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Marcus A. Horn is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on several interconnected subfields including ecology, pollution, molecular biology, environmental chemistry, and soil science.

They have contributed significantly to topics such as microbial community ecology and physiology, microplastics and plastic pollution, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and microbial metabolism and enzyme function.

Recent publications by Marcus A. Horn include the following papers:

  • "Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Microplastics accumulate fungal pathogens in terrestrial ecosystems," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Interactive regulation of root exudation and rhizosphere denitrification by plant metabolite content and soil properties," 2021, Plant and Soil
  • "Burkholderiaceae Are Key Acetate Assimilators During Complete Denitrification in Acidic Cryoturbated Peat Circles of the Arctic Tundra," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Differences in labile soil organic matter explain potential denitrification and denitrifying communities in a long-term fertilization experiment," 2020, Applied Soil Ecology

Marcus A. Horn's frequent co-authors include Adrian Ho, Stephan Rohrbach, Linda Hink, Gerasimos Gkoutselis, and Gerhard Rambold. These collaborations reflect a network of research working largely in related environmental and microbiological fields.

The scientist's work is often published in select venues with multiple publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • As the worm turns: the earthworm gut as a transient habitat for soil microbial biomes.

    Harold L. Drake;Marcus A. Horn

  • The role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide revisited

    Nicole Wrage-Mönnig;Marcus A. Horn;Reinhard Well;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis by moderately acid-tolerant methanogens of a methane-emitting acidic peat.

    Marcus A. Horn;Carola Matthies;Kirsten Küsel;Andreas Schramm

  • The Earthworm Gut: an Ideal Habitat for Ingested N2O-Producing Microorganisms

    Marcus A. Horn;Andreas Schramm;Harold L. Drake

  • Dechloromonas denitrificans sp. nov., Flavobacterium denitrificans sp. nov., Paenibacillus anaericanus sp. nov. and Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa.

    Marcus A. Horn;Julian Ihssen;Carola Matthies;Andreas Schramm

  • Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications

    Simon Guerrero-Cruz;Annika Vaksmaa;Marcus A. Horn;Helge Niemann

  • Contrasting denitrifier communities relate to contrasting N2O emission patterns from acidic peat soils in arctic tundra.

    Katharina Palmer;Christina Biasi;Marcus A Horn

  • Microplastics accumulate fungal pathogens in terrestrial ecosystems

    Gerasimos Gkoutselis;Stephan Rohrbach;Janno Harjes;Martin Obst

  • Clostridiaceae and Enterobacteriaceae as active fermenters in earthworm gut content.

    Pia K Wüst;Marcus A Horn;Harold L Drake

  • Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community

    Jörg Lewandowski;Jörg Lewandowski;Shai Arnon;Eddie Banks;Okke Batelaan

  • Nitrous oxide reductase genes (nosZ) of denitrifying microbial populations in soil and the earthworm gut are phylogenetically similar.

    Marcus A. Horn;Harold L. Drake;Andreas Schramm

  • N2O-Producing microorganisms in the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa are indicative of ingested soil bacteria

    Julian Ihssen;Marcus A. Horn;Carola Matthies;Anita Gössner

  • Intermediary ecosystem metabolism as a main driver of methanogenesis in acidic wetland soil

    Harold L. Drake;Marcus A. Horn;Pia K. Wüst

  • Trophic links between fermenters and methanogens in a moderately acidic fen soil.

    Pia K. Wüst;Marcus A. Horn;Harold L. Drake

  • Soil HONO emissions at high moisture content are driven by microbial nitrate reduction to nitrite: tackling the HONO puzzle.

    Dianming Wu;Dianming Wu;Dianming Wu;Marcus A Horn;Marcus A Horn;Thomas Behrendt;Stefan Müller

  • Actinobacterial nitrate reducers and Proteobacterial denitrifiers are abundant in N2O metabolizing palsa peat

    Katharina Palmer;Marcus A. Horn

  • Denitrification in soil aggregate analogues-effect of aggregate size and oxygen diffusion

    Steffen Schlüter;Sina Henjes;Jan Zawallich;Linda Liberg Bergaust

  • Earthworms as a Transient Heaven for Terrestrial Denitrifying Microbes: a Review

    Harold L. Drake;Marcus A. Horn

  • Peat: home to novel syntrophic species that feed acetate- and hydrogen-scavenging methanogens

    Oliver G. Schmidt;Linda Hink;Marcus A. Horn;Harold L. Drake

  • In vivo emission of dinitrogen by earthworms via denitrifying bacteria in the gut.

    Marcus A. Horn;Ralph Mertel;Matthias Gehre;Matthias Kästner

  • Anaerobic Consumers of Monosaccharides in a Moderately Acidic Fen

    Alexandra Hamberger;Marcus A. Horn;Marc G. Dumont;J. Collin Murrell

  • Interactive regulation of root exudation and rhizosphere denitrification by plant metabolite content and soil properties

    Daniel Maurer;François Malique;Salah Alfarraj;Gada Albasher

  • In Situ Hydrogen and Nitrous Oxide as Indicators of Concomitant Fermentation and Denitrification in the Alimentary Canal of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

    Pia K. Wüst;Marcus A. Horn;Harold L. Drake

  • Microbial CH4 and N2O Consumption in Acidic Wetlands

    Steffen Kolb;Marcus A. Horn

  • Earthworm gut microbial biomes: their importance to soil microorganisms, denitrification, and the terrestrial production of the greenhouse gas N2O

    Harold L. Drake;Andreas Schramm;Marcus A. Horn

  • The earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa stimulates abundance and activity of phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicide degraders.

    Ya-Jun Liu;Adrienne Zaprasis;Shuang-Jiang Liu;Harold L Drake

  • Temperature impacts differentially on the methanogenic food web of cellulose-supplemented peatland soil.

    Oliver Schmidt;Marcus A. Horn;Steffen Kolb;Harold L. Drake

  • Alphaproteobacteria dominate active 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid herbicide degraders in agricultural soil and drilosphere

    Ya-Jun Liu;Ya-Jun Liu;Shuang-Jiang Liu;Harold L. Drake;Marcus A. Horn

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold L. Drake
Harold L. Drake University of Bayreuth
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Reinhard Well
Reinhard Well University of Göttingen
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Weixin Ding
Weixin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lutz Merbold
Lutz Merbold Agroscope
Segundo Urquiaga
Segundo Urquiaga Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta

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