Publications

    2025

  • Heker, Isabelle; Samak, Nadia A.; Kong, Yachao; Meckenstock, Rainer U.
    Anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 91, 2025, Nr. 4, e02268-24
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Samak, Nadia A.; Götz, Frederik; Adjir, Khadija; Schaller, Torsten; Häßler, Marvin; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Fax, Jonas; Haberhauer, Gebhard; Surmeneva, Alina; Meckenstock, Rainer U.
    Characterization of 2-phenanthroyl-CoA reductase, an ATP-independent type III aryl-CoA reductase involved in anaerobic phenanthrene degradation
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 91, 2025, Nr. 5, e00166-25
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Heker, Isabelle; Seitz, Christian; Voskuhl, Lisa; Kong, Yachao; Erdmann, Isabell; Götz, Frederik; Hassoun, Mohamed; Huber, Claudia; Eisenreich, Wolfgang; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Chemoorganoautotrophic lifestyle of the anaerobic enrichment culture N47 growing on naphthalene
    In: Communications Biology, Vol. 8, 2025, Nr. 1, 856
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Beilig, Sebastian; Voskuhl, Lisa; Geydirici, Itır; Tintrop, Lucie K.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Coexistence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in a sulfate-adapted enrichment culture from an oil reservoir
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2025, e00141-25 , in press
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Li, Qiansheng; Lu, Hong; Cheng, Manman; Meckenstock, Rainer U.; Zhou, Jiti; Zhang, Haikun
    Insights into the Direct Photoelectron Transfer Mechanism in Cofactor-free Redox Carbon Dots and Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase Biohybrids Responsible for Ammonia Synthesis
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 59, 2025, Nr. 13, pp. 6686 – 6695
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  • Zhang, Haikun; Voskuhl, Lisa; Hassoun, Mohamed; Brauer, Verena; Dannehl, Astrid; Kaspareit, Yassin M.; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    The chemolithoautotrophic bacterium CB1MN can utilize hydrogen and sulfur as electron donors with ferric iron as electron acceptor
    In: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Vol. 198, 2025, 105988
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Wang, Qiao-Hui; Liu, Yi-Fan; Wu, Xiao-Lin; Zhou, Lei; Yang, Shi-Zhong; Meckenstock, Rainer U.; Gu, Ji-Dong; Mu, Bo-Zhong
    Water Droplets in Crude Shale Oil Harbor an Active Heterotrophic Microbial Community Feeding on Both Oil and Necromass
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 59, 2025, Nr. 31, pp. 16415 – 16429
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    • 2024

