Publications

Publications 2004 - 2023


2023

Baloza, M., Henkel, S., Kasten, S., Holtappels, M., Molari, M. 2023. The Impact of Sea Ice Cover on Microbial Communities in Antarctic Shelf Sediments. Microorganisms 11, 1572.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061572

Cardozo-Mino, M. G., Salter, I., Nöthig, E.-M., Metfies, K., Ramondenc, S., Wekerle, C., Krumpen, T., Boetius, A., Bienhold, C. 2023. A decade of microbial community dynamics on sinking particles during high carbon export events in the eastern Fram Strait. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1173384. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1173384.

Fadeev, E., Bastos, C., Hennenfeind, J., Biller, S., Sher, D., Wietz, M., Herndl, G. 2023. Characterization of membrane vesicles in Alteromonas macleodii indicates potential roles in their copiotrophic lifestyle. microLife 4, 1–11. doi:10.1093/femsml/uqac025.

Golikov, A. V., Stauffer, J. B., Schindler, S. V., Taylor, J., Boehringer, L., Purser, A., Sabirov, R. M., Hoving, H.-J. 2023. Miles down for lunch: deep-sea in situ observations of Arctic finned octopods Cirroteuthis muelleri suggest pelagic–benthic feeding migration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290, 20230640. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.0640

Gros, V., Bonsang, B., Sarda-Estève, R., Nikolopoulos, A., Metfies, K., Wietz, M., Peeken, I. 2023. Concentrations of dissolved dimethyl sulfide (DMS), methanethiol and other trace gases in context of microbial communities from the temperate Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean. Biogeosciences 20, 851–867. doi:0.5194/bg-20-851-2023

Hoving, H. J. T., Boetius, A., Dunlop, K., Greinert, J., Haeckel, M., Jones, D. O., Simon-Lledo, E., Marcon, Y., Stratmann, T., Suck, I., Sweetman, A. K. 2023. Major fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in accumulation of gelatinous carbon fluxes on the deep seabed. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 119224, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1192242.

Krause, S. J. E., Liu, J., Yousavich, D. J., Robinson, D., Hoyt, D. W., Qin, Q., Wenzhöfer, F., Janssen, F., Valentine, D. L., Treude, T. 2023. Evidence of cryptic methane cycling and non-methanogenic methylamine consumption in the sulfate-reducing zone of sediment in the Santa Barbara Basin, California, Biogeosciences 20, 4377-4390, doi:10.5194/bg-20-4377-2023.

Li, X., Zhao, X., Dang, H., Zhang, C., Fernández-Urruzola, I., Liu, Z., Wenzhöfer, F., Glud, R. N. 2023. High variability in organic carbon sources and microbial activities in the hadopelagic waters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 68, 1704-1718. doi:10.1002/lno.12379

Meyer, R., Appeltans, W., Duncan, W. D., Dimitrova, M., Gan, Y.-M., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Mungall, C., Paul, D. L., Provoost, P., Robertson, T., Schriml, L., Suominen, S., Walls, R., Sweetlove, M., Ung, V., Van de Putte, A., Wallis, E., Wieczorek, J., Buttigieg, P. L. 2023. Aligning Standards Communities for Omics Biodiversity Data: Sustainable Darwin Core-MIxS Interoperability. Biodiversity Data Journal 11, e112420. doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e112420.

Meyer, R., Davies, N., Pitz, K. J., Meyer, C., Samuel, R., Anderson, J., Appeltans, W., Barker, K., Chavez, F., Duffy, J. E., Goodwin, K. D., Hudson, M., Hunter, M. E., Karstensen, J., Laney, C., Leinen, M., Mabee, P., Macklin, J. A., Muller-Karger, F., Pade, N., Pearlman, J., Phillips, L., Provoost, P., Santi, I., Schigel, D., Schriml, L. M., Soccodato, A., Suominen, S., Thibault, K. M., Ung, V., van de Kamp, J., Wallis, E., Walls, R., Buttigieg, P. L. 2023. The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON). GigaScience 12, giad068. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giad068.

Molari, M., Hassenrueck, C., Laso-Pérez, R., Wegener, G., Offre, P., Scilipoti S., Boetius, A. 2023. A hydrogenotrophic Sulfurimonas is globally abundant in deep-sea oxygen-saturated hydrothermal plumes. Nature Microbiology 8, 651–665. doi:10.1038/s41564-023-01342-w.

Pachiadaki, M., Janssen, F. Carreiro-Silva, M., Morato, T., Carreira, G. P. , Frazão, H. C.,  Heimbach, P., Iglesias, I., Muller-Karger, F. E., Santos, M. M., Smith, L. M., Vardaro, M. F., Visser, F., Waniek, J. J., Zinkann, A.-C., Colaço, A. 2023. Co-designing a multidisciplinary deep-ocean observing programme at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region: a blueprint for synergy in deep ocean research and conservation, ICES Journal of Marine Science 80(2), 352–354, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsac189.

Priest, T., von Appen, W.-J., Oldenburg, E., Popa, O., Torres-Valdés, S., Bienhold, C., Metfies, K., Boulton, W., Mock, T., Fuchs, B., Amann, R., Boetius, A., Wietz, M. 2023. Atlantic water influx and sea-ice cover drive taxonomic and functional shifts in Arctic marine bacterial communities. ISME Journal 17, 1612–1625; doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01461-6..

Rahlff, J., Wietz, M., Giebel, H., Bayfield, O., Nilsson, E., Bergstroem, K., Kieft, K., Anantharaman, K., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wurl, O., Hoetzinger, M., Antson, A., Holmfeldt, K. 2023. Ecogenomics and cultivation reveal distinctive viral-bacterial communities in the surface microlayer of a Baltic Sea slick. ISME Communications 3, 97. doi:10.1038/s43705-023-00307-8

Ramirez-Llodra, E., Argentino, C., Baker, M., Boetius, A., Costa, C., Dahle, H., Denny, E. M., Dessandier, P. A., Eilertsen, M. H., Ferre, B., German, C. R., Hand, K., Hilário, A.,  Hislop, L., Jamieson, J. W., Kalnitchenko, D., Mall, A., Panieri, G., Purser, A.,  Ramalho, S. P., Reeves, E. P., Rolley, L., Pereira, S. I., Ribeiro, P. A., Sert, M. F., Steen, I. H.,  Stetzler, M., Stokke, R., Victorero, L., Vulcano, F., Vågenes, S., Waghorn, K. A., Buenz S. 2023. Hot vents beneath an icy ocean. Oceanography 36, 6-17.

Santi, I., Beluche, O., Beraud, M., Buttigieg, P. L., Casotti, R., Cox, C. J., Cunliffe, M., Davies, N., de Cerio, O. D., Exter, K., Kervella, A. E., Kotoulas, G.,  Lagaisse, R., Laroquette, A., Louro, B., Not, F., Obst, M., Pavloudi, C.,  Poulain, J., Præbel, K., Vanaverbeke, J.,  Pade, N. 2023. European marine omics biodiversity observation network: a strategic outline for the implementation of omics approaches in ocean observation. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1118120. doi.10.3389/fmars.2023.1118120.

Stoll, N., Wietz, M., Juricke, S., Pausch, F., Peter, C., Massing, J., Seifert, M., Zeising, M., Käß, M., McPherson, R., Suckow, B. 2023. “Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer" − two years of interactive, scientific livestreams weekly on YouTube. Polarforschung 91, 31-43. doi:10.5194/polf-91-31-2023.

von Jackowski, A., Walter, M., Spiegel, T., Buttigieg, P.L., Molari, M. 2023. Drivers of pelagic and benthic microbial communities on Central Arctic seamounts. Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1216442. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1216442.

Xiao, W., Xu, Y., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Wu, W., Lü, X., Tan, J.,  Zhang, X.,  Zheng, F.,  Song, X.,  Zhu, Y.,  Yang, Y., Zhang, H., Wenzhöfer, F., Rowden, A. A., Glud, R. N. 2023. Disentangling effects of sea surface temperature and water depth on hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs: Insights from the hadal zone and global sediments. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2023GL103109. doi:10.1029/2023GL103109.

Zehnle, H., Otersen, C., Benito Merino, D. and Wegener, G. 2023. Potential for the anaerobic oxidation of benzene and naphthalene in thermophilic microorganisms from the Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1279865. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1279865

Zehnle, H., Laso-Pérez, R., Lipp, J. S., Teske, A. P., Wegener, G. 2023. Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea from Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent sediment oxidize petroleum alkanes. Nature Microbiology 8, 1199–1212. doi:10.1038/s41564-023-01400-3.

Zhang, C., Fang, Y.-X., Yin, X., Lai H., Kuang, Z., Zhang, T.,  Xu, X.P.,  Wegener, G., Wang, J.-H., Dong, X. 2023. The majority of microorganisms in gas hydrate-bearing subseafloor sediments ferment macromolecules. Microbiome 11, 37. doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01482-5.

2022

Aguzzi, J., Flögel, S., Marini, S., Thomsen, L., Albiez, J., Weiss, P., Picardi, G., Calisti, M., Stefanni, S., Mirimin, L., Vecchi, F., Laschi, C., Branch, A., Clark, E. B., Foing, B., Wedler, A., Chatzievangelou, D., Tangherlini, M., Purser, A., Dartnell, L., Danovaro, R. 2022. Developing technological synergies between deep-sea and space research. ELEMENTA: Science in the Anthropocene 10, 1-19. doi:10.1525/elementa.2021.00064

Benito Merino, D, Zehnle H, Teske A, Wegener G. 2022. Deep-Branching Anme-1c Archaea Grow at the Upper Temperature Limit of Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane. Frontiers in Microbiology 13. doi: 10.17615/g208-0220.

Bienhold, C., Schourup-Kristensen, V., Krumpen, T., Nöthig, E.-M., Wenzhöfer, F., Korhonen, M., Vredenborg, M., Hehemann, L., Boetius, A. 2022. Effects of sea ice retreat and ocean warming on the Laptev Sea continental slope ecosystem (1993 vs 2012). Frontiers in Marine Science 9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1004959.

Busch, K., Slaby, B. M., Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, E., Kenchington, F., Mienis, S., Mills, A., Riesgo, P., Ríos, E. M., Roberts, D., Sipkema, L., Pita, P. J., Schupp, J., Xavier, H. T., Rapp, H. T., Hentschel, U. 2022. Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome. Nature Communications 13(1), 1-6. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4.

Chadwick, G. L., Skennerton, C. T., Laso-Pérez, R.,  Leu,A. O., Speth, D. R., Yu, H., Morgan-Lang, C, Hatzenpichler, R., Goudeau, D., Malmstrom, R., Brazelton, W. J., Woyke, T., Hallam, S. J., Tyson, G. W., Wegener, G., Boetius,  A., Orphan, V. J. 2022. Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea. PLoS Biol 20(1), e3001508. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001508.

Chatzievangelou, D., Thomsen, L., Doya, C., Purser, A., Jacopo, A. 2022. Transects of the deep: Opportunities with tele-operated resident seafloor robots. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 833617. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.833617.

Cuvelier, D., Ramalho, S. P., Purser, A., Haeckel, M. 2022. Impact of returning scientific cruises and prolonged on-site presence on litter abundance at the deep-sea nodule fields in the Peru Basin. Marine Pollution Bulletin 184, 114162. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114162.

Dorschel, B., Hehemann, L., Viquerat, S., Warnke, F., Dreutter, S., Tenberge, Y. S., Accettella, D., An, L., Barrios, F., Bazenova, E., Black, J., Bohoyo, F., Davey, C., De Santis, L., Dotti, C. E., Fremand, A. C., Frewell, P. T., Gales, J. A., Gao, J., Gasperini, L., Greenbaum, J. S., Jencks, J. H., Hogan, K., Hong, J. K., Jakobsson, M., Jensen, L., Kool, J., Larin, S., Larter, R. D., Leitchenkov, G., Loubrieu, B., Mackay, K., Mayer, L., Millan, R., Morlighem, M., Navidad, F., Nitsche, F. O., Nogi, Y., Pertuisot, C., Post, A. L., Pritchard, H. D., Purser, A., Rebesco, M., Rignot, E., Roberts, J. L., Rovere, M., Ryzhov, I., Sauli, C., Schmitt, T., Silvano, A., Smith, J., Snaith, H., Tate, A. J., Tinto, K., Vandenbossche, P., Weatherall, P., Wintersteller, P., Yang, C., Zhang, T., Arndt, J.E. 2022. The international bathymetric chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2. Scientific Data 9, 275. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01366-7

Gollner, S. , Haeckel, M. , Janssen, F. , Lefaible, N. , Molari, M. , Papadopoulou, S., Reichart, G. , Alexandre, J. T. , Vink, A., Vanreusel, A. 2022. Restoration experiments in polymetallic nodule areas. Integrated. Environmental Assessment and Management 18(3), 682-696. doi:10.1002/ieam.4541.

German, C. R., Reeves, E. P., Türke, A., Diehl, A., Albers, E., Bach, W.,  Purser,A. . Ramalho, S. P.  Suman, S. Mertens, C. Walter, M.Ramirez-Llodra, E.  Schlindwein, V. Bünz S., Boetius, A. 2022. Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34014-0

Hörstmann, C., Buttigieg, P. L., John, U., Raes, E. J., WolfGladrow, D., Bracher, A., Waite, A. M. 2022. Microbial diversity through an oceanographic lens: refining the concept of ocean provinces through trophic‐level analysis and productivity‐specific length scales. Environmental Microbiology, 24(1), 404-419. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15832

Hoving, H. J., Amon, D., Bodur, Y., Haeckel, M., Jones, D. O. B., Neitzel, P., Simon-Lledo, E., Smith, C. R., Stauffer, J. B., Sweetman, A. K., Purser, A. 2022. The abyssal voyage of the argonauts: Deep-sea in situ observations reveal the contribution of cephalopod egg cases to the (in)organic carbon pump. Deep Sea Research Part 1 183, 103719. DOI:10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103719

Jørgensen, B. B., Wenzhöfer, F., Egger, M., Glud, R. N. 2022. Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle. Earth-Science Reviews 228, doi:103987.10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103987.

Leinen, M., Chavez, F., Meyer, R., Buttigieg, P. L., Davies, N., Casotti, R., Fischer, A. 2022. The Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON). Marine Technology Society Journal, 56(3), 106-107. doi:10.7554/eLife.67667.

Leonard, K., Buttigieg, P. L., Hudson, M., Paul, K., Pearlman, J., Juniper, S. K. 2022. Two-eyed seeing: Embracing the power of Indigenous knowledge for a healthy and sustainable Ocean. Plos Biology 20(10), e3001876. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001876

Linley, T. D., Gerringer, M. E., Richie, H., Weston, J. N. J., Scott-Murray, A., Fernandez, V., Hernandez, J. L. C., Wenzhöfer, F., Glud, R. N., Jamieson, A. J. 2022. Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by Paraliparis selti sp. nov. (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Marine Biodiversity 52, 56.  doi:10.1007/s12526-022-01294-0. 

Morganti, T. M., Slaby, B. M., de Kluijver, A., Busch, K., Hentschel, U., Middelburg, J., Mollenhauer, G., Dannheim, J., Rapp, H., Purser, A., Boetius, A. 2022. Giant sponge grounds of Central Arctic seamounts are associated with extinct seep life. Nature Communications 13(638). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28129-7.

Oguri, K., Turnewitsch, R., Masque, P., Zabel, M., Stewart, H. A., Stehlikova, J., MacKinnon, G., Rowden, A. A., Wenzhöfer, F., Glud, R. N. 2022. Sedimentation, Accumulation and Carbon Burial in Four Hadal Trench Systems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127, e2022JG006814. doi:10.1029/2022JG006814.

Shimabukuro, M., Zeppilli, D., Leduc, D., Wenzhöfer, F., Berg, P., Rowden, A. A.,  Glud, R. N. 2022. Intra-and inter-spatial variability of meiofauna in hadal trenches is linked to microbial activity and food availability. Scientific Reports 12(1), 1-11. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-08088-1.

Schoening, T., Durden, J. M., Faber, C., Felden, J., Heger, K., Hoving, H.-J., Kiko, R., Köser, K., Krämmer, C., Kwasnitschka, T., Möller, K. O., Nakath, D., Nass, A., Nattkemper, T. W., Purser, A., Zurowietz, M. 2022. Making marine image data FAIR. Sci. Data 9, 414. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01491-3

Smith, L. M., Cimoli, L., LaScala-Gruenewald, D., Pachiadaki, M., Phillips, B., Pillar, H., Stopa, J. E., Baumann-Pickering, S., Beaulieu, S. E., Bell, K. L., Harden-Davies, H., Gjerde, K. M., Heimbach, P., Howe, B., Janssen, F., Levin, L. A., Ruhl, H. A., Soule, A., Stocks, K., Vardaro, M. F., Wright, D. J. 2022. The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy: Addressing Global Challenges in the Deep Sea Through Collaboration, Marine Technology Society Journal 56(3), 50-66. doi:10.4031/MTSJ.56.3.11.

