Publications

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Nenasheva N, Pitzschel C, Webster CN, Hart AJ, Wegrzyn JL, Bengtsson MM, Hoff KJ. Annotation of protein-coding genes in 49 diatom genomes from the Bacillariophyta clade. Sci Data 2025;12:985. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05306-z.

Gebbe R, Kesy K, Hallier D, Brauer A, Bertilsson S, Labrenz M, Bengtsson M. Ecology of potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. in a seagrass meadow ecosystem. Aquat Microb Ecol 2025;91:15–30. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame02015.

Herlemann DPR, Delgado LF, Riedinger DJ, Fernández-Juárez V, Andersson AF, Pansch C, Riemann L, Bengtsson MM, Gyraitė G, Kataržytė M, Kisand V, Kube S, Martin G, Piwosz K, Rakowski M, Labrenz M. Low impact of Zostera marina meadows on sediment and water microbiota under brackish conditions. Environ Microbiome 2025;20:2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00662-6.

Kramer A, Dahl MB, Bengtsson MM, Boyce JM, Heckmann M, Meister M, Papke R, Pittet D, Reinhard A, Slevogt H, Wang H, Zwicker P, Urich T, Seifert U. No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis. Am J Infect Control 2025;53:426–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2024.11.006.

Bengtsson MM, Helgesen M, Wang H, Fredriksen S, Norderhaug KM. Sea urchin intestinal bacterial communities depend on seaweed diet and contain nitrogen-fixing symbionts. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2025;101:fiaf006. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf006.

Beidler I, Steinke N, Schulze T, Sidhu C, Bartosik D, Zühlke M-K, Martin LT, Krull J, Dutschei T, Ferrero-Bordera B, Rielicke J, Kale V, Sura T, Trautwein-Schult A, Kirstein IV, Wiltshire KH, Teeling H, Becher D, Bengtsson MM, Hehemann J-H, Bornscheuer UweT, Amann RI, Schweder T. Alpha-glucans from bacterial necromass indicate an intra-population loop within the marine carbon cycle. Nat Commun 2024;15:4048. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48301-5.

Koppelle S, Ivanković M, Bengtsson MM, Preiler C, Huisman J, Brussaard CPD, Engelmann JC, Ptáčník R, Wilken S. Contrasting responses of different mixotrophic protists to light and nutrient availability. Limnol Oceanogr 2024;69:1233–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12565.

Cunillera-Montcusí D, Bengtsson MM, Matthews B, Preiler C, Horváth Z, Vad CF, Ptacnik R. Mapping planktonic communities: a network approach to assess the role of scale and centrality on their diversity and composition. bioRxiv 2024:2024.01.11.574175.

Siebers R, Schultz D, Farza MS, Brauer A, Zühlke D, Mücke PA, Wang F, Bernhardt J, Teeling H, Becher D, Riedel K, Kirstein IV, Wiltshire KH, Hoff KJ, Schweder T, Urich T, Bengtsson MM. Marine particle microbiomes during a spring diatom bloom contain active sulfate-reducing bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2024;100:fiae037. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae037.

Wang F-Q, Bartosik D, Sidhu C, Siebers R, Lu D-C, Trautwein-Schult A, Becher D, Huettel B, Rick J, Kirstein IV, Wiltshire KH, Schweder T, Fuchs BM, Bengtsson MM, Teeling H, Amann RI. Particle-attached bacteria act as gatekeepers in the decomposition of complex phytoplankton polysaccharides. Microbiome 2024;12:32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01757-5.

Saha M, Dittami SM, Chan CX, Raina J, Stock W, Ghaderiardakani F, John AMVB, Corr S, Schleyer G, Todd J, Cardini U, Bengtsson MM, Prado S, Skillings D, Sonnenschein EC, Engelen AH, Wang G, Wichard T, Brodie J, Leblanc C, Egan S. Progress and future directions for seaweed holobiont research. N Phytol 2024;244:364–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20018.

Gebbe R, Kesy K, Hallier D, Brauer A, Bertilsson S, Labrenz M, Bengtsson MM. The ecology of potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. in a seagrass meadow ecosystem. bioRxiv 2024:2024.06.15.599152. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.15.599152.

Schätzle P-K, Schubert H, Kesy K, Bengtsson M, Koziorowska-Makuch K, Kuliński K. The fate of Zostera marina as part of beach wrack at the Baltic Sea coast in Poel, Germany. Sci Talks 2024;11:100388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sctalk.2024.100388.

Bogale AT, Braun M, Bernhardt J, Zühlke D, Schiefelbein U, Bog M, Scheidegger C, Zengerer V, Becher D, Grube M, Riedel K, Bengtsson MM. The microbiome of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria varies according to climate on a subcontinental scale. Environ Microbiol Rep 2024;16:e13289. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13289.

Vad CF, Hanny‐Endrédi A, Kratina P, Abonyi A, Mironova E, Murray DS, Samchyshyna L, Tsakalakis I, Smeti E, Spatharis S, Tan H, Preiler C, Petrusek A, Bengtsson MM, Ptacnik R. Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities. Glob Chang Biol 2023;29:3054–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16692.

Ivanković M, Ptacnik R, Bengtsson MM. Top-down structuring of freshwater bacterial communities by mixotrophic flagellates. ISME Commun 2023;3:93. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00289-7.

Brauer A, Bengtsson MM. DNA extraction bias is more pronounced for microbial eukaryotes than for prokaryotes. MicrobiologyOpen 2022;11:e1323. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1323.

