Mills, J, Gebhard, LJ, Schubotz, F, Shevchenko, A, Speth, DR, Liao, Y, Duggin, IG, Marchfelder, A and Erdmann, S (2024) Extracellular vesicle formation in Euryarchaeota is driven by a small GTPase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(10). doi:10.1073/pnas.2311321121
Achberger, AM, Jones, R, Jamieson, J, Holmes, CP, Schubotz, F, Meyer, NR, Dekas, AE, Moriarty, S, Reeves, EP, Manthey, A, Brünjes, J, Fornari, DJ, Tivey, MK, Toner, BM and Sylvan, JB (2024) Inactive hydrothermal vent microbial communities are important contributors to deep ocean primary productivity. Nature Microbiology, 9(3). 657-668. doi:10.1038/s41564-024-01599-9
Ruben, M, Hefter, J, Schubotz, F, Geibert, W, Butzin, M, Gentz, T, Grotheer, H, Forwick, M, Szczuciński, W and Mollenhauer, G (2023) Fossil organic carbon utilization in marine Arctic fjord sediments by subsurface micro-organisms. Nature Geoscience, 16(7). 625-630. doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01198-z
Brünjes, J, Seidel, M, Dittmar, T, Niggemann, J and Schubotz, F (2022) Natural asphalt seeps are potential sources for recalcitrant oceanic dissolved organic sulfur and dissolved black carbon. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(12). 9092-9102. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c01123
Köster, M, Kars, M, Schubotz, F, Tsang, MY, Maisch, M, Kappler, A, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F, Heuer, VB, Kasten, S and Henkel, S (2021) Evolution of (bio‐)geochemical processes and diagenetic alteration of sediments along the tectonic migration of ocean floor in the Shikoku Basin off Japan. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(8). doi:10.1029/2020GC009585
Song, M, Schubotz, F, Kellermann, MY, Hansen, CT, Bach, W, Teske, AP and Hinrichs, KU (2021) Formation of ethane and propane via abiotic reductive conversion of acetic acid in hydrothermal sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(47). e2005219118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2005219118
Kars, M, Köster, M, Henkel, S, Stein, R, Schubotz, F, Zhao, X, Bowden, SA, Roberts, AP and Kodama, K (2021) Influence of early low‐temperature and later high‐temperature diagenesis on magnetic mineral assemblages in marine sediments from the Nankai Trough. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(10). doi:10.1029/2021GC010133
Coskun, ÖK, Vuillemin, A, Schubotz, F, Klein, F, Sichel, SE, Eisenreich, W and Orsi, WD (2021) Quantifying the effects of hydrogen on carbon assimilation in a seafloor microbial community associated with ultramafic rocks. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01066-x
Boyer, GM, Schubotz, F, Summons, RE, Woods, J and Shock, EL (2020) Carbon oxidation state in microbial polar lipids suggests adaptation to hot spring temperature and redox gradients. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00229
Tsang, MY, Bowden, SA, Wang, Z, Mohammed, A, Tonai, S, Muirhead, D, Yang, K, Yamamoto, Y, Kamiya, N, Okutsu, N, Hirose, T, Kars, M, Schubotz, F, Ijiri, A, Yamada, Y, Kubo, Y, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2020) Hot fluids, burial metamorphism and thermal histories in the underthrust sediments at IODP 370 site C0023, Nankai Accretionary Complex. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112. 104080. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104080
Quemener, M, Mara, P, Schubotz, F, Beaudoin, D, Li, W, Pachiadaki, M, Sehein, TR, Sylvan, JB, Li, J, Barbier, G, Edgcomb, V and Burgaud, G (2020) Meta‐omics highlights the diversity, activity and adaptations of fungi in deep oceanic crust. Environmental Microbiology, 22(9). 3950-3967. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15181
