Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fadeev, E., Wietz, M., von Ap­pen, W.-J., Iversen, M. H., Nöthig, E.-M., En­gel, A., Grosse, J., Graeve, M., Boetius, A. 2021. Submeso­scale physi­co­chem­ical dy­nam­ics dir­ectly shape bac­terioplank­ton com­munity struc­ture in space and time. Limnology and Oceanography 66, 2901-2913. doi:10.1002/lno.11799.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wilbanks EG, #Salman-Carvalho V, Jaekel U, Humphrey PT, Eisen JA, Buckley DH, Zinder SH (2017) The green berry consortia of the Sippewissett salt marsh: millimeter-sized aggregates of diazotrophic unicellular cyanobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1623 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01623.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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