Publications 2011

Department of Biogeochemistry

Abed, R.M.M., N. Musat, F. Musat and M. Mussmann: Structure of microbial communities and hydrocarbon-dependent sulfate reduction in the anoxic layer of a polluted microbial mat. In: Marine Pollution Bulletin 62, pp. 539-546 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.11.030. PubMed

Bera, P., J. Kumar and A. Khalili: Hot springs mediate spatial exchange of heat and mass in the enclosed sediment domain: A stability perspective. In: Advances in Water Resources 34, pp. 817-828 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.02.003. ScienceDirect

Dunker, R., H. Roy, A. Kamp and B.B. Jørgensen:Motility patterns of filamentous sulfur bacteria, Beggiatoa spp.. In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology 77, pp. 176-185 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01099.x. PubMed

Eckert, T., B. Brunner, E.A. Edwards and U.G. Wortmann: Microbially mediated reoxidation of sulfide during dissimilatory sulfate reduction by Desulfobacter latus. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, pp. 3469 – 3485 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.034. ScienceDirect

Enge, A.J., H. Nomaki, N.O. Ogawa, U. Witte, M.M. Moeseneder, G. Lavik, N. Ohkouchi, H. Kitazato, M. Kucera and P. Heinz: Response of the benthic foraminiferal community to a simulated short-term phytodetritus pulse in the abyssal North Pacific. In: Marine Ecology-Progress Series 438, pp. 129-142 (2011). doi:10.3354/meps09298. MEPS Full Text

Foster, R.A., M.M.M. Kuypers, T. Vagner, R.W. Paerl, N. Musat and J.P. Zehr: Nitrogen fixation and transfer in open ocean diatom-cyanobacterial symbioses. In: The ISME Journal 5, pp. 1484-1493 (2011). doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.26. PubMed Full Text

Goldhammer, T., B. Brunner, S.M. Bernasconi, T.G. Ferdelman and M. Zabel: Phosphate oxygen isotopes: Insights into sedimentary phosphorus cycling from the Benguela upwelling system. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, pp. 3741 – 3756 (2011). doi:DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.006. ScienceDirect

Goldhammer, T., T. Max, B. Brunner, F. Einsiedl and M. Zabel: Marine sediment pore-water profiles of phosphate d18O using a refined micro-extraction. In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 9, pp. 110-120 (2011). doi:10:4319/lom.2011.9.110. ASLO Full Text

Henkel, S. et al.: An interdisciplinary investigation of a recent submarine mass transport deposit at the continental margin off Uruguay. In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystemy, 12, Q08009 (2011). doi:10.1029/2011GC003669. Wiley Full Text

Holler, T., G. Wegener, H. Niemann, C. Deusner, T.G. Ferdelman, A. Boetius, B. Brunner and F. Widdel: Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 108, pp. E1484–E1490 (2011). doi:10.1073/pnas.1106032108. PubMed Full Text

Holmkvist, L., T.G. Ferdelman and B.B. Jørgensen: A cryptic sulfur cycle driven by iron in the methane zone of marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark). In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, pp. 3581-3599 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.033. ScienceDirect

Holmkvist, L., A. Kamyshny, C. Vogt, K. Vamvakopoulos, T.G. Ferdelman and B.B. Jorgensen: Sulfate reduction below the sulfate-methane transition in Black Sea sediments. In: Deep-Sea Reasearch Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 58, pp. 493-504 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.02.009. ScienceDirect

Holtappels, M. and A. Lorke: Estimating turbulent diffusion in a benthic boundary layer. In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 9, pp. 29-41 (2011). doi:10.4319/lom.2011.9.29. ASLO Full Text

Holtappels, M., M.M.M. Kuypers, M. Schlueter and V. Bruchert: Measurement and interpretation of solute concentration gradients in the benthic boundary layer. In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 9, pp. 1-13 (2011). doi:10.4319/lom.2011.9.1. ASLO Full Text

Holtappels, M., G. Lavik, M.M. Jensen and M.M.M. Kuypers: (15)N-Labeling experiments to dissect the contributions of heterotrophic denitrification and anammox to nitrogen removal in the OMZ waters of the ocean. In: Methods in Enzymology: Research on Nitrification and Related Processes Part A vol. 486, edited by M. G. Klotz, pp. 223-251 (2011). PubMed

Jensen, M.M., P. Lam, N.P. Revsbech, B. Nagel, B. Gaye, M.S.M. Jetten and M.M.M. Kuypers:Intensive nitrogen loss over the Omani Shelf due to anammox coupled with dissimilatory nitrite reduction to ammonium. In: The ISME Journal 5, pp. 1660-1670 (2011). doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.44. PubMed Full Text

Kalvelage, T., M.M. Jensen, S. Contreras, N.P. Revsbech, P. Lam, M. Günter, J. LaRoche, G. Lavik and M.M.M. Kuypers:Oxygen Sensitivity of Anammox and Coupled N-Cycle Processes in Oxygen Minimum Zones. In: PLoS ONE 6, e29299 (2011). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029299. PubMed Full Text

Kamp, A., D. de Beer, J.L. Nitsch, G. Lavik and P. Stief: Diatoms respire nitrate to survive dark and anoxic conditions. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108, pp. 5649-5654 (2011). doi:10.1073/pnas.1015744108. PubMed Full Text

