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Fakultät für Biologie, Allgemeine Botanik

Address
Universitätsstr. 5
45117 Essen
Room
S05 V05 E32

Functions

  • Professor/in, Biodiversität

  • Vorsitzender, Prüfungsausschuss Biologie

The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.

    Journal articles

  • Deep, Aman; Sieber, Guido; Boden, Lisa; David, Gwendoline M.; Baikova, Daria; Buchner, Dominik; Starke, Jörn; Stach, Tom L.; Reinders, Torben; Hadžiomerović, Una; Beszteri, Sára; Probst, Alexander J.; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela
    A metatranscriptomic exploration of fungal and bacterial contributions to allochthonous leaf litter decomposition in the streambed
    In: PeerJ, Vol. 13, 2025, Nr. 4, e19120
  • Bludau, Dana; Sieber, Guido; Shah, Manan; Deep, Aman; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela
    Breaking the Standard : Can Oxford Nanopore Technologies Sequencing Compete With Illumina in Protistan Amplicon Studies?
    In: Environmental DNA, Vol. 7, 2025, Nr. 2, e70084
  • Stach, Tom L.; Deep, Aman; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Buchner, Dominik; Borton, Mikayla A.; Soares, André; Starke, Jörn; Bornemann, Till; Rehsen, Philipp M.; Dreger, Ken; Boenigk, Jens; Vos, Matthijs; Leese, Florian; Beisser, Daniela; Probst, Alexander J.
    Complex compositional and metabolic response of river sediment microbiomes to multiple anthropogenic stressors
    In: ISME Communications: New Developments in Microbial Ecology, 2025, in press
  • Schäfer, Ralf; Baikova, Daria; Bayat, Helena; Beermann, Arne; Berger, Stella A.; Boenigk, Jens; Brauns, Mario; Burfeid Castellanos, Andrea; Cardinale, Bradley J.; David, Gwendoline M.; Feckler, Alexander; Feld, Christian; Fink, Patrick; Gessner, Mark O.; Hadziomerovic, Una; Hering, Daniel; Le, T. T. Yen; Macaulay, Samuel J.; Madariaga, Graciela Medina; Serge Mayombo, Ntambwe A.; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Orr, James A.; Osakpolor, Stephen; Schlenker, Alexandra; Sures, Bernd; Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Vos, Matthijs; Weitere, Markus; Schürings, Christian
    Effects of Biodiversity Loss on Freshwater Ecosystem Functions Increase With the Number of Stressors
    In: Global Change Biology, Vol. 31, 2025, Nr. 11, e70617
  • Vosough, Maryam; Drees, Felix; Sieber, Guido; Stach, Tom L.; Beisser, Daniela; Probst, Alexander J.; Boenigk, Jens; Schmidt, Torsten C.
    Integrative Analysis of Nontargeted LC-HRMS and High-Throughput Metabarcoding Data for Aquatic Environmental Studies Using Combined Multivariate Statistical Approaches
    In: Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 97, 2025, Nr. 22, pp. 11563 – 11571
  • Cook, Lauren S.J.; Briscoe, Andrew G.; Fonseca, Vera G.; Boenigk, Jens; Woodward, Guy; Bass, David
    Microbial, holobiont, and Tree of Life eDNA/eRNA for enhanced ecological assessment
    In: Trends in Microbiology, Vol. 33, 2025, Nr. 1, pp. 48 – 65
  • Berlinches de Gea, Alejandro; Walochnik, Julia; Boenigk, Jens; Dumack, Kenneth; Henriquez, Fiona; Rückert, Sonja; Simon, Martin; Geisen, Stefan
    Protists as determinants of the One Health framework
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 19, 2025, Nr. 1, wraf179
  • Boden, Lisa; Bludau, Dana; Sieber, Guido; Deep, Aman; Baikova, Daria; David, Gwendoline M; Hadžiomerović, Una; Stach, Tom L; Boenigk, Jens
    The impact of elevated temperature and salinity on microbial communities and food selectivity in heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the Boye River
    In: ISME Communications: New Developments in Microbial Ecology, 2025, ycaf049
  • Bludau, Dana; Volkenandt, Sophie; Wagenhofer, Julian; Nitsche, Frank; Boenigk, Jens
    Tire wear particles drive size-dependent loss of freshwater bacterial biofilm diversity
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 384, 2025, 127004
  • Shah, Manan; Sieber, Guido; Deep, Aman; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Unravelling the temporal dynamics of community functions in protists induced by treated wastewater exposure using metatranscriptomics
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, 2025, Nr. 1, 23957
  • Boden, Lisa; Bludau, Dana; Sieber, Guido; Deep, Aman; Baikova, Daria; David, Gwendoline M.; Hadžiomerović, Una; Stach, Tom L.; Buchner, Dominik; Boenigk, Jens
    Varying Responses to Heat Stress and Salinization Between Benthic and Pelagic Riverine Microbial Communities
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 9, e70173
  • Shah, Manan; Bornemann, Till; Nuy, Julia; Hahn, Martin W.; Probst, Alexander J.; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals the effect of nutrient availability on bacterial genomic properties across 44 European freshwater lakes
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 6, e16634
  • Boden, Lisa; Klagus, Chantal; Boenigk, Jens
    Insights from single-strain and mixed culture experiments on the effects of heatwaves on freshwater flagellates
    In: PeerJ, Vol. 12, 2024, e17912
  • Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela; Franke, Luise; Klar, Lea; Ilić, Maja; Fink, Patrick
    Differences in pigment composition and concentration between phototrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic Chrysophyceae
    In: Fottea, Vol. 23, 2023, Nr. 2, pp. 223 – 234
  • Boden, Lisa; Sieber, Guido; Boenigk, Jens
    Effects of stressors on growth and competition between different cryptic taxa affiliated with Ochromonadales (Chrysophyceae)
    In: Fottea, Vol. 23, 2023, Nr. 2, pp. 235 – 245
  • Sieber, Guido; Drees, Felix; Shah, Manan; Stach, Tom L.; Hohrenk-Danzouma, Lotta; Bock, Christina; Vosough, Maryam; Schumann, Mark; Sures, Bernd; Probst, Alexander J.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Exploring the efficacy of metabarcoding and non-target screening for detecting treated wastewater
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 903, 2023, 167457
  • Stach, Tom L.; Sieber, Guido; Shah, Manan; Simon, Sophie A.; Soares, André; Bornemann, Till L. V.; Plewka, Julia; Künkel, Julian; Becker, Christian; Meyer, Folker; Boenigk, Jens; Probst, Alexander J.
    Temporal disturbance of a model stream ecosystem by high microbial diversity from treated wastewater
    In: MicrobiologyOpen, Vol. 12, 2023, Nr. 2, e1347
  • Vos, Matthijs; Hering, Daniel; Gessner, Mark O.; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Tollrian, Ralph; Boenigk, Jens; Haase, Peter; Meckenstock, Rainer; Baikova, Daria; Bayat, Helena; Beermann, Arne; Beißer, Daniela; Beszteri, Bánk; Birk, Sebastian; Boden, Lisa; Brauer, Verena; Brauns, Mario; Buchner, Dominik; Burfeid-Castellanos, Andrea; David, Gwendoline; Deep, Aman; Doliwa, Annemie; Dunthorn, Micah; Enß, Julian; Escobar-Sierra, Camilo; Feld, Christian K.; Fohrer, Nicola; Grabner, Daniel; Hadziomerovic, Una; Jähnig, Sonja C.; Jochmann, Maik; Khaliq, Shaista; Kiesel, Jens; Kuppels, Annabel; Lampert, Kathrin P.; Le, T.T. Yen; Lorenz, Armin W.; Madariaga, Graciela Medina; Meyer, Benjamin; Pantel, Jelena H.; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Mayombo, Ntambwe Serge; Nguyen, Hong Hanh; Peters, Kristin; Pfeifer, Svenja M.; Prati, Sebastian; Probst, Alexander J.; Reiner, Dominik; Rolauffs, Peter; Schlenker, Alexandra; Schmidt, Torsten C.; Shah, Mana; Sieber, Guido; Stach, Tom Lennard; Tielke, Ann-Kathrin; Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Weiss, Martina; Weitere, Markus; Sures, Bernd
    The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 872, 2023, 162196
  • Deep, Aman; Bludau, Dana; Welzel, Marius; Clemens, Sandra; Heider, Dominik; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela
    Natrix2 : Improved amplicon workflow with novel Oxford Nanopore Technologies support and enhancements in clustering, classification and taxonomic databases
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG), Vol. 7, 2023, pp. 263 – 271
  • Sieber, Guido; Beisser, Daniela; Rothenberger, J. L.; Shah, Manan; Schumann, M.; Sures, Bernd; Boenigk, Jens
    Microbial community shifts induced by plastic and zinc as substitutes of tire abrasion
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, 2022, Nr. 1, 18684
  • Frantal, Daniela; Agatha, Sabine; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens; Darienko, Tatyana; Dirren-Pitsch, Gianna; Filker, Sabine; Gruber, Michael; Kammerlander, Barbara; Nachbaur, Laura; Scheffel, Ulrike; Stoeck, Thorsten; Qian, Kuimei; Weißenbacher, Birgit; Pröschold, Thomas; Sonntag, Bettina
    Molecular Data Reveal a Cryptic Diversity in the Genus Urotricha (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Prostomatida), a Key Player in Freshwater Lakes, With Remarks on Morphology, Food Preferences, and Distribution
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 12, 2022, 787290
  • Drews, Franziska; Boenigk, Jens; Simon, Martin
    Paramecium epigenetics in development and proliferation
    In: The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Vol. 69, 2022, Nr. 5, Special Issue: Ciliate Research Under Scrutiny, e12914
  • Bock, Christina; Olefeld, Jana; Vogt, Janina C.; Albach, Dirk C.; Boenigk, Jens
    Phylogenetic and functional diversity of Chrysophyceae in inland waters
    In: Organisms Diversity and Evolution, Vol. 22, 2022, Nr. 2, pp. 327 – 341
  • Sperlea, Theodor; Schenk, Jan Philip; Dreßler, Hagen; Beisser, Daniela; Hattab, Georges; Boenigk, Jens; Heider, Dominik
    The relationship between land cover and microbial community composition in European lakes
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 825, 2022, 153732
  • Spänig, Sebastian; Eick, Lisa; Nuy, Julia; Beisser, Daniela; Ip, Margaret; Heider, Dominik; Boenigk, Jens
    A multi-omics study on quantifying antimicrobial resistance in European freshwater lakes
    In: Environment International, Vol. 157, 2021, 106821
  • Sagova-Mareckova, Markta; Boenigk, Jens; Bouchez, Agnès; Cermakova, Kristina; Chonova, Teofana; Cordier, Tristan; Eisendle, Ursula; Elersek, Tina; Fazi, Stefano; Fleituch, Tadeusz M.; Frühe, Larissa; Gajdosova, Magdalena; Graupner, Nadine; Haegerbaeumer, Arne; Kelly, Andrea M.; Kopecky, J.; Leese, Florian; Nõges, Peeter; Orlic, Sandi; Panksep, Kristel; Pawlowski, Jan; Petrusek, Adam; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Rusch, Johannes Christopher; Salis, Romana; Schenk, Janina; Simek, Karel; Stovicek, Adam; Strand, David Allan; Vasquez, M.I.; Vrålstad, Trude; Zlatkovic, S.; Zupancic, M.; Stoeck, Thorsten
    Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring
    In: Water Research, Vol. 191, 2021, pp. 116767
  • Majda, Stephan; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Nutrient-driven genome evolution revealed by comparative genomics of chrysomonad flagellates
    In: Communications Biology, Vol. 4, 2021, Nr. 1, 328
  • Vogt, Janina C.; Olefeld, Jana; Bock, Christina; Boenigk, Jens; Albach, Dirk C.
