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Reyes-Weiss, DS, Bligh, M, Rhein-Knudsen, N, Hehemann, JH, Liebeke, M, Westereng, B and Horn, SJ (2024) Application of MALDI-MS for characterization of fucoidan hydrolysates and screening of endo-fucoidanase activity. Carbohydrate Polymers, 340. 122317. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122317
Crawford, CJ, Schultz-Johansen, M, Luong, P, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Hehemann, JH and Seeberger, PH (2024) Automated Synthesis of Algal Fucoidan Oligosaccharides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c02348
Thobor, BM, Haas, AF, Wild, C, Nelson, CE, Wegley Kelly, L, Hehemann, JH, Arts, MGI, Boer, M, Buck-Wiese, H, Nguyen, NP, Hellige, I and Mueller, B (2024) Coral high molecular weight carbohydrates support opportunistic microbes in bacterioplankton from an algae-dominated reef. mSystems. doi:10.1128/msystems.00832-24
Trautmann, M, Bartsch, I, Bligh, M, Buck-Wiese, H, Hehemann, JH, Niedzwiedz, S, Plag, N, Shan, T, Bischof, K and Diehl, N (2024) Impact of climate change on the kelp Laminaria digitata – simulated Arctic winter warming. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1478238
Thobor, BM, Tilstra, A, Mueller, B, Haas, A, Hehemann, JH and Wild, C (2024) Mucus carbohydrate composition correlates with scleractinian coral phylogeny. Scientific Reports, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-64828-5
Miksch, S, Orellana, LH, Oggerin de Orube, M, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Solanki, V, Hehemann, JH, Amann, R and Knittel, K (2024) Taxonomic and functional stability overrules seasonality in polar benthic microbiomes. The ISME Journal, 18(1). doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrad005
Priest, T, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Hehemann, JH, Amann, R and Fuchs, BM (2023) Carbohydrates and carbohydrate degradation gene abundance and transcription in Atlantic waters of the Arctic. ISME Communications, 3(1). doi:10.1038/s43705-023-00324-7
Clerc, EE, Raina, JB, Keegstra, JM, Landry, Z, Pontrelli, S, Alcolombri, U, Lambert, BS, Anelli, V, Vincent, F, Masdeu-Navarro, M, Sichert, A, De Schaetzen, F, Sauer, U, Simó, R, Hehemann, JH, Vardi, A, Seymour, JR and Stocker, R (2023) Strong chemotaxis by marine bacteria towards polysaccharides is enhanced by the abundant organosulfur compound DMSP. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43143-z
Sidhu, C, Kirstein, IV, Meunier, CL, Rick, J, Fofonova, V, Wiltshire, KH, Steinke, N, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Hehemann, JH, Huettel, B, Schweder, T, Fuchs, BM, Amann, RI and Teeling, H (2023) Dissolved storage glycans shaped the community composition of abundant bacterioplankton clades during a North Sea spring phytoplankton bloom. Microbiome, 11(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01517-x
Buck-Wiese, H, Andskog, MA, Nguyen, NP, Bligh, M, Asmala, E, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Liebeke, M, Gustafsson, C and Hehemann, JH (2023) Fucoid brown algae inject fucoidan carbon into the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(1). doi:10.1073/pnas.2210561119
Beidler, I, Robb, CS, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Zühlke, MK, Bartosik, D, Solanki, V, Markert, S, Becher, D, Schweder, T and Hehemann, JH (2023) Marine bacteroidetes use a conserved enzymatic cascade to digest diatom β-mannan. The ISME Journal, 17(2). 276-285. doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01342-4
Vincent, F, Gralka, M, Schleyer, G, Schatz, D, Cabrera-Brufau, M, Kuhlisch, C, Sichert, A, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Mayers, K, Barak-Gavish, N, Flores, JM, Masdeu-Navarro, M, Egge, JK, Larsen, A, Hehemann, JH, Marrasé, C, Simó, R, Cordero, OX and Vardi, A (2023) Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36049-3
Steinke, N, Vidal‐Melgosa, S, Schultz‐Johansen, M and Hehemann, JH (2022) Biocatalytic quantification of α‐glucan in marine particulate organic matter. MicrobiologyOpen, 11(3). e1289. doi:10.1002/mbo3.1289
