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Microfauna-macrofauna interaction in the seafloor: lessons from the tubewormAntje Boetius
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
PLoS Biol 3:e102. 2005
In vitro cell growth of marine archaeal-bacterial consortia during anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfateKatja Nauhaus
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D 28359 Bremen, Germany
Environ Microbiol 9:187-96. 2007....
Consumption of methane and CO2 by methanotrophic microbial mats from gas seeps of the anoxic Black SeaTina Treude
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Biogeochemistry, Celsiusstrasse 1, D 28359 Bremen, Germany corrected
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:2271-83. 2007..However, since considerable methane formation was observed only in the presence of methane and sulfate, the process appeared to be a rereaction of anaerobic oxidation of methane rather than net methanogenesis...- A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methaneA Boetius
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Nature 407:623-6. 2000..These aggregates were abundant in gas-hydrate-rich sediments with extremely high rates of methane-based sulphate reduction, and apparently mediate anaerobic oxidation of methane... - Ocean science. Lost City lifeAntje Boetius
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen 28359, Germany
Science 307:1420-2. 2005 - Diversity and abundance of aerobic and anaerobic methane oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents SeaTina Lösekann
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:3348-62. 2007..Our results further support the hypothesis of Niemann et al. (54), that high methane availability and different fluid flow regimens at the HMMV provide distinct niches for aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophs... - Environmental regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane: a comparison of ANME-I and ANME-II communitiesKatja Nauhaus
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
Environ Microbiol 7:98-106. 2005..In conclusion, the ecological niches of methanotrophic Archaea seem to be mainly defined by the availability of methane and sulfate, but it remains open which additional factors lead to the dominance of ANME-I or -II in the environment... - Biogeochemistry and community composition of iron- and sulfur-precipitating microbial mats at the Chefren mud volcano (Nile Deep Sea Fan, Eastern Mediterranean)Enoma O Omoregie
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:3198-215. 2008..Both mats and the sediments underneath them hosted very diverse microbial communities and contained mineral precipitates, most likely due to differences in fluid flow patterns... 
Endosymbioses between bacteria and deep-sea siboglinid tubeworms from an Arctic Cold Seep (Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea)Tina Lösekann
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
Environ Microbiol 10:3237-54. 2008..In O. haakonmosbiensis, stable carbon isotope values of fatty acids and cholesterol of -70 per thousand are difficult to reconcile with our current knowledge of isotope signatures for chemoautotrophic processes...- Effects of temperature and pressure on sulfate reduction and anaerobic oxidation of methane in hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas BasinJens Kallmeyer
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:1231-3. 2004..A maximum SR of several micromoles per cubic centimeter per day was found at between 60 and 95 degrees C and 2.2 x 10(7) and 4.5 x 10(7) Pa. Maximal AOM was observed at 35 to 90 degrees C but generally accounted for less than 5% of SR... - Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sinkHelge Niemann
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Nature 443:854-8. 2006..This mechanism limits the capacity of the microbial methane filter at active marine mud volcanoes to <40% of the total flux... - Inter- and intra-habitat bacterial diversity associated with cold-water coralsSandra Schöttner
Microbial habitat group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
ISME J 3:756-9. 2009..These findings strongly indicate characteristic coral-microbe associations and, furthermore, suggest that the variety of coral-generated habitats within reef systems promotes microbial diversity in the deep ocean... - In situ experimental evidence of the fate of a phytodetritus pulse at the abyssal sea floorU Witte
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Nature 424:763-6. 2003..The retarded response of bacteria and Foraminifera, the restriction of microbial carbon degradation to the sediment surface, and the low total carbon turnover distinguish abyssal from continental-slope 'deep-sea' sediments... - Niche differentiation among mat-forming, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at cold seeps of the Nile Deep Sea Fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)S Grünke
HGF MPG Joint Research Group on Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Geobiology 9:330-48. 2011.... - Novel observations of Thiobacterium, a sulfur-storing Gammaproteobacterium producing gelatinous matsStefanie Grünke
HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