    Patterns of protist distribution and diversification in alpine lakes across Europe
    In: MicrobiologyOpen, Vol. 10, 2021, Nr. 4, e1216
  • Sperlea, Theodor; Kreuder, Nico; Beisser, Daniela; Hattab, Georges; Boenigk, Jens; Heider, Dominik
    Quantification of the covariation of lake microbiomes and environmental variables using a machine learning-based framework
    In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 30, 2021, Nr. 9, pp. 2131 – 2144
  • Olefeld, Jana; Bock, Christina; Jensen, Manfred; Vogt, Janina C.; Sieber, Guido; Albach, Dirk; Boenigk, Jens
    Centers of endemism of freshwater protists deviate from pattern of taxon richness on a continental scale
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 14431
  • Nuy, Julia; Hoetzinger, Matthias; Hahn, Martin W.; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Ecological Differentiation in Two Major Freshwater Bacterial Taxa Along Environmental Gradients
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 11, 2020, pp. 154
  • Bock, Christina; Jensen, Manfred; Forster, Dominik; Marks, Sabina; Nuy, Julia; Psenner, Roland; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Factors shaping community patterns of protists and bacteria on a European scale
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 22, 2020, Nr. 6, pp. 2243 – 2260
  • Welzel, Marius; Lange, Anja; Heider, Dominik; Schwarz, Michael; Freisleben, Bernd; Jensen, Manfred; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela
    Natrix : A Snakemake-based workflow for processing, clustering, and taxonomically assigning amplicon sequencing reads
    In: BMC Bioinformatics, Vol. 21, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 526
  • Sieber, Guido; Beisser, Daniela; Bock, Christina; Boenigk, Jens
    Protistan and fungal diversity in soils and freshwater lakes are substantially different
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 20025
  • Beisser, Daniela; Bock, Christina; Hahn, Martin W.; Vos, Matthijs; Sures, Bernd; Rahmann, Sven; Boenigk, Jens
    Interaction-specific changes in the transcriptome of polynucleobacter asymbioticuscaused by varying protistan communities
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 10, 2019, Nr. JULY, pp. 1498
  • Majda, Stephan; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela
    Intraspecific Variation in Protists : Clues for Microevolution from Poteriospumella lacustris (Chrysophyceae).
    In: Genome Biology and Evolution, Vol. 11, 2019, Nr. 9, pp. 2492 – 2504
  • Kraus, Diana; Chi, Jingyun; Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela; Graupner, Nadine; Dunthorn, Micah
    Putatively asexual chrysophytes have meiotic genes : Evidence from transcriptomic data
    In: PeerJ, Vol. 2019, 2019, Nr. 1, e5894
  • Bock, Christina; Zimmermann, Sonja; Beisser, Daniela; Dinglinger, Sarah-Maria; Engelskirchen, Simone; Giesemann, Philipp; Klink, Saskia; Olefeld, Jana; Rahmann, Sven; Vos, Matthijs; Boenigk, Jens; Sures, Bernd
    Silver stress differentially affects growth of phototrophic and heterotrophic chrysomonad flagellate populations
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 244, 2019, pp. 314 – 322
  • Grujcic, Vesna; Nuy, Julia; Salcher, Michaela M; Shabarova, Tanja; Kasalicky, Vojtech; Boenigk, Jens; Jensen, Manfred; Simek, Karel
    Cryptophyta as major bacterivores in freshwater summer plankton
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 12, 2018, pp. 1668 – 1681
  • Graupner, Nadine; Jensen, Manfred; Bock, Christina; Marks, Sabina; Rahmann, Sven; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens
    Evolution of heterotrophy in chrysophytes as reflected by comparative transcriptomics
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 94, 2018, Nr. 4, fiy039
  • Röhl, Oliver; Graupner, Nadine; Peršoh, Derek; Kemler, Martin; Mittelbach, Moritz; Boenigk, Jens; Begerow, Dominik
    Flooding Duration Affects the Structure of Terrestrial and Aquatic Microbial Eukaryotic Communities
    In: Microbial Ecology, Vol. 75, 2018, Nr. 4, pp. 875 – 887
  • Olefeld, Jana; Majda, Stephan; Albach, Dirk C.; Marks, Sabina; Boenigk, Jens
    Genome size of chrysophytes varies with cell size and nutritional mode
    In: Organisms Diversity and Evolution, Vol. 18, 2018, Nr. 2, pp. 163 – 173
  • Boenigk, Jens; Wodniok, Sabina; Bock, Christina; Beisser, Daniela; Hempel, Christopher; Großmann, Lars; Lange, Anja; Jensen, Manfred
    Geographic distance and mountain ranges structure freshwater protist communities on a european scale
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG), Vol. 2, 2018, 21519
  • Dunkel, Thiemo; Lizette de León Gallegos, Erika; Bock, Christina; Lange, Anja; Hoffmann, Daniel; Boenigk, Jens; Denecke, Martin
    Illumina sequencing for the identification of filamentous bulking and foaming bacteria in industrial activated sludge plants
    In: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (IJEST), Vol. 15, 2018, Nr. 6, pp. 1139 – 1158
  • Nuy, Julia; Lange, Anja; Beermann, Arne; Jensen, Manfred; Elbrecht, Vasco; Röhl, Oliver; Peršoh, Derek; Begerow, Dominik; Leese, Florian; Boenigk, Jens
    Responses of stream microbes to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a mesocosm study
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 633, 2018, pp. 1287 – 1301
  • Sperlea, Theodor; Füser, Stefan; Boenigk, Jens; Heider, Dominik
    SEDE-GPS: socio-economic data enrichment based on GPS information.
