Selected publications

2023

  • Nepel M, Mayer VE, Barrajon-Santos V, Woebken D. 2023. Bacterial diversity in arboreal ant nesting spaces is linked to colony developmental stages. Communications Biology. 6:1217.
  • Schmidt H, Gorka S, Seki D, Schintlmeister A, Woebken D. 2023. Gold-FISH enables targeted NanoSIMS analysis of plant-associated bacteria. New Phytologist. 240:439-451.

2022

  • Schagerl M, Angel R, Donabaum U, Gschwandner AM, Woebken D. 2022. Limnospira fusiformis harbors dinitrogenase reductase (nifH)-like genes, but does not show N2 fixation activity. Algal Research. 66:102771.
  • Falkenberg R, Fochler M, Sigl L, Bürstmayr H, Eichorst SA, Michel A, Oburger E, Staudinger A, Steiner B, Woebken D. 2022. The breakthrough paradox - How focusing on one form of innovation jeopardizes the advancement of science. EMBO Reports. 23:e54772.
  • Nepel M*, Pfeifer J, Oberhauser FB, Richter A, Woebken D*, Mayer VE. 2022. Nitrogen fixation by diverse diazotrophic communities can support population growth in arboreal ants. BMC Biology. 20:135. *denotes co-corresponding authors.
  • Nepel M, Angel R, Borer ET, Frey B, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Risch AC, Schütz M, Seabloom EW, Woebken D. 2022. Global grassland diazotrophic communities are structured by combined abiotic, biotic, and spatial distance factors but resilient to fertilization. Front. Microbiol. 13: 1-12.

2021

  • Trojan D, Garcia-Robledo E, Meier DV, Hausmann B, Revsbech NP, Eichorst SA, Woebken D. 2021. Microaerobic lifestyle at nanomolar O2 concdentrations mediated by low-affinity terminal oxidases in abudnant soil bacteria. mSystems. 6(4): e00250-21.
  • Mayerhofer W, Schintlmeister A, Dietrich M, Gorka S, Wiesenbauer J, Martin V, Gabriel R, Reipert S, Weidinger M, Clode P, Wagner M, Woebken D, Richter A, Kasier C. 2021. Recently photoassimilated carbon and fungal-delivered nitrogen are spatially correlated at the cellular scale in the ectomycorrhizal tissue of Fagus sylvatica. New Phytol. 232(6):2457-2474.
  • Meier DV, Greve AJ, Chennu A, van Erk MR, Muthukrishnan T, Abed RMM, Woebken D, de Beer D. 2021. Limitation of microbial processes at saturation-level salinities in a microbial mat covering a coastal salt flat. Appl Environ Microbiol. 87(17): e0069821. 
  • Meier DV, Imminger S, Gillnor O, Woebken D. 2021. Distribution of mixotrophy and desiccation survival mechanisms across microbial genomes in an arid biological soil crust community. mySystems. 6(1):e00786-20.
  • Giguere AT*, Eichorst SA*, Meier D, Herbold CW, Richter A, Greening C, Woebken D. 2021. Acidobacteria are active and abundant members of diverse atmospheric H2-oxidizing communities detected in temperate soils. The ISME J. 15(2): 363-376. *denotes co-first authors.

2020

  • Man Leung P, Bay SK, Meier DV, Chiri E, Cowan DA, Gillor O, Woebken D, Greening C. 2020. Energetic basis of microbial growth and persistence in desert ecosystems. mSystems. 5(2): e00495-19. Associated video. 
  • Eichorst SA, Trojan D, Huntemann M, Clum A, Pillay M, Palaniappan K, Varghese N, Mikhailova N, Stamatis D, Reddy TBK, Daum C, Goodwin LA, Shapiro N, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Woebken D. 2020. One complete and seven draft genome sequences of subdivision 1 and 3 Acidobacteria isolated from soil. Microbiol Resour Announc. 9(5): e01087-19.
  • Sedlacek CJ, Giguere AT, Dobie MD, Mellbye BL, Ferrell RV, Woebken D, Sayavedra-Soto LA, Bottomley PJ, Daims H, Wagner M, Pjevac P. 2020. Transcriptomic reponse of Nitrosomonas europaea transitioned from ammonia- to oxygen-limited steady-state growth. mSystems. 5(1): e00562-19.

2019

  • Zheng Q, Hu Y, Zhang S, Noll L, Böckle T, Dietrich M, Herbold CW, Eichorst SA, Woebken D, Richter A, Wanek W. 2019. Soil multifunctionality is affected by the soil environment and by microbial community composition and diversity. Soil Bio Biochem. 136: 107521.
  • Gorka S, Dietrich M, Mayerhofer W, Gabriel R, Wiesenbauer J, Martin V, Zheng Q, Imai B, Prommer J, Weidinger M, Schweiger P, Eichorst SA, Wagner M, Richter A, Schintlmeister A, Woebken D, Kaiser C. 2019. Rapid transfer of plant photosynthates to soil bacteria via ectomycorrhizal hyphae and its interaction with nitrogen availability. Front. Microbiol. 10(168): 1-20.
  • Schneider S, Schintlmeister A, Becana M, Wagner M, Woebken D, Wienkoop S. 2019. Sulfate is transported at significant rates through the symbiosome membrane and is crucial for nitrogenase biosynthesis. Plant Cell Enviorn 42(4): 1180-1189.