Lam, P. and M.M.M. Kuypers: Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Processes in Oxygen Minimum Zones. In: Annual Review of Marine Science vol. 3, pp. 317-345 (2011). PubMed

Lam, P., M.M. Jensen, A. Kock, K.A. Lettmann, Y. Plancherel, G. Lavik, H.W. Bange and M.M.M. Kuypers: Origin and fate of the secondary nitrite maximum in the Arabian Sea. In: Biogeosciences 8, pp. 1565-1577 (2011). doi:10.5194/bg-8-1565-2011. Biogeosciences Full Text

Lindtke, J., S.B. Ziegenbalg, B. Brunner, J.M. Rouchy, C. Pierre and J. Peckmann: Authigenesis of native sulphur and dolomite in a lacustrine evaporitic setting (Hellin basin, Late Miocene, SE Spain). In: Geological Magazine 148, pp. 655-669 (2011). doi:10.1017/S0016756811000124. Cambridge Journals

Meister, P., M. Gutjahr, M. Frank, S.M. Bernasconi, C. Vasconcelos and J.A. McKenzie: Dolomite formation within the methanogenic zone induced by tectonically driven fluids in the Peru accretionary prism. In: Geology 39, pp. 563-566 (2011). doi:10.1130/G31810.1. IODP Full Text

Meister, P., O. Johnson, F. Corsetti and K.H. Nealson: Magnesium inhibition controls spherical carbonate precipitation in ultrabasic springwater (Cedars, California) and culture experiments. In: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 131, pp. 101-121 (2011). ResearchGate Full Text

Meister, P., C. Reyes, W. Beaumont, M. Rincon, L. Colooins, W.M. Berelson, L. Stott, F. Corsetti and K.H. Nealson: Calcium and magnesium-limited dolomite precipitation at Deep Springs Lake, California. In: Sedimentology 58, pp. 1810–1830 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01240.x. Wiley

Oduro, H., J. Kamyshny, W. Guo and J. Farquhar: Multiple sulfur isotope analysis of volatile organic sulfur compounds and their sulfonium precursors in coastal marine environments. In: Marine Chemistry 124, pp. 78-89 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2010.12.004. ScienceDirect

Picard, A., I. Daniel, D. Testemale, I. Kieffer, P. Bleuet, H. Cardon and P.M. Oger: Monitoring microbial redox transformations of metal and metalloid elements under high pressure using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. In: Geobiology 9, pp. 196-204 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00270.x. PubMed

Ploug, H., B. Adam, N. Musat, T. Kalvelage, G. Lavik, D. Wolf-Gladrow and M.M.M. Kuypers: Carbon, nitrogen and O(2) fluxes associated with the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena in the Baltic Sea. In: The ISME Journal 5, pp. 1549-1558 (2011) doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.20. PubMed Full Text

Van Rooij, D. et al. : Cold-water coral mounds on the Pen Duick Escarpment, Gulf of Cadiz: The MICROSYSTEMS project approach. In: Marine Geology 282, pp. 102-117 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.08.012. ScienceDirect

Templer, S.P., L.M. Wehrmann, Y. Zhang, C. Vasconcelos and J.A. McKenzie: Microbial community composition and biogeochemical processes in cold-water coral carbonate mounds in the Gulf of Cadiz, on the Moroccan margin. In: Marine Geology 282, pp. 138-148 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.10.020. ScienceDirect

Webster, G., H. Sass, B.A. Cragg, R. Gorra, N.J. Knab, C.J. Green, F. Mathes, J.C. Fry, A.J. Weightman and R.J. Parkes: Enrichment and cultivation of prokaryotes associated with the sulphate-methane transition zone of diffusion-controlled sediments of Aarhus Bay, Denmark, under heterotrophic conditions. In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology 77, pp. 248-263 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01109.x. PubMed

Wehrmann, L.M. et al. : Coupled organic and inorganic carbon cycling in the deep subseafloor sediment of the northeastern Bering Sea Slope (IODP Exp. 323). In: Chemical Geology 284, pp. 251-261 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.03.002. ScienceDirect

Wehrmann, L.M., S.P. Templer, B. Brunner, S.M. Bernasconi, L. Maignien and T.G. Ferdelman: The imprint of methane seepage on the geochemical record and early diagenetic processes in cold-water coral mounds on Pen Duick Escarpment, Gulf of Cadiz. In: Marine Geology 282, pp. 118-137 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.08.005. ScienceDirect

M.Sc Theses

Hach, Philipp: Dissolved organic matter reminerlization in the subtropical North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Matantseva, Olga: Nitrogen and Oxygen isotope effects during the anammox process. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Robertson, Elizabeth: Nitrogen cycling, remineralisation and the influences of manganese in arctic fjord sediments. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Sztejrenszus, Saar: NanoSIMS imaging of carbon and nitrogen assimilation by unicellular cyanobacteria in the subtropical Northern Pacific Ocean. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Ph.D. theses

Gao, Hang: Nitrogen loss in the intertidal permeable Wadden Sea sediments. Ph.D. thesis, (2011).

