Darwin Center programs and projects
1060: Carbon recycling in peat bogs, with special emphasis on the role of methanotrophic symbionts
1090: The role of benthic foraminifera in the global N-cylcle
1110: Anaerobic ammonium oxidation: Impact on present and past oceanic nitrogen cycling
3010: Present and past pathways for ammonium oxidation in the oxygen-depleted waters of the ocean
3070: Contribution of nitrite-dependent methane oxidation to the past and present nitrogen cycle in coastal and estuarine ecosystems
1051: Ecophysiology and role of marine crenarchaeota in the present day marine N cycle
1061: Microbiology and biogeochemistry of peatland ecosystems
1091: Nitrate respiration by benthic foraminifera
1111: Elucidating the metabolism of marine anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria to understand their role in the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen
3011: Microbial key players in the oxidation of ammonium under oxygen limitation
3071: Microbiology of nitrite-dependent methane-oxidation in coastal ecosystems

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Darwin Center publications
Haaijer, S.C.M., Lamers, L.P.M., Smolders, A.J.P., Jetten, M.S.M., Op de Camp, H.J.M., 2007 (2007). Iron sulfide and pyrite as potential electron donors for microbial nitrate reduction in freshwater wetlands . Geomicrobiology Journal24 (5): 391-401.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Haaijer S. C. M., Jetten M. S. M.

Schmid, M.C., Risgaard-Petersen, N., van de Vossenberg, J., Kuypers, M.M.M., Lavik, G., Petersen, J., Hulth, S., Thamdrup, B., Canfield, D., Dalsgaard, T., Rysgaard, S., Sejr, M.K., Strous, M., Op den Camp H.J.M., & Jetten, M.S.M. (2007). Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in marine environments: widespread occurrence but low diversity. Environ. Microbiol9: 1476-1484.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M.

Schmid, M.C., Hooper, A.B., Klotz, M.G., Woebken, D. Lam, P., Kuypers, M.M.M., Pommering-Roeser, A., Op den Camp, H.J.M. & Jetten, M.S.M. (2008). Environmental detection of the octaheme cyctochrome c hydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology10: 3140-3149.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M.

Klotz, M.G., Schmid, M.C., Strous, M., Op den Camp, H.J.M., Jetten, M.S.M. & Hooper, A.B. (2008). Evolution of an octaheme cytochrome c protein family that is key to aerobic and anaerobic ammonia oxidation by bacteria. Environmental Microbiology10: 3150-3163.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. 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.

Lam, P., Lavik, G., Jensen, M.M., van de Vossenberg, J., Schmid, M., Woebken, D., Gutiérrez, D., Amann, R., Jetten, M.S.M. & Kuypers, M.M.M. (2009). Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. PNAS106: 4752-4757.
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M.

Pavlekovic, M., Schmid, M.C., Schmider-Poignee, N., Spring, S., Pilhofer, M., Gaul, T., Fiandaca, M., Löffler, F.E., Jetten, M.S.M., Schleifer, K.H. & Lee, N.M. (2009). Optimization of three FISH procedures for in situ detection of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria in biological wastewater treatment. J Microbiol Methods78: 119-126.
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M.

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.

Jia Yan, Op den Camp, H.J.M., Jetten, M.S.M., Yong Y. Hu, and Haaijer, S.C.M. (2010). Induced cooperation between marine nitrifiers and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria by incremental exposure to oxygen. Systematic and Applied Microbiologydoi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.08.003:
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Haaijer S. C. M., Jetten M. S. M.

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.

F. J. W. Parmentier, J. van Huissteden, N. Kip, H. J. M. Op den Camp, M. S. M. Jetten, T. C. Maximov, and A. J. Dolman (2010). The role of endophytic methane oxidizing bacteria in submerged Sphagnum in determining methane emissions of Northeastern Siberian tundra. Biogeosciences Discussions7: 8521-8551.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Dolman A. J., van Huissteden J., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Parmentier F. J. W.

