Publications
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
Hou L, Zhao Z, Steger-Mähnert B, Jiao N, Herndl GJ, Zhang Y. Microbial metabolism in laboratory reared marine snow as revealed by a multi-omics approach. Microbiome. 2025 May 6;13(1):114. 114. doi: 10.1186/s40168-025-02097-8
Elena AX, Orel N, Fang P, Herndl GJ, Berendonk TU, Tinta T et al. Jellyfish blooms-an overlooked hotspot and potential vector for the transmission of antimicrobial resistance in marine environments. mSystems. 2025 Mar 18;10(3):e01012-24. Epub 2025 Feb 12. doi: 10.1128/msystems.01012-24
Martinovic Saavedra D, Baltar F. Multifunctionality of alkaline phosphatase in ecology and biotechnology. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2025 Feb;91:103229. Epub 2024 Nov 29. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103229
Engel A, Pontiller B, Becker KW, Amano C, Zhao Z, Herndl GJ et al. Microbial diagenesis of dissolved organic matter from the ocean's surface to abyssal depths: a case study in the Humboldt upwelling system. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2025;16:1677097. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1677097
Pedrosa-Pamies R, Conte MH, Honda M, Herndl GJ. The oceanic particle flux and its cycling within the deep water column, volume II, Editorial. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2025;13:1716510. doi: 10.3389/feart.2025.1716510
Adenaya A, Spriahailo D, Berger M, Noster J, Milke F, Schulz C et al. Occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the sea surface microlayer of coastal waters in the southern North Sea. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2024 Nov 15;287:117259. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117259
Saito MA, Saunders JK, McIlvin MR, Bertrand EM, Breier JA, Brisbin MM et al. Results from a multi-laboratory ocean metaproteomic intercomparison effects of LC-MS acquisition and data analysis procedures. Biogeosciences. 2024 Nov 8;21(21):4889-4908. doi: 10.5194/bg-21-4889-2024
Amaral V, Forja J, Steger-Mähnert B, Herndl GJ, Romera-Castillo C. Spatial distribution of dissolved free amino acids in three Iberian Atlantic estuaries. Marine Chemistry. 2024 Nov;267:104456. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104456
Strniša F, Tinta T, Herndl GJ, Kosec G. Dynamic population modeling of bacterioplankton community response to gelatinous marine zooplankton bloom collapse and its impact on marine nutrient balance. Progress in Oceanography. 2024 Sept 1;227:103312. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103312
Heneghan RF, Holloway-Brown J, Gasol JM, Herndl GJ, Morán XAG, Galbraith ED. The global distribution and climate resilience of marine heterotrophic prokaryotes. Nature Communications. 2024 Aug 13;15:1-11. 6943. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50635-z
Valentin-Alvarado LE, Appler KE, De Anda V, Schoelmerich MC, West-Roberts J, Kivenson V et al. Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil. Nature Communications. 2024 Jul 31. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49872-z
Zhao Z, Amano C, Reinthaler T, Baltar F, Orellana MV, Herndl GJ. Metaproteomic analysis decodes trophic interactions of microorganisms in the dark ocean. Nature Communications. 2024 Jul 30;15(1):6411. 6411. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50867-z
Jiao N, Luo T, Chen Q, Zhao Z, Xiao X, Liu J et al. The microbial carbon pump and climate change. Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 2024 Jul;22(7):408-419. Epub 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01018-0
Chen S, Xie ZX, Yan KQ, Chen JW, Li DX, Wu PF et al. Functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities in the ocean. Science Advances. 2024 May 24;10(21):adj8184. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adj8184
Zhao Z, Baltar F, Herndl GJ. Decoupling between the genetic potential and the metabolic regulation and expression in microbial organic matter cleavage across microbiomes. Microbiology Spectrum. 2024 May 2;12(5):e0303623. Epub 2024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03036-23
Zhao Z, Amano C, Reinthaler T, Orellana MV, Herndl GJ. Substrate uptake patterns shape niche separation in marine prokaryotic microbiome. Science Advances. 2024 May;10(20):eadn5143. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn5143
Scharhauser F, Saavedra DEM, Pröts P, Ott JA, Geier B, Gruber-Vodicka HR et al. Revision of the genus Robbea (Stilbonematinae: Desmodoridae), worldwide abundant marine nematodes with chromophoric Fe–Br inclusions and the description of a new stilbonematine genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2024 Mar 1;203(1):zlae005. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae005