Publications
Scientist
MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
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2023 |
Two-Dimensional Mapping of Arsenic Concentration and Speciation with Diffusive Equilibrium in Thin-Film Gels |
2022 |
The rate and fate of N2 and C fixation by marine diatom-diazotroph symbioses |
Niche partitioning by photosynthetic plankton as a driver of CO2-fixation across the oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Ocean |
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Quantification of archaea-driven freshwater nitrification from single cell to |
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Methanosaeta and “Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus” |
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2021 |
Purple sulfur bacteria fix N2 via molybdenum-nitrogenase in a low molybdenum |
Terrestrial-type nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between seagrass and a marine Bacterium Mohr, W., Lehnen, N., Ahmerkamp, S., Marchant, H.K., Graf, J.S., Tschitschko, B., Yilmaz, P., Littmann, S., Gruber-Vodicka, H., Leisch, N. Weber, M., Lott, C., Schubert, C.J., Milucka, J. and Kuypers M.M.M. Nature 600, 105-109, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04063-4 |
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Nitrate respiration and diel migration patterns of diatoms are linked in sediments underneath a microbial mat Merz, E., Dick, G.J., de Beer, D., Grim, S., Hübener, T., Littmann, S., Olsen, K., Stuart, D., Lavik, G., Marchant, H.K. and Klatt, J.M. Environmental Microbiology 23(3), 1422–1435, DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15345 |
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Conspicuous Smooth and White Egg-Shaped Sulfur Structures on a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Formed by Sulfide-Oxidizing Bacteria van Erk, M.R., Krukenberg, V., Jensen, P.B., Littmann, S. and de Beer, D. Microbiol. Spectr. 9:00955-21, DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00955-21 |
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Assigning Function to Phylogeny: FISH-nanoSIMS Katharina Kitzinger, Daniela Tienken, Sten Littmann, Abiel T. Kidane, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Jana Milucka Methods in Molecular Biology, pp. 207–224. |
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2020 | Crystalline iron oxides stimulate methanogenic benzoate degradation in marine sediment-derived enrichment cultures David A. Aromokeye, Oluwatobi E. Oni, Jan Tebben, Xiuran Yin, Tim Richter-Heitmann, Jenny Wendt, Rolf Nimzyk, Sten Littmann, Daniela Tienken, Ajinkya C. Kulkarni, Susann Henkel, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Marcus Elvert, Tilmann Harder, Sabine Kasten, Michael W. Friedrich The ISME Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 965–980, nov. |
An intracellular silver deposition method for targeted detection and chemical analysis of uncultured microorganisms Jasmine S. Berg, Alexander Khachikyan, Daniela Tienken, Sten Littmann, Marcel M.M. Kuypers, Jana Milucka Systematic and Applied Microbiology, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 126086, may. |
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Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean Katharina Kitzinger, Hannah K. Marchant, Laura A. Bristow, Craig W. Herbold, Cory C. Padilla, Abiel T. Kidane, Sten Littmann, Holger Daims, Petra Pjevac, Frank J. Stewart, Michael Wagner, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, feb. |
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The effect of sediment grain properties and porewater flow on microbial abundance and respiration in permeable sediments Soeren Ahmerkamp, Hannah K Marchant, Chao Peng, David Probandt, Sten Littmann, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Moritz Holtappels Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, feb. |
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Nitrate respiration and diel migration patterns of diatoms are linked in sediments underneath a microbial mat Elisa Merz, Gregory J. Dick, Dirk Beer, Sharon Grim, Thomas Hübener, Sten Littmann, Kirk Olsen, Dack Stuart, Gaute Lavik, Hannah K. Marchant, Judith M. Klatt Environmental Microbiology, dec. |
