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Gunter Wegener

Gunter Wegener

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Environmental Sciences

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Citations
5848
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National Ranking
491

Overview

Gunter Wegener is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on environmental and engineering sciences, with particular expertise in environmental chemistry, ecology, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work revolves around several key topics including methane hydrates and related phenomena, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and enhanced oil recovery techniques.

Recent significant publications by Gunter Wegener include:

  • "Non-syntrophic methanogenic hydrocarbon degradation by an archaeal species," 2021, Nature
  • "Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea," 2022, PLoS Biology
  • "Rates and Microbial Players of Iron-Driven Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Methanic Marine Sediments," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "'Candidatus Ethanoperedens,' a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane," 2020, mBio
  • "Methyl/alkyl-coenzyme M reductase-based anaerobic alkane oxidation in archaea," 2020, Environmental Microbiology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Rafael Laso-Pérez, Andreas Teske, Antje Boëtius, Fengping Wang, and Marcus Elvert. These co-authors have partnered with Wegener on multiple publications, reflecting collaborative work in related fields.

Gunter Wegener has published extensively in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • 30th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG 2021)

The research aligns strongly with environmental science, contributing to understanding methane cycling, microbial roles in hydrocarbon degradation, and biochemical processes in anaerobic environments. Engineering aspects are covered through studies on material mechanics and pollution control techniques.

Best Publications

  • Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation

    Jana Milucka;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Lubos Polerecky;Daniela Franzke

  • Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

    Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener;Viola Krukenberg;Dietmar Riedel;Halina E. Tegetmeyer

  • Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation

    Rafael Laso-Perez;Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener;Katrin Knittel;Friedrich Widdel

  • Non-syntrophic methanogenic hydrocarbon degradation by an archaeal species

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  • Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia

    Thomas Holler;Friedrich Widdel;Katrin Knittel;Rudolf Amann

  • Carbon isotope equilibration during sulphate-limited anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Marcos Yukio Yoshinaga;Thomas Holler;Tobias Goldhammer;Gunter Wegener

  • Assimilation of methane and inorganic carbon by microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Gunter Wegener;Helge Niemann;Marcus Elvert;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

  • Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea.

    Yinzhao Wang;Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener;Jialin Hou;Fengping Wang

  • Autotrophy as a predominant mode of carbon fixation in anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbial communities

    Matthias Y. Kellermann;Gunter Wegener;Marcus Elvert;Marcos Yukio Yoshinaga

  • Carbon and sulfur back flux during anaerobic microbial oxidation of methane and coupled sulfate reduction

    Thomas Holler;Gunter Wegener;Helge Niemann;Christian Deusner

  • Substantial 13C/12C and D/H fractionation during anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine consortia enriched in vitro

    Thomas Holler;Gunter Wegener;Katrin Knittel;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius

  • Metabolic Capabilities of Microorganisms Involved in and Associated with the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane.

    Gunter Wegener;Viola Krukenberg;S. Emil Ruff;Matthias Y. Kellermann

  • Gene expression and ultrastructure of meso- and thermophilic methanotrophic consortia.

    Viola Krukenberg;Dietmar Riedel;Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka;Pier Luigi Buttigieg

  • Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Viola Krukenberg;Katie Harding;Michael Richter;Frank Oliver Glöckner;Frank Oliver Glöckner

  • Turnover of microbial lipids in the deep biosphere and growth of benthic archaeal populations.

    Sitan Xie;Julius S. Lipp;Gunter Wegener;Timothy G. Ferdelman

  • Microbial communities of deep-sea methane seeps at Hikurangi continental margin (New Zealand).

    S. Emil Ruff;Julia Arnds;Katrin Knittel;Rudolf Amann

  • Assessing sub-seafloor microbial activity by combined stable isotope probing with deuterated water and 13C-bicarbonate.

    Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener;Marlene Bausch;Thomas Holler;Nguyen Manh Thang

  • Rates and Microbial Players of Iron-Driven Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Methanic Marine Sediments

    David A. Aromokeye;Ajinkya C. Kulkarni;Ajinkya C. Kulkarni;Marcus Elvert;Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener

  • Anaerobic degradation of non-methane alkanes by “candidatus methanoliparia” in hydrocarbon seeps of the gulf of Mexico

    Rafael Laso-Pérez;Rafael Laso-Pérez;Cedric Hahn;Daan M. van Vliet;Halina E. Tegetmeyer

  • " Candidatus Ethanoperedens," a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane

    Cedric Jasper Hahn;Rafael Laso-Pérez;Rafael Laso-Pérez;Francesca Vulcano;Konstantinos-Marios Vaziourakis;Konstantinos-Marios Vaziourakis

  • Biogeochemical processes and microbial diversity of the Gullfaks and Tommeliten methane seeps (Northern North Sea)

    Gunter Wegener;M. Shovitri;K. Knittel;H. Niemann;H. Niemann;H. Niemann

  • The Impact of Sediment and Carbon Fluxes on the Biogeochemistry of Methane and Sulfur in Littoral Baltic Sea Sediments (Himmerfjärden, Sweden)

    Nguyen Manh Thang;Volker Brüchert;Michael Formolo;Michael Formolo;Gunter Wegener;Gunter Wegener

  • Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea

    Grayson L Chadwick;Connor T Skennerton;Rafael Laso-Pérez;Rafael Laso-Pérez;Andy O Leu

  • Assessing sub-seafloor microbial activity by combined stable isotope probing with deuterated water and

    Gunter Wegener;Marlene Bausch;Thomas Holler;Nguyen Manh Thang

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Katrin Knittel
Katrin Knittel Max Planck Society
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel Max Planck Society
Heiko Sahling
Heiko Sahling University of Bremen

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