Publikationen 2002

Department of Biogeochemistry

Böttcher, M. E.: 3.2.2. Schwarze Flecken und Flächen im Wattenmeer.. In: Warnsignale aus der Nordsee & Wattenmeer - Eine aktuelle Umweltbilanz. pp.193-195, J. L. Lozí n, E. Rachor, K. Reise, J. Sündermann and H. v. Westernhagen (eds.), Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen + GEO, Hamburg (2002).

Böttcher, M. E., B. K. Khim and A. Suzuki: Microbial sulfate reduction in interstitial waters from sediments of the southwest Pacific (Sites 1119 to 1124): Evidence from stable sulfur isotopes. C. Richter (ed.), Proc. ODP, Scientific Research 181:1-15 (2002). ODP Full Text

Böttcher, M. E., B. K. Khim, A. Suzuki, M. Gehre, U. Wortmann and H. Brumsack: Microbial sulfate reduction in deep sediments of ODP Leg 181: Evidence from stable sulfur isotope fractionation and pore water modeling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A95 (2002). ScienceDirect

Bosselmann, K., A. Theune, B. Hespenheide, S. Lilienthal and M. E. Böttcher: S-Fe-Mn biogeochemistry of temperate intertidal sediments of the North Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A94 (2002). ResearchGate

Dellwig, O., M. E. Böttcher, M.Lipinski and H.J. Brumsack: Trace metals in Holocene coastal peats (NW Germany) and their relation to pyrite formation. Chemical Geology 182:423-442 (2001). ScienceDirect

D'Hondt, S., B. B. Jørgensen, R, Blake, G. Dickens, K. Hindrichs, N. Holm, R. Mitterer, A. Spivack and the ODP Leg 201 Shipboard Scientific Party: Microbial activity in deeply buried marine Sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A163 (2002).

Greinert, J., G. Bohrmann and M. Elvert: Stromatolitic fabric of authigenic carbonate crusts: result of anaerobic methane oxidation at cold seeps in 4,850 m water depth. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Geologische Rundschau 91:698-711 (2002). Springer

Grötzschel, S., R. M. M. Abed and D. de Beer: Metabolic shifts in hypersaline microbial mats upon addition of organic substrates. Environmental Microbiology 4(11):683-695 (2002). PubMed

Kallmeyer, J., T. G. Ferdelman and B. B. Jørgensen: Sulfate reduction rates in deeply, buried marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A378 (2002). ResearchGate

Kolonic, S., J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, M. E. Böttcher, M. M. M. Kuypers, W. Kuhnt, B. Beckmann, G. Scheeder and T. Wagner: Geochemical characterization of Cenomanian/Turonian black shales from the Tarfaya basin (SW Morocco). Relationships between palaeoenvironmental conditions and early sulphurization of sedimentary organic matter. Journal of Petroleum Geology 25(3):325-350 (2002). Wiley

Kuypers, M. M. M., P. Blokker, E. C. Hopmans, H. Kinkel, R. D. Pancost, S. Schouten and J. S. Sinninghe Damsté: Archaeal remains dominate marine organic matter from the early Albian oceanic anoxic event 1b. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 185:211-234 (2002). ScienceDirect

Kuypers, M. M. M., R. D. Pancost, I. A. Nijenhuis and J. S. Sinninghe Damsté: Enhanced productivity led to increased organic carbon burial in the euxinic North Atlantic basin during the late Cenomanian oceanic anoxic event. Paleoceanography 17(4):1-13 (2002). Wiley Full Text

Michaelis, W., R. Seifert, K. Nauhaus, T. Treude, M. Blumenberg, K. Knittel, A. Gieseke, K. Peterknecht, T. Pape, A. Boetius, R. Amann, B. B. Jørgensen, F. Widdel, J. Peckmann, N. V. Pimenov, M. B. Gulin, V. Thiel: Molecular evidence for microorganisms in recent and ancient methane-related settings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A511 (2002).