Sawicka, Joanna: Arctic to tropic - adaptation and response of anaerobic microorganisms to temperature effects in marine sediments. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Microsensor Group

Abed, R.M.M., S. Al Kindi, A. Schramm and M.J. Barry: Short-term effects of flooding on bacterial community structure and nitrogenase activity in microbial mats from a desert stream. In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology 63, pp. 245-254 (2011). AME

Abed, R.M.M., S. Dobrestov, S. Al-Kharusi, A. Schramm, B. Jupp and S. Golubic: Cyanobacterial diversity and bioactivity of inland hypersaline microbial mats from a desert stream in the Sultanate of Oman. In: Fottea 11, pp. 215-224 (2011). Full Text

Beck, A.J., F. Janssen and D. De Beer: The influence of phototrophic benthic biofilms on Cd, Cu, Ni, and Pb transport in permeable sediments. In: Biogeochemistry 102, pp. 167-181 (2011). EBSCO

Beck, M.T.R., J. Graue, J. Koster, N. Kowalski, C.S. Wu, G. Wegener, Y. Lipsewers, H. Freund, M.E. Böttcher, H.J. Brumsack, H. Cypionka, J. Rullkotter and B. Engelen: Imprint of past and present environmental conditions on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal Quaternary sediments. In: Biogeosciences 8(1), pp. 55-68 (2011). Biogeosciences Full Text

de Beer, D.: Microsensors for Sediments, Microbial Mats, and Biofilms in Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. In: Encyclopedia of Geobiology Part 12, pp. 658-662 (2011). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_149 Springer

Fabricius, K.E., C. Langdon, S. Uthicke, C. Humphrey, S. Noonan, G. De'ath, R. Okazaki, N. Muehllehner, M.S. Glas and J.M. Lough: Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations. In: Nature Climate Change 1(3), pp. 165-169 (2011). Nature

Girnth, A.C., S. Grünke, A. Lichtschlag, J. Felden, K. Knittel, F. Wenzhoefer, D. De Beer and A. Boetius: A novel, mat-forming Thiomargarita population associated with a sulfidic flow from a deep-sea mud volcano. In: Environmental Microbiology 13(2), pp. 495-505 (2011). PubMed

Hamza, W., M.R. Enan, H. Al-Hassini, J.B. Stuut and D. de Beer: Dust storms over the Arabian Gulf: a possible indicator of climate changes consequences. In: Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 14(3), pp. 260–268 (2011). Full Text

Matsui, G.Y., N. Volkenborn, L. Polerecky, U. Henne, D.S. Wethey, C.R. Lovell and S.A. Woodin: Mechanical imitation of bidirectional bioadvection in aquatic sediments. In: Limnology and Oceanography 9, pp. 84-96 (2011). DLR

Salman, V., R. Amann, A.C. Girnth, L. Polerecky, J.V. Bailey, S. Hogslund, G. Jessen, S. Pantoja and H.N. Schulz-Vogt: A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large, vacuolated sulfur bacteria. In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34(4), pp. 243-259 (2011). PubMed

Ph.D. theses

Dannenmann, A.: Analysis of nitrate respiration in Thiomargarita namibiensis. Diploma thesis, Hochschule-Ostwestfalen, Lippe (2011).

Stengler, U.: Investigation of the influence of magnesium ion concentrations on the vacuolar nitrate uptake in the hypersaline sulphur bacterium Beggiatioa sp.. Diploma thesis, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule, Jena (2011).

Department of Microbiology

Basen, M., M. Krüger, J. Milucka, J. Kuever, J. Kahnt, O. Grundmann, A. Meyerdierks, F. Widdel and S. Seigo Shima: Bacterial enzymes for dissimilatory sulfate reduction in a marine microbial mat (Black Sea) mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane. In: Enviromental Microbiology 5, pp. 1370-1379 (2011). PubMed

Frank, C.S., P. Langhammer, B.M. Fuchs and J. Harder: Ammonia and attachment of Rhodopirellula baltica. In: Archives of Microbiology 193, pp. 365-372 (2011).

Holler, T., F. Widdel, K. Knittel, R. Amann, M.Y. Kellermann, K.U. Hinrichs, A. Teske, A. Boetius and G. Wegener: Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia. In: ISME Journal 5, pp. 1946–1956 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Lüddeke, F. and J. Harder: Enantiospecific (S)-(+)-linalool formation from Î²-myrcene by linalool dehydratase-isomerase. In: A Journal of Biosciences - Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 66C, pp. 409-412 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Rabus, R., R. Jarling, S. Lahme, S. Kühner, J. Heider, F. Widdel and H. Wilkes: Co-metabolic conversion of toluene in anaerobic n-alkane-degrading bacteria. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 2576-2586 (2011). PubMed

Steinbach, A.K., S. Fraas, J. Harder, A. Tabbert, H. Brinkmann, A. Meyer, U. Ermler and P.M.H. Kroneck: Cyclohexane-1,2-dione hydrolase from denitrifying Azoarcus sp. strain 22Lin, a novel member of the thiamine diphosphate enzyme family. In: Journal Bacteriology 193, pp. 6760-6769 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Zech, H., C. Echtermeyer, L. Wöhlbrand, B. Blasius and R. Rabus: Biological versus technical variability in 2D DIGE experiments with environmental bacteria. In: Proteomics 11, pp. 3380-3389 (2011). PubMed

B.Sc theses

Büttner, Edgar: Charakterisierung der Phosphatlimitation bei Rhodopirellula baltica SH1^T. Bachelor thesis, FH Lausitz, Brandenburg (2011).

Rahnfeld, Tobias: Characterisation of a geraniol dehydrogenase. Bachelor thesis, FH Lausitz, Brandenburg (2011).

