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Research Interests

The marine fossil record contains a myriad of organic molecules, which derive from marine (algae, (cyano)bacteria, archae) and terrestrial organisms living at the time of deposition. These so-called biomarkers contain information which, if properly decoded, can give insight in past climatic and palaeo-environmental changes. This can help in (i) understanding natural and anthropogenic influences on present-day climates and depositional systems, and (ii) deciphering the conditions which have led to sequestration of organic carbon in the geological record, and thus to the formation of marine petroleum source rocks. Sedimentary organic components are derived from biochemicals of primary producers and organisms processing primary produced carbon. 
  
On a molecular level three different features of biochemicals can be discriminated: (i) the carbon skeleton, (ii) functional group(s), (iii) stable carbon isotopic composition. If these three types of information are fully preserved in sedimentary biomarker counterparts the most accurate palaeodepositional reconstruction can be obtained. However, a wide range of microbial and (physico)chemical processes during settling of the detritus to the sediment and during subsequent burial of the sediment affect biochemicals. Therefore, molecular biogeochemists have to unravel the diagenetic and catagenetic processes which alter the structures of primary biochemicals in order to properly decode the sedimentary record. A very important process in this respect is reaction of reduced inorganic sulfur species with organic molecules during early diagenesis which leads to sequestration of biochemicals in complex sulfur-rich macromolecular aggregates. 
  
The structural identification and quantitation of sedimentary biomarkers, the determination of their ¹³C content, the unravelling of their origin through under-standing of their diagenetic pathway of formation, and the application of con-centrations and ¹³C contents of biomarkers to trace changes in past depositional systems are all topics of prime interest in my research. 
 
The structure, properties and origin of the major form of organic carbon in the geosphere, kerogen, is a second item of major interest. Kerogen is defined as the fraction of organic matter insoluble in common organic solvents and typically represent >90% of the total organic matter in immature sediments. Kerogen is the major precursor of petroleum and its properties determine the timing of petroleum generation during burial of kerogen in the subsurface and the quality of the petroleum formed. However, the origin and chemical structure of kerogen are still a matter of debate and my research aims to solve these questions.
 

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Current projects

Past Continental Climate Change: Temperatures from marine and lacustrine archives (ERC, PACEMAKER).

People involved: J-H. Kim (post-doc), D. Dorhout, L. Buckles (Ph.D student), L. Warden (Ph.D student), C. Zell (Ph.D student), Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (PI).

How salty was the sea? A crucial question to predict future climate change (NWO - ALW).

People involved: D. Chivall (post-doc), Dr. M.T.J. van der Meer, Prof. Dr. S. Schouten, Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (PI).

Testing a new terrestrial palaeothermometer: Tracing the transport of terrestrial soil membrane lipids through a major river system (Yenisei, Russia) to the Arctic Ocean (NWO).

People involved: C. de Jonge (Ph.D student), Dr. A. Stadnitskaia, Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (promotor).

Sedimentary long-chain, mid-chain diols derived from marine phytoplankton: novel proxies for climate reconstruction (NWO).

People involved: M. Rodrigo (Post-doc), Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (PI), Dr. S.W. Rampen, Dr. G.-J. A. Brummer (GEO), Dr. K.R. Timmermans (BIO).

Tracing the environmental significance of nitrite-driven anaerobic methane (DARWIN).

People involved: D. Kool (Post-doc), Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (PI), in cooperation with the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Lipids as indicators of N-cycling in sub-oxic zones of present and past oceans (DARWIN).

People involved: M. Sollai (Ph.D student), Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (PI), in cooperation with the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Waddensleutels (Waddenfonds).

People involved: E. Svensson, K. Donkers, Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, Prof. Dr. S. Schouten, in cooperation with MEE, Groningen University and Utrecht University.

Biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in coastal marine sediments: Intact polar lipids as tracers for key microbes (DARWIN).

People involved: E. Moore (post-doc), Prof. Dr. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté (PI), in cooperation with the Wageningen University

Assessing Amazon paleohydrological and paleotemperature changes using lipid biomarkers (Amazon-HYDRAULIK)  (Brazil, FP7-INCO-2011-7.1).

People involved: E. van Soelen (post-doc), Dr. J-H. Kim, Prof. J.S. Sinninghe Damsté,  Prof. R. Ventura Santos (University Brasilia)

 

Recent publications (updated August 2013)

 

2013

Bauersachs, T., Miller, S., Hopmans, E.C., van der Meer, M.T.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Distribution of long-chain heterocyst glycolipids in cultures of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus and a hot spring microbial mat. Org. Geochem. 56, 19-24.

Etourneau, J., Collins, L.G., Willmott, V., Kim, J.-H., Barbara, L., Leventer, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Bianchini, A., Klein, V., Crosta, X., Massé, G., Holocene climate variations in the western Antarctic Peninsula: evidence for sea ice extent predominantly controlled by changes in insolation and ENSO variability. Clim. Past 9, 1431-1446.

De Jonge, C., Hopmans, E.C., Stadnitskaia, A., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Hofland, R., Tegelaar, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Identification of novel penta- and hexamethylated branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in peat using HPLC–MS², GC–MS and GC–SMB-MS. Org. Geochem. 54, 78–82.

Ferrer, C., Fodran, P., Barroso, S., Gibson, R., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S., Minnaard, A.J. Asymmetric synthesis of cyclo-archaeol and beta-glucosyl cyclo-archaeol. Org. Biomol. Chem. 11, 2482-2492.

Gibson, R.A., van der Meer, M.T.J., Hopmans, E.C., Reysenbach, A.-L., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Comparison of intact polar lipid with microbial community composition of vent deposits of the Rainbow and Lucky Strike hydrothermal fields. Geobiology 11, 72–85.

Haaijer, S.C.M., Ji, K., van Niftrik, L.A.M.P., Hoischen, A., Speth, D., Jetten, M.S.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Op den Camp, H.J.M. A novel marine nitrite-oxidizing Nitrospira species from Dutch coastal North Sea water. Frontiers Microbiol. 4, 60. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.

