Publications : Stefan M. Sievert

36. Sievert, S. M., and C. Vetriani. Chemoautotrophy at Deep-Sea Vents: Past, Present, and Future. Oceanography 25(1):218–233, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.21

35. Gardebrecht A., S. Markert, S. M. Sievert, H. Felbeck, A. Thürmer, D. Albrecht, A. Wollherr, J. Kabisch, N. Le Bris, R. Lehmann, R. Daniel, H. Liesegang, M. Hecker, T. Schweder. Comparative proteogenomics reveals physiological homogeneity among endosymbionts of the deep-sea vent tubeworms Riftia pachyptila and Tevnia jerichonana. ISME Journal 6:766-776 PubMed

34. Smith A., M. Fisk, M. Nielsen, C. G. Wheat, H. W. Jannasch, A. T. Fisher, K. Becker, S. M. Sievert, G. Flores, and R. Popa. In situ enrichment of ocean crust microbes on igneous minerals and glasses using an osmotic flow-through device. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Vol. 12, Q06007, 19 PP., 2011 doi:10.1029/2010GC003424

33. Markert S., A. Gardebrecht, H. Felbeck, S. M. Sievert, A. Thürmer, D. Becher, J. Klose, D. Albrecht, A. Wollherr, R. Daniel, M. Kleiner, M. Hecker, T. Schweder. Status quo in physiological proteomics of Endoriftia persephone, the uncultured endosymbiont of the giant tubeworm Riftia pachyptila. Proteomics 11:3106-3117 PubMed

32. Foustoukos D. I., J. L. Houghton, W. E. Seyfried Jr., S. M. Sievert, and G. D. Cody. 2011. Kinetics of H₂-H₂O redox equilibria and formation of metastable H₂O₂ under low temperature hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75:1594-1607.

31. Hügler M., J. M. Petersen, N. Dubilier, J. F. Imhoff, and S. M. Sievert. 2011. Pathways of carbon and energy metabolism of the epibiotic community associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. PLoS One 6(1): e16018. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016018 PubMed

30. Bühring S. I., S. M. Sievert, H. M. Jonkers, T. Ertefai, M. S. Elshahed, L. R. Krumholz, and K.-U. Hinrichs. 2011. Insights into chemotaxonomic composition and carbon cycling of phototrophic communities in an artesian sulfur-rich spring (Zodletone, Oklahoma, USA), a possible analogue for ancient microbial mat systems. Geobiology, Epub ahead of print. PubMed

29. Hügler, M., and S. M. Sievert. 2011. Beyond the Calvin Cycle: Autotrophic Carbon Fixation in the Ocean. Annual Review of Marine Science. Vol. 3:261-289. PubMed

28. Xie W., F. Wang, L. Guo, Z. Chen, S. M. Sievert, J. Meng, G. Huang, Y. Li, Q. Yan, S. Wu, X. Wang, S. Chen, G. He, X. Xiao, and A. Xu. 2011. Comparative metagenomics of microbial communities inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys with contrasting chemistries. ISME Journal, 5:414-426, Epub 2010 Oct 7. PubMed

27. Walker, C. B., J. R. de la Torre, M. G. Klotz, H. Urakawa, N. Pinel, D. J. Arp, C. Brochier-Armanet, P. S. G. Chain, P. P. Chan, A. Golabgir-Anbarani, J. Hemp, M. Hügler, E. A. Karr, M. Könneke, D. Lang, T. Lowe, W. Martens-Habbena, L. A. Sayavedra-Soto, M. Shin, S. M. Sievert, A. C. Rosenzweig, G. Manning, and D. A. Stahl. 2010. Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the Unites States of America 107:8818-8823. PubMed

26. Ehrhardt, C. J., R. M. Haymon, S. M. Sievert, and P. A. Holden. 2009. An improved method for nanogold in situ hybridization visualized with environmental scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Microscopy 236:5-10. PubMed

25. Voordeckers, J. M., M. H. Do, M. Hügler, V. Ko, S. M. Sievert, and C. Vetriani. 2008. Culture dependent and independent analyses of 16S rRNA and ATP citrate lyase genes: a comparison of microbial communities from different black smoker chimneys on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Extremophiles 12:627-640. PubMed

23. Kniemeyer, O., F. Musat, S. M. Sievert, K. Knittel, H. Wilkes, M. Blumenberg, W. Michaelis, C. Bolm, S. B. Joye, F. Widdel. 2007. Anaerobic oxidation of propane and butane by novel marine sulphate reducing bacteria. Nature 449 (7164): 898-901. PubMed

22. Sievert, S. M., R. Kiene, and H. Schulz. 2007. The sulfur cycle. The Oceanography Society June ‘07 special issue “A Sea of Microbes” edited by Lita Proctor and David Karl. pp. 117-123

21. Sievert, S. M., M. Hügler, C. O. Wirsen, and C. D. Taylor. 2007. Sulfur oxidation at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Pp 238-258 In “Microbial Sulfur Metabolism”, C. Dahl & C. G. Friedrich (eds), Springer, Berlin, Germany. ISBN-13 978-3-540-72679-1

20. Tait, E., M. Carman, and S. M. Sievert. 2007. Phylogenetic diversity of bacteria associated with ascidians in Eel Pond (Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 342:138-146. ScienceDirect

