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DFG-Emmy-Noether-Group "Hydrothermal Geomicrobiology" (S.I. Bühring)
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Hydrothermal vent systems are increasingly recognized as extreme environments of tremendous scientific importance. Their study is of great significance to geochemistry, geobiology and microbiology; they act as windows into the inner Earth and link bio- and geosphere on multiple levels. The limits of life as well as its potential origin are two of the greatest puzzles in biogeosciences, which one can address via the study of hydrothermal systems.
Our group focuses on the exploration of organisms inhabiting submarine shallow-water hydrothermal vent systems. The study of these extremophiles presents an enormous opportunity, because they (1) provide a window into a microbiome characterized by high metabolic versatility and unique adaptations to extreme conditions, they (2) are vastly understudied, and they (3) combine easy accessibility with a wide range of geological, chemical, and biological processes similar to those taking place at deep-sea vents.
People
| Staff | Status | Phone +49-(0)421-218- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solveig I. Bühring | Head of group | 65964 | sbuehring(at)marum.de |
| Petra Pop Ristova | PostDoc | 65966 | pristova(at)marum.de |
| Miriam Sollich | PhD student | 65965 | msollich(at)uni-bremen.de |
| Gonzalo V. Gómez Sáez | PhD student | 65965 | ggomez(at)marum.de |
| Ioulia Santi | Master student (MarMic) | 65965 | isanti(at)mpi-bremen.de |
Collaborators
University of Bremen:
Prof. Michael Friedrich
Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Prof. Thomas Pichler
Jacobs University Bremen:
Prof. Andrea Koschinsky
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology:
Dr. Dirk de Beer
Prof. Marcel Kuypers
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology & University of Oldenburg:
Dr. Thorsten Dittmar
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:
Dr. Stefan Sievert
University of Southern California:
Prof. Jan Amend
Dr. Roy Price
News
***field trip to Dominica 4/13***
many thanks to the great scientific party and the local authorities on Dominica!
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participants:
from left to right, back row: Thomas Pichler, Gonzalo Gómez Sáez, Solveig Bühring, Stefan Sievert, Jan Amend, Saar Sztejrenszus, Charlotte Kleint
front row: Petra Pop Ristova, Miriam Sollich, Andrea Koschinsky-Fritsche
***new article in press***
in Chemical Geology:
"Processes influencing extreme As enrichment in shallow-sea hydrothermal fluids of Milos Island, Greece"
by Roy E. Price, Ivan Savov, Britta Planer-Friedrich, Solveig I. Bühring, Jan Amend & Thomas Pichler
***field trip to Milos 05/12***
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Milos scientific party ("early group"):
from left to right: Charlotte Kleint, Stefan Häusler, Miriam Sollich, Jan Amend, Anja Cording, Solveig Bühring, Roy Price
photo courtesy: R. Price
Dominica sampling impressions:
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Sediment sampling: Miriam Sollich and Stefan Sievert
Thomas Pichler samples hydrothermal fluids
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underwater photography: Arun Madisetti
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divers and snorkelers work together:
Stefan Sievert, Jan Amend and Saar Sztejrenszus
Relevant Publications
Price, R.E., Savov, I., Planer-Friedrich, B., Bühring, S.I., Amend, J. & Pichler, T. (in press): "Processes influencing extreme As enrichment in shallow-sea hydrothermal fluids of Milos Island, Greece", Chemical Geology.
Bühring, S.I., Schubotz, F., Harms, C., Lipp, J.S., Amils, R. & Hinrichs, K.-U. (2012) "Lipid signatures of acidophilic microbial communities in an extreme, acidic environment: Río Tinto, Spain", Organic Geochemistry 47: 66-77.
Bühring, S.I., Sievert, S.M., Jonkers, H.M., Ertefai, T., Elshahed, M.S. Krumholz, L.R. & Hinrichs, K.-U. (2011) "Insights into chemotaxonomic composition and carbon cycling of phototrophic communities in an artesian sulfur-rich spring (Zodletone, Oklahoma, USA), a possible analogue for ancient microbial mat systems". Geobiology 9/2: 166-179.
Christiansen, B., Bühring, S.I., Pfannkuche, O. & Weikert, H. (2010) "The near-bottom plankton community at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE-Atlantic: structure and vertical distribution". Marine Biology Research 6/2: 113-124.
Bühring, S.I., Smittenberg, R.H., Sachse, D., Lipp, J.S., Golubic, S., Sachs, J.P., Hinrichs, K.-U. & Summons, R.E. (2009) "A hypersaline microbial mat from the Pacific Atoll Kiritimati: Insight into composition and carbon fixation using biomarker analyses and a 13C-labeling approach". Geobiology 7:308-323.
Elshahed, M.S., Luo, Q., Najar, F.Z., Roe, B.A., Sisk, T.M., Bühring, S.I., Hinrichs, K.-U., Krumholz, L.R. (2007) "Phylogenetic diversity and metabolic capabilities of members of the phylum Planctomycetes in anaerobic, sulfide and sulfur-rich sediments in a mesophilic spring (Zodletone spring, OK, USA)". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73/15: 4707-4716.
Bühring, S.I., Ehrenhauss, S., Kamp, A., Moodley, L. & Witte, U. (2006) "Enhanced benthic activity in sandy sublittoral sediments: Evidence from 13C-tracer experiments" Marine Biology Research 2:120-129.
Bühring, S.I., Lampadariou, N., Moodley, L., Tselepides, A. & Witte, U. (2006) "Benthic microbial and whole-community responses to different amounts of 13C-enriched algae: in situ experiments in the deep Cretan Sea (eastern Mediterranean). Limnology & Oceanography 51/1: 157-165.
Bühring, S.I., Elvert, M. & Witte, U. (2005) "The microbial community structure of different permeable sandy sediments characterised by the investigation of bacterial fatty acids and fluorescence in situ hybridisation". Environmental Microbiology 7/2: 281-293.
