Research interestThe marine fossil record contains a myriad of organic molecules, which derive from marine (algae, (cyano)bacteria, archae) and terrestrial organisms living at the time of deposition. These so-called biomarkers contain information which, if properly decoded, can give insight in past climatic and palaeo-environmental changes. This can help in (i) understanding natural and anthropogenic influences on present-day climates and depositional systems, and (ii) deciphering the conditions which have led to sequestration of organic carbon in the geological record, and thus to the formation of marine petroleum source rocks. Sedimentary organic components are derived from biochemicals of primary producers and organisms processing primary produced carbon.
On a molecular level three different features of biochemicals can be discriminated: (i) the carbon skeleton, (ii) functional group(s), (iii) stable carbon isotopic composition. If these three types of information are fully preserved in sedimentary biomarker counterparts the most accurate palaeodepositional reconstruction can be obtained. However, a wide range of microbial and (physico)chemical processes during settling of the detritus to the sediment and during subsequent burial of the sediment affect biochemicals. Therefore, molecular biogeochemists have to unravel the diagenetic and catagenetic processes which alter the structures of primary biochemicals in order to properly decode the sedimentary record. A very important process in this respect is reaction of reduced inorganic sulfur species with organic molecules during early diagenesis which leads to sequestration of biochemicals in complex sulfur-rich macromolecular aggregates.
The structural identification and quantitation of sedimentary biomarkers, the determination of their 13C content, the unravelling of their origin through understanding of their diagenetic pathway of formation, and the application of concentrations and 13C contents of biomarkers to trace changes in past depositional systems are all topics of prime interest in my research.
The structure, properties and origin of the major form of organic carbon in the geosphere, kerogen, is a second item of major interest. Kerogen is defined as the fraction of organic matter insoluble in common organic solvents and typically represent >90% of the total organic matter in immature sediments. Kerogen is the major precursor of petroleum and its properties determine the timing of petroleum generation during burial of kerogen in the subsurface and the quality of the petroleum formed. However, the origin and chemical structure of kerogen are still a matter of debate and my research aims to solve these questions.
Darwin Center programs and projects1020: Role of cyanobacteria in present and past biogeochemical cycling1050: The role of crenarchaeota in the marine nitrogen cycle2010: Validation of palaeotemperature proxies in marine and lacustrine systems2050: Continental climate signals from marine sediments: validation of organic proxies based on membrane lipids of soil bacteria1012: Membrane lipids of Thermogata as indicators for present and past thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane1022: Role of cyanobacteria in past biogeochemical cycling1053: Ecology and lipid chemistry of marine Crenarchaeota in present and past marine environments1062: Methane cycling in contemporary and ancient peats as revealed by microbial lipid biogeochemistry1112: Ladderane and other lipids of anammox bacteria as tracers for present-day and past oceanic nitrogen cycling2011: Freshwater crenarchaeotal membrane lipids as proxy for lake surface temperatures2052: Branched tetraether lipids soil bacteria in marine sediments: Tracers for the terrestrial organic matter influx into the ocean and proxies for soil pH and continental temperature3012: Lipids as indicators of N-cycling in sub-oxic zones of present and past oceans3072: Tracing the environmental significance of nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation3082: Biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in coastal marine sediments: Intact
Darwin Center publicationsSinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Balk, M., Stams, A.J.M.
(2007). Structural characterization of diabolic acid-based tetraester, tetraether and mixed ether/ester, membrane-spanning lipids of bacteria from the order Thermotogales
. Archives of Microbiology pp 629-641188 (6): 629-641.
Darwin Center authors: Balk M., Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M.Balk, M., Altinbas, M., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Stams, A.J.M. (2008). Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology58: 110-115.
Darwin Center authors: Balk M., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M.Kartal B, van Niftrik L, Rattray J, van de Vossenberg JL, Schmid MC, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Jetten MSM, Strous M. (2008). Candidatus 'Brocadia fulgida': an autofluorescent anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium. FEMS Microbiol Ecol63: 46-55.