Hamilton-Brehm, S.D., Gibson, R.A., Green, S.J., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., van der Meer, M.T.J., Shields, J.P., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Elkins, J.G. Thermodesulfobacterium geofontis sp. nov.: A hyperthermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Extremophiles 17, 251-263.

Hopmans, E.C., Lopes dos Santos, R., Mets, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. A novel method for the rapid analysis of levoglucosan in soils and sediments. Org. Geochem. 58, 86-88.

Kim, J.J., Alkawally, M., Brady, A.L., Rijpstra, W.I., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Dunfield, P.F. Chryseolinea serpens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from soil. IJSEM 63, 654-660.

Lammers, J.M., van Soelen, E.E., Donders, T.H., Wagner-Cremer, F., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Reichart,  G.J. Natural environmental changes versus human impact in a Florida estuary (Rookery Bay, USA). Estuaries Coasts 36,149–157.

Lopes dos Santos, R.A., Spooner, M.I., Barrows, T.T., De Deckker, P., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Comparison of organic (UK’37, TEXH86, LDI) and faunal proxies (foraminiferal assemblages) for reconstruction of late Quaternary sea surface temperature variability from offshore southeastern Australia. Paleoceanogr. 28, 1–11, doi:10.1002/palo.20035.

Lopes dos Santos, R.A., De Deckker, P., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. A late Quaternary sedimentary record of steryl alkyl ethers from offshore southeastern Australia. Org. Geochem. 54, 140–145.

Nieto-Moreno, V., Martínez-Ruiz, F., Willmot, V., García-Orellana, J., Masqué, P., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Climate conditions in the westernmost Mediterranean over the last two millenia: an integrated biomarker approach. Org. Geochem. 55, 1-10.

Russ, L., Kartal, B., Op den Camp, H.J.M., Sollai, M., Le Bruchec, J., Caprais, J.C., Godfroy, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Jetten, M.S.M. Presence and diversity of anammox bacteria in cold hydrocarbon-rich seeps and hydrothermal vent sediments of the Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in microbiology 4(219), 1-10.

Schoon, P.L., de Kluijver, A., Middelburg, J.J., Downing, J.A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Influence of lake water pH and alkalinity on the distribution of core and intact polar branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in lakes. Org. Geochem. 60, 72-82.

Schouten, S., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review. Org. Geochem. 54, 19-61.

Schouten, S., Villareal, T.A., Hopmans, E.C., Mets, A., Swanson, K.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Endosymbiotic heterocystous cyanobacteria synthesize different heterocyst glycolipids than free-living heterocystous cyanobacteria. Phytochem. 85, 115–121.

Veuger, B., Pitcher, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Middelburg, J.J. Nitrification and growth of autotrophic nitrifying bacteria and Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea. Biogeosciences 10, 1775–1785.

Vissers, E.W., Blaga, C.I., Bodelier, P.L.E., Muyzer, G., Schleper, C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Tourna, M., Laanbroek, H.J. Seasonal and vertical distribution of putative ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaeotal communities in an oligotrophic lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 83, 515-526.

Zell, C., Kim, J.-H., Moreira-Turcq, P., Abril, G., Hopmans, E.C., Bonnet, M.-P., Lima Sobrinho, R., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Disentangling the origins of branched tetraether lipids and crenarchaeol in the lower Amazon River: Implications for GDGT-based proxies. Limnol. Oceanogr. 58, 343-353.

Zell, C., Kim, J.-H., Lima Sobrinho, R., Moreira-Turcq, P., Abril, G., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Impact of seasonal hydrological variation on the distributions of isoprenoid and branched tetraether lipids along the Amazon River in the central Amazon basin: mplications for the MBT/CBT paleothermometer. Frontiers in Microbiology 4, 228. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00228.

 

2012

Berke, M.A., Johnson, T.C., Werne, J.P., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. A mid-Holocene thermal maximum at the end of the African Humid Period. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 351, 95-104.

Berke, M.A., Johnson, T.C., Werne, J.P., Grice, K., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Molecular records of climate variability and vegetation response since the Late Pleistocene in the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews 55, 59-74.

Brandsma, J., Hopmans, E., Philippart, C., Veldhuis, M., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Low temporal variation in the intact polar lipid composition of North Sea coastal marine water reveals limited chemotaxonomic value. Biogeosciences 9, 1073-1084.

Brandsma, J., Hopmans, E.C., Brussaard, C.P., Witte, H.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Spatial distribution of intact polar lipids in North Sea surface waters: Relationship with environmental conditions and microbial community composition. Limnology and Oceanography 57, 959-973.

Dedysh, S.N., Kulichevskaya, I.S., Serkebaeva, Y.M., Mityaeva, M.A., Sorokin, V.V., Suzina, N.E., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Bryocella elongata gen. nov., sp nov., a member of subdivision 1 of the Acidobacteria isolated from a methanotrophic enrichment culture, and emended description of Edaphobacter aggregans Koch et al. 2008. IJSEM 62, 654-664.

Jenkyns, H., Schouten-Huibers, L., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Warm Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous high-latitude sea-surface temperatures from the Southern Ocean. Climate of the Past 8, 215-226.

Kabel, K., Moros, M., Porsche, C., Neumann, T., Adolphi, F., Andersen, T.J., Siegel, H., Gerth, M., Leipe, T., Jansen, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Impact of climate change on the health of the Baltic Sea ecosystem over the last 1000 years. Nature Climate Change 2, 871–874.

Kim, J.G., Jung, M.Y., Park, S.J., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Madsen, E.L., Min, D., Kim, J.S., Kim, G.J., Rhee, S.K. Cultivation of a highly enriched ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of thaumarchaeotal group I.1b from an agricultural soil. Environmental Microbiology 14, 1528-1543.

Kim, J.H., Crosta, X., Willmott, V., Renssen, H., Bonnin, J., Helmke, P., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Holocene subsurface temperature variability in the eastern Antarctic continental margin. Geophysical Research Letters 39(6), doi:10.1029/2012GL051157,2012.