  • Kong, Yachao; Riebe, Jan; Feßner, Malte; Schaller, Torsten; Wölper, Christoph; Stappert, Florian; Meckelmann, Sven; Krajnc, Matthias; Weyrauch, Philip; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Merten, Christian; Niemeyer, Jochen; Hu, Xiaoke; Meckenstock, Rainer
    A CoA-Transferase and Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Convert 2-(Carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-Carboxyl-CoA During Anaerobic Naphthalene Degradation
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 12, e70013
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Beilig, Sebastian; Pannekens, Mark; Voskuhl, Lisa; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Assessing anaerobic microbial degradation rates of crude light oil with reverse stable isotope labelling and community analysis
    In: Frontiers in Microbiomes, Vol. 3, 2024, 1324967
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Kaplieva-Dudek, I.; Samak, Nadia; Bormann, Jenny; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Characterization of 2-phenanthroate:CoA ligase from the sulfate-reducing, phenanthrene-degrading enrichment culture TRIP
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 90, 2024, Nr. 10, e0129624
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Brauer, Verena; Voskuhl, Lisa; Mohammadian, Sadjad; Pannekens, Mark; Haque, Shirin; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Imprints of ecological processes in the taxonomic core community : An analysis of naturally replicated microbial communities enclosed in oil
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 100, 2024, Nr. 6, fiae074
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Mbow, Fatou T.; Akbari, Ali; Dopffel, Nicole; Schneider, Konstantin; Mukherjee, Soujatya; Meckenstock, Rainer U.
    Insights into the effects of anthropogenic activities on oil reservoir microbiome and metabolic potential
    In: New Biotechnology, Vol. 79, 2024, pp. 30 – 38
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Arens, Felix L.; Airo, Alessandro; Sager, Christof; Grossart, Hans-Peter; Mangelsdorf, Kai; Meckenstock, Rainer U.; Pannekens, Mark; Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe; Uhl, Jenny; Valenzuela, Bernardita; Zamorano, Pedro; Zoccarato, Luca; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk
    Microbial response to deliquescence of nitrate-rich soils in the hyperarid Atacama Desert
    In: Biogeosciences (BG), Vol. 21, 2024, Nr. 22, pp. 5305 – 5320
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Lee, Kang Soo; Landry, Zachary; Athar, Awais; Alcolombri, Uria; Pramoj Na Ayutthaya, Pratchaya; Berry, David; de Bettignies, Philippe; Cheng, Ji-Xin; Csucs, Gabor; Cui, Li; Deckert, Volker; Dieing, Thomas; Dionne, Jennifer; Doskocil, Ondrej; D’Souza, Glen; García-Timermans, Cristina; Gierlinger, Notburga; Goda, Keisuke; Hatzenpichler, Roland; Henshaw, Richard J.; Huang, Wei E.; Iermak, Ievgeniia; Ivleva, Natalia P.; Kneipp, Janina; Kubryk, Patrick; Küsel, Kirsten; Lee, Tae Kwon; Lee, Sung Sik; Ma, Bo; Martínez-Pérez, Clara; Matousek, Pavel; Meckenstock, Rainer; Min, Wei; Mojzeš, Peter; Müller, Oliver; Kumar, Naresh; Nielsen, Per Halkjær; Notingher, Ioan; Palatinszky, Márton; Pereira, Fátima C.; Pezzotti, Giuseppe; Pilat, Zdenek; Plesinger, Filip; Popp, Jürgen; Probst, Alexander J.; Riva, Alessandra; Saleh, Amr. A. E.; Samek, Ota; Sapers, Haley M.; Schubert, Olga T.; Stubbusch, Astrid K. M.; Tadesse, Loza F.; Taylor, Gordon T.; Wagner, Michael; Wang, Jing; Yin, Huabing; Yue, Yang; Zenobi, Renato; Zini, Jacopo; Sarkans, Ugis; Stocker, Roman
    MicrobioRaman : an open-access web repository for microbiological Raman spectroscopy data
    In: Nature Microbiology, 2024, Nr. 9, pp. 1152 – 1156
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • 2023

  • Heker, Isabelle; Haberhauer, Gebhard; Meckenstock, Rainer U.
    Naphthalene Carboxylation in the Sulfate-Reducing Enrichment Culture N47 Is Proposed to Proceed via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition to the Cofactor Prenylated Flavin Mononucleotide
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 89, 2023, Nr. 3, e01927-22
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • 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
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    • 2022

  • Scholz, Vincent V.; Meckenstock, Rainer; Nielsen, Lars Peter; Risgaard-Petersen, Nils
    Erratum: Publisher Correction: Cable bacteria reduce methane emissions from rice-vegetated soils
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, 2022, Nr. 1, 1285
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Mohammadian, Sadjad; Tabani, Hadi; Boosalik, Zahra; Asadi Rad, Amir; Krok, Beate; Fritzsche, Andreas; Khodaei, Kamal; Meckenstock, Rainer
    In Situ Remediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Groundwater by Injecting an Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based Adsorption Barrier
    In: Water, Vol. 14, 2022, Nr. 13, 1998
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Voskuhl, Lisa; Brusilova, Darya; Brauer, Verena; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Inhibition of sulfate-reducing bacteria with formate
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 98, 2022, Nr. 1, fiac003
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Krok, Beate; Mohammadian, Sadjad; Noll, Hendrik M.; Surau, Carina; Markwort, Stefan; Fritzsche, Andreas; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Remediation of zinc-contaminated groundwater by iron oxide in situ adsorption barriers : From lab to the field
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 807, 2022, Nr. 3, 151066
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2021

