The life sulfuric: microbial ecology of sulfur cycling in marine sediments

Unraveling signatures of biogeochemical processes and the depositional setting in the molecular composition of pore water DOM across different marine environments

(2017) Frauke Schmidt et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Genomic repertoire of the Woeseiaceae/JTB255, cosmopolitan and abundant core members of microbial communities in marine sediments

(2017) Marc Mußmann et al.   ISME Journal

Erratum: Genomic reconstruction of multiple lineages of uncultured benthic archaea suggests distinct biogeochemical roles and ecological niches

(2017) Cassandre S Lazar et al.   ISME Journal

Genome and catabolic subproteomes of the marine, nutritionally versatile, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfococcus multivorans DSM 2059

(2016) Marvin Dörries et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ecology: Electrical Cable Bacteria Save Marine Life

(2016) Lars Peter Nielsen   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Enzymatic breakage of dimethylsulfoniopropionate—a signature molecule for life at sea

(2016) Andrew WB Johnston et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2016) Viola Krukenberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cable Bacteria Control Iron–Phosphorus Dynamics in Sediments of a Coastal Hypoxic Basin

(2016) Fatimah Sulu-Gambari et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Woeseia oceani gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemoheterotrophic member of the order Chromatiales, and proposal of Woeseiaceae fam. nov.

(2016) Zong-Jun Du et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Ubiquitous Gammaproteobacteria dominate dark carbon fixation in coastal sediments

(2016) Stefan Dyksma et al.   ISME Journal

Genomic reconstruction of a novel, deeply branched sediment archaeal phylum with pathways for acetogenesis and sulfur reduction

(2016) Kiley W Seitz et al.   ISME Journal

Characterization of the first cultured representative of Verrucomicrobia subdivision 5 indicates the proposal of a novel phylum

(2016) Stefan Spring et al.   ISME Journal

Happy together: microbial communities that hook up to swap electrons

(2016) Derek R Lovley   ISME Journal

Electron Accepting Units of the Diheme CytochromecTsdA, a Bifunctional Thiosulfate Dehydrogenase/Tetrathionate Reductase

(2016) Julia M. Kurth et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation

(2016) Rafael Laso-Pérez et al.   NATURE

Differential proteomic analysis of the metabolic network of the marine sulfate-reducerDesulfobacterium autotrophicumHRM2

(2016) Marvin Dörries et al.   PROTEOMICS

Artificial electron acceptors decouple archaeal methane oxidation from sulfate reduction

(2016) S. Scheller et al.   SCIENCE

A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema

(2016) Daniela Trojan et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptional analysis of sulfate reducing and chemolithoautotrophic sulfur oxidizing bacteria in the deep subseafloor

(2016) William D. Orsi et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Single-Cell Genome and Group-Specific dsrAB Sequencing Implicate Marine Members of the Class Dehalococcoidia (Phylum Chloroflexi ) in Sulfur Cycling

(2016) Kenneth Wasmund et al.   mBio

The complete genome sequences of sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacteria Sulfurifustis variabilis skN76T and Sulfuricaulis limicola HA5T

(2016) Kazuhiro Umezawa et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Genome Analysis of Thermosulfurimonas dismutans, the First Thermophilic Sulfur-Disproportionating Bacterium of the Phylum Thermodesulfobacteria

(2016) Andrey V. Mardanov et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Single-cell Sequencing of Thiomargarita Reveals Genomic Flexibility for Adaptation to Dynamic Redox Conditions

(2016) Matthias Winkel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Rhizosphere Microbiomes of European + Seagrasses Are Selected by the Plant, But Are Not Species Specific

(2016) Catarina Cúcio et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial Sulfate Reduction Potential in Coal-Bearing Sediments Down to ~2.5 km below the Seafloor off Shimokita Peninsula, Japan

(2016) Clemens Glombitza et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Chemosynthetic symbionts of marine invertebrate animals are capable of nitrogen fixation

(2016) Jillian M. Petersen et al.   Nature Microbiology

Matching the Diversity of Sulfated Biomolecules: Creation of a Classification Database for Sulfatases Reflecting Their Substrate Specificity

(2016) Tristan Barbeyron et al.   PLoS One

Seagrass (Zostera marina) Colonization Promotes the Accumulation of Diazotrophic Bacteria and Alters the Relative Abundances of Specific Bacterial Lineages Involved in Benthic Carbon and Sulfur Cycling

(2015) Feifei Sun et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Critical biogeochemical functions in the subsurface are associated with bacteria from new phyla and little studied lineages

(2015) Laura A. Hug et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Electron Transfer Budgets and Kinetics of Abiotic Oxidation and Incorporation of Aqueous Sulfide by Dissolved Organic Matter

(2015) Zhi-Guo Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Activity and community structures of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in polar, temperate and tropical marine sediments

(2015) Alberto Robador et al.   ISME Journal

Microbial carbon metabolism associated with electrogenic sulphur oxidation in coastal sediments

(2015) Diana Vasquez-Cardenas et al.   ISME Journal

Phylogenetic Diversity of aprA Genes in Subseafloor Sediments on the Northwestern Pacific Margin off Japan