M.Sc theses

Biswas, Bhabananda: Microdiversity of Rhodopirellula genes in coastal sediments. Master thesis, University of Gent, Netherlands (2011).

Büsing, Imke: Molecular genetic examination of the anaerobic degradation of p-ethylphenol in 'Aromatoleum aromaticum' EbN1. Master thesis, University of Oldenburg, Niedersachsen (2011).

Dörries, Marvin: Manual annotation of the genome of Desulfococcus multivorans. Master thesis, University of Oldenburg, Niedersachsen (2011).

Renuka Murthy, Samudrahalli Govinde Gowda : Diversity of Rhodopirellula genes in coastal sediments. Master thesis, University of Gent, Netherlands (2011).

McLaren, Megan: Degradation of chlorophyll by marine microorganisms. Master thesis, University of Bremen International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Paknikar, Aishwarya: Anaerobic degradation of cyclic alkanes by nitrate-reducing enrichment cultures. Master thesis, University of Bremen, Bremen (2011)

Ph.D. theses

Dona, Clelia: Mobilization of sulfur by green sulfur bacteria – Physiological and molecular studies on Chlorobaculum parvum DSM 263. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Frank, Carsten S.: Polyphasische Taxonomie, Kerngenom und Lebenszyklus von Rhodopirelulla-Stämmen. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bremen, Bremen (2011)

Jaekel, Ulrike: Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain and cyclic alkanes by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bremen/ International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Lüddeke, Frauke: Genetische und biochemische Charakterisierung von Enzymen des anaeroben Monoterpen-Abbaus in Castellaniella defragrans. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Milučá, Jana: Dissimilatory sulfur metabolism (Cellular investigation) coupled to anaerobic oxidation of methane. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bremen/ International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Rau, Jan Erik: Characterisation of inhibitory substances produced by two Pseudoalteromonas species and the cyanobacterial strain Flo 1. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Ecophysiology Group

Bailey, J.V., V. Salman, G.W. Rouse, H.N. Schulz-Vogt, L.A. Levin and V.J. Orphan:Dimorphism in methane seep-dwelling ecotypes of the largest known bacteria. In: The ISME Journal 5, pp. 1926-1935 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Brock, J. and H.N. Schulz-Vogt: Sulfide induces phosphate release from polyphosphate in cultures of a marine Beggiatoa strain. In: The ISME Journal 5, pp. 497-506 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Girnth, A.-C., S. Grünke, A. Lichtschlag, J. Felden, K. Knittel, F. Wenzhöfer, D. de Beer, and A. Boetius: A novel, mat-forming Thiomargarita population associated with sulfidic fluid from a deep-sea mud volcano. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 495-505 (2011). PubMed

Grünke, S., J. Felden, A. Lichtschlag, A.C. Girnth, D. de Beer, F. Wenzhöfer and A. Boetius: Niche differentiation among mat-forming, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at cold seeps of the Nile Deep Sea Fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). In: Geobiology 9, pp. 330-348 (2011). PubMed

Hinck, S., M. Mussmann, V. Salman, T.R. Neu, S. Lenk, D. de Beer and H.M. Jonkers: Vacuolated Beggiatoa-like filaments from different hypersaline environments form a noval genus. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 3194-3205 (2011). PubMed

Salman, V., R. Amann, A.C. Girnth, L. Polerecky, J.V. Bailey, S. Høgslund, G. Jessen, S. Pantoja and H.N. Schulz-Vogt: A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large, vacuolated sulfur bacteria. In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 243-259 (2011). PubMed

Ph.D. theses

Brock, Jörg: Impact of sulfide-oxidizing bacteria on the phosphorus cycle in marine sediments. Ph.D. thesis, (2011).

Salman, Verena: Diversity studies and molecular analyses with single cells and filaments of large, colorless sulfur bacteria. Ph.D. thesis, (2011).

Schwedt, Anne: Physiology of a marine Beggiatoa strain and the accompanying organism Pseudovibrio sp. – a facultatively oligotrophic bacterium. Ph.D. thesis, (2011).

Molecular Ecology Group

Abed, R.M.M., N. Musat, F. Musat and M. Mußmann: Structure of microbial communities and hydrocarbon-dependent sulfate reduction in the anoxic layer of a polluted microbial mat. In: Marine Pollution Bulletin 62, pp. 539-546 (2011). PubMed

Basen, M., M. Krüger, J. Milucka, J. Kuever, J. Kahnt, O. Grundmann, A. Meyerdierks, F. Widdel and S. Shima: Bacterial enzymes for dissimilatory sulfate reduction in a marine microbial mat (Black Sea) mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 1370-1379 (2011). PubMed

Brinkhoff, T., D. Fischer, J. Vollmers, S. Voget, C. Beardsley, S. Thole, M. Mußmann et al.: Biogeography and phylogenetic diversity of a cluster of exclusively marine myxobacteria. In: ISME Journal, (2011). doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.190 PubMed >Full Text

Hinck, S., M. Mußmann, V. Salman, T.R. Neu, S. Lenk, D. de Beer and H.M. Jonkers: Vacuolated Beggiatoa-like filaments from different hypersaline environments form a novel genus. Environmental Microbiology, (2011). DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02513.x PubMed

Jogler, C., G. Wanner, S. Kolinko, M. Niebler, R. Amann, N. Petersen, M. Kube, R. Reinhard and D. Schüler: Conservation of proteobacterial magnetosome genes and structures in an uncultivated member of the deep-branching Nitrospira phylum. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108, pp. 1134-1139 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Knittel, K. and A. Boetius: Anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate. In: Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Reitner, J., and Thiel, V. (eds), Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., pp. 36-47 (2011).

