2025 (5)

• Afzal, M.X., Bonatelli, M.L., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Baleeiro, F.C.F. (2025):
  Reduced carbon emissions and chain elongation during mixotrophic fermentation of a biomass feedstock
  bioRxiv
  10.1101/2025.10.16.682809
• Bade, F., Kleinsteuber, S., Moeller, L. (2025):
  Foam formation during anaerobic digestion of sugar beet silage: causes and countermeasures
  Bioresour. Technol. 437 , art. 133180
  10.1016/j.biortech.2025.133180
• Kim, B.-C. R., Kleinsteuber, S., Lawson, C.E. (2025):
  Carbon-efficient waste upcycling: combining syngas fermentation and chain elongation with synthetic consortia
  Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 94 , art. 103321
  10.1016/j.copbio.2025.103321
• Nikolausz, M., Kleinsteuber, S. (eds., 2025):
  e-Book of Abstracts, 13th International Symposium on Anaerobic Microbiology ISAM2025
  118 pp.
  10.5281/zenodo.17589045
• Rohwerder, T., Kleinsteuber, S. (2025):
  Satt werden ohne Kalorien – Bakterien in Kläranlagen fressen Acesulfam
  Biospektrum 31 , 500 - 502
  10.1007/s12268-025-2488-7

2024 (5)

• Liu, Y., Rohwerder, T., Bonatelli, M.L., von Postel, T., Kleinsteuber, S., Adrian, L., Ding, C. (2024):
  A novel sulfatase for acesulfame degradation in wastewater treatment plants as evidenced from Shinella strains
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (42), 18892 - 18902
  10.1021/acs.est.4c02283
• Ozbayram, E.G., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Grosch Schroeder, B., Nunes da Rocha, U., Borim Corrêa, F., Harms, H., Nikolausz, M. (2024):
  Three-domain microbial communities in the gut of Pachnoda marginata larvae: A comparative study revealing opposing trends in gut compartments
  Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 16 (4), e13324
  10.1111/1758-2229.13324
• Robazza, A., Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A. (2024):
  Two-stage conversion of syngas and pyrolysis aqueous condensate into L-malate
  Biotechnol. Biofuels Bioprod. 17 , art. 85
  10.1186/s13068-024-02532-2
• Robazza, A., Raya i Garcia, A., Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A. (2024):
  Acetate shock loads enhance CO uptake rates of anaerobic microbiomes
  Microb. Biotechnol. 17 (12), e70063
  10.1111/1751-7915.70063
• Undiandeye, J., Gallegos, D., Bonatelli, M.L., Kleinsteuber, S., Bin-Hudari, M.S., Abdulkadir, N., Stinner, W., Sträuber, H. (2024):
  Medium-chain carboxylates production from plant waste: kinetic study and effect of an enriched microbiome
  Biotechnol. Biofuels Bioprod. 17 , art. 79
  10.1186/s13068-024-02528-y

2023 (7)

• Baleeiro, F.C.F., Raab, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A., Sträuber, H. (2023):
  Mixotrophic chain elongation with syngas and lactate as electron donors
  Microb. Biotechnol. 16 (2), 322 - 336
  10.1111/1751-7915.14163
• Baleeiro, F.C.F., Varchmin, L., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Neumann, A. (2023):
  Formate-induced CO tolerance and methanogenesis inhibition in fermentation of syngas and plant biomass for carboxylate production
  Biotechnol. Biofuels Bioprod. 16 , art. 26
  10.1186/s13068-023-02271-w
• Becker, D., Popp, D., Bonk, F., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Centler, F. (2023):
  Metagenomic analysis of anaerobic microbial communities degrading short-chain fatty acids as sole carbon sources
  Microorganisms 11 (2), art. 420
  10.3390/microorganisms11020420
• Bonatelli, M.L., Rohwerder, T., Popp, D., Liu, Y., Akay, C., Schultz, C., Liao, K.-P., Ding, C., Reemtsma, T., Adrian, L., Kleinsteuber, S. (2023):
  Recently evolved combination of unique sulfatase and amidase genes enables bacterial degradation of the wastewater micropollutant acesulfame worldwide
  Front. Microbiol. 14 , art. 1223838
  10.3389/fmicb.2023.1223838
• Liu, B., Sträuber, H., Centler, F., Harms, H., Nunes da Rocha, U., Kleinsteuber, S. (2023):
  Functional redundancy secures resilience of chain elongation communities upon pH shifts in closed bioreactor ecosystems
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 57 (46), 18350 - 18361
  10.1021/acs.est.2c09573
• Logroño, W., Kleinsteuber, S., Kretzschmar, J., Harnisch, F., De Vrieze, J., Nikolausz, M. (2023):
  The microbiology of Power-to-X applications
  FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 47 (2), fuad013
  10.1093/femsre/fuad013
• Lorca, G.L., Kleinsteuber, S. (2023):
  Women in microbial physiology and metabolism: 2022. Editorial
  Front. Microbiol. 14 , art. 1268568
  10.3389/fmicb.2023.1268568