    In: BMC Bioinformatics, Vol. 19, 2018, Nr. Suppl 15, pp. 440
  • Bock, Christina; Salcher, Michaela; Jensen, Manfred; Pandey, Ram V.; Boenigk, Jens
    Synchrony of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Planktonic Communities in Three Seasonally Sampled Austrian Lakes
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 9, 2018, pp. 1290
  • Boenigk, Jens; Zydorczyk, Sarah; Mietzel, Thorsten
     Spannende Alleskönner : Algen und ihre „Anwendungsgebiete“
    In: Unikate: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, 2018, Nr. 51: Herausfoderung Wasserforschung - lokal, regional, global, pp. 70 – 85
  • Beisser, Daniela; Graupner, Nadine; Bock, Christina; Wodniok, Sabina; Großmann, Lars; Vos, Matthijs; Sures, Bernd; Rahmann, Sven; Boenigk, Jens
    Comprehensive transcriptome analysis provides new insights into nutritional strategies and phylogenetic relationships of chrysophytes
    In: PeerJ, Vol. 5, 2017, e2832
  • Röhl, O.; Peršoh, D.; Mittelbach, M.; Elbrecht, Vasco; Brachmann, A.; Nuy, Julia; Boenigk, Jens; Leese, Florian; Begerow, D.
    Distinct sensitivity of fungal freshwater guilds to water quality
    In: Mycological Progress, 2017, Nr. online article, pp. 1 – 15
  • Graupner, Nadine; Röhl, Oliver; Jensen, Manfred; Beisser, Daniela; Begerow, Dominik; Boenigk, Jens
    Effects of short-term flooding on aquatic and terrestrial microeukaryotic communities : A mesocosm approach
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 80, 2017, Nr. 3, pp. 257 – 272
  • Graupner, Nadine; Boenigk, Jens; Bock, Christina; Jensen, Manfred; Marks, Sabina; Rahmann, Sven; Beisser, Daniela
    Functional and phylogenetic analysis of the core transcriptome of Ochromonadales
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG), Vol. 1, 2017, pp. e19862
  • Bock, Christina; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Boenigk, Jens
    Genetic diversity in chrysophytes : Comparison of different gene markers
    In: Fottea, Vol. 17, 2017, Nr. 2, pp. 209 – 221
  • Yi, Zhenzhen; Berney, Cedric; Hartikainen, Hanna; Mahamdallie, Shazia; Gardner, Michelle; Boenigk, Jens; Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Bass, David
    High-throughput sequencing of microbial eukaryotes in Lake Baikal reveals ecologically differentiated communities and novel evolutionary radiations
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 93, 2017, Nr. 8, pp. fix073
  • Johnke, Julia; Boenigk, Jens; Harms, Hauke; Chatzinotas, Antonis
    Killing the killer : Predation between protists and predatory bacteria
    In: FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol. 364, 2017, Nr. 9, pp. fnx089
  • Beisser, Daniela; Kaschani, Farnusch; Graupner, Nadine; Großmann, Lars; Jensen, Manfred; Ninck, Sabrina; Schulz, Florian; Rahmann, Sven; Boenigk, Jens; Kaiser, Markus
    Quantitative proteomics reveals ecophysiological effects of light and silver stress on the mixotrophic protist Poterioochromonas malhamensis
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, 2017, Nr. 1, pp. e0168183
  • Beisser, Daniela; Graupner, Nadine; Großmann, Lars; Timm, Henning; Boenigk, Jens; Rahmann, Sven
    TaxMapper: an analysis tool, reference database and workflow for metatranscriptome analysis of eukaryotic microorganisms.
