Publications

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

von Appen W-J, Waite A, Bergmann M, Bienhold C, Boebel O, Bracher A, Cisewski B, Hagemann J, Hoppema M, Iversen M, Konrad C, Krumpen T, Lochthofen N, Metfies K, Niehoff B, Nöthig E-M, Purser A, Salter I, Schaber M, Scholz D, Soltwedel T, Torres-Valdes S, Wekerle C, Wenzhoefer F, Wietz M, Boetius A (2021). Sea-ice derived meltwater stratification slows the biological carbon pump: results from continuous observations. Nat. Comm. 12:7309. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26943-z

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

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Wolter LA, Mitulla M, Kalem J, Daniel R, Simon M, Wietz M (2021). CAZymes in Maribacter dokdonensis 62‑1 from the Patagonian shelf: Genomics and physiology compared to related flavobacteria and a co-occurring Alteromonas strain. Front Microbiol 12:628055. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.628055

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Wolter LA, Wietz M, Ziesche L, Breider S, Leinberger J, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Schulz S, Brinkhoff T (2021). Pseudooceanicola algaesp. nov., isolated from the marine macroalga Fucus spiralis, shows genomic and physiological adaptations for an algae-associated lifestyle. Syst Appl Microbiol 44:126166. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126166

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Giebel H-A, Arnosti C, Badewien TH, Bakenhus I, Balmonte JP, Billerbeck S, Dlugosch L, Henkel R, Kuerzel B, Meyerjürgens J, Milke F, Voss D, Wienhausen G, Wietz M, Winkler H, Wolterink M, Simon M (2021). Microbial growth and organic matter cycling in the Pacific Ocean along a latitudinal transect between subarctic and subantarctic waters. Front Mar Sci 8:764383. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.764383

Koch H,  Germscheid N, Freese HM, Noriega-Or­tega B, Lück­ing D, Ber­ger M, Qiu G, Mar­z­inelli EM, Camp­bell AH, Stein­berg PD, Over­mann J, Dittmar T, Si­mon M, Wietz M (2020) Ge­n­omic, meta­bolic and phen­o­typic vari­ab­il­ity shapes eco­lo­gical dif­fer­en­ti­ation and in­traspe­cies in­ter­ac­tions of Alteromonas macleodii. Sci­ Re­p 10:809 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-57526-5

Koch H, Dürwald A, Schweder T, Noriega-Ortega B, Vidal-Melgosa S, Hehemann JH, Dittmar T, Freese HM, Becher D, Simon M, Wietz M (2019). Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides. ISME J 13:92–103. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0252-4

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

Wietz M, Lau SC, Harder T (2019). Editorial: Socio-Ecology of Microbes in a Changing Ocean. Front Mar Sci 6:190. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00190

Bakenhus I, Dlugosch L, Giebel HA, Beardsley C, Simon M, Wietz M (2018). Distinct biogeographic patterns of bacterioplankton composition and single-cell activity between the subtropics and Antarctica. Environ Microbiol 20:3100―3108. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14383

Klotz F, Brinkhoff T, Freese HM, Wietz M, Teske A, Simon M, Giebel HA (2018). Description of Tritonibacter horizontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 68:736―744. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002573

Mitulla M, Dinasquet J, Guillemette R, Simon M, Azam F, Wietz M. (2016). Response of bacterial communities from California coastal waters to alginate particles and an alginolytic Alteromonas macleodii strain. Environ Microbiol 18:4369―4377. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13314

Neumann A, Balmonte JP, Berger M, Giebel HA, Arnosti C, Voget S, Brinkhoff T, Simon M, Wietz M (2015). Different utilization of alginate and other algal polysaccharides by marine Alteromonas macleodii ecotypes. Environ Microbiol 17:3857―3868. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12862

Wietz M, Wemheuer B, Simon H, Giebel HA, Seibt MA, Daniel R, Brinkhoff T, Simon M (2015). Bacterial community dynamics during polysaccharide degradation at contrasting sites in the Southern and Atlantic Oceans. Environ Microbiol 17:3822―3831. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12842

Wietz M, Millán-Aguiñaga N, Jensen PR (2014) CRISPR-Cas systems in the marine actinomycete Salinispora: linkages with phage defense, microdiversity and biogeography. BMC Genomics 9:536. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-936

Ziemert N, Lechner A, Wietz M, Millán-Aguiñaga N, Chavarria KL, Jensen PR (2014). Diversity and evolution of secondary metabolism in the marine actinomycete genus Salinispora. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111:E1130―1139. doi:10.1073/pnas.1324161111

Wietz M, Duncan K, Patin NV, Jensen PR (2013). Antagonistic interactions mediated by marine bacteria: the role of small molecules. J Chem Ecol 9:879―891. doi:10.1007/s10886-013-0316-x

Nielsen A, Månsson M, Wietz M, Varming AN, Phipps RK, Larsen TO, Gram L, Ingmer H (2012). Nigribactin, a novel siderophore from Vibrio nigripulchritudo, modulates Staphylococcus aureus virulence gene expression. Mar Drugs 10:2584―2595. doi:10.3390/md10112584

Wietz M, Månsson M, Bowman JS, Blom N, Ng Y, Gram L (2012). Wide distribution of closely related, antibiotic-producing Arthrobacter strains throughout the Arctic Ocean. Appl Environ Microbiol 78:2039―2042. doi:10.1128/AEM.07096-11

Wietz M, Månsson M, Gram L (2011). Chitin stimulates production of the antibiotic andrimid in a Vibrio coralliilyticus strain. Environ Microbiol Rep 3:559―564. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00259.x

Månsson M, Nielsen A, Kjaerulff L, Gotfredsen C, Wietz M, Ingmer H, Gram L, Larsen TO (2011). Inhibition of virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus by novel depsipeptides from a marine Photobacterium. Mar Drugs 9:2537―2552. doi:10.3390/md9122537 

Wietz M, Gram L, Jørgensen B, Schramm A (2010). Latitudinal patterns in the abundance of major marine bacterioplankton groups. Aquat Microb Ecol 61:179―189. doi:10.3354/ame01443

Wietz M, Månsson M, Gotfredsen C, Larsen TO, Gram L (2010). Antibacterial compounds from marine Vibrionaceae isolated on a global expedition. Mar Drugs 8:2946―2960. doi:10.3390%2Fmd8122946

Wietz M, Hall MR, Høj L (2009). Effects of seawater ozonation on biofilm development in aquaculture tanks. Syst Appl Microbiol 32:266―277. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2009.04.001

Payne MS, Høj L, Wietz M, Hall MR, Sly L, Bourne DG (2008). Microbial diversity of mid-stage Palinurid phyllosoma from Great Barrier Reef waters. J Appl Microbiol 105:340―350. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03749.x