2022 (7)

• Bachmann, M., Wensch-Dorendorf, M., Kuhnitzsch, C., Kleinsteuber, S., Popp, D., Thierbach, A., Martens, S.D., Steinhöfel, O., Zeyner, A. (2022):
  Changes in composition and diversity of epiphytic microorganisms on field pea seeds, partial crop peas, and whole crop peas during maturation and ensiling with or without lactic acid bacteria inoculant
  Microbiol. Spectr. 10 (4), e00953-22
  10.1128/spectrum.00953-22
• Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H. (2022):
  Recirculation of H₂, CO₂, and ethylene improves carbon fixation and carboxylate yields in anaerobic fermentation
  ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 10 (13), 4073 - 4081
  10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05133
• Eziuzor, S.C., Borim Corrêa, F., Peng, S., Schultz, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Nunes da Rocha, U., Adrian, L., Vogt, C. (2022):
  Structure and functional capacity of a benzene‐mineralizing, nitrate‐reducing microbial community
  J. Appl. Microbiol. 132 (4), 2795 - 2811
  10.1111/jam.15443
• Liu, B., Sträuber, H., Saraiva, J., Harms, H., Silva, S.G., Kasmanas, J.C., Kleinsteuber, S., Nunes da Rocha, U. (2022):
  Machine learning-assisted identification of bioindicators predicts medium-chain carboxylate production performance of an anaerobic mixed culture
  Microbiome 10 , art. 48
  10.1186/s40168-021-01219-2
• Logroño, W., Kluge, P., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Nikolausz, M. (2022):
  Effect of inoculum microbial diversity in ex situ biomethanation of hydrogen
  Bioengineering-Basel 9 (11), art. 678
  10.3390/bioengineering9110678
• Logroño, W., Nikolausz, M., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2022):
  Physiological effects of 2-bromoethanesulfonate on hydrogenotrophic pure and mixed cultures
  Microorganisms 10 (2), art. 355
  10.3390/microorganisms10020355
• Xiong, B.-J., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Dusny, C., Harms, H., Wick, L.Y. (2022):
  Impact of fungal hyphae on growth and dispersal of obligate anaerobic bacteria in aerated habitats
  mBio 13 (3), e00769-22
  10.1128/mbio.00769-22

2021 (4)

• Baleeiro, F.C.F., Ardila, M.S., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H. (2021):
  Effect of oxygen contamination on propionate and caproate formation in anaerobic fermentation
  Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 725443
  10.3389/fbioe.2021.725443
• Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H. (2021):
  Hydrogen as a co-electron donor for chain elongation with complex communities
  Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 650631
  10.3389/fbioe.2021.650631
• Logroño, W., Popp, D., Nikolausz, M., Kluge, P., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2021):
  Microbial communities in flexible biomethanation of hydrogen are functionally resilient upon starvation
  Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 619632
  10.3389/fmicb.2021.619632
• Müller, C., Knöller, K., Lucas, R., Kleinsteuber, S., Trabitzsch, R., Weiß, H., Stollberg, R., Richnow, H.H., Vogt, C. (2021):
  Benzene degradation in contaminated aquifers: Enhancing natural attenuation by injecting nitrate
  J. Contam. Hydrol. 238 , art. 103759
  10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103759

2020 (9)

• Borim Corrêa, F., Eziuzor, S., Peng, S., Schultz, J., Saraiva, J.P., Adrian, L., Stadler, P., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C., Nunes da Rocha, U. (2020):
  Genome-resolved metagenomics sheds light on the anaerobic conversion of aromatics by complex communities
  3rd Doctoral Colloquium Bioenergy 17/18 September, 2020
  DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Leipzig, p. 62 - 63
• Krause, J.L., Schaepe, S.S., Fritz-Wallace, K., Engelmann, B., Rolle-Kampczyk, U., Kleinsteuber, S., Schattenberg, F., Liu, Z., Müller, S., Jehmlich, N., von Bergen, M., Herberth, G. (2020):
  Following the community development of SIHUMIx – a new intestinal in vitro model for bioreactor use
  Gut Microbes 11 (4), 1116 - 1129
  10.1080/19490976.2019.1702431
• Liu, B., Kleinsteuber, S., Centler, F., Harms, H., Sträuber, H. (2020):
  Competition between butyrate fermenters and chain-elongating bacteria limits the efficiency of medium-chain carboxylate production
  Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 336
  10.3389/fmicb.2020.00336
• Liu, B., Popp, D., Müller, N., Sträuber, H., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2020):
  Three novel Clostridia isolates produce n-caproate and iso-butyrate from lactate: comparative genomics of chain-elongating bacteria
  Microorganisms 8 (12), art. 1970
  10.3390/microorganisms8121970
• Liu, B., Popp, D., Sträuber, H., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2020):
  Draft genome sequences of three Clostridia isolates involved in lactate-based chain elongation
  Microbiol. Resour. Ann. 9 (32), e00679-20
  10.1128/MRA.00679-20
• Logroño, W., Popp, D., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Harms, H., Nikolausz, M. (2020):
  Microbial resource management for ex situ biomethanation of hydrogen at alkaline pH
  Microorganisms 8 , art. 614
  10.3390/microorganisms8040614
• Mogodiniyai Kasmaei, K., Schlosser, D., Sträuber, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2020):
  Does glucose affect the de-esterification of methyl ferulate by Lactobacillus buchneri?
  MicrobiologyOpen 9 (2), e971
  10.1002/mbo3.971
• Ozbayram, E.G., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M. (2020):
  Biotechnological utilization of animal gut microbiota for valorization of lignocellulosic biomass
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 104 (2), 489 - 508
  10.1007/s00253-019-10239-w
• Popp, D., Bonk, F., Becker, D., Kleinsteuber, S. (2020):
  Nucleic acid based molecular biology tests
  In: Liebetrau, J., Pfeiffer, D. (eds.)
  Collection of methods for biogas. Methods to determine parameters for analysis purposes and parameters that describe processes in the biogas sector
  Biomass energy use 7
  DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Leipzig, p. 232 - 244