    In: BMC Genomics, Vol. 18, 2017, pp. 787
  • Großmann, Lars; Jensen, Manfred; Pandey, Ram Vinay; Jost, Steffen; Bass, David; Psenner, Roland; Boenigk, Jens
    Molecular investigation of protistan diversity along an elevation transect of alpine lakes
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 78, 2016, Nr. 1, pp. 25 – 37
  • Großmann, Lars; Jensen, Manfred; Heider, Dominik; Jost, Steffen; Glücksmann, Edvard; Hartikainen, Hanna; Mahamdallie, Shazia S.; Gardner, Michelle; Hoffmann, Daniel; Bass, David; Boenigk, Jens
    Protistan community analysis : key findings of a large scale molecular sampling
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 10, 2016, pp. 2269 – 2279
  • Großmann, Lars; Bock, Christina; Schweikert, Michael; Boenigk, Jens
    Small but manifold – hidden diversity in "Spumella-like flagellates"
    In: The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Vol. 63, 2016, Nr. 4, pp. 419 – 439
  • Großmann, Lars; Beisser, Daniela; Bock, Christina; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Jensen, Manfred; Preisfeld, Angelika; Psenner, Roland; Rahmann, Sven; Wodniok, Sabina; Boenigk, Jens
    Trade-off Between Taxon Diversity and Functional Diversity in European Lake Ecosystems
    In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 25, 2016, Nr. 23, pp. 5876 – 5888
  • Lange, Anja; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Heider, Dominik; Bock, Christina; Budeus, Bettina; Schilling, Elmar; Strittmatter, Axel; Boenigk, Jens; Hoffmann, Daniel
    AmpliconDuo : a split-sample filtering protocol for high-throughput amplicon sequencing of microbial communities
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, 2015, Nr. 11, pp. e0141590
  • Boenigk, Jens
    The choanoflagellates : evolution, biology and ecology
    In: Marine Biology Research, Vol. 11, 2015, Nr. 10, pp. 1118 – 1119
  • Glaser, Karin; Kuppardt, Anke; Boenigk, Jens; Harms, Hauke; Fetzer, Ingo; Chatzinotas, Antonis
    The influence of environmental factors on protistan microorganisms in grassland soils along a land-use gradient
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 537, 2015, pp. 33 – 42
  • Boenigk, Jens; Beisser, Daniela; Zimmermann, Sonja; Bock, Christina; Jakobi, Jurij; Grabner, Daniel; Großmann, Lars; Rahmann, Sven; Barcikowski, Stephan; Sures, Bernd
    Effects of silver nitrate and silver nanoparticles on a planktonic community : general trends after short-term exposure
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, 2014, Nr. 4, pp. e95340
  • Petrack, Janina; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Boenigk, Jens; Epple, Matthias
    Magnesiothermic conversion of the silicamineralizing golden algae Mallomonas caudata and Synura petersenii to elemental silicon with high geometric precision
    In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 5, 2014, Nr. 1, pp. 554 – 560
  • Bock, Christina; Medinger, Ralph; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Psenner, Roland; Boenigk, Jens
    Seasonal variation of planktonic chrysophytes with special focus on Dinobryon
    In: Fottea, Vol. 14, 2014, Nr. 2, pp. 179 – 190
  • Šimek, Karel; Kasalicky, Vojtech; Jezbera, Jan; Horňák, Karel; Nedoma, Jiri; Hahn, Martin W.; Bass, David; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Boenigk, Jens
    Differential freshwater flagellate community response to bacterial food quality with a focus on Limnohabitans bacteria
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 7, 2013, Nr. 8, pp. 1519 – 1530
  • Ong'ondo, Geoffrey Odhiambo; Yasindi, Andrew Wamalwa; Oduor, Steve Omondi; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Schagerl, Michael; Sonntag, Bettina; Boenigk, Jens
    Ecology and community structure of ciliated protists in two alkaline–saline Rift Valley lakes in Kenya with special emphasis on Frontonia
    In: Journal of Plankton Research, Vol. 35, 2013, Nr. 4, pp. 759 – 771
  • Remias, Daniel; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Boenigk, Jens; Wastian, Johann; Lütz, Cornelius
    Hydrurus-related golden algae (Chrysophyceae) cause yellow snow in polar summer snowfields
    In: Phycological research, Vol. 61, 2013, Nr. 4, pp. 277 – 285
  • Rottberger, Julia; Gruber, Ansgar; Boenigk, Jens; Kroth, Peter G.
    Influence of nutrients and light on autotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic freshwater chrysophytes
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 71, 2013, Nr. 2, pp. 179 – 191
  • Boenigk, Jens; Ereshefsky, Marc; Hoef-Emden, Kerstin; Mallet, James; Bass, David
    Concepts in protistology : Species definitions and boundaries
    In: European Journal of Protistology, Vol. 48, 2012, Nr. 2, pp. 96 – 102
  • Pandey, Ram Vinay; Nolte, Viola; Boenigk, Jens; Schlotterer, Christian
    CANGS DB: a stand-alone web-based database tool for processing, managing and analyzing 454 data in biodiversity studies.