  • Heise, Julia; Müller, Hubert; Probst, Alexander J.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Ammonium Removal in Aquaponics Indicates Participation of Comammox Nitrospira
    In: Current Microbiology, Vol. 78, 2021, Nr. 3, pp. 894 – 903
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Arnold, Meike; Kaplieva-Dudek, I.; Heker, I.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Aryl Coenzyme A Ligases, a Subfamily of the Adenylate-Forming Enzyme Superfamily
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 87, 2021, Nr. 18, e00690-21
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Salii, Iryna; Szaleniec, Maciej; Zein, Ammar Alhaj; Seyhan, Deniz; Sekuła, Anna; Schühle, Karola; Kaplieva-Dudek, Ianina; Linne, Uwe; Meckenstock, Rainer; Heider, Johann
    Determinants for Substrate Recognition in the Glycyl Radical Enzyme Benzylsuccinate Synthase Revealed by Targeted Mutagenesis
    In: ACS Catalysis, Vol. 11, 2021, Nr. 6, pp. 3361 – 3370
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Mollenkopf, Marie; Fritzsche, Andreas; Montalvo, Daniela; Diez-Ortiz, Maria; González-Andrés, Verónica; Smolders, Erik; Meckenstock, Rainer; Totsche, Kai Uwe
    Exposure of humic acid-coated goethite colloids to groundwater does not affect their adsorption of metal(loid)s and their impact on Daphnid mobility
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 797, 2021, 149153
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  • Mohammadian, Sadjad; Krok, Beate; Fritzsche, Andreas; Bianco, Carlo; Tosco, Tiziana; Cagigal, Ekain; Mata, Bruno; Gonzalez, Veronica; Diez-Ortiz, Maria; Ramos, Vanesa; Montalvo, Daniela; Smolders, Erik; Sethi, Rajandrea; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Field-scale demonstration of in situ immobilization of heavy metals by injecting iron oxide nanoparticle adsorption barriers in groundwater
    In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 237, 2021, pp. 103741
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Voskuhl, Lisa; Akbari, Ali; Müller, Hubert; Pannekens, Mark; Brusilova, Darya; Dyksma, Stefan; Haque, Shirin; Graupner, Nadine; Dunthorn, Micah; Meckenstock, Rainer U.; Brauer, Verena
    Indigenous microbial communities in heavy oil show a threshold response to salinity
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 97, 2021, Nr. 12, fiab157
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Zhang, Chuwen; Meckenstock, Rainer; Weng, Shengze; Wei, Guangshan; Hubert, Casey R J; Wang, Jiang-Hai; Dong, Xiyang
    Marine sediments harbor diverse archaea and bacteria with the potential for anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation via fumarate addition
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 97, 2021, Nr. 5, fiab045
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  • Pannekens, Mark; Voskuhl, Lisa; Mohammadian, Sadjad; Köster, Daniel; Meier, Arne; Köhne, John M.; Kulbatzki, Michelle; Akbari, Ali; Haque, Shirin; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Microbial Degradation Rates of Natural Bitumen
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 55, 2021, Nr. 13, pp. 8700 – 8708
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schulze-Makuch, Dirk; Lipus, Daniel; Arens, Felix L.; Baqué, Mickael; Bornemann, Till; Devere, Jean-Pierre; Flury, Markus; Frösler, Jan; Heinz, Jacob; Hwang, Yunha; Kounaves, Samuel P.; Mangelsdorf, Kai; Meckenstock, Rainer; Pannekens, Mark; Probst, Alexander J.; Sáenz, Johan S.; Schirmack, Janosch; Schloter, Michael; Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe; Schneider, Beate; Uhl, Jenny; Vestergaard, Gisle; Valenzuela, Bernardita; Zamorano, Pedro; Wagner, Dirk
    Microbial hotspots in lithic microhabitats inferred from dna fractionation and metagenomics in the atacama desert
    In: Microorganisms, Vol. 9, 2021, Nr. 5, 1038
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Fritzsche, Andreas; Bosch, Julian; Sander, Michael; Schröder, Christian; Byrne, James M.; Ritschel, Thomas; Joshi, Prachi; Maisch, Markus; Meckenstock, Rainer; Kappler, Andreas; Totsche, Kai U.
    Organic Matter from Redoximorphic Soils Accelerates and Sustains Microbial Fe(III) Reduction
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, 2021
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    • 2020

  • Velimirovic, Milica; Bianco, Carlo; Ferrantello, Natalia; Tosco, Tiziana; Casasso, Alessandro; Sethi, Rajandrea; Schmid, Doris; Wagner, Stephan; Miyajima, Kumiko; Klaas, Norbert; Meckenstock, Rainer U.; von der Kammer, Frank; Hofmann, Thilo
    A large-scale 3D study on transport of humic acid-coated goethite nanoparticles for aquifer remediation
    In: Water, Vol. 12, 2020, Nr. 4, pp. 1207
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Marozava, Sviatlana; Merl-Pham, Juliane; Müller, Hubert; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Adaptation of Carbon Source Utilization Patterns of Geobacter metallireducens During Sessile Growth
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 11, 2020, pp. 1271
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Scholz, Vincent V.; Meckenstock, Rainer U.; Nielsen, Lars Peter; Risgaard-Petersen, Nils
    Cable bacteria reduce methane emissions from rice-vegetated soils
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 1878
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Pannekens, Mark; Voskuhl, Lisa; Meier, A.; Müller, Hubert; Haque, Shirin; Frösler, Jan; Brauer, Verena; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Densely Populated Water Droplets in Heavy-Oil Seeps
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 86, 2020, Nr. 11, pp. e00164 – 20
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Müller, Hubert; Marozava, Sviatlana; Probst, Alexander J.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Groundwater cable bacteria conserve energy by sulfur disproportionation
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 14, 2020, Nr. 2, pp. 623 – 634
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Weyrauch, Philip; Heker, Isabelle; Zaytsev, Andrey V.; von Hagen, Christian A.; Arnold, Meike; Golding, Bernard T.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    The 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-2-Naphthoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase Reaction in the Anaerobic Degradation of Naphthalene and Identification of Downstream Metabolites
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 86, 2020, Nr. 15, pp. e00996 – 20
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • 2019