Michaelis, W., R. Seifert, K. Nauhaus, T. Treude, V. Thiel, M. Blumberg, K. Knittel, A. Gieseke, K. Peterknecht, T. Pape, A. Boetius, R. Amann, B. B. Jørgensen, F. Widdel, J. Peckmann, N. V. Pimenov and M. B. Gulin: Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane. Science 297:1013-1015 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Neretin, L. N., A. Schippers, A. Teske, T. G. Ferdelman and B. B. Jørgensen and ODP LEG 201 Shipboard Scientific Party: Quantitative molecular techniques to study the abundance and activity of microorganisms in the marine deep subsurface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A551 (2002). Full Text

Niggemann, J. R., J. Kallmeyer and C. Schubert: Sediments in the Peruvian upwelling region: Organic matter composition and sulfate reduction rates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A555 (2002). ResearchGate

Pfeifer, K., C. Hensen, M. Adler, F. Wenzhöfer, B. Weber and H. D. Schulz: Modeling of subsurface calcite dissolution, including the respiration and reoxidation processes in the region of equatorial upwelling of Gabon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(24):4247-4259 (2002). ScienceDirect

Ploug, H., S. Hietanen and J. Kuparinen: Diffusion and advection within and around sinking, porous diatom aggregates. Limnology and Oceanography 47(4):1129-1136 (2002). ASLO Full Text

Prakash Babu, C., H.-J. Brumsack, B. Schnetger and M. E. Böttcher: Barium as productivity proxy in continental margin sediments: A study from the eastern Arabian Sea. Marine Geology 184:189-206 (2002). ScienceDirect

Rao, V. P., A. Michard, S. W. A. Naqvi, M. E. Böttcher, R. Krishnaswamy, R. Thamban, R. Natarajan and D. V. Borole: Quaternary phosphorites off the southeast coast of India. Chemical Geology 182:483-502 (2002). ScienceDirect

Rohling, E. J., J. Casford, R. Abu-Zied, S. Cooke, D. Mercone, J. Thomson, I. Croudace, F. J. Jorissen, H. Brinkhuis, J. Kallmeyer and G. Wefer: Chapter 3. Rapid Holocene climate changes in the eastern Mediterranean. pp.35-47, In: Droughts, Food and Culture: Ecological Change and Food Security in Africa's Later Prehistory. F. Hassan (ed.), Plenum Press, London (2002). Springer

Romero, O., B. Boeckel, B. Donner, G. Lavik, G. Fischer and G. Wefer: Seasonal productivity dynamics in the pelagic central Benguela System inferred from the flux of carbonate and silicate organisms. Journal of Marine Systems 37:259-278 (2002). ScienceDirect

Schippers, A. and B. B. Jørgensen: Biogeochemistry of pyrite and iron sulfide oxidation in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(1):85-92 (2002). ScienceDirect

Schubert, C. J., G. Klockgether, J. Niggemann, T. G. Ferdelman and B. B. Jørgensen: The Chlorin-Index: A new parameter for organic matter freshness in sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A689 (2002). Wiley Full Text

Sekar, R., K. V. K. Nair, V. N. R. Rao and V. P. Venugopalan: Nutrient dynamics and successional changes in a lentic freshwater biofilm. Freshwater Biology 47:1893-1907 (2002). Wiley

Severmann, S., O. Larsen, M. Palmer and J. Nüster: The isotopic signature of Fe-mineralisation during early diagenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A698 (2002). ResearchGate

Simon, M., H. P. Grossart, B. Schweitzer and H. Ploug: Review. Microbial ecology of organic aggregates in aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 28:175-211 (2002). AME Full Text

Smith, K. L., R. B. Baldwin, D. M. Karl and A. Boetius: Benthic community responses to pulses in pelagic food supply: North Pacific subtropical gyre. Deep-Sea Research I 49:971-990 (2002). ScienceDirect

Strekopytov, S. V. and O. Larsen: Oxidation of hydrogen sulfide by Fe(III) in phyllosilicates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A747 (2002). ResearchGate