2019 (7)

• Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A., Sträuber, H. (2019):
  Syngas-aided anaerobic fermentation for medium-chain carboxylate and alcohol production: the case for microbial communities
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 103 (21-22), 8689 - 8709
  10.1007/s00253-019-10086-9
• Bonk, F., Popp, D., Weinrich, S., Sträuber, H., Becker, D., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Centler, F. (2019):
  Determination of microbial maintenance in acetogenesis and methanogenesis by experimental and modeling techniques
  Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 166
  10.3389/fmicb.2019.00166
• Chowdhury, R., Ghosh, S., Manna, D., Das, S., Dutta, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Hassan, M.K., Kuittinen, S., Pappinen, A. (2019):
  Hybridization of sugar-carboxylate-syngas platforms for the production of bio-alcohols from lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) – A state-of-the-art review and recommendations
  Energy Conv. Manag. 200 , art. 112111
  10.1016/j.enconman.2019.112111
• Kleinsteuber, S., Rohwerder, T., Lohse, U., Seiwert, B., Reemtsma, T. (2019):
  Sated by a zero-calorie sweetener: Wastewater bacteria can feed on acesulfame
  Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 2606
  10.3389/fmicb.2019.02606
• Lambrecht, J., Cichocki, N., Schattenberg, F., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Müller, S., Sträuber, H. (2019):
  Key sub‑community dynamics of medium‑chain carboxylate production
  Microb. Cell. Fact. 18 , art. 92
  10.1186/s12934-019-1143-8
• Lv, Z., Leite, A.F., Harms, H., Glaser, K., Liebetrau, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M. (2019):
  Microbial community shifts in biogas reactors upon complete or partial ammonia inhibition
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 103 (1), 519 - 533
  10.1007/s00253-018-9444-0
• Ziganshin, A.M., Wintsche, B., Seifert, J., Carstensen, M., Born, J., Kleinsteuber, S. (2019):
  Spatial separation of metabolic stages in a tube anaerobic baffled reactor: reactor performance and microbial community dynamics
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 103 (9), 3915 - 3929
  10.1007/s00253-019-09767-2

2018 (13)