Kim, J.H., Romero, O.E., Lohmann, G., Donner, B., Laepple, T., Haam, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Pronounced subsurface cooling of North Atlantic waters off Northwest Africa during Dansgaard-Oeschger interstadials. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 339-340, 95-102.

Kim, J.H., Zell, C., Moreira-Turcq, P., Perez, M.A., Abril, G., Mortillaro, J.M., Weijers, J.W., Meziane, T., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Tracing soil organic carbon in the lower Amazon River and its tributaries using GDGT distributions and bulk organic matter properties. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 90, 163-180.

Kool, D.M., Zhu, B., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Jetten, M.S.M., Ettwig, K.F., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Rare branched fatty acids characterize the lipid composition of the intra-aerobic methane oxidizer Methylomirabilis oxyfera. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78, 8650-8656.

Kulichevskaya, I.S., Detkova, E.N., Bodelier, P.L., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Dedysh, S.N. Singulisphaera rosea sp nov., a planctomycete from acidic Sphagnum peat, and emended description of the genus Singulisphaera. IJSEM 62, 118-123.

Kulichevskaya, I.S., Kostina, L.A., Valaskova, V., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., de Boer, W., Dedysh, S.N. Acidicapsa borealis gen. nov., sp nov and Acidicapsa ligni sp nov., subdivision 1 Acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat and decaying wood. IJSEM 62, 1512-1520.

Kulichevskaya, I.S., Serkebaeva, Y.M., Kim, Y., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Liesack, W., Dedysh, S.N. Telmatocola sphagniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel dendriform planctomycete from northern wetlands. Frontiers in microbiology 3, 146.

Lengger, S.K., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Comparison of extraction and work up techniques for analysis of core and intact polar tetraether lipids from sedimentary environments. Organic Geochemistry 47, 34-40.

Lengger, S.K., Hopmans, E.C., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea Water Oxygen Minimum Zone: II. Selective preservation and degradation in sediments and consequences for the TEX₈₆. Geochimica.et Cosmochimica Acta 98, 244-258.

Loomis, S.E., Russell, J.M., Ladd, B., Street-Perrott, F., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Calibration and application of the branched GDGT temperature proxy on East African lake sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 357, 277-288.

Mutterlose, J., Malkoc, M., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Reconstruction of vertical temperature gradients in past oceans – proxy data from the Hauterivian – early Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of the Boreal Realm. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 363–364, 135–143.

Niemann, H., Stadnitskaia, A., Wirth, S., Gilli, A., Anselmetti, F., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S., Hopmans, E., Lehmann, M. Bacterial GDGTs in Holocene sediments and catchment soils of a high Alpine lake: application of the MBT/CBT-paleothermometer. Climate of the Past 8, 889-906.

Peterse, F., van der Meer, J., Schouten, S., Weijers, J.W.H., Kim, J.-H., Fierer, N., Jackson, R.B., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Revised calibration of the MBT-CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 96, 215-229.

Rampen, S.W., Willmott, V., Kim, J.H., Uliana, E., Mollenhauer, G., Schefuss, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Long chain 1,13-and 1,15-diols as a potential proxy for palaeotemperature reconstruction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 84, 204-216.

Rush, D., Hopmans, E., Wakeham, S., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Occurrence and distribution of ladderane oxidation products in different oceanic regimes. Biogeosciences 9, 2407-2418.

Rush, D., Wakeham, S.G., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Biomarker evidence for anammox in the oxygen minimum zone of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. Organic Geochemistry 53, 80-87.

Saenz, J.P., Hopmans, E.C., Rogers, D., Henderson, P.B., Charette, M.A., Schouten, S., Casciotti, K.L., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Eglinton, T.I. Distribution of anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in a subterranean estuary. Marine Chemistry 136, 7-13.

Sauder, L.A., Peterse, F., Schouten, S., Neufeld, J.D. Low-ammonia niche of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in rotating biological contactors of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Environmental Microbiology 14, 2589-2600.

Schouten, S., Pitcher, A., Hopmans, E.C., Villaneuva, L., van Bleijswijk, J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: I. Selective preservation and degradation in the water column and its consequences for the TEX₈₆. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 98, 228–243.

Schouten, S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Schubert, C.J., Durisch-Kaiser, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the water column of Lake Tanganyika. Organic Geochemistry 53, 34-37.

Seki, O., Schmidt, D.N., Schouten, S., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Pancost, R.D. Paleoceanographic changes in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific over the last 10 Myr. Paleoceanography 27(3), doi:10.1029/2011PA002158, 2012.

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Ossebaar, J., Schouten, S., Verschuren, D. Distribution of tetraether lipids in the 25-ka sedimentary record of Lake Challa: extracting reliable TEX₈₆ and MBT/CBT palaeotemperatures from an equatorial African lake. Quaternary Science Reviews 50, 43-54.

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Hopmans, E.C., Jung, M.Y., Kim, J.G., Rhee, S.K., Stieglmeier, M., Schleper, C. Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of group I.1a and I.1b Thaumarchaeota in soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78, 6866-6874.

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Ossebaar, J., Abbas, B., Schouten, S., Verschuren, D. Fluxes and distribution of tetraether lipids in an equatorial African lake: Constraints on the application of the TEX₈₆ palaeothermometer and BIT index in lacustrine settings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 77, 600-602.

Sorokin, D., Lücker, S., Vejmelkova, D., Kostrikina, N.A., Kleerbezem, R., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Le Paslier, D., Muyzer, G., Wagner, M., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Daims, H. Nitrification expanded: Discovery, physiology, and genomics of a nitrite-oxidizing bacterium from the phylum Chloroflexi. The ISME Journal 6, 2245–2256.

