Publications
De Anda V, Appler KE, Aguilar-Pine E, Aitolo GL, Halverson GP, Baker BJ. The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2026 Mar 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2516062123
De Anda Torres VY. Our microbial ancestors were probably oxygen-tolerant. Nature. 2026 Mar 18. doi: 10.1038/d41586-026-00718-2
Köstlbacher S, van Hooff JJE, Panagiotou K, Tamarit D, De Anda V, Appler KE et al. Prediction of eukaryotic cellular complexity in Asgard archaea using structural modelling. Nature Microbiology. 2026 Mar 5. doi: 10.1038/s41564-026-02273-y
Perharič Bailey E, Vodopivec M, Herndl GJ, Tinta T, Ličer M. Dynamic Sinking and Surface-Area Based Decay Modeling Reduce Estimates of Gelatinous Zooplankton-Mediated Carbon Export to the Deep Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2026 Mar;40(3):e2025GB008937. doi: 10.1029/2025GB008937
Appler KE, Lingford JP, Gong X, Panagiotou K, Leão P, Langwig MV et al. Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor. Nature. 2026 Feb 18. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10128-z
Garcia PS, De Anda V, Baker BJ, Gribaldo S, Borrel G. Evolution and diversity of oxidoreductases involved in redox balance and energy conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2026 Feb 3;10:550-565. Epub 2026 Feb 3. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02969-0
Chen S, Xie ZX, Yan KQ, Chen JW, Kong LF, Li DX et al. Integrated meta-omics reveals organic matter processing by bacteria in the dark ocean. Innovation Geoscience. 2026 Jan 20;4(1):100184. doi: 10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100184
Heitger M, Amano C, Reinthaler T, Papadatou M, Pokorny L, Alvarez-Salgado XA et al. Major contribution of particle-associated microbes to deep-sea organic carbon degradation. Limnology and Oceanography. 2026 Jan;71(1):e70310. doi: 10.1002/lno.70310
Amano C, Sintes E, Lebon N, Steiger J, Prijovic D, Reinthaler T et al. Single-cell heterotrophic activity in deep-ocean prokaryotic communities quantified by BONCAT and microautoradiography. ISME Communications. 2026 Jan;6(1):ycag038. doi: 10.1093/ismeco/ycag038
Hubot N, Giering SLC, Orel N, Klun K, Herndl GJ, Hohaus F et al. Jellyfish mucus-derived organic matter as a source of labile nutrients for the ambient microbial community. PeerJ. 2026;1-27. e20784. doi: 10.7717/peerj.20784
Orel N, Fadeev E, Celussi M, Turk V, Klun K, Afjehi-Sadat L et al. Down the drain: exploring wastewater's role in coastal microbiome transformations. Microbiome. 2025 Dec 24;14(1):46. Epub 2025 Dec 24. doi: 10.1186/s40168-025-02298-1
Zhao Z, Klawonn I, Baltar F, Grossart HP. Size-fractionated fungal communities in the sunlit ocean. Communications Biology. 2025 Dec 4. Epub 2025 Dec 4. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-09314-y
Bibi R, Ribas-Ribas M, Jaeger L, Lehners C, Gassen L, Cortés-Espinoza EF et al. Biogeochemical dynamics of the sea-surface microlayer in a multidisciplinary mesocosm study. Biogeosciences. 2025 Dec 3;22(23):7563-7589. doi: 10.5194/bg-22-7563-2025
Martinovic Saavedra D, González JM, Klaushofer K, Breyer E, Afjehi-Sadat L, Bulgheresi S et al. Multifunctionally diverse alkaline phosphatases of Alteromonas drive the phosphorus cycle in the ocean. Nature Communications. 2025 Nov 7;16(1):9789. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64455-2
Langwig MV, Sneed SL, Rasmussen A, Seitz KW, Lee JA, Anantharaman K et al. Metabolic capacity is maintained despite shifts in microbial diversity in estuary sediments. ISME Communications. 2025 Oct 11;5(1):ycaf182. doi: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf182, 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf182
Guo K, Heimerl T, Hakobyan A, Han D, Liesack W. Methylocystis hydrogenophila sp. nov.-A Type IIa Methanotrophic Bacterium Able to Utilize Hydrogen as an Alternative Energy Source. Microorganisms. 2025 Oct 5;13(10):2309. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13102309
Guo K, Zhao Z, Breyer E, Baltar F. Organic matter degradation by oceanic fungi differs between polar and non-polar waters. Nature Communications. 2025 Aug 15;16(1):7589. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63047-4
Breyer E, Stix C, Kilker S, Roller BRK, Panagou F, Doebke C et al. The contribution of pelagic fungi to ocean biomass. Cell. 2025 Jul 24;188(15):3992-4002. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.004
Markovski M, Najdek M, Zhao Z, Herndl GJ, Korlević M. Shift in the metabolic profile of sediment microbial communities during seagrass decline. Environmental Microbiome. 2025 Jul 22;20(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s40793-025-00750-1
Masdeu-Navarro M, Cabrera-Brufau M, Xue L, Rodríguez-Ros P, Gardner SG, Bergauer K et al. The seascape of VOC production and cycling in a tropical coral reef. Elementa. 2025 Jul 10;13(1):00014. doi: 10.1525/elementa.2025.00014