• Bonk, F., Popp, D., Weinrich, S., Sträuber, H., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Centler, F. (2018):
  Intermittent fasting for microbes: how discontinuous feeding increases functional stability in anaerobic digestion
  Biotechnol. Biofuels 11 , art. 274
  10.1186/s13068-018-1279-5
• Bonk, F., Popp, D., Weinrich, S., Sträuber, H., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Centler, F. (2018):
  Ammonia inhibition of anaerobic volatile fatty acid degrading microbial communities
  Front. Microbiol. 9 , art. 2921
  10.3389/fmicb.2018.02921
• Günther, S., Becker, D., Hübschmann, T., Reinert, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Müller, S., Wilhelm, C. (2018):
  Long-term biogas production from glycolate by diverse and highly dynamic communities
  Microorganisms 6 (4), art. 130
  10.3390/microorganisms6040103
• Kahl, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Nivala, J., van Afferden, M., Reemtsma, T. (2018):
  Emerging biodegradation of the previously persistent artificial sweetener acesulfame in biological wastewater treatment
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (5), 2717 - 2725
  10.1021/acs.est.7b05619
• Keller, A.H., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C. (2018):
  Correction to: Anaerobic benzene mineralization by nitrate-reducing and sulfate-reducing microbial consortia enriched from the same site: comparison of community composition and degradation characteristics (vol 75, pg 941, 2017)
  Microb. Ecol. 75 (4), 954 - 954
  10.1007/s00248-017-1111-y
• Keller, A.H., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C. (2018):
  Anaerobic benzene mineralization by nitrate-reducing and sulfate-reducing microbial consortia enriched
  from the same site: comparison of community composition and degradation characteristics
  Microb. Ecol. 75 (4), 941 - 953
  10.1007/s00248-017-1100-1
• Kleinsteuber, S. (2018):
  Metagenomics of methanogenic communities in anaerobic digesters
  In: Stams, A.J.M., Sousa, D.Z. (eds.)
  Biogenesis of hydrocarbons
  Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
  Springer International Publishing, Cham,
  10.1007/978-3-319-53114-4_16-1
• Ozbayram, E.G., Ince, O., Ince, B., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2018):
  Comparison of rumen and manure microbiomes and implications for the inoculation of anaerobic digesters
  Microorganisms 6 (1), art. 15
  10.3390/microorganisms6010015
• Ozbayram, E.G., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M., Ince, B., Ince, O. (2018):
  Enrichment of lignocellulose-degrading microbial communities from natural and engineered methanogenic environments
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 102 (2), 1035 - 1043
  10.1007/s00253-017-8632-7
• Ozbayram, E.G., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M., Ince, B., Ince, O. (2018):
  Bioaugmentation of anaerobic digesters treating lignocellulosic feedstock by enriched microbial consortia
  Eng. Life Sci. 18 (7), 440 - 446
  10.1002/elsc.201700199
• Robles, C., Nair, R.B., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M., Sárvári Horváth, I. (2018):
  Biogas production: microbiological aspects
  In: Tabatabaei, M., Ghanavati, H. (eds.)
  Biogas, biofuel and biorefinery technologies
  Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies Vol. 6
  Springer, p. 163 - 198
  10.1007/978-3-319-77335-3_7
• Sträuber, H., Bühligen, F., Kleinsteuber, S., Dittrich‐Zechendorf, M. (2018):
  Carboxylic acid production from ensiled crops in anaerobic solid‐state fermentation ‐ trace elements as pH controlling agents support microbial chain elongation with lactic acid
  Eng. Life Sci. 18 (7), 447 - 458
  10.1002/elsc.201700186
• Wintsche, B., Jehmlich, N., Popp, D., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2018):
  Metabolic adaptation of methanogens in anaerobic digesters upon trace element limitation
  Front. Microbiol. 9 , art. 405
  10.3389/fmicb.2018.00405

2017 (4)

• Lucas, R., Groeneveld, J., Harms, H., Johst, K., Frank, K., Kleinsteuber, S. (2017):
  A critical evaluation of ecological indices for the comparative analysis of microbial communities based on molecular datasets
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 93 (1), fiw209
  10.1093/femsec/fiw209
• Ozbayram, E.G., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M., Ince, B., Ince, O. (2017):
  Effect of bioaugmentation by cellulolytic bacteria enriched from sheep rumen on methane production from wheat straw
  Anaerobe 46 , 122 - 130
  10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.03.013
• Popp, D., Plugge, C.M., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Sträuber, H. (2017):
  Inhibitory effect of coumarin on syntrophic fatty acid-oxidizing and methanogenic cultures and biogas reactor microbiomes
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 83 (13), e00438-17
  10.1128/AEM.00438-17
• Thrän, D., Kleinsteuber, S., Liebetrau, J., Simon, S., Krautkremer, B., Baur, F., Guss, H. (2017):
  Smart bioenergy concept - Aufgaben der Bioenergie im Energiesystem der Zukunft
  In: Szczepanski, P., Wunschick, F., Martin, N. (Hrsg.)
  Forschung für die Energiewende - Die Gestaltung des Energiesystems. Beiträge zur Jahrestagung 2016 des ForschungsVerbunds Erneuerbare Energien, 2. und 3. November 2016, Umweltforum Berlin
  FVEE-Themen 2016
  ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE), Berlin, 76 - 80

2016 (7)