Weber, A. and B. B. Jørgensen: Bacterial sulfate reduction in hydrothermal sediments of the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Mexico. Deep-Sea Research 49:827-841 (2002). ScienceDirect

Wenzhöfer, F. and R. N. Glud: Benthic carbon mineralization in the Atlantic: A synthesis based on in situ data from the last decade. Deep-Sea Research I 49:1255-1279 (2002). ScienceDirect

Wenzhöfer, F., W. Riess and U. Luth: In situ macrofaunal respiration rates and their importance for benthic carbon mineralization on the northwestern Black Sea shelf. Ophelia 56(2):87-100 (2002). ResearchGate

Flux Group

Aspetsberger, F., F. Huber, S. Kargl, B. Scharinger, P. Peduzzi and T. Hein: Particulate organic matter dynamics in a river floodplain system: impact of hydrological connectivity. Archives of Hydrobiology 156(1):23-42 (2002). Ingenta

Bera, P. and A. Khalili: Double-diffusive natural convection in an anisotropic porous cavity with opposing buoyancy forces: multi-solutions and oscillations. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 45:3205-3222 (2002). ScienceDirect

Bera, P. and A. Khalili: Double-diffusive oscillatory-natural convection in an anisotropic porous cavity due to opposing forces. pp.400-405, In: Heat and mass transfer : proceedings of the Fifth ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and Sixteenth National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 3 - 5, 2002, Science City, Kolkata, Samir Kumar Saha (ed.), Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (2002). ScienceDirect

Bera, P. and A. Khalili: Stability of mixed convection in an anisotropic vertical porous channel. Physics of Fluids 14(5):1617-1630 (2002). AIP

Bühring, S. I., R. Koppelmann, B.Christiansen and H. Weikert: Are Rhodophyceae a dietary component for deep-sea holothurians? Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82:347-348 (2002). CUP

Elvert, M., H. Niemann, A. Boetius, T. Treude and K. Knittel: Lipid biomarkers as a tool for the analysis of anaerobic methanotrophy in marine environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A214 (2002).

Hinrichs, K.-U. and A. Boetius: The Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: New Insights in Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry. In: Ocean Margin Systems. pp. 457-477, Wefer G., Billet D., Hebbeln D., Jørgensen B. B., Schlüter M., van Weering T. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, (2002). Springer

Khalili, A. and P. Bera: Influence of anisotropy on the stability of mixed convection in a vertical porous channel. pp.420-424, In: Heat and mass transfer : proceedings of the Fifth ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and Sixteenth National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 3 - 5, 2002, Science City, Kolkata, Samir Kumar Saha (ed.), Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (2002). AIP

Khalili, A., I. S. Shivakumara and M. Huettel: Effects of throughflow and internal heat generation on convective instabilities in an anisotropic porous layer. Journal of Porous Media 5(3):187-198 (2002). ResearchGate

Neumann, T., A. Stögbauer, E. Walpersdorf, D. Stüben and H. Kunzendorf: Stable isotopes in recent sediments of Lake Arendsee, NE Germany: response to eutrophication and remediation measures. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178:75-90 (2002). ScienceDirect

Rasheed, M., M. Badran, C. Richter and M. Huettel: Effect of reef framework and bottom sediment on nutrient enrichment in a coral reef of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 239:277-285 (2002). MEPS Full Text

Røy, H., M. Hüttel and B. B. Jørgensen: The role of small-scale sediment topography for oxygen flux across the diffusive boundary layer. Limnology and Oceanography 47(3):837-847 (2002). Full Text

Treude, T., F. JaníŸen, W. Queisser and U. Witte: Metabolism and decompression tolerance of scavenging lysianassoid deep-sea amphipods. Deep-sea research part I-oceanographic research papers 49:1281-1289 (2002). ScienceDirect

Diploma theses

Gonelli, S.: Characteristics of coral mucus and adsorption of matter. Universität Bremen (2002).

