Publications Rudolf Amann


Publication ID (ResearcherID: C-6534-2014)

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2024

Miksch, S., L.H. Orellana, M. Oggerin de Orube, S. Vidal-Melgosa, V. Solanki, J.-H. Hehemann, R. Amann, K. Knittel. 2024. Taxonomic and functional stability overrules seasonality in polar benthic microbiomes. ISME J. 18:1-14. [doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrad005] [download pdf]
Viver, T., R.E. Conrad, L.M. Rodriguez-R, A.S. Ramírez, S.N. Venter, J. Rocha-Cárdenas, M. Llabrés, R. Amann, K.T. Konstantinidis, R. Rossello-Mora. 2024. Towards estimating the number of strains that make up a natural bacterial population. Nat. Commun. 15:544. [doi:10.1038/s41467-023-44622-z] [download pdf]
Brown, S., C.C. Lloyd, G. Giljan, S. Ghobrial, R. Amann, C. Arnosti. 2024. Pulsed inputs of high molecular weight organic matter shift the mechanisms of substrate utilisation in marine bacterial communities. Environ. Microbiol. 26:e16580. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16580] [internal download]
Moncada, C., A. Ellrott, D. de Beer, R. Amann and K. Knittel. 2024. The Ellrott grab: A small, lightweight sediment sampler for collecting undisturbed sandy sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. Meth. 22:159-69. [doi:10.1002/lom3.10598] [download pdf]
Wang, F.Q., D. Bartosik, C. Sidhu, R. Siebers, D.C. Lu, A. Trautwein-Schult, D. Becher, B. Huettel, J. Rick, I.V. Kirstein, K.H. Wiltshire, T. Schweder, B.M. Fuchs, M.M. Bengtsson, H. Teeling, R.I. Amann. 2024. Particle attached bacteria act as gatekeepers in the decomposition of com­plex phytoplankton polysaccharides. Microbiome. 12:32. [doi:10.1186/s40168-024-01757-5] [download pdf]

 

2023

Giljan, G., S. Brown, C.C. Lloyd, S. Ghobrial, R. Amann, and C. Arnosti. 2023. Selfish bacteria are active throughout the water column of the ocean. ISME commun. 3:e11. [doi:10.1038/s43705-023-00219-7] [download pdf]
Dede, B., T. Priest, W. Bach, M. Walter, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2023. High abundance of hydrocarbon-degrading Alcanivorax in plumes of hydrothermally active volcanoes in the South Pacific Ocean. ISME. 17:600-10. [doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01366-4] [download pdf]
Rossello-Mora R., K.T. Konstantinidis, and R. Amann. 2023. Editorial: How Systematic and Applied Microbiology will deal with two nomenclature codes (ICNP and SeqCode) for prokaryotes, and which classification standards are recommended for new taxa descriptions. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 46:126371. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126371] [download pdf]
Reintjes, G., A. Heins, C. Wang, and R. Amann. 2023. Abundance and composition of particles and their attached microbiomes along an Atlantic Meridional Transect. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1051510. [doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1051510] [download pdf]
Viver, T., R.E. Conrad, M. Lucio, M. Harir, M. Urdiain, J.F. Gago, A. Suárez-Suárez, E. Bustos-Caparros, R. Sanchez-Martinez, E. Mayol, F. Fassetta, J. Pang, I.M. Gridan, S. Venter, F. Santos, B. Baxter, M.E. Llames, A. Cristea, H.L. Banciu, B.P. Hedlund, M.B. Stott, P. Kämpfer, R. Amann, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, K.T. Konstantinidis, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2023. Description of two cultivated and two uncultivated new Salinibacter species, one named following the rules of the bacteriological code: Salinibacter grassmerensis sp. nov.; and three named following the rules of the SeqCode: Salinibacter pepae sp. nov., Salinibacter abyssi sp. nov., and Salinibacter pampae sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 46:126416. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126416] [download pdf]
Sidhu, C., I.V. Kirstein, C.L. Meunier, J. Rick, V. Fofonova, K.H. Wiltshire, N. Steinke, S. Vidal-Melgosa, J.-H. Hehemann, B. Huettel, T. Schweder, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, and H. Teeling. 2023. Dissolved storage glycans shaped the community composition of abundant bacterioplankton clades during a North Sea spring phytoplankton bloom. Microbiome. 11:77. [doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01517-x] [download pdf]
Orellana, L.H., K. Krüger, C. Sidhu, R. Amann. 2023. Comparing genomes recovered from time-series metagenomes using long- and short-read sequencing technologies. Microbiome 11:105. [doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01557-3] [download pdf]

Brüwer, J.D., H.L. Orellana, C. Sidhu, H.C.L. Klip, C.L. Meunier, M. Boersma, K.H. Wiltshire, R. Amann, B.M. Fuchs and J.-B. Raina. 2023. In situ cell division and mortality rates of SAR11, SAR86, Bacteroidetes, and Aurantivirga during phytoplankton blooms reveal differences in population controls. mSystems, Environ. Microbiol. 8:e01287-22. [doi:10.1128/msystems.01287-22] [download pdf]

Priest, T., W.-J. von Appen, E. Oldenburg, O. Popa, S. Torres-Valdés, C. Bienhold, K. Metfies, W. Boulton, T. Mock, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, A. Boetius, M. Wietz. 2023. Atlantic water influx and sea-ice cover drive taxonomic and functional shifts in Arctic marine bacterial communities. ISME J. 17:1612-25. [doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01461-6] [download pdf]
Liu, Y., T. Brinkhoff, M. Berger, A. Poehlein, S. Voget, L. Paoli, S. Sunagawa, R. Amann and M.Simon. 2023. Metagenome-assembled genomes reveal greatly expanded taxonomic and functional diversification of the abundant marine Roseobacter RCA cluster. Microbiome 11:265. [doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01644-5] [download pdf]
Rodriguez-R, L.M., R.E. Conrad, T. Viver, D.J. Feistel, B.G. Lindner, S.N. Venter, L.H. Orellana, R. Amann, R. Rossello-Mora, K.T. Konstantinidis. 2023. An ANI gap within bacterial species that advances the definitions of intra-species units. mBio 15:e02696-23. [doi:10.1128/mbio.02696-23] [download pdf]
Lu, D.-C., F.-Q. Wang, R.I. Amann, H. Teeling and Z.-J. Du. 2023. Epiphytic common core bacteria in the microbiomes of co-located green (Ulva), brown (Saccharina) and red (Grateloupia, Gelidium) macroalgae. Microbiome. 11:126. [doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01559-1] [download pdf]
Priest T., S. Vidal-Melgosa, J.-H. Hehemann, R. Amann and B.M. Fuchs. 2023. Carbohydrates and carbohydrate degradation gene abundance and transcription in Atlantic waters of the Arctic. ISME Commun. 3:130. [doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00324-7] [download pdf]

 

2022

Priest, T.,  A. Heins, J. Harder, R. Amann, and B.M. Fuchs. 2022. Niche partitioning of the ubiquitous and ecologically relevant NS5 marine group. ISME J. 16:1570-82. [doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01209-8] [download pdf]
Dede, B., C.T. Hansen, R. Neuholz, B. Schnetger, C. Kleint, S. Walker, W. Bach, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2022. Niche differentiation of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SUP05) in submarine hydrothermal plumes. ISME J. 16:1479-90. [doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01195-x] [download pdf]

Solanki, V., K. Krüger, C.J. Crawford, A. Pardo-Vargas, J. Danglad-Flores, K. Le Mai Hoang,  L. Klassen, D.W. Abbott, P.H. Seeberger, R.I. Amann, H. Teeling, J.-H. Hehemann. 2022. Glycoside hydrolase from the GH76 family indicates that marine Salegentibacter sp. Hel_I_6 consumes alpha-mannan from fungi. ISME J. 16:1818-30. [doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01223-w] [download pdf]

Giljan, G., C. Arnosti, I.V. Kirstein, R. Amann, and B.M. Fuchs. 2022. Strong seasonal differences of bacterial polysaccharide utilization in the North Sea over an annual cycle. En­vi­ron. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 24:2333-47. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15997] [download pdf]

Orellana, L.H., T.B. Francis, M. Ferraro, J.H. Hehemann, B.M. Fuchs, and R.I. Amann. 2022. Verrucomicrobiota are specialist consumers of sulfated methyl pentoses during diatom blooms. ISME J. 16:630-41. [doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01105-7] [download pdf]

Bartlau, N., A. Wichels, G. Krohne, E.M. Adriaenssens, A. Heins, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, C. Moraru. 2022. Highly diverse flavobacterial phages isolated from North Sea spring blooms. ISME J. 16:555–68. [doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01097-4] [download pdf]

Alonso, C., E. Pereira, F. Bertoglio, M. De Caceres, and R. Amann. 2022. Bacterioplankton composition as an indicator of environmental status: proof of principle using indicator value analysis of estuarine communities. Aqua­tic Mi­crob. Ecol. 88:1-18. [doi:10.3354/ame01979] [download pdf]

 

2021

Zeugner, L.E., K. Krüger, J. Barrero-Canosa, R.I. Amann, and B.M. Fuchs.  2021. In situ visualization of glycoside hydrolase family 92 genes in marine flavobacteria.  ISME Commun. 1:81. [doi:10.1038/s43705-021-00082-4] [download pdf]
Francis, B., T. Urich, A. Mikolasch, H. Teeling, and R. Amann. 2021. North Sea spring bloom-associated Gammaproteobacteria fill diverse heterotrophic niches. Env. Microbiome 16:15.  [doi:10.1186/s40793-021-00385-y] [download pdf]
Brunet, M., N. Le Duff, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, T. Barbeyron, F. Thomas. 2021. Specific detection and quantification of the marine flavobacterial genus Zobellia on macroalgae using novel qPCR and CARD-FISH assays. Syst. Appl. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 44:126269. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126269]
Alejandre-Colomo, C., B. Francis, T. Viver, J. Harder, B.M. Fuchs, R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 2021. Cultivable Winogradskyella species are genomically distinct from the sympatric abundant candidate species. ISME Commun. 1:51. [doi:10.1038/s43705-021-00052-w] [download pdf]
Heins, A., R.I. Amann, J. Harder. 2021. Cultivation of particle-associated heterotrophic bacteria during a spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 44:126232. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126232]
Priest, T., L.H. Orellana, B. Huettel, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann. 2021. Mi­cro­bial meta­gen­ome-as­sembled gen­omes of the Fram Strait from short and long read se­quen­cing plat­forms. PeerJ 9:e11721. [doi:10.7717/peerj.11721] [download pdf]
Miksch, S., M. Mei­ners, A. Mey­er­dier­ks, D. Pro­bandt, G. We­ge­ner, J. Tit­schack, M.A. Jen­sen, A. Ell­rott, R. Amann and K. Knit­tel. 2021. Bac­te­ri­al com­mu­nit­ies in tem­pe­ra­te and po­lar co­as­tal sands are sea­so­nal­ly sta­ble. ISME Com­mun. 1:29. [doi:10.1038/s43705-021-00028-w] [download pdf]
Ludwig, W., T. Viver, R. Westram, J.F. Gago, E. Bustos-Caparros, K. Knittel, R. Amann, R. Rossello-Mora. 2021. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 44:126218. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126218]
Heins, A., G. Reintjes, R.I. Amann, J. Harder. 2021. Particle Collection in Imhoff Sedimentation Cones Enriches Both Motile Chemotactic and Particle-Attached Bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 12:643730. [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.643730] [download pdf]
Viver, T., R.E. Conrad, L.H. Orellana, M. Urdiain, J.E. González-Pastor, J.K. Hatt, R. Amann, J. Anton, K.T. Konstantinidis, R. Rosselló-Móra. 2021. Distinct ecotypes within a natural haloarchaeal population enable adaptation to changing environmental conditions without causing population sweeps. ISME J. 15:1178-91. [doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00842-5] [internal download]
Arnosti, C., M. Wietz, T. Brinkhoff, J.H. Hehemann, D. Probandt, L. Zeugner, and R. Amann. 2021. The Biogeochemistry of Marine Polysaccharides: Sources, Inventories, and Bacterial Drivers of the Carbohydrate Cycle. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 13:81-108. [doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-032020-012810] [internal download]
Francis, T.B., D. Bartosik, T. Sura, A. Sichert, J.H. Hehemann, S. Markert, T. Schweder, B.M. Fuchs, H. Teeling, R.I. Amann, and D. Becher. 2021. Changing expression patterns of TonB-dependent transporters suggest shifts in polysaccharide consumption over the course of a spring phytoplankton bloom. ISME J. 15:2336-50. [doi:10.1038/s41396-021-00928-8] [download pdf]
Klassen, L., G. Reintjes, J.P. Tingley, D.R. Jones, J.H. Hehemann, A.D. Smith, T.D. Schwinghamer, C. Arnosti, L. Jin, T.W. Alexander, D. Thomas, R.I. Amann, T.A. McAllister, and D.W. Abbott. 2021. Quantifying fluorescent glycan uptake to elucidate strain-level variability in foraging behaviors of rumen bacteria. Microbiome 9:23. [doi:10.1186/s40168-020-00975-x] [download pdf]
Priest, T., B. Fuchs, R. Amann, and M. Reich. 2021. Di­ver­si­ty and bio­mass dy­na­mics of unicel­lu­lar ma­ri­ne fun­gi du­ring a spring phy­to­plank­ton bloom. En­vi­ron. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 23:448-463. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15331] [download pdf]
Vidal-Melgosa, S., A. Sichert, T.B. Francis, D. Bartosik, J. Niggemann, A. Wichels, W.G.T. Willats, B.M. Fuchs, H. Teeling, D. Becher, T. Schweder, R.I. Amann, and J.H. Hehemann. 2021. Diatom fucan polysaccharide precipitates carbon during algal blooms. Nature Commun. 12:1150. [doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21009-6] [download pdf]
Isaac, A., B. Francis, R.I. Amann, S.A. Amin. 2021. Tight Adherence (Tad) Pilus Genes Indicate Putative Niche Differentiation in Phytoplankton Bloom Associated Rhodobacterales. Front. Microbiol. 12:718297. [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.718297] [download pdf]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-re­viewed pub­lic­a­tions:

Amann, R.I., and F. Aspetsberger. 2021. Süßes Festmahl mit mehreren Gängen: wie Bakterien Algen vernaschen. BiuZ 51:66-73. [doi:10.11576/biuz-4104] [download pdf]

 