Tierney, J.E., Schouten, S., Pitcher, A., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Core and intact polar glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in Sand Pond, Warwick, Rhode Island (USA): Insights into the origin of lacustrine GDGTs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 77, 561-581.

van Bentum, E., Reichart, G., Forster, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Latitudinal differences in the amplitude of the OAE-2 carbon isotopic excursion: pCO₂ and paleo productivity. Biogeosciences 9, 717-731.

van Bentum, E.C., Reichart, G.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Organic matter provenance, palaeoproductivity and bottom water anoxia during the Cenomanian/Turonian oceanic anoxic event in the Newfoundland Basin (northern proto North Atlantic Ocean). Organic Geochemistry 50, 11-18.

van Winden, J.F., Reichart, G.J., McNamara, N.P., Benthien, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Temperature-induced increase in methane release from peat bogs: A mesocosm experiment. PloS One 7, e39614.

van Winden, J.F., Talbot, H.M., Kip, N., Reichart, G.J., Pol, A., McNamara, N.P., Jetten, M.S., Op den Camp, H.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Bacteriohopanepolyol signatures as markers for methanotrophic bacteria in peat moss. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 77, 52-61.

van Winden, J.F., Talbot, H.M., De Vleeschouwer, F., Reichart, G.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Variation in methanotroph-related proxies in peat deposits from Misten Bog, Hautes-Fagnes, Belgium. Organic Geochemistry 53, 73-79.

Wakeham, S.G., Turich, C., Schubotz, F., Podlaska, A., Li, X.N., Varela, R., Astor, Y., Saenz, J.P., Rush, D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Summons, R.E., Scranton, M.I., Taylor, G.T., Hinrichs, K.U. Biomarkers, chemistry and microbiology show chemoautotrophy in a multilayer chemocline in the Cariaco Basin. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 63, 133-156.

Woltering, M., Werne, J.P., Kish, J.L., Hicks, R., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Vertical and temporal variability in concentration and distribution of thaumarchaeotal tetraether lipids in Lake Superior and the implications for the application of the TEX₈₆ temperature proxy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 87, 136-153.

Yan, J., Haaijer, S.C.M., Op den Camp, H.J.M., van Niftrik, L., Stahl, D.A., Könneke, M., Rush, D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Hu, Y.Y., Jetten, M.S.M. Mimicking the oxygen minimum zones: stimulating interactions of marine archaeal nitrifiers and anammox bacteria under oxygen limitation in a laboratory-scale model system. Environmental Microbiology 14, 3146–3158.

 

2011

Bauersachs, T., Compaore, J., Severin, I., Hopmans, E., Schouten, S., Stal, L., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Diazotrophic microbial community of coastal microbial mats of the southern North Sea. Geobiology 9, 349-359.

Blaga, C.I., Reichart, G.J., Vissers, E.W., Lotter, A.F., Anselmetti, F.S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Seasonal changes in glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether concentrations and fluxes in a perialpine lake: Implications for the use of the TEX₈₆ and BIT proxies. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 6416-6428.

Boere, A., Rijpstra, W.I.C., de Lange, G., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Coolen, M. Preservation potential of ancient plankton DNA in Pleistocene marine sediments. Geobiology 9, 377-393.

Boere, A.C., Rijpstra, W.I.C., de Lange, G.J., Malinverno, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Coolen, M.J.L. Exploring preserved fossil dinoflagellate and haptophyte DNA signatures to infer ecological and environmental changes during deposition of sapropel S1 in the eastern Mediterranean. Paleoceanography 26, PA2204, doi:10.1029/2010PA001948.

Boere, A.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Volkman, J.K., Coolen, M.J.L. Source-specific variability in post-depositional DNA preservation with potential implications for DNA-based paleoecological records. Org. Geochem. 42, 1216–1225.

Brandsma, J., van de Vossenberg, J., Risgaard-Petersen, N., Schmid, M.C., Engstrom, P., Eurenius, K., Hulth, S., Jaeschke, A., Abbas, B., Hopmans, E.C., Strous, M., Schouten, S., Jetten, M.S.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. A multi-proxy study of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in marine sediments of the Gullmar Fjord, Sweden. Environm.l Microbiol. Rep. 3, 360-366.

Caley, T., Malaizé, B., Kim, J.-H., Giraudeau, J., Laepple, T., Caillon, N., Charlier, K., Rebaubier, H., Rossignol, L., Castañeda,I.S., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. High-latitude obliquity as a dominant forcing in the Agulhas current system. Climate of the Past 7, 1209–1224.

Castañeda, I.S., Schouten, S. Application of molecular proxies to Quaternary lacustrine deposits. Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 2851-2891.

Fawcett, P.J., Werne, J.P., Anderson, R.S., Heikoop, J.M., Brown, E.T., Berke, M.A., Smith, S.J., Goff, F., Donohoo-Hurley, L., Cisneros-Dozal, L.M., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Huang, Y.S., Toney, J., Fessenden, J., WoldeGabriel, G., Atudorei, V., Geissman, J.W., Allen, C.D. Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials. Nature 470, 518-521.

Hu, B.L., Rush, D., van der Biezen, E., Zheng, P., van Mullekom, M., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Smolders, A.J.P., Jetten, M.S.M., Kartal, B. New anaerobic, ammonium-oxidizing community enriched from peat soil. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 77, 966-971.

Huguet, C., Martrat, B., Grimalt, J.O., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Coherent millennial-scale patterns in U₃₇^k' and TEX₈₆^H temperature records during the penultimate interglacial-to-glacial cycle in the western Mediterranean. Paleoceanography 26, PA2218, doi:10.1029/2010PA002048.

Jung, M.Y., Park, S.J., Min, D., Kim, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kim, G.J., Madsen, E.L., Rhee, S.K. Enrichment and characterization of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of mesophilic crenarchaeal group I.1a from an agricultural soil. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 77, 8635–8647, doi:10.1128/AEM.05787-11.

Kim, J., Peterse, F., Willmott, V., Kristensen, D., Baas, M., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Large ancient organic matter contributions to Arctic marine sediments (Svalbard). Limnol. Oceanogr. 56, 1463-1474.

