Publications
Publications
All publications Benthic Microbiology Group since 2021
(* = Peer-reviewed)
2025
*Priest TM, Oldenburg E, Popa O, Dede B, Metfes K, von Appen W-J, Torres-Valdez S, Bienhold C, Fuchs BM, Amann R, Boetius A, Wietz M (2025). Seasonal recurrence and molecular assembly of an Arctiv pelagic marine microbiome. Nature Communications 16, 1326, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56203-3
*Sher D, George EE, Wietz M, Gifford S, Zoccarato L, Weissberg O, et al. (2025) Collaborative metabolic curation of an emerging model marine bacterium, Alteromonas macleodii ATCC 27126. PLoS One 20(4): e0321141. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321141
*Smykala, M, Gerhard, M and Plum, C (2025), Nutrient-dependent thermal response in growth and stoichiometry of Antarctic phytoplankton. Limnol Oceanogr. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70045
*Amoako K, Reckhardt A, Roberts M, Meyer R, Brick S, Dittmar T, & Waska H (2025). Organo-mineral interactions modulate organic carbon retention and mobility in a deep subterranean estuary of a high-energy beach. Frontiers in Water, 7, 1507564. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1507564
*Adenaya, A, Adeniran, AA, Ugwuoke, CL, Saliu, K, Raji, MA, Rakshit, , Ribas-Ribas, M, & Könneke, M (2025). Environmental Risk Factors Contributing to the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in West Africa. Microorganisms, 13(4), 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13040951
*Brick S, Niggemann J, Reckhardt A, Könneke M, Engelen B (2025). Interstitial microbial communities of coastal sediments are dominated by Nanoarchaeota. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1532193
*Rolfes S, Longman J, Pahnke K, Engelen B (2025). Unique microbial communities in ancient volcanic ash layers within deep marine sediments are structured by the composition of iron phases. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1526969
2024
*Simon SA, Aschmann V, Behrendt A, Hügler M, Engl LM, Pohlner M, Rolfes S, Brinkhoff T, Engelen B, Könneke M, Rodriguez-R LM, Bornemann TLV, Nuy JK, Rothe L, Stach TL, Beblo-Vranesevic K, Leuko S, Runzheimer K, Möller R, Conrady M, Huth M, Trabold T, Herkendell K, Probst AJ (2024). Earth’s most needed uncultivated aquatic prokaryotes. Water Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122928
*Abarike GA, Brick S, Engelen B, Niggemann J (2024). Different dissolved organic matter sources sustain microbial life in a sandy beach subterranean estuary – an incubation study. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2024;11. doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1501781.
*Balmonte JP, Giebel H-A, Arnosti C, Simon M, Wietz M (2024). Distinct bacterial succession and functional response to alginate in the South, Equatorial, and North Pacific Ocean. Environmental Microbiology. 26:e16594. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16594
*Jones CLC, Camps-Castella J, Smykala M, Sobol MS, Inomura K (2024). Seeing through the gray box: an integrated approach to physiological modeling of phytoplankton stoichiometry. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 13. doi:10.3389/fevo.2024.1505025
*Reckhardt A, Meyer R, Seibert SL, Greskowiak J, Roberts M, Brick S, Abarike G, Amoako K, Waska H, Schwalfenberg K, Schmiedinger I, Wurl O, Böttcher ME, Massmann G, Pahnke K (2024). Spatial and temporal dynamics of groundwater biogeochemistry in the deep subsurface of a high-energy beach. Marine Chemistry. 2024;267:104461. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104461.