• Akyol, C., Ozbayram, E.G., Kleinsteuber, S., Ince, B. (2016):
  Anaerobic co-digestion of cow manure and barley: Effect of cow manure to barley ratio on methane production and digestion stability
  Environ. Prog. Sustain. Energy 35 (2), 589 - 595
  10.1002/ep.12250
• Bühligen, F., Lucas, R., Nikolausz, M., Kleinsteuber, S. (2016):
  A T-RFLP database for the rapid profiling of methanogenic communities in anaerobic digesters
  Anaerobe 39 , 114 - 116
  10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.03.013
• Starke, R., Keller, A., Jehmlich, N., Vogt, C., Richnow, H.H., Kleinsteuber, S., von Bergen, M., Seifert, J. (2016):
  Pulsed ¹³C₂-acetate protein-SIP unveils Epsilonproteobacteria as dominant acetate utilizers in a sulfate-reducing microbial community mineralizing benzene
  Microb. Ecol. 71 (4), 901 - 911
  10.1007/s00248-016-0731-y
• Sträuber, H., Lucas, R., Kleinsteuber, S. (2016):
  Metabolic and microbial community dynamics during the anaerobic digestion of maize silage in a two-phase process
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 100 (1), 479 - 491
  10.1007/s00253-015-6996-0
• Wintsche, B., Glaser, K., Sträuber, H., Centler, F., Liebetrau, J., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2016):
  Trace elements induce predominance among methanogenic activity in anaerobic digestion
  Front. Microbiol. 7 , art. 2034
  10.3389/fmicb.2016.02034
• Ziganshin, A.M., Schmidt, T., Lv, Z., Liebetrau, J., Richnow, H.H., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M. (2016):
  Reduction of the hydraulic retention time at constant high organic loading rate to reach the microbial limits of anaerobic digestion in various reactor systems
  Bioresour. Technol. 217 , 62 - 71
  10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.096
• Ziganshin, A.M., Ziganshina, E.E., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M. (2016):
  Comparative analysis of methanogenic communities in different laboratory-scale anaerobic digesters
  Archaea 2016 , art. 3401272
  10.1155/2016/3401272

2015 (4)

• Keller, A.H., Schleinitz, K.M., Starke, R., Bertilsson, S., Vogt, C., Kleinsteuber, S. (2015):
  Metagenome-based metabolic reconstruction revealsthe ecophysiological function of Epsilonproteobacteria in a hydrocarbon-contaminated sulfidic aquifer
  Front. Microbiol. 6 , art. 1396
  10.3389/fmicb.2015.01396
• Lucas, R., Kuchenbuch, A., Fetzer, I., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2015):
  Long-term monitoring reveals stable and remarkably similar microbial communities in parallel full-scale biogas reactors digesting energy crops
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 91 (3), fiv004
  10.1093/femsec/fiv004
• Popp, D., Schrader, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Harms, H., Sträuber, H. (2015):
  Biogas production from coumarin-rich plants—inhibition by coumarin and recovery by adaptation of the bacterial community
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 91 (9), fiv103
  10.1093/femsec/fiv103
• Sträuber, H., Bühligen, F., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M., Porsch, K. (2015):
  Improved anaerobic fermentation of wheat straw by alkaline pre-treatment and addition of alkali-tolerant microorganisms
  Bioengineering-Basel 2 (2), 66 - 93
  10.3390/bioengineering2020066

2014 (6)

• Bozinovski, D., Taubert, M., Kleinsteuber, S., Richnow, H.-H., von Bergen, M., Vogt, C., Seifert, J. (2014):
  Metaproteogenomic analysis of a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture reveals genomic organization of key enzymes in the m-xylene degradation pathway and metabolic activity of proteobacteria
  Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 37 (7), 488 - 501
  10.1016/j.syapm.2014.07.005
• Dorer, C., Vogt, C., Kleinsteuber, S., Stams, A.J.M., Richnow, H.-H. (2014):
  Compound-specific isotope analysis as a tool to characterize biodegradation of ethylbenzene
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (16), 9122 - 9132
  10.1021/es500282t
• Kleinsteuber, S. (2014):
  Editorial: Special Issue on "Microbial ecology of anaerobic digestion"
  Bioengineering-Basel 1 (2), 111 - 112
  10.3390/bioengineering1020111
• Kuppardt, A., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C., Lüders, T., Harms, H., Chatzinotas, A. (2014):
  Phylogenetic and functional diversity within toluene-degrading, sulphate-reducing consortia enriched from a contaminated aquifer
  Microb. Ecol. 68 (2), 222 - 234
  10.1007/s00248-014-0403-8
• Poser, A., Vogt, C., Knöller, K., Ahlheim, J., Weiss, H., Kleinsteuber, S., Richnow, H.-H. (2014):
  Stable sulfur and oxygen isotope fractionation of anoxic sulfide oxidation by two different enzymatic pathways
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (16), 9094 - 9102
  10.1021/es404808r
• Schmidt, T., Ziganshin, A.M., Nikolausz, M., Scholwin, F., Nelles, M., Kleinsteuber, S., Pröter, J. (2014):
  Effects of the reduction of the hydraulic retention time to 1.5 days at constant organic loading in CSTR, ASBR, and fixed-bed reactors - Performance and methanogenic community composition
  Biomass Bioenerg. 69 , 241 - 248
  10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.07.021

2013 (5)