    In: BMC Research Notes, Vol. 4, 2011, pp. 227
  • Nolte, Viola; Pandey, Ram V.; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Medinger, Ralph; Ottenwälder, Birgit; Boenigk, Jens; Schlötterer, Christian
    Contrasting seasonal niche separation between rare and abundant taxa conceals the extent of protist diversity
    In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 19, 2010, Nr. 14, pp. 2908 – 2915
  • Jost, Steffen Oliver; Medinger, Ralph; Boenigk, Jens
    Cultivation independent species identification of Dinobryon sp. (Chrysophyceae) by means of multiplex single cell PCR
    In: Journal of Phycology, Vol. 46, 2010, Nr. 5, pp. 901 – 906
  • Jost, Steffen Oliver; Medinger, Ralph; Boenigk, Jens
    Cultivation-independent species identification of dinobryon species (Chrysophyceae) by means of multiplex single-cell Pcr1
    In: Journal of Phycology, Vol. 46, 2010, Nr. 5, pp. 901 – 906
  • Medinger, Ralph; Nolte, Viola; Panday, Ram Vinay; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Ottenwälder, Birgit; Schlötterer, Christian; Boenigk, Jens
    Diversity in a hidden world : potential and limitation of next-generation sequencing for surveys of molecular diversity of eukaryotic microorganisms
    In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 19, 2010, Nr. Supplement 1, pp. 32 – 40
  • Findenig, Barbara M.; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Boenigk, Jens
    Taxonomic and ecological characterization of stomatocysts of spumella-like flagellates (Chrysophyceae)1
    In: Journal of Phycology, Vol. 46, 2010, Nr. 5, pp. 868 – 881
  • Wu, Qinglong L.; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Wang, Jianjun; Boenigk, Jens
    Genetic diversity of eukaryotic plankton assemblages in Eastern Tibetan lakes differing by their salinity and altitude
    In: Microbial Ecology, Vol. 58, 2009, Nr. 3, pp. 569 – 581
  • Dunthorn, Micah; Eppinger, Marion; Schwarz, M. V. Julian; Schweikert, Michael; Boenigk, Jens; Katz, Laura A.; Stoeck, Thorsten
    Phylogenetic placement of the Cyrtolophosididae Stokes, 1888 (Ciliophora; Colpodea) and neotypification of Aristerostoma marinum Kahl, 1931
    In: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, Vol. 59, 2009, Nr. 1, pp. 167 – 180
  • De Castro, Francisco; Gaedke, Ursula; Boenigk, Jens
    Reverse evolution : Driving forces behind the loss of acquired photosynthetic traits
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 4, 2009, Nr. 12, pp. e8465
  • Pfandl, Karin; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Dyal, Patricia; Boenigk, Jens
    SSU rRNA gene variation resolves population heterogeneity and ecophysiological differentiation within a morphospecies (Stramenopiles, Chrysophyceae)
    In: Limnology and oceanography, Vol. 54, 2009, Nr. 1, pp. 171 – 181
  • Auinger, Barbara M.; Pfandl, Karin; Boenigk, Jens
    Improved methodology for identification of protists and microalgae from plankton samples preserved in Lugol’s Iodine solution : Combining microscopic analysis with single-cell PCR
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 74, 2008, Nr. 8, pp. 2505 – 2510
  • Stoeck, Thorsten; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Boenigk, Jens
    Multigene phylogenies of clonal Spumella-like strains, a cryptic heterotrophic nanoflagellate, isolated from different geographical regions
    In: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, Vol. 58, 2008, Nr. 3, pp. 716 – 724
  • Boenigk, Jens
    Nanoflagellates : functional groups and intraspecific variation
    In: Denisia, Vol. 23: The Wilhelm Foissner Festschrift, 2008, pp. 331 – 335
  • Montagnes, David J.S.; Barbossa, Ana B.; Boenigk, Jens; Davidson, Keith; Jürgens, Klaus; Macek, Miroslav; Parry, Jacqueline D.; Roberts, Emily C.; Simek, Karel
    Selective feeding behaviour of key free-living protists: avenues for continued study
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 53, 2008, Nr. 1, pp. 83 – 98
  • Boenigk, Jens
    The past and present classification problem with nanoflagellates exemplified by the Genus Monas
    In: Protist, Vol. 159, 2008, Nr. 2, pp. 319 – 337
  • Boenigk, Jens; Jost, Steffen Oliver; Stoeck, Thorsten; Garstecki, Tobias
    Differential thermal adaptation of clonal strains of a protist morphospecies originating from different climatic zones
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 9, 2007, Nr. 3, pp. 593 – 602
  • Boenigk, Jens; Pfandl, Karin; Garstecki, Tobias; Harms, Hauke; Novarino, Gianfranco; Chatzinotas, Antonis
    Evidence for geographic isolation and signs of endemism within a protistan morphospecies
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 72, 2006, Nr. 8, pp. 5159 – 5164
  • Boenigk, Jens; Pfandl, Karin; Hansen, Per J.
    Exploring strategies for nanoflagellates living in a ‘wet desert’
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 44, 2006, Nr. 1, pp. 71 – 83
  • Pfandl, Karin; Boenigk, Jens
    Stuck in the mud : Suspended sediments as a key issue for survival of chrysomonad flagellates
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 45, 2006, Nr. 1, pp. 89 – 99
  • Stoeck, Thorsten; Schwarz, M. V. Julian; Boenigk, Jens; Schweikert, Michael; von der Heyden, Sophie; Behnke, Anke
    Cellular identity of an 18S rRNA gene sequence clade within the class Kinetoplastea : the novel genus Actuariola gen. nov. (Neobodonida) with description of the type species Actuariola framvarensis sp. nov.