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M., van Niftrik L.A.M.P., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Blaga, C.I., Reichart, G.J., Heiri, O., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). Tetraether membrane lipid distributions in water-column particulate matter and sediments: a study of 47 European lakes along a north-south transect.. Journal of Paleolimnology41: 523-540.
Darwin Center authors: Blaga C. I., Heiri O. M., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Balk M., Heilig, H.G.H., van Eekert, M.H.A., Stams, A.J.M., Rijpstra, R.C., Sinninghe-Damsté, J.S., de Vos, W.M., Kengen, S.W.M. (2009). Isolation and characterization of a new CO-utilizing strain, Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus subsp. carboxydovorans, isolated from a geothermal spring in Turkey. Extremophiles13: 885-894.
Darwin Center authors: Balk M., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M.Weijers, J.W.H., Panota, E., Schouten, S., Balk, M., Stams, A.J.M., Rijpstra, I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Constraints on the biological source(s) of the orphan branched tetraether membrane lipids
. Geomicrobiology journal26 (6): 402-414.
Darwin Center authors: Balk M., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M.Schouten S., Klimiuk A.M., van der Meer M.T.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S.
(2009). Occurrence and carbon metabolisms of green nonsulfur bacteria in Californian and Nevada hot spring microbial mats
. Geomicrobiology journal26: 179-188.
Darwin Center authors: Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Peterse, F., Kim, J.-H., Schouten, S., Kristensen, D.K., Koç, N., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Constraints on the application of the MBT/CBT palaeothermometer at high latitude environments (Svalbard, Norway)
. Organic Geochemistry40 (6): 692-699.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Peterse, F., Schouten, S., van der Meer, J., van der Meer, M.T.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Distribution of branched tetraether lipids in geothermally heated soils: implications for the MBT/CBT temperature proxy
. Organic Geochemistry40 (2): 201-205.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Peterse, F., van der Meer, M.T.J., Schouten, S., Jia, G., Ossebaar, J., Blokker, J., and Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Assessment of soil n-alkane δD and branched tetraether membrane lipid distributions as tools for paleoelevation reconstruction
. Biogeosciences6: 2799-2807.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Pitcher, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). In situ production of crenarchaeol in two California hot springs
. Applied and Environmental Microbiology75 (13): 4443-4451.
Darwin Center authors: Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Pitcher, A., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Separation of core and intact polar archaeal tetraether lipids using silica columns: Insights into living and fossil biomass contributions
. Organic Geochemistry40 (1): 12-19.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Speelman, E.N., van Kempen, M.M.L., Barke, J., Brinkhuis, H., Reichart, G.J., Smolders, A.J.P., Roelofs, J.G.M., Sangiorgi, F., de Leeuw, J.W., Lotter, A.F., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). The Eocene Arctic Azolla bloom: environmental conditions, productivity and carbon drawdown
. Geobiology7 (2): 155-170.
Darwin Center authors: Barke J., Brinkhuis H., van Kempen M. M. L., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Roelofs J. G. M., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.Speelman, E.N., Reichart, G.-J., de Leeuw, J.W., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Biomarker lipids of the freshwater fern Azolla and its fossil counterpart from the Eocene Arctic Ocean
. Organic Geochemistry40 (5): 628-637.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.Bauersachs, T., Hopmans, E.C., Compaoré, J., Stal, L.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2009). Rapid analysis of long-chain glycolipids in heterocystous cyanobacteria using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry23 (9): 1387-1394.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Compaore J., Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stal L. J.Bauersachs T., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kremer, B.