• Leibeling, S., Maeß, M.B., Centler, F., Kleinsteuber, S., von Bergen, M., Thullner, M., Harms, H., Müller, R.H. (2013):
  Posttranslational oxidative modification of (R)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (RdpA) leads to improved degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D)
  Eng. Life Sci. 13 (3), 278 - 291
  10.1002/elsc.201100093
• Nikolausz, M., Walter, R.F.H., Sträuber, H., Liebetrau, J., Schmidt, T., Kleinsteuber, S., Bratfisch, F., Günther, U., Richnow, H.H. (2013):
  Evaluation of stable isotope fingerprinting techniques for the assessment of the predominant methanogenic pathways in anaerobic digesters
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 97 (5), 2251 - 2262
  10.1007/s00253-012-4657-0
• Tischer, K., Kleinsteuber, S., Schleinitz, K.M., Fetzer, I., Spott, O., Stange, F., Lohse, U., Franz, J., Neumann, F., Gerling, S., Schmidt, C., Hasselwander, E., Harms, H., Wendeberg, A. (2013):
  Microbial communities along biogeochemical gradients in a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer
  Environ. Microbiol. 15 (9), 2603 - 2615
  10.1111/1462-2920.12168
• Wagner, A., Segler, L., Kleinsteuber, S., Sawers, G., Smidt, H., Lechner, U. (2013):
  Regulation of reductive dehalogenase gene transcription in Dehalococcoides mccartyi
  Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 368 (1616), art. 20120317
  10.1098/rstb.2012.0317
• Ziganshin, A.M., Liebetrau, J., Pröter, J., Kleinsteuber, S. (2013):
  Microbial community structure and dynamics during anaerobic digestion of various agricultural waste materials
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 97 (11), 5161 - 5174
  10.1007/s00253-013-4867-0

2012 (6)

• Kleinsteuber, S., Schleinitz, K.M., Vogt, C. (2012):
  Key players and team play: anaerobic microbial communities in hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifers
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 94 (4), 851 - 873
  10.1007/s00253-012-4025-0
• Maskow, T., Paufler, S., Sträuber, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2012):
  The potential of calorespirometry for control and analysis of biogas processes
  1st UFZ Energy Days 2012: 4-5 April 2012. Book of abstracts
  UFZ Report 6/2012
  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, p. 8
• Müller, S., Hübschmann, T., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C. (2012):
  High resolution single cell analytics to follow microbial community dynamics in anaerobic ecosystems
  Methods 57 (3), 338 - 349
  10.1016/j.ymeth.2012.04.001
• Sträuber, H., Schröder, M., Kleinsteuber, S. (2012):
  Metabolic and microbial community dynamics during the hydrolytic and acidogenic fermentation in a leach-bed process
  Energy Sustain. Soc. 2 , art. 13
  10.1186/2192-0567-2-13
• Taubert, M., Vogt, C., Wubet, T., Kleinsteuber, S., Tarkka, M.T., Harms, H., Buscot, F., Richnow, H.-H., von Bergen, M., Seifert, J. (2012):
  Protein-SIP enables time-resolved analysis of the carbon flux in a sulfate-reducing, benzene-degrading microbial consortium
  ISME J. 6 (12), 2291 - 2301
  10.1038/ismej.2012.68
• Ziganshin, A.M., Ziganshina, E.E., Kleinsteuber, S., Pröter, J., Ilinskaya, O.N. (2012):
  Methanogenic community dynamics during anaerobic utilization of agricultural wastes
  Acta Naturae 4 (4), 91 - 97

2011 (3)

• Bombach, P., Hübschmann, T., Fetzer, I., Kleinsteuber, S., Geyer, R., Harms, H., Müller, S. (2011):
  Resolution of natural microbial community dynamics by community fingerprinting, flow cytometry, and trend interpretation analysis
  In: Müller, S., Bley, T. (eds.)
  High resolution microbial single cell analytics
  Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol. 124
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 151 - 181
  10.1007/10_2010_82
• Vogt, C., Kleinsteuber, S., Richnow, H.H. (2011):
  Anaerobic benzene degradation by bacteria
  Microb. Biotechnol. 4 (6), 710 - 724
  10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00260.x
• Ziganshin, A.M., Schmidt, T., Scholwin, F., Il'inskaya, O.N., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2011):
  Bacteria and archaea involved in anaerobic digestion of distillers grains with solubles
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 89 (6), 2039 - 2052
  10.1007/s00253-010-2981-9

2010 (7)

