Michellod, D, Bien, T, Birgel, D, Violette, M, Kleiner, M, Fearn, S, Zeidler, C, Gruber-Vodicka, HR, Dubilier, N and Liebeke, M (2023) De novo phytosterol synthesis in animals. Science, 380(6644). 520-526. doi:10.1126/science.add7830
Cordova‐Gonzalez, A, Birgel, D, Wisshak, M, Urich, T, Brinkmann, F, Marcon, Y, Bohrmann, G and Peckmann, JL (2023) A carbonate corrosion experiment at a marine methane seep: The role of aerobic methanotrophic bacteria. Geobiology. doi:10.1111/gbi.12549
Sabino, M, Schefuß, E, Natalicchio, M, Dela Pierre, F, Birgel, D, Bortels, D, Schnetger, B and Peckmann, JL (2020) Climatic and hydrologic variability in the northern Mediterranean across the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 545. 109632. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109632
Rubin-Blum, M, Antony, CP, Sayavedra, L, Martinez-Perez, C, Birgel, D, Peckmann, JL, Wu, YC, Cardenas, P, MacDonald, I, Marcon, Y, Sahling, H, Hentschel, U and Dubilier, N (2019) Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7
Zwicker, J, Birgel, D, Bach, W, Richoz, S, Smrzka, D, Grasemann, B, Gier, S, Schleper, C, Rittmann, SKMR, Koşun, E and Peckmann, JL (2018) Evidence for archaeal methanogenesis within veins at the onshore serpentinite-hosted Chimaera seeps, Turkey. Chemical Geology, 483. 567-580. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.03.027
Liu, XL, Lipp, JS, Birgel, D, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2018) Predominance of parallel glycerol arrangement in archaeal tetraethers from marine sediments: Structural features revealed from degradation products. Organic Geochemistry, 115. 12-23. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.09.009
Natalicchio, M, Birgel, D, Peckmann, J, Lozar, F, Carnevale, G, Liu, X, Hinrichs, KU and Dela Pierre, F (2017) An archaeal biomarker record of paleoenvironmental change across the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis in the absence of evaporites (Piedmont Basin, Italy). Organic Geochemistry, 113. 242-253. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.08.014
Liu, XL, Birgel, D, Elling, FJ, Sutton, PA, Lipp, JS, Zhu, R, Zhang, C, Könneke, M, Peckmann, JL, Rowland, SJ, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2016) From ether to acid: A plausible degradation pathway of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 183. 138-152. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.016
Smrzka, D, Kraemer, SM, Zwicker, J, Birgel, D, Fischer, D, Kasten, S, Goedert, JL and Peckmann, JL (2015) Constraining silica diagenesis in methane-seep deposits. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 420. 13-26. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.12.007
Himmler, T, Birgel, D, Bayon, G, Pape, T, Ge, L, Bohrmann, G and Peckmann, JL (2015) Formation of seep carbonates along the Makran convergent margin, northern Arabian Sea and a molecular and isotopic approach to constrain the carbon isotopic composition of parent methane. Chemical Geology, 415. 102-117. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.09.016
Birgel, D, Guido, A, Liu, X, Hinrichs, KU, Gier, S and Peckmann, JL (2014) Hypersaline conditions during deposition of the Calcare di Base revealed from archaeal di- and tetraether inventories. Organic Geochemistry, 77. 11-21. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.09.002
Feng, D, Birgel, D, Peckmann, J, Roberts, HH, Joye, SB, Sassen, R, Liu, XL, Hinrichs, KU and Chen, D (2014) Time integrated variation of sources of fluids and seepage dynamics archived in authigenic carbonates from Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Seafloor Observatory. Chemical Geology, 385. 129-139. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.07.020
Ziegenbalg, SB, Birgel, D, Hoffmann-Sell, L, Pierre, C, Rouchy, JM and Peckmann, JL (2012) Anaerobic oxidation of methane in hypersaline Messinian environments revealed by C-13-depleted molecular fossils. Chemical Geology, 292. 140-148. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.024
Küchler, RR, Birgel, D, Kiel, S, Freiwald, A, Goedert, JL, Thiel, V and Peckmann, JL (2012) Miocene methane-derived carbonates from southwestern Washington, USA and a model for silicification at seeps. Lethaia, 45(2). 259-273. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00280.x
Heindel, K, Birgel, D, Brunner, B, Thiel, V, Westphal, H, Gischler, E, Ziegenbalg, SB, Cabioch, G, Sjovall, P and Peckmann, JL (2012) Post-glacial microbialite formation in coral reefs of te Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. Chemical Geology, 304. 117-130. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.02.009
Kellermann, MY, Schubotz, F, Elvert, M, Lipp, JS, Birgel, D, Prieto-Mollar, X, Dubilier, N and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Symbiont-host relationships in chemosynthetic mussels: A comprehensive lipid biomarker study. Organic Geochemistry, 43(1). 112-124. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.10.005
Berndmeyer, C, Birgel, D, Brunner, B, Wehrmann, LM, Jöns, N, Bach, W, Arning, ET, Föllmi, KB and Peckmann, JL (2012) The influence of bacterial activity on phosphorite formation in the Miocene Monterey Formation, California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 317. 171-181. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.004
Cook, MS, Keigwin, LD, Birgel, D and Hinrichs, KU (2011) Repeated pulses of vertical methane flux recorded in glacial sediments from the southeast Bering Sea. Paleoceanography, 26. PA2210. doi:10.1029/2010PA001993