Kamp, A.: Die Bedeutung der Makrofauna für den Kohlenstofffluss in permeablen Schelfsedimenten (Nordsee): Experimente mit isotopenmarkiertem Phytoplankton. Universität Bremen (2002).

Woyt, H.: Quantification of coral mucus release. Universität Bremen (2002).

Ph.D. thesis

Rasheed, M. Y. M.: Organic matter degradation in coral reef carbonate and silicate sediments. Dissertation Universität Bremen, Bremen (2002), 148pp.

Microsensor Group

Abed, R. M. M., F. Garcia-Pichel and M. Hernández-Mariné: Polyphasic characterization of benthic, moderately halophilic, moderately thermophilic cyanobacteria with very thin trichomes and the proposal of Halomicronema excentricum gen. nov., sp. nov. Archives of Microbiology 177:361-370 (2002). ScienceDirect

Abed, R. M. M., N. M. D. Safi, J. Köster, D. de Beer, Y. El-Nahhak, J. Rullkötter and F. Garcia-Pichel: Microbial diversity of a heavily polluted microbial mat and its community changes following degradation of petroleum compounds. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(4):1674-1683 (2002). ASM Full Text

Gatti, S., T. Brey, W. E. G. Müller, O. Heilmayer and G. Holst: Oxygen microoptodes: a new tool for oxygen measurements in aquatic animal ecology. Marine Biology 140:1075-1085 (2002). ePIC Full Text

Glud, R. N., M. Kühl, F. Wenzhöfer and S. Rysgaard: Benthic diatoms of a high Arctic fjord (Young Sound, NE Greenland): importance for ecosystem primary production. Marine Ecology Progress Series 238:15-29 (2002). MEPS Full Text

Grötzschel, S., J. Köster, R. M. M. Abed and D. de Beer: Degradation of petroleum model compounds immobilized on clay by a hypersaline microbial mat. Biodegradation 13:273-283 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Grötzschel, S. and D. de Beer: Effect of oxygen concentration on photosynthesis and respiration in two hypersaline microbial mats. Microbial Ecology 44:208-216 (2002). PubMed

Köhler-Rink, S. and D. de Beer: Mikrosensoren für die Meeresbiologie. pp.91-98 , In: Der Ozean - Lebensraum und Klimasteuerung. Weltweite Meeresforschung in Bremen und Bremerhaven. Jahrbuch der Wittheit zu Bremen 2001/2002, Hauschild Verlag, Wittheit zu Bremen, G. Hempel (ed.), Verlag Hauschild, Bremen (2002).

Massé, A., O. Pringault and R. de Wit: Effect of light quality on sulfide photo-oxidation and growth in an artificial biofilm of the green sulfur bacterium Prosthecochloris aestuarii. Photosynthesis Research 71:173-183 (2002). PubMed

Massé, A., O. Pringault and R. de Wit: Experimental study of interactions between purple and green sulfur bacteria in sandy sediments exposed to illumination deprived of near-infrared wavelengths. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(6):2972-2981 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Okabe, S., C. M. Santegoeds, Y. Watanabe and D. de Beer: Successional development of sulfate-reducing bacterial populations and their activities in an activated sludge immobilized agar gel film. Biotechnology & Bioengineering 78(2):119-130 (2002). PubMed

Ploug, H., H. Zimmerman-Timm and B. Schweitzer: Microbial communities and respiration on aggregates in the Elbe estuary, Germany. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 27:241-248 (2002). ResearchGate Full Text

Schäfer, H., B. Abbas, H. Witte, G. Muyzer: Genetic diversity of 'satellite' bacteria present in cultures of marine diatoms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 42:25-35 (2002). PubMed

Schönberg, C. H. L.: Pione lampa, a bioeroding sponge in a worm reef. Hydrobiologia 482:49-68 (2002). Springer