(2009). A biomarker and δ15N study of thermally altered Silurian cyanobacterial mats. Organic Geochemistry40 (2): 149-157.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Bauersachs, T., Compaore, J., Hopmans, E.C., Stal, L.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). Distribution of heterocyst glycolipids in cyanobacteria. Phytochemistry70 (17-18): 2034-2039.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Compaore J., Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stal L. J.Bauersachs, T, Schouten, S., Compaore, J., Wollenzien, U., Stal, L.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). Nitrogen isotopic fractionation associated with growth on dinitrogen gas and nitrate by cyanobacteria. Limnology and Oceanography54 (4): 1403-1411.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Compaore J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stal L. J.Jaeschke, A., Op den Camp, H.J.M., Harhangi, H., Klimiuk, A., Hopmans, E.C., Jetten, M.S.M., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). 16S rRNA gene and lipid biomarker evidence for anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anammox) in California and Nevada hot springs. FEMS Microbiology Ecology67 (3): 343-350.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Hopmans E. C., Jetten M. S. M., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Jagersma, G.C., Meulepas, R.J.W., Heikamp-de Jong, I., Gieteling, J., Klimiuk, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Lens, P.N.L., Stams, A.J.M. (2009). Microbial diversity and community structure of a highly active anaerobic methane-oxidizing sulfate-reducing enrichment. Environmental Microbiology11 (12): 3223-3232.
Darwin Center authors: Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M.Schouten, S., Klimiuk, A.M., van der Meer, M.T.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). Occurrence and Carbon Metabolism of Green Nonsulfur-like Bacteria in Californian and Nevada Hot Spring Microbial mats as Revealed by Wax Ester Lipid Analysis. Geomicrobiology Journal26 (3): 179-188.
Darwin Center authors: Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Appy Sluijs, Stefan Schouten, Timme H. Donders, Petra L. Schoon, Ursula Röhl, Gert-Jan Reichart, Francesca Sangiorgi, Jung-Hyun Kim, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Henk Brinkhuis (2009). Warm and wet conditions in the Arctic region
during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2. Nature geoscience2: 777-780.
Darwin Center authors: Brinkhuis H., Reichart G. J., Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sluijs A.Kim, J.H., Zarzycka, B., Buscail, R., Peterse, F., Bonnin, J., Ludwig, W., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2010). Contribution of river-borne soil organic carbon to the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Limnology and Oceanography55: 507-518.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Peterse, F., Nicol, G., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2010). Influence of soil pH on the abundance and distribution of core and intact polar lipid-derived branched GDGTs in soil. Organic Geochemistry41: 1171-1175.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Pitcher A., Rychlik N., Hopmans E.C., Spieck E., Rijpstra I.C., Ossebaar J., Wagner M., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2010). Crenarchaeol dominates the membrane lipids of "Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis", a thermophilic Group I.1b Archaeon. ISME Journal542-552.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Bauersachs, T., Speelman, E.N., Hopmans, E.C., Reichart, G.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2010). Fossilized glycolipids reveal past oceanic N2 fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS)107: 19190-19194.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Hopmans E. C., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.Cornelia I. Blaga, Gert-Jan Reichart, Stefan Schouten, André F. Lotter, Josef P. Werne, Sarian Kosten, Nestor Mazzeo, Gissell Lacerot, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2010). Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in lake sediments: Can they be used as temperature and pH proxies?. Organic Geochemistry41: 1225-1234.
Darwin Center authors: Blaga C. I., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.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.Eveline N. Speelman, Jacob O. Sewall, David Noone, Matthew Huber, Anna von der Heydt, Jaap Sinninghe Damsté, Gert-Jan Reichart (2010). Modeling the influence of a reduced equator-to-pole sea surface temperature gradient on the distribution of water isotopes in the Early/Middle Eocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters298: 57-65-
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.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.Melike Balk, Farrakh Mehboob, Antonie H. van Gelder, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Alfons J. M. Stams (2010). (Per)chlorate reduction by an acetogenic bacterium, Sporomusa sp., isolated from an underground gas storage. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology88: 595-603.