Stauffer, J., Purser, A., Griffiths, H. G., Smith, C. R., Hoving, H.-J. 2022. Food falls from the northwestern Weddell Sea. Frontiers in Marine Research 9, 1055318. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1055318

Stratmann, T. 2022. The ProkaBioDen database, a global database of benthic prokaryotic biomasses and densities in the marine realm. Scientific Data 9(1), 1-10.

Stratmann, T., Simon-Lledó, E., Morganti, T. M., de Kluijver, A., Vedenin, A., Purser, A. 2022. Habitat types and megabenthos composition from three sponge-dominated high-Arctic seamounts. Scientific Reports 12(1), 206, doi:10.10.1038/s41598-022-25240-z.

Vanni, C., Schechter, M. S., Acinas, S. G., Barberán, A., Buttigieg, P. L., Casamayor, E. O., Delmont, T. O., Duarte, C. M., Eren, A. M., Finn, R. D., Kottmann, R., Mitchell, A., Sánchez, P., Siren, K., Steinegger, M., Gloeckner, F. O., Fernandez-Guerra, A. 2022. Unifying the known and unknown microbial coding sequence space. eLife 11, e67667. doi:10.7554/eLife.67667.

von Jackowski, A., Becker, K. W., Wietz, M., Bienhold, C., Zäncker, B., Nöthig, E.-M., Engel, A. 2022. Variations of microbial communities and substrate regimes in the eastern Fram Strait between summer and fall. Environmental Microbiology 24, 4124-4136. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16036.

Vulcano, F., Hahn, C. J,  Roerdink, D.,  Dahle, H., Reeves, E. P., Wegener, G., Steen, I. H., Stokke, R. 2022. Phylogenetic and functional diverse ANME-1 thrive in Arctic hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 98(11), fiac117. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiac117

Wegener, G., R. Laso-Pérez, V. J. Orphan, Boetius, A. 2022. Anaerobic Degradation of Alkanes by Marine Archaea. Annu Rev Microbiol 76, 553-77. doi:10.1146/annurev-micro-111021-045911.

Wietz, M, López-Pérez  M.,  Sher, D., Biller, S. J., Rodriguez-Valera, F. 2022. Microbe Profile: Alteromonas macleodii − a Widespread, Fast-Responding, ‘Interactive’ Marine Bacterium. Microbiology 168, 001236. doi:10.1099/mic.0.001236.

Wietz, M. , Metfies, K. , Bienhold, C. , Wolf, C. , Janssen, F. , Salter, I., Boetius, A. 2022. Impact of preservation method and storage period on ribosomal metabarcoding of marine microbes: Implications for remote automated samplings. Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 999925. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.999925.

Zhang, X., Xu, Y., Xiao, W., Zhao, M., Wang, Z., Wang, X., Xu, L., Luo, M., Li, X., Fang, J., Fang, Y., Wang, Y., Oguri, K., Wenzhöfer, F., Rowden, A., Mitra, S., Glud, R. N. 2022. The hadal zone is an important and heterogeneous sink of black carbon in the ocean. Communications Earth & Environment 3, 25.  do:10.1038/s43247-022-00351-7.

Zhou, Z., Zhang, C.-j., Liu, P.-f.,  Fu, L., Laso-Pérez, R., Yang, L.,  Bai. L.-p., Li, J., Yang, M., Lin, J.-z.,  Wang, W.-d., Wegener, G., Li, M., Cheng, L. 2022. Non-Syntrophic Methanogenic Hydrocarbon Degradation by an Archaeal Species. Nature 601(7892), 257-262. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04235-2.

Zhu, Q. Z., Wegener, G., Hinrichs, K. U., Elvert, M. 2022. Activity of Ancillary Heterotrophic Community Members in Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Cultures. Frontiers in Microbiology 13. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.912299

2021

Allen K.D., Wegener G., Matthew Sublett Jr D., Bodnar R.J., Feng X., Wendt J.,  White R. H. 2021. Biogenic formation of amorphous carbon by anaerobic methanotrophs and select methanogens. Science advances 7(44). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abg9739.

Arnosti, C., Wietz, M., Brinkhoff, T., Hehemann, J.-H., Probandt, D., Zeugner, L., Amann, R. 2021. The Biogeochemistry of Marine Polysaccharides: Sources, Inventories, and Bacterial Drivers of the Carbohydrate Cycle. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 13, 81-108. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-032020-012810.

Barbie A., Pech N., Hasselbring W., Flögel S., Wenzhöfer F., Walter M., Shchekinova E., Busse M., Türk, M., Hofbauer M., Sommer S. 2021. Developing an Underwater Network of Ocean Observation Systems with Digital Twin Prototypes – A Field Report from the Baltic Sea. IEEE Journal Internet Computing Special Issue Digital Twins. doi:10.1109/MIC.2021.3065245.

Boehringer, L.., Ramalho, S. P., Marcon, Y., Boetius, A., Cuvelier, D., Purser, A. 2021. Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields. Marine Biodiversity 51(6): 97. doi:10.1007/s12526-021-01237-1.

Braeckman, U., Pasotti, F., Hoffmann, R., Vázquez, S., Wulff, A., Schloss, I. R., Falk, U., Deregibus, D., Lefaible, N., Torstensson, A., Al-Handal, A., Wenzhöfer, F., Vanreusel, A. 2021. Glacial melt disturbance shifts an Antarctic seafloor from carbon sink to carbon source. Commun Biol 4, 148. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01673-6.

Bunse, C., Koch, H., Breider, S., Si­mon, M., Wietz, M. 2021. Sweet spheres: suc­ces­sion and CAZyme ex­pres­sion of mar­ine bac­terial com­munit­ies col­on­iz­ing a mix of al­gin­ate and pec­tin particles. Environ Microbiol 23, 3130-3148. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15536

Cardozo-Mino, M. G., Fadeev, E., Salman-Carvalho, V., Boetius, A. 2021. Spatial Distribution of Arctic Bacterioplankton Abundance Is Linked to Distinct Water Masses and Summertime Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics (Fram Strait, 79°N). Front. Microbiol. 12, 1067. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.658803.

de Kluijver A., Nierop, K. J., Morganti, T., Bart, M., de Goeij, J. M., Middelburg, J. M. 2021. Microbial precursors and long chain fatty acids are biomarkers of boreo-Arctic demosponges. PlosOne. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241095

Devey, C. W., Greinert, J., Boetius, A., Augustin, N., Yeo, I. 2021. How volcanically active is an abyssal plain? Evidence for recent volcanism on 20 Ma Nazca Plate seafloor. Marine Geology 440, 106548

Dimitrova, M., Meyer, R., Buttigieg, P. L., Georgiev, T., Zhelezov, G., Demirov, S., Smith, V., Penev, L. 2021. A streamlined workflow for conversion, peer review, and publication of genomics metadata as omics data papers, GigaScience, giab034. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giab034 

Engelen, B., Nguyen, T., Heyerhoff, B., Kalenborn, S., Sydow, K., Tabai, H., Peterson, R. N., Wegener, G., Teske, A. 2021. Microbial Communities of Hydrothermal Guaymas Basin Surficial Sediment Profiled at 2 Millimeter-Scale Resolution. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 710881-710881. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.710881

Fadeev, E., Rogge, A., Ramondenc, S., Nöthig, E.-M., Wekerle, C., Bienhold, C.,  Salter, I., Waite, A. M., Hehemann, L., Boetius, A, Iversen, M. H. 2021. Sea ice presence is linked to higher carbon export and vertical microbial connectivity in the Eurasian Arctic Ocean. Communications Biology 4(1), 1255. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02776-w.

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Fadeev, E., Cardozo-Mino, M. G., Rapp, J. Z., Bienhold, C., Salter, I., Salman-Carvalho, V., Molari, M., Tegetmeyer, H. E., Buttigieg, P. L., Boetius, A. 2021. Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 12(283). doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.637526.

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Haeckel, M., Boetius, A. 2021. Seafloor integrity versus critical metal supply. One Earth 4: 328. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.02.019.

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Miksch, S., Meiners, M., Meyerdierks, A., Probandt, D., Wegener, G., Titschack, J., Jensen, M. A., Ellrott, A., Amann, R., Knittel, K. 2021. Bacterial communities in temperate and polar coastal sands are seasonally stable. ISME Communications 1, 29 doi:10.1038/s43705-021-00028-w.

Moradi, N., Klawonn, I., Iversen, M. H., Grossart, H.-P., Ploug, H., Wenzhöfer, F., Khalili, A. 2021. A novel measurement-based model for calculating O2 flux at interfaces in aquatic environments. Front. Mar. Sci. 8, 689977. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.689977.

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Morganti, T., Purser, A., Rapp,  H. T., German, C., Jakuba, M. V., Hehemann, L., Blendl, J., Slaby, B., Boetius, A. 2021. In situ observation of sponge trails indicate common sponge locomotion in the deep central Arctic. Current Biology  31(8), R368-R370. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.014.

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Ramírez, G. A., Mara, P., Sehein, T., Wegener, G., Chambers, C. R., Joye, S. B., Peterson, R. N., Philippe, A., Burgaud, G.,   Edgcomb, V. P. 2021. Environmental factors shaping bacterial, archaeal and fungal community structure in hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. Plos one 16(9): e0256321. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256321.

Samuel, R. M., Meyer, R., Buttigieg, P. L., Davies, N., Jeffery, N. W., Meyer, C., Pavloudi, C., Pitz, K. J., Sweetlove, M., Theroux, S., van de Kamp, J., Watts, A. 2021. Towards a Global Public Repository of Community Protocols to encourage Best Practices in Biomolecular Ocean Observing and Research. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.758694.

Sanei, H., Outridge, P. M., Oguri, K., Stern, G. A., Thamdrup, B., Wenzhöfer, F., Wang, F., Glud, R. N. 2021. High mercury accumulation in deep-ocean hadal sediments. Scientific Reports 11, 10970. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90459-1.

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Sorrell, B. K., Hawes, I., Stratmann, T., Lund-Hansen, L. C. 2021. Photobiological effects on ice algae of a rapid whole-fjord loss of snow cover during spring growth in Kangerlussuaq, a West Greenland Fjord. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, 814, doi:10.3390/jmse9080814.

Stratmann, T., So­etaert, K., Ker­sken, D., van Oevelen, D. 2021. Poly­metal­lic nod­ules are es­sen­tial for food-web in­teg­rity of a pro­spect­ive deep-seabed min­ing area in Pa­cific abyssal plains. Scientific Reports 11, 12238. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-91703-4

Teske, A., Wegener, G., Chanton, J. P., White, D., Mac­Gregor, B., Hoer, D., de Beer, D., Zhuang, G., Sax­ton, M. A., Joye, S. B., Lizar­ralde, D., Soule, S. A., Ruff, S. E. 2021. Mi­cro­bial Com­munit­ies Un­der Dis­tinct Thermal and Geo­chem­ical Re­gimes in Axial and Off-Axis Sed­i­ments of Guay­mas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 633649. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.633649.

Thamdrup, B., Schauberger, C., Larsen, M., Trouche, B., Maignien, L., Arnaud-Haond, S., Wenzhöfer, F., Glud, R. N. 2021. Anammox bacteria drive fixed nitrogen loss in hadal trench sediments. PNAS 118(46), e2104529118, doi:10.1073/pnas.2104529118.

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Wang, Y., Wegener, G., Williams, T. A., Xie, R., Hou, J., Wang, F. Xiao, X. 2021. A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multi-carbon alkane metabolism. Science Advances 7(27), doi:10.1126/sciadv.abj1453

We­gener, G., Gropp, J., Taub­ner, H., Halevy, I., Elvert, M. 2021. Sulfate-de­pend­ent re­vers­ib­il­ity of in­tra­cel­lu­lar re­ac­tions ex­plains the op­pos­ing iso­tope ef­fects in the an­aer­obic ox­id­a­tion of meth­ane. Science Advances 7(19), eabe4939. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe4939

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Wietz, M., Bienhold, C., Metfies, K., Torres-Valdes, S., von Appen, W.-J., Salter, I., Boetius, A. 2021. The polar night shift: Seasonal dynamics and drivers of Arctic Ocean microbiomes revealed by autonomous sampling. ISME Communications 1, 76. doi:10.1038/s43705-021-00074-4.

Wolter, L. A., Mitulla, M., Kalem, J., Daniel, R., Simon, M., Wietz, M. 2021. CAZymes in Maribacter dokdonensis 62-1 from the Patagonian shelf: Comparison with related flavobacteria and a co-occurring Alteromonas strain. Front. Microbiol. 12, 628055. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.628055.

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Hahn CJ, *Laso-Pérez R, Vulcano F,  Vaziourakis K-M, Stokke R, Steen IH,  Teske, A,  Boetius A, Liebeke L, Amann R, Knittel K,  Wegener G (2020) Candidatus Ethanoperedens, a thermophilic genus of archaea mediating the anaerobic oxidation of ethane. mBio 11:e00600-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00600-20.

 

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Kiesel J, Bienhold C, Wenzhöfer F, Link H (2020) Variability in Benthic Ecosystem Functioning in Arctic Shelf and Deep-Sea Sediments: Assessments by Benthic Oxygen Uptake Rates and Environmental Drivers. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:426. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00426

 

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Lund-Hansen LC, Bendtsen J, #Stratmann T, Tonboe R, Olsen SM, Markager S, Sorrell BK (2020) Will low primary production rates in the Amundsen Basin (Arctic Ocean) remain low in a future ice-free setting, and what governs this production? Journal of Marine Systems 205, 103287, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103287.

 

Molari M, Janssen F, *Vonnahme TR, Wenzhöfer F, Boetius A (2020) The contribution of microbial communities in polymetallic nodules to the diversity of the deep-sea microbiome of the Peru Basin (4130 − 4198 m depth). Biogeosciences 17:3203-3222. doi: 10.5194/bg-17-3203-2020

 

Ono S, Rhim JH,  Gruen DS,  Taubner H, Kölling M, Wegener G (2020) Clumped Isotopologue Fractionation by Microbial Cultures Performing the Anaerobic 10 Oxidation of Methane. Geochim. Cosmochim Acta. 293:70-97.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.015

 

#Otte JM (2020) Sharing electrons: An extraordinary friendship between bacteria. Front. Young Minds. 8:543259. doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.543259.

 

Stratmann T, van Oevelen D, Martínez Arbizu P, Wei C-L, Liao J-X, Cusson M, Scrosati R, Archambault P, Snelgrove PVR, Ramey-Balci P, Burd B, Kenchington E, Gilkinson K, Belley R, Soetaert K (2020) The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro- and megabenthic biomass and densities. Scientific Data 7(206). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0551-2.