Schulz, H. N. and D. de Beer: Uptake rates of oxygen and sulfide measured with individual Thiomargarita namibiensis cells by using microelectrodes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(11):5746-5749 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Stehning, C. and G. Holst: A DSP-Based measuring system for temperature compensated fiberoptical oxygen sensors. Fiber Optic Sensor Technology and Applications I, SPIE 4578:259 (2002). SPIE

Stief, P. and D. de Beer: Bioturbation effects of Chironomus riparius on the benthic N-cycle as measured using microsensors and microbiological assays. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 27:175-185 (2002). Full Text

Stief, P., D. de Beer and D. Neumann: Small-scale distribution of interstitial nitrite in freshwater sediments microcosms: The role of nitrate and oxygen availability, and sediment permeability. Microbial Ecology 43:367-378 (2002). PubMed

Ph.D theses

Al-Horani, F.: Study of the interactions among photosynthesis, respiration and calcification in the scleractinian coral, Galaxea fascicularis. Dissertation Universität Bremen, Bremen (2002), 108pp.

Department of Microbiology

Hurek, T., L. L. Handley, B. Reinhold-Hurek and Y. Piché: Azoarcus grass endophytes contribute fixed nitrogen to the plant in an unculturable state. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 15(3):233-242 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Krüger, M., G. Eller, R. Conrad, and P. Frenzel: Seasonal variation in pathways of CH₄ production and in CH₄ oxidation in rice fields determined by stable carbon isotopes and specific inhibitors. Global Change Biology 8:265-280 (2002). Wiley

Kuever, J., S. M. Sievert, H. Stevens, T. Brinkhoff and G. Muyzer: Microorganisms of the oxidative and reductive part of the sulphur cycle at a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea (Milos, Greece). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43:413-416 (2002).

Nauhaus, K., A. Boetius, M. Krüger, and F. Widdel: demonstration of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in sediment from a marine gashydrate area. Environmental Microbiology 4(5):296-305 (2002). PubMed

Pohorelic, B. K. J., J. K. Voordouw, E. Lojou, A. Dolla, J. Harder and G. Voordouw: Effects of deletion of genes encoding Fe-only hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough on hydrogen and lactate metabolism. Journal of Bacteriology 184(3):679-686 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Rabus, R., V. Brüchert, J. Amann and M. Könneke: Physiological response to temperature changes of the marine, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobacterium autotrophicum. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 42, 409-417 (2002). PubMed

Rabus, R., D. Gade, R. Helbig, M. Bauer, F. O. Glöckner, M. Kube, H. Schlesner, R. Reinhardt and R. Amann: Analysis of N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in the marine bacterium Pirellula sp. strain 1 by a proteomic approach. Proteomics 2:649-655 (2002). PubMed

Rabus, R., M. Kube, A. Beck, F. Widdel and R. Reinhardt: Genes involved in the anaerobic degradation of ethylbenzene in a denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1. Archives of Microbiology 178:506-516 (2002). PubMed

Rees, G. N., C. G. Harfoot, P. H. Janssen, L. Schoenborn, J. Kuever and H. Lünsdorf: Thiobaca trueperi gen. nov., sp nov., a phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52:671-678 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Schüler, D.: The biomineralization of magnetosomes in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. International Microbiology 5:209-214 (2002). PubMed

Voordouw, G.: Carbon monoxide cycling by Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Journal of Bacteriology 184(21):5903-5911 (2002). NCBI Full Text

Widdel, F.: Mikroorganismen des Meeres - Katalysatoren globaler Stoffkreisläufe. In: Rundgespräche der Kommission für ökologie, Bd. 31. pp.67-82, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München (2002). ResearchGate Full Text

Wilkes, H., R. Rabus, T. Fischer, A. Armstroff, A. Behrends, and F. Widdel: Anaerobic degradation of n-hexane in a denitrifying bacterium: Further degradation of the initial intermediate (1-methylpentyl)succinate via C-skeleton rearrangement. Archives of Microbiology 177:235-243 (2002). PubMed

Department of Molecular Ecology

Abed, R. M. M., W. Schönhuber, R. Amann and F. Garcia-Pichel: Picobenthic cyanobacterial populations revealed by 16S rRNA-targeted in situ hybridization. Environmental Microbiology 4(7):375-382 (2002). PubMed

Amann, R.: Molekulare Populationsanalyse von Mikroorganismen. pp.31-40, In: Rundgespräche der Kommission für ökologie, Bd. 23, Bedeutung der Mikroorganismen für die Umwelt. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München (2002).

Amann, R.: Think big: the international dimension of environmental microbiology. Environmental Microbiology 4(1):3 (2002). PubMed

Antón, J., A. Oren, S. Benlloch, F. Rodríguez-Valera, R. Amann and R. Rosselló-Mora: Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, extremely halophilic member of the Bacteria from saltern crystallizer ponds. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52:485-491 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Boetius, A., B. B. Jørgensen, R. Amann, J. P. Henriet, K. U. Hinrichs, K. Lochte, B. J. MacGregor and G. Voordouw: Microbial systems in sedimentary environments of continental margins. In: Ocean Margin Systems. pp.479-495, G. Wefer, D. Billet, D. Hebbeln, B. B. Jørgensen, M. Schlüter, T. C. E. van Weering (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2002). Springer

Borowski, C., O. Giere, J. Krieger, R. Amann and N. Dubilier: New aspects of the symbiosis in the provannid snail Ifremeria nautilei from the North Fiji Back Arc Basin. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43:321-324 (2002). Full Text

Casamayor, E. O., C. Pedrós-Alió, G. Muyzer and R. Amann: Microheterogeneity in 16S ribosomal DNA-defined bacterial populations from a stratified planktonic environment is related to temporal changes and to ecological adaptations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(4):1706-1714 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Dubilier, N., C. Rühland and A. Blazejak: Eine ungewöhnliche Symbiose in einem darmlosen Meereswurm. Bioforum 25:127-129 (2002).

Gieseke, A., P. Arntz, R. Amann and A. Schramm: Simultaneous P and N removal in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor: insights from reactor and microscale investigations. Water Research 36:501-509 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Helfrich-Förster, C., J. Wulf and J. S. de Belle: Mushroom body influence on locomotor activity and circadian rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Neurogenetics 16:73-109 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Knittel, K., T. Lösekann, A. Boetius, T. Nadalig and R. Amann: Diversity of microorganisms mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A407 (2002).

Lizama, C., M. Monteoliva-Sánchez, A. Suárez-García, R. Roselló-Mora, M. Aguilera, V. Campos and A. Ramos-Cormenzana: Halorubrum tebenquichense sp nov., a novel halophilic archaeon isolated from the Atacama Saltern, Chile. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52:149-155 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Llobet-Brossa, E., R. Rabus, M. E. Böttcher, M. Könneke, N. Finke, A. Schramm, R. L. Meyer, S. Grötzschel, R. Rosselló-Mora and R. Amann: Community structure and activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an intertidal surface-sediment: a multi-method approach. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 29:211-226 (2002). AME Full Text

MacGregor, B. J.: Phylogenetically based methods in microbial ecology. In: Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. pp.2489-2501, G. Britton (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York (2002). Wiley

MacGregor, B. J., V. Brüchert, S. Fleischer and R. Amann: Isolation of small-subunit rRNA for stable isotopic characterization. Environmental Microbiology 4(8):451-464 (2002). PubMed

MacGregor, B. J., V. Brüchert, S. Fleischer and R. Amann: RNA as a biomarker: Isolation of small-subunit ribosomal RNA for stable isotopic characterization. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A471 (2002). PubMed

MacGregor, B. J., K. Ravenschlag and R. Amann: Nucleic acid-based techniques for analyzing the diversity, structure, and function of microbial communities in marine waters and sediments. In: Ocean Margin Systems. pp. 419-438, G. Wefer, D. Billet, D. Hebbeln, B. B. Jørgensen, M. Schlüter, T. C. E. van Weering (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2002). Springer