19. Markert S., C. Arndt, H. Felbeck, R. A. Feldman, D. Becher, S. M. Sievert, M. Hügler, D. Albrecht, J. Robidart, S. Bench, M. Hecker, and, T. Schweder. 2007. Approaching the uncultivable endosymbiont of Riftia pachyptila by physiological proteomics. Science 315:247-250. PubMed

18. Hügler M., H. Huber, S. J. Molyneaux, C. Vetriani, and S. M. Sievert. 2007. Autotrophic CO₂ fixation via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle in different lineages within the phylum Aquificae: Evidence for two ways of citrate cleavage. Environmental Microbiology 9:271-276. PubMed

17. Sievert, S. M., E. B. A. Wieringa, C. O. Wirsen, C. D. Taylor. 2007. Growth and mechanism of filamentous-sulfur formation by Candidatus Arcobacter sulfidicus in opposing oxygen-sulfide gradients. Environmental Microbiology 9:81-92. PubMed

16. Scott, K. M., S. M. Sievert et al. The genome of deep-sea vent chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2. PLoS Biology, Vol. 4, No. 12, e383 doi:10.1371/ journal.pbio.0040383. PubMed

15. Bach, W., K. E. Edwards, J. M. Hayes, J. A. Huber, S. M. Sievert, and M. L. Sogin. 2006. Energy in the Dark: Fuel for Life in the Deep Ocean and Beyond. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 87, No. 7, 14 February 2006

14. J. D. Tolli, S. M. Sievert, and C. D. Taylor. 2006. Unexpected Diversity of Bacteria Capable of Carbon Monoxide Oxidation in a Coastal Marine Environment, and Contribution of the Roseobacter-Associated Clade to Total CO Oxidation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:1966-1973. PubMed

13. Hügler M., C. O. Wirsen, G. Fuchs, C. D. Taylor, and S. M. Sievert. 2005. Evidence for autotrophic CO₂ fixation via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle by members of the ε-subdivision of proteobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology 187: 3020-3027. PubMed

12. Zemmelink, H. J., L. Houghton, S. M. Sievert, N. M. Frew, J. W. H. Dacey. 2005. Dimethylsulphide, Dimethylsulphoniopropionate, Dimethylsulphoxide, and bacteria in the sea-surface microlayer and subsurface water. Marine Ecology Progress Series 295:33-42.

11. Simmons, S. L., S. M. Sievert, R. B. Frankel, D. A. Bazylinski, K. J. Edwards. 2004. Spatio-temporal distribution ofmarine magnetotactic bacteria in a seasonally stratified coastal salt pond. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 6230-6239. PubMed

10. Wirsen C. O., S. M. Sievert, C. M. Cavanaugh, S. J. Molyneaux, A. Ahmad, L. T. Taylor, E. F. DeLong and C. D. Taylor. 2002. Characterization of an autotrophic sulfide-oxidizing marine Arcobacter that produces filamentous sulfur. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:316-325. PubMed

9. Kuever, J., S. M. Sievert, H. Stevens, T. Brinkhoff, G. Muyzer. 2002. Microorganisms of the oxidative and reductive part of the sulphur cycle at a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea (Milos, Greece). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43: 413-416

8. Sievert, S. M., W. Ziebis, J. Kuever, and K. Sahm. 2000. Relative abundance of Archaea and Bacteria along a thermal gradient quantified by rRNA slot-blot hybridization at a shallow-water hydrothermal vent. Microbiology-UK, 146:1287-1293. PubMed

7. Sievert, S. M., T. Heidorn, and J. Kuever. 2000. Halothiobacillus kellyi sp. nov., a mesophilic obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea and emended description of the genus Halothiobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50:1229-1237. PubMed

6. Sievert, S. M., and J. Kuever. 2000. Desulfacinum hydrothermale, sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium fromgeothermally heated sediments near Milos island (Greece). Int. J. Syst. Evol.Microbiol. 50:1239-1246. PubMed

5. Sievert, S. M., J. Kuever, and G. Muyzer. 2000. Identification and distribution of 16S rDNA-defined bacterial populations at a shallow submarine hydrothermal vent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66:3102-3109. PubMed

4. Dando, P. R., S. Aliani, C. N. Bianchi, S. Cocito, S. W. Fowler, J. Gundersen, L. Hooper, R. Kölbl, J. Kuever, P. Linke, K. C. Makropoulos, R. Meloni, J.-C. Miquel, C. Morri, S. Müller, C. R. Robinson, H. Schlesner, S. Sievert, R. Stöhr, D. Stüben, M. Thomm, S. P. Varnavas, & W. Ziebis. 2000. Hydrothermalism in the Aegean Sea. Chemistry and Physics of the Earth, Part B 25:1-8. ScienceDirect

3. Brinkhoff, T., S. M. Sievert, J. Kuever, and G. Muyzer. 1999. Distribution and diversity of sulfur-oxidizing Thiomicrospira spp. at a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea (Milos, Greece). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65:3843-3849. PubMed

2. Böttcher, M. E., S. M. Sievert, and J. Kuever. 1999. Fractionation of sulfur isotopes during dissimilatory reduction of sulfate by a thermophilic gram-negative bacterium at 60°C. Archive of Microbiology 172:125-128. PubMed

1. Sievert, S. M., T. Brinkhoff, G. Muyzer,W. Ziebis, and J. Kuever. 1999. Spatial heterogeneity of bacterial populations along an environmental gradient at a shallow submarine hydrothermal vent near Milos island (Greece). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65:3834-3842. PubMed