  • Schulte, Simone M.; Köster, Daniel; Jochmann, Maik; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Applying reverse stable isotope labeling analysis by mid-infrared laser spectroscopy to monitor BDOC in recycled wastewater
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 665, 2019, pp. 1064 – 1072
    DOI
  • Koelschbach, Janina S.; Mouttaki, Housna; Merl-Pham, Juliane; Arnold, Meike; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Identification of naphthalene carboxylase subunits of the sulfate-reducing culture N47
    In: Biodegradation, Vol. 30, 2019, Nr. 2-3, pp. 147 – 160
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Marozava, Sviatlana; Meyer, Armin H.; Pérez-De-Mora, Alfredo; Gharasoo, Mehdi; Zhuo, Lin; Wang, He; Cirpka, Olaf A.; Meckenstock, Rainer; Elsner, Martin
    Mass Transfer Limitation during Slow Anaerobic Biodegradation of 2-Methylnaphthalene
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 53, 2019, Nr. 16, pp. 9481 – 9490
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kraiselburd, Ivana; Brüls, Thomas; Heilmann, Geronimo; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Metabolic reconstruction of the genome of candidate Desulfatiglans TRIP_1 and identification of key candidate enzymes for anaerobic phenanthrene degradation
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 21, 2019, Nr. 4, pp. 1267 – 1286
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Pannekens, Mark; Kroll, Lisa; Müller, Hubert; Mbow, Fatou Tall; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Oil reservoirs, an exceptional habitat for microorganisms
    In: New Biotechnology, Vol. 49, 2019, pp. 1 – 9
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Dong, Xiyang; Bäcker, Leonard; Rahmatullah, Mona; Schunk, Daniel; Lens, Guido; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Quantification of microbial degradation activities in biological activated carbon filters by reverse stable isotope labelling
    In: AMB Express, Vol. 9, 2019, Nr. 1, 109
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Scholz, Vincent V.; Müller, Hubert; Koren, Klaus; Nielsen, Lars Peter; Meckenstock, Rainer
    The rhizosphere of aquatic plants is a habitat for cable bacteria
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 95, 2019, Nr. 6, pp. fiz062
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2018