Nadalig, T., J. C. Caprais, T. Lösekann, M. A. Cambon-Bonavita, K. Knittel, K. O. Leroy, A. Boetius and M. Sibuet: Structure and diversity of microbial communities at two methane seep sites (Gulf of Guinea). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:A543 (2002). PubMed

Pernthaler, A., J. Pernthaler and R. Amann: Fluorescence in situ hybridization and catalyzed reporter deposition for the identification of marine bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(6):3094-3101 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Pernthaler, A., J. Pernthaler, M. Schattenhofer and R. Amann: Identification of DNA-synthesizing bacterial cells in coastal North Sea plankton. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(11):5728-5736 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Pernthaler, A., C. M. Preston, J. Pernthaler, E. F. DeLong and R. Amann: Comparison of fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide and polynucleotide probes for the detection of pelagic marine bacteria and archaea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(2):661-667 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Posch, T., J. Jezbera, J. Vrba, K. Å imek, J. Pernthaler, S. Andreatta and B. Sonntag: Size Selective Feeding in Cyclidium glaucoma (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida) and its Effects on Bacterial Community Structure: A Study from a Continuous Cultivation System. Microbial Ecology 42:217-227 (2002). PubMed

Richter, E., S. Niemann, F. O. Glöckner, G. E. Pfyffer and S. Rüsch-Gerdes: Mycobacterium holsaticum sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52:1991-1996 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Schramm, A., B. M. Fuchs, J. L. Nielsen, M. Tonolla and D. A. Stahl: Fluorescence in situ hybridization of 16S rRNA gene clones (Clone-FISH) for probe validation and screening of clone libraries. Environmental Microbiology 4(11):713-720 (2002). PubMed

Å imek, K., J. Nedoma, J. Pernthaler, T. Posch and J. R. Dolan: Altering the balance between bacterial production and protistan bacterivory triggers shifts in freshwater bacterial community composition. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 81:453-463 (2002). PubMed Full Text

Swidsinski, A., A. Ladhoff, A. Pernthaler, S. Swidsinski, V. Loening-Baucke, M. Ortner, J. Weber, U. Hoffmann, S. Schreiber, M. Dietel and H. Lochs: Mucosal flora in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 122(1):44-54 (2002). PubMed

Taillefert, M., B. J. MacGregor, J.-F. Gaillard, C- P. Lienemann, D. Perret and D. A. Stahl: Evidence for a dynamic cycle between Mn and Co in the water column of a stratified lake. Environmental Science & Technology 36:468-476 (2002). PubMed

Troussellier, M., H. Schäfer, N. Batailler, L. Bernard, C. Courties, P. Lebaron, G. Muyzer, P. Servais, and J. Vives-Rego: Bacterial activity and genetic richness along an estuarine gradient (Rhone River plume, France). Aquatic Microbial Ecology 28:13-24 (2002). AME Full Text

Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, S. D. Archer, R. P. Kiene, R. Amann and P. H. Burkill: 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 (2002). ScienceDirect

Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, G. A. Tarran, P. H. Burkill and R. Amann: Mesoscale distribution of dominant bacterioplankton groups in the northern North Sea in early summer. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 29:135-144 (2002). AME Full Text

Diploma theses

Bergin, C.: Charakterisierung von stabilen Kohlenstoffisotopen in Gewebe und RNA von Muscheln mit endosymbiontischen Bakterien. Universität Bremen (2002).

Lösekann, T.: Molekularbiologische Untersuchungen der Diversität und Struktur mikrobieller Lebensgemeinschaften in methanreichen, marinen Sedimenten (Haakon-Mosby-Schlammvulkan). Universität Bremen (2002).

Ph.D. thesis

Pernthaler, A.: Zytometrische und zytochemische Methoden zur Untersuchung marinen Picoplanktons. Dissertation Universität Bremen, Bremen (2002), 127pp.