2020

Reintjes, G., B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, and C. Arnosti. 2020. Extensive Microbial Processing of Polysaccharides in the South Pacific Gyre via Selfish Uptake and Extracellular Hydrolysis. Front. Microbiol. 11:583158. [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.583158] [download pdf]
Viver, T., R.E. Conrad, L.H. Orellana, M. Urdiain, J.E. González-Pastor, J.K. Hatt, R. Amann, J. Antón, K.T. Konstantinidis, and R. Rosselló-Móra. 2020. Distinct ecotypes within a natural haloarchaeal population enable adaptation to changing environmental conditions without causing population sweeps. ISME J. Online ahead of print. [doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00842-5]
Alejandre-Colomo, C., T. Viver, M.Urdiain, B. Francis, J. Harder, P. Kämpfer, R. Amann, and R. Rosselló-Móra. 2020. Taxonomic study of nine new Winogradskyella species occurring in the shallow waters of Helgoland Roads, North Sea. Proposal of Winogradskyella schleiferi sp. nov., Winogradskyella costae sp. nov., Winogradskyella helgolandensis sp. nov., Winogradskyella vidalii sp. nov., Winogradskyella forsetii sp. nov., Winogradskyella ludwigii sp. nov., Winogradskyella ursingii sp. nov., Winogradskyella wichelsiae sp. nov., and Candidatus “Winogradskyella atlantica” sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 43:126128. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126128]
Murray, A.E., J. Freudenstein, S. Gribaldo, R. Hatzenpichler, P. Hugenholtz, P.  Kämpfer, K.T. Konstantinidis, C.E. Lane, R.T. Papke, D.H. Parks, R. Rossello-Mora, M.B. Stott, I.C. Sutcliffe, J.C. Thrash, S.N. Venter, W.B. Whitman, S.G. Acinas, R.I. Amann, K. Anantharaman, J. Armengaud, B.J. Baker, R.A. Barco, H.B. Bode, E.S. Boyd, C.L. Brady, P. Carini, P.S.G. Chain, D.R. Colman, K.M. DeAngelis, D. de Los Rios MA, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Dunlap CA, Eisen JA, Emerson D, Ettema TJG, Eveillard, P.R. Girguis, U. Hentschel, J.T. Hollibaugh, L.A. Hug, W.P. Inskeep, E.P. Ivanova, H.P. Klenk, W.J. Li, K.G. Lloyd, F.E. Löffler, T.P. Makhalanyane, D.P. Moser, T. Nunoura, M. Palmer, V. Parro, C. Pedrós-Alió, A.J. Probst, T.H.M. Smits, A.D. Steen, E.T. Steenkamp, A. Spang, F.J. Stewart, J.M. Tiedje, P. Vandamme, M. Wagner, F.P. Wang, P. Yarza, B.P. Hedlund, A.L. Reysenbach. 2020. Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nat. Microbiol. 5:987-94. [doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0733-x] [download pdf]
Grieb, A., T.B. Francis, K. Krüger, L.H. Orellana Retamal, R.I. Amann, and B.M. Fuchs. 2020.  Candidatus Abditibacter, a novel genus within the Cryomorphaceae, thriving in the North Sea. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 43:126088. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126088] [download pdf]
Hahn, C.J., R. Laso-Perez, F. Vulcano, K.-M. Vaziorakis, R. Stokke, I.H. Steen, A. Teske, M. Liebeke, K. Knittel, R. Amann and G. Wegener. 2020. "Candidatus Ethanoperedens," a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane. mBio 11:e00600-20. [doi:10.1128/mBio.00600-20] [download pdf]
Giljan, G., N.A. Kamennaya, A. Otto, D. Becher, A. Ellrott, V. Meyer, B.J. Murton, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, and M.V. Zubkov. 2020. Bacterioplankton reveal years-long retention of Atlantic deep-ocean water by the tropic Seamount. Scient. Rep. 10:4715. [doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61417-0] [download pdf]
Avci, B., K. Krüger, B.M. Fuchs, H. Teeling, R.I. Amann. 2020. Polysaccharide niche partitioning of distinct Polaribacter clades during North Sea spring algal blooms. ISME J. 14:1369-83. [doi:10.1038/s41396-020-0601-y] [download pdf]
Konstantinidis, K.T., R. Rosselló-Móra, and R. Amann. 2020. Advantages outweigh concerns about using genome sequence as type material for prokaryotic taxonomy. En­vi­ron. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 22:819-22. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14934] [internal download]
Alejandre-Colomo, C., J. Harder, B.M. Fuchs, R. Rosselló-Móra, R. Amann. 2020. High-throughput cultivation of heterotrophic bacteria during a spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea. Syst. Appl. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 43:126066. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126066] [internal download]
Munoz, R., H. Teeling, R. Amann, R. Rosselló-Móra. 2020. Ancestry and adaptive radiation of Bacteroidetes as assessed by comparative genomics. Syst. Appl. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 43:126065. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126065] [internal download]
Reintjes, G., B.M. Fuchs, M. Scharfe, K.H. Wiltshire, R. Amann, C. Arnosti. 2020. Short-term changes in polysaccharide utilization mechanisms of marine bacterioplankton during a spring phytoplankton bloom. Environ. Microbiol. 22:1884-1900. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14971] [internal download]
Wiegand, S., M. Jogler, C. Boedeker, D. Pinto, J. Vollmers, E. Rivas-Marín, T. Kohn, S.H. Peeters, A. Heuer, P. Rast, S. Oberbeckmann, B. Bunk, O. Jeske, A. Meyerdierks, J. E. Storesund, N. Kallscheuer, S. Lücker, O.M. Lage, T. Pohl, B.J. Merkel, P. Hornburger, R.-W. Müller, F. Brümmer, M. Labrenz, A.M. Spormann, H.J.M. Op den Camp, J. Overmann, R. Amann, M.S.M. Jetten, T. Mascher, M.H. Medema, D.P. Devos, A.-K. Kaster, L. Øvreås, M. Rohde, M.Y. Galperin, C. Jogler. 2020. Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 Planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology. Nature Microbiol. 5:126-40. [doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0588-1] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-re­viewed pub­lic­a­tions:

Schweder, T., U. Bornscheuer, J.H. Hehemann, R. Amann. 2020. Bakterielle Mechanismen der marinen Polysaccharidverwertung. BIOspektrum 26:800-2. [doi:10.1007/s12268-020-1489-9] [download pdf]

 

2019

Orellana, L.H., T.B. Francis, K. Krüger, H. Teeling, M.-C. Müller, B.M. Fuchs, K.T. Kon­stantin­idis, and R.I. Amann. 2019. Niche dif­fer­en­ti­ation among an­nu­ally re­cur­rent coastal Mar­ine Group II Euryar­chae­ota. ISME J. 13:3024-36. [doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0491-z] [download pdf]

Schada von Borzyskowski, L., F. Severi, K. Krüger, L. Hermann, A. Gilardet, F. Sippel, B. Pommerenke, P. Claus, N.S. Cortina, T. Glatter, S. Zauner, J. Zarzycki, B.M. Fuchs, E. Bremer, U.G. Maier, R.I. Amann, T.J. Erb. 2019. Marine Proteobacteria metabolize glycolate via the beta-hydroxyaspartate cycle. Nature. 575:500-4. [doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1748-4] [internal download]

Krüger, K., M. Chafee, T. Ben Francis, T.G. del Rio, D. Becher, T. Schweder, R.I. Amann, H. Teeling. 2019. In marine Bacteroidetes the bulk of glycan degradation during algae blooms is mediated by few clades using a restricted set of genes. ISME J. 13:2800-16. [doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0476-y] [download pdf]

Viver, T., L.H. Orellana, S. Diaz, M. Urdiain, M.D. Ramos-Barbero, J.E. Gonzalez-Pastor, A. Oren, J.K. Hatt, R. Amann, J. Anton, K.T. Konstantinidis, R. Rossello-Mora. 2019. Predominance of deterministic microbial community dynamics in salterns exposed to different light intensities. Environ. Micriobiol. 21:4300-15. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14790] [internal download]

Pjevac, P., S. Dyksma, T. Goldhammer, I. Mujakic, M. Koblizek, M. Mussmann, R. Amann, S. Orlic. 2019. In situ abundance and carbon fixation activity of distinct anoxygenic phototrophs in the stratified seawater lake Rogoznica. Environ. Micriobiol. 21:3896-908. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14739] [internal download]

Reint­jes, G., H.E. Te­get­mey­er, M. Bür­gis­ser, S. Or­lić, I. Tews, M. Zub­kov, D. Voß, O. Zie­lin­ski, C. Quast, F.O. Glöck­ner, R. Amann, T.G. Fer­de­l­man, B.M. Fuchs. 2019. On site ana­lysis of bac­terial com­munit­ies of the ul­tra-oli­go­trophic South Pa­cific Gyre. Appl. En­vi­ron. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 85(14). [doi:10.1128/AEM.00184-19] [internal download]

Ramirez, A.S., O.M. Vega-Orellana, T. Viver, J.B. Poveda, R.S. Rosales, C.G. Poveda, J. Spergser, M.P. Szostak, M.J. Caballero, L. Ressel, J.M. Bradbury, M.M. Tavio, S. Karthikeyan, R. Amann, K.T. Konstantinidis, R. Rossello-Mora. 2019. First description of two moderately halophilic and psychrotolerant Mycoplasma species isolated from cephalopods and proposal of Mycoplasma marinum sp. nov. and Mycoplasma todarodis sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42:457-67. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2019.04.003]

Hehemann, J.H., G. Reintjes, L. Klassen, A.D. Smith, D. Ndeh, C. Arnosti, R. Amann, D.W. Abbott. 2019. Single cell fluorescence imaging of glycan uptake by intestinal bacteria. ISME J. 13:1883-89. [doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0406-z] [download pdf]

Reintjes, G., C. Arnosti, B. Fuchs, R. Amann. 2019. Selfish, sharing and scavenging bacteria in the Atlantic Ocean: a biogeographical study of bacterial substrate utilisation. ISME J. 13:1119-32. [doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0326-3] [download pdf]

Meier, D.V., P. Pje­vac, W. Bach, S. Mark­ert, T. Schweder, J. Jam­ieson, S. Petersen, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2019. Mi­cro­bial metal-sulf­ide ox­id­a­tion in in­act­ive hy­dro­thermal vent chim­neys sug­ges­ted by meta­ge­n­omic and meta­pro­teo­mic ana­lyses. En­viron. Micriobiol. 21:682-701.[doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14514] [internal download]

Amann, R.I., S. Baichoo, B.J. Blencowe, P. Bork, M. Borodovsky, C. Brooksbank, P.S.G. Chain, R.R. Colwell, D.G. Daffonchio, A. Danchin, V. de Lorenzo, P.C. Dorrestein, R.D. Finn, C.M. Fraser, J.A. Gilbert, S.J. Hallam, P. Hugenholtz, J.P.A. Ioannidis, J.K. Jansson, J.F. Kim, H.-P. Klenk, M.G. Klotz, R. Knight, K.T. Konstantinidis, N.C. Kyrpides, C.E. Mason, A.C. McHardy, F. Meyer, C.A. Ouzounis, A.A.N. Patrinos, M. Podar, K.S. Pollard, J. Ravel, A. Reyes Muñoz, R.J. Roberts, R. Rosselló-Móra, S.-A. Sansone, P.D. Schloss, L.M. Schriml, J.C. Setubal, R. Sorek, R.L. Stevens, J.M. Tiedje, A. Turjanski, G.W. Tyson, D.W. Ussery, G.M. Weinstock, O. White, W.B. Whitman, I. Xenarios. 2019. Towards unrestricted use of public genomic data. Science 363:350-2. [doi:10.1126/science.aaw1280] [internal download]

Konstantinidis, K.T., R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 2019. Moving the cataloguing of the "uncultivated majority" forward. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42:3-4. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2018.12.001] [internal download]

Francis, T.B., K. Krüger, B.M. Fuchs, H. Teeling, and R.I. Amann. 2019. Candidatus Prosiliicoccus vernus, a spring phytoplankton bloom associated member of the Flavobacteriaceae. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42:41-53. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2018.08.007] [internal download]

Kappelmann, L., K. Krüger, J.H. Hehemann, J. Harder, S. Markert, F. Unfried, D. Becher, N. Shapiro, T. Schweder, R.I. Amann, and H. Teeling. 2019. Polysaccharide utilization loci of North Sea Flavobacteriia as basis for using SusC/D-protein expression for predicting major phytoplankton glycans. ISME J. 13:76-91. [doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0242-6] [download pdf]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-re­viewed pub­lic­a­tions:

Amann, R.. 2019. Das Frühjahrsmikrobiom der südlichen Nordsee: Bacterioplankton-Sukzessionen und bakterielle Polysaccharidverwertung in einem Küstenmeer. In: Die unbekannte Welt der Mikrobiome - Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie, pp. 31-41. Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Eds.) Verlag Dr. Pfeil, München, Germany. [download pdf]
Amann, R., D. Schüler. 2019. Mit modernen Methoden zu magnetischen Mikroben. BIOspektrum 25:18-21.  [doi:10.1007/s12268-019-0993-2]
Amann, R.. 2019. Öffentliche Sequenzdaten sollten rasch wirklich frei zugänglich sein! BIOspektrum 25:119. [doi:10.1007/s12268-019-1016-z] [download pdf]

 

2018

Unfried, F., S. Becker, C.S. Robb, J.H. Hehemann, S. Markert, S.E. Heiden, T. Hinzke, D. Becher, G. Reintjes, K. Krüger, B. Avcı, L. Kappelmann, R.L. Hahnke, T. Fischer, J. Harder, H. Teeling, B. Fuchs, T. Barbeyron, R.I. Amann, and T. Schweder. 2018. Adaptive mechanisms that provide competitive advantages to marine bacteroidetes during microalgal blooms. ISME J. 12:2894-906. [doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0243-5] [download pdf]
Chen, J., C.S. Robb, F. Unfried, L. Kappelmann, S. Markert, T. Song, J. Harder, B. Avcı, D. Becher, P. Xie, R.I. Amann, J.H. Hehemann, T. Schweder, and H. Teeling. 2018. Alpha- and beta-mannan utilization by marine Bacteroidetes. En­vi­ron. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 20:4127-40. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14414] [download pdf]
Arnosti, C., G. Reintjes, R. Amann. 2018. A mechanistic microbial underpinning for the size-reactivity continuum of dissolved organic carbon degradation. Mar. Chem. 206:91-9. [doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2018.09.008] [internal download]
Jiao, N.Z., R.H. Cai, Q. Zheng, K. Tang, J.H. Liu, F.L.E Jiao, D. Wallace, F. Chen, C. Li, R. Amann, R. Benner, and F. Azam. 2018. Unveiling the enigma of refractory carbon in the ocean. Natl. Sci. Rev. 5:459-63. [doi:10.1093/nsr/nwy020] [internal download]
Viver, T., L. Orellana, P. González-Torres, S. Díaz, M. Urdiain, M.E. Farías, V. Benes, P. Kaempfer, A. Shahinpei, M. Ali Amoozegar, R. Amann, J. Antón, K.T. Konstantinidis, R. Rosselló-Móra. 2018. Genomic comparison between members of the Salinibacteraceae family, and description of a new species of Salinibacter (Salinibacter altiplanensis sp. nov.) isolated from high altitude hypersaline environments of the Argentinian Altiplano.  Syst. Appl. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 41:198-212. [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2017.12.004] [internal download]
Pjevac, P., D.V. Meier, S. Markert, C. Hentschker, T. Schweder, D. Becher, H.R. Gruber-Vodicka, M. Richter, W. Bach, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2018. Metaproteogenomic Profiling of Microbial Communities Colonizing Actively Venting Hydrothermal Chimneys. Fron­tiers Mi­cro­bi­ol. 9:680. [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00680] [download pdf]
Konstantinidis, K.T., R. Rosselló-Móra, and R. Amann. 2018. Reply to the commentary “Uncultivated microbes—in need of their own nomenclature?”. ISME J. 12:653-4. [doi:10.1038/s41396-017-0011-y] [internal download]
Pro­bandt, D., T. Eick­horst, A. Ellrott, R. Amann, and K. Knit­tel. 2018. Mi­cro­bi­al life on a sand grain: from bulk se­di­ment to sin­gle grains. ISME J. 12:623-33. [doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.197] [download pdf]
Chafee, M., A. Fernandez-Guerra, P.L. Buttigieg, G. Gerdts, A.M. Eren, H. Teeling, and R.I. Amann. 2018. Recurrent patterns of microdiversity in a temperate coastal marine environment. ISME J. 12:237-52. [doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.165] [download pdf]

 

2017

Munoz, R., R. Rossello-Mora, R. Amann. 2017. Corrigendum to “Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov” [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (7) (2016) 491–492]. Syst. Appl. Mi­cro­bi­ol. 40:190.  [doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2017.03.001] [internal download]
Reintjes, G., C. Arnosti, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2017. An alternative polysaccharide uptake mechanism in marine bacteria. ISME J. 11:1640-50. [doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.26] [download pdf]
Panschin, I., M. Becher, S. Verbarg, C. Spröer, M. Rohde, M. Schüler, R.I. Amann, J. Harder, B.J. Tindall, and R.L. Hahnke. 2017. Description of Gramella forsetii sp. nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 67: 697-703. [doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001700] [internal download]
Meier, D.V., P. Pjevac, W. Bach, S. Hourdez, P.R. Girguis, C. Vidoudez, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2017. Niche partitioning of diverse sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at hydrothermal vents. ISME J. 11:1545-58. [doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.37] [internal download]
Stagars, M.H., S. Mishra, T. Treude, R. Amann, and K. Knittel. 2017. Microbial Community Response to Simulated Petroleum Seepage in Caspian Sea Sediments. Frontiers Microbiol. 8:764. [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00764] [download pdf]
Avci, B., R.L. Hahnke, M. Chafee, T. Fischer, H. Gruber-Vodicka, H. Tegetmeyer, J. Harder, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, and H. Teeling. 2017. Genomic and physiological analyses of ‘Reinekea forsetii’ reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environ. Microbiol. 19:1209-21. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13646] [internal download]
Boedeker, C., M. Schüler, G. Reintjes, O. Jeske, M.C.F. van Teeseling, M. Jogler, P. Rast, D. Borchert, D.P. Devos, M. Kucklick, M. Schaffer, R. Kolter, L. van Niftrik, S. Engelmann, R. Amann, M. Rohde, H. Engelhardt, and C. Jogler. 2017. Determining the bacterial cell biology of Planctomycetes. Nat. Commun. 8:14853. [doi:10.1038/ncomms14853] [download pdf]
Hehemann, J.H., L. Van Truong, F. Unfried, N. Welsh, J. Kabisch, S.E. Heiden, S. Junker, D. Becher, A. Thürmer, R. Daniel, R. Amann, and T. Schweder. 2017. Aquatic adaptation of a laterally acquired pectin degradation pathway in marine gamaproteobacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 19:2320-33. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13726] [internal download]
Viver, T., L.H. Orellana, J.K. Hatt, M. Urdiain, S. Diaz, M. Richter, J. Anton, M. Avian, R. Amann, K.T. Konstantinidis, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2017. Novel taxa dominate the low diversity microbiome of the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata. Environ. Microbiol. 19:3039-58. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920] [internal download]
Probandt, D., K. Knittel, H. Tegetmeyer, S. Ahmerkamp, M. Holtappels, and R. Amann. 2017. Permeability shapes bacterial communities in sublittoral surface sediments. Environ. Microbiol. 19:1584-99.  [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13676] [internal download]
Konstantinidis, K.T., R. Rosselló-Móra, R. Amann. 2017. Uncultivated microbes in need of their own taxonomy. ISME J. 11:2399-406. [doi:10.1038/ismej.2017] [internal download]
Barrero-Canosa, J., C. Moraru, L. Zeugner, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2017. Direct-geneFISH: a simplified protocol for the simultaneous detection and quantification of genes and rRNA in microorganisms. Environ. Microbiol. 19:70-82. [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13432] [internal download]

