Microbial Ecophysiology

The Microbial Ecophysiology group at the University of Bremen is part of the Bremen Marine Ecology Centre for Research & Education (BreMarE) and associated with MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences. Our main research interests are anaerobic microbial processes in sediments and soils, and the functional biodiversity of microorganisms involved.

New publications

Yin X, Zhou G, Cai M, et al. (2022) Catabolic protein degradation in marine sediments confined to distinct archaea. ISME J.

Sikorski J, Baumgartner V, Birkhofer K, Boeddinghaus RS, Bunk B, Fischer M, Fösel BU, Friedrich MW, Göker M, Hölzel N, Huang S, Huber KJ, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, von Mering C, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Regan KM, Richter-Heitmann T, Rodrigues João FM, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schurig E, Solly EF, Wolters V, Overmann J (2022) The Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Acidobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:715637.

Cai M, Yin X, Tang X, Zhang C, Zheng Q, Li M (2022) Metatranscriptomics reveals different features of methanogenic archaea among global vegetated coastal ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment. 802:149848.

Wunder LC, Aromokeye DA, Yin X, Richter-Heitmann T, Willis-Poratti G, Schnakenberg A, Otersen C, Dohrmann I, Römer M, Bohrmann G, Kasten S, Friedrich MW (2021) Iron and sulfate reduction structure microbial communities in (sub-)Antarctic sediments. ISME J.

Aromokeye DA, Willis-Poratti G, Wunder LC, Yin X,Wendt J, Richter-Heitmann T,Henkel S, Vazquez S, Elvert M, Mac Cormack W, Friedrich MW (2021) Macroalgae degradation promotes microbial iron reduction via electron shuttling in coastal Antarctic sediments. Environment Int. 156.

Schnakenberg A, Aromokeye DA, Kulkarni A, Maier L, Wunder LC,Richter-Heitmann T, Pape T, Pop Ristova P, Bühring SI, Dohrmann I, Bohrmann H, Kasten S, Friedrich MW (2021) Electron Acceptor Availability Shapes Anaerobically Methane Oxidizing Archaea (ANME) Communities in South Georgia Sediments. Front. Microbiol. 12:726.