Bian, L., K.-U. Hinrichs, T. Xie, S. C. Brassell, N. Iversen, H. Fossing, B.B. Jørgensen and J. M. Hayes: Algal and archaeal polyisoprenoids in a recent marine sediment: Molecular isotopic evidence for anaerobic oxidation of methane. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2, 1-22 (2001).

Böttcher, M. E: Sulfur isotope fractionation in the biogeochemical sulfur cycle of marine sediments. Isotopes Environmental Health Studies 37, 94-97 (2001).

Böttcher, M. E. and B. Thamdrup: Anaerobic sulfide oxidation and stable isotope fractionation associated with bacterial sulfur disproportionation in the presence of MnO₂. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65, 1573-1581 (2001).

Böttcher, M. E., B. Thamdrup and T. W. Vennemann: Oxygen and sulfur isotope fractionation during anaerobic bacterial disproportionation of elemental sulfur. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65, 1601-1609 (2001).

Boudreau, B. P. and B. B. Jørgensen: (Eds.) The Benthic Boundary Layer:Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry. Oxford University Press, 2001.

Boudreau, B. P. and B. B. Jørgensen: Diagenesis and the benthic boundary layer, Chapter 9. In: The Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry. (Eds.) B. P. Boudreau and B. B. Jørgensen. Oxford University Press 2001, 211-244.

Brüchert, V., C. Knoblauch and B. B. Jørgensen: Controls on stable sulfur isotope fractionation during bacterial sulfate reduction in Arctic sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65, 753-766 (2001).

Dellwig, O., M. E. Böttcher, H. Brumsack and M.Lipinsk: Trace metals in Holocene coastal peats (NW Germany) and their relation to pyrite formation. Chemical Geology 182, 423-442 (2001).

Dubinin, A. V. and S. V. Strekopytov: Behavior of rare earth elements during leaching of the oceanic sediments. Geochemistry International 39, 692-701 (2001).

Elvert, M., J. Greinert, E. Suess and M. J. Whiticar: Carbon isotopes of biomarkers derived from methane-oxidizing microbes at hydrate ridge, cascadia convergent margin. In: Natural Gas Hydrates: Occurrence, Distribution, and Detection. American Geographical Union 124. 2001, 115-129.

Fones, G. R., W. Davison, O. Holby, B. B. Jørgensen and B. Thamdrup: High-resolution metal gradients measured by in situ DGT/DET deployments in Black Sea sediments using an autonomous benthic lander. Limnology and Oceanography 46, 982-988 (2001).

Jørgensen, B. B.: Microbial life in the diffusive boundary layer, Chapter 14. In: The Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry. (Eds.) B. P. Boudreau and B. B. Jørgensen. Oxford University Press 2001, 348-373.

Jørgensen, B. B.: Space for hydrogen. News and Views Nature 412, 286-289 (2001).

Jørgensen, B. B., U. Franke, G. Holst and H. Røy: Oxygen transport across the benthic boundary layer: from a 1-D to a 3-D view. ASLO Bulletin 10, 21-25 (2001).

Jørgensen, B. B., A. Weber and J. Zopfi: Sulfate reduction and anaerobic methane oxidation in Black Sea sediments. Deep-Sea Research I 48, 2097-2120 (2001).

Larsen, O. and D. Postma: Kinetics of reductive bulk dissolution of lepidocrocite, ferihydrite, and goethite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65, 1367-1379 (2001).

Neretin, L., I. I. Volkow, M. E. Böttcher and V.A. Grinenko: A sulfur budget for the Black Sea anoxic zone. Deep-Sea Research I 48, 1569-1593 (2001).

Sand, W., T. Gehrke, P.-G. Jozsa and A. Schippers: (Bio)chemistry of bacterial leaching - direct vs. indirect bioleaching. Hydrometallurgy 59: 159-175 (2001).

Schippers, A. and B. B. Jørgensen: Oxidation of pyrite and iron sulfide by manganese dioxide in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65, 915-922 (2001).

Schippers, A., P.-G. Jozsa and W. Sand: Microbiological pyrite oxidation in a mine tailings heap and its relevance to the death of vegetation. Geomicrobiology Journal 17, 151-162 (2001).

Schippers, A., P.-G. Jozsa, Zs. M. Kovacs, M. Jelea and W. Sand: Large-scale experiments for microbiological evaluation of measures for safeguarding sulfidic mine waste. Waste Management 21, 139-146 (2001).

Schubert, C. J., R. Stein and S. E. Calvert: Tracking nutrient and productivity variations over the last deglaciation in the Arctic Ocean. Paleoceanography 16, 199-211 (2001).

Schulz, H. N. and B. B. Jørgensen: Big bacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology 55, 105-137 (2001).