Kip, N., Ouyang, W.J., van Winden, J., Raghoebarsing, A., van Niftrik, L., Pol, A., Pan, Y., Bodrossy, L., van Donselaar, E.G., Reichart, G.J., Jetten, M.S.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. , Op den Camp, H.J.M. Detection, isolation, and characterization of acidophilic methanotrophs from Sphagnum mosses. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 77, 5643-5654.

Loomis, S.E., Russell, J.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Distributions of branched GDGTs in soils and lake sediments from western Uganda: Implications for a lacustrine paleothermometer. Org. Geochem. 42, 739-751.

Mußmann, M., Brito, I., Pitcher, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Hatzenpichler, R., Richter, A., Nielsen, J.L., Nielsen, P.H., Müller, A., Daims, H., Wagner, M., Head, I.M. Thaumarchaeotes abundant in refinery nitrifying sludges express amoA but are not obligate autotrophic ammonia oxidizers. PNAS 108, 16771–16776.

Peterse, F., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Mets, A., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Identification and distribution of intact polar branched tetraether membrane lipids in peat and soil. Org. Geochem. 42, 1007-1015.

Peterse, F., Prins, M.A., Beets, C.J., Troelstra, S.R., Zheng, H.B., Gu, Z.Y., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Decoupled warming and monsoon precipitation in East Asia over the last deglaciation. EPSL 301, 256-264.

Pitcher, A., Hopmans, E.C., Mosier, A.C., Park, S.J., Rhee, S.K., Francis, C.A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Core and intact polar glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of ammonia-oxidizing archaea enriched from marine and estuarine sediments. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 77, 3468-3477.

Pitcher, A., Villanueva, L., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Niche segregation of Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Anammox bacteria in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. ISME J. 5, 1896–1904.

Pitcher, A., Wuchter, C., Siedenberg, K., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Crenarchaeol tracks winter blooms of planktonic, ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56, 2308–2318.

Powers, L.A., Johnson, T.C., Werne, J.P., Castaneda, I.S., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Organic geochemical records of environmental variability in Lake Malawi during the last 700 years, Part I: The TEX₈₆ temperature record. Pal. Pal. Pal. 303, 133-139; doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.006.

Rampen, S.W., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Occurrence of long chain 1,14-diols in Apedinella radians. Org. Geochem. 42, 572-574.

Ruhl, M., Bonis, N.R., Reichart, G.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kurschner, W.M. Atmospheric carbon injection linked to end-triassic mass extinction. Science 333, 430-434.

Rush, D., Jaeschke, A., Hopmans, E.C., Geenevasen, J.A.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Short chain ladderanes: Oxic biodegradation products of anammox lipids. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 1662-1671.

Schoon, P.L., Sluijs, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. Stable carbon isotope patterns of marine biomarker lipids in the Arctic Ocean during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2. Paleoceanography 26, PA3215, doi:10.1029/2010PA002028.

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Hopmans, E.C., Weijers, J.W.H., Foesel, B.U., Overmann, J., Dedysh, S.N. 13,16-Dimethyl octacosanedioic acid (iso-diabolic acid), a common membrane-spanning lipid of acidobacteria subdivisions 1 and 3. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 77, 4147-4154.

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Verschuren, D., Ossebaar, J., Blokker, J., van Houten, R., van der Meer, M.T.J., Plessen, B., Schouten, S. A 25,000-year record of climate-induced changes in lowland vegetation of eastern equatorial Africa revealed by the stable carbon-isotopic composition of fossil plant leaf waxes. EPSL 302, 236-246.

Tierney, J.E., Russell, J.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Huang, Y., Verschuren, D. Late Quaternary behavior of the East African monsoon and the importance of the Congo Air Boundary. Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 798-807.

van Geel, B., Gelorini, V., Lyaruu, A., Aptroot, A., Rucina, S., Marchant, R., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Verschuren, D. Diversity and ecology of tropical African fungal spores from a 25,000-year palaeoenvironmental record in southeastern Kenya. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 164, 174-190.

Weijers, J.W.H., Bernhardt, B., Peterse, F., Werne, J.P., Dungait, J.A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Absence of seasonal patterns in MBT-CBT indices in mid-latitude soils. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 3179-3190.

Weijers, J.W.H., Lima, K.H.L., Aquilina, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Pancost, R.D. Biogeochemical controls on glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipid distributions in sediments characterized by diffusive methane flux. G cubed 12, Q10010, 15 PP., 2011 doi:10.1029/2011GC003724.

Weijers, J.W.H., Steinmann, P., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Bacterial tetraether membrane lipids in peat and coal: Testing the MBT-CBT temperature proxy for climate reconstruction. Org. Geochem. 42, 477-486.

Wolff, C., Haug, G.H., Timmermann, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Brauer, A., Sigman, D.M., Cane, M.A., Verschuren, D. Reduced interannual rainfall variability in East Africa during the last ice age. Science 333, 743-747.

Woltering, M., Johnson, T.C., Werne, J.P., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Late Pleistocene temperature history of Southeast Africa: A TEX₈₆ temperature record from Lake Malawi. Pal. Pal. Pal. 303, 93-102.

2010

Balk M., Mehboob F., van Gelder A.H., Rijpstra W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Stams A.J.M. (Per)chlorate reduction by an acetogenic bacterium, Sporomusa sp., isolated from an underground gas storage. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 88, 595-603.

Ballantyne A.P., Greenwood D., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Csank A.Z., Eberle J.J. and Rybczynski,N. Significant Arctic warming during the Pliocene indicated by several independent temperature proxies. Geology 38, 603-606.

Bauersachs T., Schouten S., Compaoré J., Stal L.J. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Occurrence of C₃₅-C₄₅ polyprenols in filamentous and unicellular cyanobacteria. Org. Geochem. 41, 867-870.

Bauersachs T., Speelman E.N., Hopmans E.C., Reichart G.J., Schouten S. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Fossilized glycolipids reveal past oceanic N₂ fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria. PNAS 107, 19190-19194.

Bendle J., Weijers J.H.W., Maslin M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S., Hopmans E.C., Boot C. and Pancost R.D. Major changes in Last Glacial and Holocene terrestrial temperatures and sources of organic carbon recorded in the Amazon fan by the MBT/CBT continental paleothermometer. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 11, Q12007, doi:10.1029/2010GC003308.