  • Marozava, Sviatlana; Mouttaki, Housna; Müller, Hubert; Abu Laban, Nidal; Probst, Alexander J.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Anaerobic degradation of 1-methylnaphthalene by a member of the Thermoanaerobacteraceae contained in an iron-reducing enrichment culture
    In: Biodegradation, Vol. 29, 2018, Nr. 1, pp. 23 – 39
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Himmelberg, Anne M.; Brüls, Thomas; Farmani, Zahra; Weyrauch, Philip; Barthel, Gabriele; Schrader, Wolfgang; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Anaerobic degradation of phenanthrene by a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 20, 2018, Nr. 10, pp. 3589 – 3600
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Nguyen, Nhung H. A.; Von Moos, Nadia R.; Slaveykova, Vera I.; Mackenzie, Katrin; Meckenstock, Rainer; Thűmmler, Silke; Bosch, Julian; Ševců, Alena
    Biological effects of four iron-containing nanoremediation materials on the green alga Chlamydomonas sp.
    In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 154, 2018, pp. 36 – 44
    DOI, Online Full Text
  • Montalvo, Daniela; Vanderschueren, Ruth; Fritzsche, Andreas; Meckenstock, Rainer; Smolders, Erik
    Efficient removal of arsenate from oxic contaminated water by colloidal humic acid-coated goethite : Batch and column experiments
    In: Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 189, 2018, pp. 510 – 518
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Dong, Xiyang; Greening, Chris; Brüls, Thomas; Conrad, Ralf; Guo, Kun; Blaskowski, Svenja; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Abu Laban, Nidal; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Fermentative Spirochaetes mediate necromass recycling in anoxic hydrocarbon-contaminated habitats
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 12, 2018, Nr. 8, pp. 2039 – 2050
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Marozava, Sviatlana; Vargas-López, Raquel; Tian, Ye; Merl-Pham, Juliane; Braster, Martin; Meckenstock, Rainer; Smidt, Hauke; Röling, Wilfred F. M.; Westerhoff, Hans V.
    Metabolic flexibility of a prospective bioremediator : Desulfitobacterium hafniense Y51 challenged in chemostats
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 20, 2018, Nr. 7, pp. 2652 – 2669
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Schulze-Makuch, Dirk; Wagner, Dirk; Kounaves, Samuel P.; Mangelsdorf, Kai; Devine, Kevin G.; De Vera, Jean-Pierre; Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe; Grossart, Hans-Peter; Parro, Victor; Kaupenjohann, Martin; Galy, Albert; Schneider, Beate; Airo, Alessandro; Frösler, Jan; Davila, Alfonso F.; Arens, Felix L.; Cáceres, Luis; Cornejo, Francisco Solís; Carrizo, Daniel; Dartnell, Lewis; DiRuggiero, Jocelyne; Flury, Markus; Ganzert, Lars; Gessner, Mark O.; Grathwohl, Peter; Guan, Lisa; Heinz, Jacob; Hess, Matthias; Keppler, Frank; Maus, Deborah; McKay, Christopher P.; Meckenstock, Rainer; Montgomery, Wren; Oberlin, Elizabeth A.; Probst, Alexander J.; Sáenz, Johan S.; Sattler, Tobias; Schirmack, Janosch; Sephton, Mark A.; Schloter, Michael; Uhl, Jenny; Valenzuela, Bernardita; Vestergaard, Gisle; Wörmer, Lars; Zamorano, Pedro
    Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Vol. 115, 2018, Nr. 11, pp. 2670 – 2675
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2017

  • Weyrauch, Philip; Zaytsev, Andrey V.; Stephan, Susanne; Kocks, Lena; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Golding, Bernard T.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Conversion of cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA in the downstream pathway of anaerobic naphthalene degradation
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 19, 2017, Nr. 7, pp. 2819 – 2830
    DOI
  • Müller, Hubert; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Kabelbakterien ermöglichen neue geochemische Prozesse : Long-distance electron transfer
    In: Biospektrum, Vol. 23, 2017, Nr. 4, pp. 388 – 390
    DOI
  • Herzyk, Agnieszka; Fillinger, Lucas; Larentis, Michael; Qiu, Shiran; Maloszewski, Piotr; Hünniger, Marko; Schmidt, Susanne I.; Stumpp, Christine; Marozava, Sviatlana; Knappett, Peter S.K.; Elsner, Martin; Meckenstock, Rainer; Lueders, Tillmann; Griebler, Christian
    Response and recovery of a pristine groundwater ecosystem impacted by toluene contamination : a meso-scale indoor aquifer experiment
    In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 207, 2017, pp. 17 – 30
    DOI
  • Dong, Xiyang; Jochmann, Maik; Elsner, Martin; Meyer, Armin H.; Bäcker, Leonard E.; Rahmatullah, Mona; Schunk, Daniel; Lens, Guido; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Monitoring Microbial Mineralization Using Reverse Stable Isotope Labeling Analysis by Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 51, 2017, Nr. 20, pp. 11876 – 11883
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Dong, Xiyang; Dröge, Johannes; von Toerne, Christine; Marozava, Sviatlana; McHardy, Alice C.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Reconstructing metabolic pathways of a member of the genus Pelotomaculum suggesting its potential to oxidize benzene to carbon dioxide with direct reduction of sulfate
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 93, 2017, Nr. 3, pp. fiw254
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Koelschbach, Janina S.; Mouttaki, Housna; Pickl, Carolin; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Rachel, Reinhard; Lawson, Paul A.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture
    In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), Vol. 67, 2017, Nr. 5, pp. 1288 – 1295
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2016