Francisca A. Luesken, Baoli Zhu, Theo A. van Alen, Margaret K. Butler, Marina Rodriguez Diaz, Bongkeun Song, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Mike S.M. Jetten, and Katharina F. Ettwig (2011). PmoA primers for environmental detection of anaerobic methanotrophs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology77 (11): 3877-3880.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M.

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.

Parmentier, F.J.W., Van Huissteden, J., Kip, N., Op Den Camp, H.J.M., Jetten, M.S.M., Maximov, T.C., Dolman, A.J. (2011). The role of endophytic methane-oxidizing bacteria in submerged Sphagnum in determining methane emissions of Northeastern Siberian tundra . BiogeosciencesVolume 8, Issue 5: 1267-1278.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Dolman A. J., van Huissteden J., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Parmentier F. J. W.

Kartal, B., Maalcke, W.J., De Almeida, N.M., Cirpus, I., Gloerich, J., Geerts, W., Op Den Camp, H.J.M., Harhangi, H.R., Janssen-Megens, E.M., Francoijs, K.-J., Stunnenberg, H.G., Keltjens, J.T., Jetten, M.S.M., Strous, M. (2011). Molecular mechanism of anaerobic ammonium oxidation. NatureVolume 479, Issue 7371: 127-130.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Keltjens J. T. M., Maalcke W. J.

De Almeida, N.M. , Maalcke, W.J., Keltjens, J.T., Jetten, M.S.M., Kartal, B (2011). Proteins and protein complexes involved in the biochemical reactions of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria . Biochemical Society TransactionsVolume 39, Issue 1: 303-308.
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M., Keltjens J. T. M., Maalcke W. J.

O Rasigraf, C Vogt, HH Richnow, MSM Jetten & KF Ettwig (2012). Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation during nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation by Methylomirabilis oxyfera. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M.

B Zhu, G van Dijk, C Fritz, AJP Smolders, A Pol, MSM Jetten, and KF Ettwig (2012). Anaerobic Oxidization of Methane in a Minerotrophic Peatland: Enrichment of Nitrite-Dependent Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria. Applied and Environmental Micorbiology78 (24): 8657-8665.
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M.

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.

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.

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.

Haaijer SCM, Crienen G, Jetten MSM , Op den Camp HJM (2012). Anoxic iron cycle bacteria from an iron sulfide- and nitrate-rich freshwater environment. Front. Microbiol.3:
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Haaijer S. C. M., Jetten M. S. M.

N. Kip, C. Fritz, E. S. Langelaan, Y. Pan, L. Bodrossy, V. Pancotto, M. S. M. Jetten, A. J. P. Smolders, and H. J. M. Op den Camp (2012). Methanotrophic activity and diversity in different Sphagnum magellanicum dominated habitats in the southernmost peat bogs of Patagonia . Biogeosciences9: 47-55.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J.

Wouter J. Maalcke, Andreas Dietl, Sophie J. Marritt, Julea N. Butt, Mike S. M. Jetten, Jan T. Keltjens, Thomas R. M. Barends, Boran Kartal (2013). Structural basis of biological NO generation by octaheme oxidoreductases. The journal of biological chemistry
Darwin Center authors: Jetten M. S. M., Keltjens J. T. M., Maalcke W. J.

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.

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.

Egger MJ, O Rasigraf, CJ Sapart, T Jilbert, MSM Jetten, T Röckmann, C van der Veen, N Banda, B Kartal, KF Ettwig & CP Slomp (2015). Iron-Mediated Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Brackish Coastal Sediments. Environmental Science and Technology49: 277-283.
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M., Slomp C. P.

Matthias Egger, Olivia Rasigraf, Célia J. Sapart, Tom Jilbert, Mike S. M. Jetten, Thomas Röckmann, Carina van der Veen, Narcisa Bândă, Boran Kartal, Katharina F. Ettwig, and Caroline P. Slomp (2015). Iron-Mediated Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Brackish Coastal Sediments. Environmental Science and Technology49: 277-283.
Darwin Center authors: Ettwig K.F., Jetten M. S. M., Slomp C. P.

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