 

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de Jonge DSW, Stratmann T, Lins L, Vanreusel A, Purser A, Marcon Y, Rodrigues CF, Ravara A, Esquete P, Cunha MR, Simon-Lledó R, van Breugel P, Sweetman AK, Soetaert K, van Oevelen D. (2020) Abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon flow recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment. Progress in Oceanography 189(102446). doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102446

 

*Vonnahme TR, Molari M, Janssen F, Wenzhöfer F, Haeckel M, Titschack T, Boetius A (2020) Effects of a deep-sea mining experiment on seafloor microbial communities and functions after 26 years. Science Advances 6(18) eaaz5922. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz5922

 

Wang Y, Wegener G, Ruff SE, Wang F (2020) Methyl/alkyl-coenzyme M reductase-based anaerobic alkane oxidation in archaea. Environmental Microbiologyhttps:// doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15057

 

White RH, Allen KD, We­gener G (2019) Iden­ti­fic­a­tion of a Redox Act­ive Thioquinox­alinol Sulfate Com­pound Pro­duced by an An­aer­obic Meth­ane-Ox­id­iz­ing Mi­cro­bial Con­sor­tium, ACS omega 4(27) 22613-22622. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03450

 

Wu W, Meador TB, Könneke M, Elvert M, Wegener G, Hinrichs KU (2020) Substrate‐dependent incorporation of carbon and hydrogen for lipid biosynthesis by Methanosarcina barkeri. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 12(5):555-567. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12876

 

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Bax NJ, Miloslavich P, Muller-Karger FE, Allain V, Appeltans W, Batten SD, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Buttigieg PL et al (2019) A response to scientific and societal needs for marine biological observations. Frontiers in Marine Science 6(395).doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00395

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Koch H, Freese HM, Hahnke RL, Simon M, #Wietz M (2019) Adaptations of Alteromonas sp. 76-1 to polysaccharide degradation: A CAZyme plasmid for ulvan degradation and two alginolytic systems. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:504. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00504

  Krumpen T, Belter HJ, Boetius A, Damm E, Haas C, Hendricks S, Nicolaus M, Nöthig E-M, Paul S, Peeken I, Ricker R, Stein R (2019) Arctic warming interrupts the Transpolar Drift and affects long-range transport of sea ice and ice-rafted matter. Scientific Reports 9(1):5459. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41456-y
  Laso-Pérez R, Hahn C, van Vliet DM, *Tegetmeyer H, Schubotz F, Smit NT, Pape T, Sahling H, Bohrmann G, Boetius A, Knittel K, Wegener G (2019) Anaerobic degradation of non-methane alkanes by "Candidatus Methanolaparia" in hydrocarbon seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio 10(4):e01814-19. doi:10.1128/mBio.01814-19
 

Levin LA, Bett BJ, Gates AR, Heimbach P, Howe BM, Janssen F, et al (2019) Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 241, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00241

  Mevenkamp L, Guilini K, Boetius A, Grave JD, Laforce B, Vandenberghe D, Vincze L, Vanreusel A (2019) Responses of an abyssal meiobenthic community to short-term burial with crushed nodule particles in the south-east Pacific. Biogeosciences 16(11):2329-2341. doi:10.5194/bg-16-2329-2019
 

Molari M, Guilini K, Lins L, Ramette A, Vanreusel A (2019) CO2 leakage can cause loss of benthic biodiversity in submarine sands. Marine environmental research 144:213-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.01.006

 

#Otte JM, Blackwell N, Ruser R, Kappler A, Kleindienst S, Schmidt C (2019) N2O formation by nitrite-induced (chemo)denitrification in coastal marine sediment. Scientific Reports 9:10691. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47172-x

 

Pearlman JS, Bushnell M, Coppola L, Buttigieg PL et al (2019) Evolving and sustaining ocean best practices and standards for the next decade. Frontiers in Marine Science 6(277). doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00277

  Purser A, Herr H, Dreutter S, Dorschel B, Glud RN, Hehemann L, Hoge U, Jamieson AJ, Linley TD, Stewart HA, Wenzhöfer F (2019) Depression chains in seafloor of contrasting morphology, Atacama Trench margin. A comment on Marsh et al. (2018). Royal Society Open Science 6:182053 doi:10.1098/rsos.182053
 

Reintjes G, *Tegetmeyer HE, Bürgisser M, Orlic S, Tews I, Zubkov M, Voß D, Zielinski O, Quast C, Glöckner FO, Amann R, Ferdelman TG, Fuchs BM (2019) On-site analysis of the bacterial communities of the Ultraoligotrophic South Pacific Gyre. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85(14):e00184-19.  doi:1128/AEM.00184-19

  *Ruff SE, *Felden J, Gruber-Vodicka HR, *Marcon Y, Knittel K,*Ramette A, Boetius A (2019) In situ development of a methanotrophic microbiome in deep-sea sediments. The ISME Journal 13:197–213 doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0263-1
 

Rybakova E, Kremenetskaia A, Vedenin A, Boetius A, Gebruk A (2019) Deep-sea megabenthos communities of the Eurasian Central Arctic are influenced by ice-cover and sea-ice algal falls. PloS one 14(7) e02110092019. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211009

 

Sweetman AK, Smith CR, Shulse CN, Maillot B, Lindh M, Church MJ, Meyer KS, van Oevelen D, #Stratmann T, Gooday AJ (2019) Key role of bacteria in the short-term cycling of carbon at the abyssal seafloor in a low particulate organic carbon flux region of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography 64:694-713. doi.org/10.1002/lno.11069

 

Stratmann T, Soetaert K, Wei C-L, Lin Y-S, van Oevelen D (2019) The SCOC database, a large, open, and global database with sediment community oxygen consumption rates. Scientific Data 6: 242. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0259-3

  Varliero G, Bienhold C, Schmid F, Boetius A, Molari M (2019) Microbial diversity and connectivity in deep-sea sediments of the South Atlantic Polar Front. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:665. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00665
  Wang Y, Wegener G, Hou J, Wang F, Xiao X (2019) Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea. Na­tu­re Mi­cro­bio­lo­gy 4:595-602 doi:10.1038/​s41564-019-0364-2
  #Wietz M, Lau SC, Harder T (2019) Editorial: Socio-Ecology of Microbes in a Changing Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:190. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00190
  Yang T, Teske A, Ambrose W, #Salman-Carvalho V, Bagnell R, Nielsen LP (2019) Intracellular calcite and sulfur dynamics of Achromatiumcells observed in a lab-based enrichment and aerobic incubation experiment. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 112(2):263-274. doi:10.1007/s10482-018-1153-2
 

Vedenin A, Gusky M, Gebruk A, Kremenetskaia A, Rybakova E, Boetius A (2018) Spatial distribution of benthic macrofauna in the Central Arctic Ocean. PLOS ONE 13(10) e0200121. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200121.

 

2018

Braeckman U, Janssen F, Lavik G, Elvert M, Marchant H, Buckner C, Bienhold C, Wenzhöfer F (2018) Carbon and nitrogen turnover in the Arctic deep sea: in situ benthic community response to diatom and coccolithophorid phytodetritus. Biogeosciences 15(21):6537-6557. doi:10.5194/bg-15-6537-2018

 

Bryce C, Blackwell N, Schmidt C, #Otte J, Huang Y, Kleindienst S, Tomaszewski E, Schad M, Warter V, Peng C, Byrne JM, Kappler A (2018) Microbial anaerobic Fe(II) oxidation – ecology, mechanisms and environmental implications. Environmental Microbiology 20(10):3462-3483. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14328

  Boetius A, Haeckel M (2018) Mind the seafloor. Science 359:34-36. doi:10.1126/science.aap7301
  Buttigieg PL, Fadeev E, Bienhold C, Hehemann L, *Offre P, Boetius A (2018) Marine microbes in 4D – using time series observation to assess the dynamics of the ocean microbiome and its links to ocean health. Current Opinion in Microbiology 43:169–185. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.015
  Chafee M, Fernàndez-Guerra A, Buttigieg PL, Gerdts G, Eren AM, Teeling H, Amann RI (2018) Recurrent patterns of microdiversity in a temperate coastal marine environment. The ISME Journal 12:237–252. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.165
  Fadeev E, Salter I, Schourup-Kristensen V, Nöthig E-M, Metfies K, Engel A, Piontek J, Boetius A, Bienhold C (2018) Microbial communities in the east and west Fram Strait during sea ice melting season. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:429. doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00429
  Hoffmann R, Braeckman U, Hasemann C, Wenzhöfer F (2018) Deep-sea benthic communities and oxygen fluxes in the Arctic Fram Strait controlled by sea-ice cover and water depth. Biogeosciences 15:4849-4869 doi:10.5194/bg-2017-537
  *Hoffmann R, Pasotti F, Vazquez S, Lefaible N, Torstensson A, MacCormack W, Wenzhöfer F, Braeckman U (2018) Spatial variability of biogeochemistry in shallow coastal benthic communities of Potter Cove (Antarctica) and the impact of a melting glacier. PLoS ONE 13(12):e0207917. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207917
  *Krukenberg V, Riedel D,Gruber-Vodicka HR, Buttigieg PL, Tegetmeyer HE, Boetius A, Wegener G (2018) Gene expression and ultrastructure of meso- and thermophilic methanotrophic consortia. Environmental Microbiology 20(5):1651-1666.  doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14077
  Laso-Pérez R, *Krukenberg V, Musat F, Wegener G (2018) Establishing anaerobic hydrocarbon-degrading enrichment cultures under strictly anoxic conditions. Nature Protocols 13(6):1310-1330. doi:10.1038/nprot.2018.030
  Luo M, Glud RN, Pan B, Wenzhöfer F,  Xu Y, Lin G, Chen D (2018) Benthic carbon mineralization in hadal trenches: Insights from in-situ determination of benthic oxygen consumption. Geophysical Research Letters 45:2752-2760. doi:10.1002/2017GL076232
  Marchant HK, Tegetmeyer HE, Ahmerkamp S, Holtappels M, Lavik G, Graf J, Schreiber F, Mussmann M, Strous M, Kuypers MMM (2018) Metabolic specialization of denitrifiers in permeable sediments controls N2O emissions. Environmental Microbiology 20(12):4486-4502. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14385
  Martijn J, Vosseberg J, Guy L, *Offre P, Ettema TJG (2018) Deep mitochondrial origin outside the sampled alphaproteobacteria. Nature 557:101–105. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0059-5
 

Molari M, Guilini K., Lott C., Weber M., de Beer D., Meyer S., *Ramette A, Wegener G, Wenzhöfer F, Martin D, Cibic T, De Vittor C, Vanreusel A, Boetius A (2018) CO2 leakage alters biogeochemical and ecological functions of submarine sands. Science Advances 4(2):eaao2040. doi:1126/​sci­adv.aao2040

 

#Otte JM, Soos V, Rughöft S, Maisch M, Kappler K, Kleindienst S, Schmidt C (2018) Sterilization impacts on marine sediment - Are we able to inactivate microorganisms in environmental samples? FEMS Microbial Ecology 94(12):fiy189. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy189

 

#Pala C, #Molari M, Nizzoli D, Bartoli M, Viaroli P, Manini E (2018) Environmental drivers controlling bacterial and archaeal abundance in the sediments of a Mediterranean lagoon ecosystem. Current Microbiology 75:1147–1155. doi:10.1007/s00284-018-1503-3

 

Rapp JZ, *Fernandez-Mendez M, Bienhold C, Boetius A (2018) Effects of ice-algal aggregate export on the connectivity of bacterial communities in the central Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1035. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01035

 

Schutte C, Teske A, MacGregor B, Salman-Carvalho V, Lavik G, Hach P, de Beer D (2018) Filamentous giant Beggiatoaceae from Guaymas Basin are capable of both denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84(15):e0286017 doi:10.1128/AEM.02860-17

 

Vedenin A, Gusky M, Gebruk A, Kremenetskaia A, Rybakova E, Boetius A (2018) Spatial distribution of benthic macrofauna in the Central Arctic Ocean. PLoS ONE 13(10):e0200121. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200121

 

2017 

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

 

Avcı B, Hahnke R, Chafee M, Fischer T, Gruber-Vodicka H, #Tegetmeyer HE, Harder J, Fuchs BM, Amann RI, Teeling H (2017) 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.

 

Chen J, Hanke A, #Tegetmeyer HE, Kattelmann I, Sharma R, Hamann E, Hargsheimer T, Kraft B, Lenk S, Geelhoed JS, Hettich RL, Strous M (2017) Impacts of chemical gradients on microbial community structure.e The ISME Journal 11:920–931. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.175.

 

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

 

Guilini K, Weber M, de Beer D, Schneider M, Molari M, Lott C, Bodnar W, Mascart T, De Troch M, Vanreusel A (2017) Response of Posidonia oceanica seagrass and its epibiont communities to ocean acidification. PLoS One 12(8):e0181531. doi:1371/journal.pone.0181531

 

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

 

*Hassenrück C, Tegetmeyer HE, *Ramette A, Fabricius K (2017) 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.

 

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

  *Jessen G. L., *Lichtschlag A., *Ramette A., Pantoja S., Rossel P.E., Schubert C.J., Struck U., Boetius A. (2017) 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
 

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., Weil Z., Hol W.H.G. (2017) Where less may be more: How the rare biosphere pulls ecosystems strings. The ISME Journal 11, 853–862. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.174.

 

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

 

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

 

*Koop-Jakobsen K., *Fischer J., Wenzhöfer F. (2017) 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.

 

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

  *Pop Ristova P., Bienhold C., Wenzhöfer F., Rossel P.E., Boetius A. (2017) 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
 

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

  #Rossel, P. E., Stubbins, A., Rebling, T., Koschinsky, A., Hawkes, J.A., Dittmar, T. (2017) Thermally altered marine dissolved organic matter in hydrothermal fluids. Organic geochemistry 110:73-86  doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.05.003
  Saad S., Bhatnagar S., #Tegetmeyer H.E., Geelhoed J.S., Strous M., *Ruff S.E. (2017) Transient exposure to oxygen or nitrate reveals ecophysiology of fermentative and sulfate-reducing benthic microbial populations. Environmental Microbiology 19, 4866–4881. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.1389
 

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

 

Stec K.F., Caputi L., Buttigieg P.L., D'Alelio D., Ibarbalz F.M., Sullivan M.B., Chaffron S., Bowler C., d'Alcala' M.R., Iudicone D. (2017) Modeling plankton interactions in the meta-omics era. Are we ready? Marine Genomics 32: 1-17. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2017.02.006

 

Wilbanks EG, #Salman-Carvalho V, Jaekel U, Humphrey PT, Eisen JA, Buckley DH, Zinder SH (2017) 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.

 

2016

Bayer B., Vojvoda J., Offre P., Alves R.J.E., Elisabeth N., Garcia J.A., Volland J.-M., Srivastava A., Schleper C., Herndl G.J. (2016) Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation. ISME Journal 10, 1051–1063. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.200.

 

Bienhold C., *Zinger L., Boetius A., *Ramette A. (2016) Diversity and biogeography of bathyal and abyssal seafloor bacteria. PLOS ONE 11(1): e0148016. doi:1371/journal.pone.0148016.

 

Buttigieg P.L., Pafilis E., Lewis S.E., Schildhauer M.P., Walls R.L., Mungall C.J. (2016) The environment ontology in 2016: bridging domains with increased scope, semantic density, and interoperation. Journal of Biomedical Semantics 7(1): 57. doi:10.1186/s13326-016-0097-6

 

Danovaro R., Molari M., Corinaldesi C., Dell´Anno A. (2016) Macroecological drivers of Archaea and Bacteria in benthic deep-sea ecosystems. Science Advances 2(4): e1500961. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500961

 

*Donis D., McGinnis F., Holtappels M., *Felden J., Wenzhöfer F. (2016). Assessing benthic oxygen fluxes in oligotrophic deep sea sediments (HAUSGARTEN observatory). Deep Sea Research I. 111: 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.11.007.

 

Dowell F., Cardman Z., Dasarathy S., Kellermann M., Lipp J. S., *Ruff S. E., Biddle J. F., McKay L., MacGregor B. J., Lloyd K. G., Albert D. B., Mendlovitz H., Hinrichs K.-U., Teske A. (2016). Microbial communities in methane- and short chain alkane-rich hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 17. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00017.

 

Dyksma S., Bischof K., Fuchs B.M., Hoffmann K., Meier D., Meyerdierks A., Pjevac P., Probandt D., Richter M., Stepanauskas R., Mußmann M. (2016) Ubiquitous Gammaproteobacteria dominate dark carbon fixation in coastal sediments. The ISME Journal 10: 1939-1953doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.257.

 

#Fadeev E., De Pascale F., Vezzi A., Hubner S., Aharonovich D., Sher D. (2016). Why Close a Bacterial Genome? The Plasmid of Alteromonas macleodii HOT1A3 is a Vector for Inter-Specific Transfer of a Flexible Genomic Island. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:248. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00248.

 

*Fernández-Méndez M., Turk-Kubo K. A., Rapp J. Z., Buttigieg P. L., Krumpen T., Zehr J. P., Boetius A. (2016) Diazotroph diversity in the sea ice, melt ponds and water column of the Central Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology 7:1884 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01884.

 

Hanke A., Berg J., Hargesheimer T., Tegetmeyer H.E., Sharp C., Strous M. (2016). Selective pressure of temperature on competition and cross-feeding within denitrifying and fermentative microbial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1461. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01461.

 

Hassenrück C., Fink A., *Lichtschlag A., Tegetmeyer H., De Beer D., *Ramette A. (2016) Quantification of the effects of ocean acidification on sediment microbial communities in the environment: the importance of ecosystem approaches. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92(5): fiw027. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw027.

 

ten Hoopen P., Amid C., Buttigieg P. L., Pafilis E., Bravakos P., Cerdeño-Tárraga A. M., Gibson R., Kahlke T., Legaki A., Kada N. M., Papastefanou G., Pereira E., Rossello M., Toribio A. L., Cochrane G. (2016). Value, but high costs in post-deposition data curation. Database. bav126. doi:1093/database/bav126.

 

Jessen G. L., *Lichtschlag, A., Struck, U., Boetius A. (2016) Distribution and composition of thiotrophic mats in the hypoxic zone of the Black Sea (150-170m water depth, Crimea margin). Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1011. doi:3389/fmicb.2016.01011

  Kellermann M.Y., Yoshinaga M.Y., Wegener G., Krukenberg V., Hinrichs K.-U. (2016) Tracing the production and fate of individual archaeal intact polar lipids by stable isotope probing, Organic Geochemistry 95:13-20. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.02.004.
 

Kerou M., Offre P., Valledor L., Abby S., Melcher M., Nagler M., Weckwerth W., Schleper C. (2016) Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of terrestrial archaeal ammonia-oxidizers. PNAS 201601212. doi:10.1073/pnas.1601212113.

 

Koureas D, Hardisty A, Vos R, Agosti D, Arvanitidis C, Bogatencov P, Buttigieg P.L., de Jong Y, Horvath F, Gkoutos G, Groom Q, Kliment T, Kõljalg U, Manakos I, Marcer A, Marhold K, Morse D, Mergen P, Penev L, Pettersson L, Svenning J, van de Putte A, Smith V (2016) Unifying European Biodiversity Informatics (BioUnify). Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e7787. doi:10.3897/rio.2.e7787

 

Krukenberg V., *Harding K., Richter M., Glöckner F.-O., Gruber Vodicka H., Adam B., Berg J., Knittel K., Tegetmeyer H.E., Boetius A., Wegener G. (2016) Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environmental Microbiology 18:3073-3091. doi:1111/1462-2920.13283.

 

Laso-Pérez R., Wegener G., Knittel K., Widdel F., *Harding K. J., Krukenberg V., Meier D. V., Richter M., Tegetmeyer H. E., Riedel D., Richnow H.-H., Adrian L., Thorsten R., Lechtenfeld O., Musat F. (2016) Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-CoM formation. Nature 539(7629): 396-401. doi:10.1038/nature20152.

  Leduc D., Rowden A., Glud R.N., Wenzhöfer F., Kitazato H., Clark M. (2016) Comparison between infaunal communities of the deep floor and edge of the Tonga Trench: possible effects of differences in organic matter supply. Deep Sea Research I 116: 264-275. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.11.003.
  Pafilis E., Buttigieg P. L., Ferrel B.l, Pereira E., *Schnetzer J., Arvanitidis C., Jensen L. J. (2016). EXTRACT: Interactive extraction of environment metadata and term suggestion for metagenomic sample annotation. Database: the journal of biological databases and curation, 2016. doi:10.1093/database/baw005.
  Purser A., Marcon Y, Hoving HJ, Vecchione M, Piatkowski U, Eason D, Bluhm H, Boetius A (2016) Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese-crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean. Current Biology 26, Issue 24: R1268–R1269. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052
 

RocaMartí, M., Puigcorbé,V., Rutgers van der Loeff, M.M., Katlein, C., *FernándezMéndez, M., Peeken, I., Masqué, P. (2016) Carbon export fluxes and export efficiency in the central Arctic during the record sea‐ice minimum in 2012: a joint 234Th/238U and 210Po/210Pb study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 121(7): 5030-5049. doi:10.1002/2016JC011816.

 

Rossel P.E., Bienhold C., Boetius A., Dittmar T. (2016) Dissolved organic matter in pore water of Arctic Ocean sediments: influence of the environment on the molecular composition. Organic Geochemistry 97: 41-52. doi:1016/j.orggeochem.2016.04.003.

 

*Ruff S.E., Kuhfuss H., Wegener G., Lott C., *Ramette A., Wiedling J., Knittel K., *Weber M. (2016) Methane seep in shallow-water permeable sediment harbors high diversity of anaerobic methanotrophic communities, Elba, Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:374. doi:3389/fmicb.2016.00374.

 

Sahling H., Borowski C., Escobar-Briones E., Gaytán-Caballero A., Hsu C.-W., Loher M., MacDonald I., Marcon Y., Pape T., Römer M., Rubin-Blum M., Schubotz F., Smrzka D., Wegener G., Bohrmann G. (2016) Massive asphalt deposits, oil seepage, and gas venting support abundant chemosynthetic communities at the Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences 13: 4491-4512. doi:10.5194/bg-13-4491-2016.

 

#Salman, V., Berben, T., Bowers, R. M., Woyke, T., Teske, A., & Angert, E. R. (2016). Insights into the single cell draft genome of “Candidatus Achromatium palustre”. Standards in genomic sciences, 11(1): 1. doi:10.1186/s40793-016-0146-x.

  Salman-Carvalho V., Fadeev E., Joye S., Teske A. (2016) How clonal is clonal? Genome plasticity across multicellular segments of a "Candidatus Marithrix sp." filament from sulfidic, briny seafloor sediments in the Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1173. doi:3389/fmicb.2016.01173.
  *Schnetzer J., Kopf A., Bietz M. J., Buttigieg P. L., Fernandez-Guerra A., *Pop Ristova P., Glöckner F. O., Kottmann R. (2016). MyOSD 2014: Evaluating oceanographic measurements contributed by citizen scientists in support of Ocean Sampling Day. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 17(1): 163. doi:1128/jmbe.v17i1.1001.
 

Sen A., Ondréas H., Gaillot A., Marcon Y., Augustin J.M., Olu K. (2016) The use of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry as a means of identifying faunal assemblages in a deep-sea cold seep. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 110: 33-49. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.01.005.

 

Soltwedel T., Bauerfeind E., Bergmann M., Bracher A., Budaeva N., Busch K., Cherkasheva A., Fahl K., Grzelak K., Hasemann C., Jacob M., Kraft A., Lalande C., Metfies K., Nöthig E.M., Meyer K., Quéric N.V., Schewe I., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., Klages M. (2016) Natural variability or anthropogenically-induced variation? Insights from 15 years of multidisciplinary observations at the arctic open-ocean LTER site HAUSGARTEN. Ecological Indicators 65: 89-102. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.001.

 

#Vonnahme, T. R., Devetter, M., Žárský, J. D., Šabacká, M., & Elster, J. (2016). Controls on microalgal community structures in cryoconite holes upon high-Arctic glaciers, Svalbard. Biogeosciences 13(3): 659-674. doi:10.5194/bg-13-659-2016.

 

Wegener G., Kellermann M.Y., Elvert M. (2016) Tracking activity and function of microorganisms by stable isotope probing of membrane lipids (invited review). Current opinion in biotechnology 41: 43-52. doi:1016/j.copbio.2016.04.022

 

Wegener G., Krukenberg V., *Ruff S.E., Kellermann M.Y., Knittel K. (2016). Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms involved in and associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:46. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00046.

 

Wenzhöfer F., Kazumasa O., Middelboe M., Turnewitsch R., Toyofuku T., Kitazato H., Glud R.N. (2016) Benthic carbon mineralization in hadal trenches: Assessment by in situ O2 microprofile measurements. Deep Sea Research I 116: 276-286. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.08.013.

 

Winkel, M., #Salman-Carvalho, V., Woyke, T., Richter, M., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Flood, B., Bailey, J. V., Mußmann, M. (2016) Single-cell sequencing of Thiomargarita reveals genomic flexibility for adaptation to dynamic redox conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 964. doi:3389/fmicb.2016.00964.

 

Yilmaz P., Yarza P., Rapp J.Z., Glöckner F.O. (2016). Expanding the World of Marine Bacterial and Archaeal Clades. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1524. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01524.

  Zawierucha, K., Ostrowska, M., #Vonnahme, T.R., Devetter, A.M., Nawrot, P., Lehmann, S., Kolicka, M. (2016). Diversity and distribution of Tardigrada in Arctic cryoconite holes. Journal of Limnology 75(3). doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1453.

 

2015 

Ahmerkamp S., Winter C., Janssen F., Kuypers M.M.M., Holtappels M. (2015) The impact of bedform migration on benthic oxygen fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 120: 2229–2242. doi:10.1002/2015JG00310.

 

Bayer B., Vojvoda J., #Offre P., Alves R.J.E., Elisabeth N., Garcia J.A., Volland J.-M., Srivastava A., Schleper C., Herndl G.J. (2016) Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation. ISME Journal 10, 1051–1063. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.200.

  Boetius A., Anesio A.M., Deming J.W., Mikucki J., Rapp J.Z. (2015) Microbial ecology of the cryosphere: sea ice and glacial habitats. Nature Reviews Microbiology 13:677–690. doi:10.1038/nrmicro3522.
  Brocke H.J., Wenzhöfer F., de Beer D., Mueller B., van Duyl F.C., Nugues M.N. (2015) High dissolved organic carbon release by benthic cyanobacterial mats in a Caribbean reef ecosystem. Scientific Reports 5: 8852. doi:10.1038/srep08852.
  Buttigieg P.L., *Ramette A. (2015) Biogeographic patterns of bacterial microdiversity in Arctic deep-sea sediments (Hausgarten, Fram Strait). Frontiers in Microbiology 5: 660. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00660.
  Degen R., Vedenin A., Gusky M., Boetius A., Brey T. (2015) Patterns and trends of macrobenthic abundance, biomass and production in the deep Arctic Ocean. Polar Research 34: 24008. doi:10.3402/polar.v34.24008.
  *Donis D., Holtappels M., Noss C., Cathalot C., Hancke K., Polsenaere P., Lorke A., Glud R.N., Wenzhöfer F., Meysman F.J.R., McGinnis D.F. (2015) An assessment of the precision and confidence of aquatic eddy correlation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 32: 642-655. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00089.1.
  Fernández-Méndez M., Katlein C., Rabe B., Nicolaus M., Peeken I., Bakker K., Flores H., Boetius A. (2015) Photosynthetic production in the central Arctic Ocean during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012. Biogeosciences 12: 3525-3549. doi:10.5194/bg-12-3525-2015.
  Hassenrück, C., Hofmann, L.C., Bischof, K., *Ramette, A. (2015) Seagrass biofilm communities at a naturally CO2-rich vent. Environmental Microbiology Reports 7(3), 516-525. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12282.
  Hawkes J.A., Rossel P.E., Stubbins A., Butterfield D., Connelly D.P., Achterberg E.P., Koschinsky A., Chavagnac V., Hansen C.T., Bach W., Dittmar T. (2015) Efficient removal of recalcitrant deep-ocean dissolved organic matter during hydrothermal circulation. Nature Geoscience 8:856–860. doi:10.1038/ngeo2543.
  Ionescu D., Heim C., Polerecky L., *Ramette A., Haeusler S., Bizic-Ionescu M., Thiel V., de Beer D. (2015) Diversity of iron oxidizing and reducing bacteria in flow reactors in the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory. Geomicrobiology Journal 32:207-220. doi:10.1080/01490451.2014.884196.
  Katlein C., Arndt S., Nicolaus M., Perovich D.K., Jakuba M.V., Suman S., Elliott S., Whitcomb L.L., McFarland C.J., Gerdes R., Boetius A., German C.R. (2015) Influence of ice thickness and surface properties on light transmission through Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 120(9): 5932-5944. doi:10.1002/2015JC010914.
  Katlein C., Fernández-Méndez M., Wenzhöfer F., Nicolaus M. (2015) Distribution of algal aggregates under summer sea ice in the Central Arctic. Polar Biology 38(5): 719-731. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1634-3.
  Lee Y.J., Matrai P.A., Friedrichs M.A.M., Saba V.S., Antoine D., Ardyna M., Asanuma I., Babin M., Bélanger S., Benoît‐Gagné M., Devred E., Fernández‐Méndez M., Gentili B., Hirawake T., Kang S.-H., Kameda T., Katlein C., Lee S.H., Lee Z., Mélin F., Scardi M., Smyth T.J., Tang S., Turpie K.R., Waters K.J., Westberry T.K. (2015) An assessment of phytoplankton primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean from satellite ocean color/in situ chlorophyll‐a‐based models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 120(9): 6508-6541. doi:10.1002/2015JC011018.
  *Lichtschlag A., Donis D., Janssen F., Jessen G.L., Holtappels M., Wenzhöfer F., Mazlumyan S., Sergeeva N., Waldmann C., Boetius A. (2015) Effects of fluctuating hypoxia on benthic oxygen consumption in the Black Sea (Crimean shelf). Biogeosciences 12: 5075-5092. doi:10.5194/bg-12-5075-2015.
  Nolla-Ardèvol V., Strous M., Tegetmeyer H.E. (2015) Anaerobic digestion of the microalga Spirulina at extreme alkaline conditions: biogas production, metagenome, and metatranscriptome. Frontiers in Microbiology 6(597): 597. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00597.
 

Nolla-Ardèvol V., Peces M., Strous M., Tegetmeyer H.E. (2015) Metagenome from a Spirulina digesting biogas reactor: analysis via binning of contigs and classification of short reads. BMC Microbiology. 15:277. doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0615-1.

  *Pop Ristova P., Wenzhöfer F., *Ramette A., *Felden J., Boetius A. (2015) Spatial scales of bacterial community diversity at cold seeps (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). ISME Journal 9(6): 1306-1318. doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.217.
  Raulf F.F., Fabricius K., Uthicke S., de Beer D., Abed R.M.M., *Ramette A. (2015) Changes in microbial communities in coastal sediments along natural CO2 gradients at a volcanic vent in Papua New Guinea. Environmental Microbiology 17(10): 3678-3691. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12729.
  Recuenco-Muñoz L., #Offre P., Valledor L., Lyon D., Weckwerth W., Wienkoop S. (2015) Targeted quantitative analysis of a diurnal RuBisCO subunit expression and translation profile in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii introducing a novel mass western approach. Journal of Proteomics 113: 143-153. doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2014.09.026.
  Rossel P.E., Stubbins A., Hach P., Dittmar T. (2015) Bioavailability and molecular composition of dissolved organic matter from a diffuse hydrothermal system. Marine Chemistry 177: 257-266. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2015.07.002.
  Ruff S. E., Biddle J. F., Teske A. P., Knittel K., Boetius A., *Ramette A. (2015) Global dispersion and local diversification of the methane seep microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112(13): 4015-4020. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421865112.
 

Stagars M. H., Ruff S. E., Amann R., Knittel K. (2015) High diversity of anaerobic alkane-degrading microbial communities in marine seep sediments based on their (1-methylalkyl) succinate synthase genes. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 1511. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01511.

 

Thessen A. E., Bunker D. E., Buttigieg P. L., Cooper L. D., Dahdul W. S., Domisch S., Franz N.M., Jaiswal P., Lawrence-Dill C. J., Midford P. E., Mungall C. J., Ramírez M. J., Specht C. D., Vogt L., Vos R. A., Walls R. L., White J. W., Zhang G., Deans A. R., Huala E., Lewis S. E., Mabee P. M. (2015) Emerging semantics to link phenotypes and environment. PeerJ 3: e1470. doi:10.7717/peerj.1470.

  Wegener G., Krukenberg V., Riedel D., Tegetmeyer H.E., Boetius A. (2015) Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria. Nature 526(7574): 587-590. doi:10.1038/nature15733.

 

2014 Allen K.D., Wegener G., White R.H. (2014) Discovery of multiple modified F430 coenzymes in methanogens and anaerobic methanotrophic Archaea suggests possible new roles for F430 in nature. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80(20): 6403-6412. doi:10.1128/AEM.02202-14.
  Al-Najjar M.A.A., Ramette A.*, Kühl M., Hamza W., Klatt J.M. and Polerecky L. (2014) Spatial patterns and links between microbial community composition and function in cyanobacterial mats. Front. Microbiol. 5: 406. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00406.
  Buttigieg, P.L., Ramette, A. (2014) A guide to statistical analysis in microbial ecology: a community-focused, living review of multivariate data analyses. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 90: 543–550. doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12437.
  *Felden J., Ruff S.E., Ertefai T., Inagaki F., Hinrichs K.-U., Wenzhöfer F. (2014) Anaerobic methanotrophic community of a 5346 m-deep vesicomyid clam colony in the Japan Trench. Geobiology, 12: 183-199. doi:10.1111/gbi.12078.
  Fernández-Méndez M., Wenzhöfer F., Peeken I., Sorensen H.L., Glud R.N., Boetius A. (2014) Composition, buoyancy regulation and fate of ice algal aggregates in the Central Arctic Ocean. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107452. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107452.
  Feseker T., Boetius A., Wenzhöfer F., Blandin J., Olu K., Yoerger D.R., Camilli R., German C.R., de Beer D. (2014) Eruption of a deep-sea mud volcano triggers rapid sediment movement. 5: 5385. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6385.
  Katayama T., Wilkinson M.D., Aoki-Kinoshita K.F., Kawashima S., Yamamoto Y., Yamaguchi A., Okamoto S., Kawano S., Kim J.-D., Wang Y., Wu H., Kano Y., Ono H., Bono H., Kocbek S., Aerts J., Akune Y., Antezana E., Arakawa K., Aranda B., Baran J., Bolleman J., Bonnal R.J.P., Buttigieg P.L., Campbell M.P., Chen Y., Chiba H., Cock P.J.A., Cohen K.B., Constantin A. et al. (2014) BioHackathon series in 2011 and 2012: penetration of ontology and linked data in life science domains. J Biomed Semant. 5:5. doi:10.1186/2041-1480-5-5.
  Koop-Jakobsen K., Wenzhöfer F. (2014) The Dynamics of Plant-Mediated Sediment Oxygenation in Spartina anglica Rhizospheres - a Planar Optode Study. Estuaries and Coasts. 38(3): 951-963. doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9861-y.
  Ramette A., Buttigieg P.L. (2014) The R package otu2ot for implementing the entropy decomposition of nucleotide variation in sequence data. Front. Microbiol. 5:601. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00601.
  Römer M., Sahling H., Pape T., dos Santos Ferreira C., Wenzhöfer F., Boetius A., Bohrmann G. (2014) Methane fluxes and carbonate deposits at a cold seep area of the Central Nile Deep Sea Fan, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Geology 347: 27-42. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.10.011
  Ruff S. E., Probandt D., Zinkann A.-C., Iversen M., Klaas C., Würzberg L., Rödiger-Krombholz N., Wolf-Gladrow D., Amann R., Knittel K. (2014) Indications for algae-degrading benthic microbial communities in the deep-sea sediments along the Antarctic Polar Front. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 108: 6-16. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.05.011.
  Turnewisch R., Falahat S., Stehlikova J., Oguri K., Glud R.N., Middelboe M., Kitazato H., Wenzhöfer F., Ando K., Fujio S., Yanagimoto D. (2014) Recent sediment dynamics in hadal trenches: evidence for the influence of higher frequency (tidal, near-inertial) fluid dynamics. Deep Sea Research I 90: 125–138. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.05.005.
  Walls R.L., Deck J., Guralnick R., Baskauf S., Beaman R., Blum S., Bowers S., Buttigieg P.L., Davies N., Endresen D., Gandolfo M.A., Hanner R., Janning A., Krishtalka L., Matsunaga A., Midford P., Morrison N., Tuama É.Ó., Schildhauer M., Smith B., Stucky B.J., Thomer A., Wieczorek J., Whitacre J., Wooley J. (2014) Semantics in Support of Biodiversity Knowledge Discovery: An Introduction to the Biological Collections Ontology and Related Ontologies. PLoS ONE 9(3): e89606. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089606.
  Walls R.L., Guralnick R., Deck J., Buntzman A., Buttigieg P.L., Davies N., Denslow M.W., Gallery R.E., Parnell J., Osumi-Sutherland D., Robbins R.J., Rocca-Serra P., Wieczorek J., and Zheng J. (2014) Meeting report: advancing practical applications of biodiversity ontologies. Stand. Genomic Sci. 9:17doi:10.1186/1944-3277-9-17
  Wörmer L., Elvert M., Fuchser J., Lipp J.S., Buttigieg P.L., Zabel M. and Hinrichs K.-U. (2014) Ultra-high-resolution paleoenvironmental records via direct laser-based analysis of lipid biomarkers in sediment core samples. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 111: 15669-15674. doi:10.1073/pnas.1405237111
  Yoshinaga M.Y., Holler T., Goldhammer T., Wegener G., Pohlman J.P., Brunner B., Kuypers M.M.M., Hinrichs K.-U., Elvert M. (2014) Carbon isotope equilibration during sulphate-limited anaerobic oxidation of methane. Nature Geoscience 7:190-194. doi:10.1038/ngeo2069.
  Zimmermann J., Lott C., Weber M., Ramette A., Bright M., Dubilier N., Petersen J.M. (2014) Dual symbiosis with co-occurring sulfur-oxidizing symbionts in vestimentiferan tubeworms from a Mediterranean hydrothermal vent. Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12427.
  Zinger* L., Boetius A., Ramette A. (2014) Bacterial taxa-area and distance-decay relationships in marine environments. Molecular Ecology 23(4): 954-964. doi:10.1111/mec.12640.