 

2016

Panschin, I., M. Becher, Susanne Verbarg, C. Spöer, M. Rohde, M. Schüler, R.I. Amann, J. Harder, B.J. Tindall, and R. Hahnke. 2016. Description of Gramella forsetii sp.nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 67:697-703. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Barbeyron, T., F. Thomas, V. Barbe, H. Teeling, C. Schenowitz, C. Dossat, A. Goesmann, C. Leblanc, F.O. Glöckner, M. Czjzek, R. Amann, and G. Michel. 2016. Habitat und taxon as driving forces of carbohydrate catabolism in marine heterotrophic bacteria: example of the model algae-associated bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4610-27. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Bennke, C.M., K. Krüger, L. Kappelmann, S. Huang, A. Gobet, M. Schüler, V. Barbe, B.M. Fuchs, G. Michel, H. Teeling, and R.I. Amann. 2016. Polysaccharide utilization loci of Bacteroidetes from two contrasting open ocea sites in the North Atlantic. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4456-70. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Meier, D.V., W. Bach, P.R. Girguis, H. Gruber-Vodicka, E.P. Reeves, M. Richter, C. Vidoudez, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2016. Heterotrophic Proteobacteria in the vicinity of diffuse hydrothermal venting. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4348-68. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pizzetti, I., F. Schulz, T. Tyml, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, M. Horn, and S. Fazi. 2016. Chlamydial seasonal dynamics and isolation of ‘Candidatus Neptunochlamydia vexilliferae’ from a Tyrrhenian coastal lake. Environ. Microbiol. 18:2405-17. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Amann, R., and R. Rossello-Mora. 2016. After all, only millions? mBio 7:e00999-16. [asm page] [download pdf]
Munoz, R., R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 2016. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39:281-96. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Raupach, M.J., R. Amann, Q.D. Wheeler, and C. Roos. 2016. The application of “-omics” technologies for the classification and identification of animals. Org. Divers. Evol. 16:1-12. [springer page] [internal download]
Teeling, H., B.M. Fuchs, C.M. Bennke, K. Krüger, M. Chafee, L. Kappelmann, G. Reintjes, J. Waldmann, C. Quast, F.O. Glöckner, J. Lucas, A. Wichels, G. Gerdts, K.H. Wiltshire, and R.I. Amann. 2016. Recurring patterns in bacterioplankton dynamics during coastal spring algae blooms. eLife 5:e11888. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Stagars, M., E. Ruff, R. Amann, and K. Knittel. 2016. High diversity of anaerobic alkane-degrading microbial communities in marine seep sediments based on (1-methylalkyl)succinate synthase genes. Frontiers Microbiol. 6:1511. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

 

2015

Bizic-Ionescu, M., M. Zeder, D. Ionescu, S. Orlic, B.M. Fuchs, H.-P. Grossart, and R. Amann. 2015. Comparsion of bacterial communities on limnic versus coastal marine particles reveals profound differences in colonization. Environ. Microbiol. 17:3500-14. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Hahnke, R.L., C.M. Bennke, B.M. Fuchs, A.J. Mann, E. Rhiel, H. Teeling, R. Amann, and J. Harder. 2015. Dilution cultivation of marine heterotrophic bacteria abundant after a spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea. Environ. Microbiol. 17:3515-26. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Serrano, W., J. Schruebbers, R. Amann, and U. Fischer. 2015. Allochromatium humboldtianum sp. nov., isolated from soft coastal sediments. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 65:2980-85. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Yamaguchi, T., B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, S. Kawakami, K. Kubota, M. Hatamoto, and T. Yamaguchi. 2015. Rapid and sensitive identification of marine bacteria by an improved in situ DNA hybridization chain reaction (quickHCR-FISH). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 38:400-5. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Krupke, A., W. Mohr, J. LaRoche, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, and M.M. Kuypers. 2015. The effect of nutrients on carbon and nitrogen fixation by the UCYN-A-haptophyte symbiosis. ISME J. 9:1635-47. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Schleifer, K.H., R. Amann, and R. Rosselló-Móra. 2015. Taxonomy in the age of genomics. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 38:207-8. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Rosselló-Móra, R., and R. Amann. 2015. Past and future species definitions for Bacteria and Archaea. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 38:209-16. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Xing, P., R.L. Hahnke, F. Unfried, S. Markert, S. Huang, T. Barbeyron, J. Harder, D. Becher, T. Schweder, F.O. Glöckner, R.I. Amann, and H. Teeling. 2015. Niches of two polysaccharide-degrading Polaribacter isolates from the North Sea during a spring diatom bloom. ISME J. 9:1410-22. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Korlević, M., P. Pop Ristova, R. Garić, R. Amann,and S. Orlić. 2015. Bacterial diversity in the South Adriatic Sea during a strong, deep winter convection year. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81:1715-26. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Thiele, S., B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, and M.H. Iversen. 2015. Colonization in the photic zone and subsequent changes during sinking determine bacterial community composition in marine snow. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81:1463-71.[ncbi page] [download pdf]
Pjevac, P., M. Korlević, J. Berg, E. Bura-Nakic, I. Ciglenecki, R. Amann, and S. Orlić. 2015. Community shift from phototrophic to chemotrophic sulfide oxidation following anoxic holomixis in a stratified seawater lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81:298-308. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

 

2014

Winkel, M., P. Pjevac, M. Kleiner, A. Meyerdierks, S. Littmann, R. Amann, and M. Mußmann. 2014. Identification and activity of acetate-assimilating microorganisms in diffuse venting fluids from two hydrothermal systems. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 90:731-6. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Reeves, E.P., M.Y. Yoshinaga, P. Pjevac, N.I. Goldenstein, J. Peplies, A. Meyerdierks, R. Amann, W. Bach, and K.U. Hinrichs. 2014. Microbial lipids reveal carbon assimilation patterns on hydrothermal sulfide chimneys. Environ. Microbiol. 16:3515-32.
[ncbi page] [internal download]
Bizic-Ionescu, M., R. Amann, and H.-P. Grossart. 2014. Massive regime shifts and high activity of heterotrophic bacteria in an ice-covered lake. PLoS ONE. 9:e113611. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Ruff, E.S., D. Probandt, A.-C. Zinkann, M.H. Iversen, C. Klaas, L. Würzberg, N. Krombholz, D. Wolf-Gladrow, R. Amann, and K. Knittel. 2014. Indications for algae-degrading benthic microbial communities in deep-sea sediments along the Antarctic Polar Front. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 108:6-16. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Yarza, P., P. Yilmaz, E. Pruesse, F.O. Glöckner, W. Ludwig, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman, J. Euzeby, R. Amann, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2014. Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 12:635-645. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Kyrpides, N.C., P. Hugenholtz, J.A. Eisen, T. Woyke, M. Göker, C.T. Parker, R. Amann, [56 authors], and H.P. Klenk. 2014. Genomic encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea: Sequencing a myriad of type strains. PLoS Biology. 12:e1001920. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kleindienst, S., F.-A. Herbst, M. Stagars, F. von Netzer, M. von Bergen, J. Seifert, J. Peplies, R. Amann, F. Musat, T. Lueders, and K. Knittel. 2014. Diverse sulfate-reducing bacteria of the Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus clade are the key alkane degraders at marine seeps. ISME J. 8:2029-44. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Krupke, A., G. Lavik, H. Halm, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, and M.M.M. Kuypers. 2014. The association between a unicellular algae and the N2 fixing cyanobacterium UNCYN-A in the North Atlantic Ocean. Environ. Microbiol. 16:3153-67. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Kabisch, A., A. Otto, S. König, D. Becher, D. Albrecht, M. Schüler, H. Teeling, R. I. Amann, and T. Schweder. 2014. Functional characterization of polysaccharide utilization loci in the marine Bacteroidetes ‘Gramella forsetii’ KT0803. ISME J. 8:1492-502. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Samant, S., R.I. Amann, and D. Hahn. 2014. Evaluation of the 23S rRNA gene as target for qPCR based quantification of Frankia in soils. System. Appl. Microbiol. 37:229-234. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

2013

Mann, A.J., R.L. Hahnke, S. Huang, J. Werner, P. Xing, T. Barbeyron, B. Huettel, K. Stüber, R. Reinhardt, J. Harder, F.O. Glöckner, R.I. Amann, H. Teeling. 2013. The genome of the alga-associated marine flavobacterium Formosa agariphila KMM 3901T reveals a broad potential for degradation of algal polysaccharides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:6813-6822. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Bennke, C.M., T.R. Neu, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2013. Mapping glycoconjugate-mediated interactions of marine Bacteroidetes with diatoms. System. Appl. Microbiol. 36:417-425. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Ruff, S.E., J. Arnds, K. Knittel, R. Amann, G. Wegener, A. Ramette, and A. Boetius. 2013. Microbial communities of deep-sea methane seeps at Hikurangi continental margin (New Zealand). PLOS One. 8:e72627. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Allers, E., C. Moraru, M.B. Duhaime, E. Beneze, N. Solonenko, J. Barrero Canosa, R. Amann, and M.B. Sullivan. 2013. Single-cell and population level viral infection dynamics revealed by phageFISH, a method to visualize intracellular and free viruses. Environ. Microbiol. 15:2306-2318. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Krupke, A., N. Musat, J. LaRoche, W. Mohr, B.M. Fuchs, R.I. Amann, M.M.M. Kuypers, and R.A. Foster. 2013. In situ identification and N2 and C fixation of uncultivated cyanobacterial populations. System. Appl. Microbiol. 36:259-271. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Wöhlbrand, L., J.H. Jacob, M. Kube, M. Mussmann, R. Jarling, A. Beck, R. Amann, H. Wilkes, R. Reinhardt, and R. Rabus. 2013. Complete genome, catabolic sub-proteomes and key-metabolites of Desulfobacula toluolica Tol2, a marine, aromatic compound-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Environ. Microbiol.15:1334-1355. [ncbi page] [internal download]
van de Vossenberg, J., D. Woebken, W.J. Maalcke, H.J.C.T. Wessels, B.E. Dutilh, B. Kartal, E.M. Janssen-Megens, G. Roeselers, J. Yan, D. Speth, J. Gloerich, W. Geerts, E. van der Biezen, W. Pluk, K.-J. Francoijs, L. Russ, P. Lam, S.A. Malfatti, S.G. Tringe, S.C.M. Haaijer, H.J.M. op den Camp, H.G. Stunnenberg, R. Amann, M. Kuypers, and M.S.M. Jetten. 2013. The metagenome of the marine anammox bacterium Candidatus Scalindua profunda illustrates the versatility of this globally important nitrogen cycle bacterium. Environ. Microbiol. 15:1275-1289. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Finster, K.W., K.U. Kjeldsen, M. Kube, R. Reinhardt, M. Mussmann, R. Amann, and L. Schreiber. 2013. Complete genome sequence of Desulfocapsa sulfexigens, a marine deltaproteobacterium specialized in disproportionating inorganic sulfur compounds. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 8:58-68. [sigs page] [download pdf]
Yarza, P., C. Spröer, J. Swiderski, N. Mrotzek, S. Spring, B.J. Tindall, S. Gronow, R. Pukall, H.-P. Klenk, E. Lang, S. Verbarg, A. Crouch, T. Lilburn, B. Beck, C. Unosson, S. Cardew, E.R.B. Moore, M. Gomila, Y. Nakagawa, D. Janssens, P. De Vos, J. Peiren, T. Suttels, D. Clermont, C. Bizet, M. Sakamoto, T. Iida, T. Kudo, Y. Kosako, Y. Oshida, M. Ohkuma, D.R. Arahal, E. Spieck, A. Pommerening Roeser, M. Figge, D. Park, P. Buchanan, A. Cifuentes, R. Munoz, J.P. Euzéby, K.-H. Schleifer, W. Ludwig, R. Amann, F.O. Glöckner, and R. Rosselló-Móra. 2013. Sequencing Orphan Species initiative (SOS): filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. System. Appl. Microbiol. 36:69-73. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

2012

Thiele, S., B. Fuchs, N. Ramaiah, and R. Amann. 2012. Microbial community response during the iron fertilization experiment LOHAFEX. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78:8803-8812. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Moraru, C., and R. Amann. 2012. Crystal ball: fluorescence in situ hybridization in the age of super-resolution microscopy. System. Appl. Microbiol. 35:549-552. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Alonso, C., N. Musat, B. Adam, M. Kuypers and R. Amann. 2012. HISH-SIMS analysis of bacterial uptake of algal-derived carbon in the Rio de la Plata estuary. System. Appl. Microbiol. 35:541-548. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Arnosti, C., B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, and U. Passow. 2012. Contrasting extracellular enzyme activities of particle-associated bacteria from distinct provinces of the North Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology. 425:1-9. [fmicb page] [download pdf]
Lenk, S., C. Moraru, S. Hahnke, J. Arnds, M. Richter, M. Kube, R. Reinhardt, T. Brinkhoff, J. Harder, R. Amann, and M. Mußmann. 2012. Roseobacter clade bacteria are abundant in coastal sediments and encode a novel combination of sulfur oxidation genes. ISME J. 6:2178-2187. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Kleindienst, S., A. Ramette, R. Amann, and K. Knittel. 2012. Distribution and in situ abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria in diverse marine hydrocarbon seep sediments. Environ. Microbiol. 14:2689-2710. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Kubo, K., K.G. Lloyd, J. Biddle, R. Amann, A. Teske, and K. Knittel. 2012. Archaea of the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group (MCG) are abundant, diverse, and widespread in marine environments. ISME J. 6:1949-1965. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pizzetti, I., S. Fazi, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2012. High abundance of novel environmental chlamydiae in a Tyrrhenian coastal lake (Lago di Paola, Italy). Environ. Microbiol. Reports. 4:446-452. [wiley online library] [internal download]
Bulgarelli, D., M. Rott, K. Schlaeppi, E.V.L. van Themaat, N. Ahmadinejad, F. Assenza, P. Rauf, B. Huettel, R. Reinhardt, E. Schmelzer, J. Peplies, F.O. Gloeckner, R. Amann, T. Eickhorst, and P. Schulze-Lefert. 2012. Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota. Nature. 488:91-95. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Sanchez-Andrea, I., K. Knittel, R. Amann, R. Amils, and J.L. Sanz. 2012. Quantification of Tinto River sediment microbial communities: importance of sulfate-reducing bacteria and their role in attenuating acid mine drainage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78:4638-4645. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Voigt, B., C.X. Hieu, K. Hempel, D. Becher, R. Schlüter, H. Teeling, F.O. Glöckner, R. Amann, M. Hecker, and T. Schweder. 2012. Cell surface proteome of the marine planctomycete Rhodopirellula baltica. Proteomics. 12:1781-1791. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Teeling, H., B.M. Fuchs, D. Becher, C. Klockow, A. Gardebrecht, C.M. Bennke, M. Kassabgy, S. Huang, A.J. Mann, J. Waldmann, M. Weber, A. Klindworth, A. Otto, J. Lange, J. Bernhardt, C. Reinsch, M. Hecker, J. Peplies, F.D. Bockelmann, U. Callies, G. Gerdts, A. Wichels, K.H. Wiltshire, F.O. Glöckner, T. Schweder, and R. Amann. 2012. Substrate-controlled succession of marine bacterioplankton populations induced by a phytoplankton bloom. Science 336:608-611. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Salman, V., R. Amann, D.A. Shub, and H.N. Schulz-Vogt. 2012. Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:4203-4208. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Gómez-Pereira, P.R., M. Schüler, B.M. Fuchs, C. Bennke, H. Teeling, J. Waldmann, M. Richter, V. Barbe, E. Bataille, F.O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2012. Genomic content of uncultured Bacteroidetes from contrasting oceanic provinces in the North Atlantic Ocean. Environ. Microbiol. 14:52-66. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R., and  C. Moraru. 2012. Two decades of fluorescence in situ hybridization in systematic and applied microbiology. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 35:483-4. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