Kubo, K., K. Knittel, R. Amann, M. Fukui and K. Matsuura: Sulfur-metabolizing bacterial populations in microbial mats of the Nakabusa hot spring, Japan. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 293-302 (2011). PubMed

Moraru, C., G. Moraru, B. Fuchs and R. Amann: Concepts and software for a rational design of polynucleotide probes. In: Environmental Microbiology Reports 3, pp. 69-78 (2011). PubMed

Munoz, R., P. Yarza, W. Ludwig, J. Euzeby, R. Amann, K.H. Schleifer, F.O. Glöckner and R. Rossello-Mora: Release LTPs104 of the All-Species Living Tree. In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 169-170 (2011). PubMed

Mußmann, M., I. Brito, A. Pitcher, J.S.S. Damste, R. Hatzenpichler, A. Richter, J.L. Nielsen, P.H. Nielsen, A. Muller, H. Daims, M. Wagner and I.M. Head: Thaumarchaeotes abundant in refinery nitrifying sludges express amoA but are not obligate autotrophic ammonia oxidizers. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108, pp. 16771-16776 (2011). PubMed Full Text

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: From genomics to microevolution and ecology: the case of Salinibacter ruber. In: Halophiles and Hypersaline Environments, pp. 109-122 (2011). Springer

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: Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses. In: Nature 476, pp. 176-180 (2011). PubMed

Pizzetti, I., A. Gobet, B.M. Fuchs, R. Amann and S. Fazi: Abundance and diversity of Planctomycetes in a Thyrrhenian coastal system of central Italy (Latium). In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology 65, pp. 129-141 (2011). AME

Pizzetti, I., B.M. Fuchs, G. Gerdts, A. Wichels, K.H. Wiltshire and R. Amann: Temporal variability of coastal Planctomycetes clades at Kabeltonne Station, North Sea. In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77, pp. 5009-5017 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Salman, V., R. Amann, A.C. Girnth, L. Polerecky, J.V. Bailey, S. Høgslund, G. Jessen, S. Pantoja and H. N. Schulz-Vogt: A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large vacuolated sulphur bacteria. In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 243-259 (2011). PubMed

Schauer, R., H. Roy, N. Augustin, H.H. Gennerich, M. Peters, F. Wenzhoefer, R. Amann, and A. Meyerdierks: Bacterial sulfur cycling shapes microbial communities in surface sediments of an ultramafic hydrothermal vent field. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 2633-2648 (2011). PubMed

Schubert, C.J., F. Vazquez, T. Lösekann-Behrens, K. Knittel, M. Tonolla and A. Boetius: Evidence for anaerobic oxidation of methane in sediments of a freshwater system (Lago di Cadagno). In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology 76, pp. 26-38 (2011). PubMed

Serrano, W., R. Amann, R. Rossello-Mora, R.A. Herbert and U. Fischer: The genus Allochromatium (Chromatiales Chromatiaceae) revisited: a study on its intragenic structure based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) and DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH). In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 590-594 (2011). PubMed

Suarez-Suarez, A., A. Lopez-Lopez, A. Tovar-Sanchez, P. Yarza, A. Orfila, J. Terrados, J. Arnds, S. Marques, H. Niemann, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, R. Amann and R. Rossello-Mora: Response of sulfate-reducing bacteria to an artificial oil-spill in a coastal marine sediment. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 1488-1499 (2011). PubMed

Thiele, S., B.M. Fuchs and R.I. Amann: Identification of microorganisms using the ribosomal RNA approach and fluorescence in situ hybridization. In: Treatise on Water Science Vol. 3, pp. 171-189 (2011). ResearchGate Full Text

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: Practical application of self-organizing maps to interrelate biodiversity and functional data in NGS-based metagenomics. In: ISME Journal 5, pp. 918-928 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Zeder, M., A. Ellrott and R. Amann: Automated sample area definition for high-throughput microscopy. In: Cytometry Part A 79A, pp. 306-310 (2011). PubMed Full Text

M.Sc and B.Sc theses

Bodden, Stephanie: Entwicklung von FISH-Oligonukleotidsonden zur Quantifizierung der BuS5/Butane-GMe12. Bachelor thesis, University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Pjevac, Petra: Metabolism of elemental sulfur and pyrite in intertidal sediments. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Ph.D. theses

Kassabgy, Mariette: Diversity and abundance of Gammaproteobacteria during the winter-spring transition at station Kabeltonne (Helgoland). Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology / University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Kubo, Kyoko: Autecology of crenarchaeotal and bacterial cladesin marine sediments and microbial mats. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology / University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Lenk, Sabine: Molecular ecology of key organisms in sulfur and carbon cycling in marine sediments. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology / University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Symbiosis Group

Gruber-Vodicka, H.R., U. Dirks, N. Leisch, C. Baranyi, K. Stoecker, S. Bulgheresi, N.R. Heindl, M. Horn, C. Lott, A. Loy, M. Wagner and J. Ott: Paracatenula, an ancient symbiosis between thiotrophic Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 108, pp. 12078-12083 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Hugler, M., J.M. Petersen, N. Dubilier, J.F. Imhoff and S.M. Sievert: Pathways of carbon and energy metabolism of the epibiotic community associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. In: PLoS One 6, (2011). doi:e1601810.1371/journal.pone.0016018 PubMed Full Text