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2019 | Arcobacter peruensissp. nov., a Chemolithoheterotroph Isolated from Sulfide- and Organic-Rich Coastal Waters off Peru Cameron M. Callbeck, Chris Pelzer, Gaute Lavik, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Jon S. Graf, Bram Vekeman, Harald Schunck, Sten Littmann, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Philipp F. Hach, Tim Kalvelage, Ruth A. Schmitz, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 85, no. 24, oct. |
Biopearling of Interconnected Outer Membrane Vesicle Chains by a Marine Flavobacterium Tanja Fischer, Martin Schorb, Greta Reintjes, Androniki Kolovou, Rachel Santarella-Mellwig, Stephanie Markert, Erhard Rhiel, Sten Littmann, Dörte Becher, Thomas Schweder, Jens Harder Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 85, no. 19, jul. |
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Direct Cell Mass Measurements Expand the Role of Small Microorganisms in Nature Alexander Khachikyan, Jana Milucka, Sten Littmann, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Travis Meador, Martin Könneke, Thomas Burg, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 85, no. 14, may. |
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Phosphate availability affects fixed nitrogen transfer from diazotrophs to their epibionts Niels J. Schoffelen, Wiebke Mohr, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Julia Duerschlag, Sten Littmann, Helle Ploug, Marcel M. M. Kuypers The ISME Journal, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 2701–2713, jun. |
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Untangling hidden nutrient dynamics: rapid ammonium cycling and single-cell ammonium assimilation in marine plankton communities Isabell Klawonn, Stefano Bonaglia, Martin J. Whitehouse, Sten Littmann, Daniela Tienken, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Volker Brüchert, Helle Ploug The ISME Journal, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 1960–1974, mar. |
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Cell Architecture of the Giant Sulfur Bacterium Achromatium oxaliferum: Extra-cytoplasmic Localization of Calcium Carbonate Bodies Sina Schorn, Verena Salman-Carvalho, Sten Littmann, Danny Ionescu, Hans-Peter Grossart, Heribert Cypionka FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 96, no. 2, dec. |
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2018 | Single-cell imaging of phosphorus uptake shows that key harmful algae rely on different phosphorus sources for growth Niels J. Schoffelen, Wiebke Mohr, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Sten Littmann, Julia Duerschlag, Mikhail V. Zubkov, Helle Ploug, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, nov. |
Insights into the Fundamental Physiology of the Uncultured Fe-Oxidizing Bacterium Leptothrix ochracea E. J. Fleming, T. Woyke, R. A. Donatello, M. M. M. Kuypers, A. Sczyrba, S. Littmann, D. Emerson Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 84, no. 9, feb. |
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Oxygen minimum zone cryptic sulfur cycling sustained by offshore transport of key sulfur oxidizing bacteria Cameron M. Callbeck, Gaute Lavik, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Bernhard Fuchs, Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka, Philipp F. Hach, Sten Littmann, Niels J. Schoffelen, Tim Kalvelage, Sören Thomsen, Harald Schunck, Carolin R. Löscher, Ruth A. Schmitz, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, apr. |
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Cyanate and urea are substrates for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment Katharina Kitzinger, Cory C. Padilla, Hannah K. Marchant, Philipp F. Hach, Craig W. Herbold, Abiel T. Kidane, Martin Könneke, Sten Littmann, Maria Mooshammer, Jutta Niggemann, Sandra Petrov, Andreas Richter, Frank J. Stewart, Michael Wagner, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Laura A. Bristow Nature Microbiology, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 234–243, dec. |
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2017 | Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus Jessika Füssel, Sebastian Lücker, Pelin Yilmaz, Boris Nowka, Maartje A. H. J. van Kessel, Patric Bourceau, Philipp F. Hach, Sten Littmann, Jasmine Berg, Eva Spieck, Holger Daims, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Phyllis Lam Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 11, pp. e1700807, nov. |
Crenothrix are major methane consumers in stratified lakes Kirsten Oswald, Jon S Graf, Sten Littmann, Daniela Tienken, Andreas Brand, Bernhard Wehrli, Mads Albertsen, Holger Daims, Michael Wagner, Marcel MM Kuypers, Carsten J Schubert, Jana Milucka The ISME Journal, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 2124–2140, jun. |
