubMed

Jessen G. L., Lichtschlag A., Ramette A., Pantoja S., Rossel P.E., Schubert C.J., Struck U., Boetius A.: Hypoxia causes preservation of labile organic matter and changes microbial community composition (Black Sea shelf). Science Advances 3 (2): e1601897. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1601897 (2017) AAAS

Jousset A., Bienhold C., Chatzinotas A., Gallien L., Gobet A., Kurm V., Küsel K., Rillig M.C., Rivett D.W., Salles J.F., van der Heijden M.G.A., Youssef N.H., Zhang X.W., Wei Z., Hol W.H.G.: Where less may be more: How the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings. The ISME Journal 11, 853-862. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.174. (2017) PubMed

Kegler P., Kegler H.F., Gärdes A., Ferse S.C.A., Lukman M., Alfiansah Y.R., Hassenrück C., Kunzmann A.: Bacterial Biofilm Communities and Coral Larvae Settlement at Different Levels of Anthropogenic Impact in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 270. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00270 (2017) Frontiers

Kegler H.F., Lukman M., Teichberg M., Plass-Johnson J., Hassenrück C., Wild C., Gärdes A.: Bacterial Community Composition and Potential Driving Factors in Different Reef Habitats of the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 662. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00662 (2017) PubMed

Koop-Jakobsen K., Fischer J., Wenzhöfer F.: Survey of sediment oxygenation in rhizospheres of the saltmarsh grass - Spartina anglica. Science of the Total Environment 589, 191-199. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.147. (2017) ScienceDirect

Marchant H.K., Ahmerkamp S., Lavik G., Tegetmeyer H.E., Graf J., Klatt J.M., Holtappels M., Walpersdorf E., Kuypers M.M.M.: Denitrifying community in coastal sediments performs aerobic and anaerobic respiration simultaneously. The ISME Journal 11, 1799-1812. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.51 (2017) PubMed

Pop Ristova P., Bienhold C., Wenzhöfer F., Rossel P.E., Boetius A.: Temporal and spatial variations of bacterial and faunal communities associated with deep-sea wood falls. PloS ONE 12 (1): e0169906. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169906 (2017) PubMed

Probandt D., Knittel K., Tegetmeyer H.E., Ahmerkamp S., Holtappels M., Amann R.: Permeability shapes bacterial communities in sublittoral surface sediments. Environmental Microbiology 19: 1584–1599. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13676 (2017) PubMed

Rossel, P. E., Stubbins, A., Rebling, T., Koschinsky, A., Hawkes, J.A., Dittmar, T.: Thermally altered marine dissolved organic matter in hydrothermal fluids. Organic geochemistry 110:73-86 doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.05.003 (2017) ScienceDirect

Saad S., Bhatnagar S., Tegetmeyer H.E., Geelhoed J.S., Strous M., Ruff S.E.: Transient exposure to oxygen or nitrate reveals ecophysiology of fermentative and sulfate-reducing benthic microbial populations. Environmental Microbiology 19, 4866-4881. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13895 (2017) PubMed

Schramke H., Laermann V., Tegetmeyer H.E., Brachman A., Jung K., Altendorf K.W.: Revisiting regulation of potassium homeostasis in Escherichia coli: the connection to phosphate limitation. MicrobiologyOpen 6:e438. doi:10.1002/mbo3.438. (2017) PubMed

Wilbanks E.G., Salman-Carvalho V., Jaekel U., Humphrey P.T., Eisen J.A., Buckeley D.H., Zinder S.H.: The green berry consortia of the Sippewissett salt marsh: millimeter-sized aggregates of diazotrophic unicellular cyanobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1623 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01623. (2017) PubMed

Diploma theses / Master theses

Hahn, C.J.: Ecology and genomics of archaea involved in hydrocarbon degradation. University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany (2017)

Schorn S.: Life style and cell architecture of Achromatium. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany (2017)