  • Meckenstock, Rainer; Boll, Matthias; Mouttaki, Housna; Koelschbach, Janina S.; Cunha Tarouco, Paola; Weyrauch, Philip; Dong, Xiyang; Himmelberg, Anne M.
    Anaerobic degradation of benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    In: Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 26, 2016, Nr. 1-3, pp. 92 – 118
    DOI
  • Rabus, Ralf; Boll, Matthias; Heider, Johann; Meckenstock, Rainer; Buckel, Wolfgang; Einsle, Oliver; Ermler, Ulrich; Golding, Bernard T.; Gunsalus, Robert P.; Kroneck, Peter M. H.; Krüger, Martin; Lueders, Tillmann; Martins, Berta M.; Musat, Florin; Richnow, Hans H.; Schink, Bernhard; Seifert, Jana; Szaleniec, Maciej; Treude, Tina; Ullmann, G. Matthias; Vogt, Carsten; Von Bergen, Martin; Wilkes, Heinz
    Anaerobic microbial degradation of hydrocarbons : From enzymatic reactions to the environment
    In: Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 26, 2016, Nr. 1-3, pp. 5 – 28
    DOI
  • Müller, Hubert; Bosch, Julian; Griebler, Christian; Damgaard, Lars Riis; Nielsen, Lars Peter; Lueders, Tillmann; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Long-distance electron transfer by cable bacteria in aquifer sediments
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 10, 2016, Nr. 8, pp. 2010 – 2019
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2015

  • Meckenstock, Rainer; Elsner, Martin; Griebler, Christian; Lueders, Tillmann; Stumpp, Christine; Aamand, Jens; Agathos, Spiros N.; Albrechtsen, Hans-Jørgen; Bastiaens, Leen; Bjerg, Poul L.; Boon, Nico; Dejonghe, Winnie; Huang, Wei E.; Schmidt, Susanne I.; Smolders, Erik; Sørensen, Sebastian R.; Springael, Dirk; van Breukelen, Boris M.
    Biodegradation : updating the concepts of control for microbial cleanup in contaminated aquifers
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 49, 2015, Nr. 12, pp. 7073 – 7081
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Kubryk, Patrick; Kölschbach, Janina S.; Marozava, Sviatlana; Lueders, Tillmann; Meckenstock, Rainer; Niessner, Reinhard; Ivleva, Natalia P.
    Exploring the Potential of Stable Isotope (Resonance) Raman Microspectroscopy and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for the Analysis of Microorganisms at Single Cell Level
    In: Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 87, 2015, Nr. 13, pp. 6622 – 6630
    DOI
  • Pfannes, Kristina R.; Langenbach, Kilian M. W.; Pilloni, Giovanni; Stührmann, Torben; Euringer, Kathrin; Lueders, Tillmann; Neu, Thomas R.; Müller, Jochen A.; Kästner, Matthias; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Selective elimination of bacterial faecal indicators in the Schmutzdecke of slow sand filtration columns
    In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 99, 2015, Nr. 23, pp. 10323 – 10332
    DOI
  • Höss, Sebastian; Fritzsche, Andreas; Meyer, Carolin; Bosch, Julian; Meckenstock, Rainer; Totsche, Kai Uwe
    Size- and Composition-Dependent Toxicity of Synthetic and Soil-Derived Fe Oxide Colloids for the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 49, 2015, Nr. 1, pp. 544 – 552
    DOI

    • 2014

  • Braunschweig, Juliane; Klier, Christine; Schröder, Christian; Händel, Matthias; Bosch, Julian; Totsche, Kai U.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Citrate influences microbial Fe hydroxide reduction via a dissolution-disaggregation mechanism
    In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 139, 2014, pp. 434 – 446
    DOI
  • Bosch, Julian; Lee, Keun-Young; Hong, Siang-Fu; Harnisch, Falk; Schröder, Uwe; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Metabolic efficiency of Geobacter sulfurreducens growing on anodes with different redox potentials
    In: Current Microbiology, Vol. 68, 2014, Nr. 6, pp. 763 – 768
    DOI
  • Müller, Johannes; Hense, Burkhard A.; Marozava, Sviatlana; Kuttler, Christina; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Model selection for microbial nutrient uptake using a cost-benefit approach
    In: Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 255, 2014, pp. 52 – 70
    DOI
  • Marozava, Sviatlana; Röling, Wilfred F. M.; Seifert, Jana; Küffner, Robert; Bergen, Martin von; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Physiology of Geobacter metallireducens under excess and limitation of electron donors : Part I ; Batch cultivation with excess of carbon sources
    In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 37, 2014, Nr. 4, pp. 277 – 286
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Marozava, Sviatlana; Röling, Wilfred F. M.; Seifert, Jana; Küffner, Robert; Von Bergen, Martin; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Physiology of Geobacter metallireducens under excess and limitation of electron donors : Part II ; Mimicking environmental conditions during cultivation in retentostats
    In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 37, 2014, Nr. 4, pp. 287 – 295
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Qiu, Shiran; Gözdereliler, Erkin; Weyrauch, Philip; Lopez, Eva C. Magana; Kohler, Hans-Peter E.; Sørensen, Sebastian R.; Meckenstock, Rainer; Elsner, Martin
    Small ¹³C/¹²C fractionation contrasts with large enantiomer fractionation in aerobic biodegradation of phenoxy acids
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, 2014, Nr. 10, pp. 5501 – 5511
    DOI
  • Meckenstock, Rainer; Netzer, Frederick von; Stumpp, Christine; Lueders, Tillmann; Himmelberg, Anne M.; Hertkorn, Norbert; Schmitt-Kopplin, Philipp; Harir, Mourad; Hosein, Riad; Haque, Shirin; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk
    Water droplets in oil are microhabitats for microbial life
    In: Science, Vol. 345, 2014, Nr. 6197, pp. 673 – 676
    DOI