ISME J 4:1031-43. 2010..Further phylogenetic characterization of the mats led to the discovery of an unexpected microbial diversity associated with Thiobacterium... - Anaerobic oxidation of methane: progress with an unknown processKatrin Knittel
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen 28359, Germany
Annu Rev Microbiol 63:311-34. 2009..This review summarizes what is known and unknown about AOM on earth and its key catalysts, the ANME clades and their bacterial partners... - Subsurface microbial methanotrophic mats in the Black SeaTina Treude
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:6375-8. 2005..This mat was dominated by ANME-1 archaea and consumed methane and sulfate simultaneously. We propose that such subsurface mats represent the initial stage of previously investigated microbial reefs... - Feast and famine--microbial life in the deep-sea bedBo Barker Jørgensen
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen D 28359, Germany
Nat Rev Microbiol 5:770-81. 2007..Here, we review microbial biodiversity and function in these intriguing environments... - Assimilation of methane and inorganic carbon by microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methaneGunter Wegener
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Environ Microbiol 10:2287-98. 2008..Carbon assimilation efficiencies of the methanotrophic consortia were low, with only 0.25-1.3 mol% of the methane oxidized... - Diversity and distribution of methanotrophic archaea at cold seepsKatrin Knittel
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:467-79. 2005..These variations in the distribution, diversity, and morphology of methanotrophic consortia are discussed with respect to the presence of microbial ecotypes, niche formation, and biogeography... - Time- and sediment depth-related variations in bacterial diversity and community structure in subtidal sandsSimone I Böer
Microbial habitat group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
ISME J 3:780-91. 2009..Principal ecosystem functions such as benthic oxygen consumption and extracellular hydrolysis of organic matter were, however, at a high level at all times, indicating functional redundancy in the microbial communities... - Biological and chemical sulfide oxidation in a Beggiatoa inhabited marine sedimentAndré Preisler
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
ISME J 1:341-53. 2007..Indeed sulfide is a repellent for Beggiatoa... - Improved dsrA-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of sulfate-reducing bacteriaDANIEL SANTILLANO
Microbial habitat group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:5308-11. 2010..A new reverse primer that increased allelic diversity estimates up to 5-fold was applied to hydrocarbon seep samples to examine the relationship between guild activity and diversity... - Impact of space, time and complex environments on microbial communitiesA Ramette
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Clin Microbiol Infect 15:60-2. 2009..Here, we briefly review the likely causes that may explain this remarkable scientific revolution and present a synthesized view about how to describe microbial communities in their complex environmental context... - Microbial community in a sediment-hosted CO2 lake of the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal systemFumio Inagaki
Subground Animalcule Retrieval SUGAR Program, Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:14164-9. 2006..Clearly, the Yonaguni Knoll is an exceptional natural laboratory for the study of consequences of CO2 disposal as well as of natural CO2 reservoirs as potential microbial habitats on early Earth and other celestial bodies... - In vitro demonstration of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in sediment from a marine gas hydrate areaKatja Nauhaus
, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
Environ Microbiol 4:296-305. 2002..Hence, the experiments did not provide evidence for one of these compounds acting as a free extracellular intermediate (intercellular shuttle) during AOM by the presently investigated consortia... - Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methaneWalter Michaelis
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Science 297:1013-5. 2002..Obviously, anaerobic microbial consortia can generate both carbonate precipitation and substantial biomass accumulation, which has implications for our understanding of carbon cycling during earlier periods of Earth's history... - On the relationship between methane production and oxidation by anaerobic methanotrophic communities from cold seeps of the Gulf of MexicoBeth Orcutt
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Environ Microbiol 10:1108-17. 2008..The addition of acetate, a possible breakdown product of petroleum in situ and a potential intermediate in AOM/SR syntrophy, did not suppress AOM activity; rather acetate stimulated microbial activity in oily sediment slurries... - Desulfobacter psychrotolerans sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant sulfate-reducing bacterium and descriptions of its physiological response to temperature changesIrene H Tarpgaard
Department of Microbiology, Bldg. 540, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 89:109-24. 2006..hydrogenophilus and strain akvb(T). Based on phenotypic and DNA-based characteristics we propose that strain akvb(T) is a member of a new species, Desulfobacter psychrotolerans sp. nov...