Ph.D. theses

Hoffman K.: PhD thesis. Identity and function of key bacterial groups in arctic deep-sea surface sediments. University of Bremen/Alfred Wegener Institute for polar and marine research. (2017)

Book chapter

Bienhold C. and Boetius A.: Mikroorganismen des Tiefseebodens: Vielfalt, Verteilung und Funktion. In: Hempel G., Bischof K., Hagen W., editors. Faszination Meeresforschung. Ein ökologisches Lesebuch. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Pp. 211-222. (2017)

Knittel K., Wegener G., Boetius A.: Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

ICBM-MPI Brückengruppe für Marine Geochemie

Bao H.Y., Niggemann J., Luo L., Dittmar T. and Kao S.J.: Aerosols as a source of dissolved black carbon to the ocean. Nature Communications 8, 510, 1-7. (2017) nature

Beck M., Reckhardt A., Amelsberg J., Bartholomä A., Brumsack H.J., Cypionka H., Dittmar T., Engelen B., Greskowiak J., Hillebrand H., Holtappels M., Neuholz R., Köster J., Kuypers M.M.M., Massmann G., Meier D., Niggemann J., Paffrath R., Pahnke K., Rovo S., Striebel M., Vandieken V., Wehrmann A., Zielinski O.: The drivers of biogeochemistry in beach ecosystems: A cross-shore transect from the dunes to the low-water line. Marine Chemistry 190, 35-50. (2017) ScienceDirect

Dittmar T. and Arnosti C.: An inseparable liaison: marine microbes and nonliving organic matter. In: Gasol J and Kirchman D (eds) Microbial Ecology of the Ocean. 3rd edition. Wiley. (2017) Wiley

Gomez-Saez G.V., Pohlabeln A., Stubbins A., Marsay C.M. and Dittmar T.: Photochemical alteration of dissolved organic sulfur from sulfidic porewater. Environmental Science and Technology 51, 14144–14154. (2017) ACS

Hutchins R.H.S., Aukes P., Schiff S.L., Dittmar T., Prairie Y.T. and del Giorgio P.A.: The optical, chemical, and molecular dissolved organic matter succession along a boreal soil-stream-river continuum. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122, 2892-2908. (2017) JGR

Jones M.W., Quine T.A., de Rezende C.E., Dittmar T., Johnson B., Manecki M., Marques J.S.J. and de Aragão L.E.O.C.: Do regional aerosols contribute to the riverine export of dissolved black carbon? Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122, 2925-2938. (2017) Wiley

Lechleitner F.A., Dittmar T., Baldini J.U.L., Prufer K.M. and Eglinton T.I.: Molecular signatures of dissolved organic matter in a tropical karst system. Organic Geochemistry 113, 141-149. (2017) ScienceDirect

Lesaulnier C.C., Herbold C.W., Pelikan C., Berry D., Gérard C., Le Coz X., Gagnot S., Niggemann J., Dittmar T., Singer G.A. and Loy A.: Bottled aqua incognita: microbiota assembly and dissolved organic matter diversity in natural mineral waters. Microbiome 5, 126, 1-17. (2017) PubMed

Linkhorst A., Dittmar T. and Waska H.: Molecular fractionation of dissolved organic matter in a shallow subterranean estuary: the role of the iron curtain. Environmental Science and Technology 51, 1312-1320. (2017) PubMed

Mari X., Chu Van T., Guinot B., Brune J., Lefebvre J.P., Raimbault R., Dittmar T. and Niggemann J.: Seasonal dynamics of atmospheric and river inputs of black carbon, and impacts on biogeochemical cycles in Halong Bay, Vietnam. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 5, 75, 1-22. (2017) Elementa

Marques J.S.J., Dittmar T., Niggemann J., Almeida M.G., Gomez-Saez G.V. and Rezende C.E.: Dissolved black carbon in the headwaters-to-ocean continuum of Paraíba do Sul River, Brazil. Frontiers in Earth Science - Biogeoscience 5, 11, 1-12. (2017) frontiers

Martínez-Pérez A.M., Nieto-Cid M., Osterholz H., Catalá T.S., Reche I., Dittmar T. and Álvarez-Salgado X.A.: Linking optical and molecular signatures of dissolved organic matter in the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports 7, 3436, 1-11. (2017) nature

Medeiros P.M., Babcock-Adams L., Seidel M., Castelao R.M., Di Iorio D., Hollibaugh J.T. and Dittmar T.: Export of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in a broad continental shelf. Limnology and Oceanography 62, 1718-1731. (2017) ASLO

Medeiros P.M., Seidel M., Gifford S.M., Ballantyne F., Dittmar T., Whitman W.B. and Moran M.A.: Microbially-mediated transformations of estuarine dissolved organic matter. Frontiers in Earth Science - Marine Biogeochemistry 4, 69, 1-11. (2017) frontiers

Mentges A., Feenders C., Seibt M., Blasius B. and Dittmar T.: Functional molecular diversity of marine dissolved organic matter is reduced during degradation. Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Biogeochemistry 4, 194, 1-10. (2017) frontiers

Mostovaya A., Hawkes J.A., Dittmar T. and Tranvik L.J.: Molecular determinants of dissolved organic matter reactivity in lake water. Frontiers in Earth Science - Biogeochemistry 5, 106, 1-13. (2017) frontiers

Mostovaya A., Hawkes J.A., Koehler B., Dittmar T. and Tranvik L.J.: Emergence of the reactivity continuum of organic matter from kinetics of a multitude of individual molecular constituents. Environmental Science and Technology 51, 11571-11579. (2017) ACS

Pohlabeln A., Gomez-Saez G.V., Noriega-Ortega B.E. and Dittmar T.: Experimental evidence for abiotic sulfurization of marine dissolved organic matter. Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Biogeochemistry 4, 362, 1-11. (2017) frontiers

Romano S., Bondarev V., Dittmar T., Kölling M. and Schulz-Vogt H.N.: Phosphate limitation triggers the dissolution of precipitated iron by the marine bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. FO-BEG1. Frontiers in Microbiology - Aquatic Microbiology 8, 364, 1-11. (2017) PubMed

Rossel P., Stubbins A., Rebling T., Koschinsky A., Hawkes J.A. and Dittmar T.: Thermally altered marine dissolved organic matter in hydrothermal fluids. Organic Geochemistry 110, 73-86. (2017) ScienceDirect

Seidel M., Manecki M., Herlemann D.P.R., Deutsch B., Schulz-Bull D., Jürgens K. and Dittmar T.: Composition and transformation of dissolved organic matter in the Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Earth Science - Marine Biogeochemistry 5, 31, 1-20. (2017) frontiers

Zark M., Broda N.K., Riebesell U. and Dittmar T.: Ocean acidification experiments in large-scale mesocosms reveal similar dynamics of dissolved organic matter production and biotransformation. Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Biogeochemistry 4, 271, 1-11. (2017) frontiers

Zark M., Christoffers J. and Dittmar T.: Molecular properties of deep-sea dissolved organic matter are predictable by the central limit theorem: evidence from tandem FT-ICR-MS. Marine Chemistry 191, 9-15. (2017) ScienceDirect

Marine Isotopengeochemie

Beck M., Reckhardt A., Amelsberg J., Bartholomä A., Brumsack H.J., Cypionka H., Dittmar T., Engelen B., Greskowiak J., Hillebrand H., Holtappels M., Neuholz R., Köster J., Kuypers M.M.M., Massmann G., Meier D., Niggemann J., Paffrath R., Pahnke K., Rovo S., Striebel M., Vandieken V., Wehrmann A., Zielinski O.: The drivers of biogeochemistry in beach ecosystems: A cross-shore transect from the dunes to the low water line. Marine Chemistry 190, 35-50. (2017) ScienceDirect