Bijl P.K., Houben A.J., Schouten S., Bohaty S.M., Sluijs A., Reichart G.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. and Brinkhuis H. Transient Middle Eocene atmospheric CO₂ and temperature variations. Science 313, 819-821.

Blaga C.I., Reichart G.J., Schouten S., Lotter, A.F., Werne J.P., Kosten S., Mazzeo N., Lacerot G. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in lake sediments: Can they be used as temperature and pH proxies? Org. Geochem. 41, 1225-1234.

Castaneda I.S., Schefuss E., Patzold J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Weldeab S. and Schouten S. Millennial-scale sea surface temperature changes in the eastern Medi-terranean (Nile River Delta region) over the last 27,000 years. Paleoceanography 25, PA1208, doi:10.1029/2009PA001740.

Chevalier N., Stadnitskaia A., Bouloubassia I., Taphanel M.-H., Lorre A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Pierre C. Distributions and carbon isotopic compositions of lipid biomarkers in authigenic carbonate crusts from the Nordic margin (Norwegian Sea). Org. Geochem. 41, 885-890.

Jaeschke A., Abbas B., Zabel M., Hopmans E.C., Schouten S. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S.  Molecular evidence for anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria in continental shelf and slope sediments off northwest Africa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55, 365–376.

Kim J.H., van der Meer J., Schouten S., Helmke P., Willmott V., Sangiorgi F., Koc N., Hopmans E.C. and Sinninghe Damste J.S. New indices and calibrations derived from the distribution of crenarchaeal isoprenoid tetraether lipids: Implications for past sea surface temperature reconstructions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 4639-4654.

Kim J.-H., Zarzycka B., Buscail R., Peterse F., Bonnin J., Ludwig W., Schouten S. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Contribution of river-borne soil organic carbon to the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Limnol. Oceanogr. 55, 507–518.

Kip N., van Winden J.F., Pan Y., Bodrossy L., Reichart G.J., Smolders A.J.P., Jetten M.S.M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. and Op den Camp H.J.M. Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems. Nature Geoscience 3, 617-621.

Lopes dos Santos R., Prange M., Castañeda I.S., Schefuß E., Mulitza S., Schulz M., Niedermeyer E.M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S. Glacial-interglacial variability in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and thermocline adjustments in the tropical North Atlantic. Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 300, 407-414.

Lucker S., Wagner M., Maixner F., Pelletier E., Koch H., Vacherie B., Rattei T., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Spieck E., Le Paslier D., Daims H. A Nitrospira metagenome illuminates the physiology and evolution of globally important nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. PNAS 107, 13479-13484.

Mutterlose J., Malkoc M., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Forster A. TEX₈₆ and stable δ¹⁸O paleothermometry data from the Barremian: insights into early Cretaceous paleoceanography and marine belemnite ecology. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 298, 286-298.

Park B-J., Park S-J., Yoon D-N., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Rhee S-K. Cultivation of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaea from marine sediments in co-culture with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 76, 7575-7587.

Peterse F., Nicol G.W., Schouten S. and Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Influence of soil pH on the abundance and distribution of core and intact polar lipid-derived branched GDGTs in soil. Org. Geochem. 41, 1171-1175.

Pitcher A., Rychlik N., Hopmans E.C., Spieck E., Rijpstra W.I.C., Ossebaar J., Schouten S., Wagner M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Crenarchaeol dominates the membrane lipids of Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis, a thermophilic Group I. 1b Archaeon. ISME J. 4, 542-552.

Powers L., Werne J.P., Vanderwoude A.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Hopmans E.C., Schouten S. Applicability and calibration of the TEX₈₆ paleothermometer in lakes. Org. Geochem. 41, 404-413.

Rampen S.W., Abbas B., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. A comprehensive study of sterols in marine diatoms (Bacillariophyta): Implications for their use as tracers for diatom productivity. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55, 91-105.

Rattray J.E., van de Vossenberg J., Jaeschke A., Hopmans E.C., Wakeham S.G., Lavik G., Kuypers M.M.M., Strous M., Jetten M.S.M., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Impact of temperature on ladderane lipid distribution in anammox bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76, 1596-1603.

Sinninghe Damsté J.S., van Bentum E.C., Reichart G.J., Pross J., Schouten S. A CO₂ decrease-driven cooling and increased latitudinal temperature gradient during the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 293, 97-103.

Schouten S., Middelburg J.J., Hopmans E.C., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Fossilization and degradation of intact polar lipids in deep subsurface sediments: A theoretical approach. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 3806-3814.

Speelman E.N., Sewall J.O., Noone D., Huber M., von der Heydt A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Reichart G.J. Modeling the influence of a reduced equator-to-pole sea surface temperature gradient on the distribution of water isotopes in the Eocene using CAM3. Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 298, 57-65.

Tierney J.E., Russell J.M., Eggermont H., Hopmans E.C., Verschuren D., Sinninghe Damsté J.S.  Environmental controls on branched tetraether lipid distributions in tropical East African lake sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 4902-4918.

van der Meer M.T.J., Klatt C.G., Wood J., Bryant D.A., Bateson M.M., Lammerts L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Madigan M.T.,Ward D.M. Cultivation and genomic, nutritional, and lipid biomarker characterization of Roseiflexus strains closely related to predominant in situ populations inhabiting Yellowstone hot spring microbial mats. J. Bacteriol. 192, 3033-3042.

van Soelen E.E., Lammertsma E.I., Cremer H., Donders T.H., Sangiorgi F., Brooks G.R., Larson R.A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Wagner-Cremer F., Reichart G.J. Late Holocene sea-level rise in Tampa Bay: Integrated reconstruction using biomarkers, pollen, organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts, and diatoms. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 86, 216-224.

van Winden J.F., Kip N., Reichart G.J., Jetten M.S.M., Op den Camp H.J.M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Lipids of symbiotic methane-oxidizing bacteria in peat moss studied using stable carbon isotopic labelling. Org. Geochem. 41, 1040-1044.