 

2013 Bayon G., Dupré S., Ponzevera E., Etoubleau J., Cheron S., Pierre C., Mascle J., Boetius A., de Lange G. (2013) Formation of carbonate chimneys in the Mediterranean Sea linked to deep-water oxygen depletion. Nature Geoscience 6:755-760. doi:10.1038/ngeo1888.
  Bienhold, C., *Pop Ristova, P., Wenzhöfer, F., Dittmar, T., Boetius, A. (2013) How Deep-Sea Wood Falls Sustain Chemosynthetic Life. PLoS One 81: e53590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053590
  Boetius, A., S. Albrecht, K. Bakker, C. Bienhold, *J. Felden, M. Fernández-Méndez, S. Hendricks, C. Katlein, C. Lalande, T. Krumpen, M. Nicolaus, I. Peeken, B. Rabe, A. Rogacheva, E. Rybakova, R. Somavilla, F. Wenzhöfer and the RV Polarstern ARK27-3-Shipboard Science Party (2013) Export of algal biomass from the melting Arctic sea ice. Science 339( 6126): 1430-1432. doi:10.1126/science.1231346.
  Boetius A, Wenzhöfer F (2013) Seafloor oxygen consumption fuelled by methane from cold seeps. Nature Geoscience 6(9): 725-734. doi:10.1038/ngeo1926.
  Buttigieg, P. L., Hankeln, W., Kostadinov, I., Kottmann, R., Yilmaz, P., Duhaime, M. B., Glöckner, F. O. (2013) Ecogenomic Perspectives on Domains of Unknown Function: Correlation-Based Exploration of Marine Metagenomes. (I. Friedberg, Ed.)PLoS ONE, 8(3): e50869. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050869.
  Buttigieg P.L., N. Morrison, B. Smith, C.J. Mungall, S.E. Lewis and the ENVO Consortium (2013) The environment ontology: contextualising biological and biomedical entities. Journal of Biomedical Semantics 4(1): 43. doi:10.1186/2041-1480-4-43.
  Chennu, A., Färber, P., Volkenborn, N., Al-Najjar, M. A. A., Janssen, F., de Beer, D., Polerecky, L. (2013) Hyperspectral imaging of the microscale distribution and dynamics of microphytobenthos in intertidal sediments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 11: 511-528 doi:10.4319/lom.2013.11.511.
  Cherkasheva A, Bracher A, Melsheimer C, Köberle C, Gerdes R, Nöthig E-M, Bauerfeind E, Boetius A (2013) Influence of the physical environment on polar phytopklankton blooms: a case study in the Fram Strait. Journal of Marine Systems 132: 196-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.11.008.
  de Beer D., M. Haeckel, J. Neumann, G. Wegener, F. Inagaki, A. Boetius (2013) Saturated CO2 inhibits microbial processes in CO2-vented deep-sea sediments. Biogeosciences 10:5639–5649.
  Deck, J., K. Barker, R. Beaman, P.L. Buttigieg, G. Dröge, R. Guralnick, C. Miller, E. Tuaman, Z. Murrell, C. Parr, B. Robbins, D. Schigel, B. Stucky, R. Walls, J. Wieczorek, N. Morrison, J. Wooley (2013) Clarifying Concepts and Terms in Biodiversity Informatics. Standards in Genomic Sciences 8(2), 352–359. doi:10.4056/sigs.3907833.
  *Felden, J., A. Lichtschlag, F. Wenzhöfer, D. de Beer, T. Feseker, P. Pop Ristova*, G. de Lange, A. Boetius (2013) Limitations of microbial hydrocarbon degradation at the Amon Mud Volcano (Nile Deep Sea Fan). Biogeosciences 10:3269–3283. doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3269-2013
  Friedrich, J., F. Janssen, D. Aleynik, H.W. Bange, N. Boltacheva, M.N. Çağatay, A.W. Dale, G. Etiope, Z. Erdem, M. Geraga, A. Gilli, M.T. Gomoiu, P.O.J. Hall, D. Hansson, Y. He, M. Holtappels, M.K. Kirf, M. Kononets, S. Konovalov, A. Lichtschlag, D.M. Livingstone, G. Marinaro, S. Mazlumyan, S. Naeher, R.P. North, G. Papatheodorou, O. Pfannkuche, R. Prien, G. Rehder, C.J. Schubert, T. Soltwedel, S. Sommer, H. Stahl, E.V. Stanev, A. Teaca, A. Tengberg, C. Waldmann, B. Wehrli, F. Wenzhöfer (2013) Investigating hypoxia in aquatic environments: diverse approaches to addressing a complex phenomenon. Biogeosciences Discussions 10, 12655-12772. doi:10.5194/bgd-10-12655-2013.
  Glud RN, Wenzhöfer F, Middelboe M, Oguri K Turnewitsch R, Canfield DE, Kitazato H (2013) High rates of benthic microbial activity at 10.900 meters depth: Results from the Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench). Nature Geoscience 6:284. doi:10.1038/NGEO1773.
  Gobet A, Boetius A, Ramette A (2013) Ecological coherence of diversity patterns derived from classical fingerprinting and Next Generation Sequencing techniques. Environmental microbiology 16(9): 2672-2681. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12308.
  Holtappels M, Glud RN, Donis D, Liu B, Hume A, Wenzhöfer F, Kuypers M (2013) Effects of transient bottom water currents and oxygen concentrations on benthic exchange rates as assessed by eddy correlation measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans 118: 1–13. doi:10.1002/jgrc.20112.
  Jacob M, Soltwedel T, Boetius A, Ramette A (2013) Biogeography of Deep-Sea Benthic Bacteria at Regional Scale (LTER HAUSGARTEN, Fram Strait, Arctic). PLoS ONE 8(9): e72779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072779.
  Meyer S, Wegener G, Lloyd KG, Teske A, Boetius A, Ramette A (2013) Microbial habitat connectivity across spatial scales and hydrothermal temperature gradients at Guaymas Basin. Front. Microbiol. 4: 207. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00207.
  Niemann H, Linke P, Knittel K, MacPherson E, Boetius A, Brückmann W, Larvik G, Wallmann K, Schacht U, Omoregie E, Hilton D, Brown K, Rehder G (2013) Methane-carbon flow into the benthic food web at cold seeps - a case study from the Costa Rica subduction zone. PLOS One, 8(11): e74894. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074894.
  Ruff, S.E., Arnds, J., Knittel, K., Amann, R.I., Wegener, G., Ramette, A., Boetius, A. (2013) Microbial communities of deep sea methane seeps at Hikurangi continental margin (New Zealand), PlosOne, 8(9) e72627. doi:10.1371/joournal.pone.0072627
  Schöttner, S., F. Hoffmann, P. Cárdenas, H.T. Rapp, A. Boetius, A. Ramette (2013) Relationships between host phylogeny, host type and bacterial community diversity in cold-water coral reef sponges. PLoS One, 8(2): e55505. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055505.
  Soltwedel, T., Schauer, U., Boebel, O., Nöthig, E.-M., Bracher, A., Metfies, K., Schewe, I., Klages, M., Boetius, A. (2013) FRAM Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring: Permanent Observations in a Gateway to the Arctic Ocean. In: OCEANS-Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
  Stanev, E., Y. He, S. Grayek, A. Boetius (2013) Oxygen dynamics in the Black Sea as seen by Argo profiling floats. Geophysical Research Letters 40: 1-6. doi:10.1002/grl.50606.
  Xie, S., Lipp, J.S., Wegener, G., Ferdelman, T., Hinrichs, K.-U. (2013) Turnover of microbial lipids in the deep biosphere and growth of benthic archaeal populations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc. USA, 110(15): 6010-6014. doi:10.1073/pnas.1218569110.

 

2012 Abed, R.M.M., A. Ramette, V. Hübner, P. De Deckker, D. de Beer (2012) Microbial diversity of eolian dust sources from saline lake sediments and biological soil crusts in arid Southern Australia. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 80: 294-304. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01289.x.
  Amend, A.S., T.A. Oliver, L.A. Amaral-Zettler, A. Boetius, J.A. Fuhrman, M.C. Horner-Devine, S.M. Huse, D.B.M. Welch, A.C. Martiny, A. Ramette, L. Zinger*, M.L. Sogin, J.B.H. Martiny (2012) Macroecological patterns of marine bacteria on a global scale. Journal of Biogeography 40(4): 800-811. doi:10.1111/jbi.12034.
  Bauermeister, J., A. Ramette, S. Dattagupta (2012) Repeatedly evolved host-specific ectosymbioses between sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and amphipods living in a cave ecosystem. PLoS One 7(11): e50254. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050254
  Biddle, J.F., Z. Cardman, H. Mendlovitz, D.B. Albert, K.G. Lloyd, A. Boetius, A. Teske (2012) Anaerobic oxidation of methane at different temperature regimes in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments. The ISME Journal 6, 1018-1031. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.164
  Bienhold C, Boetius A, Ramette A (2012) The energy-diversity relationship of complex bacterial communities in Arctic deep-sea sediments. The ISME Journal 6:724-732. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.140
  Borda E, Kudenov JD, Bienhold C, Rouse G (2012) Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. Zoologica Scripta 41(3): 307-325. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00529.x
  Chipman, L., M. Huettel, P. Berg, V. Meyer, I. Klimant, R.N. Glud, F. Wenzhoefer (2012) Oxygen optodes as fast sensors for eddy correlation measurements in aquatic systems. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 10, 304-316. doi:10.4319/lom.2012.10.304
  Decker, C., M. Morineaux, S. Van Gaever, J.-C. Caprais, A. Lichtschlag*, O. Gauthier, A.C. Andersen, K. Olu (2012) Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: macrofaunal community structure. Marine Ecology 33, 205-230. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x
  Fischer JP, Koop-Jakobsen K (2012) The Multi Fiber Optode (MuFO): A novel system for simultaneous analysis of multiple fiber optic oxygen sensors. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 168: 354-359. doi:10.1016/j.snb.2012.04.034
  Gobet, A.*, S.I. Böer*, S.M. Huse, J.E.E. van Beusekom, C. Quince, M.L. Sogin, A. Boetius, A. Ramette (2012) Diversity and dynamics of rare and of resident bacterial populations in coastal sands. The ISME Journal 6, 542-553. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.132
  Grünke, S., A. Lichtschlag, D. de Beer, J. Felden*, V. Salman#, A. Ramette, H.N. Schulz-Vogt, A. Boetius (2012) Mats of psychrophilic thiotrophic bacteria associated with cold seeps of the Barents Sea. Biogeosciences 9, 2947-2960. doi:10.5194/bg-9-2947-2012
  Holler T, Wegener G, Niemann H, Deusner C, Ferdelman TG, Boetius A, Brunner B, Widdel F (2012) Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction. PNAS 109(51): 21170-21173. doi:10.1073/pnas.1218683109
  Ionescu, D., C. Siebert, L. Polerecky, Y.Y. Munwes, C. Lott, S. Häusler, M. Bižić-Ionescu, C. Quast, J. Peplies, F.O. Glöckner, A. Ramette, T. Rödiger, T. Dittmar, A. Oren, S. Geyer, H.-J. Stärk, M. Sauter, T. Licha, J.B. Laronne, D. de Beer (2012) Microbial and chemical characterization of underwater fresh water springs in the Dead Sea. PLoS One 7: e38319. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038319
  Kellermann, M.Y., G. Wegener, M. Elvert, M.Y. Yoshinaga, Y.-S. Lin, T. Holler, X. Prieto Mollar, K. Knittel, K.-U. Hinrichs (2012) Autotrophy as predominant mode of carbon fixation in anaerobic methane-oxidizing communities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 109(47): 19321-19326 doi:10.1073/pnas.1208795109.
  Kleindienst, S., A. Ramette, R. Amann, K. Knittel (2012) Distribution and in situ abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria in diverse marine hydrocarbon seep sediments. Environmental Microbiology 14, 2689-2710. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02832.x
  Milucka, J., T.G Ferdelman, L. Polerecky, D. Franzke, G. Wegener, M. Schmid, I. Lieberwirth, M. Wagner, F. Widdel, M.M.M. Kuypers (2012) Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation. Nature 491(7425): 541-546. doi:10.1038/nature11656.
  Nguyen, M.T., V. Brüchert, M. Formolo, G. Wegener, L. Ginters, B.B Jørgensen, T.G. Ferdelmann (2012) The impact of sediment and carbon fluxes on the biogeochemistry of methane and sulfur in littoral Baltic Sea sediments (Himmerfjärden, Sweden). Estuaries and Coasts 36(1): 98-115. doi:10.1007/s12237-012-9557-0.
  *Pop Ristova, P., F. Wenzhöfer, A. Ramette, M. Zabel, D. Fischer, S. Kasten, A. Boetius (2012) Bacterial diversity and biogeochemistry of different chemosynthetic habitats of the REGAB cold seep (West African margin, 3160 m water depth). Biogeosciences 9, 5031-5048. doi:10.5194/bg-9-5031-2012
  Sawall, Y., C. Richter, A. Ramette (2012) Effects of eutrophication, seasonality and macrofouling on the diversity of bacterial biofilms in Equatorial coral reefs. PLoS One 7: e39951. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039951
  Schöttner S, Wild C, Hoffmann F, Boetius A, Ramette A (2012) Spatial Scales of Bacterial Diversity in Cold-Water Coral Reef Ecosystems. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32093. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032093
  Wegener G, Bausch M, Holler T, Thang NM, Mollar XM, Kellermann MY, Hinrichs K-U, Boetius A (2012) Assessing sub-seafloor microbial activity by combined stable isotope probing with deuterated water and 13C-bicarbonate. Environmental Microbiology 14(6): 1517-1527. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02739.x
  Yanagawa, K., Y. Morono, D. de Beer, M. Haeckel, M. Sunamura, T. Futagami, T. Hoshino, T. Terada, K. Nakamura, T. Urabe, G. Rehder, A. Boetius, F. Inagaki (2012) Metabolically active microbial communities in marine sediment under high-CO2 and low-pH extremes. The ISME Journal 7(3): 555-567. doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.124.