Kleiner, M., T. Woyke, C. Ruehland and N. Dubilier: The Olavius algarvensis metagenome revisited: lessons learned from the analysis of the low diversity microbial consortium of a gutless marine worm. In: Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II; Metagenomics in Different Habitats, pp. 321-334 (2011). Wiley

Zielinski, F.U., H. Gennerich, C. Borowski, F. Wenzhöfer and N. Dubilier: In situ measurements of hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, and temperature in diffuse fluids of an ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal vent field (Logatchev, 14°45N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Implications for chemosymbiotic bathymodiolin mussels. In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12, Q0AE04 (2011). doi:10.1029/2011GC003632. Wiley Full Text

M.Sc theses

Wippler, Juliane: Analysis of mobile DNA in endosymbionts of the gutless marine oligochaete worm Olavius algarvensis. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology/ University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Ph.D. theses

Fink, Dennis: Dynamics of symbiont abundance in bathymodiolin deep-sea symbioses. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology / University of Bremen, Bremen (2011).

Microbial Genomics Group

Duhaime, M.B., R. Kottmann, D. Field and F.O. Glöckner: Enriching public descriptions of marine phages using the Genomic Standards Consortium MIGS standard. In: SIGS 4, pp. 271-285 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Field, D., L. Amaral-Zettler, G. Cochrane, J.R. Cole, P. Dawyndt, G.M. Garrity, J. Gilbert, F.O. Glöckner, L. Hirschman, I. Karsch-Mizrachi et al.: The Genomic Standards Consortium. In: PLoS Biology 9, e1001088 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Glöckner, F.O. and R. Kottmann: MIxS: neue Standards für Sequenz- und Umweltdaten. In: BIOspektrum 17, pp. 710-711 (2011). Springer

Glöckner, F.O.: Globale Volkszählung. In: Laborjournal 6 pp. 46-48 (2011). Full Text

Hankeln, W., N.J. Wendel, J. Gerken, J. Waldmann, P.L. Buttigieg, I. Kostadinov, R. Kottmann, P. Yilmaz and F.O. Glöckner: CDinFusion - Submission-Ready, On-Line Integration of Sequence and Contextual Data. In: Plos One 6, (2011) PubMed Full Text

Jogler, C., F.O. Glöckner and R. Kolter: Characterization of Planctomyces limnophilus and development of genetic tools for Its manipulation. Establish It as a model species for the phylum Planctomycetes. In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77, pp. 5826-5829 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Kostadinov, I., R. Kottmann, A. Ramette, J. Waldmann, P.L. Buttigieg and F. Glöckner: Quantifying the effect of environment stability on the transcription factor repertoire of marine microbes. In: Microbial Informatics and Experimentation 1, p. 9 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Ludwig, W., P. Yilmaz and F.O. Glöckner: The use of rRNA gene sequence data in the classification and identification of prokaryotes. In: Methods in Microbiology, vol. 38, (2011).

Morrison, N., D. Hancock, L. Hirschman, P. Dawyndt, B. Verslyppe, N. Kyrpides, R. Kottmann, P. Yilmaz, F.O. Glöckner, J. Grethe et al.: Data shopping in an open marketplace: Introducing the Ontogrator web application for marking up data using ontologies and browsing using facets. In: SIGS 4, pp. 286-292 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Pruesse, E., C. Quast, P. Yilmaz, W. Ludwig, J. Peplies and F.O. Glöckner: SILVA: comprehensive databases for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data compatible with ARB. In: Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches, pp. 393-398 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Schattenhofer, M., J. Wulf, I. Kostadinov, F.O. Glöckner, M.V. Zubkov and B.M. Fuchs: Phylogenetic characterisation of picoplanktonic populations with high and low nucleic acid content in the North Atlantic Ocean. In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 470-475 (2011). PubMed

Westram, R., K. Bader, E. Pruesse, Y. Kumar, H. Meier, F.O. Glöckner and W. Ludwig: ARB: a software environment for sequence data. In: Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches, pp. 399-406 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Weber, M., H. Teeling, S.X. Huang, J. Waldmann, M. Kassabgy, B.M. Fuchs, A. Klindworth, C. Klockow, A. Wichels, G. Gerdts et al.: Practical application of self-organizing maps to interrelate biodiversity and functional data in NGS-based metagenomics. In: ISME Journal 5, pp. 918-928 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Yilmaz, P., R. Kottmann, E. Pruesse, C. Quast and F.O. Glöckner: Analysis of 23S rRNA genes in metagenomes - a case study from the Global Ocean Sampling Expedition. In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34, pp. 462-469 (2011). PubMed

Yilmaz, P., R. Kottmann, D. Field, R. Knight, J.R. Cole, L. Amaral-Zettler, J.A. Gilbert, I. Karsch-Mizrachi, A. Johnston, G. Cochrane et al.: Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications. In: Nature Biotechnology 29, pp. 415-420 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Yilmaz, P., J.A. Gilbert, R. Knight, L. Amaral-Zettler, I. Karsch-Mizrachi, G. Cochrane, Y. Nakamura, S.A. Sansone, F.O. Glöckner and D. Field: The genomic standards consortium: bringing standards to life for microbial ecology. In: ISME Journal 5, pp. 1565–1567 (2011). PubMed Full Text

B.Sc theses

Wendel, Norma: CDinFusion - a prototype for a submission-preparation-tool to integrate sequences and contextual data. Bachelor thesis, (2011).