Darwin Center authors: Balk M., van Gelder A. H., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M.Thorsten Bauersachs, Stefan Schouten, Justine Compaoré, Lucas J. Stal, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2010). Occurrence of C35–C45 polyprenols in filamentous and unicellular cyanobacteria. Organic Geochemistry41: 867-870.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Compaore J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stal L. J.Rush D., Jaeschke A., Hopmans E.C., Geenevasen J.A.J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S (2011). Short chained ladderanes in sediments: oxic biodegradation products of anammox lipids. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta75: 1662-1671.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Rush D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Johan Weijers, Beth Bernhardt, Francien Peterse, Josef Werne, Jennifer Dungait, Stefan Schouten, Jaap Sinninghe Damsté (2011). Absence of seasonal patterns in MBT-CBT indices in mid-latitude soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta75: 3179-3190.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Pitcher, A., Hopmans, E.C., Mosier, A.C., Park, S.J., Rhee, S-.K., Francis, C.A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2011). Core and intact polar glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea enriched from marine and estuarine sediments.. Appl. Env. Microbiol.77: 3468-3477.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.M. Mußmann, I. Brito, A. Pitcher, J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, R. Hatzenpichler, A. Richter, J.L. Nielsen, P.H. Nielsen, A. Müller, H. Daims, M. Wagner, I.M Head (2011). Abundant activated sludge thaumarchaeotes express amoA but do not live primarily from autotrophic ammonia oxidation.. PNAS108: 16771-16776.
Darwin Center authors: Pitcher A., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Petra L. Schoon, Appy Sluijs, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Stefan Schouten (2011). Stable carbon isotope patterns of marine biomarker lipids
in the Arctic Ocean during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2. PALEOCEANOGRAPHYVOL. 26:
Darwin Center authors: Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sluijs A.Cornelia I. Blaga, Gert-Jan Reichart, Elisabeth W. Vissers,
André F. Lotter, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2011). Seasonal changes in glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether concentrations and fluxes in a perialpine lake: Implications for the use of the TEX86 and BIT proxies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaVolume 75, Issue 21: 6416-6428.
Darwin Center authors: Blaga C. I., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Vissers E. W.T. BAUERSACHS, J. COMPAORE, I. SEVERIN, E. C. HOPMANS, S. SCHOUTEN, L. J. STAL AND J. S. SINNINGHE DAMSTE (2011). Diazotrophic microbial community of coastal microbial mats
of the southern North Sea. Geobiology9: 349-359.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Compaore J., Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stal L. J.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.Bao-lan Hu
Darci Rush
Erwin van der Biezen
Ping Zheng
Mark van Mullekom
Stefan Schouten
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Alfons J. P. Smolders
Mike S. M. Jetten
Boran Kartal (2011). New Anaerobic, Ammonium-Oxidizing Community Enriched from Peat Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology77: 966-971.
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M., Rush D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Pitcher, A., Villanueva, L., Hopmans, E.C. , Schouten, S., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
(2011). Niche segregation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and anammox bacteria in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone
. ISME JournalVolume 5, Issue 12: 1896-1904.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Villanueva L.Pitcher A., Hopmans E.C., Mosier A.C., Park S.J., Rhee S-.K., Francis C.A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2011). Core and intact polar glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea enriched from marine and estuarine sediments.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology77: 3468-3477.
Darwin Center authors: van Boxel J. H., Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Francien Peterse, Maarten A. Prins, Christiaan J. Beets, Simon R. Troelstra, Hongbo Zheng, Zhaoyan Gu, Stefan Schouten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2011). Decoupled warming and monsoon precipitation in East Asia over the last deglaciation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters301: 256-264.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Troelstra S. R.Brandsma J., Hopmans E.C., Brussaard C.P.D., Witte H.J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2012). Spatial distribution of intact polar lipids in North Sea surface waters: Relationship with environmental conditions and microbial community composition. Limn. Oceanograph57: 959-973.
