• Microbial and Chemical Characterization of Underwater Fresh Water Springs in the Dead Sea 

      Ionescu, Danny; Siebert, Christian; Polerecky, Lubos; Munwes, Yaniv Y.; Lott, Christian; Häusler, Stefan; Bižić-Ionescu, Mina; Quast, Christian; Peplies, Jörg; Glöckner, Frank Oliver; Ramette, AlbanORCIDiD; Rödiger, Tino; Dittmar, ThorstenORCIDiD; Oren, Aharon; Geyer, Stefan; Stärk, Hans-Joachim; Sauter, Martin; Licha, Tobias; Laronne, Jonathan B.ORCIDiD; de Beer, Dirk (PLoS ONE, 2012-06-05)
      Due to its extreme salinity and high Mg concentration the Dead Sea is characterized by a very low density of cells most of which are Archaea. We discovered several underwater fresh to brackish water springs in the Dead ...
    • Repeatedly Evolved Host-Specific Ectosymbioses between Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria and Amphipods Living in a Cave Ecosystem 

      Bauermeister, Jan; Ramette, AlbanORCIDiD; Dattagupta, Sharmishtha (PLoS ONE, 2012-11-29)
      Ectosymbioses between invertebrates and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are widespread in sulfidic marine environments and have evolved independently in several invertebrate phyla. The first example from a freshwater habitat, ...