M.Sc theses

Beckers, Veronique: Metabolic Flux Analysis for Rhodopirellula baltica SH 1^T. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Schnetzer, Julia: Genomic Investigations of Pseudoalteromonas phages. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Schweer, Timmy: Qualitätsmanagement ribosomaler RNA Sequenzen in der SILVA Datenbank. Master thesis, (2011).

Wegner, Carl-Eric: Analysing gene expression changes in Rhodopirellula baltica SH 1^T upon utilising sulphated polysaccharides. Master thesis, (2011).

Ph.D. theses

Hankeln, Wolfgang: Data integration in microbial genomics: contextualizing sequence data in aid of biological knowledge. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Kostadinov, Ivaylo: Marine metagenomics: from high-throughput data to ecogenomic interpretation. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Öztürk, Basak: Assessing the genetic accessibility of the marine bacterium Rhodopirellula baltica SH 1^T. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Prüsse, Elmar: Scalable bioinformatic methods and resources for ribosomal RNA gene based studies. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Yilmaz, Pelin: Improving the usage of ribosomal RNA gene in microbiology and microbial ecology- Importance of standardization and biocuration. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Marine Geochemistry Group

Rossel, P.E., M. Elvert, A. Ramette, A. Boetius and K.U. Hinrichs: Factors controlling the distribution of anaerobic methanotrophic communities in marine environments: evidence from intact polar membrane lipids. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, pp. 164-184 (2011). ScienceDirect

Santos I.R., W.C. Burnett, S. Misra, I G.N.A. Suryaputra, J.P. Chanton, T. Dittmar, R.N. Peterson and P.W. Swarzenski: Uranium and barium cycling in a salt wedge subterranean estuary: The influence of tidal pumping. In: Chemical Geology 287, pp. 114-123 (2011). ScienceDirect

Schmidt M.W.I., M.S. Torn, S. Abiven, T. Dittmar, G. Guggenberger, I. Janssen, M. Kleber, I. Kögel-Knabner, J. Lehmann, D.A.C. Manning, P. Nannipieri, D.P. Rasse, S. Weiner and S.E. Trumbore: Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property. In: Nature 478, pp. 49–56 (2011). PubMed

Book chapters

Dittmar T. and M. Schlösser: Spuren im Meer. In: Moleküle aus dem All?, pp. 117-133 (2011). Full Text

B.Sc theses

Kramer, Christian: Molekulare Analyse von gelöstem organischen Material mittels ultrahochauflösender Massenspektrometrie, ein Mesokosmen-Experiment. Bachelor thesis, (2011).

Müllenmeister, Swaantje: Mikrobielle Bildung von gelöstem organischen Material - Ein Mesokosmen-Experiment. Bachelor thesis, (2011).

M.Sc theses

Manecki, Marcus: The export of dissolved black carbon from a fire-impacted watershed in Southeastern Brazil. Master thesis, (2011).

Rebling, Tammo: Dissolved black carbon in seawater – origin in hydrothermal systems? Master thesis, (2011).

Seibt, Maren: Microbial degradation of natural dissolved organic matter: A chemostat experiment. Master thesis, (2011).

Stumm, Maren: First mass spectrometric steps towards molecular structure assignments in marine dissolved organic matter. Master thesis, (2011).

Microbial Fitness Group

Kraft, B., M. Strous and H. E. Tegetmeyer: Microbial nitrate respiration - genes, enzymes and environmental distribution. In: Journal of biotechnology 155 (1), pp. 104-117 (2011). PubMed

Kartal, B., W. J. Maalcke, N. M. de Almeida, I. Cirpus, J. Gloerich, W. Geerts, H. J. M. Op den Camp, H. R. Harhangi, E. M. Janssen-Megens, K.-J. Francoijs, H. G. Stunnenberg, J. T. Keltjens, M. S. M. Jetten and M. Strous: Molecular mechanism of anaerobic ammonium oxidation. In: Nature 479, pp. 127-130 (2011). PubMed

Müller, S. and M. Strous: Continuous cultivation and thermodynamic aspects of niche definition in the nitrogen cycle. In: Methods in enzymology 486, pp. 33-52 (2011). PubMed

Wu, M. L., K. F. Ettwig, M. S. Jetten, M. Strous, J. T. Keltjens and L. van Niftrik: A new intra-aerobic metabolism in the nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane-oxidizing bacterium candidatus 'methylomirabilis oxyfera'. In: Biochemical Society transactions 39 (1), pp. 243-248 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Van de Leemput, I. A., A. J. Veraart, V. Dakos, J. J. M. de Klein, M. Strous and M. Scheffer: Predicting microbial nitrogen pathways from basic principles. In: Environmental Microbiology 13 (6), pp. 1477-1487 (2011). PubMed

Microbial Habitat Group

Beck, M., T. Riedel, J. Graue, J. Köster, N. Kowalski, C.S. Wu, G. Wegener, Y. Lipsewers, H. Freund, M.E. Böttcher, H.J. Brumsack, H. Cypionka, J. Rullkötter and B. Engelen: Imprint of past and present environmental conditions on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal Quaternary sediments. In: Biogeosciences 8, pp. 55–68 (2011). Biogeosciences Full Text

Boetius, A. and H. Boetius: Das Dunkle Paradies – Entdeckung der Tiefsee. In: Random House Bertelsmann (Monograph – Popular science book on the Deep Sea), p. 456 (2011).