Arce MI, Bengtsson MM, Schiller D von, Zak D, Täumer J, Urich T, Singer G. Desiccation time and rainfall control gaseous carbon fluxes in an intermittent stream. Biogeochemistry 2021;155:381–400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00831-6.

Petters S, Groß V, Söllinger A, Pichler M, Reinhard A, Bengtsson MM, Urich T. The soil microbial food web revisited: Predatory myxobacteria as keystone taxa? ISME J 2021;15:2665–75. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00958-2.

Weil M, Wang H, Bengtsson M, Köhn D, Günther A, Jurasinski G, Couwenberg J, Negassa W, Zak D, Urich T. Long-Term Rewetting of Three Formerly Drained Peatlands Drives Congruent Compositional Changes in Pro- and Eukaryotic Soil Microbiomes through Environmental Filtering. Microorganisms 2020;8:550. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040550.

Sheffer MM, Uhl G, Prost S, Lueders T, Urich T, Bengtsson MM. Tissue- and Population-Level Microbiome Analysis of the Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi Identified a Novel Dominant Bacterial Symbiont. Microorganisms 2019;8:8. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010008.

Giacomin PR, Kraeuter AK, Albornoz EA, Jin S, Bengtsson M, Gordon R, Woodruff TM, Urich T, Sarnyai Z, Magalhães RJS. Chronic Helminth Infection Perturbs the Gut-Brain Axis, Promotes Neuropathology, and Alters Behavior. J Infect Dis 2018;218:1511–6. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy092.

Arce MI, Schiller D von, Bengtsson MM, Hinze C, Jung H, Alves RJE, Urich T, Singer G. Drying and Rainfall Shape the Structure and Functioning of Nitrifying Microbial Communities in Riverbed Sediments. Front Microbiol 2018;9:2794. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02794.

Söllinger A, Tveit AT, Poulsen M, Noel SJ, Bengtsson M, Bernhardt J, Hellwing ALF, Lund P, Riedel K, Schleper C, Højberg O, Urich T. Holistic Assessment of Rumen Microbiome Dynamics through Quantitative Metatranscriptomics Reveals Multifunctional Redundancy during Key Steps of Anaerobic Feed Degradation. mSystems 2018;3:10.1128/msystems.00038-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00038-18.

Bengtsson MM, Attermeyer K, Catalán N. Interactive effects on organic matter processing from soils to the ocean: are priming effects relevant in aquatic ecosystems? Hydrobiologia 2018;822:1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3672-2.

Bengtsson MM, Wagner K, Schwab C, Urich T, Battin TJ. Light availability impacts structure and function of phototrophic stream biofilms across domains and trophic levels. Mol Ecol 2018;27:2913–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14696.

Bengtsson MM, Bühler A, Brauer A, Dahlke S, Schubert H, Blindow I. Eelgrass Leaf Surface Microbiomes Are Locally Variable and Highly Correlated with Epibiotic Eukaryotes. Front Microbiol 2017;8:1312. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01312.

Wagner K, Bengtsson MM, Findlay RH, Battin TJ, Ulseth AJ. High light intensity mediates a shift from allochthonous to autochthonous carbon use in phototrophic stream biofilms. J Geophys Res: Biogeosciences 2017;122:1806–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jg003727.

Battin TJ, Besemer K, Bengtsson MM, Romani AM, Packmann AI. The ecology and biogeochemistry of stream biofilms. Nat Rev Microbiol 2016;14:251–63. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2016.15.

Wagner K, Besemer K, Burns NR, Battin TJ, Bengtsson MM. Light availability affects stream biofilm bacterial community composition and function, but not diversity. Environ Microbiol 2015;17:5036–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12913.

Wagner K, Bengtsson MM, Besemer K, Sieczko A, Burns NR, Herberg ER, Battin TJ. Functional and Structural Responses of Hyporheic Biofilms to Varying Sources of Dissolved Organic Matter. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014;80:6004–12. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01128-14.

Bengtsson MM, Wagner K, Burns NR, Herberg ER, Wanek W, Kaplan LA, Battin TJ. No evidence of aquatic priming effects in hyporheic zone microcosms. Sci Rep 2014;4:5187. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05187.

Bengtsson MM, Sjøtun K, Lanzén A, Øvreås L. Bacterial diversity in relation to secondary production and succession on surfaces of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea. ISME J 2012;6:2188–98. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.67.

Lanzén A, Jørgensen SL, Bengtsson MM, Jonassen I, Øvreås L, Urich T. Exploring the composition and diversity of microbial communities at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal vent field using RNA and DNA. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011;77:577–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01138.x.

Bengtsson M, Sjøtun K, Storesund J, Øvreås J. Utilization of kelp-derived carbon sources by kelp surface-associated bacteria. Aquat Microb Ecol 2011;62:191–9. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01477.

Bengtsson MM, Øvreås L. Planctomycetes dominate biofilms on surfaces of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea. BMC Microbiol 2010;10:261. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-261.

Bengtsson M, Sjøtun K, Øvreås L. Seasonal dynamics of bacterial biofilms on the kelp Laminaria hyperborea. Aquat Microb Ecol 2010;60:71–83. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01409.

Bårström M, Bengtsson M, Blixt O, Norberg T. New derivatives of reducing oligosaccharides and their use in enzymatic reactions: efficient synthesis of sialyl Lewis a and sialyl dimeric Lewis x glycoconjugates. Carbohydr Res 2000;328:525–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0008-6215(00)00128-2.