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Chemical microenvironments and single-cell carbon and nitrogen uptake in field-collected colonies of Trichodesmium under different pCO2 Meri J Eichner, Isabell Klawonn, Samuel T Wilson, Sten Littmann, Martin J Whitehouse, Matthew J Church, Marcel MM Kuypers, David M Karl, Helle Ploug The ISME Journal, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1305–1317, apr. |
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Microbial formation of labile organic carbon in Antarctic glacial environments H.~J. Smith, R. A. Foster, D.~M. McKnight, J.~T. Lisle, S. Littmann, M. M. M. Kuypers, C.~M. Foreman Nature Geoscience, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 356–359, apr. |
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Intense biological phosphate uptake onto particles in subeuphotic continental margin waters S. Sokoll, T. G. Ferdelman, M. Holtappels, T. Goldhammer, S. Littmann, M. H. Iversen, M. M. M. Kuypers Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 2825–2834, mar. |
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Syntrophic linkage between predatory Carpediemonas and specific prokaryotic populations Emmo Hamann, Halina E Tegetmeyer, Dietmar Riedel, Sten Littmann, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Jianwei Chen, Philipp F Hach, Marc Strous The ISME Journal, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1205–1217, feb. |
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Cell-to-cell variation and specialization in sugar metabolism in clonal bacterial populations Nela Nikolic, Frank Schreiber, Alma Dal Co, Daniel J. Kiviet, Tobias Bergmiller, Sten Littmann, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Martin Ackermann PLOS Genetics, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. e1007122, dec. |
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2016 | Cell-specific nitrogen- and carbon-fixation of cyanobacteria in a temperate marine system (Baltic Sea) I. Klawonn, N. Nahar, J. Walve, B. Andersson, M. Olofsson, J. B. Sveden, S. Littmann, M. J. Whitehouse, M. M. M. Kuypers, H Ploug Environmental Microbiology, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 4596–4609, nov. |
The small unicellular diazotrophic symbiont, UCYN-A, is a key player in the marine nitrogen cycle Clara Martinez-Perez, Wiebke Mohr, Carolin R. Löscher, Julien Dekaezemacker, Sten Littmann, Pelin Yilmaz, Nadine Lehnen, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Gaute Lavik, Ruth A. Schmitz, Julie LaRoche, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Nature Microbiology, vol. 1, no. 11, sep. |
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Size and Carbon Content of Sub-seafloor Microbial Cells at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea Stefan Braun, Yuki Morono, Sten Littmann, Marcel Kuypers, Hüsnü Aslan, Mingdong Dong, Bo B. Joergensen, Bente Aa. Lomstein Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 7, aug. |
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Biofilms on glacial surfaces: hotspots for biological activity Heidi J Smith, Amber Schmit, Rachel Foster, Sten Littman, Marcel MM Kuypers, Christine M Foreman npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, vol. 2, no. 1, jun. |
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Environmental Breviatea harbour mutualistic Arcobacter epibionts Emmo Hamann, Harald Gruber-Vodicka, Manuel Kleiner, Halina E. Tegetmeyer, Dietmar Riedel, Sten Littmann, Jianwei Chen, Jana Milucka, Bernhard Viehweger, Kevin W. Becker, Xiaoli Dong, Courtney W. Stairs, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Matthew W. Brown, Andrew J. Roger, Marc Strous Nature, vol. 534, no. 7606, pp. 254–258, jun. |
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Aerobic gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs mitigate methane emissions from oxic and anoxic lake waters Kirsten Oswald, Jana Milucka, Andreas Brand, Philipp Hach, Sten Littmann, Bernhard Wehrli, Marcel M.M. Kuypers, Carsten J. Schubert Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 61, no. S1, pp. S101–S118, jun. |
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Phenotypic heterogeneity driven by nutrient limitation promotes growth in fluctuating environments Frank Schreiber, Sten Littmann, Gaute Lavik, Stephane Escrig, Anders Meibom, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Martin Ackermann Nature Microbiology, vol. 1, no. 6, may. |