Heindel, K, Birgel, D, Peckmann, JL, Kuhnert, H and Westphal, H (2010) Formation of deglacial microbialites in coral reefs off Tahiti (IODP 310) involving sulfate-reducing bacteria. Palaios, 25(9-10). 618-635. doi:10.2110/palo.2010.p10-032r
Ziegenbalg, SB, Brunner, B, Rouchy, JM, Birgel, D, Pierre, C, Böttcher, ME, Caruso, A, Immenhauser, A and Peckmann, JL (2010) Formation of secondary carbonates and native sulphur in sulphate-rich Messinian strata, Sicily. Sedimentary Geology, 227(1-4). 37-50. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.03.007
Kinnaman, FS, Kimball, J, Busso, L, Birgel, D, Ding, H, Hinrichs, KU and Valentine, DL (2010) Gas flux and carbonate occurrence at a shallow seep of thermogenic natural gas. Geo-Marine Letters, 30(3-4). 355-365. doi:10.1007/s00367-010-0184-0
Arning, ET, Birgel, D, Brunner, B and Peckmann, JL (2009) Bacterial formation of phosphatic laminites off Peru. Geobiology, 7. 295-307. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00197.x
Naehr, TH, Birgel, D, Bohrmann, G, MacDonald, IR and Kasten, S (2009) Biogeochemical controls on authigenic carbonate formation at the Chapopote "asphalt volcano", Bay of Campeche. Chemical Geology, 266(3-4). 399-411. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.07.002
Arning, ET, Lückge, A, Breuer, C, Gussone, N, Birgel, D and Peckmann, JL (2009) Genesis of phosphorite crusts off Peru. Marine Geology, 262(1-4). 68-81. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.006
Peckmann, JL, Birgel, D and Kiel, S (2009) Molecular fossils reveal fluid composition and flow intensity at a Cretaceous seep. Geology, 37. 847-850. doi:10.1130/G25658A.1
de Boever, E, Birgel, D, Thiel, V, Muchez, P, Peckmann, JL, Dimitrov, L and Swennen, R (2009) The formation of giant tubular concretions triggered by anaerobic oxidation of methane as revealed by archaeal molecular fossils (Lower Eocene, Varna, Bulgaria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 280(1-2). 23-36. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.010
Birgel, D, Elvert, M, Han, X and Peckmann, JL (2008) 13C-depleted biphytanic diacids as tracers of past anaerobic oxidation of methane. Organic Geochemistry, 39. 169-173. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.08.013
Birgel, D and Peckmann, JL (2008) Aerobic methanotrophy at ancient marine methane-seeps: A synthesis. Organic Geochemistry, 39. 1659-1667. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.01.023
Meckler, AN, Schubert, CJ, Hochuli, PA, Plessen, B, Birgel, D, Flower, BP, Hinrichs, KU and Haug, GH (2008) Glacial to Holocene terrigenous organic matter input to sediments from Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico - a combined optical and biomarker approach. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272(1-2). 251-263. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.046
Arning, ET, Birgel, D, Schulz-Vogt, HN, Holmkvist, L, Jørgensen, BB, Larson, A and Peckmann, JL (2008) Lipid Biomarker Patterns of Phosphogenic Sediments from Upwelling Regions. Geomicrobiology Journal, 25(2). 69-82. doi:10.1080/01490450801934854
Ertefai, TF, Fisher, MC, Fredricks, HF, Lipp, JS, Birgel, D, Udert, KM, Cavanaugh, CM, Pearson, A, Gschwend, PM and Hinrichs, KU (2008) Vertical distribution of microbial lipids and functional genes in chemically distinct layers of a highly polluted meromictic lake. Organic Geochemistry, 39(11). 1572-1588. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.07.009
Birgel, D, Himmler, T, Freiwald, A and Peckmann, JL (2008) A new constraint on the antiquity of anaerobic oxidation of methane: Late Pennsylvanian seep limestones from southern Namibia. Geology, 36(7). 543-546. doi:10.1130/G24690A
Peckmann, JL, Senowbari-Daryan, B, Birgel, D and Goedert, JL (2007) The crustacean ichnofossil Palaxius associated with acllianassid body fossils in an Eocene methane-seep limestone, Humptulips Formation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Lethaia, 40(3). 273-280. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00026.x
Birgel, D, Peckmann, JL, Klautzsch, S, Thiel, V and Reitner, J (2006) Anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of methane at Late Cretaceous seeps in the Western Interior Seaway, USA. Geomicrobiology Journal, 23. 565-577. doi:10.1080/01490450600897369
Birgel, D, Thiel, V, Hinrichs, KU, Elvert, M, Campbell, KA, Reitner, J, Farmer, JD and Peckmann, JL (2006) Lipid biomarker patterns of methane-seep microbialites from the Mesozoic convergent margin of California. Organic Geochemistry, 37(10). 1289-1302. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.02.004
Bice, KL, Birgel, D, Meyers, PA, Dahl, KA, Hinrichs, KU and Norris, RD (2006) A multiple proxy and modeling study of Cretaceous upper ocean temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Paleoceanography, 21. PA2002. doi:10.1029/2005PA001203
Birgel, D, Stein, R and Hefter, J (2004) Aliphatic lipids in recent sediments of the Fram Strait/Yermak Plateau (Arctic Ocean): composition, sources and transport processes. Marine Chemistry, 88(3-4). 127-160. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2004.03.006
Birgel, D and Hass, HC (2004) Oceanic and atmospheric variations during the last deglaciation in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean): a coupled high-resolution organic-geochemical and sedimentological study. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23(1-2). 29-47. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.10.001