*Oldenburg E, Kronberg RM, Metfies K, Wietz M, von Appen W-J, Bienhold C, Popa O, Ebenhöh O (2024). Beyond blooms: The winter ecosystem reset determines microeukaryotic community dynamics in the Fram Strait. 5:643. doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01782-0
2023
*Massmann G, Abarike G, Amoako K, Auer F, Badewien TH, Berkenbrink C, Böttcher ME, Brick S, Medina Cordova IV, Cueto J, Dittmar T, Engelen B, Freund H, Greskowiak J, Günther T, Herbst G, Holtappels M, Marchant HK, Meyer R, Müller-Petke M, Niggemann J, Pahnke K, Pommerin D, Post V, Reckhardt A, Roberts M, Schwalfenberg K, Seibert SL, Siebert C, Skibbe N, Waska H, Winter C, Zielinski O (2023). The DynaDeep observatory – a unique approach to study high-energy subterranean estuaries. Hypothesis and Theory, Frontiers in Marine Science, 110:1189281. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1189281
*Tebbe DA, Gruender C, Dlugosch L, Lõhmus K, Rolfes S, Könneke M, Chen Y, Engelen B, Schäfer H (2023) Microbial drivers of DMSO reduction and DMS-dependent methanogenesis in saltmarsh sediments. The ISME Journal. doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01539-1
2022
*Heyerhoff B, Engelen B, & Bunse C. (2022). Auxiliary metabolic gene functions in pelagic and benthic viruses of the Baltic Sea. Frontiers in microbiology, 13. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.863620
*Heinrichs ME, Heyerhoff B, Arslan-Gatz BS, Seidel M, Niggemann J, Engelen B. (2022) Deciphering the virus signal within the marine dissolved organic matter pool. Frontiers in Microbiology, 1. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.863686
*Tebbe DA, Geihser S, Wemheuer B, Daniel R, Schäfer H, Engelen B (2022) Seasonal and Zonal Succession of Bacterial Communities in North Sea Salt Marsh Sediments, Microorganisms, 0(5), 859, doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10050859
*Zielinski O, Pieck D, Schulz J, Thölen C, Wollschläger J, Albinus M, Badewien TH, Braun A, Engelen B, Feenders C, Fock S, Lehners C, Lõhmus K, Lübben A, Massmann G, Meyerjürgens J, Nicolai H, Pollmann T, Schwalfenberg K, Stone J, Waska H, Winkler H (2022) The Spiekeroog Coastal Observatory: A Scientific Infrastructure at the Land-Sea Transition Zone (Southern North Sea), Front. Mar. Sci., 8, 2296-7745, doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.754905
*Kraft B, Jehmlich N, Larsen M, Bristow LA, Könneke M, Thamdrup B, Canfield DE (2022) Oxygen and nitrogen production by an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon. Science 375 (6576), 97-100. doi.org/10.1126/science.abe6733
2021
*Engelen B, Nguyen T, Heyerhoff B, Kalenborn S, Sydow K, Tabai H, Peterson RN, Wegener G, Teske A (2021) Microbial Communities of Hydrothermal Guaymas Basin Surficial Sediment Profiled at 2 Millimeter-Scale Resolution, Front. Mar. Sci., 12, 1664-302X, doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.710881
*Ahrens J, Beck M, Böning P, Degenhardt J, Pahnke K, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2021). Thallium Cycling in Pore Waters of Intertidal Beach Sediments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 306, 321-339 , doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.009
*Liu, L; Brown, PC; Könneke, M; König, S; Berg, IA (2021) Convergent evolution of a promiscuous 3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA hydratase in Crenarchaeota and Thaumarchaeota. Msphere 6(1), e01079-20. doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01079-20
*Degenhardt J, Merder J, Heyerhoff B, Simon H, Engelen B, Waska H (2021) Cross-Shore and DEPth Zonations in Bacterial Diversity Are Linked to Age and Source of Dissolved Organic Matter across the Intertidal Area of a Sandy Beach. Microorganisms, 9, 1720, doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081720
*Liu L, Schubert DM, Könneke M, Berg IA (2021) (S)-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase from the autotrophic 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle in Nitrosopumius maritimus. Frontiers in microbiology 12, 1846. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.712030/full
*Cypionka H and Reese J-O (2021) Recording and Simulating Proton-Related Metabolism in Bacterial Cell Suspensions. Front. Microbiol. 12:654065; doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.654065
*Degenhardt J, Khodami S, Milke F, Waska H, Engelen B, Martinez Arbizu P (2021) The Three Domains of Life Within the Discharge Area of a Shallow Subterranean Estuary at a High Energy Beach. Front. Environ. Sci. 9:642098; doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.642098
*Heinrichs ME, De Corte D, Engelen B, Pan D. (2021). An Advanced Protocol for the Quantification of Marine Sediment Viruses via Flow Cytometry. Viruses 13(1):102; doi.org/10.3390/v13010102