• Herrmann, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Chatzinotas, A., Kuppardt, A., Lueders, T., Richnow, H.H., Vogt, C. (2010):
  Functional characterization of an anaerobic benzene-degrading enrichment culture by DNA stable isotope probing
  Environ. Microbiol. 12 (2), 401 - 411
  10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02077.x
• Jehmlich, N., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C., Benndorf, D., Harms, H., Schmidt, F., von Bergen, M., Seifert, J. (2010):
  Phylogenetic and proteomic analysis of an anaerobic toluene-degrading community
  J. Appl. Microbiol. 109 (6), 1937 - 1945
  10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04823.x
• Koschorreck, M., Geller, W., Neu, T.R., Kleinsteuber, S., Kunze, T., Trosiener, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2010):
  Structure and function of the microbial community in an in situ reactor to treat an acidic mine pit lake
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 73 (2), 385 - 395
  10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00886.x
• Schleinitz, K.M., Vallaeys, T., Kleinsteuber, S. (2010):
  Structural characterization of ISCR8, ISCR22, and ISCR23, subgroups of IS91-like insertion elements
  Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 54 (10), 4321 - 4328
  10.1128/AAC.00006-10
• Wick, L.Y., Buchholz, F., Fetzer, I., Kleinsteuber, S., Härtig, C., Shi, L., Miltner, A., Harms, H., Pucci, G.N. (2010):
  Responses of soil microbial communities to weak electric fields
  Sci. Total Environ. 408 (20), 4886 - 4893
  10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.048
• Witzig, M., Boguhn, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Fetzer, I., Rodehutscord, M. (2010):
  Effect of the corn silage to grass silage ratio and feed particle size of diets for ruminants on the ruminal Bacteroides-Prevotella community in vitro
  Anaerobe 16 (4), 412 - 419
  10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.05.002
• Witzig, M., Boguhn, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Fetzer, I., Rodehutscord, M. (2010):
  Influence of the maize silage to grass silage ratio and feed particle size of rations for ruminants on the community structure of ruminal Firmicutes in vitro
  J. Appl. Microbiol. 109 (6), 1998 - 2010
  10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04829.x

2009 (6)

• Günther, S., Trutnau, M., Kleinsteuber, S., Hause, G., Bley, T., Röske, I., Harms, H., Müller, S. (2009):
  Dynamics of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria in wastewater treatment plant microbial communities detected via DAPI (4',6'-diamidino-2-phenylindole) and tetracycline labeling
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 75 (7), 2111 - 2121
  10.1128/aem.01540-08
• Müller, S., Vogt, C., Laube, M., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2009):
  Community dynamics within a bacterial consortium during growth on toluene under sulfate-reducing conditions
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 70 (3), 586 - 596
  10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00768.x
• Porsch, K., Meier, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2009):
  Importance of different physiological groups of iron reducing microorganisms in an acidic mining lake remediation experiment
  Microb. Ecol. 57 (4), 701 - 717
  10.1007/s00248-009-9505-0
• Schleinitz, K.M., Schmeling, S., Jehmlich, N., von Bergen, M., Harms, H., Kleinsteuber, S., Vogt, C., Fuchs, G. (2009):
  Phenol degradation in the strictly anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium Geobacter metallireducens GS-15
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 75 (12), 3912 - 3919
  10.1128/aem.01525-08
• Wagner, A., Adrian, L., Kleinsteuber, S., Andreesen, J.R., Lechner, U. (2009):
  Transcription analysis of genes encoding homologues of reductive dehalogenases in "Dehalococcoides" sp. strain CBDB1 by using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and quantitative PCR
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 75 (7), 1876 - 1884
  10.1128/aem.01042-08
• Wendt-Potthoff, K., Porsch, K., Meier, J., Kleinsteuber, S. (2009):
  Iron reducing community in an acidic mining lake remediation experiment
  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73 (13 Suppl.), A1428
  10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.027

2008 (3)

• Herrmann, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Neu, T.R., Richnow, H.H., Vogt, C. (2008):
  Enrichment of anaerobic benzene-degrading microorganisms by in situ microcosms
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 63 (1), 94 - 106
  10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00401.x
• Kleinsteuber, S., Müller, F.D., Chatzinotas, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Harms, H. (2008):
  Diversity and in situ quantification of Acidobacteria subdivision 1 in an acidic mining lake
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 63 (1), 107 - 117
  10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00402.x
• Kleinsteuber, S., Schleinitz, K.M., Breitfeld, J., Harms, H., Richnow, H.H., Vogt, C. (2008):
  Molecular characterization of bacterial communities mineralizing benzene under sulfate-reducing conditions
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 66 (1), 143 - 157
  10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00536.x

2007 (2)

• Kiesel, B., Müller, R.H., Kleinsteuber, S. (2007):
  Adaptive potential of alkaliphilic bacteria towards chloroaromatic substrates assessed by a gfp-tagged 2,4-D degradation plasmid
  Eng. Life Sci. 7 (4), 361 - 372
  10.1002/elsc.200720200
• Ramig, S., Vogt, C., Kleinsteuber, S., Hübschmann, T., Harms, H., Müller, S. (2007):
  Populations profiles of the BTEX degrading enrichment culture L-D1 under balanced and non balanced growth conditions
  Cytom. Part A 71A (9), 760
  10.1002/cyto.a.20451

2006 (2)