Strekopytov, S. V. and A.V.Dubinin: On the geochemistry of the ferruginous concretions of the Barents Sea. Oceanology 41, 367-374 (2001).

Surkov, A. V., M. E. Boettcher and J. Kuever: Stable sulfur isotope fractionation during the reduction of thiosulfate by Dethiosulfovibrio russensis. Archives of Microbiology 174, 448-451 (2001).

von Blanckenburg F. and M. E. Böttcher: Abiotic stable iron isotope fractionation. European Journal of Mineralogy, Beiheft 13, 193-194 (2001).

Weber, A., W. Riess, F. Wenzhoefer and B.B. Jørgensen: Sulfate reduction in Black Sea sediments: in situ and laboratory radiotracer measurements from the shelf to 2000 m depth. Deep-Sea Research I 48, 2073-2096 (2001).

Wijsman, J. W. M., J. J. Middelburg, P. M. J.Hermann, M. E. Böttcher and C. H. R. Heip: Sulfur and iron speciation in surface sediments along the northwestern margin of the Black Sea. Marine Chemistry 75, 261-278 (2001).

Wortmann, U. G., S. M. Bernasconi and M. E. Böttcher: Hypersulfidic deep biosphere indicates extreme sulfur isotope fractionation during single-step bacterial sulfate reduction. Geology 29, 647-650 (2001).

Zopfi, J., T. G. Ferdelman, B. B. Jørgensen, A. Teske and B. Thamdrup: Influence of water column dynamics on sulfide oxidation and other major biogeochemical processes in the chemocline of Mariager Fjord (Denmark). Marine Chemistry 74, 29-51 (2001).

Zopfi, J., T. Kjaer, L. P. Nielsen and B. B. Jørgensen: Ecology of Thioploca spp.: Nitrate and sulfur storage in relation to chemical microgradients and influence of Thioploca spp. on the sedimentary nitrogen cycle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 5530-5537 (2001).

Boudreau, B. P., M. Huettel , S. Forster, R. A. Jahnke, A. McLachlan, J. J. Middelburg, P. Nielsen, F. Sansone, G. Taghon, W. Van Raaphorst, I. Webster, J. M. Weslawski, P. Wiberg and B. Sundby: Permeable marine sediments: overturning an old paradigm. EOS 82, 133-136 (2001).

Bühring, S. I. and B. Christiansen: Lipids in selected abyssal benthopelagic animals: links to the epipelagic zone? Progress in Oceanography 50, 369-382 (2001).

Huettel, M. and I. T. Webster: Porewater flow in permeable sediment. In: The Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry. (Eds.) B. P. Boudreau and B. B. Jørgensen Oxford University Press 2001, 144-179.

Khalili, A., M. Huettel and W. Merzkirch: Fine scale measurements in the benthic boundary layer. In: The Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry. (Eds.) B. P. Boudreau and B.

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Piepenburg D., A. Brandt, K. von Juterzenka, M. Mayer, K. Schnack, D. Seiler, U. Witte and M. Spindler: Patterns and determinants of the distribution and structure of benthic faunal assemblages in the northern North Atlantic. Northern North Atlantic: A Changing Environment. 179-198 (2001).

Richter, C., M. Wunsch, M. Rasheed, I. Kötter and M. I. Badran: Endoscopic exploration of Red Sea coral reefs reveals dense populations of cavity-dwelling sponges. Nature 413, 726-730 (2001).

Rusch, A., S. Forster, and M. Huettel: Bacteria, diatoms and detritus in an intertidal sandflat subject to advective transport across the water-sediment interface. Biogeochemistry 55, 1-27 (2001).

Abed, R. and F. Garcia-Pichel: Long-term compositional changes after transplant in a microbial mat cyanobacterial community revealed using a polyphasic approach. Environmental Microbiology 3, 53-62 (2001).

de Beer, D.: Microsensor studies of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen cycles in lake sediments and microbial mats. In: Environmental Electrochemistry: Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry. (Eds.) M. Taillefert and T. F. Rozan. Vol. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 811, Washington DC 2001, 227-246.

de Beer, D. and A. J. W. Larkum: Photosynthesis and calcification in the calcifying algae Halimeda discoidea studied with microsensors. Plant, Cell & Environment 24, 1209-1217 (2001).

Glud, R. N., A. Tengberg, M. Kühl, P. O. J. Hall, I. Klimant and G. Holst: An in situ instrument for planar O2 optode measurements at benthic interfaces. Limnology and Oceanography 46, 2073-2080 (2001).

Hanstein, S., D. de Beer and H. H. Felle: Miniaturised carbon dioxide sensor designed for measurements within plant leaves. Sensors & Actuators B 81, 107-114 (2001).