 

2011 Beck, M., T. Riedel, J. Graue, J. Köster, N. Kowalski, C.S. Wu, G. Wegener, Y. Lipsewers, H. Freund, M.E. Böttcher, H.-J. Brumsack, H. Cypionka, J. Rullkötter, B. Engelen (2011) Imprint of past and present environmental conditions on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal Quaternary sediments. Biogeosciences 8, 55–68. doi:10.5194/bg-8-55-2011
  Böggemann, M., C. Bienhold, S.M. Gaudron (2011) A new species of Glyceridae (Annelida: "Polychaeta") recovered from organic substrate experiments at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity 42(1): 47-54. doi:10.1007/s12526-011-0091-2.
  Bru, D., A. Ramette, N.P.A. Saby, S. Dequiedt, L. Ranjard, C. Jolivet, D. Arrouays, L. Philippot (2011) Determinants of the distribution of nitrogen-cycling microbial communities at the landscape scale. ISME Journal 5, 532-542. doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.130
  Decker, C., M. Morineaux, S. van Gaever, J.-C. Caprais, A. Lichtschlag#, O. Gauthier, A.C. Andersen, K. Olu (2011) Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: macrofaunal community structure. Marine Ecology 33(2): 205-230. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x
  Duperron, S., H. Guezi, S.M. Gaudron, P. Pop Ristova, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Boetius (2011) Relative abundances of methane- and sulphur-oxidising symbionts in the gills of a cold seep mussel and link to their potential energy sources. Geobiology 9, 481-491. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00300.x
  Girnth, A.-C., S. Grünke, A. Lichtschlag, J. Felden, K. Knittel, F. Wenzhöfer, D. de Beer, A. Boetius (2011) A novel, mat-forming Thiomargarita population associated with a sulfidic fluid flow from a deep-sea mud volcano. Environmental Microbiology 13: 495-505. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02353.x
  Grünke, S., J. Felden, A. Lichtschlag, A.-C. Girnth, D. de Beer, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Boetius (2011) Niche differentiation among mat-forming, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at cold seeps of the Nile Deep Sea Fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Geobiology 9, 330-348. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00281.x
  Hankeln, W., Wendel, N. J., Gerken, J., Waldmann, J., Buttigieg, P. L., Kostadinov, I., Kottmann, R., Yilmaz, P., Glöckner, F. O. (2011) CDinFusion – Submission-Ready, On-Line Integration of Sequence and Contextual Data. PLoS ONE, 6(9): e24797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024797.
  Holler, T., G. Wegener, H. Niemann, C. Deusner, T.G. Ferdelman, A. Boetius, B. Brunner, F. Widdel (2011) Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108, E1484–E1490. doi:10.1073/pnas.1106032108
  Holler, T., F. Widdel, K. Knittel, R. Amann, M.Y. Kellermann, K.-U. Hinrichs, A. Teske, A. Boetius, G. Wegener (2011) Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia. ISME Journal 5(12): 1946-1956. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.77.
  Kostadinov, I., R. Kottmann, A. Ramette, J. Waldmann, P.L. Buttigieg, F.O. Glöckner (2011) Quantifying the effect of environment stability on the transcription factor repertoire of marine microbes. Microbial Informatics and Experimentation 1, 9. doi:10.1186/2042-5783-1-9
  Ramette, A., M. Frapolli, M. Fischer-Le Saux, C. Gruffaz, J.-M. Meyer, G. Défago, L. Sutra, Y. Moënne-Loccoz (2011) Pseudomonas protegens sp. nov., widespread plant-protecting bacteria producing the biocontrol compounds 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and pyoluteorin. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34,180-188. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.10.005
  Ritt, B., C. Pierre, O. Gauthier, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Boetius, J. Sarrazin (2011) Diversity and distribution of cold-seep fauna associated with different geological and environmental settings at mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile Deep-Sea Fan. Marine Biology 158, 1187-1210. doi:10.1007/s00227-011-1679-6
  Rossel, P.E., M. Elvert, A. Ramette, A. Boetius, K.-U. Hinrichs (2011) Factors controlling the distribution of anaerobic methanotrophic communities in marine environments: Evidence from intact polar membrane lipids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75,164-184. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.031
  Schauer, R., H. Røy, N. Augustin, H.-H. Gennerich, M. Peters, F. Wenzhoefer, R. Amann, A. Meyerdierks (2011) Bacterial sulfur cycling shapes microbial communities in surface sediments of an ultramafic hydrothermal vent field. Environmental Microbiology 13, 2633-2648. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02530.x
  Schneider von Deimling, J., G. Rehder, J. Greinert, D.F. McGinnnis, A. Boetius, P. Linke (2011) Quantification of seep-related methane gas emissions at Tommeliten, North Sea. Continental Shelf Research 31, 867-878. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2011.02.012
  Schöttner, S.*, B. Pfitzner*, S. Grünke, M. Rasheed, C. Wild, A. Ramette (2011) Drivers of bacterial diversity dynamics in permeable carbonate and silicate coral reef sands from the Red Sea. Environmental Microbiology 13, 1815-1826. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02494.x
  Schubert, C.J., F. Vazquez, T. Lösekann-Behrens, K. Knittel, M. Tonolla, A. Boetius (2011) Evidence for anaerobic oxidation of methane in sediments of a freshwater system (Lago di Cadagno). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 76, 26-38. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01036.x
  Zielinski, F.U., H.-H. Gennerich, C. Borowski, F. Wenzhöfer, N. Dubilier (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
  Zinger, L.*, L.A. Amaral-Zettler, J.A. Fuhrman, M.C. Horner-Devine, S.M. Huse, D.B. Mark Welch, J.B.H. Martiny, M. Sogin, A. Boetius, A. Ramette (2011) Global patterns of bacterial beta-diversity in seafloor and seawater ecosystems. PLoS ONE 6: e24570. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024570
  Zinger, L.*, A. Gobet*, T. Pommier (2011) Two decades of describing the unseen majority of aquatic microbial diversity. Molecular Ecology 21(8): 1878-1896. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05362.x.

 

2010 Alonso, C., P. Gómez-Pereira, A. Ramette, L. Ortega, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann (2010) Multilevel analysis of the bacterial diversity along the environmental gradient Río de la Plata-South Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 61, 57–72. doi:10.3354/ame01439
  Aquilina, A., N.J. Knab, K. Knittel, G. Kaur, A. Geissler, S.P. Kelly, H. Fossing, C.S. Boot, R.J. Parkes, R.A. Mills, A. Boetius, J.R. Lloyd, R.D. Pancost (2010) Biomarker indicators for anaerobic oxidizers of methane in brackish-marine sediments with diffusive methane fluxes. Organic Geochemistry 41, 414-426. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.09.009
  Dale, A.W., S. Sommer, M. Haeckel, K. Wallmann, P. Linke, G. Wegener, O. Pfannkuche (2010) Pathways and regulation of carbon, sulfur and energy transfer in marine sediments overlying methane gas hydrates on the Opouawe Bank (New Zealand). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5763-5784. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.038
  Dunker, R., H. Røy*, B.B. Jørgensen (2010) Temperature regulation of gliding motility in filamentous sulfur bacteria, Beggiatoa spp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 73, 234-242. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00887.x
  Felden, J., F. Wenzhöfer, T. Feseker, A. Boetius (2010) Transport and consumption of oxygen and methane in different habitats of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (HMMV). Limnology and Oceanography 55, 2366-2380. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2366
  Fischer, J.P., F. Wenzhöfer (2010) A novel planar optode setup for concurrent oxygen and light field imaging: Application to a benthic phototrophic community. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 8, 254-268. doi:10.4319/lom.2010.8.254
  Gobet, A., C. Quince, A. Ramette (2010) Multivariate Cutoff Analysis (MultiCoLA) of large community datasets. Nucleic Acids Research 38, e155. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq545
  Grünke, S., A. Lichtschlag, D. de Beer, M. Kuypers, T. Lösekann-Behrens, A. Ramette, A. Boetius (2010) Novel observations of Thiobacterium, a sulfur-storing Gammaproteobacterium producing gelatinous mats. ISME Journal 4, 1031-1043. doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.23
  #Jessen, G.L., S. Pantoja, M.A. Gutiérrez, R.A. Quiñones, R.R. González, J. Sellanes, M.Y. Kellermann, K.-U. Hinrichs (2010) Methane in shallow cold seeps at Mocha Island off central Chile. Continental Shelf Research 31(6), 574-581. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.012.
  Jørgensen, B.B., R. Dunker, S. Grünke, H. Røy (2010) Filamentous sulfur bacteria, Beggiatoa spp., in arctic marine sediments (Svalbard, 79°N). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 73, 500-513. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00918.x
  Joye, S.B., M.W. Bowles, V.A. Samarkin, K.S. Hunter, H. Niemann(2010) Biogeochemical signatures and microbial activity of different cold-seep habitats along the Gulf of Mexico deep slope. Deep Sea Research II 57, 1990-2001. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.06.001
  Knief, C., A. Ramette, L. Frances, C. Alonso-Blanco, J.A. Vorholt (2010) Site and plant species are important determinants of the Methylobacterium community composition in the plant phyllosphere. ISME Journal 4, 719–728. doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.9
  Koop-Jakobsen, K.#, A.E. Giblin (2010) The effect of increased nitrate loading on nitrate reduction via denitrification and DNRA in salt marsh sediments. Limnology and Oceanography 55, 789-802. doi:10.1.1.517.7294
  Lichtschlag, A., J. Felden, V. Brüchert, A. Boetius, D. de Beer (2010) Geochemical processes and chemosynthetic primary production in different thiotrophic mats of the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (Barents Sea). Limnology and Oceanography 55, 931-949. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.2.0931
  Lichtschlag, A., J. Felden, F. Wenzhöfer, F. Schubotz, T. Ertefai, A. Boetius, D. de Beer (2010) Methane and sulfide fluxes in permanent anoxia: In situ studies at the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Sorokin Trough, Black Sea). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5002-5018. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.2.0931
  Lombard, F., D. Eloire, A. Gobet#, L. Stemmann, J.R. Dolan, A. Sciandra, G. Gorsky (2010) Experimental and modeling evidence of appendicularian-ciliate interactions. Limnology and Oceanography 55, 77-90. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.1.0077
  López-López, A., P. Yarza, M. Richter, A. Suárez-Suárez, J. Antón, H. Niemann*, R. Rosselló-Móra (2010) Extremely halophilic microbial communities in anaerobic sediments from a solar saltern. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2, 258-271. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00108.x
  #Mau, S., M.B. Heintz, F.S. Kinnaman, D.L. Valentine (2010) Compositional variability and air-sea flux of ethane and propane in the plume of a large, marine seep field near Coal Oil Point, CA. Special Issue Proceedings of the 9th International Conference in Marine Sediments, Geo-Marine Letters 30, 367-378. doi:10.1007/s00367-010-0185-z
  Meziti, A., A. Ramette, E. Mente, K. Kormas (2010) Temporal shifts of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) gut bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74, 472–484. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00964.x
  Orcutt, B.N., S.B. Joye, S. Kleindienst, K. Knittel, A. Ramette, A. Reitz, V. Samarkin, T. Treude, A. Boetius (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. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.014
  Petersen, J.M., A. Ramette, C. Lott, M.A. Cambon-Bonavita, M. Zbinden, N. Dubilier (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
  Santillano, D., A. Boetius, A. Ramette (2010) Improved dsrA-based Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism analysis of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76, 5308-5311. doi:10.1128/AEM.03004-09
  Sauvadet, A.L., A. Gobet#, L. Guillou (2010) Comparative analysis between protist communities from the deep-sea pelagic ecosystem and specific deep hydrothermal habitats. Environmental Microbiology 12, 2946-2964. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02272.x
  Schauer, R., C. Bienhold, A. Ramette, J. Harder (2010) Bacterial diversity and biogeography in deep-sea surface sediments of the South Atlantic Ocean. ISME Journal 4, 159–170. doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.106
  Schläppy, M.L., S. Schöttner, G. Lavik, M.M.M. Kuypers, D. de Beer, F. Hoffmann (2010) Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges. Marine Biology 157, 593-602. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1344-5
  Sommer, S., P. Linke, O. Pfannkuche, H. Niemann*, T. Treude* (2010) Benthic respiration in a seep habitat dominated by dense beds of ampharetid polychaetes at the Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand). Marine Geology 272, 223-232. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.003
  Verna, C., A. Ramette, H. Wiklund, T.G. Dahlgren, A.G. Glover, F. Gaill, N. Dubilier (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
  Wei, C.-L., G.T. Rowe, E. Escobar-Briones, U, T. Soltwedel, M.J. Caley, Y. Soliman, F. Huettmann, F. Qu, Z. Yu, C.R. Pitcher, R.L. Haedrich, M.K. Wicksten, M.A. Rex, J.G. Baguley, J. Sharma, R. Danovaro, I.R. MacDonald, C.C. Nunnally, J.W. Deming, P. Montagna, M. Lévesque, J.M. Weslawski, M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, B.S. Ingole, B.J. Bett, D.S.M. Billett, A. Yool, B.A. Bluhm, K. Iken, B.E. Narayanaswamy (2010) Global patterns and predictions of seafloor biomass using Random Forests. PLoS ONE 5, e15323. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015323

 