• Kleinsteuber, S., Riis, V., Fetzer, I., Harms, H., Müller, S. (2006):
  Population dynamics within a microbial consortium during growth on diesel fuel in saline environments
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 72 (5), 3531 - 3542
  10.1128/aem.72.5.3531-3542.2006
• Meier, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Bozau, E., Koschorreck, M., Geller, W., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2006):
  Remediation from a microbial point of view - the pilot scale neutralization experiment in acidic pit lake 111 (Lusatia, Germany)
  Reclamation and Remediation: Policy to Practice. Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA) and International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists (IALR) Conference Proceedings, Ottawa/Ontario, 20.-23.8.2006

2005 (1)

• Vogt, C., Lösche, A., Kleinsteuber, S., Müller, S. (2005):
  Population profiles of a stable, commensalistic bacterial culture grown with toluene under sulphate-reducing conditions
  Cytom. Part A 66A (2), 91 - 102
  10.1002/cyto.a.20158

2004 (3)

• Maskow, T., Kleinsteuber, S. (2004):
  Carbon and energy fluxes during haloadaptation of Halomonas sp. EF11 growing on phenol
  Extremophiles 8 (2), 133 - 141
  10.1007/s00792-003-0372-1
• Schleinitz, K.M., Kleinsteuber, S., Vallaeys, T., Babel, W. (2004):
  Erratum to "Localization and characterization of two novel genes encoding stereospecific dioxygenases catalyzing 2(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate cleavage in Delftia acidovorans MC1" (vol 70, pg 5357, 2004)
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 70 (11), 6948 - 6948
  10.1128/AEM.70.11.6948.2004
• Schleinitz, K.M., Kleinsteuber, S., Vallaeys, T., Babel, W. (2004):
  Localization and characterization of two novel genes encoding stereospecific dioxygenases catalyzing 2(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate cleavage in Delftia acidovorans MC1
  Appl. Environ. Microb. 70 (9), 5357 - 5365
  10.1128/AEM.70.9.5357-5365.2004

2003 (2)

• Hoffmann, D., Kleinsteuber, S., Müller, R.H., Babel, W. (2003):
  A transposon encoding the complete 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation pathway in the alkalitolerant strain Delftia acidovorans P4a
  Microbiology-(UK) 149 (9), 2545 - 2556
  10.1099/mic.0.026260-0
• Riis, V., Kleinsteuber, S., Babel, W. (2003):
  Influence of high salinities on the degradation of diesel fuel by bacterial consortia
  Can. J. Microbiol. 49 (11), 713 - 721
  10.1139/w03-083

2001 (3)

• Hoffmann, D., Kleinsteuber, S., Müller, R.H., Babel, W. (2001):
  Development and application of PCR primers for the detection of the tfd genes in Delftia acidovorans P4a involved in the degradation of 2,4-D
  Acta Biotechnol. 21 (4), 321 - 331
  10.1002/1521-3846(200111)21:4<321::AID-ABIO321>3.0.CO;2-I
• Kleinsteuber, S., Müller, R.H., Babel, W. (2001):
  Expression of the 2,4-D degradative pathway of pJP4 in an alkaliphilic, moderately halophilic soda lake isolate, Halomonas sp. EF43
  Extremophiles 5 (6), 375 - 384
  10.1007/s007920100202
• Müller, R.H., Kleinsteuber, S., Babel, W. (2001):
  Physiological and genetic characteristics of two bacterial strains utilizing phenoxypropionate and phenoxyacetate herbicides
  Microbiol. Res. 156 (2), 121 - 131
  10.1078/0944-5013-00089

2000 (1)

• Kiesel, B., Kleinsteuber, S. (2000):
  Mikrobiologen bringen Bakterien zum Leuchten
  UFZ-Jahresbericht '98-'99
  UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, S. 172 - 177

1999 (1)

• Müller, R.H., Jorks, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Babel, W. (1999):
  Comamonas acidovorans strain MC1: a new isolate capable of degrading the chiral herbicides dichlorprop and mecoprop and the herbicides 2,4-D and MCPA
  Microbiol. Res. 154 , 241 - 246
  10.1016/S0944-5013(99)80021-4

1998 (2)

• Kleinsteuber, S., Hoffmann, D., Müller, R.H., Babel, W. (1998):
  Detection of chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase genes in proteobacteria by PCR and gene probes
  Acta Biotechnol. 18 (3), 231 - 240
  10.1002/abio.370180306
• Müller, R.H., Jorks, S., Kleinsteuber, S., Babel, W. (1998):
  Degradation of various chlorophenols under alkaline conditions by Gram-negative bacteria closely related to Ochrobactrum anthropi
  J. Basic Microbiol. 38 (4), 269 - 281
  10.1002/(SICI)1521-4028(199809)38:4<269::AID-JOBM269>3.0.CO;2-P

1997 (1)

• Quiñones, A., Wandt, G., Kleinsteuber, S., Messer, W. (1997):
  DnaA protein stimulates polA gene expression in Escherichia coli
  Mol. Microbiol. 23 (6), 1193 - 1202
  10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2961658.x