    In: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, Vol. 55, 2005, Nr. 6, pp. 2623 – 2635
  • Boenigk, Jens; Wiedlroither, Anneliese; Pfandl, Karin
    Heavy metal toxicity and bioavailability of dissolved nutrients to a bacterivorous flagellate are linked to suspended particle physical properties
    In: Aquatic toxicology, Vol. 71, 2005, Nr. 3, pp. 249 – 259
  • Boenigk, Jens; Pfandl, Karin; Stadler, Peter; Chatzinotas, Antonis
    High diversity of the 'Spumella-like' flagellates : an investigation based on the SSU rRNA gene sequences of isolates from habitats located in six different geographic regions
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 7, 2005, Nr. 5, pp. 685 – 697
  • Boenigk, Jens
    A comparison of methods for analysis of plant-available soil nutrient ions using ion chromatography
    In: Agrochimica, Vol. 48, 2004, Nr. 3-4, pp. 165 – 171
  • Boenigk, Jens
    A disintegration method for direct counting of bacteria in clay-dominated sediments : dissolving silicates and subsequent fluorescent staining of bacteria
    In: Journal of Microbiological Methods, Vol. 56, 2004, Nr. 2, pp. 151 – 159
  • Boenigk, Jens; Novarino, Gianfranco
    Effect of suspended clay on the feeding and growth of bacterivorous flagellates and ciliates
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 34, 2004, Nr. 2, pp. 181 – 192
  • Boenigk, Jens; Pfandl, K.; Novarino, G.
    Einfluss suspendierter Sedimente auf Wachstum und Fraß bakterivorer Protisten
    In: Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck : Supplementum, Vol. 15: 23. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Protozoologie, 2004, pp. 18
  • Pfandl, K.; Boenigk, Jens; Posch, T.
    Größenselektives Fraßverhalten von Cyclidium glaucoma
    In: Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck : Supplementum, Vol. 15: 23. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Protozoologie, 2004, pp. 55
  • Matz, Carsten; Deines, Peter; Boenigk, Jens; Arndt, Hartmut; Eberl, Leo; Kjelleberg, Staffan; Jürgens, Klaus
    Impact of violacein-producing bacteria on survival and feeding of bacterivorous nanoflagellates
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 70, 2004, Nr. 3, pp. 1593 – 1599
  • Boenigk, Jens; Stadler, Peter
    Potential toxicity of chrysophytes affiliated with Poterioochromonas and related ‘Spumella-like’ flagellates
    In: Journal of plankton research, Vol. 26, 2004, Nr. 12, pp. 1507 – 1514
  • Boenigk, Jens; Stadler, Peter; Wiedlroither, Anneliese; Hahn, Martin W.
    Strain-specific differences in the grazing sensitivities of closely related ultramicrobacteria affiliated with the polynucleobacter cluster
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 70, 2004, Nr. 10, pp. 5787 – 5793
  • Wu, Qinglong L.; Boenigk, Jens; Hahn, Martin W.
    Successful predation of filamentous bacteria by a nanoflagellate challenges current models of flagellate bacterivory
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 70, 2004, Nr. 1, pp. 332 – 339
  • Pfandl, Karin; Posch, Thomas; Boenigk, Jens
    Unexpected effects of prey dimensions and morphologies on the size selective feeding by two bacterivorous flagellates (Ochromonas sp. and Spumella sp.)
    In: Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, Vol. 51, 2004, Nr. 6, pp. 626 – 633
  • Boenigk, Jens
    “The disintegration method” : ein neuer methodischer Ansatz für die Analyse von Bakterien und Flagellaten in tondominierten Sedimenten
    In: Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck : Supplementum, Vol. 15: 23. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Protozoologie, 2004, pp. 17
  • Hahn, Martin W.; Lünsdorf, Heinrich; Wu, Qinglong; Schauer, Michael; Höfle, Manfred G.; Boenigk, Jens; Stadler, Peter
    Isolation of novel ultramicrobacteria classified as Actinobacteria from five freshwater habitats in Europe and Asia
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 69, 2003, Nr. 3, pp. 1442 – 1451
  • Boenigk, Jens; Arndt, Hartmut
    Bacterivory by heterotrophic flagellates : community structure and feeding strategies
    In: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek : international journal of general and molecular microbiology, Vol. 81, 2002, Nr. 1, pp. 465 – 480
  • Boenigk, Jens; Matz, Carsten; Jürgens, Klaus; Arndt, Hartmut
    Food concentration-dependent regulation of food selectivity of interception-feeding bacterivorous nanoflagellates
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 27, 2002, Nr. 2, pp. 195 – 202
  • Matz, Carsten; Boenigk, Jens; Arndt, Hartmut; Jürgens, Klaus
    Role of bacterial phenotypic traits in selective feeding of the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Spumella sp.