Solanki, V, Krüger, K, Crawford, CJ, Pardo-Vargas, A, Danglad-Flores, J, Hoang, KLM, Klassen, L, Abbott, DW, Seeberger, PH, Amann, RI, Teeling, H and Hehemann, JH (2022) Glycoside hydrolase from the GH76 family indicates that marine Salegentibacter sp. Hel_I_6 consumes alpha-mannan from fungi. The ISME Journal, 16(7). 1818-1830. doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01223-w
Dutschei, T, Zühlke, MK, Welsch, N, Eisenack, T, Hilkmann, M, Krull, J, Stühle, C, Brott, S, Dürwald, A, Reisky, L, Hehemann, JH, Becher, D, Schweder, T and Bornscheuer, UT (2022) Metabolic engineering enables Bacillus licheniformis to grow on the marine polysaccharide ulvan. Microbial Cell Factories, 21(1). doi:10.1186/s12934-022-01931-0
Bligh, M, Nguyen, N, Buck-Wiese, H, Vidal-Melgosa, S and Hehemann, JH (2022) Structures and functions of algal glycans shape their capacity to sequester carbon in the ocean. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 71. 102204. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.102204
Francis, TB, Bartosik, D, Sura, T, Sichert, A, Hehemann, JH, Markert, S, Schweder, T, Fuchs, BM, Teeling, H, Amann, RI and Becher, D (2021) Changing expression patterns of TonB-dependent transporters suggest shifts in polysaccharide consumption over the course of a spring phytoplankton bloom. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-021-00928-8
Vidal-Melgosa, S, Sichert, A, Francis, TB, Bartosik, D, Niggemann, J, Wichels, A, Willats, WGT, Fuchs, BM, Teeling, H, Becher, D, Schweder, T, Amann, R and Hehemann, JH (2021) Diatom fucan polysaccharide precipitates carbon during algal blooms. Nature Communications, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21009-6
Dittmar, T, Lennartz, ST, Buck-Wiese, H, Hansell, DA, Santinelli, C, Vanni, C, Blasius, B and Hehemann, JH (2021) Enigmatic persistence of dissolved organic matter in the ocean. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. doi:10.1038/s43017-021-00183-7
Sichert, A, Le Gall, S, Klau, LJ, Laillet, B, Rogniaux, H, Aachmann, FL and Hehemann, JH (2021) Ion-exchange purification and structural characterization of five sulfated fucoidans from brown algae. Glycobiology, 31(4). 352-357. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwaa064
Klassen, L, Reintjes, G, Tingley, JP, Jones, DR, Hehemann, JH, Smith, AD, Schwinghamer, TD, Arnosti, C, Jin, L, Alexander, TW, Amundsen, C, Thomas, D, Amann, R, McAllister, TA and Abbott, DW (2021) Quantifying fluorescent glycan uptake to elucidate strain-level variability in foraging behaviors of rumen bacteria. Microbiome, 9(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-020-00975-x
Huang, G, Vidal‐Melgosa, S, Sichert, A, Becker, S, Fang, Y, Niggemann, J, Iversen, MH, Cao, Y and Hehemann, JH (2021) Secretion of sulfated fucans by diatoms may contribute to marine aggregate formation. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.11917
Orellana, LH, Francis, TB, Ferraro, M, Hehemann, JH, Fuchs, BM and Amann, RI (2021) Verrucomicrobiota are specialist consumers of sulfated methyl pentoses during diatom blooms. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01105-7
Arnosti, C, Wietz, M, Brinkhoff, T, Hehemann, JH, Probandt, D, Zeugner, L and Amann, R (2021) The biogeochemistry of marine olysaccharides: Sources, inventories, and bacterial drivers of the Carbohydrate Cycle. In: Carlson, CA and Giovannoni, SJ (eds.) Annual Review of Marine Science. Annual Reviews, 81-108. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-032020-012810
Bäumgen, M, Dutschei, T, Bartosik, D, Suster, C, Reisky, L, Gerlach, N, Stanetty, C, Mihovilovic, MD, Schweder, T, Hehemann, JH and Bornscheuer, UT (2021) A new carbohydrate-active oligosaccharide dehydratase is involved in the degradation of ulvan. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 297(4). 101210. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101210