2011

Holler, T., F. Widdel, K. Knittel, R. Amann, M.Y. Kellermann, K.U. Hinrichs, A. Teske, A. Boetius, and G. Wegener. 2011. Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia. ISME J. 5:1946-1956. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Schauer, R., H. Røy, N. Augustin, H.H. Gennerich, M. Peters, F. Wenzhoefer, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks. 2011. Bacterial sulfur cycling shapes microbial communities in surface sediments of an ultramafic hydrothermal vent field. Environ. Microbiol. 13:2633-2648. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Petersen, J.M., F.U. Zielinski, T. Pape, R. Seifert, C. Moraru, R. Amann, S. Hourdez, P.R. Girguis, S.D. Wankel, V. Barbe, E. Pelletier, D. Fink, C. Borowski, W. Bach, and N. Dubilier. 2011. Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses. Nature. 476:176-180. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Serrano, W., R. Amann, R. Rosselló-Móra, R.A. Herbert, and U. Fischer. 2011. The genus Allochromatium (Chromatiales Chromatiaceae) revisited: A study on its intragenic structure based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) and DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 34: 590-594. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pizzetti, I., B.M. Fuchs, G. Gerdts, A. Wichels, K.H. Wiltshire, and R. Amann. 2011. Temporal variability of coastal Planctomycetes clades at Kabeltonne station, North Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:5009-5017. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kubo, K., K. Knittel, R. Amann, M. Fukui, and K. Matsuura. 2011. Sulfur-metabolizing bacterial populations in microbial mats of the Nakabusa hot spring, Japan. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 34:293-302. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Salman, V., R. Amann, A.C. Girnth, L. Polerecky, J.V. Bailey, S. Høgslund, G. Jessen, S. Pantoja, and H.N. Schulz-Vogt. 2011. A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large, vacuolated sulfur bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 34:243-259. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Suárez-Suárez, A., A. López-López, A. Tovar-Sánchez, P. Yarza, A. Orfila, J. Terrados, J. Arnds, S. Marqués, H. Niemann, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, R. Amann, and R. Rosselló-Móra. 2011. Response of sulfate-reducing bacteria to an artificial oil-spill in a coastal marine sediment. Environ. Microbiol. 13:1488-1499. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Weber, M., H. Teeling, S. Huang, J. Waldmann, M. Kassabgy, B.M. Fuchs, A. Klindworth, C. Klockow, A. Wichels, G. Gerdts, R. Amann, and F.O. Glöckner. 2011. Practical application of self-organizing maps to interrelate biodiversity and functional data in NGS-based metagenomics. ISME J. 5:918-928. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Munoz, R., P. Yarza, W. Ludwig, J. Euzéby, R. Amann, K.H. Schleifer, F.O. Glöckner, and R. Rosselló-Móra. 2011. Release LTPs104 of the All-Species Living Tree. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 34:169-170. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Zeder, M., A. Ellrott, and R. Amann. 2011. Automated sample area definition for high-throughput microscopy. Cytometry A. 79:306-310. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lenk, S., J. Arnds, K. Zerjatke, N. Musat, R. Amann, and M. Mussmann. 2011. Novel groups of Gammaproteobacteria catalyse sulfur oxidation and carbon fixation in a coastal, intertidal sediment. Environ. Microbiol. 13:758-774. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Moraru, C., G. Moraru, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2011. Concepts and software for a rational design of polynucleotide probes. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 3:69–78. [wiley online library] [internal download]
Jogler, C., G. Wanner, S. Kolinko, M. Niebler, R. Amann, N. Petersen, M. Kube, R. Reinhardt, and D. Schüler. 2011. Conservation of proteobacterial magnetosome genes and structures in an uncultivated member of the deep-branching Nitrospira phylum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:1134-1139. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Pizzetti, I., A. Gobet, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, and S. Fazi. 2011. Abundance and diversity of Planctomycetes in a Tyrrhenian coastal system of central Italy. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 65:129-139. [ame page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Pena, A., H. Teeling, J. Huerta-Cepas, F. Santos, I. Meseguer, M. Lucio, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, J. Dopazo, R. Rossello-Mora, M. Schüler, F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, T. Gabaldon, and J. Anton. 2011. From genomics to microevolution and ecology: the case of Salinibacter ruber. In: Halophiles and Hypersaline Environments, pp.. A. Ventosa, A. Oren, Y. Ma (Eds.) Springer, Berlin, Germany.
Thiele, S., B.M. Fuchs, and R.I. Amann. 2011. Identification of Microorganisms Using the Ribosomal RNA Approach and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization. In: Treatise on Water Science, vol. 3, pp. 171–189. Peter Wilderer (ed.) Oxford: Academic Press. [internal download]

 

2010

Yarza, P., W. Ludwig, J. Euzeby, R. Amann, K.-H. Schleifer, F.O. Glöckner, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2010. Update of the all-species Living Tree Project based on 16S and 23S rRNA sequence analyses. System. Appl. Microbiol. 33:291-299. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Alonso, C., P. Gomez-Pereira, A. Ramette, L. Ortega, B. M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2010. Multilevel analysis of the bacterial diversity along the environmental gradient Rio de la Plata-South Atlantic Ocean. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 61:57-72. [ame page] [internal download]
Schreiber, L., T. Holler, K. Knittel, A. Meyerdierks, and R. Amann. 2010. Identification of the dominant sulfate-reducing bacterial partner of anaerobic methanotrophs of the ANME-2 clade. Environ. Microbiol. 12:2327-2340. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Moraru, C., P. Lam, B. Fuchs, M. Kuypers, and R. Amann. 2010. GeneFISH – an in situ technique for linking gene presence and cell identity in environmental microorganisms. Environ. Microbiol. 12:3057-3073. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pena, A., H. Teeling, J. Huerta-Cepas, F. Santos, P. Yarza, J. Brito-Echeverria, M. Lucio, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, I. Meseguer, C. Schenowitz, C. Dossat, V. Barbe, J. Dopazo, R. Rossello-Mora, M. Schüler, F.O. Glöckner, R. Amann, T. Galbadon, and J. Anton. 2010. Fine-scale evolution: genomic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation in two Salinibacter ruber strains simultaneously isolated from the same saltern. ISME J. 4:882-895. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Jogler, C., M. Niebler, W. Lin, M. Kube, G. Wanner, S. Kolinko, P. Stief, A.J. Beck, D. De Beer, N. Petersen, Y. Pan, R. Amann, R. Reinhard, and D. Schüler. 2010.Cultivation-independent characterization of „Candidatus Magnetobacterium bavaricum“ via ultrastructural, geochemical, ecological and metagenomic methods.Environ. Microbiol. 12:2466-2478. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Arnds, J., K. Knittel, U. Buck, M. Winkel, and R. Amann. 2010. Development of a 16S rRNA-targeted probe set for Verrucomicrobia and its application for fluorescence in situ hybridization in a humic lake. System. Appl. Microbiol. 33:139-148. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Simonato, F., P.R. Gomez-Pereira, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2010. Bacterioplankton diversity and community composition in the Southern Lagoon of Venice. System. Appl. Microbiol. 33:128-138. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Serrano, W., R. Amann, R. Rossello-Mora, and U. Fischer. 2010. Evaluation of the use of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) to resolve taxonomic conflicts with the genus Marichromatium. System. Appl. Microbiol. 33:116-121. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Gomez-Pereira, P.R., B.M. Fuchs, C. Alonso, M.J. Oliver, J.E.E. van Beusekom, and R. Amann. 2010. Distinct flavobacterial communities in contrasting water masses of the North Atlantic Ocean. ISME J. 4:472-487. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Meyerdierks, A., M. Kube, I. Kostadinov, H. Teeling, F. O. Glöckner, R. Reinhardt, and R. Amann. 2010. Metagenome and mRNA expression analyses of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea of the ANME-1 group. Environ. Microbiol. 12:422-439. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Anton, J., R. Amann, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2010. In Bergey’s Manual. Chapter 27. Family 1. Rhodothermaceae. Genus II. Salinibacter, p. 146-151.

 

2009

Schattenhofer, M., B. Fuchs, R. Amann, G. Tarran, M. Zubkov, and J. Pernthaler. 2009. Latitudinal distribution of bacterioplankton populations in the Atlantic Ocean. Environ. Microbiol. 11:2078-2093. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Jogler, C., W. Lin, A. Meyerdierks, M. Kube, E. Katzmann, C. Flies, Y.X. Pan, R. Amann, R. Reinhardt, and D. Schüler. 2009. Toward cloning of the magnetotactic metagenome: identification of magnetosome island gene clusters in uncultivated magnetotactic bacteria from different aquatic sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:3972-3979. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Buck, U., H.-P. Grossart, R. Amann, and J. Pernthaler. 2009. Substrate incorporation patterns of bacterioplankton populations in stratified and mixed waters of a humic lake. Environ. Microbiol. 11:1854-1865. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lavik, G., T. Stührmann, V. Brüchert, A. van der Plas, V. Mohrholz, P. Lam, M. Mußmann, B. M. Fuchs, R. Amann, U. Lass and & M. M.M. Kuypers. 2009. Detoxification of sulphidic African shelf waters by blooming chemolithotrophs. Nature 457:581-584. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Serrano, W., R. Amann, and U. Fischer. 2009. A moderately thermophilic and high sulphide tolerant biotype of Marichromatium gracile, isolated from tidal sediments of the German Wadden Sea: Marichromatium gracile biotype thermosulphidiphilum. System. Appl. Microbiol. 32:1-7. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Yan, S., B. M. Fuchs, S. Lenk, J. Harder, J. Wulf, N.-Z. Jiao, and R. Amann. 2009. Biogeography and phylogeny of the NOR5/OM60 clade of Gammaproteobacteria. System. Appl. Microbiol. 32:124-139. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Strittmatter, A.W., H. Liesegang, R. Rabus, I. Decker, J. Amann, S. Andres, A. Henne, W.F. Fricke, R. Martinez-Arias, D. Bartels, A. Goesmann, L. Krause, A. Pühler, H.-P. Klenk, M. Richter, M. Schüler, F.O. Glöckner, A. Meyerdierks, G. Gottschalk, and R. Amann. 2009. Genome sequence of Desulfobacterium autotrophicum HRM2, a marine sulfate reducer oxidizing organic carbon completely to carbon dioxide. Environ. Microbiol. 11:1038-1055. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lam, P., G. Lavik, M.M. Jensen, J. van de Vossenberg, M. Schmid, D. Woebken, D. Guiterrez, R. Amann, M.S.M. Jetten, and M.M.M. Kuypers. 2009. Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:4752-4747. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

 

2008

Amann, R., and B. Fuchs. 2008. Single-cell identification in microbial communities by improved fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 6:339-348. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Hieu, C. X., B. Vogt, D. Albrecht, D. Becher, T. Lombardot, F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, M. Hecker, and T. Schweder. 2008. Detailed proteome analysis of growing cells of the planctomycete Rhodopirellula baltica SH1T. Proteomics 8:1608-1623. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Woebken, D., P. Lam, M.M.M. Kuypers, S.W.A. Naqvi, B. Kartal, M. Strous, M.S.M. Jetten, B.M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2008. A microdiversity study of anammox bacteria reveals a novel Candidatus Scalindua phylotype in marine oxygen minimum zones. Environ. Microbiol. 10:3106-3119. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Yarza, P., M. Richter, J. Peplies, J. Euzeby, R. Amann, K.-H. Schleifer, W. Ludwig, F. O. Glöckner, R. Rossello-Mora. 2008. The all-species living tree project: A 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic tree of all sequenced type strains. System. Appl. Microbiol. 31:241-250. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Barberyon, T., F. Carpentier, S. L’Haridon, M. Schüler, G. Michel, and R. Amann. 2008. Description of Maribacter forsetii sp. nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58:790-797. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Musat, N., H. Halm, B. Winterholler, P. Hoppe, S. Peduzzi, F. Hillon, F. Horreard, R. Amann, B.B. Jorgensen, and M.M.M. Kuypers. 2008.A single-cell view on the ecophysiology of anaerobic phototrophic bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:17861-17866. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

 

2007

Wakeham, S. G., R. Amann, K. H. Freeman, E. C. Hopmans, B. B. Jorgensen, I. F. Putnam, S. Schouten, J. S. Sinninghe Damste, H. M. Talbot, and D. Woebken. 2007. Microbial ecology of the stratified water column of the Black Sea as revealed by a comprehensive biomarker study. Organic Geochemistry. 38:2070-2097. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Prast, M., A. Bischoff, U. Waller, R. Amann, und U.-G. Berninger. 2007. Impact of ciliates on nitrification and nitrifying bacteria in Baltic Sea sediments. Marine Ecol. Progress Ser. 350:55-61. [meps page] [internal download]
Mussmann, M., F. Z. Hu, M. Richter, D. de Beer, A. Preisler, B. B. Jorgensen, M. Huntemann, F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, W. J. H. Koopman, R. S. Lasken, B. Janto, J. Hogg, P. Stoodley, R. Boissy, and G. D. Ehrlich. 2007. Insights into the genomes of large sulfur bacteria revealed by analysis of single filaments. PLoS Biology 5:1923-1937 (e230). [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Woebken, D., H. Teeling, P. Wecker, A. Dumitriu, I. Kostadinov, E. F. DeLong, R. Amann, and F. O. Glöckner. 2007. Fosmids of novel marine planctomycetes from the Namibian and Oregon coast upwelling systems and their cross-comparison with planctomycete genomes. ISME J. 1:419-435. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Woebken, D., B. M. Fuchs, M. M. M. Kuypers, and R. Amann. 2007. Potential interactions of particle-associated anammox bacteria with bacterial and archaeal partners in the Namibian upwelling system. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:4648-4657. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Lösekann, T., K. Knittel, T. Nadalig, B. Fuchs, H. Niemann, A. Boetius, and R. Amann. 2007. Diversity and abundance of anerobic and anaerobic methane oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby mud volcano, Barents Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:3348-3362. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Santos, F., A. Meyerdierks, A. Pena, R. Rossello-Mora, R. Amann, and P. Anton. 2007. Metagenomic approach to the study of halophages: the environmental halophage 1 (EHP-1). Environ. Microbiol. 9:1711-1723. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Soria-Carrasco, V., M. Valens-Vadell, A. Pena, J. Anton, R. Amann, J. Castresana, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2007. Phylogenetic position of Salinibacter ruber based on concatenated protein alignments. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 30:171-179. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Fuchs, B. M., S. Spring, H. Teeling, C. Quast, J. Wulf, M. Schattenhofer, S. Yan, S. Ferriera, J. Johnson, F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2007. Characterization of a marine gammaproteobacterium capable of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:2891-2896. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Alonso, C., F. Warnecke, R. Amann, and J. Pernthaler. 2007. High local and global diversity of Flavobacteria in marine plankton. Environ. Microbiol. 9:1253-1266. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Musat, N., O. Giere, F. Thiermann, R. Amann, and N. Dubilier. 2007 Molecular and morphological characterization of the symbiosis between bacterial endosymbionts and the nematode Astomonema sp. from the Bahamas. Environ. Microbiol. 9:1345-1353. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lam, P., M.M. Jensen, G. Lavik, D.F. McGinnis, B. Müller, C.J. Schubert, R. Amann, B. Thamdrup, and M.M.M. Kuypers. 2007. Linking crenarchaeal and bacterial nitrification to ANAMMOX in the Black Sea. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:7104-7109. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Fuchs, B. M., J. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 2007. Single cell identification by fluorescence in situ hybridization, pp. 886-896. In: Methods for General and Molecular Microbiology, 3rd Edition. C.A. Reddy, T. J. Beveridge, J.A. Breznak, G. Marzluf, T. M. Schmidt, and L. R. Snyder, Eds. ASM Press, Washington D.C. [internal download]

 