(2015) Masataka Aoki et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

(2015) Gunter Wegener et al.   NATURE

Single cell activity reveals direct electron transfer in methanotrophic consortia

(2015) Shawn E. McGlynn et al.   NATURE

Entner–Doudoroff pathway for sulfoquinovose degradation inPseudomonas putidaSQ1

(2015) Ann-Katrin Felux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cable bacteria generate a firewall against euxinia in seasonally hypoxic basins

(2015) Dorina Seitaj et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A protein trisulfide couples dissimilatory sulfate reduction to energy conservation

(2015) A. A. Santos et al.   SCIENCE

UnculturedDesulfobacteraceaeand Crenarchaeotal group C3 incorporate13C-acetate in coastal marine sediment

(2015) Hyunsoo Na et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Formate, acetate, and propionate as substrates for sulfate reduction in sub-arctic sediments of Southwest Greenland

(2015) Clemens Glombitza et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genomic resolution of linkages in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling among widespread estuary sediment bacteria

(2015) Brett J Baker et al.   Microbiome

A Comparative Quantitative Proteomic Study Identifies New Proteins Relevant for Sulfur Oxidation in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum

(2014) Thomas Weissgerber et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The “bacterial heterodisulfide” DsrC is a key protein in dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

(2014) S.S. Venceslau et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Microbial consumption of zero-valence sulfur in marine benthic habitats

(2014) Petra Pjevac et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in an anoxic intertidal creek bank

(2014) Michael Seidel et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Natural occurrence of microbial sulphur oxidation by long-range electron transport in the seafloor

(2014) Sairah Y Malkin et al.   ISME Journal

Electric coupling between distant nitrate reduction and sulfide oxidation in marine sediment

(2014) Ugo Marzocchi et al.   ISME Journal

Phylogenetic and environmental diversity of DsrAB-type dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductases

(2014) Albert Leopold Müller et al.   ISME Journal

Diverse sulfate-reducing bacteria of the Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus clade are the key alkane degraders at marine seeps

(2014) Sara Kleindienst et al.   ISME Journal

New Proteins Involved in Sulfur Trafficking in the Cytoplasm ofAllochromatium vinosum

(2014) Yvonne Stockdreher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Sulphoglycolysis in Escherichia coli K-12 closes a gap in the biogeochemical sulphur cycle

(2014) Karin Denger et al.   NATURE

Chemoautotrophic Carbon Fixation Rates and Active Bacterial Communities in Intertidal Marine Sediments

(2014) Henricus T. S. Boschker et al.   PLoS One

Metaproteomics reveals differential modes of metabolic coupling among ubiquitous oxygen minimum zone microbes

(2014) A. K. Hawley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global rates of marine sulfate reduction and implications for sub-sea-floor metabolic activities

(2014) M. W. Bowles et al.   SCIENCE

Rhizosphere heterogeneity shapes abundance and activity of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in vegetated salt marsh sediments

(2014) François Thomas et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Close association of active nitrifiers withBeggiatoamats covering deep-sea hydrothermal sediments

(2013) Matthias Winkel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sulfide oxidation, nitrate respiration, carbon acquisition, and electron transport pathways suggested by the draft genome of a single orange Guaymas Basin Beggiatoa (Cand. Maribeggiatoa) sp. filament

(2013) Barbara J. MacGregor et al.   Marine Genomics

Tetrathionate stimulated growth ofCampylobacter jejuniidentifies a new type of bi-functional tetrathionate reductase (TsdA) that is widely distributed in bacteria

(2013) Yang-Wei Liu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Nitrogen losses in anoxic marine sediments driven by Thioploca–anammox bacterial consortia

(2013) M. G. Prokopenko et al.   NATURE

Complete genome sequence of Desulfocapsa sulfexigens, a marine deltaproteobacterium specialized in disproportionating inorganic sulfur compounds

(2013) Kai Waldemar Finster et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Desulfotomaculum spp. and related gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacteria in deep subsurface environments

(2013) Thomas Aüllo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Thiosulfate dehydrogenase: a widespread unusual acidophilicc-type cytochrome

(2012) Kevin Denkmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sulfur, iron-, and calcium cycling associated with natural electric currents running through marine sediment

(2012) Nils Risgaard-Petersen et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Roseobacter clade bacteria are abundant in coastal sediments and encode a novel combination of sulfur oxidation genes

(2012) Sabine Lenk et al.   ISME Journal

Expression of sulfatases in Rhodopirellula baltica and the diversity of sulfatases in the genus Rhodopirellula

(2012) Carl-Eric Wegner et al.   Marine Genomics

Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation

(2012) Jana Milucka et al.   NATURE

Filamentous bacteria transport electrons over centimetre distances

(2012) Christian Pfeffer et al.   NATURE

Cytoplasmic Sulfurtransferases in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum: Evidence for Sulfur Transfer from DsrEFH to DsrC