Holst, G and B. Grunwald: Luminescence Lifetime Imaging with Transparent Oxygen Optodes. Sensors & Actuators B 74, 74-90 (2001).

Stehning, C. and G. Holst: A DSP-Based measuring system for temperature compensated fiberoptical oxygen sensors. SPIE 4578 (2001).

Stief, P.: Formation of ecotoxicologically relevant nitrite concentrations within nitrate-exposed sediments. Verhandlungen Internationaler Vereine für Limnologie 27, 1-5 (2001).

Stief, P.: Influence of sediment and pore-water composition on nitrite accumulation in a nitrate-perfused freshwater sediment. Water Research 35, 2811-2818 (2001).

Wieland, A., D. de Beer, D. van Dusschoten, L. R. Damgaard, M. Kuehl and H. van As: Fine-scale measurement of diffusivity in a microbial mat with NMR imaging. Limnology and Oceanography 44, 248-259 (2001).

Abed, R.: Variations in community composition of cyanobacterial mats in response to environmental disturbance with emphasis on the biodegradation of petroleum derivatives. University Bremen 2001.

Grötzschel, S.: Physiological reactions of hypersaline cyanobacterial mats upon degradation of organic pollutants. University Bremen 2001.

Stehning, C.: Project study: Theoriegrundlagen, Aufbau und Vermessung eines volloptischen Lichtwellenleiter-Multiplexers (Theory, design and application of optical fiber multiplexers) University Bremen 2001.

Detmers, J., V. Brüchert, K. Habicht and J. Kuever: Diversity of sulfur isotope fractionations by sulfate-reducing prokaryotes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:888-894 (2001).

Grünberg, K., C. Wawer, B.M. Tebo and D. Schüler: A large gene cluster encoding several magnetosome proteins is conserved in different species of magnetotactic bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4573-4582 (2001).

Kniemeyer, O. and J. Heider: Ethylbenzene dehydrogenase, a novel hydrocarbon-oxidizing molybdenum/iron-sulfur/heme enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276:21381-21386 (2001).

Kniemeyer, O. and J. Heider: (S)-1-Phenylethanol dehydrogenase from Azoarcus strain EbN1, an enzyme of anaerobic ethylbenzene catabolism. Archives of Microbiology 176:129-135 (2001).

Kuever, J., M. Koenneke, A. Galushko and O. Drzyzga: Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51:171-177 (2001).

Rabus, R., H. Wilkes, A. Behrends, A. Armstroff, T. Fischer, A.J. Pierik and F. Widdel.: Anaerobic initial reaction of n-alkanes in a denitrifying bacterium: evidence for (1-methylpentyl)succinate as initial product and for involvement of an organic radical in n-hexane metabolism. Journal of Bacteriology 183:1707-1715 (2001).

Surkov, A.V., G.A. Dubinina, A.M. Lysenko, F.O. Glöckner and J. Kuever: Dethiosulfovibrio russensis sp. nov., Dethiosulfovibrio marinus sp. nov. and Dethiosulfovibrio acidaminovorans sp. nov., novel anaerobic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacteria isolated from 'Thiodendron' sulfur mats in different saline environments. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51:327-337 (2001).

Widdel, F. and R. Rabus: Anaerobic biodegradation of saturated and aromatic hydrcarbons. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 12:259-276 (2001).

Meyer, B.: Molekularer Nachweis der dissimilatorischen APS-Reduktase in am Schwefelkreislauf beteiligten Mikroorganismen. Universität Bremen 2001.

Kniemeyer, O.: Neuartige Reaktionen beim anaeroben Abbau von Kohlenwasserstoffen - Verwertung von Ethylbenzol und kurzkettigen Alkanen. Universität Bremen 2001.

Könneke, M.: Untersuchung der zellularen Fettsäuren von sulfatreduzierenden Bakterien aus kalten, marinen Sedimenten. Universität Bremen 2001.

Amann, R., B. M. Fuchs and S. Behrens: The identification of microorganisms by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. . Current Opinion in Biotechnology 12, 231-236 (2001).

Amann, R. and K. H. Schleifer: Nucleic acid probes and their application in Environmental Microbiology. In: Bergey’s Manual for Systematic Bacteriology 2001, Vol. 1, 67-82.

Dubilier, N., C. Mülders, T. Ferdelman, D. De Beer, A. Pernthaler, M. Klein, M. Wagner, C. Erseus, F. Thiermann, J. Krieger, O. Giere and R. Amann: Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm. Nature (London) 411, 298-302 (2001).