Clift P.D., Zheng H., Carter A., Böning P., Schorr H., Shan X., Jonell T.N., Pahnke K., Rittenour T.M.: Controls on erosion in the western Tarim Basin: Implications for the uplift of northwest Tibet and Pamirs. Geosphere 13, 1-19. (2017) Geosphere

Grasse P., Bosse L., Hathorne E.C., Böning P., Pahnke K., Frank M.: Short-term variability of dissolved rare earth elements and neodymium isotopes in the entire water column of the Panama Basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 475, 242-253. (2017) ScienceDirect

Jonell T.N., Carter A., Böning P., Clift P.D., Pahnke K.: Climatic and glacial impact on erosion patterns and sediment provenance in the Himalayan rain shadow, Zanskar River, NW India. GSA Bulletin 129, 820-836. (2017) GSA

Liu C., Clift P.D., Carter A., Böning P., Hu Z., Sun Z., Pahnke K.: Controls on modern erosion and the development of the Pearl River drainage in the late Paleogene. Marine Geology 394, 52-68. (2017) ScienceDirect

Osborne A.H., Hathorne E.C., Schijf J., Plancherel Y., Böning P., Frank M.: The potential of sedimentary foraminiferal rare earth element patterns to trace water masses in the past. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18, 1550-1568. (2017) AGU

Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Group

Beccati A., Gerken J., Quast C., Yilmaz P., Glöckner F.O.: SILVA tree viewer: interactive web browsing of the SILVA phylogenetic guide trees. BMC Bioinformatics 18:433 (2017) PubMed

Berney C. et al.: UniEuk: Time to Speak a Common Language in Protistology! Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64:407-411 (2017) PubMed

Blin K., Medema M.H., Kottmann R., Lee S.Y., Weber T.: The antiSMASH database, a comprehensive database of microbial secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. Nucleic Acid Res. 45:D555-D559 (2017) PubMed

Bowers R.M. et al.: Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea. Nat Biotech 35:725-731(2017) PubMed

Chafee M., Fernàndez-Guerra A., Buttigieg P.L., Gerdts G., Eren A.M., Teeling H., Amann R.I.: Recurrent patterns of microdiversity in a temperate coastal marine environment. The Isme Journal 12:237 (2017) nature

Dadon-Pilosof A., Conley K.R., Jacobi Y., Haber M., Lombard F., Sutherland K.R., Steindler L., Tikochinski Y., Richter M., Glöckner F.O., Suzuki M.T., West N.J., Genin A., Yahel G.: Surface roperties of SAR11 bacteria facilitate grazing avoidance. Nature microbiology 2:1608-1615 (2017) PubMed

Füssel J., Lücker S., Yilmaz P., Nowka B., van Kessel M.A.H.J., Bourceau P., Hach P.F., Littmann S., Berg J., Spieck E., Daims H., Kuypers M.M.M., Lam P.: Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus. Science Advances 3:e170080 (2017) Science

Glöckner F.O., Yilmaz P., Quast C., Gerken J., Beccati A., Ciuprina A., Bruns G., Yarza P., Peplies J., Westram R., Ludwig W.: 25 years of serving the community with ribosomal RNA gene reference databases and tools. J. Biotechnol. 261:169-176 (2017) PubMed

Mayer G., Quast C., Felden J., Lange M., Prinz M., Pühler A., Lawerenz C., Scholz U., Glöckner F.O., Müller W., Marcus K., Eisenacher M.: A generally applicable lightweight method for calculating a value structure for tools and services in bioinformatics infrastructure projects. Brief. Bioinform.:bbx140 (2017) PubMed

Meyer J.M., Baskaran P., Quast C., Susoy V., Rödelsperger C., Glöckner F.O., Sommer R.J.: Succession and dynamics of Pristionchus nematodes and their microbiome during decomposition of Oryctes borbonicus on La Réunion Island. Environ. Microbiol. 19:1476-1489 (2017) PubMed

Penna A., Casabianca S., Guerra A.F., Vernesi C., Scardi M.: Analysis of phytoplankton assemblage structure in the Mediterranean Sea based on high-throughput sequencing of partial 18S rRNA sequences. Marine Genomics 36:49-55 (2017) PubMed

Rast P., Glöckner I., Boedeker C., Jeske O., Wiegand S., Reinhardt R., Schumann P., Rohde M., Spring S., Glöckner F.O., Jogler C., Jogler M.: Three Novel Species with Peptidoglycan Cell Walls form the New Genus Lacunisphaera gen. nov. in the Family Opitutaceae of the Verrucomicrobial Subdivision 4. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:202 (2017) PubMed

Thiele S., Richter M., Balestra C., Glöckner F.O., Casotti R.: Taxonomic and functional diversity of a coastal planktonic bacterial community in a river-influenced marine area. Marine Genomics 32:61-69 (2017) ScienceDirect

Yarza P., Yilmaz P., Panzer K., Glöckner F.O., Reich M.: A phylogenetic framework for the kingdom Fungi based on 18S rRNA gene sequences. Marine Genomics 36:33-39(2017) PubMed

Zure M., Fernandez-Guerra A., Munn C.B., Harder J.: Geographic distribution at subspecies resolution level: closely related Rhodopirellula species in European coastal sediments. ISME J 11:478-489 (2017) PubMed

Department of Microbiology

Bondoso, J., F. Godoy-Vitorino, V. Balaque, J. Gasol, J. Harder, O. Lage: Epiphytic Planctomycetes communities associated with three main groups of macroalgae. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2017, 93 (2017) PubMed

Burak, R.L. Hahnke, M. Chafee, T. Fischer, H. Gruber-Vodicka, H.E. Tegetmeyer, J. Harder, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, H. Teeling: Genomic and physiological analyses of ‘Reinekea forsetii’ reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environmental Microbiology 19, 1209-1211 (2017) PubMed

Faria M., N. Bordin, J. Kizina, J. Harder, D. Devos, O.M. Lage: Planctomycetes attached to algal surfaces: Insights into their genomes. Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2017.10.007(2017) PubMed

Harder, J.: Pearls on the surface of kelp Rhodopirellula and other Planctomycetes. In: Mighty microbes – the amazing world of microorganisms, pp. 68-70 (Eds. J. van Doorn, J. Luirink, J. van der Oost, B. Oudega, L. Robertson, H. Smit, P. Willemsen, C. Biemans) Microcanon Foundation, the Netherlands(2017) frontline

Harder J., R. Marmulla: Catabolic pathways and enzymes involved in anaerobic degradation of terpenes. In: Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology (Ed. M. Boll) doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-33598-8_8-1 (2017) researchgate

Panschin I., M. Becher; S. Verbarg, C. Spröer, M. Rohde, M. Schüler, R.I. Amann, J. Harder, B.J. Tindall, R.L. Hahnke: Description of Gramella forsetii sp. nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 67, 697-703 (2017) PubMed

M. Žure A. Fernandez-Guerra, C.B. Munn, J. Harder: Geographic distribution at subspecies resolution level: closely related Rhodopirellula species in European coastal sediments. ISME J. 11, 478-489 (2017) PubMed

Ph.D., Master Thesis and Bachelor Thesis

Jana Kizina: Insights into the biology of candidate Dividion OP3 LiM populations. Dissertation, Universität Bremen (2017)

Amine Josef Tahir: The phylogenetic characterization of particle-associated bacteria from the North Sea. Bachelor thesis, University Bremen (2017)

Elisabeth Engler-Hüsch: Characterization of a terpene synthase activity in Castellaniella defragrans.Master thesis, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (2017)

Molecular Ecology Group

Avci, B., R.L. Hahnke, M. Chafee, T. Fischer, H. Gruber-Vodicka, H. Tegetmeyer, J. Harder, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, and H. Teeling: Ecophysiology of “Reinekea forsetii” - a versatile, opportunistic and highly clonal Gammaproteobacterium recurrently associated with North Seas spring algae blooms. Environ. Microbiol. 19:1209-1221. (2017) PubMed