(2012) Yvonne Stockdreher et al.   PLoS One

Substrate-Controlled Succession of Marine Bacterioplankton Populations Induced by a Phytoplankton Bloom

(2012) H. Teeling et al.   SCIENCE

A Three-Stage Symbiosis Forms the Foundation of Seagrass Ecosystems

(2012) T. van der Heide et al.   SCIENCE

The membrane QmoABC complex interacts directly with the dissimilatory adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate reductase in sulfate reducing bacteria

(2012) Ana Raquel Ramos   Frontiers in Microbiology

Physiological function and catalytic versatility of bacterial multihaem cytochromescinvolved in nitrogen and sulfur cycling : Table 1

(2011) Jörg Simon et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Concurrent low- and high-affinity sulfate reduction kinetics in marine sediment

(2011) Irene Harder Tarpgaard et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A cryptic sulfur cycle driven by iron in the methane zone of marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark)

(2011) Lars Holmkvist et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Chemoautotrophy in the ocean

(2011) Jack J. Middelburg   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Dimorphism in methane seep-dwelling ecotypes of the largest known bacteria

(2011) Jake V Bailey et al.   ISME Journal

The Wolinella succinogenes mcc gene cluster encodes an unconventional respiratory sulphite reduction system

(2011) Melanie Kern et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia

(2011) David Wacey et al.   Nature Geoscience

A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large, vacuolated sulfur bacteria

(2011) Verena Salman et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Sulfide Oxidation by Oxygen: A Look at Inorganically Controlled Reactions and Biologically Mediated Processes in the Environment

(2011) George W. Luther et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Real-Time PCR Quantification and Diversity Analysis of the Functional Genes aprA and dsrA of Sulfate-Reducing Prokaryotes in Marine Sediments of the Peru Continental Margin and the Black Sea

(2011) Anna Blazejak et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Metabolic Flexibility of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

(2011) Caroline M. Plugge et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of methanogenic substrates on anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction by an anaerobic methanotrophic enrichment

(2010) Roel J. W. Meulepas et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of an NADH-Dependent Persulfide Reductase fromShewanella loihicaPV-4: Implications for the Mechanism of Sulfur Respiration via FAD-Dependent Enzymes,

(2010) Megan D. Warner et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Bioturbation and the role of microniches for sulfate reduction in coastal marine sediments

(2010) Victoria J. Bertics et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Novel groups of Gammaproteobacteria catalyse sulfur oxidation and carbon fixation in a coastal, intertidal sediment

(2010) Sabine Lenk et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative metagenomics of bathypelagic plankton and bottom sediment from the Sea of Marmara

(2010) Achim Quaiser et al.   ISME Journal

Genome Sequence of Lentisphaera araneosa HTCC2155T, the Type Species of the Order Lentisphaerales in the Phylum Lentisphaerae

(2010) J. C. Thrash et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Biochemical Characterization of Individual Components of the Allochromatium vinosum DsrMKJOP Transmembrane Complex Aids Understanding of Complex Function In Vivo

(2010) F. Grein et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Electric currents couple spatially separated biogeochemical processes in marine sediment

(2010) Lars Peter Nielsen et al.   NATURE

A Cryptic Sulfur Cycle in Oxygen-Minimum-Zone Waters off the Chilean Coast

(2010) D. E. Canfield et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial Provinces in the Subseafloor

(2009) Matthew O. Schrenk et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Anaerobic Respiration of Elemental Sulfur and Thiosulfate by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Requires psrA, a Homolog of the phsA Gene of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2

(2009) J. L. Burns et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sulfite oxidation in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2009) Jeremy J. Wilson et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Sulfate-reducing bacteria in marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark): abundance and diversity related to geochemical zonation

(2009) Julie Leloup et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Interaction between Sox proteins of two physiologically distinct bacteria and a new protein involved in thiosulfate oxidation

(2009) Cornelia Welte et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Towards a consistent classification scheme for geochemical environments, or, why we wish the term ‘suboxic’ would go away

(2009) D. E. CANFIELD et al.   Geobiology

Bifurcated Degradative Pathway of 3-Sulfolactate in Roseovarius nubinhibens ISM via Sulfoacetaldehyde Acetyltransferase and (S)-Cysteate Sulfolyase

(2009) K. Denger et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Constant Flux of Diverse Thermophilic Bacteria into the Cold Arctic Seabed

(2009) C. Hubert et al.   SCIENCE

Biogeochemistry of sulfur and iron in Thioploca-colonized surface sediments in the upwelling area off central chile

(2008) Jakob Zopfi et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a dissimilatory DsrAB sulfite reductase in complex with DsrC

(2008) Tânia F. Oliveira et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Microbiological disproportionation of inorganic sulfur compounds

(2008) Kai Finster   Journal of Sulfur Chemistry

Molecular analysis of the diversity of the sulfide : quinone reductase (sqr) gene in sediment environments

(2008) V. H. Pham et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Detoxification of sulphidic African shelf waters by blooming chemolithotrophs

(2008) Gaute Lavik et al.   NATURE

Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

(2008) Nicole Dubilier et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY