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Marcus Elvert is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and focuses on research within the environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, environmental chemistry, oceanography, mechanics of materials, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research covers topics such as methane hydrates and related phenomena, microbial community ecology and physiology, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, marine and coastal ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Recent publications by Marcus Elvert include:

  • Rates and Microbial Players of Iron-Driven Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Methanic Marine Sediments, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Soothsaying DOM: A Current Perspective on the Future of Oceanic Dissolved Organic Carbon, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Vertical stratification patterns of methanotrophs and their genetic controllers in water columns of oxygen-stratified boreal lakes, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Crystalline iron oxides stimulate methanogenic benzoate degradation in marine sediment-derived enrichment cultures, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Lipid analysis of CO2-rich subsurface aquifers suggests an autotrophy-based deep biosphere with lysolipids enriched in CPR bacteria, 2020, The ISME Journal

Frequent co-authors working with Marcus Elvert include:

  • Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (18 coauthored publications)
  • Qingzeng Zhu (10 coauthored publications)
  • Xiuran Yin (9 coauthored publications)
  • Michael W. Friedrich (9 coauthored publications)
  • Tim Richter-Heitmann (8 coauthored publications)

Marcus Elvert has contributed multiple papers in several venues, reflecting the range of their research interests. Notable publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology (5 publications)
  • The ISME Journal (5 publications)
  • Biogeosciences (3 publications)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts (3 publications)
  • Microbiome (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Julius S. Lipp;Mark A. Lever;Karen G. Lloyd

  • 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

  • Intact polar membrane lipids in prokaryotes and sediments deciphered by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization multistage mass spectrometry--new biomarkers for biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.

    Helen F. Sturt;Roger E. Summons;Kristin Smith;Marcus Elvert

  • Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

    Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Y Kubo;M W Bowles

  • In vitro cell growth of marine archaeal‐bacterial consortia during anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate

    Katja Nauhaus;Melanie Albrecht;Marcus Elvert;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius

  • 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

  • Anaerobic methane oxidation associated with marine gas hydrates: superlight C-isotopes from saturated and unsaturated C20 and C25 irregular isoprenoids

    Marcus Elvert;Erwin Suess;Michael J. Whiticar

  • Molecular biogeochemistry of sulfate reduction, methanogenesis and the anaerobic oxidation of methane at Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

    Beth! Orcutt;Antje Boetius;Marcus Elvert;Vladimir Samarkin

  • Microbial methane turnover at mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz

    H. Niemann;H. Niemann;J. Duarte;C. Hensen;E. Omoregie;E. Omoregie

  • Evidence for Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Deeply Buried Ridge Flank Basalt

    Mark A Lever;Mark A Lever;Olivier J Rouxel;Olivier J Rouxel;Jeffrey C Alt;Nobumichi Shimizu

  • Archaea mediating anaerobic methane oxidation in deep-sea sediments at cold seeps of the eastern Aleutian subduction zone

    Marcus Elvert;Erwin Suess;Jens Greinert;Michael J Whiticar

  • Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in pore water of continental shelf sediments

    Frauke Schmidt;Marcus Elvert;Boris P. Koch;Matthias Witt

  • Diagnostic lipid biomarker and stable carbon isotope signatures of microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulphate

    Helge Niemann;Marcus Elvert

  • 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

  • Methane emission and consumption at a North Sea gas seep (Tommeliten area)

    H. Niemann;H. Niemann;M. Elvert;M. Hovland;B. Orcutt

  • The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin

    Verena B. Heuer;John W. Pohlman;Marta E. Torres;Marcus Elvert

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

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

  • Microbiological investigation of methane- and hydrocarbon-discharging mud volcanoes in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania

    Karine Alain;Thomas Holler;Florin Musat;Marcus Elvert

  • Intact polar lipids of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea and associated bacteria

    Pamela E. Rossel;Julius S. Lipp;Helen F. Fredricks;Julia Arnds

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julius S. Lipp
Julius S. Lipp University of Bremen
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Erwin Suess
Erwin Suess GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Gunter Wegener
Gunter Wegener Max Planck Society
Mark A. Lever
Mark A. Lever ETH Zurich

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