2009Beck, A., Janssen, F., Polerecky, L., Herlory, O., de Beer, D. (2009) Phototrophic biofilm activity and dynamics of diurnal Cd cycling in a freshwater stream. Environmental Science and Technology 43: 7245–7251.
Berg, P., R.N. Glud, A. Hume, H. Stahl, K. Oguri, V. Meyer and H. Kitazato (2009). Eddy correlation measurements of oxygen uptake in deep ocean sediments. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods 7, 576-584.
Böer, S.I., C. Arnosti, J.E.E. van Beusekom and A. Boetius (2009). Temporal variations in microbial activities and carbon turnover in subtidal sandy sediments. Biogeosciences 6, 1149-1165.
Böer, S.I., S.I.C. Hedtkamp, J.E.E. van Beusekom, J.A. Fuhrman, A. Boetius and A. Ramette (2009). Time- and sediment depth-related variations in bacterial diversity and community structure in subtidal sands. The ISME Journal 3, 780-791.
Boetius, A. and F. Wenzhöfer (2009). In situ technologies for studying deep-sea hotspot ecosystems. Oceanography 22, 177-177.
Cambon-Bonavita, M.A., T. Nadalig, E. Roussel, E. Delage, S. Duperron, J.C. Caprais, A. Boetius and M. Sibuet (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, 2248-2258.
D'Hondt, S., A.J. Spivack, R. Pockalny, T.G. Ferdelman, J.P. Fischer, J. Kallmeyer, L.J. Abrams, D.C. Smith, D. Graham, F. Hasiuk, H. Schrum and A.M. Stancin (2009). Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 11651-11656.
Duperron, S., D. de Beer, M. Zbinden, A. Boetius, V. Schipani, N. Kahil and F. Gaill (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, 395-409.
Fischer, J.P., T.G. Ferdelman, S. D'Hondt, H. Røy and F. Wenzhöfer (2009). Oxygen penetration deep into the sediment of the South Pacific gyre. Biogeosciences 6, 1467-1478.
Foucher, J.P., G.K. Westbrook, A. Boetius, S. Ceramicola, S. Dupré, J. Mascle, J. Mienert, O. Pfannkuche, C. Pierre and D. Praeg (2009). Structure and drivers of cold seep ecosystems. Oceanography 22, 92-109.
Glud, R.N., H. Stahl, P. Berg, F. Wenzhöfer, K. Oguri and H. Kitazato (2009). In situ microscale variation in distribution and consumption of O-2: A case study from a deep ocean margin sediment (Sagami Bay, Japan). Limnology and Oceanography 54, 1-12.
Glud, R.N., B. Thamdrup, H. Stahl, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Glud, H. Nomaki, K. Oguri, N.P. Revsbech and H. Kitazato (2009). Nitrogen cycling in a deep ocean margin sediment (Sagami Bay, Japan). Limnology and Oceanography 54, 723-734.
Hoffmann, F., R. Radax, D. Woebken, M. Holtappels, G. Lavik, H.T. Rapp, M.-L. Schläppy, C. Schleper and M.M.M. Kuypers (2009). Complex nitrogen cycling in the sponge Geodia barretti. Environmental Microbiology 11, 2228-2243.
Holler, T., G. Wegener, K. Knittel, A. Boetius, B. Brunner, M. Kuypers and F. Widdel (2009). Substantial 13C/12C and D/H fractionation during anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine consortia enriched in vitro. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1, 370-376.
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, J. Woodside, 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.
Jansen, S., E. Walpersdorf, U. Werner, M. Billerbeck, M.E. Böttcher and D. de Beer (2009). Functioning of intertidal flats inferred from temporal and spatial dynamics of O2, H2S and pH in their surface sediment. Ocean Dynamics 59, 317-332.
Kanzog, C. and A. Ramette (2009). Microbial colonisation of artificial and deep-sea sediments in the Arctic Ocean. Marine Ecology 30, 391-404.
Knittel, K. and A. Boetius (2009). Anaerobic oxidation of methane: progress with an unknown process. Annual Review of Microbiology 63, 311-334.
López-López, A., P. Yarza, M. Richter, A. Suárez-Suárez, H. Niemann, J. Antón and R. Rosselló-Móra (2009). Extremely halophilic microbial communities in anaerobic sediments from a solar saltern. Environmental Microbiology Reports, doi 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00108.x.
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Omoregie, E.O., H. Niemann, V. Mastalerz, G.J. 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.
Ramette, A. (2009). Quantitative community fingerprinting methods for estimating the abundance of operational taxonomic units in natural microbial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75, 2495-2505.
Ramette, A., J.M. Tiedje and A. Boetius (2009). Impact of space, time and complex environments on microbial communities. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 15, 60-62.
Røy, H., K. Vopel, M. Huettel and B.B. Jørgensen (2009). Sulfide assimilation by ectosymbionts of the sessile ciliate, Zoothamnium niveum. Marine Biology 156, 669-677.
Schläppy, M.L., S.I. Schöttner, G. Lavik, M.M.M. Kuypers, D. de Beer and F. Hoffmann (2009). Evidence of nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges. Marine Biology, doi 10.1007/s00227-009-1344-5.
Schöttner, S., F. Hoffmann, C. Wild, H.T. Rapp, A. Boetius and A. Ramette (2009). Inter- and intra- habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water corals. The ISME Journal 3, 756-759.
Sweetman, A.K., S. Sommer, O. Pfannkuche and U. Witte (2009). Retarded response by macrofauna-size foraminifera to phytodetritus in a deep Norwegian fjord. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39, 15-22.
Treude, T., C.R. Smith, F. Wenzhöfer, E. Carney, A.F. Bernardino, A.K. Hannides, M. Krüger and A. Boetius (2009). Biogeochemistry of a deep-sea whale fall: sulfate reduction, sulfide efflux and methanogenesis. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 382, 1-21.
Vanreusel, A., A.C. Andersen, A. Boetius, D. Connelly, M.R. Cunha, C. Decker, A. Hilario, K.A. Kormas, L. Maignien, K. Olu, M. Pachiadaki, B. Ritt, C. Rodrigues, J. Sarrazin, P. Tyler, S. van Gaever and H. Vanneste (2009). Biodiversity of cold seep ecosystems along the European margins. Oceanography 22, 110-127.
Weaver, P.P.E., A. Boetius, R. Danovaro, A. Freiwald, V. Gunn, S. Heussner, T. Morato, I. Schewe and S. van den Hove (2009). The future of integrated deep-sea research in Europe The HERMIONE Project. Oceanography 22, 178-191.
Wegener, G. and A. Boetius (2009). An experimental study on short-term changes in the anaerobic oxidation of methane in response to varying methane and sulfate fluxes. Biogeosciences 6, 867–876.
Wehrmann, L.M., N.J. Knab, H. Pirlet, V. Unnithan, C. Wild and T.G. Ferdelman (2009). Carbon mineralization and carbonate preservation in modern cold-water coral reef sediments on the Norwegian shelf. Biogeosciences 6, 663-680.
Wild, C., L.M. Wehrmann, C. Mayr, S.I. Schöttner, E. Allers und T. Lundälv (2009). Microbial degradation of cold water coral-derived organic matter – potential implication for organic C cycling in the water column above Tisler Reef. Aquatic Biology 7, 71-80.
Zhao, S., A. Ramette, G.L. Niu, H. Liu and N.Y. Zhou (2009). Effects of nitrobenzene contamination and of bioaugmentation on nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 70, 159-167.
2008Allers, E., C. Niesner, C. Wild, and J. Pernthaler (2008). Microbes enriched in seawater after addition of coral mucus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3274-3278.
Amaral-Zettler, L., J. Peplies, A. Ramette, B. Fuchs, W. Ludwig, and F. O. Glöckner (2008). Proceedings of the international workshop on Ribosomal RNA technology, April 7–9, 2008, Bremen, Germany. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 31:258-268.
Bacher, A., L. Polerecky, J.P. Fischer, K. Vamvakopoulos, D. de Beer und H. Jonkers (2008) Two-dimensional mapping of photopigments distribution and activity of Chloroflexus-like bacteria in a hypersaline microbial mat. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 65, 434-448.
Bayer, K., A. Siegl, S. Schmitt, F. Hoffmann, and U. Hentschel (2008). Unravelling microbial diversity and metabolism in marine sponges. Nova Acta Leopoldina 96: 71-78.
Dupré, S., G. Buffet, J. Mascle, J.-P. Foucher, S. Gauger, A. Boetius, C. Marfia, the AsterX Team, the Quest ROV Team und 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.
Elvert, M., and H. Niemann (2008). Unsual steroid and hopanoid biosynthesis by aerobic methanotrophs at an active methane-seeping mud volcano. Org. Geochem. 39:167-177.
Engelen, B., K. Ziegelmüller, L. Wolf, B. Köpke, A. Gittel, T. Treude, S. Nakagawa, F. Inagaki, M. A. Lever, B. O. Steinsbu, and H. Cypionka (2008). Fluids from the oceanic crust support microbial activities within the deep biosphere. Geomicrobiol. J. 25:56-66.
Evrard, V., P. L. M. Cook, B. Veuger, M. Huettel, and J. J. Middelburg (2008). Tracing incorporation and pathways of carbon and nitrogen in microbial communities of photic subtidal sands. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 53:257-269.
Hoffmann, F., H. Røy, K. Bayer, U. Hentschel, M. Pfannkuchen, F. Brümmer, and D. de Beer (2008). Oxygen dynamics and transport in the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Mar. Biol. 153:1257-1264.
Jacobs, J. L., A. C. Fasi, A. Ramette, J. J. Smith, R. Hammerschmidt, and G. W. Sundin (2008). Identification and onion pathogenicity of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from the onion rhizosphere and onion field soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3121-3129.
Kamp, A., H. Røy, and H. N. Schulz-Vogt (2008). Video-supported analysis of Beggiatoa filament growth, breakage, and movement. Microb. Ecol. 56:484-491.
Kanzog C., A. Ramette, N. V. Quéric, and M. Klages (2008). Response of benthic microbial communities to chitin enrichment: an in situ study in the deep Arctic Ocean. Polar Biol. 32:105-112.
Le Gall, F., F. Rigaut-Jalabert, D. Marie, L. Garczareck, M. Viprey, A. Godet, and D. Vaulot (2008). Picoplankton diversity in the South-East Pacific Ocean from cultures. Biogeosciences 5:203-214.
Lösekann, T., A. Robador, H. Niemann, K. Knittel, A. Boetius, and N. Dubilier (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
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Sweetman, A. K., and U. Witte (2008). Macrofaunal response to phytodetritus in a bathyal Norwegian fjord. Deep-Sea Res. I 55:1503-1514.
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Huettel, M., P. L. M. Cook, F. Janssen, G. Lavik, and J. J. Middelburg (2007). Transport and degradation of a dinoflagellate algal bloom in a permeable sandy sediment. Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser. 340:139-153.
Jørgensen, B. B., and A. Boetius (2007). Feast and famine – microbial life in the deep-sea bed. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 5:770-781.
Le Gall, F., F. Rigaut-Jalabert, D. Marie, L. Garczareck, M. Viprey, A. Gobet, and D. Vaulot (2007). Picoplankton diversity in the South-East Pacific Ocean from cultures. Biogeosciences Discussions. 4:2699-2732.
Lösekann, T., K. Knittel, T. Nadalig, B. Fuchs, H. Niemann, A. Boetius, and R. Amann (2007). Diversity and abundance of aerobic and anaerobic methane oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:3348-3362.
Meysman, F. J. R., O. S. Galaktionov, P. L. M. Cook, F. Janssen, M. Huettel, and J. J. Middelburg (2007). Quantifying biologically and physically induced flow and tracer dynamics in permeable sediments. Biogeosciences 4:627-646.
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Preisler, A., D. deBeer, A. Lichtschlag, G. Larvik, A. Boetius, and B. Joergensen (2007). Biological and chemical sulfide oxidation in a Beggiatoa inhabitated sediment. ISME Journal 4: 341-353.
Ramette, A. (2007). Multivariate analyses in microbial ecology. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 62:142-160.
Ramette, A., and J. M. Tiedje (2007). Biogeography: an emerging cornerstone for understanding prokaryotic diversity, ecology, and evolution. Microb. Ecol. 53:197-207.
Ramette, A., and J. M. Tiedje (2007). Multiscale responses of microbial life to spatial distance and environmental heterogeneity in a patchy ecosystem. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104:2761-2766.
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Treude, T., V. Orphan, K. Knittel, A. Gieseke, and A. Boetius (2007). Consumption of methane and CO2 by methanotrophic microbial mats from gas seeps of the anoxic Black Sea. Appl. Environ. Microb. 73:2271-2283.
2006Alain, K., T. Holler, F. Musat, M. Elvert, T. Treude, and M. Krüger (2006). Microbiological investigation of methane- and hydrocarbon-discharging mud volcanoes in the sub-Carpathes, Romania. Environ. Microbiol. 8:574-590.
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Cook, P. L. M., and H. Røy (2006). Advective relief of CO2 limitation in microphytobenthos in highly productive sandy sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:1594-1601.
Cook, P. L. M., F. Wenzhöfer, S. Rysgaard, O. S. Galaktionov, F. J. R. Meysman, B. D. Eyre, J. C. Cornwell, M. Huettel, and R. N. Glud (2006). Quantification of denitrification in permeable sediments: Insights from a two dimensional simulation analysis and experimental data. Limnol. Oceanogr.-Meth. 4:294-307.
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Hoffmann, F., H. T. Rapp, and J. Reitner (2006). Monitoring microbial community composition by fluorescence in situ hybridisation during cultivation of the marine cold-water sponge Geodia barretti. Mar. Biotechnol. 8:373-379.
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Ianora, A., M. Boersma, R. Casotti, A. Fontana, J. Harder, F. Hoffmann, H. Pavia, S. A. Poulet, and G. Toth (2006). New trends in marine chemical ecology. Estuaries Coasts. 29:531-551.
Inagaki, F., M. M. M. Kuypers, U. Tsunogai, J. Ishibashi, K. Nakamura, T. Treude, S. Ohkubo, M. Nakaseama, K. Gena, H. Chiba, H. Hirayama, T. Nunoura, K. Takai, B. B. Jørgensen, K. Horikoshi, and A. Boetius (2006). Microbial community in a sediment-hosted CO2 lake of the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal system. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103:14164-14169.
Konstantinidis, K., A. Ramette, and J. M. Tiedje (2006). Toward a more robust assessment of intra-species diversity using fewer genetic markers. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:7286-7293.
Konstantinidis, K.T., A. Ramette, and J. M. Tiedje (2006). The bacterial species definition in the genomic era. Philos. T. Roy. Soc. B. 361:1929-40.
Middelboe, M., R. N. Glud, F. Wenzhöfer, K. Oguri, and H. Kitazato (2006). Spatial distribution and activity of viruses in the deep-sea sediments of Sagami Bay, Japan. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 53:1-13.
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Palacios, C., M. Zbinden, A. R. Baco, T. Treude, C. R. Smith, F. Gaill, P. Lebaron, and A. Boetius (2006). Microbial ecology of deep-sea sunken wood: quantitative measurements of bacterial biomass and cellulolytic activities. Cah. Microbiol. Mar. 47:415-420.
Pape, T., F. Hoffmann, N. V. Quéric, K. von Juterzenka, J. Reitner, and W. Michaelis (2006). Dense populations of Archaea associated with the demosponge Tentorium semisuberites from Arctic deep waters. Polar Biol. 29:662-667.
Payne, G. W., A. Ramette, H. L. Rose, A. J. Weightman, T. H. Jones, J. M. Tiedje, and E. Mahenthiralingam (2006). Application of a recA gene-based identification approach to the maize rhizosphere reveals novel diversity in Burkholderia species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 259:126-132.
Precht, E., Janssen, F., Huettel, M. (2006) Near-bottom performance of the Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) – a comparative study. Aquatic Ecology 40: 481-492.
Ramette, A., Y. Moënne-Loccoz, and G. Défago (2006). Genetic diversity and biocontrol potential of fluorescent pseudomonads producing phloroglucinols and hydrogen cyanide from Swiss soils naturally suppressive or conducive to Thielaviopsis basicola-mediated black root rot of tobacco. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 55:369-381.
Rasheed, M., C. Wild, C. Jantzen, and M. Badran (2006). Mineralization of particulate organic matter derived from coral-reef organisms in reef sediments of the Gulf of Aqaba. Chem. Ecol. 22:13-20.
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Sauter, E., S. I. Muyakshin, J. L. Charlou, M. Schlüter, A. Boetius, K. Jerosch, E. Damm, J. P. Foucher, and M. Klages (2006). Methane discharge from a deep-sea submarine mud volcano into the upper water column by gas hydrate-coated methane bubbles. Earth. Planet. Sc. Lett. 243:354-365.
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Werner, U., P. Bird, C. Wild, T. Ferdelman, L. Polerecky, G. Eickert, R. Jonstone, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, and D. de Beer (2006). Spatial patterns of aerobic and anaerobic mineralization rates and oxygen penetration dynamics in coral reef sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 309:93-105.
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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.
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Wild, C., Røy, H. and Huettel, M. (2005). Role of pelletization in mineralization of fine grained coastal sediments. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 291: 23–33,.
Wild, C., Woyt, H. and Huettel, M. (2005). Influence of coral mucus on nutrient fluxes in carbonate sands. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 287: 87–98.
2004Boetius 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
Ehrenhauss, S., Witte, U., Janssen, F., Huettel, M. (2004) Decomposition of diatoms and nutrient dynamics in permeable North Sea sediments. Continental Shelf Research 24: 721-737.
Hensen, C., Pfeifer, K., Wenzhöfer, F., Volbers, A., Schulz, S., Holstein, J., Romero, O. and Seiter, K. (2004). Fluxes at the benthic boundary layer - A global view from the South Atlantic. In: G. Wefer, S. Mulitza and V. Ratmeyer (Editors), The South Atlantic in the late Quaternary. Springer Vgl., Berlin, pp. 401-430.
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
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
Niemann, H., Richter, C., Jonkers, H.M. and Badran, M. (2004). Red Sea gravity currents cascade near-reef phytoplankton to the twilight zone. MEPS, 269: 91-99.
Rasheed, M., Wild, C., Franke, U. and Huettel, M. (2004). Benthic photosynthesis and oxygen consumption in permeable carbonate sediments at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 59(1): 139-150.
Reimers, C.E., Stecher, H.A., Taghon, G.L., Fuller, C.M., Huettel, M., Rusch, A., Ryckelynck, N. and Wild, C. (2004). In Situ Measurements of Advective Solute Transport in permeable Shelf Sands. Continental Shelf Research, 24: 183-201.
Reimers, C.E., Stecher, I., Hilmar A., Taghon, G.L., Fuller, C.M., Huettel, M., Rusch, A., Ryckelynck, N. and Wild, C. (2004). In situ measurements of advective solute transport in permeable shelf sands. Continental Shelf Research, 24(2): 183-201.
Røy, H., Huettel, M. and Jørgensen, B.B. (2004). Transmission of oxygen concentration fluctuations through the diffusive boundary layer overlying aquatic sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 49(3): 686-692.
Weaver, P., Billet, D.M., Boetius, A., Danovaro, R., Freiwald, A. and Sibuet, M. (2004). Hotspot Ecosystem Research on Europe's Deep-Ocean Margins. Oceanography, 17(4): 49-59.
Wenzhöfer, F. and Glud, R.N. (2004). Small-scale spatial and temporal variability in coastal benthic O2 dynamics: Effects of fauna activity. Limnology and Oceanography, 49(5): 1471-1481.
Wild, C., Huettel, M., Klueter, A., Kremb, S.G., Rasheed, M.Y.M. and Jorgensen, B.B. (2004). Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem. Nature, 428: 66-70.
Wild, C., Rasheed, M., Werner, U., Franke, U., Johnstone, R. and Huettel, M. (2004). Degradation and mineralization of coral mucus in reef environments. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 267: 159–171.
Wild, C., Tollrian, R. and Huettel, M. (2004). Rapid recycling of coral mass-spawning products in permeable reef sediments. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 271: 159–166.

 

Other Publications

 

Haeckel, M. , Vink, A. , Janssen, F., Kasten, S. (2020) Environmental Impacts of Deep Seabed Mining / T. Heidar (editor) , In: New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea, Deep Seabed Mineral Resources and the Marine Environment, Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill Nijhoff . doi: 10.1163/9789004437753_018

 

Wegener, G. , Laso-Pérez, R., Boetius, A. (2020) With a little help from my friends – life fueled by gas release from the seabed: deep sea vents and seeps. Editor: Kenneth Timmis. In: A child-centric microbiology education framework

 

Knittel K, Wegener G, Boetius A. (2019) Anaerobic methane oxidizers. In: Microbial Communities Utilizing Hydrocarbons and Lipids: Members, Metagenomics and Ecophysiology, Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Editor: T. J. McGenity. Springer International Publishing, pp. 113-132. doi:10.1007/978-3-303-14785-3_7

 

Teske A., Carvalho V. Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps - Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of a Global Marine Habitat. Springer Nature Switzerland (in press)

 

Teske A., Carvalho V. Large sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seeps. In: Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps - Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of a Global Marine Habitat. Editors: A. Teske and V. Carvalho. Springer Nature Switzerland (in press)

 

Wegener G., Knittel K., Bohrmann G., Schubotz F. Benthic deep-sea life associated with asphaltic hydrocarbon emissions in the southern Gulf of Mexico. In: Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps - Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of a Global Marine Habitat. Editors: A. Teske and V. Carvalho. Springer Nature Switzerland (in press)

 

Speich S., Lee T., Muller-Karger F. E., Lorenzoni L., Pascual A., Jin D., Delory E., Reverdin G., Siddorn J., Lewis M. R., Marba N., Buttigieg P. L., et al. (2019). Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 570.