Barrero-Canosa, C. Moraru, L. Zeugner, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann: Direct-geneFISH: a simplified protocol for the simultaneous detection and quantification of genes and rRNA in microorganisms. Environ. Microbiol. 19:70-82 (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13432). (2017) PubMed

Boedeker, C., M. Schüler, G. Reintjes, O. Jeske, M.C.F. van Teeseling, M. Jogler, P. Rast, D. Borchert, D.P. Devos, M. Kucklick, M. Schaffer, R. Kolter, L. van Niftrik, S. Engelmann, R. Amann, M. Rohde, H. Engelhardt, and C. Jogler: Determining the bacterial cell biology of Planctomycetes. Nature Comm. 8:14853. (2017) nature

Hehemann, J.H., L. Van Truong, F. Unfried, N. Welsh, J. Kabisch, S.E. Heiden, S. Junker, D. Becher, A. Thürmer, R. Daniel, R. Amann, and T. Schweder: Aquatic adaptation of a laterally acquired pectin degradation pathway in marine gammaproteobacteria. Environ. Microbiol. (early online DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13726). (2017) PubMed

Konstantinidis, K., R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann: Perspective: Uncultivated microbes in need of their own taxonomy. ISME J. 11:2399-2406. (2017) ISME

Meier, D.V., P. Pjevac, W. Bach, S. Hourdez, P.R. Girguis, C. Vidoudez, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks: Niche partitioning of diverse sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at hydrothermal vents. ISME J. 11:2399-2406. (2017) PubMed

Mishra, S., P. Wefers, M. Schmidt, K. Knittel, M. Krüger, M.H. Stagars, and T. Treude: Hydrocarbon degradation in Caspian Sea sediment cores subjected to simulated petroleum seepage in a newly designed sediment-oil-flow-through system. Front Microbiol 8:763. (2017) PubMed

Mußmann, M., P. Pjevac, K. Krüger and S. Dyksma: Genomic repertoire of the Woeseiaceae/JTB255, cosmopolitan and abundant core members of microbial communities in marine sediments. ISME J. 11:1276-1278. (2017) ISME

Panschin, I., M. Becher, Susanne Verbarg, C. Spöer, M. Rohde, M. Schüler, R.I. Amann, J. Harder, B.J. Tindall, and R. Hahnke: Description of Gramella forsetii sp.nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 67:697-703 (doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001700). (2017) PubMed

Probandt, D., K. Knittel, H.E. Tegetmeyer, S. Ahmerkamp, M. Holtappels, and R. Amann: Permeability shapes bacterial communities in sublittoral surface sediments. Environ Microbiol 19:1584-1599 (doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13676). (2017) PubMed

Reintjes, G., C. Arnosti, B.M. Fuchs and R. Amann: An alternative polysaccharide uptake mechanism of marine bacteria. ISME J. 11:1640-1650. (2017) PubMed

Stagars, M.H., S. Mishra, T. Treude, R. Amann, and K. Knittel: Microbial community response to simulated petroleum seepage in Caspian Sea sediments. Front. Microbiol. 8:764 (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00764). PubMed

Viver, T., L.H. Orellana, J.K. Hatt, M. Urdiain, S. Diaz, M. Richter, J. Anton, M. Avian, R. Amann, K.T. Konstantinidis, and R. Rossello-Mora: The low diverse gastric microbiome of the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata is dominated by four novel taxa. Environ. Microbiol. 19:3039-3058 (doi: 10.1111/1462-2962.13763). (2017) PubMed

Microbial Physiology Group

Ferousi C., Lindhoud S, Baymann F, Kartal B, Jetten MSM, Reimann J.: Iron assimilation and utilization in anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology (2017) ScienceDirect