Willmott V., Rampen S.W., Domack E., Canals M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S.,. Schouten S.  Holocene changes in Proboscia diatom productivity in shelf waters of the North Western Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 22, 3–10.

2009

Balk M., Heilig H.G.H J., van Eekert M.H.A., Stams A.J.M., Rijpstra W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., de Vos W.M., Kengen, S.W.M. Isolation and characterization of a new CO-utilizing strain, Thermoanaerobacter thermo-hydrosulfuricus subsp. carboxydovorans, isolated from a geothermal spring in Turkey. Extremophiles 13, 885–894.

Bauersachs T., Compaoré J., Hopmans E.C., Stal L.J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. Distribution of heterocyst glycolipids in cyanobacteria. Phytochem. 70, 2034–2039.

Bauersachs T., Hopmans E.C., Compaoré J., Stal L.J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Rapid analysis of long-chain glycolipids in heterocystous cyanobacteria using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Rap. Comm. Mass Spectrom. 23, 1387-1394.

Bauersachs T., Kremer B., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. A biomarker and d¹⁵N study of thermally altered Silurian cyanobacterial mats. Org. Geochem. 40, 149-157.

Bauersachs T., Schouten S., Compaoré J., Wollenzien U., Stal L.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Nitrogen isotopic fractionation associated with growth on dinitrogen gas and nitrate by cyanobacteria. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54, 1403-1411.

Blaga C.I., Reichart G.J., Heiri O., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Tetraether membrane lipid distributions in water-column particulate matter and sediments: a study of 47 European lakes along a north-south transect. J. Paleolimnol. 41, 523-540.

Bodelier P.L.E., Gillisen M.J.B., Hordijk K., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Rijpstra W.I.C., Geenevasen J.A.J., Dunfield P.F. A reanalysis of phospholipid fatty acids as ecological biomarkers for methanotrophic bacteria. ISME Journal 3, 606-617.

Boere A.C., Abbas B., Rijpstra W.I.C., Versteegh G.J.M., Volkman J.K., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Coolen M.J.L. Late-Holocene succession of dinoflagellates in an Antarctic fjord using a multi-proxy approach: paleoenvironmental genomics, lipid biomarkers and palynomorphs. Geobiology 7, 265-281.

Boumann H.A., Longo M.L., Stroeve P., Poolman B., Hopmans E.C., Stuart M.C.A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S. Biophysical properties of membrane lipids of anammox bacteria: I. Ladderane phospholipids form highly organized fluid membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes 1788, 1444-1451.

Boumann H.A., Stroeve P., Longo M.L., Poolman B., Kuiper J.M., Hopmans E.C., Jetten M.S.M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S.,,Schouten S. Biophysical properties of membrane lipids of anammox bacteria: II. Impact of temperature and bacteriohopanoids. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes 1788, 1452-1457.

Castañeda I.S., Mulitza S., Schefuß E., Lopes dos Santos R.A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S. Wet phases in the Sahara/Sahel region and human migration patterns in North Africa. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106, 20159–20163.

Donders T.H., Weijers J.W.H., Munsterman D.K., Hoeve M.L.K.V., Buckles L.K., Pancost R.D., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Brinkhuis H. Strong climate coupling of terrestrial and marine environments in the Miocene of northwest Europe. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 281, 215-225.

Gontharet S., Stadnitskaia A., Bouloubassi I., Pierre C., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Palaeo methane-seepage history traced by biomarker patterns in a carbonate crust, Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Mar. Geol. 261, 105-113.

Herfort L., Kim J.H., Coolen M.J.L., Abbas B., Schouten S., Herndl G.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Diversity of Archaea and detection of crenarchaeotal amoA genes in the rivers Rhine and Tet. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 55, 189-201.

Huguet C., Kim J.-H., de Lange G.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S. Effects of long-term oxic degradation on the Uk'₃₇, TEX₈₆ and BIT organic proxies. Org. Geochem. 40, 1188-1194.

Jaeschke A., Op den Camp H.J.M., Harhangi H., Klimiuk A., Hopmans E.C., Jetten M.S.M., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. 16S rRNA gene and lipid biomarker evidence for anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anammox) in California and Nevada hot springs. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 67, 343-350.

Jaeschke A., Rooks C., Trimmer M., Nicholls J.C., Hopmans E.C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Comparison of ladderane phospholipid and core lipids as indicators for anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) in marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73, 2077-2088.

Jaeschke A., Ziegler M., Hopmans E.C., Reichart G.J., Lourens L.J, Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Molecular fossil evidence for anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the Arabian Sea over the last glacial cycle. Paleoceanography 24, PA2202, doi:10.1029/2008PA001712.

Jagersma G.C., Meulpas R.J.W., Heikamp-de Jong I., Gieteling J., Klimiuk A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Lens P.N.L., Stams A.J.M. Microbial diversity and community structure of a highly active anaerobic methane-oxidizing sulfate-reducing enrichment. Env. Microbiol. 11, 3223–3232.

Kim J.H., Buscail R., Bourrin F., Palanques A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Bonnin J., Schouten S. Transport and depositional process of soil organic matter during wet and dry storms on the Têt inner shelf (NW Mediterranean). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 273, 228-238.

Kim J.H., Crosta X., Michel E., Schouten S., Duprat J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Impact of lateral transport on organic proxies in the Southern Ocean. Quat. Res. 71, 246-250.

Kim J.H., Huguet C., Zonneveld K.A.F., Versteegh G.J.M., Roeder W., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S. An experimental field study to test the stability of lipids used for the TEX₈₆ and U₃₇^K' palaeothermometers. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73, 2888-2898.

Kulichevskaya I.S., Baulina O.I., Bodelier P.L.E., Rijpstra W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Dedysh S.N. Zavarzinella formosa gen. nov., sp nov., a novel stalked, Gemmata-like planctomycete from a Siberian peat bog. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 59, 357-364.