Eilers, H., J. Pernthaler, J. Peplies, F. O. Glöckner, G. Gerdts and R. Amann: Isolation of novel pelagic bacteria from the German Bight and their seasonal contributions to surface picoplankton. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 5134-5142 (2001).

Fuchs, B. M., K. Syutsubo, W. Ludwig and R. Amann: In situ accessibility of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA to fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 961-968 (2001).

Gieseke, A., U. Purkhold, M. Wagner, R. Amann and A. Schramm: Community structure and activity dynamics of nitrifying bacteria in a phosphate-removing biofilm. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 1351-1362 (2001).

Kirchman, D. L., L. Yu, B. M. Fuchs and R. Amann: Structure of bacterial communities in aquatic systems as revealed by filter PCR. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 26, 13-22 (2001).

Nogales, B., E. R. B. Moore, E. Llobet-Brossa, R. Rossello-Mora, R. Amann and K. N. Timmis: Combined use of 16S ribosomal DNA and 16S rRNA to study the bacterial community of polychlorinated biphenyl-polluted soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 1874-1884 (2001).

Pernthaler, J., F. O. Glöckner, W. Schönhuber and R. Amann: Fluorescence in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. In: Methods in Microbiology (Vol. 30): Marine Microbiology. (Ed.) J. Paul. Academic Press, San Diego, USA 2001, 207-226.

Pernthaler A., J. Pernthaler, H. Eilers and R. Amann: Growth patterns of two marine isolates: adaptations to substrate patchiness? Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 4077-4083 (2001).

Pernthaler, J., T. Posch, K. Simek, J. Vrba, A. Pernthaler, F. O. Glöckner, U. Nübel, R. Psenner and R. Amann: Predator-specific enrichment of Actinobacteria from a cosmopolitan freshwater clade in mixed continuous culture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 2145-2155 (2001).

Posch, T., M. Loferer-Krossbacher, G. Gao, A. Alfreider, J. Pernthaler and R. Psenner: Precision of bacterioplankton biomass determination: a comparison of two fluorescent dyes, and of allometric and linear volume-to-carbon conversion factors. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 25, 55-63 (2001).

Ravenschlag, K., K. Sahm and R. Amann: Quantitative molecular analysis of the microbial community in marine Arctic sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 387-395 (2001).

Rossello-Mora, R. and R. Amann: The species concept for prokaryotes. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 25, 39-67 (2001).

Schönhuber, W., G. Le Bourhis, J. Tremblay, R. Amann and S. Kulakauskas: Utilization of tm RNA sequences for bacterial identification. BMC Microbiology 1, 20 (2001).

Schramm, A., D. de Beer, A. Gieseke and R. Amann: Microenvironments and distribution of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane-bound biofilm. Environ. Microbiol. 2: 680-686 (2001).

Schweitzer, B., I. Huber, R. Amann, W. Ludwig and M. Simon: Alpha- and beta-proteobacteria control the consumption and release of amino acids on lake snow aggregates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 632-637 (2001).

Simek, K., J. Pernthaler, M. G. Weinbauer, K. Hornak, J. R. Dolan, J. Nedoma, M. Masin and R. Amann: Changes in bacterial community composition and dynamics and viral mortality rates associated with enhanced flagellate grazing in a mesoeutrophic reservoir. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 2723-2733 (2001).

West, N. J., W. A. Schönhuber, N. J. Fuller, R. I. Amann, R. Rippka, A. F. Post and D. J. Scanlan: Closely related Prochlorococcus genotypes show remarkably different depth distributions in two oceanic regions as revealed by in situ hybridisation using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. Microbiology 147, 1731-1744 (2001).

Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, S. D. Archer, R. P. Kiene, R. Amann and P. H. Burkill: Linking the composition of bacterioplankton to rapid turnover of dissolved dimethylsulphoniopropionate in an algal bloom in the North Sea. Environmental Microbiology 3, 304-311 (2001).

Zubkov, M. V., B. M. Fuchs, P. H. Burkill and R. Amann: Comparison of cellular and biomass specific activities of dominant bacterioplankton groups in stratified waters of the Celtic Sea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67, 5210-5218 (2001).

Blazejak, A.: Molekularbiologische Charakterisierung der mit marinen Oligochaeten (Annelida) assoziierten Bakterien. Fachbereich Biotechnologie der Technischen Universität Berlin 2001.

Lemke, A.: Mikrobielle Diversität in gashydrathaltigen Sedimenten. Fachbereich Chemie (Studiengang Marine Umweltwissenschaften) der Universität Oldenburg 2001.

Gieseke, A.: Microscale structure and activity of complex nitrifying wastewater biofilms. Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie der Universität Bremen 2001.

Schäfer, H.: Dynamics of the genetic diversity of marine bacterial assemblages. Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie der Universität Bremen 2001.