Gambelli L., Guerrero-Cruz S, Mesman RJ, Cremers G, Jetten MSM, den Camp HJMO, Kartal B, Lueke C, van Niftrik L.: Community composition and ultrastructure of a nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane-oxidizing enrichment culture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology doi: 10.1128/AEM.02186-02117. (2017) AEM

van Mourik H., van Dijk ADJ, Stortenbeker N, Angenent GC, Bemer M.: Divergent regulation of Arabidopsis SAUR genes: a focus on the SAUR10-clade. BMC Plant Biol 17:245. (2017) BMC

Symbiosis

Avci B., Hahnke R.L., Chafee M., Fischer T., Gruber-Vodicka H., Tegetmeyer H.E., Harder J., Fuchs B.M., Amann R.I., Teeling H.: Genomic and physiological analyses of 'Reinekea forsetii' reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environmental Microbiology. 19(3): 1209-1221. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13646 (2017) PubMed

Dubilier N.: High tide for marine microbes. Cell 169: 771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.009 (2017)

Jäckle O.: Mund- und darmlos in den Sedimenten mariner Tropen - Symbiose macht´s möglich.In Klüger nutzen - besser schützen: Bremer Forschung an tropischen Küsten, Hempel G, Hempel I, Hornidge A-K, pp. 43–46. Bremen, Germany: Edition Falkenberg (2017)

Kreutzmann A.-C., Dubilier N.: Dunkle Energie: Symbiosen zwischen Tieren und chemosynthetischen Bakterien. In Faszination Meeresforschung, Hempel G, Hagel W, Bischof K (eds), 2 edn, 22, pp 231–243. Berlin, Germany: Springer (2017) Springer

Ponnudurai R., Kleiner M., Sayavedra L., Petersen J.M., Moche M., Otto A., Becher D., Takeuchi T., Satoh N., Dubilier N., Schweder T., Markert S.: Metabolic and physiological interdependencies in the Bathymodiolus azoricus symbiosis. ISME Journal. 11: 463-477. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.124. (2017) PubMed

Ponnudurai R., Sayavedra L., Kleiner M., Heiden S.E., Thürmer A., Felbeck H., Schlüter R., Sievert S.M., Daniel R., Schweder T., Markert S.: Genome sequence of the sulfur-oxidizing Bathymodiolus thermophilus gill endosymbiont. Standards in Genomic Sciences 12: 50. (2017) PubMed

Rochfort S., Bailey-Wyatt A.M., Liebeke M., Southam A.D., Viant M.R., Bundy J.G.: Aromatic metabolites from the coelomic fluid of Eisenia earthworm species. European Journal of Soil Biology 78: 17e19 (2017) ScienceDirect

Rubin-Blum M., Antony C.P., Borowski C., Sayavedra L., Pape T., Sahling H., Bohrmann G., Kleiner M., Redmond M.C., Valentine D.L., Dubilier N.: Short-chain alkanes fuel mussel and sponge Cycloclasticus symbionts from deep-sea gas and oil seeps. Nature Microbiology 2:nmicrobiol201793. doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.93. (2017) PubMed

Seah B.K.B., Schwaha T., Volland J.-M., Huettel B., Dubilier N., Gruber-Vodicka H.R.: Specificity in diversity: single origin of a widespread ciliate-bacteria symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284: 20170764. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0764. (2017) PubMed

Tavormina P.L., Kellermann M.Y., Antony C.P., Tocheva E., Dalleska N., Jensen A.J., Valentine D.L., Hinrichs K.-U., Jensen G., Dubilier N., Orphan V.J.: Starvation and recovery in the deep-sea methanotroph Methyloprofundus sedimenti. Molecular Microbiology 103: 242-252. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13553 (2017) PubMed

Urbaniak T., Soto M., Liebeke M., Koschek K.: Insight into the Mechanism of Reversible Ring-Opening of 1, 3-Benzoxazine with Thiols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 82(8): 4050-4055. (2017) PubMed