2006

Musat, N., U. Werner, K. Knittel, S. Kolb, T. Dodenhof, J. E. E. van Beusekom, D. De Beer, N. Dubilier, and R. Amann. 2006. Microbial community structure of sandy intertidal sediments in the North Sea, Sylt-Romo Basin, Wadden Sea. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 29:333-348. [ncbi page] [internal download]
MacGregor, B. J., H.T.S. Boschker, and R. Amann. 2006. Comparison of rRNA and polar-lipid-derived fatty acid biomarkers for assessing 13C-substrate incorporation by microorganisms in marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:5246-5253. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Blazejak, A., J. Kuever, C. Erseus, R. Amann, and N. Dubilier. 2006. Phylogeny of 16S rRNA, ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, and adenosine 5’-phosphosulfate reductase genes from gamma- and alphaproteobacterial symbionts in gutless marine worms (Oligochaeta) from Bermuda and the Bahamas. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:5527-5536. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
MacGregor, B. J., and R. Amann. 2006. Single-stranded conformational polymorphism for separation of mixed rRNAs (rRNA-SSCP), a new method for profiling microbial communities. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 29:661-670. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Niemann, H., T. Lösekann, D. de Beer, M. Elvert, T. Nadalig, K. Knittel, R. Amann, E.J. Sauter, M. Schlüter, M. Klages, J. Foucher, and A. Boetius. 2006. Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud vulcano and their role as a methane sink. Nature (London) 443:854-858. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Woyke, T., H. Teeling, N.N. Ivanova, M. Huntemann, M. Richter, F.O. Glöckner, D. Boffelli, I.J. Anderson, K.W. Barry, H.J. Shapiro, E. Szeto, N.C. Kyrpides, M. Mussmann, R. Amann, C. Bergin, C. Ruehland, E.M. Rubin, and N. Dubilier. 2006. Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium. Nature (London) 443:950-956. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Bauer, M., M. Kube, H. Teeling, M. Richter, T. Lombardot, E. Allers, C.A. Würdemann, C. Quast, H. Kuhl, F. Knaust, D. Woebken, K. Bischof, M. Mussmann, J.V. Choudhuri, F. Meyer, R. Reinhardt, R.I. Amann, and F.O. Glöckner. 2006. Whole genome analysis of the marine Bacteroidetes “Gramella forsetii” reveals adaptations to degradation of polymeric organic matter. Environ. Microbiol. 8:2201-2213. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Mary, I., J.L. Heywood, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann, G.A. Tarran, P.H. Burkill, and M.V. Zubkov. 2006. SAR11 dominance among metabolically active low nucleic acid bacterioplankton in surface waters along an Atlantic meridional transect. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 45:107-113. [ame page] [internal download]
Tujula, N. A., C. Holmström, M. Mußmann, R. Amann, S. Kjelleberg, and G. R. Crocetti. 2006. A CARD-FISH protocol for the identification and enumeration of epiphytic bacteria on marine algae. J. Microbiol. Meth. 65:604-607. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R., J. Peplies, and D. Schüler. 2006. Diversity and taxonomy of magnetotactic bacteria. In: Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria, pp. 25-36. D. Schüler (Ed.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. [internal download]
Cypionka, H., H.-D. Babenzien, F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2006. The genus Nevskia. In: The Prokaryotes. Third Edition. Volume 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass, pp. 1152-1155. M. Dworkin, S. Falkow, E. Rosenberg, K. H. Schleifer and E. Stackebrandt (Eds.). Springer Sciences+Business Media, LLC. [internal download]

 

2005

Knittel, K., T. Lösekann, A. Boetius, R. Kort, and R. Amann. 2005. Diversity and distribution of methanotrophic archaea at cold seeps. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:467-479. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kämpfer, P., R. Schulze, U. Jäckel, K. A. Malik, R. Amann, and S. Spring. 2005. Hydrogenophaga defluvii sp. nov. and Hydrogenophaga atypica sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:341-344. [ijsem page] [internal download]
Blazejak, A., C. Erseus, R. Amann, and N. Dubilier. 2005. Coexistence of bacterial sulfide oxidizers, sulfate reducers, and spirochetes in a gutless worm (Oligochaeta) from the Peru Margin. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:1553-1561. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Knittel, K., J. Kuever, A. Meyerdierks, R. Meinke, R. Amann, and T. Brinkhoff. 2005. Thiomicrospira arctica sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira psychrophila sp. nov., psychrophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from marine Arctic sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:781-786. [ijsem page] [internal download]
Mussmann, M., K. Ishii, R. Rabus, and R. Amann. 2005. Diversity and vertical distribution of cultured and uncultured Deltaproteobacteria in an intertidal mud flat of the Wadden Sea. Environ. Microbiol. 7:405-418. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lombardot, T., M. Bauer, H. Teeling, R. Amann, and F.-O. Glöckner. 2005. The transcriptional regulator pool of the marine bacterium Rhodopirellula sp. strain SH 1T as revealed by whole genome comparisons. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 242:137-145. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Duperon, S., T. Nadalig, J.-C. Caprais, M. Sibuet, A. Fiala-Medioni, R. Amann, and N. Dubilier. 2005. Dual symbiosis in a Bathymodiolus mussel from a methane seep on the Gabon continental margin (Southeast Atlantic): 16S rRNA phylogeny and distribution of the symbionts in gills. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:1694-1700. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kuypers, M.M.M., G. Lavik, D. Woebken, M. Schmid, B. M. Fuchs, R. Amann, B. B. Jorgensen, and M. S. M. Jetten. 2005. Massive nitrogen loss from the Benguela upwelling system through anaerobic ammonium oxidation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:6478-6483. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kumar, Y., R. Westram, S. Behrens, B. Fuchs, F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, H. Meier, and W. Ludwig. 2005. Graphical representation of ribosomal RNA probe accessibility data using ARB software package. BMC Bioinformatics 6:61 (doi:10.1186/1471-2105-6-61). [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Fuchs, B. M., D. Wöbken, M. V. Zubkov, P. Burkill, and R. Amann. 2005. Molecular identification of picoplankton populations in contrasting waters of the Arabian Sea. Aquatic Microb. Ecol. 39:145-157. [ame page] [internal download]
Kube, M., A. Beck, A. Meyerdierks, R. Amann, R. Reinhardt, and R. Rabus. 2005. A catabolic gene cluster for anaerobic benzoate degradation in methanotrophic microbial Black Sea mats. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 28:287-294. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pena, A., M. Valens, F. Santos, S. Buczolits, J. Anton, P. Kämpfer, H.-J. Busse, R. Amann, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2005. Intraspecific comparative analysis of the species Salinibacter ruber. Extremophiles 9:151-161. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Gieseke, A., J.L. Nielsen, R. Amann, P.H. Nielsen, and D. DeBeer. 2005. In situ substrate conversion and assimilation by nitrifying bacteria in a model biofilm. Environ. Microbiol. 7:1392-1404. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pernthaler, J., and R. Amann. 2005. Fate of heterotrophic microbes in pelagic habitats: focus on populations. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 69:440-461. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Gade, D., D. Theiss, D. Lange, E. Mirgorodskaya, T. Lombardot, F. O. Glöckner, M. Kube, R. Reinhardt, R. Amann, H. Lehrach, R. Rabus, and J. Gobom. 2005. Towards the proteome of the marine bacterium Rhodopirellula baltica: mapping the soluble proteins. Proteomics 5:3654-3671. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Mußmann, M., M. Richter, T. Lombardot, A. Meyerdierks, J. Kuever, M. Kube, F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2005. Clustered genes related to sulfate respiration in uncultured prokaryotes support the theory of their concomitant horizontal transfer. J. Bacteriol. 187:7126–7137. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Meyerdierks, A., M. Kube, T. Lombardot, K. Knittel, M. Bauer, F. O. Glöckner, R. Reinhardt, and R. Amann. 2005. Insights into the genomes of archaea mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environ. Microbiol. 7:1937-1951. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Beardsley, C., K. Knittel, R. Amann, and J. Pernthaler. 2005. Quantification and distinction of aplastidic and plastidic marine nanoplankton by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 41:163-169. [ame page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Anton, J., A. Pena, M. Valens, F. Santos, F. O. Glöckner, M. Bauer, J. Dopazo, J. Herrero, R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 2005. Salinibacter ruber: genomics and biogeography. In: Adaptations to Life at High Salt Concentrations, p. 257-266. N. Gunde-Cimerman, A. Oren, A. Plemenitas (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers BV, Dordrecht. [internal download]

2004

Gade, D., H. Schlesner, F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, S. Pfeiffer, and M. Thomm. 2004. Identification of Planctomycetes with order-, genus- and strain-specific 16S rRNA-targeted probes. Microb. Ecol. 47:243-251. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Warnecke, F., R. Amann, and J. Pernthaler. 2004. Actinobacterial 16S rRNA genes from freshwater habitats cluster in four distinct linages. Environ. Microbiol. 6:242-253. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Zubkov, M., L. J. Linn, R. Amann, and R. P. Kiene. 2004. Temporal patterns of biological dimethylsulfide (DMS) consumption during laboratory-induced phytoplankton bloom cycles. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 271:77-86. [meps page] [internal download]
Peplies, J., S. C. K. Lau, J. Pernthaler, R. Amann, and F. O. Glöckner. 2004. Application and validation of DNA microarrays for the 16S rRNA-based analysis of marine bacterioplankton. Environ. Microbiol. 6:638-645. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Heuchert, A., F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, and U. Fischer. 2004. Psychrobacter nivimaris sp. nov., a heterotrophic bacterium attached to organic particles isolated from the South Atlantic (Antarctica). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 27:399-406. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Altmann, D., P. Stief, R. Amann, and D. De Beer. 2004. Distribution and activity of nitrifying bacteria in natural stream sediment versus laboratory sediment microcosms. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 36:73-81. [ame page] [internal download]
Altmann, D., P. Stief, R. Amann, and D. de Beer. 2004. Nitrification in freshwater sediments as influenced by insect larvae:quantification by microsensors and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Microb. Ecol. 48:145-153. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Brinkmeyer, R., F.-O. Glöckner, E. Helmke, and R. Amann. 2004. Predominance of betaproteobacteria in summer melt pools on Arctic pack ice. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49:1013-1021. [lo page] [download pdf]
Rabus, R., A. Ruepp, T. Frickey, T. Rattei, B. Fartmann, M. Stark, M. Bauer, A. Zibat, T. Lombardot, I. Becker, J. Amann, K. Gellner, H. Teeling, W. D. Leuschner, F.-O, Glöckner, A. N. Lupas, R. Amann, and H.-P. Klenk. 2004. The genome of a sulphatereducing bacterium from permanently cold Arctic sediments: Desulfotalea psychrophila. Environ. Microbiol. 6:887-902. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Teeling, H., A. Meyerdierks, M. Bauer, R. Amann, and F. O. Glöckner. 2004. Application of tetranucleotide frequencies for the assignment of genomic fragments. Environ. Microbiol. 6:938-947. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pernthaler, A., and R. Amann. 2004. Simultaneous fluorescence in situ hybridization of mRNA and rRNA in environmental bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:5426-5433. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Behrens, S., B. M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2004. The effect of nucleobase-specific fluorescence quenching on in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 27:565-572. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Peplies, J., F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, and W. Ludwig. 2004. Comparative sequence analysis and oligonucleotide probe design based on 23S rRNA genes of Alphaproteobacteria from North Sea bacterioplankton. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 27:573-580. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Sekar, R., B. M. Fuchs, R. Amann, and J. Pernthaler. 2004. Flow sorting of marine bacterioplankton after fluorescence in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:6210-6219. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Ishii, K., M. Mussmann, B. J. MacGregor, and R. Amann. 2004. An improved fluorescence in situ hybridization protocol for the identification of bacteria and archaea in marine sediments. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 50:203-212. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Bauer, M., T. Lombardot, H. Teeling, N. L. Ward, R. I. Amann, and F. O. Glöckner. 2004. Archaea-like genes for C1-transfer enzymes in Planctomycetes: phylogenetic implications of their unexpected presence in this phylum. J. Mol. Evol. 59:571-586. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R., R. Rossello-Mora, C. Flies, and D. Schüler. 2004. Phylogeny and in situ identification of magnetotactic bacteria, p. 45-60. In: Biomineralisation (2. Edition), E. Bäuerlein (Ed.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany. [internal download]
Pernthaler, A., J. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 2004. Sensitive multi-color in situ hybridization for the identification of environmental microorganisms. In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual, Second Edition, 3.11, pp. 711-726. Kowalchuk, G. et al. (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. [internal download]
Oren, A., F. Rodriguez-Valera, J. Anton, S. Benlloch, R. Rossello-Mora, R. Amann, J. Coleman, and N. J. Russell. 2004. Red, extremely halophilic, but not archaeal: the physiology and ecology of Salinibacter ruber, a bacterium isolated from saltern crystallizer ponds. In: Halophilic microorganisms, pp. 63-76. A. Ventosa. (Ed.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. [internal download]

 

2003

Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, G. A. Tarran, P. H. Burkill, and R. Amann. 2003. High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:1299-1304. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Gieseke, A., L. Bjerrum, M. Wagner, and R. Amann. 2003. Structure and activity of multiple nitrifying bacterial populations co-existing in a biofilm. Environ. Microbiol. 5:355-369. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Behrens, S., C. Rühland, J. Inacio, H. Huber, A. Fonseca, I. Spencer-Martins, B. M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2003. In situ accessibility of small-subunit rRNA of members of the domains Bacteria, Archaea, and Eucarya to Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:1748-1758. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Peplies, J., F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2003. Optimization strategies for the DNA microarray-based detection of bacteria with 16S rRNA-targeting oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:1397-1407. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Mußmann, M., H. N. Schulz, B. Strotmann, T. Kjaer, L. P. Nielsen, R. A. Rossello-Mora, R. I. Amann, and Bo B. Jorgensen. 2003. Phylogeny and distribution of nitrate-storing Beggiatoa spp. in coastal marine sediments. Environ. Microbiol. 5:523-533. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Beardsley, C., J. Pernthaler, W. Wosniok, and R. Amann. 2003. Are readily culturable bacteria in coastal North Sea wateres suppressed by selective grazing mortality? Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2624-2630. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Pernthaler, J., A. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 2003. Automated enumeration of groups of marine picoplankton after fluorescence in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2631-2637. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Inacio, J., S. Behrens, B. M. Fuchs, A. Fonseca, I. Spencer-Martins, and R. Amann. 2003. In situ accessibility of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 26S rRNA to Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probes comprising the D1 and D2 domains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2899-2905. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Sekar, R., A. Pernthaler, J. Pernthaler, F. Warnecke, T. Posch, und R. Amann. 2003. An improved protocol for quantification of freshwater Actinobacteria by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2928-2935. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Glöckner, F.O., M. Kube, M. Bauer, H. Teeling, T. Lombardot, W. Ludwig, D. Gade, A. Beck, K. Borzym, K. Heitmann, R. Rabus, H. Schlesner, R. Amann, and R. Reinhardt. 2003. Complete genome sequence of the marine planctomycete Pirellula sp. strain 1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:8298-8303. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Neretin, L. N., A. Schippers, A. Pernthaler, K. Hamann, R. Amann, and B. B. Jorgensen. 2003. Quantification of dissimilatory (bi)sulphite reductase gene expression in Desulfobacterium autotrophicum using real-time RT-PCR. Environ. Microbiol. 5:660-671. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Gonzalez-Toril, E., E. Llobet-Brossa, E. O. Casamayor, R. Amann, and R. Amils. 2003. Microbial ecology of an extreme acidic environment, the Tinto river. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:4853-4865. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Behrens, S., B. M. Fuchs, F. Müller, and R. Amann. 2003. Is the in situ accessibility of the 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli for Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probes predicted by a threedimensional structure model of the 30S ribosomal subunit? Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:4935-4941. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Knittel, K., A. Boetius, A. Lemke, H. Eilers, K. Lochte, O. Pfannkuche, P. Linke, and R. Amann. 2003. Activity, distribution, and diversity of sulfate reducers and other bacteria in sediments above gas hydrate (Cascadia Margin, Oregon). Geomicrobiol. J. 20:269-294. [tandfonline page] [internal download]
Brinkmeyer, R., K. Knittel, J. Jürgens, H. Weyland, R. Amann, and E. Helmke. 2003. Diversity and structure of bacterial communities in Arctic versus Antarctic Pack Ice. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6610-6619. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Altmann, D., P. Stief, R. Amann, D. de Beer, and A. Schramm. 2003. In situ distribution and activity of nitrifying bacteria in freshwater sediment. Environ. Microbiol. 5:798-803. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Krüger, M., A. Meyerdierks, F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, F. Widdel, M. Kube, R. Reinhardt, J. Kahnt, R. Böcher, R. K. Thauer, and S. Shima. 2003. A conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that oxidize methane anaerobically. Nature (London) 426:878-881. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