    • 2013

  • Wunderlich, Anja; Meckenstock, Rainer; Einsiedl, Florian
    A mixture of nitrite-oxidizing and denitrifying microorganisms affects the δ¹⁸O of dissolved nitrate during anaerobic microbial denitrification depending on the δ¹⁸O of ambient water
    In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 119, 2013, pp. 31 – 45
    DOI
  • Eberlein, Christian; Johannes, Jörg; Mouttaki, Housna; Sadeghi, Masih; Golding, Bernard T.; Boll, Matthias; Meckenstock, Rainer
    ATP-dependent/-independent enzymatic ring reductions involved in the anaerobic catabolism of naphthalene
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 15, 2013, Nr. 6, pp. 1832 – 1841
    DOI
  • Qiu, Shiran; Eckert, Dominik; Cirpka, Olaf A.; Huenniger, Marko; Knappett, Peter; Maloszewski, Piotr; Meckenstock, Rainer; Griebler, Christian; Elsner, Martin
    Direct Experimental Evidence of Non-first Order Degradation Kinetics and Sorption-Induced Isotopic Fractionation in a Mesoscale Aquifer : 13C/12C Analysis of a Transient Toluene Pulse
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 47, 2013, Nr. 13, pp. 6892 – 6899
    DOI
  • Eberlein, Christian; Estelmann, Sebastian; Seifert, Jana; von Bergen, Martin; Müller, Michael; Meckenstock, Rainer; Boll, Matthias
    Identification and characterization of 2-naphthoyl-coenzyme A reductase, the prototype of a novel class of dearomatizing reductases
    In: Molecular Microbiology, Vol. 88, 2013, Nr. 5, pp. 1032 – 1039
    DOI
  • Braunschweig, Juliane; Bosch, Julian; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Iron oxide nanoparticles in geomicrobiology : From biogeochemistry to bioremediation
    In: New Biotechnology, Vol. 30, 2013, Nr. 6, pp. 793 – 802
    DOI

    • 2012

  • Bosch, Julian; Lee, Keun-Young; Jordan, Guntram; Kim, Kyoung-Woong; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Anaerobic, nitrate-dependent oxidation of pyrite nanoparticles by thiobacillus denitrificans
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 46, 2012, Nr. 4, pp. 2095 – 2101
    DOI
  • Fritzsche, Andreas; Bosch, Julian; Rennert, Thilo; Heister, Katja; Braunschweig, Juliane; Meckenstock, Rainer; Totsche, Kai U.
    Fast microbial reduction of ferrihydrite colloids from a soil effluent
    In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 77, 2012, pp. 444 – 456
    DOI
  • Mouttaki, Housna; Johannes, Jörg; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Identification of naphthalene carboxylase as a prototype for the anaerobic activation of non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 14, 2012, Nr. 10, pp. 2770 – 2774
    DOI
  • Bosch, Julian; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Rates and potential mechanism of anaerobic nitrate-dependent microbial pyrite oxidation
    Electron Transfer at the Microbe–Mineral Interface ; Norwich, UK, 2-4 April 2012,
    In: Biochemical Society Transactions, Vol. 40, 2012, Nr. 6, pp. 1280 – 1283
    DOI
  • Braunschweig, Juliane; Bosch, Julian; Heister, Katja; Kuebeck, Christine; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Reevaluation of colorimetric iron determination methods commonly used in geomicrobiology
    In: Journal of Microbiological Methods, Vol. 89, 2012, Nr. 1, pp. 41 – 48
    DOI
  • Hamonts, Kelly; Kuhn, Thomas; Vos, Johan; Maesen, Miranda; Kalka, Harald; Smidt, Hauke; Springael, Dirk; Meckenstock, Rainer; Dejonghe, Winnie
    Temporal variations in natural attenuation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in eutrophic river sediments impacted by a contaminated groundwater plume
    In: Water Research, Vol. 46, 2012, Nr. 6, pp. 1873 – 1888
    DOI
  • Tosco, Tiziana; Bosch, Julian; Meckenstock, Rainer; Sethi, Rajandrea
    Transport of ferrihydrite nanoparticles in saturated porous media : Role of ionic strength and flow rate
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 46, 2012, Nr. 7, pp. 4008 – 4015
    DOI
  • Lee, Keun-Young; Bosch, Julian; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Use of metal-reducing bacteria for bioremediation of soil contaminated with mixed organic and inorganic pollutants
    In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Vol. 34, 2012, Nr. Supplement 1, pp. 135 – 142
    DOI

