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Holger W. Jannasch was affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the scientific field with several research efforts, although specific detailed records of published papers or frequent co-authors are not provided.

Holger W. Jannasch's professional focus was associated with oceanographic research carried out at a noted institution dedicated to the advancement of marine science. Despite the absence of explicit data on main fields, subfields, or the specific topics of their research, their connection with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution indicates involvement in marine and ocean sciences, often a multidisciplinary domain combining biology, chemistry, geology, and physical oceanography.

Their academic footprint does not include standalone book publications or a publicly listed record of frequent venues for publication. There is also no available information regarding awards or recognitions, which suggests that their contributions are primarily documented through scientific articles or internal research activities.

Holger W. Jannasch was recorded as deceased. The profile respects this status by providing all information in past tense. Due to limited publicly available specifics on publication titles, research themes, or collaborators, the profile centers on the institutional affiliation and the broad presumptive domain of expertise. The absence of frequent co-authors or paper listings may indicate either a more solitary research approach or scarce digitized archival records.

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Thiomicrospira species and their identification in deep-sea hydrothermal vent samples by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments

    Gerard Muyzer;Andreas Teske;Carl O. Wirsen;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Prokaryotic Cells in the Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila Jones: Possible Chemoautotrophic Symbionts.

    Colleen M. Cavanaugh;Stephen L. Gardiner;Meredith L. Jones;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Microbial diversity of hydrothermal sediments in the Guaymas Basin: evidence for anaerobic methanotrophic communities.

    Andreas Teske;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Virginia P. Edgcomb;Alvin de Vera Gomez

  • Geomicrobiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

    Holger W. Jannasch;Michael J. Mottl

  • Anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by new types of sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Rueter P;Rabus R;Wilkes H;Aeckersberg F

  • Biomineralization of Ferrimagnetic Greigite (Fe3S4) and Iron Pyrite (FeS2) in a Magnetotactic Bacterium

    Stephen Mann;Nicholas H. C. Sparks;Richard B. Frankel;Dennis A. Bazylinski;Dennis A. Bazylinski

  • Population structure and phylogenetic characterization of marine benthic Archaea in deep-sea sediments.

    Costantino Vetriani;Holger W. Jannasch;Barbara J. Macgregor;David A. Stahl

  • Unexpected changes in the oxic/anoxic interface in the Black Sea

    J. W. Murray;H. W. Jannasch;S. Honjo;R. F. Anderson

  • Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C

    Elisabeth Blöchl;Reinhard Rachel;Siegfried Burggraf;Doris Hafenbradl

  • Bacterial Sulfate Reduction Above 100°C in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Sediments

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Mai F. Isaksen;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Methanopyrus kandleri, gen. and sp. nov. represents a novel group of hyperthermophilic methanogens, growing at 110°C

    Margit Kurr;Robert Huber;Helmut König;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Deep-sea primary production at the Galapagos hydrothermal vents

    D. M. Karl;C. O. Wirsen;H. W. Jannasch

  • Anaerobic magnetite production by a marine, magnetotactic bacterium

    Dennis A. Bazylinski;Richard B. Frankel;Richard B. Frankel;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Lake Kivu: structure, chemistry and biology of an East African rift lake

    Egon T. Degens;Richard P. von Herzen;How-Kin Wong;Werner G. Deuser

  • Sulfide oxidation in the anoxic Black Sea chemocline

    Bo Barker Jørgensen;Henrik Fossing;Carl O. Wirsen;Holger W. Jannasch

  • DEEP-SEA MICROBIOLOGY

    Holger W. Jannasch;Craig D. Taylor

  • Stable isotope studies of the carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles in the Black Sea and the Cariaco Trench

    Brian Fry;Holger W. Jannasch;Stephen J. Molyneaux;Carl O. Wirsen

  • A novel group of abyssal methanogenic archaebacteria ( Methanopyrus ) growing at 110 °C

    R. Huber;M. Kurr;H. W. Jannasch;K. O. Stetter

  • Chemosynthetic Primary Production at East Pacific Sea Floor Spreading Centers

    Holger W. Jannasch;Carl O. Wirsen

  • Evidence for anoxygenic photosynthesis from the distribution of bacteriochlorophylls in the Black Sea.

    D. J. Repeta;D. J. Simpson;B. B. Jorgensen;H. W. Jannasch

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
Dennis A. Bazylinski
Dennis A. Bazylinski University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Shimshon Belkin
Shimshon Belkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Richard B. Frankel
Richard B. Frankel California Polytechnic State University
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Reinhard Rachel
Reinhard Rachel University of Regensburg
John B. Waterbury
John B. Waterbury Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa

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