2002

Gieseke, A., P. Arnz, R. Amann, and A. Schramm. 2002. Simultaneous P and N removal in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor: insights from reactor and microscale investigations. Wat. Res. 36:501-509. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pernthaler, A., C. M. Preston, J. Pernthaler, E. F. DeLong, and R. Amann. 2002. Comparison of fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide and polynucleotide probes for the detection of pelagic marine bacteria and archaea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:661-667. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Anton, J., A. Oren, S. Benlloch, F. Rodriguez-Valera, R. Amann, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2002. Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, extremely halophilic member of the Bacteria from saltern crystallizer ponds. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52:485-491. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Casamayor, E. O., C. Pedros-Alio, G. Muyzer, and R. Amann. 2002. Microheterogeneity in 16S ribosomal DNA-defined bacterial populations from a stratified planktonic environment is related to temporal changes and to ecological adaptations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1706-1714. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, S. D. Archer, R. P. Kiene, R. Amann, and P. H. Burkill. 2002. Rapid turnover of dissolved DMS and DMSP by defined bacterioplankton communities in the stratified euphotic zone of the North Sea. Deep-Sea Research II. 49:3017-3038. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Pernthaler, A., J. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 2002. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and catalyzed reporter deposition for the identification of marine bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3094-3101. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
R. Rabus, D. Gade, R. Helbig, M. Bauer, F. O. Glöckner, M. Kube, H. Schlesner, R. Reinhardt, and R. Amann. 2002. Analysis of N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in the marine bacterium Pirellula sp. strain 1 by a proteomic approach. Proteomics 2:649-655. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Abed, R. M. M., W. Schönhuber, R. Amann, and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2002. Picobenthic cyanobacterial populations revealed by 16S rRNA-targeted in situ hybridization. Environ. Microbiol. 4:375-382. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Michaelis, W., R. Seifert, K. Nauhaus, T. Treude, V. Thiel, M. Blumenberg, K. Knittel, A. Gieseke, K. Peterknecht, T. Pape, A. Boetius, R. Amann, B. B. Joergensen, F. Widdel, J. Peckmann, N. V. Pimenov, and M. B. Gulin. 2002. Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fuelled by anaerobic oxidation of methane. Science 297:1013-1015. [ncbi page] [internal download]
MacGregor, B. J., V. Brüchert, S. Fleischer, and R. Amann. 2002. Isolation of smallsubunit rRNA for stable isotopic characterization. Environ. Microbiol. 4:451-464. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Llobet-Brossa, E., R. Rabus, M. E. Böttcher, M. Könneke, N. Finke, A. Schramm, R. L. Meyer, S. Grötzschel, R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 2002. Community structure and activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an intertidal surface-sediment: a multi-methods approach. Aquatic Microb. Ecol. 29:211-226. [ame page] [internal download]
Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, G. A. Tarran, P. H. Burkill, and R. Amann. 2002. Mesoscale distribution of dominant bacterioplankton groups in the northern North Sea in early summer. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 29:135-144. [ame page] [internal download]
Pernthaler, A., J. Pernthaler, M. Schattenhofer, and R. Amann. 2002. Identification of DNA-synthesizing bacterial cells in coastal North Sea plankton. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:5728-5736. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Borowski, C., O. Giere, J. Krieger, R. Amann, und N. Dubilier. 2002. New aspects of the symbiosis in the provannid snail Ifremeria nautilei from the North Fiji Back Arc Basin. Cah. Biol. Mar. 43:321-324. [cbm page] [download pdf]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Knittel, K., T. Losekann, A. Boetius, T. Nadalig, and R. Amann. 2002. Diversity of microorganisms mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane. In: Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 66(15A):A407.
Amann, R. 2002.Think big: the international dimension of environmental microbiology. Environ. Microbiol. 4:3. [ncbi page]
Amann, R. 2002. Molekulare Populationsanalyse von Mikroorganismen. Rundgespräche der Kommission für Ökologie, Bd. 23 “Bedeutung der Mikroorganismen für die Umwelt”, P. 31-40, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. [internal download]
MacGregor, B. J., K. Ravenschlag, and R. Amann. 2002. Nucleic acid-based techniques for analyzing the diversity, strucutre, and function of microbial communities in marine waters and sediments. In: Microbial systems in sedimentary environments of continental margins, pp. 419-438. G. Wefer et al. Eds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. [internal download]
Boetius, A., B. B. Jorgensen, R. Amann, J. P. Henriet, K. U. Hinrichs, K. Lochte, B. J. MacGregor, G. Voordouw. 2002. Microbial systems in sedimentary environments of continental margins. In: Microbial systems in sedimentary environments of continental margins, pp. 479-495. G. Wefer et al. Eds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. [internal download]

 

2001

Ravenschlag, K., K. Sahm, and R. Amann. 2001. Quantitative molecular analysis of the microbial community in marine Arctic sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:387-395. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schweitzer, B., I. Huber, R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and M. Simon. 2001. Alpha- and betaproteobacteria control the consumption and release of amino acids on lake snow aggregates. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:632-637. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Fuchs, B. M., K. Syutsubo, W. Ludwig, and R. Amann. 2001. In situ accessibility of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA to fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:961-968. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Rossello-Mora, R., and R. Amann. 2001. The species concept for prokaryotes. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 25:39-67. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Gieseke, A., U. Purkhold, M. Wagner, R. Amann, and A. Schramm. 2001. Community structure and activity dynamics of nitrifying bacteria in a phosphate-removing biofilm. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:1351-1362. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Nogales, B., E. R. B. Moore, E. Llobet-Brossa, R. Rossello-Mora, R. Amann, and K. N. Timmis. 2001. Combined use of 16S ribosomal DNA and 16S rRNA to study the bacterial community of polychlorinated biphenyl-polluted soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:1874-1884. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Pernthaler, J., T. Posch, K. Simek, J. Vrba, A. Pernthaler, F. O. Glöckner, U. Nübel, R. Psenner, and R. Amann. 2001. Predator-specific enrichment of Actinobacteria from a cosmopolitan freshwater clade in mixed continuous culture. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2145-2155. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Dubilier, N., C. Mülders, T. Ferdelman, D. De Beer, A. Pernthaler, M. Klein, M. Wagner, C. Erseus, F. Thiermann, J. Krieger, O. Giere, and R. Amann. 2001. Endosymbiotic sulphat-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm. Nature (London) 411:298-302. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Simek, K., J. Pernthaler, M. G. Weinbauer, K. Hornak, J. R. Dolan, J. Nedoma, M. Masin, and R. Amann. 2001. Changes in bacterial community composition and dynamics and viral mortality rates associated with enhanced flagellate grazing in a mesoeutrophic reservoir. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2723-2733. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R., B. M. Fuchs, and S. Behrens. 2001. The identification of microorganisms by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. Curr. Opin. Biotech. 12:231-236. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, S. D. Archer, R. P. Kiene, R. Amann, and P. H. Burkill. 2001. Linking the composition of bacterioplankton to rapid turnover of dissolved dimethylsulphoniopropionate in an algal bloom in the North Sea. Environ. Microbiol. 3:304-311. [ncbi page] [internal download]
West, N. J., W. A. Schönhuber, N. J. Fuller, R. I. Amann, R. Rippka, A. F. Post, and D. J. Scanlan. 2001.Closely related Prochlorococcus genotypes show remarkably different depth distributions in two oceanic regions as revealed by in situ hybridisation using 16S rRNAtargeted oligonucleotides. Microbiol. 147:1731-1744. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Pernthaler A., J. Pernthaler, H. Eilers, and R. Amann. 2001. Growth patterns of two marine isolates: adaptations to substrate patchiness? Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:4077-4083. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schönhuber, W., G. Le Bourhis, J. Tremblay, R. Amann, and S. Kulakauskas. 2001. Utilization of tm RNA sequences for bacterial identification. BMC Microbiology 1:20. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Eilers, H., J. Pernthaler, J. Peplies, F. O. Glöckner, G. Gerdts, and R. Amann. 2001. Isolation of novel pelagic bacteria from the German Bight and their seasonal contributions to surface picoplankton. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:5134-5142. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, P. H. Burkill, and R. Amann. 2001. Comparison of cellular and biomass specific activities of dominant bacterioplankton groups in stratified waters of the Celtic Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:5210-5218. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kirchman, D. L., L. Yu, B. M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 2001. Structure of bacterial communities in aquatic systems as revealed by filter PCR. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 26:13-22. [ame page] [internal download]
Pernthaler, J., F. O. Glöckner, W. Schönhuber, and R. Amann. 2001. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes, p. 207-226. In: Methods in Microbiology (Vol. 30): Marine Microbiology, J. Paul (Ed.) Academic Press, San Diego, USA. [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R, and R. Rossello-Mora. 2001. Mikrobiologische Aspekte der Biodiversität, p. 161-180. In: Biodiversität: Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen und gesellschaftliche Relevanz, P. Janich, M. Gutmann und K. Prieß (Ed.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany. [internal download]
Amann, R., and K. H. Schleifer. 2001. Nucleic acid probes and their application in environmental microbiology, p. 67-82. In: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2. Edition, Vol. 1, D. R. Boone and R. W. Castenholz (eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, USA. [internal download]

 

2000

Böttcher, M. E., B. Hespenheide, E. Llobet-Brossa, C. Beardsley, O. Larsen, A. Schramm, A. Wieland, G. Böttcher, U.-G. Berninger, and R. Amann. 2000. The biogeochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry, and microbial community structure of a temperate intertidal mudflat: An integrated study. Cont. Shelf Res. 20:1749-1769. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R. 2000. Who is out there? Microbial aspects of biodiversity. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 23:1-8. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Groben, R., G. J. Doucette, M. Kopp, M. Kodama, R. Amann, and L. K. Medlin. 2000. 16S rRNA targeted probes for the identification of bacterial strains isolated from cultures of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense. Microbiol. Ecol. 39:186-196. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Weller, R., F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2000. 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for the in situ detection of members of the phylum Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 23:107-114. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Fuchs, B. M., M. V. Zubkov, K. Sahm, P. H. Burkill and R. Amann. 2000. Changes in community composition during dilution cultures of marine bacterioplankton as assessed by flow cytometric and molecular biological techniques. Environ. Microbiol. 2:191-201. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Oerther, D. B., J. Pernthaler, A. Schramm, R. Amann, and L. Raskin. 2000. Monitoring precursor 16S rRNAs of Acinetobacter spp. in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2154-2165. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Thamdrup, B., R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 2000. Microbial manganese and sulfate reduction in Black Sea shelf sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2888-2897. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Eilers, H., J. Pernthaler, F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2000. Culturability and in situ abundance of pelagic bacteria from the North Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3044-3051. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Anton, J., R. Rossello-Mora, F. Rodriguez-Valera, and R. Amann. 2000. Extremely halophilic Bacteria in crystallizer ponds from solar salterns. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3052-3057. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Ravenschlag, K., K. Sahm, C. Knoblauch, B. B. Jorgensen, and R. Amann. 2000. Community structure, cellular rRNA content, and activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in marine Arctic sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3592-3602. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Fuchs, B. M., F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 2000. Unlabeled helper oligonucleotides increase the in situ accessibility of 16S rRNA for fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3603-3607. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R., and W. Ludwig. 2000. Ribosomal RNA-targeted nucleic acid probes for studies in microbial ecology. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 24:555-565. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Boetius, A., K. Ravenschlag, C. J. Schubert, D. Rickert, F. Widdel, A. Gieseke, R. Amann, B.B. Jorgensen, U. Witte, O. Pfannkuche. 2000. Microscopic identification of a microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic methane oxidation above marine gas hydrates. Nature (London) 407:623-626. [ncbi page] [internal download]
H. Eilers, J. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 2000. Succession of pelagic marine bacteria during enrichment: a close look at cultivation-induced shifts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:4634-4640. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Glöckner, F. O., E. Zaichikov, N. Belkova, L. Denissova, J. Pernthaler, A. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 2000. Comparative 16S rRNA analysis of lake bacterioplankton reveals globally distributed phylogenetic clusters including an abundant group of actinobacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:5053-5065. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Jurgens, G., F. O. Glöckner, R. Amann, A. Saano, L. Montonen, M. Likolammi, and U. Münster. 2000. Identification of novel Archaea in bacterioplankton of a boreal forest lake by phylogenetic analysis and fluorescent in situ hybridization. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 34:45-56. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Schramm, A., D. DeBeer, A. Gieseke, and R. Amann. 2000. Microenvironments and distribution of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane-bound biofilm. Environ. Microbiol. 2:680-686. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Amann, G., K. O. Stetter, E. Llobet-Brossa, R. Amann, and J. Anton. 2000. Direct proof for the presence and expression of two 5% different 16S rRNA genes in individual cells of Haloarcula marismortui. Extremophiles 4:373-376. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Ravelhofer-Rotheneder, K., H. Engelhardt, O. Wolf, R. Amann, W. Breuer, und J. Kösters. 2000. Taxonomische Klassifizierung von „Megabakterien“-Isolaten aus Wellensittichen (Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw, 1805). Tierärztl. Prax. 28(K):415-420.

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R.. 2000. Methoden zur Bestimmung der in situ-Funktion von Mikroorganismen. BIOspektrum 6:274-276. [biospektrum page] [download pdf]
Amann, R.. 2000. Methodological Aspects of fluorescence in situ hybridization. Bioscience Microflora 19:85-91. [bm page] [download pdf]
Brand, B. C., R. I. Amann, M. Steinert, D. Grimm, and J. Hacker. 2000. Identification and in situ detection of intracellular bacteria in the environment, p. 601-624. In: Subcellular Biochemistry, Volume 33: Bacterial invasion into eukaryotic cells, T. A. Oelschlaeger and J. Hacker (Eds.). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, USA. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Amann, R., R. Rossello-Mora, and D. Schüler. 2000. Phylogeny and in situ identification of magnetotactic bacteria, p. 47-60. In: Biomineralisation, E. Bäuerlein (Ed.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany. [internal download]

 

1999

Jürgens, K., J. Pernthaler, S. Schalla, and R. Amann. 1999. Morphological and compositional changes in a planktonic bacterial community in response to enhanced protozoan grazing. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:1241-1250. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schönhuber, W., B. Zarda, S. Eix, R. Rippka, M. Herdman, W. Ludwig, and R. Amann. 1999. In situ identification of cyanobacteria with horseradish peroxidase-labeled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:1259-1267. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Juretschko, S., W. Schönhuber, S. Kulakauskas, D. S. Ehrlich, K.-H. Schleifer, and R. Amann. 1999. In situ detection of Escherichia coli cells containing ColE1-related plasmids by hybridization to regulatory RNA II. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:1-8. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Glöckner, F. O., H.-D. Babenzien, J. Wulf, and R. Amann. 1999. Phylogeny and diversity of Achromatium oxaliferum. System. Appl. Microbiol. 22:28-38. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Snaidr, J., B. M. Fuchs, G. Wallner, M. Wagner, K. H. Schleifer, and R. Amann. 1999. Phylogeny and in situ identification of a morphologically conspicuous bacterium, Candidatus Magnospira bakii, present in very low frequency in activated sludge. Environ. Microbiol. 1:125-136. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Rabus, R., H. Wilkes, A. Schramm, G. Harms, A. Behrends, R. Amann, and F. Widdel. 1999. Anaerobic utilization of alkylbenzenes and n-alkanes from crude oil in an enrichment culture of denitrifying bacteria affiliating with the beta-subclass of Proteobacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 1:145-158. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Dubilier, N., R. Amann, C. Erseus, G. Muyzer, S. Y. Park, O. Giere, and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1999. Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial endosymbionts in the gutless marine oligochete Olavius loisae (Annelida) Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 178:271-280. [meps page] [internal download]
Meier, H., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1999. Specific oligonucleotide probes for the in situ detection of a major group of Gram-positive bacteria with low DNA G+C content. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:186-196. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Schulze, R., S. Spring, R. Amann, I. Huber, W. Ludwig, K.-H. Schleifer, and P. Kämpfer. 1999. Genotypic diversity of Acidovorax strains isolated from activated sludge and description of Acidovorax defluvii sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:205-214. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Rossello-Mora, R., B. Thamdrup, H. Schäfer, R. Weller, and R. Amann. 1999. The reponse of the microbial community of marine sediments to organic carbon input under anaerobic conditions. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:237-248. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Zubkov, M. V., B.M. Fuchs, H. Eilers, P. H. Burkill, and R. Amann. 1999. Determination of total protein content of bacterial cells using SYPRO staining and flow cytometry. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3251-3257. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Simon, M., F. O. Glöckner, and R. Amann. 1999. Different community structure and temperature optima of heterotrophic picoplankton in various regions of the Southern Ocean. Aquatic Microb. Ecol. 18:275-284. [ame page] [internal download]
Glöckner, F. O., B. M. Fuchs, and R. Amann. 1999. Bacterioplankton compositions of lakes and oceans: a first comparison based on fluorescence in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3721-3726. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schramm, A., D. De Beer, J. C van den Heuvel, S. Ottengraf, and R. Amann. 1999. Microscale distribution of populations and activities of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. along a macroscale gradient in a nitrifying bioreactor: quantification by in situ hybridization and the use of microsensors. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3690-3696. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Sahm, K., C. Knoblauch, and R. Amann. 1999. Phylogenetic affiliation and quantification of psychrophilic sulfate-reducing isolates in marine arctic sediments Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3976-3981. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Ravenschlag, K., K. Sahm, J. Pernthaler, and R. Amann. 1999. High bacterial diversity in permanently cold marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3882-3989. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schramm, A., C. M. Santegoeds, H. K. Nielsen, H. Ploug, M. Wagner, M. Pribyl, J. Wanner, R. Amann, and D. De Beer. 1999. On the occurrence of anoxic microniches, denitrification, and sulfate reduction in aerated activated sludge. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:4189-4196. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Anton, J., E. Llobet-Brossa, F. Rodriguez-Valera, and R. Amann. 1999. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of the prokaryotic community inhabiting crystallizer ponds. Environ. Microbiol. 1:517-523. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Daims, H., A. Brühl, R. Amann, K.-H. Schleifer, and M. Wagner. 1999. The domainspecific probe EUB338 is insufficient for the detection of all Bacteria: Development and evaluation of a more comprehensive probe set. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:434-444. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Berchtold, M., A. Chatzinotas, W. Schönhuber, A. Brune, R. Amann, D. Hahn, and H. König. 1999. Differential enumeration and in situ localization of microorganisms in the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis by hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes. Arch. Microbiol. 172:407-416. [ncbi page] [internal download]