Badur, AH, Ammar, EM, Yalamanchili, G, Hehemann, JH and Rao, CV (2020) Characterization of the GH16 and GH17 laminarinases from Vibrio breoganii 1C10. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104(1). 161-171. doi:10.1007/s00253-019-10243-0
Buck-Wiese, H, Fanuel, M, Liebeke, M, Le Mai Hoang, K, Pardo-Vargas, A, Seeberger, PH, Hehemann, JH, Rogniaux, H, Jackson, GP and Ropartz, D (2020) Discrimination of β-1,4- and β-1,3-linkages in native Oligosaccharides via charge transfer dissociation mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 31(6). 1249-1259. doi:10.1021/jasms.0c00087
Becker, S, Tebben, J, Coffinet, S, Wiltshire, KH, Iversen, MH, Harder, T, Hinrichs, KU and Hehemann, JH (2020) Laminarin is a major molecule in the marine carbon cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(12). 6599-6607. doi:10.1073/pnas.1917001117
Wanke, A, Rovenich, H, Schwanke, F, Velte, S, Becker, S, Hehemann, JH, Wawra, S and Zuccaro, A (2020) Plant species‐specific recognition of long and short β‐1,3‐linked glucans is mediated by different receptor systems. The Plant Journal. doi:10.1111/tpj.14688
Sichert, A, Corzett, CH, Schechter, MS, Unfried, F, Markert, S, Becher, D, Fernandez-Guerra, A, Liebeke, M, Schweder, T, Polz, MF and Hehemann, JH (2020) Verrucomicrobia use hundreds of enzymes to digest the algal polysaccharide fucoidan. Nature Microbiology. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0720-2
Scheschonk, L, Becker, S, Hehemann, JH, Diehl, N, Karsten, U and Bischof, K (2019) Arctic kelp eco-physiology during the polar night in the face of global warming: a crucial role for laminarin. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 611. 59-74. doi:10.3354/meps12860
Koch, H, Dürwald, A, Schweder, T, Noriega-Ortega, B, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Hehemann, JH, Dittmar, T, Freese, HM, Becher, D, Simon, M and Wietz, M (2019) Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides. The ISME Journal, 13(1). 92-103. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0252-4
Wawra, S, Fesel, P, Widmer, H, Neumann, U, Lahrmann, U, Becker, S, Hehemann, JH, Langen, G and Zuccaro, A (2019) FGB1 and WSC3 are in planta‐ induced β ‐glucan‐binding fungal lectins with different functions. New Phytologist, 222(3). 1493-1506. doi:10.1111/nph.15711
Hettle, AG, Hobbs, JK, Pluvinage, B, Vickers, C, Abe, KT, Salama-Alber, O, McGuire, BE, Hehemann, JH, Hui, JPM, Berrue, F, Banskota, A, Zhang, J, Bottos, EM, Van Hamme, J and Boraston, AB (2019) Insights into the κ/ι-carrageenan metabolism pathway of some marine Pseudoalteromonas species. Communications Biology, 2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0721-y
Kappelmann, L, Krüger, K, Hehemann, JH, Harder, J, Markert, S, Unfried, F, Becher, D, Shapiro, N, Schweder, T, Amann, RI and Teeling, H (2019) Polysaccharide utilization loci of North Sea Flavobacteriia as basis for using SusC/D-protein expression for predicting major phytoplankton glycans. The ISME Journal, 13(1). 76-91. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0242-6
Hehemann, JH, Reintjes, G, Klassen, L, Smith, AD, Ndeh, D, Arnosti, C, Amann, R and Abbott, DW (2019) Single cell fluorescence imaging of glycan uptake by intestinal bacteria. The ISME Journal, 13(7). 1883-1889. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0406-z
Reisky, L, Préchoux, A, Zühlke, MK, Bäumgen, M, Robb, CS, Gerlach, N, Roret, T, Stanetty, C, Larocque, R, Michel, G, Song, T, Markert, S, Unfried, F, Mihovilovic, MD, Trautwein-Schult, A, Becher, D, Schweder, T, Bornscheuer, UT and Hehemann, JH (2019) A marine bacterial enzymatic cascade degrades the algal polysaccharide ulvan. Nature Chemical Biology, 15(8). 803-812. doi:10.1038/s41589-019-0311-9
Unfried, F, Becker, S, Robb, CS, Hehemann, JH, Markert, S, Heiden, SE, Hinzke, T, Becher, D, Reintjes, G, Krüger, K, Avci, B, Kappelmann, L, Hahnke, RL, Fischer, T, Harder, J, Teeling, H, Fuchs, B, Barbeyron, T, Amann, RI and Schweder, T (2018) Adaptive mechanisms that provide competitive advantages to marine bacteroidetes during microalgal blooms. The ISME Journal, 12(12). 2894-2906. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0243-5
Chen, J, Robb, CS, Unfried, F, Kappelmann, L, Markert, S, Song, T, Harder, J, Avci, B, Becher, D, Xie, P, Amann, RI, Hehemann, JH, Schweder, T and Teeling, H (2018) Alpha- and beta-mannan utilization by marine Bacteroidetes. Environmental Microbiology, 20(11). 4127-4140. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14414
Reisky, L, Stanetty, C, Mihovilovic, MD, Schweder, T, Hehemann, JH and Bornscheuer, UT (2018) Biochemical characterization of an ulvan lyase from the marine flavobacterium Formosa agariphila KMM 3901T. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(16). 6987-6996. doi:10.1007/s00253-018-9142-y
Corzett, CH, Elsherbini, J, Chien, DM, Hehemann, JH, Henschel, A, Preheim, SP, Yu, X, Alm, EJ, Polz, MF and DiRita, VJ (2018) Evolution of a vegetarian vibrio: metabolic specialization of Vibrio breoganii to macroalgal substrates. Journal of Bacteriology, 200(15). doi:10.1128/JB.00020-18
Mystkowska, AA, Robb, C, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Vanni, C, Fernandez-Guerra, A, Höhne, M and Hehemann, JH (2018) Molecular recognition of the beta-glucans laminarin and pustulan by a SusD-like glycan-binding protein of a marine Bacteroidetes. The FEBS Journal, 285(23). 4465-4481. doi:10.1111/febs.14674
Reisky, L, Büchsenschütz, HC, Engel, J, Song, T, Schweder, T, Hehemann, JH and Bornscheuer, UT (2018) Oxidative demethylation of algal carbohydrates by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. Nature Chemical Biology, 14(4). 342-344. doi:10.1038/s41589-018-0005-8
Robb, CS, Reisky, L, Bornscheuer, UT and Hehemann, JH (2018) Specificity and mechanism of carbohydrate demethylation by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. Biochemical Journal, 475(23). 3875-3886. doi:10.1042/BCJ20180762
Hettle, AG, Vickers, C, Robb, CS, Liu, F, Withers, SG, Hehemann, JH and Boraston, AB (2018) The molecular basis of polysaccharide sulfatase activity and a nomenclature for catalytic subsites in this class of enzyme. Structure, 26(5). 747-758.e4. doi:10.1016/j.str.2018.03.012
Becker, S, Scheffel, A, Polz, MF and Hehemann, JH (2017) Accurate quantification of Laminarin in Marine Organic Matter with Enzymes from Marine Microbes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83(9). e03389-16. doi:10.1128/AEM.03389-16
Hehemann, JH, Truong, LV, Unfried, F, Welsch, N, Kabisch, J, Heiden, SE, Junker, S, Becher, D, Thürmer, A, Daniel, R, Amann, R and Schweder, T (2017) Aquatic adaptation of a laterally acquired pectin degradation pathway in marine gammaproteobacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 19(6). 2320-2333. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13726
Robb, CS, Mystkowska, AA and Hehemann, JH (2017) Crystal structure of a marine glycoside hydrolase family 99-related protein lacking catalytic machinery. Protein Science, 26(12). 2445-2450. doi:10.1002/pro.3291
Badur, AH, Plutz, MJ, Yalamanchili, G, Jagtap, SS, Schweder, T, Unfried, F, Markert, S, Polz, MF, Hehemann, JH and Rao, CV (2017) Exploiting fine-scale genetic and physiological variation of closely related microbes to reveal unknown enzyme functions. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(31). 13056-13067. doi:10.1074/jbc.M117.787192
Hehemann, JH, Arevalo, P, Datta, MS, Yu, X, Corzett, CH, Henschel, A, Preheim, SP, Timberlake, S, Alm, EJ and Polz, MF (2016) Adaptive radiation by waves of gene transfer leads to fine-scale resource partitioning in marine microbes. Nature Communications, 7. 12860. doi:10.1038/ncomms12860
Hobbs, JK, Lee, SM, Robb, M, Hof, F, Barr, C, Abe, KT, Hehemann, JH, McLean, R, Abbott, DW and Boraston, AB (2016) KdgF, the missing link in the microbial metabolism of uronate sugars from pectin and alginate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(22). 6188-6193. doi:10.1073/pnas.1524214113