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 27, 2002, Nr. 2, pp. 137 – 148
  • Boenigk, Jens
    Variability of ingestion rates with stage in cell cycle of a heterotrophic nanoflagellate (Spumella sp.) measured by an individual-based approach
    In: European journal of protistology, Vol. 38, 2002, Nr. 3, pp. 299 – 306
  • Boenigk, Jens; Matz, Carsten; Jürgens, Klaus; Arndt, Hartmut
    Confusing selective feeding with differential digestion in bacterivorous nanoflagellates
    In: Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, Vol. 48, 2001, Nr. 4, pp. 425 – 432
  • Boenigk, Jens; Matz, Carsten; Jürgens, Klaus; Arndt, Hartmut
    The influence of preculture conditions and food quality on the ingestion and digestion process of three species of heterotrophic nanoflagellates
    In: Microbial Ecology, Vol. 42, 2001, Nr. 2, pp. 168 – 176
  • Boenigk, Jens; Arndt, Hartmut; Cleven, Ernst-Josef
    The problematic nature of fluorescently labeled bacteria (FLB) in Spumella feeding experiments : an explanation by using video microscopy
    In: Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Vol. 152, 2001, Nr. 2, pp. 329 – 338
  • Boenigk, Jens; Arndt, Hartmut
    Comparative studies on the feeding behavior of two heterotrophic nanoflagellates : the filter-feeding choanoflagellate Monosiga ovata and the raptorial-feeding kinetoplastid Rhynchomonas nasuta
    In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Vol. 22, 2000, Nr. 3, pp. 243 – 249
  • Boenigk, Jens; Arndt, Hartmut
    Particle handling during interception feeding by four species of heterotrophic nanoflagellates
    In: Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, Vol. 47, 2000, Nr. 4, pp. 350 – 358
  • Preprints

  • Nuy, Julia; Bornemann, Till; Beisser, Daniela; Probst, Alexander J.; Boenigk, Jens
    Comparing Community Measures in Lake Microbial Ecology: Metagenomes and Metatranscriptomes and Amplicons, oh my!
    2020
  • Book articles / Proceedings papers

  • Probst, Alexander J.; Klingl, Andreas; Boenigk, Jens; Schlechter, Jana; Wirth, Reinhard; Flemming, Hans-Curt
    Spezielle Physiologie der Prokaryoten
    In: Boenigk, Biologie: Der Begleiter in und durch das Studium / Boenigk, Jens (Eds.). Berlin: Springer, 2021, pp. 547 – 580
  • Boenigk, Jens
    Five Decades of Research in Protozoology – What have We learned?
    In: Cilia and flagella, ciliates and flagellates: ultrastructure and cell biology, function and systematics, symbiosis and biodiversity / Hausmann, Klaus; Radek, R. (Eds.). Stuttgart: Schweizerbart Science Publ., 2014, pp. 267 – 274
  • Bass, David; Boenigk, Jens
    Everything is Everywhere : a twenty-first century de-/reconstruction with respect to protists
    In: Biogeography of Microscopic Organisms: Is Everything Small Everywhere? / Fontaneto, Diego; Brodie, J (Eds.). Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, 2011, pp. 88 – 110
  • Boenigk, Jens
    Protozoa (Heterotroph, Eukaryotic)
    In: Encyclopedia of Geobiology / Thil, Volker; Reitner, Jochim (Eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, 2011, pp. 746 – 750
  • Schmidt, Roland; Boenigk, Jens
    Clim-Land
    In: Planet Austria / Köck, Günter; Lammerhuber, Lois; Piller, Werner E. (Eds.). Baden: Ed. Lammerhuber; [Wien] : Verl. der Österr. Akad. der Wiss., 2009, pp. 240 – 247
  • Weisse, Thomas; Boenigk, Jens; Müller, H.
    Ecological methods for the study of heterotrophic nano- and microplankton of fresh and marine waters
    In: A Course in Protozoology / Röttger, Rudolf; Knight, Robert; Foissner, Wilhelm (Eds.). Aachen: Shaker, 2009, pp. 232 – 242
  • Boenigk, Jens; Chatzinotas, A.; Pfandl, K.
    Differential impact of groundwater and surface run-off on eukaryotic microbial diversity in a mountain stream
    Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie 2007 : Münster, 24. - 28. September 2007,
    In: Erweiterte Zusammenfassungen der Jahrestagung 2007der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) und der deutschen und österreichischen Sektion der Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), 2008, pp. 292 – 296
  • Boenigk, Jens
    Distribution pattern in protists : facts and fiction
    In: Abstracts of the talks and posters presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in Marburg, Germany, September 10 - 14, 2007, 2007, pp. 150
  • Boenigk, Jens
    Some remarks on strain specifity and general patterns in the ecology of Spumella (Chrysophyceae)
    In: Chrysophytes: Past and present : CHRYS 2004 ; Proceedings of the Sixth International Crysophyte Symposium ; 2 - 7 August 2004, Lammi, Finland / Kristiansen, J.; Cronberg, G. (Eds.). Berlin [u.a.]: Cramer, 2005, pp. 167 – 178
  • Books, Collections, Proceedings

  • Boenigk, Jens; Wodniok, Sabina; Glücksman, Edvard
    Biodiversity and earth history
    Heidelberg: Springer, 2015
  • Boenigk, Jens; Wodniok, Sabina
    Biodiversität und Erdgeschichte
    Berlin [u.a.]: Springer-Spektrum, 2014
  • Posters / Proceedings posters

  • Dunkel, Thiemo; Lizette de León Gallegos, Erika; Bock, Christina; Lange, A.; Hoffmann, D.; Boenigk, Jens; Denecke, Martin
    Next generation sequencing for the identification of filamentous bacteria in industrial activated sludge plants
    6th Congress of European Microbiologists, 07.-11.06.2015, Maastricht, Niederlande,
    2015
  • Lectures

  • Sures, Bernd; Beisser, Daniela; Zimmermann, Sonja; Bock, Christina; Jakobi, Jurij; Grabner, Daniel; Großmann, Lars; Rahmann, Sven; Barcikowski, Stephan; Boenigk, Jens
    Nanosilber versus Silberionen : Reaktionen einer Planktongemeinschaft auf Metatranscriptomebene
    14. Edelmetallforum 2014 ; Analytik, Toxikologie & Umwelt ; 07.- 08.04.2014, Ulm,
    2014