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In situ multiple sulfur isotope analysis by SIMS of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pentlandite to refine magmatic ore genetic models Crystal LaFlamme, Laure Martin, Heejin Jeon, Steven M. Reddy, Vikraman Selvaraja, Stefano Caruso, Thi Hao Bui, Malcolm P. Roberts, Francois Voute, Steffen Hagemann, David Wacey, Sten Littman, Boswell Wing, Marco Fiorentini, Matthew R. Kilburn Chemical Geology, vol. 444, pp. 1–15, dec. |
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2015 | N2-fixation, ammonium release and N-transfer to the microbial and classical food web within a plankton community Birgit Adam, Isabell Klawonn, Jennie B Sveden, Johanna Bergkvist, Nurun Nahar, Jakob Walve, Sten Littmann, Martin J Whitehouse, Gaute Lavik, Marcel M M Kuypers, Helle Ploug The ISME Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 450–459, aug. |
Light-Dependent Aerobic Methane Oxidation Reduces Methane Emissions from Seasonally Stratified Lakes Kirsten Oswald, Jana Milucka, Andreas Brand, Sten Littmann, Bernhard Wehrli, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Carsten J. Schubert PLOS ONE, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. e0132574, jul. |
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Use of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by a bacteria-animal symbiosis from seagrass sediments Manuel Kleiner, Cecilia Wentrup, Thomas Holler, Gaute Lavik, Jens Harder, Christian Lott, Sten Littmann, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Nicole Dubilier Environmental Microbiology, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 5023–5035, jul. |
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Methane oxidation coupled to oxygenic photosynthesis in anoxic waters Jana Milucka, Mathias Kirf, Lu Lu, Andreas Krupke, Phyllis Lam, Sten Littmann, Marcel MM Kuypers, Carsten J Schubert The ISME Journal, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1991–2002, feb. |
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2014 | Epifluorescence, SEM, TEM and nanoSIMS image analysis of the cold phenotype of Clostridium psychrophilumat subzero temperatures Amedea Perfumo, Andreas Elsaesser, Sten Littmann, Rachel A. Foster, Marcel M.M. Kuypers, Charles S. Cockell, Gerhard Kminek FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 869–882, nov. |
Identification and activity of acetate-assimilating bacteria in diffuse fluids venting from two deep-sea hydrothermal systems Matthias Winkel, Petra Pjevac, Manuel Kleiner, Sten Littmann, Anke Meyerdierks, Rudolf Amann, Marc Mussmann FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 731–746, oct. |
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2013 | Responses of the coastal bacterial community to viral infection of the algae Phaeocystis globosa Abdul R Sheik, Corina P D Brussaard, Gaute Lavik, Phyllis Lam, Niculina Musat, Andreas Krupke, Sten Littmann, Marc Strous, Marcel M M Kuypers The ISME Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 212–225, aug. |
2011 | Improved particle location and isotopic screening measurements of sub-micron sized particles by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry P. M. L. Hedberg, P. Peres, J. B. Cliff, F. Rabemananjara, S. Littmann, H. Thiele, C. Vincent, N. Albert J. Anal. At. Spectrom., vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 406–413. |
2009 | Improved isotopic SIMS measurements of uranium particles for nuclear safeguard purposes Y. Ranebo, P. M. L. Hedberg, M. J. Whitehouse, K. Ingeneri, S. Littmann Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 277. |
2007 | Petrology and isotope geochemistry of the Mesoproterozoic anorthosite and related rocks of the Kunene Intrusive Complex, NW Namibia K. Drüppel, S. Littmann, R.L. Romer, M. Okrusch Precambrian Research, vol. 156, no. 1-2, pp. 1–31, jun. |
2000 | A petrogenetic study of anorogenic felsic magmatism in the Cretaceous Paresis ring complex, Namibia: evidence for mixing of crust and mantle-derived components B Mingram, R.B Trumbull, S Littman, H Gerstenberger Lithos, vol. 54, no. 1-2, pp. 1–22, oct. |
Oxide-sulphide relationships in sodalite-bearing metasomatites of the Epembe-Swartbooisdrif Alkaline Province, north-west Namibia V. von Seckendorff, K. Drüppel, M. Okrusch, N. J. Cook, S. Littmann Mineralium Deposita, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 430–450, jun. |