Li, J, Mara, P, Schubotz, F, Sylvan, JB, Burgaud, G, Klein, F, Beaudoin, D, Wee, SY, Dick, HJB, Lott, S, Cox, R, Meyer, LAE, Quémener, M, Blackman, DK and Edgcomb, VP (2020) Recycling and metabolic flexibility dictate life in the lower oceanic crust. Nature, 579(7798). 250-255. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2075-5
Wagner, S, Schubotz, F, Kaiser, K, Hallmann, C, Waska, H, Rossel, PE, Hansman, R, Elvert, M, Middelburg, JJ, Engel, A, Blattmann, TM, Catalá, TS, Lennartz, ST, Gomez-Saez, GV, Pantoja-Gutiérrez, S, Bao, R and Galy, V (2020) Soothsaying DOM: a current perspective on the future of oceanic dissolved organic carbon. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00341
Heuer, VB, Inagaki, F, Morono, Y, Kubo, Y, Spivack, AJ, Viehweger, B, Treude, T, Beulig, F, Schubotz, F, Tonai, S, Bowden, SA, Cramm, M, Henkel, S, Hirose, T, Homola, K, Hoshino, T, Ijiri, A, Imachi, H, Kamiya, N, Kaneko, M, Lagostina, L, Manners, H, McClelland, HL, Metcalfe, K, Okutsu, N, Pan, D, Raudsepp, MJ, Sauvage, J, Tsang, MY, Wang, DT, Whitaker, E, Yamamoto, Y, Yang, K, Maeda, L, Adhikari, RR, Glombitza, C, Hamada, Y, Kallmeyer, J, Wendt, J, Wörmer, L, Yamada, Y, Kinoshita, M and Hinrichs, KU (2020) Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone. Science, 370(6521). 1230-1234. doi:10.1126/science.abd7934
Wörmer, L, Gajendra, N, Schubotz, F, Matys, ED, Evans, TW, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2020) A micrometer‐scale snapshot on phototroph spatial distributions: mass spectrometry imaging of microbial mats in Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology. doi:10.1111/gbi.12411
Laso-Pérez, R, Hahn, C, van Vliet, DM, Tegetmeyer, HE, Schubotz, F, Smit, NT, Pape, T, Sahling, H, Bohrmann, G, Boetius, A, Knittel, K and Wegener, G (2019) Anaerobic degradation of non-methane alkanes by “Candidatus Methanoliparia” in hydrocarbon seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio, 10(4). doi:10.1128/mBio.01814-19
Imachi, H, Tasumi, E, Takaki, Y, Hoshino, T, Schubotz, F, Gan, S, Tu, TH, Saito, Y, Yamanaka, Y, Ijiri, A, Matsui, Y, Miyazaki, M, Morono, Y, Takai, K, Hinrichs, KU and Inagaki, F (2019) Cultivable microbial community in 2-km-deep, 20-million-year-old subseafloor coalbeds through ~1000 days anaerobic bioreactor cultivation. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-019-38754-w
Zhuang, GC, Montgomery, A, Samarkin, VA, Song, M, Liu, J, Schubotz, F, Teske, A, Hinrichs, KU and Joye, SB (2019) Generation and utilization of volatile fatty acids and alcohols in hydrothermally altered sediments in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(5). 2637-2646. doi:10.1029/2018GL081284
Glabonjat, RA, Raber, G, Jensen, KB, Schubotz, F, Boyd, ES and Francesconi, KA (2019) Origin of arsenolipids in sediments from Great Salt Lake. Environmental Chemistry, 16(5). 303. doi:10.1071/EN19135
Carr, SA, Schubotz, F, Dunbar, RB, Mills, CT, Dias, R, Summons, RE and Mandernack, KW (2018) Acetoclastic Methanosaeta are dominant methanogens in organic-rich Antarctic marine sediments. The ISME Journal, 12(2). 330-342. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.150
Hamada, Y, Hirose, T, Ijiri, A, Yamada, Y, Sanada, Y, Saito, S, Sakurai, N, Sugihara, T, Yokoyama, T, Saruhashi, T, Hoshino, T, Kamiya, N, Bowden, S, Cramm, M, Henkel, S, Homola, K, Imachi, H, Kaneko, M, Lagostina, L, Manners, H, McClelland, HL, Metcalfe, K, Okutsu, N, Pan, D, Raudsepp, MJ, Sauvage, J, Schubotz, F, Spivack, A, Tonai, S, Treude, T, Tsang, MY, Viehweger, B, Wang, DT, Whitaker, E, Yamamoto, Y, Yang, K, Kinoshita, M, Maeda, L, Kubo, Y, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F and Heuer, VB (2018) In-situ mechanical weakness of subducting sediments beneath a plate boundary décollement in the Nankai Trough. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 5(1). doi:10.1186/s40645-018-0228-z