    • 2011

  • Meckenstock, Rainer; Mouttaki, Housna
    Anaerobic degradation of non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons
    In: Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Vol. 22, 2011, Nr. 3, pp. 406 – 414
    DOI
  • Kleemann, Rita; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by Gram-positive, iron-reducing bacteria
    In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 78, 2011, Nr. 3, pp. 488 – 496
    DOI
  • Bergmann, Franz D.; Abu Laban, Nidal; Meyer, Armin H.; Elsner, Martin; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Dual (C, H) isotope fractionation in anaerobic low molecular weight (poly)aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation : Potential for field studies and mechanistic implications
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45, 2011, Nr. 16, pp. 6947 – 6953
    DOI
  • Bergmann, Franz; Selesi, Draženka; Weinmaier, Thomas; Tischler, Patrick; Rattei, Thomas; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Genomic insights into the metabolic potential of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrading sulfate-reducing Deltaproteobacterium N47
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 13, 2011, Nr. 5, pp. 1125 – 1137
    DOI
  • Bergmann, Franz D.; Selesi, Draženka; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Identification of new enzymes potentially involved in anaerobic naphthalene degradation by the sulfate-reducing enrichment culture N47
    In: Archives of Microbiology, Vol. 193, 2011, Nr. 4, pp. 241 – 250
    DOI
  • Jobelius, Carsten; Ruth, Bettina; Griebler, Christian; Meckenstock, Rainer; Hollender, Juliane; Reineke, Anne; Frimmel, Fritz H.; Zwiener, Christian
    Metabolites indicate hot spots of biodegradation and biogeochemical gradients in a high-resolution monitoring well
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45, 2011, Nr. 2, pp. 474 – 481
    DOI

    • 2010

  • Selesi, Draženka; Jehmlich, Nico; Bergen, Martin von; Schmidt, Frank; Rattei, Thomas; Tischler, Patrick; Lueders, Tillmann; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Combined genomic and proteomic approaches identify gene clusters involved in anaerobic 2-methylnaphthalene degradation in the sulfate-reducing enrichment culture N47
    In: Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 192, 2010, Nr. 1, pp. 295 – 306
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Winderl, Christian; Penning, Holger; Netzer, Frederick von; Meckenstock, Rainer; Lueders, Tillmann
    DNA-SIP identifies sulfate-reducing Clostridia as important toluene degraders in tar-oil-contaminated aquifer sediment
    In: ISME Journal, Vol. 4, 2010, Nr. 10, pp. 1314 – 1325
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kunapuli, Umakanth; Jahn, Michael K.; Lueders, Tillmann; Geyer, Roland; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons
    In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), Vol. 60, 2010, Nr. 3, pp. 686 – 695
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Abu Laban, Nidal; Selesi, Draženka; Rattei, Thomas; Tischler, Patrick; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Identification of enzymes involved in anaerobic benzene degradation by a strictly anaerobic iron-reducing enrichment culture
    In: Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 12, 2010, Nr. 10, pp. 2783 – 2796
    DOI
  • Bosch, Julian; Fritzsche, Andreas; Totsche, Kai U.; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Nanosized Ferrihydrite Colloids Facilitate Microbial Iron Reduction under Flow Conditions
    7th International Symposium for Subsurface Microbiology ; ISSM 2008; November 16-21, 2008, Shizuoka, Japan,
    In: Geomicrobiology Journal, Vol. 27, 2010, Nr. 2, pp. 123 – 129
    DOI
  • Bosch, Julian; Heister, Katja; Hofmann, Thilo; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Nanosized iron oxide colloids strongly enhance microbial iron reduction
    In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 76, 2010, Nr. 1, pp. 184 – 189
    DOI
  • Bernstein, Anat; Adar, Eilon; Ronen, Zeev; Lowag, Harald; Stichler, Willibald; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Quantifying RDX biodegradation in groundwater using δ15N isotope analysis
    In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 111, 2010, Nr. 1-4, pp. 25 – 35
    DOI