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Schramm, A., and R. Amann. 1999. Nucleic acid-based techniques for analyzing the diversity, structure, and dynamics of microbial communities in wastewater treatment, p. 85-108. In: Biotechnology: a multi volume comprehensive treatise, H.-J. Rehm, G. Reed, A. Pühler, and P.I.W. Stadler (eds.), Vol. 11a, Environmental Processes I, J. Winter (ed.), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany. [internal download]
Amann, R.. 1999. FISHen im Unsichtbaren. Chemie heute. Ausgabe 1999/2000, p.118-123. [internal download]

1998

Ludwig, W., R. Amann, E. Martinez-Romero, W. Schönhuber, S. Bauer, A. Neef, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1998. rRNA based identification and detection systems for rhizobia and other bacteria. Plant and Soil 204:1-19. [springerlink page] [internal download]
Spring, S., U. Lins, R. Amann, K.-H. Schleifer, L. C. S. Ferreira, D. M. S. Esquivel, and M. Farina. 1998. Phylogenetic affiliation and ultrastructure of uncultured magnetic bacteria with unusual large magnetosomes. Arch. Microbiol. 169:136-147. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Stoffels, M., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, D. Hekmat, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1998. Bacterial community dynamics during start-up of a trickle-bed bioreactor degrading aromatic compounds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:930-939. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R., H. Lemmer, and M. Wagner. 1998. Monitoring the community structure of wastewater treatment plants: a comparison of old and new techniques. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 25:205-215. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Glöckner, F.O., H. D. Babenzien, and R. Amann. 1998. Phylogeny and identification in situ of Nevskia ramosa. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1895-1901. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Hekmat, D., R. Amann, A. Linn, M. Stephan, M. Stoffels, and D. Vortmeyer. 1998. Biofilm population dynamics in a trickle-bed bioreactor. Wat. Sci. Technol. 37(4-5):167-170. [wst page] [internal download]
Schramm, A., D. De Beer, H. van den Heuvel, S. Ottengraf, and R. Amann. 1998. In situ Structure/Function studies in wastewater treatment systems. Wat. Sci. Technol. 37(4-5):413-416. [wst page] [internal download]
Llobet-Brossa, E., R. Rossello-Mora, and R. Amann. 1998. Microbial community composition of Wadden Sea sediments as revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:2691-2696. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R., and M. Kühl. 1998. In situ methods for assessment of microorganisms and their activities. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 1:352-358. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Hahn, D., A. Hess, R. Amann, and J. Zeyer. 1998. In situ identification of bacterial populations in terrestrial habitats without cultivation. Collana Ambiente 20:41-65. [internal download]
Schramm, A., D. De Beer, M. Wagner, and R. Amann. 1998. Identification and activities in situ of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. as dominant populations in a nitrifying fluidized bed reactor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:3480-3485. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Pernthaler, J., F.-O. Glöckner, S. Unterholzner, A. Alfreider, R. Psenner and R. Amann. 1998. Seasonal community and population dynamics of pelagic bacteria and archaea in a high mountain lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:4299-4306. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Frahm, E., I. Heiber, S. Hoffmann, C. Koob, H. Meier, W. Ludwig, R. Amann, K. H. Schleifer, and U. Obst. 1998. Application of 23S rDNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes specific for enterococci to water hygiene control. System. Appl. Microbiol. 21:450-453. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Neef, A., R. Amann, H. Schlesner, and K. H. Schleifer. 1998. Monitoring a widespread bacterial group: in situ detection of planctomycetes with 16S rRNA-targeted probes. Microbiology 144:3257-3266. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Fuchs, B., G. Wallner, W. Beisker, I. Schwippel, W. Ludwig, and R. Amann. 1998. Flow cytometric analysis of in situ accessibility of Escherichia coli 16S rRNA for fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:4973-4982. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Chatzinotas, A., R. A. Sandaa, W. Schönhuber, R. Amann, F. L. Daae, V. Torsvik, J. Zeyer, and D. Hahn. 1998. Analysis of broad-scale differences in microbial community composition of two pristine forest soils. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 21:579-587. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Michel, R., K.-D. Müller, R. Amann, and E. N. Schmid. 1998. Legionella-like slender rods multiplying within a strain of Acanthamoeba sp. isolated from drinking water. Parasitol. Res. 60:84-88. [ncbi page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R., and H. Lemmer. 1998. Grundlagen der in situ-Analyse von Struktur und Dynamik komplexer mikrobieller Lebensgemeinschaften mit rRNS-Sonden und ihre Bedeutung für die wasserwirtschaftliche Praxis. Münchner Beiträge zur Abwasser-, Fischerei- und Flußbiologie 52:11-24. [internal download]
Lemmer, H., A. Zaglauer, A. Neef, and R. Amann. 1998. In situ-Nachweis der dominaten Denitrifikantenpopulation zur biologisch begründeten Betriebsoptimierung der methanolgestützten Denitrifikation in einem Sandfilter. Münchner Beiträge zur Abwasser-, Fischerei- und Flußbiologie 52:43-60. [internal download]
Pernthaler, J., T. Posch, K. Simek, J. Vrba, R. Psenner, and R. Amann. 1998. Protisteninduzierte Populationsverschiebungen in einer experimentellen mikrobiellen Gemeinschaft. Münchner Beiträge zur Abwasser-, Fischerei- und Flußbiologie 52:117-126. [internal download]
Pernthaler, J., A. Alfreider, B. Sattler, F.-O. Glöckner, R. Amann, and R. Psenner. 1998. Strukturanalyse der Bakteriengemeinschaften in einem hochalpinen See. Münchner Beiträge zur Abwasser-, Fischerei- und Flußbiologie 52:127-136. [internal download]
Meier, H., C. Koob, W. Ludwig, R. Amann, E. Frahm, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1998. Nachweis von Enterokokken mit fluoreszierenden rRNS-gerichteten Sonden zur hygienischen Trinkwasserkontrolle. Münchner Beiträge zur Abwasser-, Fischerei- und Flußbiologie 52:175-200. [internal download]
Wagner, M., P. Hutzler, and R. Amann. 1998. Three dimensional analysis of complex microbial communities by combining confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization, p. 467-486. In: Digital image analysis of microbes: imaging, morphometry, fluorometry and motility techniques and applications. M.H.F. Wilkinson and F. Schut. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK. [internal download]
Schramm, A., and R. Amann. 1998. In situ structure and function analysis of biofilms. p.45-54 in: Technik anaerober Prozesse, (Eds.) H. Märkl, R. Stegmann, DECHEMAFachgespräche Umweltschutz, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt am Main, Germany. [internal download]
Amann, R. 1998. Entwicklung und Einsatz von Nukleinsäuresonden für die in situ-Charakterisierung natürlicher Bakteriengemeinschaften, p. 55-72. In: Jahrbuch der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Van den Hoeck & Rupprecht, Göttingen, Germany. [internal download]
Michel, R., R. Hoffmann, K.-D. Müller, R. Amann, and E. N. Schmidt. 1998. Akanthamoeben, Naeglerien und andere freilebende Amöben als natürliche Dauerproduzenten von nicht kultivierbaren Bakterien. Mitt. Österr. Ges. Tropenmed. Parasitol. 20:85-92. [internal download]

 

1997

Amann, R., N. Springer, W. Schönhuber, W. Ludwig, E.N. Schmidt, K.-D. Müller and R. Michel. 1997. Obligate intracellular bacterial parasites of acanthamoebae related to Chlamydia spp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:115-121. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Pernthaler, J., T. Posch, K. Simek, J. Vrba, R. Amann, and R. Psenner. 1997. Contrasting bacterial strategies to coexist with a flagellate predator in an experimental microbial assemblage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:596-601. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Erhart, R., D. Bradford, E.M. Seviour, R.J. Seviour, R.I. Amann, and L.L. Blackall. 1997. Development and use of fluorescent in situ hybridisation probes for the identification and enumeration of "Microthrix parvicella" in activated sludge. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 20:310-318. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Eberl, L., R. Schulze, A. Ammendola, O. Geisenberger, R. Erhart, C. Sternberg, S. Molin, and R. Amann. 1997. Use of green fluorescent protein as a marker for ecological studies of activated sludge communities. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 149:77-83. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R., F.-O. Glöckner, and A. Neef. 1997. Modern methods in subsurface microbiology: in situ identification of microorganisms with nucleic acid probes. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 20(3/4):191-200. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Steinert, M., L. Emödy, R. Amann, and J. Hacker. 1997. Resuscitation of viable but nonculturable Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia JR32 by Acanthamoeba castellanii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:2047-2053. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Kosse, D., H. Seiler, R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and S. Scherer. 1997. Identification of yoghurt-spoiling yeasts with 18S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 20:468-480. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Snaidr, J., R. Amann, I. Huber, W. Ludwig, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis and in situ identification of bacteria in activated sludge. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:2884-2896. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R., N. Springer, W. Schönhuber, W. Ludwig, E. N. Schmidt, K.-D. Müller and R. Michel. 1997. Coccoid obligate intracellular parasites of acanthamoebae are distantly related to the genus Chlamydia. Endocytobiosis & Cell Res. 12:99-101. [ecs page] [internal download]
Lemmer, H., A. Zaglauer, A. Neef, H. Meier, and R. Amann. 1997. Denitrification in a methanol-fed fixed bed reactor. Part 2: Composition and ecology of the bacterial community in the biofilms. Water Res. 31:1903-1908. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Meier, H., C. Koob, W. Ludwig, R. Amann, E. Frahm, S. Hoffmann, U. Obst, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1997. Detection of enterococci with rRNA-targeted DNA probes and their use for hygienic drinking water control. Wat. Sci. Tech. 35(11-12):437-444. [wst page] [internal download]
Schönhuber, W., B. Fuchs, S. Juretschko, and R. Amann. 1997. Improved sensitivity of whole cell hybridization by the combination of horseradish peroxidase-labeled oligonucleotides and tyramide signal amplification. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3268-3273. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schramm, A., L. H. Larsen, N. P. Revsbech, and R. I. Amann. 1997. Structure and function of a nitrifying biofilm as determined by microelectrodes and fluorescent oligonucleotide probes. Wat. Sci. Tech. 36(1):263-270. [wst page] [internal download]
Zarda, B., D. Hahn, A. Chatzinotas, W. Schönhuber, A. Neef, R. I. Amann, and J. Zeyer. 1997. Analysis of bacterial community structure in bulk soil by in situ hybridization. Arch. Microbiol. 168:185-192. [springerlink page] [internal download]
Wallner, G., B. Fuchs, W. Beisker, S. Spring, and R. Amann. 1997. Flow cytometric sorting of microorganisms for molecular analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63: 4223-4331. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Lischewski, A., M. Kretschmar, H. Hof, R. Amann, J. Hacker, and J. Morschhäuser. 1997. Detection and identification of Candida species in experimentally infected tissue and human blood by rRNA-specific fluorescent in situ hybridization. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35:2943-2948. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Wagner, M., and R. Amann. 1997. Molecular techniques for determining microbial community structures in activated sludge, p. 61-72. In: Microbial community analysis: the key to the design of biological wastewater treatment systems. IAWQ Scientific and Technical Report No. 5 Eds. T.E. Cloete and N.Y.O. Muyima. University Press, Cambridge, UK. [internal download]
Amann, R.. 1997. Fluorescent, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for analyzing the in situ structure and dynamics of complex microbial communities, p. 141-145. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Microbiology, Oostende, April 21-23, 1997. H. Verachtert and W. Verstraete (eds.). Technologisch Instituut, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium. [internal download]

1996

Springer, N., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, K.-H. Schleifer, and H. Schmidt. 1996. Polynucleobacter necessarius, an obligate bacterial endosymbiont of the hypotrichous ciliate Euplotes ediculatus, is a member of the ß-subclass of Proteobacteria. FEMS Microb. Lett. 135:333-336. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Wagner, M., G. Rath, H.-P. Koops, J. Flood, and R. Amann. 1996. In situ analysis of nitrifying bacteria in sewage treatment plants. Wat. Sci. Tech. 34(1-2):237-244. [wst page] [internal download]
Kämpfer, P., R. Erhart, C. Beimfohr, J. Böhringer, M. Wagner, and R. Amann. 1996. Characterization of bacterial communities from activated sludge plant: culture-dependent numerical identification versus in situ identification using group- and genus-specific rRNAtargeted oligonucleotide probes. Microb. Ecol. 32:101-121. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Manz, W., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, M. Vancanneyt, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1996. Application of a suite of 16S rRNA-specific oligonucleotide probes designed to investigate bacteria of the phylum cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides in the natural environment. Microbiol. 142:1097-1106. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Alfreider, A., J. Pernthaler, R. Amann, B. Sattler, F.-O. Glöckner, A. Wille and R. Psenner. 1996. Community analysis of the bacterial assemblages in the winter cover and pelagic layers of a high mountain lake using in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:2138-2144. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Weiss, P., B. Schweitzer, R. Amann, and M. Simon. 1996. Identification in situ and dynamics of bacteria on limnetic organic aggregates (lake snow). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1998-2005. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Glöckner, F.O., R. Amann, A. Alfreider, J. Pernthaler, R. Psenner, K. Trebesius, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1996. An optimized in situ hybridization protocol for planktonic bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 19:403-406. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Lange, M., N. Simon, L. Guillou, D. Vaulot, R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and L. K. Medlin. 1996. Identification of the class Prymnesiophyceae and the genus Phaeocystis with rRNAtargeted nucleic acid probes. J. Phycol. 32:858-868. [wiley online library] [internal download]
Amann, R., J. Snaidr, M. Wagner, W. Ludwig and K.-H. Schleifer. 1996. In situ visualization of high genetic diversity in a natural microbial community. J. Bacteriol. 178: 3496-3500. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Lischewski, A., R. I. Amann, D. Harmsen, H. Merkert, J. Hacker and J. Mörschenhäuser. 1996. Specific detection of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis by fluorescent in situ ybridization with an 18S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe. Microbiology 142:2731-2740. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lloyd, D., A. G. Williams, R. Amann, A. J. Hayes, L. Durrant, and J. R. Ralphs. 1996. Intracellular prokaryotes in rumen ciliate protozoa: detection by confocal laser scanning microscopy after in situ hybridization with fluorescent 16S rRNA probes. Europ. J. Protistol. 32:523-53. [sciencedirect page] [download pdf]
Nübel, U., B. Engelen, A. Felske, J. Snaidr, A. Wieshuber, R. I. Amann, W. Ludwig, and H. Backhaus. 1996. Sequence heterogeneities of genes encoding 16S rRNAs in Paenibacillus polymyxa detected by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis. J. Bacteriol. 178:5636-5643. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Neef, A., A. Zaglauer, H. Meier, R. Amann, H. Lemmer, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1996. Population analysis in a denitrifying sand filter: conventional and in situ identification of Paracoccus sp. in methanol-fed biofilms. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:4329-4339. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Schramm, A., L.H. Larsen, N. P. Revsbech, N. B. Ramsing, R. Amann, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1996. Structure and function of a nitrifying biofilm as determined by in situ hybridization and microelectrodes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:4641-4647. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Wallner, G., I. Steinmetz, D. Bitter-Suermann, and R. Amann. 1996. Combination of rRNA-targeted hybridization probes and immuno-probes for the identification of bacteria by flow cytometry. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 19:569-576. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R., W. Ludwig, R. Schulze, S. Spring, E. Moore, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1996. rRNA-Targeted oligonucleotide probes for the identification of genuine and former pseudomonads. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 19:501-509. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Rothemund, C., R. Amann, S. Klugbauer, W. Manz, C. Bieber, K.-H. Schleifer, and P. Wilderer. 1996. Microflora of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degrading biofilms on gas permeable membranes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 19:608-615. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R.. 1996. In situ-Identifizierung von Mikroorganismen mit rRNS-gerichteten Oligonukleotidsonden. Biospektrum 2 (1):27-32. [internal download]
Springer, N., R. Amann, and W. Ludwig. 1996. The design and application of ribosomal RNA-targeted, fluorescent oligonucleotide probes for the identification of endosymbionts in protozoa, p. 133-144. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 50: Species Diagnostics Protocols: PCR and other nucleic acid methods. J.P. Clapp (Ed.), Humana Press Inc., Totowa NJ, USA. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Wallner, G., and R. Amann. 1996. Durchflußzytometrische Untersuchung von Belebtschlamm mit rRNS-gerichteten Oligonukleotidsonden, p. 81-92. In H. Lemmer, T. Griebe, H.-C. Flemming (eds.), Mikrobielle Ökologie des Abwassers. Springer Verlag, Berlin. [internal download]
Wagner, M., and R. Amann. 1996. Die Anwendung von in situ Hybridisierungssonden zur Aufklärung von Struktur und Dynamik der mikrobiellen Biozönosen in der Abwasserreinigung, p. 93-110. In H. Lemmer, T. Griebe, H.-C. Flemming (eds.), Mikrobielle Ökologie des Abwassers. Springer Verlag, Berlin. [internal download]