Schubotz, F, Xie, S, Lipp, JS, Hinrichs, KU and Wakeham, SG (2018) Intact polar lipids in the water column of the eastern tropical North Pacific: abundance and structural variety of non-phosphorus lipids. Biogeosciences, 15(21). 6481-6501. doi:10.5194/bg-15-6481-2018
Sahling, H, Ahrlich, F, Bohrmann, G, Borowski, C, Breitzke, M, Buchheister, S, Büttner, H, Ferreira, C, Gaytán-Caballero, A, Geprägs, P, Groeneveld, J, Hsu, CW, Jiménez Guadarrama, E, Klar, S, Klaucke, I, Klüber, S, Leymann, T, Loher, M, Mai, HA, Mau, S, MacDonald, IR, Marcon, Y, Meinecke, G, Melcher, AC, Morales Dominguez, E, Raeke, A, Rehage, R, Renken, J, Reuter, M, Rohleder, C, Römer, M, Rubin-Blum, M, Schade, T, Schubotz, F, Seiter, C, Smrzka, D, Spiesecke, U, Torres, M, Vittori, V, Von Neuhoff, S, von Wahl, T, Wegener, G, Wiebe, M, Wintersteller, P, Zarrouk, M and Zwicker, J (2017) R/V METEOR Cruise Report M114, Natural hydrocarbon seepage in the southern Gulf of Mexico, Kingston - Kingston, 12 February - 28 March 2015. Berichte, MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, 315. 1-214. urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105897-18
Sahling, H, Borowski, C, Escobar-Briones, E, Gaytán-Caballero, A, Hsu, CW, Loher, M, MacDonald, I, Marcon, Y, Pape, T, Römer, M, Rubin-Blum, M, Schubotz, F, Smrzka, D, Wegener, G and Bohrmann, G (2016) Massive asphalt deposits, oil seepage, and gas venting support abundant chemosynthetic communities at the Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences, 13(15). 4491-4512. doi:10.5194/bg-13-4491-2016 
Bosak, T, Schubotz, F, de Santiago-Torio, A, Kuehl, JV, Carlson, HK, Watson, N, Daye, M, Summons, RE, Arkin, AP and Deutschbauer, AM (2016) System-wide adaptations of Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 to phosphate-limited conditions. PLOS ONE, 11(12). e0168719. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168719
Klein, F, Humphris, SE, Guo, W, Schubotz, F, Schwarzenbach, EM and Orsi, WD (2015) Fluid mixing and the deep biosphere of a fossil Lost City-type hydrothermal system at the Iberia Margin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(39). 12036-12041. doi:10.1073/pnas.1504674112
Segarra, KEA, Schubotz, F, Samarkin, V, Yoshinaga, MY, Hinrichs, KU and Joye, SB (2015) High rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in freshwater wetlands reduce potential atmospheric methane emissions. Nature Communications, 6. 7477. doi:10.1038/ncomms8477
Xie, S, Liu, XL, Schubotz, F, Wakeham, SG and Hinrichs, KU (2014) Distribution of glycerol ether lipids in the oxygen minimum zone of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean. Organic Geochemistry, 71. 60-71. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.04.006
Raggi, L, Schubotz, F, Hinrichs, KU, Dubilier, N and Petersen, JM (2013) Bacterial symbionts of Bathymodiolus mussels and Escarpia tubeworms from Chapopote, an asphalt seep in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Microbiology, 15(7). 1969-1987. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12051
Schubotz, F, Meyer-Dombard, DR, Bradley, AS, Fredricks, HF, Hinrichs, KU, Shock, EL and Summons, RE (2013) Spatial and temporal variability of biomarkers and microbial diversity reveal metabolic and community flexibility in Streamer Biofilm Communities in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology, 11(6). 549-569. doi:10.1111/gbi.12051
Wakeham, SG, Turich, C, Schubotz, F, Podlaska, A, Li, XN, Varela, R, Astor, Y, Saenz, JP, Rush, D, Damste, JSS, Summons, RE, Scranton, M, Taylor, GT and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Biomarkers, chemistry and microbiology show chemoautotrophy in a multilayer chemocline in the Cariaco Basin. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 63. 133-156. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.005