Peterse F., Kim J.H., Schouten S., Kristensen D.K., Koc N., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Constraints on the application of the MBT/CBT palaeothermometer at high latitude environments (Svalbard, Norway). Org. Geochem. 40, 692-699.

Peterse F., Schouten S., van der Meer J., van der Meer M.T.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Distribution of branched tetraether lipids in geothermally heated soils: Implications for the MBT/CBT temperature proxy. Org. Geochem. 40, 201-205.

Peterse F., van der Meer M.T.J., Schouten S., Jia G., Ossebaar J., Blokker J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Assessment of soil n-alkane δD and branched tetraether membrane lipid distributions as tools for paleoelevation reconstruction. Biogeosciences Discussion 6, 8609-8631.

Pitcher A., Hopmans E.C., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Separation of core and intact polar archaeal tetraether lipids using silica columns: Insights into living and fossil biomass contributions. Org. Geochem. 40, 12-19.

Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. In situ production of cren-archaeol in two California hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75, 4443-4451.

Rampen S.W., Schouten S., Schefuß E., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Impact of temperature on the long-chain diol and mid-chain hydroxy methyl alkanoate composition in Proboscia diatoms: Results from culture and field studies. Org. Geochem. 40, 1124–1131.

Rampen S.W., Schouten S., Hopmans E.C., Abbas B., Noordeloos A.A.M., Geenevasen J.A.J., Moldowan J.M., Denisevich P., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Occurrence and biomarker potential of 23-methyl steroids in diatoms and sediments. Org. Geochem. 40, 219-228.

Rampen S.W., Schouten S., Hopmans E.C., Abbas B., Noordeloos A.A.M., van Bleijswijk J.D.L., Geenevasen J.A.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Diatoms as a source for 4-desmethyl-23,24-dimethyl steroids in sediments and petroleum. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73, 377-387.

Rampen S.W., Schouten S., Panoto F.E., Brink M. andersen R.A., Muyzer G., Abbas B. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Phylogenetic position of Attheya Longicornis and Attheya Septentrionalis (Bacillariophyta). J. Phycol. 45, 444-453.

Rampen S.W., Volkman J.K., Hur S.B., Abbas B.A., Schouten S., Jameson I.D., Holdsworth D.G., Bae J.H., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Occurrence of gorgosterol in diatoms of the genus Delphineis. Org. Geochem. 40, 144-147.

Rattray J.E., Geenevasen J.A.J., van Niftrik L., Rijpstra W.I.C., Hopmans E.C., Strous M., Schouten S., Jetten M.S.M. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Carbon isotope-labelling experiments indicate that ladderane lipids of anammox bacteria are synthesized by a previously undescribed, novel pathway. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 292, 115-122.

Rattray J.E., Strous M., Op den Camp H.J.M., Schouten S., Jetten M.S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. A comparative genomics study of genetic products potentially encoding ladderane lipid biosynthesis. Biology Direct 4:8 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-4-8.

Schouten S., Hopmans E.C., van der Meer J., Mets A., Bard E., Bianchi T.S., Diefendorf A., Escala M., Freeman K.H., Furukawa Y., Huguet C., Ingalls A., Menot-Combes G., Nederbragt A.J., Oba M., Pearson A., Pearson E.J., Rosell-Mele A., Schaeffer P., Shah S.R., Shanahan T.M., Smith R.W., Smittenberg R., Talbot H.M., Uchida M., Van Mooy B.A.S., Yamamoto M., Zhang Z.H., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. An interlaboratory study of TEX₈₆ and BIT analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 10, Q03012, doi:10.1029/2008GC002221.

Schouten S., Klimiuk A.M., van der Meer M.T.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Occurrence and carbon metabolism of green nonsulfur-like bacteria in Californian and Nevada hot spring microbial mats as revealed by wax ester lipid analysis. Geomicrobiol. J. 26, 179-188.

Seki O., Sakamoto T., Sakai S., Schouten S., Hopmans E.C., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Pancost R.D. Large changes in seasonal sea ice distribution and productivity in the Sea of Okhotsk during the deglaciations. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 10, Q10007, doi:10.1029/2009GC002613.

Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Ossebaar J., Abbas B., Schouten S., Verschuren D. Fluxes and distribution of tetraether lipids in an equatorial African lake: Constraints on the application of the TEX₈₆ palaeothermometer and BIT index in lacustrine settings. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73, 4232-4249.

Sluijs A., Schouten S., Donders T.H., Schoon P.L., Röhl U., Reichart G.J., Sangiorgi, F. Kim J.-H., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Brinkhuis H. Warm and wet conditions in the Arctic region during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2. Nature Geosciences 2, 777-780.

Speelman E.N., Reichart G.J., de Leeuw J.W., Rijpstra W.I.C. and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Biomarker lipids of the freshwater fern Azolla and its fossil counterpart from the Eocene Arctic Ocean. Org. Geochem. 40, 628-637.

Speelman E.N., van Kempen M.M.L., Barke J., Brinkhuis H., Reichart G.J., Smolders A.J.P., Roelofs J.G.M., Sangiorgi F., de Leeuw J.W., Lotter A.F., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. The Eocene Arctic Azolla bloom: environmental conditions, productivity and carbon drawdown. Geobiol. 7, 155-170.

Trommer G., Siccha M., van der Meer M.T.J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schulz H., Hemleben C., Kucera, M. Distribution of Crenarchaeota tetraether membrane lipids in surface sediments from the Red Sea. Org. Geochem. 40, 724-731.

Van Bentum E.C., Hetzel A., Brumsack H.J., Forster A., Reichart G.J., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Reconstruction of water column anoxia in the equatorial Atlantic during the Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic event using biomarker and trace metal proxies. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 280, 489-498.

Verschuren D., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Moernaut J., Kristen I., Blaauw M., Fagot M., Haug G. and CHALLACEA project members Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African equator. Nature 426, 637-641.

Weijers J.W.H., Panoto E., van Bleijswijk J., Schouten S., Rijpstra W.I.C., Balk M., Stams A.J.M., Sinninghe Damsté J.S.