Darwin Center authors: Brussaard C. P. D., Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Brandsma J., Hopmans E.C., Philippart C.J.M., Veldhuis M.J.W., Schouten S. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2012). Low temporal variation in the intact polar lipid composition of North Sea coastal marine water reveals limited chemotaxonomic value. Biogeosciences9: 1073-1084.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Schouten S., Pitcher A., Hopmans E.C., Villanueva L., van Bleijswijk J., and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2012). Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: I. Selective preservation and degradation in the water column and its consequences for the TEX86.. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta98: 228-243.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Villanueva L.Tierney, J.E., Schouten, S., Pitcher, A., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Core and intact polar glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in Sand Pond, Warwick, Rhode Island (USA): Insights into the origin of lacustrine GDGTs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta77: 561-581.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.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.Wakeham, S.G., Turich, C., Schubotz, F., Podlaska, A., Li, X.N., Varela, R., Astor, Y., Saenz, J.P., Rush, D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Summons, R.E., Scranton, M.I., Taylor, G.T., Hinrichs, K.U. (2012). Biomarkers, chemistry and microbiology show chemoautotrophy in a multilayer chemocline in the Cariaco Basin. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers63: 133-156.
Darwin Center authors: Rush D., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Yan, J., Haaijer, S.C.M., Op den Camp, H.J.M., van Niftrik, L., Stahl, D.A., Könneke, M., Rush, D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S, Hu, Y.Y., Jetten, M.S.M. (2012). Mimicking the oxygen minimum zones: stimulating interactions of marine archaeal nitrifiers and anammox bacteria under oxygen limitation in a laboratory-scale model system. Environmental Microbiology14: 3146-3158.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Haaijer S. C. M., Jetten M. S. M., van Niftrik L.A.M.P., Rush D., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Lengger, S.K., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. (2012). Comparison of extraction and work up techniques for analysis of core and intact polar tetraether lipids from sedimentary environments. Organic Geochemistry47: 34-40.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Lengger S., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Francien Peterse, Jaap van der Meer, Stefan Schouten, Johan W.H. Weijers, Noah Fierer, Robert B. Jackson, Jung-Hyun Kim, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2012). Revised calibration of the MBT–CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta96: 215-229.
Darwin Center authors: Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Rush D., Hopmans E.C., Wakeham S.G., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2012). Occurrence and distribution of ladderane oxidation products in different oceanic regimes.. Biogeosciences9: 2407-2418.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Rush D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Peterse F., van der Meer J., Schouten S., Weijers J.W.H., Fierer N., Jackson R.B., Kim J.-K., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2012). Revised calibration of the MBT-CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils.. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta96: 215-229.
Darwin Center authors: Barke J., Peterse F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.DM Kool, B Zhu, WIC Rijpstra, MSM Jetten, KF Ettwig & JS Sinninghe Damsté (2012). Branched Fatty Acids Characterize the Lipid Composition of the Intra-Aerobic Methane Oxidizer “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera”.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology78 (24): 8650-8656.
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M., Kool D.M., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Rush D., Wakeham S.G., Hopmans E.C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2012). Biomarker evidence for anammox in the oxygen minimum zone of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. Organic Geochemistry53: 80-87.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Rush D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Lengger, S.K., Hopmans, E.C., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. (2012). Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea Water Oxygen Minimum Zone: II. Selective preservation and degradation in sediments and consequences for the TEX86.. Geochimica.et Cosmochimica Acta98: 244-258.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Lengger S., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Veuger, B., Pitcher, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Middelburg, J.J. (2013). Nitrification and growth of autotrophic nitrifying bacteria and Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea..
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Veuger B.Petra L. Schoon, Anna de Kluijver, Jack J. Middelburg, John A. Downing, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten (2013). Influence of lake water pH and alkalinity on the distribution of core and intact polar branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in lakes. Organic Geochemistry60: 72-82.
Darwin Center authors: de Kluijver A., Middelburg J.J., Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Petra L. Schoon, Claus Heilmann-Clausen, Bo Pagh Schultz, Appy Sluijs, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten (2013). Recognition of Early Eocene global carbon isotope excursions using lipids of marine Thaumarchaeota. Earth and Planetary Science Letters373: 160-168.
Darwin Center authors: Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sluijs A.Russ L.
Kartal B.
Op den Camp H. J. M.
Sollai M.
Le Bruchec J.
Caprais J. C.
Godfroy A.
Sinninghe Damsté J. S.
Jetten M. S. M.
(2013). Presence and diversity of anammox bacteria in cold hydrocarbon-rich seeps and hydrothermal vent sediments of the Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in microbiology4: 1-10.