 

1995

Manz, W., R. Szewzyk, U. Szewzyk, P. Hutzler, R. Amann and K. H. Schleifer. 1995. In situ identification of Legionellaceae using specific rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Microbiol. 141:29-39. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Rossello-Mora, R. A., M. Wagner, R. Amann, and K. H. Schleifer. 1995. The abundance of Zoogloea ramigera in sewage treatment plants. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:702-707. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R. I., W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1995. Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation. Microbiol. Rev. 59:143-169. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Assmus, B., P. Hutzler, G. Kirchhof, R. Amann, J.R. Lawrence, and A. Hartmann. 1995. In situ localization of Azospirillum brasilense in the rhizosphere of wheat using fluorescently labeled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and scanning confocal laser microscopy. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1013-1019. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Raskin, L., R. I. Amann, L. K. Poulsen, B. E. Rittmann, and D. A. Stahl. 1995. Use of ribosomal RNA-based molecular probes for characterization of complex microbial communities in anaerobic biofilms. Wat. Sci. Techol. 31:261-272. [wst page] [internal download]
Wallner, G., R. Erhart, and R. Amann. 1995. Flow cytometric analysis of activated sludge with rRNA-targeted probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1859-1866. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Fischer, K., D. Hahn, R. I. Amann, O. Daniel, and J. Zeyer. 1995. In situ analysis of the bacterial community in the gut of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. by whole-cell hybridization. Can. J. Microbiol. 41:666-673. [cjm page] [internal download]
Neef, A., R. Amann, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1995. Detection of microbial cells in aerosols using nucleic acid probes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 18:113-122. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R. I.. 1995. Fluorescently labelled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes in the study of microbial ecology. Mol. Ecol. 4:543-554. [wiley online library] [internal download]
Rossello-Mora, R. A., W. Ludwig, P. Kämpfer, R. Amann, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1995. Ferrimonas balearica, gen. nov., spec. nov., a new marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 18:196-202. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Wagner, M., G. Rath, R. Amann, H.-P. Koops, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1995. In situ identification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 18:251-264. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Schleifer, K.-H., M. Ehrmann, C. Beimfohr, E. Brockmann, W. Ludwig and R. Amann. 1995. Application of molecular methods for the classification and identification of lactic acid bacteria. Int. Dairy J. 5:1081-1094. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R. I.. 1995. In situ identification of microorganisms by whole cell hybridization with rRNA-targeted nucleic acid probes, 3.3.6., p. 1-15. In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual. A.D.L. Akkerman, J.D. van Elsas and F.J. de Bruijn (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. [internal download]
Amann, R. I.. 1995. In situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes as a tool to study the compositon and dynamics of microbial communities, p. 92. In: Beijerinck Centennial. Microbial Physiology and Gene Regulation: Emerging Principles and Applications. W.A. Scheffers and J.P. van Dijken (Eds.), Delft University Press, The Netherlands. [internal download]
Stahl, D. A., R. I. Amann, L. K. Poulsen, L. Raskin, and W. C. Capman. 1995. Use of fluorescent probes for determinative microscopy of methanogenic archaea, p. 111-121. In: Archaea: a laboratory manual, Vol. 2, Methanogens. K.R. Sowers & H.J. Schreier (Eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, USA. [internal download]
Wedi, D., M. Wagner, R. Amann, R. Erhart, H. Lemmer, and P. A. Wilderer. 1995. In situ-Nachweis der untergeordneten Rolle von Bakterien der Gattung Acinetobacter bei der erhöhten biologischen P-Elimination. GWF Wasser Abwasser 136:17-23. [internal download]

 

1994

Szewzyk, U., W. Manz, R. Amann, K.-H. Schleifer, and T.-A. Stenström. 1994. Growth and in situ detection of a pathogenic Escherichia coli in biofilms of a heterotrophic waterbacterium by use of 16S- and 23S-rRNA-directed fluorescent oligonucleotide probes. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 13:169-176. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Wagner, M., R. Erhart, W. Manz, R. Amann, H. Lemmer, D. Wedi, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Development of an rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe specific for the genus Acinetobacter and its application for in situ monitoring in activated sludge. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:792-800. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Aznar, R., W. Ludwig, R. I. Amann, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1994. Sequence determination of rRNA genes of pathogenic Vibrio species and whole-cell identification of Vibrio vulnificus with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44:330-337. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Manz, W., M. Wagner, R. Amann, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. In situ characterization of the microbial consortia active in two wastewater treatment plants. Wat. Res. 28:1715-1723. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Burggraf, S., T. Mayer, R. Amann, S. Schadhauser, C. R. Woese, and K. O. Stetter. 1994. Identifying members of the domain Archaea with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:3112-3119. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Trebesius, K., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, K. Mühlegger, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Identification of whole fixed bacterial cells with nonradioactive 23S rRNA-targeted polynucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:3228-3235. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Wagner, M., R. Amann, H. Lemmer, W. Manz, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Probing activated sludge with fluorescently labeled rRNA targeted oligonucleotides. Wat. Sci. Tech. 29:15-23. [wst page] [internal download]
Roller, C., M. Wagner, R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1994. In situ probing of Gram-positive bacteria with high DNA G+C content using 23S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. Microbiol. 140:2849-2858. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Lin, C., B. Flesher, W. C. Capman, R. I. Amann, and D. A. Stahl. 1994. Taxon-specific hybridization probes for fiber-digesting bacteria suggest novel gut-associated Fibrobacter. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 17:418-424. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Lloyd, D., J. Ralphs, L. Durrant, A.G. Williams, and R. Amann. 1994. Studies of the bacterial endosymbionts of "anaerobic protozoa" using fluorescently-labelled rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 22:323S. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Wagner, M., R. Amann, P. Kämpfer, B. Assmus, A. Hartmann, P. Hutzler, N. Springer, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Identification and in situ detection of gram-negative filamentous bacteria in activated sludge. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 17:405-417. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Polz, M. F., D. L. Distel, B. Zarda, R. Amann, H. Felbeck, J. A. Ott, and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1994. Phylogenetic analysis of a highly specific association between ectosymbiotic, sulfur oxidizing bacteria and a marine nematode. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:4461-4467. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Wagner, M., B. Aßmus, A. Hartmann, P. Hutzler, and R. Amann. 1994. In situ analysis of microbial consortia in activated sludge using fluorescently labelled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and confocal scanning laser microscopy. J. Microscopy 176:181-187. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Spring, S., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, K.-H. Schleifer, D. Schüler, K. Poralla, and N. Petersen. 1994. Phylogenetic analysis of uncultured magnetotactic bacteria from the alphasubclass of Proteobacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 17:501-508. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Rossello-Mora, R. A., F. Caccavo, Jr., K. Osterlehner, N. Springer, S. Spring, D. Schüler, W. Ludwig, R. Amann, M. Vanncanneyt and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Isolation and taxonomic characterization of a halotolerant, facultatively iron-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 17:569-573. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R., B. Zarda, K. H. Trebesius, W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Rapid identification and in situ detection of microorganisms using fluorescent rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides, p. 237-244. In: Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology. R.C. Spencer, E.P. Wright and S.W.B. Newsom (Eds.), Intercept Ltd., Andover, UK.
Amann, R., and W. Ludwig. 1994. Typing in situ with Probes, pp. 115-135. In: Bacterial Diversity and Systematics. F.G. Priest, A. Ramos-Cormenzana, and B.J. Tindall (Eds.), Plenum, New York, USA. [internal download]
Amann, R., W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1994. Identification of nonculturable bacteria: a challenging task for the molecular taxonomist. ASM News 60:360-365.
Hahn, D., R. Amann, and J. Zeyer. 1994. Oligonucleotide probes for the detection and identification of bacteria, p. 163-171. In: Improving plant productivity with rhizosphere bacteria. M.H. Ryder, P.M. Stephens, and G.D. Bowen (Eds.), CSIRO, Australia.
Ludwig, W., and R. Amann. 1994. Design and application of rRNA-targeted specific hybridization probes. Soils Newsletter 17:16.

 

1993

Wallner, G., R. Amann, and W. Beisker. 1993. Optimizing fluorescent in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for flow cytometric identification of microorganisms. Cytometry 14:136-143. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Wagner, M., R. Amann, H. Lemmer, and K. H. Schleifer. 1993. Probing activated sludge with oligonucleotides specific for proteobacteria: inadequacy of culture-dependent methods for describing microbial community structure. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1520-1525. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Hahn, D., R. I. Amann, and J. Zeyer. 1993. Whole cell hybridization of Frankia strains with fluorescence- or digoxigenin-labeled, 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1709-1716. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Manz, W., U. Szewzyk, P. Eriksson, R. Amann, K. H. Schleifer, and T.-A. Stenström. 1993. In situ identification of bacteria in drinking water and adjoining biofilms by hybridization with 16S and 23S rRNA-directed fluorescent oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:2293-2298. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Spring, S., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, K. H. Schleifer, H. van Gemerden, and N. Petersen. 1993. Dominating role of an unusual magnetotactic bacterium in the microaerophilic zone of a freshwater sediment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:2397-2403. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Beimfohr, C., A. Krause, R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1993. In situ identification of lactococci, enterococci and streptococci. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 16:450-456. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Hahn, D., R. I. Amann, and J. Zeyer. 1993. Detection of mRNA in Streptomyces cells by in situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:2753-2757. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Springer, N., W. Ludwig, R. Amann, H. J. Schmidt, H.-D. Görtz, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1993. Occurrence of fragmented 16S rRNA in an obligate bacterial endosymbiont of Paramecium caudatum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:9892-9895. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Schleifer, K. H., W. Ludwig, and R. I. Amann. 1993. Nucleic acid probes, p. 463-510. In: Handbook of New Bacterial Systematics. M. Goodfellow and A.G. O'Donnell (Eds.), Academic Press Limited, London, England. [internal download]
Ludwig, W., and R. Amann. 1993. The rRNA approach: reconstruction of bacterial phylogenies, design and application of specific probes. Soils Newsletter 16:10-11. [internal download]
Amann, R. I., W. Ludwig, W. Manz, S. Spring, N. Springer, M. Wagner, and K. H. Schleifer. 1993. In situ identification of nonculturable bacteria with rRNA-targeted nucleic acid probes, p. 515-520. In: Trends in Microbial Ecology. R. Guerrero & C. Pedros-Alio (Eds.), Spanish Society for Microbiology, Barcelona, Spain. [internal download]
Wagner, M., R. Erhart, D. Wedi, and R. Amann. 1993. In-situ-Nachweis der untergordneten Rolle von Acinetobacter in Kläranlagen mit biologisch erhöhter Phosphateliminierung, p. 91-100. In: Wechselwirkungen der biologischen und chemischen Phosphorelimination. H.H. Hahn & R. Trauth (Eds.), Veröff. Inst. Siedlungswasserbau Universität Karlsruhe, Band 68. [internal download]

 

1992

Amann, R. I., C. Lin, R. Key, L. Montgomery, and D. A. Stahl. 1992. Diversity among Fibrobacter isolates: towards a phylogenetic and habitat-based classification. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15:23-3. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Spring, S., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, K.-H. Schleifer, and N. Petersen. 1992. Phylogenetic diversity and identification of nonculturable magnetotactic bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15:116-122. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R. I., J. Stromley, R. Devereux, R. Key, and D. A. Stahl. 1992. Molecular and microscopic identification of sulfate-reducing bacteria in multispecies biofilms. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:614-623. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Hahn, D., R. I. Amann, W. Ludwig, A. D. L. Akkermans, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1992. Detection of micro-organisms in soil after in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted, fluorescently labelled oligonucleotides. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138:879-887. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Schleifer, K. H., W. Ludwig, and R. Amann. 1992. Gensonden und ihre Anwendung in der Mikrobiologie. Naturwissenschaften 79:213-219. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Hicks, R. E., R. I. Amann, and D. A. Stahl. 1992. Dual staining of natural bacterioplankton with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole and fluorescent oligonucleotide probes targeting kingdomlevel 16S rRNA sequences. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:2158-2163. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R. I., B. Zarda, D. A. Stahl, and K. H. Schleifer. 1992. Identification of individual prokaryotic cells with enzyme-labeled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:3007-3011. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Springer, N., W. Ludwig, V. Drozanski, R. Amann, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1992. The phylogenetic status of Sarcobium lyticum, an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite of small amoeba. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 96:199-202. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Manz, W., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, M. Wagner, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1992. Phylogenetic oligodeoxynucleotide probes for the major subclasses of proteobacteria: problems and solutions. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15:593-600. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Schleifer, K. H., W. Ludwig, and R. Amann. 1992. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analysis and hybridization technology in the identification of microorgansims. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 343:47. [springerlink page] [internal download]
Amann, R., W. Ludwig, and K. H. Schleifer. 1992. Identification and in situ detection of individual bacterial cells. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 100:45-50. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Amann, R., and W. Ludwig. 1992. Unbekanntem Leben auf der Spur: Stammesgeschichtliche Einordnung und Identifizierung von nichtkultivierbaren Bakterien. Naturwissenliche Rundschau 45:348-351. [internal download]
Schleifer, K. H., W. Ludwig, and R. Amann. 1992. Einblick in eine verborgene Welt. In: TUM Forschung für Bayern 3:8-9. Technische Universität München. [internal download]
Schleifer, K .H., R. Amann, W. Ludwig, C. Rothemund, N. Springer, and S. Dorn. 1992. Nucleic acid probes for the identification and in situ detection of pseudomonads, p. 127-134. In: Pseudomonas: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. E. Galli, S. Silver and B. Witholt (Eds.), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC. [internal download]

 

1991

Amann, R. I., N. Springer, W. Ludwig, H.-D. Görtz, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1991. Identification in situ and phylogeny of uncultured bacterial endosymbionts. Nature (London) 351:161-164. [ncbi page] [internal download]
Schleifer, K.-H., D. Schüler, S. Spring, M. Weizenegger, R. Amann, W. Ludwig, and M. Köhler. 1991. The genus Magnetospirillum gen. nov.. Description of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense sp. nov. and transfer of Aquaspirillum magnetotacticum to Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum comb. nov.. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 14:379-385. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Zarda, B., R. Amann, G. Wallner, and K. H. Schleifer. 1991. Identification of single bacterial cells using digoxigenin-labelled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. J. Gen. Microbiol. 137:2823-2830. [ncbi page] [internal download]

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Stahl, D. A., and R. Amann. 1991. Development and application of nucleic acid probes, p. 205-248. In: Nucleic Acid Techniques in Bacterial Systematics. E. Stackebrandt and M. Goodfellow (Eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England. [internal download]
Schleifer, K. H., W. Ludwig, R. Amann, C. Hertel, M. Ehrmann, W. Köhler, and A. Krause. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships of lactic acid bacteria and their identification with nucleic acid probes. p. 23-32 In: Actes du colloque LACTIC 91. G. Novel and J.-F. Le Querler (Eds.) Caen University Press, Caen, France. [internal download]

1990

Amann, R. I., L. Krumholz, and D. A. Stahl. 1990. Fluorescent-oligonucleotide probing of whole cells for determinative, phylogenetic, and environmental studies in microbiology. J. Bacteriol. 172:762-770. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R. I., B. J. Binder, R. J. Olson, S. W. Chisholm, R. Devereux, and D. A. Stahl. 1990. Combination of 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes with flow cytometry for analyzing mixed microbial populations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:1919-1925. [ncbi page] [download pdf]

1989

 

Book chapters / Non-peer-reviewed publications:

Stahl, D. A., R. Devereux, R. I. Amann, B. Flesher, C. Lin, and J. Stromley. 1989. Ribosomal RNA based studies of natural microbial diversity and ecology, p. 669-673. In: Recent advances in microbial ecology. T. Hattori, Y. Ishida, Y. Maruyama, R. Morita, and A. Uchida (Eds.), Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokio, Japan. [internal download]

1988

Amann, R., P. Sostak, W. Ludwig, and K.-H. Schleifer. 1988. Cloning and sequencing of genes encoding the beta-subunits of ATP-synthases from Enterobacter aerogenes and Flavobacterium ferrugineum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 50:101-106. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R., W. Ludwig, and K.H. Schleifer. 1988. Beta-subunit of ATP-synthase: a useful marker for studying the phylogenetic relationship of eubacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol. 134:2815-2821. [ncbi page] [download pdf]
Amann, R., W. Ludwig, W. Laubinger, P. Dimroth, and K. H. Schleifer. 1988. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the beta-subunit of the sodium ion translocating ATPsynthase of Propionigenium modestum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 56:253-259. [sciencedirect page] [internal download]
Amann, R. I. 1988. Die beta-Untereinheit der ATP-Synthase als phylogenetischer Marker bei den Eubakterien. Dissertation. Technische Universität München. [internal download]

 

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