Research interest
The impact of microbes in geochemical cycles in the past, present and future, evaluating their role in carbon cycling, nutrient availability and metal & metalloid mobility.

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Darwin Center programs and projects
1062: Methane cycling in contemporary and ancient peats as revealed by microbial lipid biogeochemistry

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Darwin Center publications
Julia F. van Winden, Nardy Kip, Gert-Jan Reichart, Mike S.M. Jetten, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2010). Lipids of symbiotic methane-oxidizing bacteria in peat moss studied using stable carbon isotopic labelling. Organic Geochemistry41: 1040-1044.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

Nardy Kip, Julia F. van Winden, Yao Pan, Levente Bodrossy, Gert-Jan Reichart, Alfons J. P. Smolders, Mike S. M. Jetten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Huub J. M. Op den Camp (2010). Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems. Nature Geosciences3: 617-621.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

Brader, A.V., van Winden, J.F., Bohncke, S.J.P., Beets, C.J., Reichart, G.J., de Leeuw, J.W. (2010). Fractionation of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon isotopes in n-alkanes and cellulose of three Sphagnum species. Organic Geochemistry41: 1277-1284.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., van Winden J. F.

Julia van Winden (2011). Methane cycling in peat bogs: Environmental relevance of methanotrophs revealed by microbial lipid chemistry.
Darwin Center authors: van Winden J. F.

Nardy Kip Wenjing Ouyang Julia van Winden Ashna Raghoebarsing Laura van Niftrik Arjan Pol Yao Pan Levente Bodrossy Elly G. van Donselaar Gert-Jan Reichart Mike S. M. Jetten Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Huub J. M. Op den Camp (2011). Detection, Isolation, and Characterization of Acidophilic Methanotrophs from Sphagnum Mosses. applied and environmental microbiology77: 5643-5654.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., van Niftrik L.A.M.P., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

van Winden, J.F., Reichart, G.J., McNamara, N.P., Benthien, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Temperature-induced increase in methane release from peat bogs: A mesocosm experiment. PloS One7:
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

van Winden, J.F., Talbot, H.M., Kip, N., Reichart, G.J., Pol, A., McNamara, N.P., Jetten, M.S., Op den Camp, H.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Bacteriohopanepolyol signatures as markers for methanotrophic bacteria in peat moss. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta77: 52-61.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

van Winden, J.F., Talbot, H.M., De Vleeschouwer, F., Reichart, G.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Variation in methanotroph-related proxies in peat deposits from Misten Bog, Hautes-Fagnes, Belgium. Organic Geochemistry53: 73-79.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

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