 

Dittami S.M, Arboleda E., Auguet J.C., Bigalke A., Briand E., Cárdenas P., Cardini U., Decelle J., Engelen A. H., Eveillard D., Gachon C.M., Griffiths S.M., Harder T., Kayal E., Kazamia E., Lallier F., Medina M., Marzinelli E., Morganti T.,  Núñez Pons L., Pardo S., Valverde J.P., Saha M., Selosse M.A., Skillings D., Stock W., Sunagawa S., Toulza E., Vorobev A., Leblanc C., and Not F. (2019). A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions. PeerJ Reprints doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.27519v1.

 

Kahlert M., Alfjorden A., Apunte-Ramos K., Bailet B., Pérez Burillo J., Carrera Gonzalez A. G., Castro D., Di Bernardi C., Dully V., Fekete J., Frühe L., González R., Gratsia E., Hanjalić J., Kamberović J., Kelly A.-M., Meriggi C., Nousiainen I., Ørberg S., Orr J., Quintana C., Papatheodoulou A., Sargac J., Shahbaz M., Tapolczai K., Tosic K., Wallin I., Zupančič M., Bohman P., Buttigieg P. L., Häubner N., Leese F., Macher J., Peura S., Roslin T., Strand M., Terenius O., Vasselon V., Weigand A. M. (2019). New molecular methods to assess biodiversity. Potentials and pitfalls of DNA metabarcoding: a workshop report. Research Ideas and Outcomes: e38915. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.5. e38915.

  Bienhold C. and Boetius A. (2017) Mikroorganismen des Tiefseebodens: Vielfalt, Verteilung und Funktion. In: Faszination Meeresforschung. Ein ökologisches Lesebuch. 2. Auflage. Editoren: G. Hempel, K. Bischof, W. Hagen, Springer-Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg pp. 211-222. DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-49714-2_20
 

Driemel A., Fahrbach E., Rohardt G., Beszczynska-Moller A., Boetius A. et al. (2017) From pole to pole: 33 years of physical oceanography onboard R/V Polarstern. Earth System Science Data. Vol 9(1); 211-220 DOI 10.5194/essd-9-211-2017

  Linke, P., Haeckel, M., Schneider von Deimling, J., Vielstädte, L., Schmidt, M., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Herreilers, H., Lichtschlag, A., James, R., Connelly, D., Baumberger, T., Pedersen, R.B., Denny, A.R., Rapp, H.T., Thorseth, I.H., Molari, M., de Beer, D., Rehder, G., Kedzior, S., Beaubien, S. and de Vittor, C. (2014) Fluxes of CO2 from natural seep sites and Sleipner storage site ECO2 Deliverable, D2.2., 43 pp. ECO2 Project Office, Kiel, Germany. DOI 10.3289/ECO2_D2.2.
  Queirós, A.M., Norling, K., Amaro, T., Nunes, J., Cummings, D., Yakushev, E., Sorensen, K., Harris, C., Woodward, M., Danovaro, R., Rastelli, E., Alve, E., De Vittor, C., Karuza, A., Cibic, T., Monti, M., Ingrosso, G., Fornasaro, D., Beaubien, S.E., Guilini, K., Vanreusel, A., Molari, M., Boetius, A., Ramette, A., Wenzhöfer, F., de Beer, D., Weber, M., Grünke, S., Bigalke, N. and Widdicombe, S. (2014) Potential impact of CCS leakage on marine communities ECO2 Deliverable, D4.1 . Plymouth Marine Laboratory. DOI 10.3289/ECO2_D4.1.
  Boetius, A., Gutt J., Helmke E., and Meyer B. (2013) Leben im und unter dem Eis – zur Vielfalt des Lebens in polaren Lebensräumen. In E. Beck (ed). „Die Vielfalt des Lebens“, Wiley-VCH Weinheim, pp. 149-160.
  Youle, M., F. Rohwer, A. Stacy, M. Whiteley, B.C. Steel, N.J. Delalez, A.L. Nord, R.M. Berry, J.P. Armitage, S. Kamoun, S. Hogenhout, S.P. Diggle, J. Gurney, E.J.G. Pollitt, A. Boetius and S.C. Cary. (2012) The Microbial Olympics. Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 583-588.
  Sergeeva, N.G., A.J. Gooday, S.A. Mazlumyan, E.A. Kolesnikova, A. Lichtschlag*, T.N., Kosheleva and O.V. Anikeeva. (2012) Meiobenthos of the oxic/anoxic interface in the south-western region of the Black Sea: abundance and taxonomic composition. In A.V. Altenbach, J.M. Bernhard and J. Seckbach (eds). “Anoxia: Evidence for eukaryote survival and paleontological strategies”, Springer Netherlands, pp. 369-401.
  Knittel, K. und A. Boetius. (2011) Anaerobic oxidation of methane. In V. Thiel und J. Reitner (eds). “Encyclopedia of Geobiology”. Springer Verlag, pp. 36-47.
  Boetius, A. und H. Boetius. (2011) Das Dunkle Paradies – Entdeckung der Tiefsee. Random House Bertelsmann, pp. 456.
  Amaral-Zettler, L., L.F. Artigas, J. Baross, P.A.L. Bharathi, A. Boetius, D. Chandramohan, G. Herndl, K. Kogure, P. Neal, C. Pedrós-Alió, A. Ramette, S. Schouten, L. Stal, A. Thessen, J. de Leeuw und M. Sogin. 2010. A Global Census of Marine Microbes. In A.D. McIntyre (ed) “Life in the World’s Oceans”. Blackwell Publishing, Part 3 Oceans Present – Global Distributions, pp. 223-245.
  Boetius, A. und K. Knittel. 2010. Habitats of anaerobic methane oxidizers. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 21 Microbial Communities Based on Hydrocarbons, Oils and Fats: Natural Habitats, pp. 2193-2202.
  Boetius, A. und F. Wenzhöfer. 2010. Methods for the study of cold seep ecosystems. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 31 Experimental Protocols and Appendices, pp. 3443-3451.
  Fischer, J.P. und T.G. Ferdelman. 2010. Vierzig Tage in der Wasserwüste. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, March 2010, pp. 16-18.
  Knittel, K. und A. Boetius. 2010. Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 19 The Microbes (6), pp. 2023-2032.
  Niemann, H. und A. Boetius. 2010. Mud volcanoes. In K.N. Timmis (ed) “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology”. Springer Verlag, Part 3, pp. 205-214.
  Larkin, K., H.A. Ruhl, P. Bagley, A. Benn, B.J. Bett, D.S.M. Billet, A. Boetius, P. Chevaldonné, A. Colaco, J. Copley, R. Danovaro, E. Escobar-Briones, A. Glover, A.J. Gooday, J.A. Hughes, V. Kalogeropoulou, B.A. Kelly-Gerreyn, H. Kitazato, M. Klages, N. Lampadariou, C. Lejeusne, T. Perez, I.G. Priede, A. Rogers, P.M. Sarradin, J. Sarrazin, T. Soltwedel, E.H. Soto, S. Thatje, A. Tselepides, P.A. Tyler, S. van den Hove, A. Vanreusel und F. Wenzhöfer. 2009. Benthic biology time-series in the deep-sea: Indicators of change. OceanObs'09 - Community White Paper.
  Boetius, A., C. Bienhold, S. Schöttner, J. Ufkes und A. Ramette (2009). Fingerabdrücke mikrobieller Gemeinschaften im Meer. BIOspektrum 7, 726-729.
  Boetius, A., T. Holler, K. Knittel, J. Felden und F. Wenzhöfer (2009). The seabed as natural laboratory: Lessons from uncultivated methanotrophs. In S. Epstein (ed) “Uncultivated Microorganisms”. Springer Verlag, Microbiology Monographs, pp. 59-82.
  Boetius, A. und S. Joye (2009). Thriving in salt. Science 324, 1523-1525.
  Ramette, A. und A. Boetius (2009). How to use a crystal ball in environmental microbiology: developing new ways to explore complex datasets. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1, 3-26.

 

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Theses

Hanna Stephanie Zehnle (2023) PhD thesis. Exploring the upper temperature limit and biosignatures of archaea and bacteria involved in anaerobic hydrocarbon  degradation  (Supervisor: Gunter Wegener)

 

Pia Ditzel (2023) MSc. thesis. Possible impacts of deep-sea trawling in the Arctic Ocean off Svalbard (Supervisor: Davide Seveso, Autun Purser)

  David Benito Merino (2022) PhD thesis. Archaea and bacteria mediating anaerobic alkane degradation at its upper temperature limit (Supervisors: Gunter Wegener, Antje Boetius)
   Magda Cardozo Mino (2022) PhD thesis. University of Bremen. Temporal and spatial dynamics of marine microorganisms in ice-covered seas. (Supervisors: Christina Bienhold, Antje Boetius)
 

Meyer, R. (2020) MSc. thesis. Investigating global-scale biodiversity of marine microbes - Towards a transparent, accessible, and interoperable system for omics data exchange.  University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

 

Maeke, M. (2019) MSc. thesis. Anaerobic pentane and hexane degradation by thermophilic microorganisms from Guaymas Basin. University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

 

Fadeev E. (2018) PhD thesis. Ecological observations of pelagic bacterial and archaeal communities in an Atlantic-Arctic boundary zone. Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men/​Al­fred We­ge­ner In­sti­tu­te for Po­lar and Ma­ri­ne Re­se­arch, Bre­mer­ha­ven, Ger­ma­ny.

 

Laso-Pérez R. (2018) PhD thesis. A novel mechanism for the anaerobic degradation of non-methane hydrocarbons in archaea. University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.

 

Cardozo Mino M.G. (2018) M.Sc. thesis. Identification of the ecophysiological role of SAR202/Chloroflexi in LTER HAUSGARTEN (Fram Strait) sediments. Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg/ Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.

 

Bodur Y. (2018) Benthic soft-bottom communities and ecosystem functions on the Northeast Greenland Shelf. University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany /Ghent University, Belgium.

 

Rapp J. (2018) PhD thesis. Diversity and function of microbial communities in the Arctic Ocean. Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men/​Al­fred We­ge­ner In­sti­tu­te for Po­lar and Ma­ri­ne Re­se­arch, Bre­mer­ha­ven, Ger­ma­ny.

 

Hoffman R. (2018) PhD thesis. Organic carbon cycling in Potter Cove (Antarctica): Subject to glacier retreat. Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men/​Al­fred We­ge­ner In­sti­tu­te for Po­lar and Ma­ri­ne Re­se­arch, Bre­mer­ha­ven, Ger­ma­ny.

 

Blumberg K. (2018) M.Sc. Thesis. Interconnecting Arctic observatory data through machine-actionable knowledge representation: are ontologies fit for purpose? University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

 

Von Jackowski A.C. (2018) M.Sc. Thesis. Effect of seamounts on microbial diversity and community structure in the Central Arctic Ocean. University of Bremen/Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

 

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

 

Hoffman K. (2017) 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, Bremerhaven, Germany.

  Schorn S. (2017) M.Sc. Thesis. Life style and cell architecture of Achromatium. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
  Hassenrück, C. (2016) Ph.D. Thesis. Implications of ocean acidification for microbial life and for microbial interactions. University of/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen, Germany.
  Vonnahme, T. (2016) M.Sc. Thesis. Microbial diversity and function of deep-sea manganese nodule ecosystems. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen, Germany.
 

Wulff, T. (2015) Ph.D. Thesis. Physics and ecology of the marginal ice zone of the Fram Strait – a robotic approach. University of Bremen.

  Krukenberg, V. (2015) Ph.D. Thesis. Physiological and genomic characterization of thermophilic methanotrophic archaea and partner bacteria. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Laso-Perez, R. (2015) M.Sc. Thesis. Molecular insights into a butane degrading thermophilic consortia. University of Bremen/ MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
  Valderio, G. (2015) M.Sc. Thesis. Prokaryotic community structure in ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge. University of Bologna / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Jessen Reyes, G. L. (2015) Ph.D. Thesis. Structural and functional changes in marine microbial communities associated with oxygen dynamics. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Becker, S. (2014) M.Sc. Thesis. Effects of organic carbon enrichment on benthic bacterial communities from the Arctic deep sea (HAUSGARTEN, Fram Strait). Hochschule Bremerhaven / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Fernández Méndez, M. (2014) Ph.D. Thesis. Primary productivity in Arctic sea ice and ocean. University of Bremen.
  Harding, K. J. (2014) M.Sc. Thesis. Thermophilic consortia involving HotSeep-1. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Jacob, M. (2014) Ph.D. Thesis. Influence of Global Change on microbial communities in Arctic sediments.  University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Rapp, J. Z. (2014) M.Sc. Thesis. Bacterial diversity in sea ice, melt ponds, water column, ice algal aggregates and deep-sea sediments of the Central Arctic Ocean. 99 pp. University of Bremen / MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
  Donis, D. (2013) Ph.D. Thesis. Integrated benthic exchange dynamics and biogeochemical processes under varying environmental conditions. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Ruff, S.E. (2013) Ph.D. Thesis. Microbial community ecology of marine methane seeps. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Pop Ristova, P. (2012) Ph.D. Thesis. Biogeochemical activity and associated biodiversity at reduced deep-sea hotspot ecosystems. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Neumann, J. (2012) Ph.D. Thesis. Effect of high CO2 and low pH on benthic communities of the deep sea. University Bremen / Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences (GLOMAR) / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Bienhold, C. (2011) Ph.D. Thesis. Diversity and ecology of bacterial communities at the deep seafloor. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Fernandez Mendez, M. (2011) M.Sc. Thesis. Primary productivity of sea ice algae under different environmental conditions. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen / Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven.
  Krukenberg, V. (2011) M.Sc. Thesis. Characterization of thermophilic anaerobic methanotrophy associated with sulfate reduction in Guaymas Basin enrichment cultures. Uni Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen..
  Gobet, A. (2010) Ph.D. Thesis. Microbial community ecology of temperate coastal sands. Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Grünke, S. (2010) Ph.D. Thesis. Diversity of mat-forming sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at continental margins. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Schöttner, S. (2010) Ph.D. Thesis. Bacterial habitat differentiation in cold- and warm-water coral reef ecosystems. Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Sonntag, B. (2010). M.Sc. Thesis. Mikrobielle Deuterierung zur Ermittlung von Methanogeneseraten. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Felden, J. (2009) Ph.D. Thesis. Methane fluxes and associated biogeochemical processes in cold seep ecosystems. Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Fischer, J. (2009) Ph.D. Thesis. Oxygen dynamics of marine sediments on different spatial scales. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Jacob, M. (2009) M.Sc. Thesis. Development and validation of community fingerprinting tools to analyze microbial diversity in marine sediments. University Bremen / MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
  Pop Ristova, P. (2009) M.Sc. Thesis. Biogeochemical activity and associated biodiversity at reduced deep sea hot spot ecosystems. University of Bremen / MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
  Girnth, A.-C. (2008) Diploma Thesis. Diversity of sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at Amon Mud Volcano. Leibniz University Hannover / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Böer, S. (2008) Ph.D. Thesis. Investigation of the distribution and activity of benthic microorganisms in coastal habitats. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Pfitzner, B. (2008) Diploma Thesis. Microbial Diversity in carbonate and silicate sands of warm-water coral reefs. LMU Munich / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Ufkes, J. (2008) Diploma Thesis. Impact of increased CO2 concentration on the structure of microbial communities in marine sediments. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Wegener, G. (2008) Ph.D. Thesis. Methane oxidation and carbon assimilation in marine sediments. University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Braunshausen, A. (2007) Diploma Thesis. Archaea im Arktischen Tiefseeschwamm Tentorium semisuberites. Universität Bochum / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Meziti, A. (2007) M.Sc. Thesis. Diversity and detection of Archaea in deep-sea sediments. University of Bremen / MARMIC International Max Planck Research School.
  Omoregie, E. (2007) Ph.D. Thesis. Function and diversity of marine and hypersaline mat forming microbial communities.  Jacobs University Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Schöttner, S. I. (2007) M.Sc. Thesis. Microbial Habitats in Cold-Water Coral Reef Ecoystems: Exploring Diversity, Structure and Dynamics of Associated Prokaryotic Communities. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Sweetman, A. K. (2007) Ph.D. Thesis. Macrofaunal and foraminiferal community structure and their response to simulated phytodetrital food pulses in two contrasting environments. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Kirf, M. K. (2006) Diploma Thesis. Investigating small scale advective processes at a sandy sediment water interface from a diffusive approach. Universität Oldenburg / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.
  Niemann, H. (2005) Ph.D. Thesis. Rates and signatures of methane turnover in sediments of continental margins. University of Bremen / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.

 

(*indicates work by former members of the Habitat Group published after they had left; #indicates work by members from before they joined)
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