Darwin Center authors: Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sollai M.O Rasigraf, DM Kool, MSM Jetten, JS Sinninghe Damsté, KF Ettwig (2014). Autotrophic carbon dioxide fixation via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle by the denitrifying methanotroph “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology80 (8): 2451-2460.
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M., Kool D.M., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Kool DM, HM Talbot, D Rush, KF Ettwig, JS Sinninghe Damsté (2014). Rare bacteriohopanepolyols as markers for an autotrophic, intra-aerobic methanotroph. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Actain press:
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Kool D.M., Rush D., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Lengger, S.K.
Hopmans, E.C.
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Schouten, S (2014). Fossilization and degradation of archaeal intact polar tetraether lipids in deeply buried marine sediments ( Peru Margin). Geobiology12: 212-220.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Lengger S., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Lengger, S.K.
Hopmans, E.C.
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
LneSchouten, S (2014). Impact of sedimentary degradation and deep water column production on GDGT abundance and distribution in surface sediments in the Arabian Sea: Implications for the TEX86 paleothermometer. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta142: 386-399.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Lengger S., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Y.A.. Lipsewers
N.J. Bale
E.C. Hopmans
S. Schouten
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté
L. Villanueva (2014). Seasonality and depth distribution of the abundance and activity of ammonia oxidizing microorganisms in marine coastal sediments (North Sea). Frontiers in microbiology5 (471): 1-12.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Lipsewers A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Villanueva L.Lengger, S.K., Lipsewers, Y.A., de Haas, H., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. (2014). Lack of 13C-label incorporation suggests low turnover rates of thaumarchaeal intact polar tetraether lipids in sediments from the Iceland shelf. Biogeosciences11(2): 201-216.
Darwin Center authors: Lengger S., Lipsewers A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Rush, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Poulton, S.W.; Thamdrup, B.; Leigh Garside, A.; Acuña-Gonzalez, J.; Schouten, S.; Jetten, M.S.M.; Talbot, H.M. (2014). Anaerobic ammonium-oxidising bacteria: A biological source of the bacteriohopanetetrol stereoisomer in marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta140: 50-63.
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M., Rush D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Rush, D., Jaeschke, A., Geenevasen, J.A.J., Tegelaar, E., Pureveen, J., Lewan, M.D., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2014). Generation of unusual branched long chain alkanes from hydrous pyrolysis of anammox bacterial biomass.. Org. Geochem.76: 136-145.
Darwin Center authors: Rush D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Schoon P. L., Heilmann-Clausen C., Schultz B. P., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Schouten S. (2015). Warming and environmental changes in the eastern North Sea Basin during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum as revealed by biomarker lipids.. Org. Geochem.78: 79-88.
Darwin Center authors: Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.Sollai M.
Hopmans E.C.
Schouten S.
Keil R.G.
Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2015). Intact polar lipids of Thaumarchaeota and anammox bacteria as indicators of N cycling in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen-deficient zone. Biogeosciences12: 4725-4737.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sollai M.Sollai, M.
Hopmans, E.C.
Schouten, S.
Keil, R.G.
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2015). Intact polar lipids of Thaumarchaeota and anammox bacteria as indicators of N cycling in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen-deficient zone. Biogeosciences12: 4725-4737.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sollai M.Moore, E.K.; Hopmans, E.C.; Rijpstra, W.I.C.; Sánchez-Andrea, I.; Villanueva, L.; Wienk, H.; Schoutsen, F; Stams, A.J.M.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2015). Lysine and novel hydroxylysine lipids in soil bacteria: amino acid membrane lipid response to temperature and pH in Pseudopedobacter saltans.. Front. Microbiol.6: 637-
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Moore E.K., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Stams A. J. M., Villanueva L.Schoon, P.L.; Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Schultz, B.P.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2015). Warming and environmental changes in the eastern North Sea Basin during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum as revealed by biomarker lipids.. Org. Geochem.78: 79-88.
Darwin Center authors: Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.