Bühring, S, Schubotz, F, Harms, C, Lipp, JS, Amils, R and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Lipid signatures of acidophilic microbial communities in an extreme, acidic environment: Río Tinto, Spain. Organic Geochemistry, 47. 66-77. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.03.010
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
Schubotz, F, Lipp, JS, Elvert, M, Kasten, S, Mollar, XP, Zabel, M, Bohrmann, G and Hinrichs, KU (2011) Petroleum degradation and associated microbial signatures at the Chapopote asphalt volcano, Southern Gulf of Mexico. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(16). 4377-4398. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.025
Schubotz, F, Lipp, JS, Elvert, M and Hinrichs, KU (2011) Stable carbon isotopic compositions of intact polar lipids reveal complex carbon flow patterns among hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities at the Chapopote asphalt volcano. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(16). 4399-4415. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.018
Yoshinaga, MY, Kellermann, MY, Rossel, PE, Schubotz, F, Lipp, JS and Hinrichs, KU (2011) Systematic fragmentation patterns of archaeal intact polar lipids by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization ion-trap mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25. 3563-3574. doi:10.1002/rcm.5251
Rethemeyer, J, Schubotz, F, Talbot, HM, Cooke, MP, Hinrichs, KU and Mollenhauer, G (2010) Distribution of polar membrane lipids in permafrost soils and sediments of a small high Arctic catchment. Organic Geochemistry, 41. 1130-1145. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.06.004
Lichtschlag, A, Felden, J, Wenzhöfer, F, Schubotz, F, Ertefai, TF, Boetius, A and de Beer, D (2010) Methane and sulfide fluxes in permanent anoxia: In situ studies at the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Sorokin Trough, Black Sea). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(17). 5002-5018. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.031
Borin, S, Ventura, S, Tambone, F, Mapelli, F, Schubotz, F, Brusetti, L, Scaglia, B, D'Acqui, L, Solheim, B, Turicchia, S, Marasco, R, Hinrichs, KU, Baldi, F, Adani, F and Daffonchio, D (2010) Rock weathering creates oases of life in a High Arctic desert. Environmental Microbiology, 12(2). 293-303. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02059.x
Schubotz, F, Wakeham, SG, Lipp, JS, Fredricks, HF and Hinrichs, KU (2009) Detection of microbial biomass by intact polar membrane lipid analysis in the water column and surface sediments of the Black Sea. Environmental Microbiology, 11(10). 2720-2734. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01999.x
Strapoc, D, Picardal, FW, Turich, C, Schaperdoth, I, Macalady, JL, Lipp, JS, Lin, YS, Ertefai, TF, Schubotz, F, Hinrichs, KU, Mastalerz, M and Schimmelmann, A (2008) Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74. 2424-2432. doi:10.1128/AEM.02341-07
Wegener, G, Knittel, K, Bohrmann, G and Schubotz, F (2020) Benthic deep-sea life associated with asphaltic hydrocarbon emissions in the southern Gulf of Mexico. In: Teske, A and Carvalho, V (eds.) Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps. Springer Oceanography, 101-123. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34827-4_5
Schubotz, F (2009) Microbial community characterization and carbon turnover in methane-rich environments - case studies in the Gulf of Mexico and the Black Sea. PhD thesis, Elektronische Dissertationen an der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, Germany. urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000116715
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