Decker, C., M. Morineaux, S. van Gaever, J.C. Caprais, A. Lichtschlag, O. Gauthier, A.C. Andersen and K. Olu: Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: macrofaunal community structure. In: Marine Ecology, (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x. Wiley

Duperron, S., H. Guezi, S.M. Gaudron, P. Pop Ristova, F. Wenzhöfer and A. Boetius: Relative abundances of methane- and sulphur-oxidisingsymbionts in the gills of a cold seep mussel and link to their potential energy sources. In: Geobiology 9, pp. 481-491 (2011). PubMed

Girnth, A.C., S. Grünke, A. Lichtschlag, J. Felden, K. Knittel, F. Wenzhöfer, D. de Beer and A. Boetius: A novel, mat-forming Thiomargarita population associated with a sulfidic fluid flow from a deep-sea mud volcano. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 495-505 (2011). PubMed

Grünke, S., J. Felden, A. Lichtschlag, A.-C. Girnth, D. de Beer, F. Wenzhöfer and A. Boetius: Niche differentiation among mat-forming, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at cold seeps of the Nile Deep Sea Fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). In: Geobiology 9, pp. 330-348 (2011). PubMed

Knittel, K. and A. Boetius: Anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate. In: Encyclopedia of Geobiology, pp. 36-47 (2011).

Kostadinov, I., R. Kottmann, A. Ramette, J. Waldmann, P.L. Buttigieg and F.O. Glöckner: Quantifying the effect of environment stability on the transcription factor repertoire of marine microbes. In: Microbial Informatics and Experimentation 1, p. 9 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Ritt, B., C. Pierre, O. Gauthier, F. Wenzhöfer, A. Boetius and J. Sarrazin: Diversity and distribution of cold-seep fauna associated with different geological and environmental settings at mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile Deep-Sea Fan. In: Marine Biology 158, pp. 1187-1210 (2011). Springer

Rossel, P.E., M. Elvert, A. Ramette, A. Boetius and K.U. Hinrichs: Factors controlling the distribution of anaerobic methanotrophic communities in marine environments: Evidence from intact polar membrane lipids. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, pp. 164-184 (2011). ScienceDirect

Schauer, R., H. Røy, N. Augustin, H.H. Gennerich, M. Peters, F. Wenzhoefer, R. Amann and A. Meyerdierks: Bacterial sulfur cycling shapes microbial communities in surface sediments of an ultramafic hydrothermal ventfield. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 2633-2648 (2011). PubMed

Schöttner, S., B. Pfitzner, S. Grünke, M. Rasheed, C. Wild and A. Ramette: Drivers of bacterial diversity dynamics in permeable carbonate and silicate coral reef sands from the Red Sea. In: Environmental Microbiology 13, pp. 1815-1826 (2011). PubMed Full Text

Zielinski, F.U., H.H. Gennerich, C. Borowski, F. Wenzhöfer and N. Dubilier: In situ measurements of hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, and temperature in diffuse fluidsof an ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal ventfield (Logatchev, 14Â°45â€™N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Implications for chemosymbiotic bathymodiolin mussels. In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12, Q0AE04 (2011). ResearchGate

Zinger, L., A. Gobet and T. Pommier: Two decades of describing the unseen majority of aquatic microbial diversity. In: Molecular Ecology, (2011) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05362.x. PubMed

Zinger, L., L.A. Amaral-Zettler, J.A. Fuhrman, M.C. Horner-Devine, S.M. Huse, D.B. Mark Welch, J.B.H. Martiny, M. Sogin, A. Boetius and A. Ramette: Global patterns of bacterial beta-diversity in seafloor and seawater ecosystems. In: PLoS ONE 6, e24570 (2011). PubMed Full Text

M.Sc theses

Fernández Méndez, Mar: Primary productivity of sea ice algae under different environmental conditions. Master thesis, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/ Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research/ University of Bremen/ International Max Planck Research School, Bremen (2011).

Krukenberg, Viola: Characterization of thermophilic anaerobic methanotrophy associated with sulfate reduction in Guaymas Basin enrichment cultures. Master thesis, University of Bremen/ International Max Planck Research School, Bremen (2011).

Ph.D. theses

Bienhold, C.: Diversity and ecology of bacterial communities at the deep seafloor. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bremen/ Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

MarMic

M.Sc theses

Espinoza, Maria Gabriela Alfaro: Isolation and molecular characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with mangroves roots. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Okshevsky, Mira: An initial investigation of biofilm formation in Marinobacter adhaerens HP15: Characterization of biofilm structure and generation of a luxR mutant library. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Pfeffer, Christian: Biogeoelectricity in marine sediments: Physical characteristics of conductive elements. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Piltz, Bastian: Nitrogen fixation and diversity of benthic cyanobacteria in a Caribbean coral reef. Master thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Ph.D. theses

Oberbeckmann, Sonja: Vibrio spp. in the German Bight. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

de Rezende, Julia Rosa: Thermophilic endospores in Aarhus Bay and Svalbard sediments: Insight into the dispersal of marine microorganisms. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).

Käppel, Eva: Taxonomic and genetic analysis of Marinobacter sp. HP15 and its chemotactic behaviour towards the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii. Ph.D. thesis, International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (2011).