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Katrin Knittel

Katrin Knittel

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Environmental Sciences

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55
Citations
20563
World Ranking
3761
National Ranking
258

Overview

Katrin Knittel is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans various areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a primary focus on microbial ecology in marine and sediment environments.

The scientist's work explores several subfields, including ecology, environmental chemistry, molecular biology, oceanography, and mechanics of materials. These areas contribute to a broader understanding of microbial community dynamics and biogeochemical processes affecting marine ecosystems.

The main topics covered in Katrin Knittel's research are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • "Microbial Communities on Plastic Polymers in the Mediterranean Sea," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Diversity and metabolism of Woeseiales bacteria, global members of marine sediment communities," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "'Candidatus Ethanoperedens,' a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane," 2020, mBio
  • "Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains," 2021, Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • "Bacterial communities in temperate and polar coastal sands are seasonally stable," 2021, ISME Communications

Katrin Knittel collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Rudolf Amann, Gunter Wegener, Antje Boëtius, Andreas Teske, and Tomeu Viver. These coauthors have contributed significantly to advancing the understanding of microbial processes in marine environments.

Publication venues where Katrin Knittel has contributed multiple works include:

  • The ISME Journal
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • ISME Communications
  • UNC Libraries
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • SILVA: a comprehensive online resource for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data compatible with ARB

    Elmar Pruesse;Christian Quast;Katrin Knittel;Bernhard M. Fuchs

  • Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown Process

    Katrin Knittel;Antje Boetius

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • Diversity and distribution of methanotrophic archaea at cold seeps.

    Katrin Knittel;Tina Lösekann;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Renate Kort

  • Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sink

    Helge Niemann;Helge Niemann;Tina Lösekann;Dirk de Beer;Marcus Elvert;Marcus Elvert

  • Diversity and structure of bacterial communities in Arctic versus Antarctic pack ice.

    Robin Brinkmeyer;Katrin Knittel;Jutta Jürgens;Horst Weyland

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane above gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, NE Pacific Ocean

    Tina Treude;Antje Boetius;Katrin Knittel;Klaus Wallmann

  • Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain hydrocarbons by marine sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Olaf Kniemeyer;Florin Musat;Stefan M. Sievert;Katrin Knittel

  • Diversity and Abundance of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea

    Tina Lösekann;Katrin Knittel;Thierry Nadalig;Bernhard Fuchs

  • Global dispersion and local diversification of the methane seep microbiome

    S. Emil Ruff;Jennifer F. Biddle;Andreas P. Teske;Katrin Knittel

  • Activity, Distribution, and Diversity of Sulfate Reducers and Other Bacteria in Sediments above Gas Hydrate (Cascadia Margin, Oregon)

    Katrin Knittel;Antje Boetius;Andreas Lemke;Heike Eilers

  • Archaea of the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group are abundant, diverse and widespread in marine sediments

    Kyoko Kubo;Karen G Lloyd;Karen G Lloyd;Karen G Lloyd;Jennifer F Biddle;Jennifer F Biddle;Rudolf Amann

  • Characterization of Specific Membrane Fatty Acids as Chemotaxonomic Markers for Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Involved in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane

    Marcus Elvert;Antje Boetius;Katrin Knittel;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation

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

  • Diverse sulfate-reducing bacteria of the Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus clade are the key alkane degraders at marine seeps

    Sara Kleindienst;Florian-Alexander Herbst;Marion Stagars;Frederick von Netzer

  • Impact of natural oil and higher hydrocarbons on microbial diversity, distribution, and activity in Gulf of Mexico cold-seep sediments

    Beth N. Orcutt;Samantha B. Joye;Sara Kleindienst;Katrin Knittel

  • Thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine microbial consortia

    Thomas Holler;Friedrich Widdel;Katrin Knittel;Rudolf Amann

  • Consumption of Methane and CO2 by Methanotrophic Microbial Mats from Gas Seeps of the Anoxic Black Sea

    Tina Treude;Victoria J. Orphan;Katrin Knittel;Armin Gieseke

  • Identification of the dominant sulfate-reducing bacterial partner of anaerobic methanotrophs of the ANME-2 clade.

    Lars Schreiber;Thomas Holler;Katrin Knittel;Anke Meyerdierks

  • Evidence for anaerobic oxidation of methane in sediments of a freshwater system (Lago di Cadagno).

    Carsten J. Schubert;Francisco Vazquez;Tina Lösekann-Behrens;Katrin Knittel

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Gunter Wegener
Gunter Wegener Max Planck Society
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel Max Planck Society

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