Steffen Kümmel

Curriculum Vitae

Research

Publications & other contributions

• Bhattarai, S., Cassarini, C., Rene, E.R., Kümmel, S., Esposito, G., Lens, P.N.L., (2018):
  Enrichment of ANME‐2 dominated anaerobic methanotrophy from cold seep sediment in an external ultrafiltration membrane bioreactor
  Eng. Life Sci. 18 (6 ), 368 - 378
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• Chevallier, M.L., Cooper, M., Kümmel, S., Barbance, A., Le Paslier, D., Richnow, H.H., Saaidi, P.-L., Adrian, L., (2018):
  Distinct carbon isotope fractionation signatures during biotic and abiotic reductive transformation of chlordecone
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 52 (6), 3615 - 3624
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• Dalby, F.R., Hansen, M.J., Feilberg, A., Kümmel, S., Nikolausz, M., (2020):
  Effect of tannic acid combined with fluoride and lignosulfonic acid on anaerobic digestion in the agricultural waste management chain
  Bioresour. Technol. 307 , art. 123171
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• Filippini, M., Nijenhuis, I., Kümmel, S., Chiarini, V., Crosta, G., Richnow, H.H., Gargini, A., (2018):
  Multi-element compound specific stable isotope analysis of chlorinated aliphatic contaminants derived from chlorinated pitches
  Sci. Total Environ. 640-641 , 153 - 162
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• Franke, S., Kümmel, S., Nijenhuis, I., (2018):
  Liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry analysis of halogenated benzoates for characterization of the underlying degradation reaction in Thauera chlorobenzoica CB‐1^T
  Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 32 (11), 906 - 912
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• Gehre, M., Renpenning, J., Geilmann, H., Qi, H., Coplen, T.B., Kümmel, S., Ivdra, N., Brand, W.A., Schimmelmann, A., (2017):
  Optimization of on-line hydrogen stable isotope ratiomeasurements of halogen- and sulfur-bearing organic compounds using elemental analyzer–chromium/high-temperature conversion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA-Cr/HTC-IRMS)
  Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 31 (6), 475 - 484
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• Gilevska, T., Sullivan Ojeda, A., Renpenning, J., Kümmel, S., Gehre, M., Nijenhuis, I., (2020):
  Requirements for chromium reactors for use in the determination of H isotopes in compound-specific stable isotope analysis cf chlorinated compounds
  Anal. Chem. 92 (3), 2383 - 2387
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• Günthel, M., Klawonn, I., Woodhouse, J., Bižić, M., Ionescu, D., Ganzert, L., Kümmel, S., Nijenhuis, I., Zoccarato, L., Grossart, H.-P., Tang, K.W., (2020):
  Photosynthesis‐driven methane production in oxic lake water as an important contributor to methane emission
  Limnol. Oceanogr.
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• Hoth, N., Gniese, C., Rakoczy, J., Weber, A., Kümmel, S., Reichel, S., Freese, C., Hache, M., Kassahun, A., Schulz, A., Fischer, H., Mühling, M., Starke, R., Kahnt, R., Vogt, C., Richnow, H.-H., Krüger, M., Schippers, A., Schlömann, M., (2015):
  CO₂BioPerm — influence of bio-geochemical CO₂-transformation processes on the long-term permeability
  In: Liebscher, A., Münch, U., (eds.)
  Geological Storage of CO₂ – Long Term Security Aspects. GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report No. 22
  Advanced Technologies in Earth Sciences
  Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 73 - 96
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• Klawonn, I., Eichner, M.J., Wilson, S.T., Moradi, N., Thamdrup, B., Kümmel, S., Gehre, M., Khalili, A., Grossart, H.-P., Karl, D.M., Ploug, H., (2020):
  Distinct nitrogen cycling and steep chemical gradients in Trichodesmium colonies
  ISME J. 14 , 399 - 412
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• Kümmel, S., Herbst, F.-A., Bahr, A., Duarte, M., Pieper, D.H., Jehmlich, N., Seifert, J., von Bergen, M., Bombach, P., Richnow, H.H., Vogt, C., (2015):
  Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by sulfate-reducing Desulfobacteraceae from various anoxic aquifers
  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 91 (3), fiv006
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• Kümmel, S., Kuntze, K., Vogt, C., Boll, M., Heider, J., Richnow, H.H., (2013):
  Evidence for benzylsuccinate synthase subtypes obtained by using stable isotope tools
  J. Bacteriol. 195 (20), 4660 - 4667
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• Kümmel, S., Starke, R., Chen, G., Musat, F., Richnow, H.H., Vogt, C., (2016):
  Hydrogen isotope fractionation as a tool to identify aerobic and anaerobic PAH biodegradation
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 50 (6), 3091 - 3100
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• Lihl, C., Renpenning, J., Kümmel, S., Gelman, F., Schürner, H.K.V., Daubmeier, M., Heckel, B., Melsbach, A., Bernstein, A., Shouakar-Stash, O., Gehre, M., Elsner, M., (2019):
  Toward improved accuracy in chlorine isotope analysis: Synthesis routes for in-house standards and characterization via complementary mass spectrometry methods
  Anal. Chem. 91 , 12290 - 12297
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• Liu, J., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Yao, J., Schaefer, T., Herrmann, H., Richnow, H.-H., (2018):
  Carbon and hydrogen stable isotope analysis for characterizing the chemical degradation of tributyl phosphate
  Chemosphere 212 , 133 - 142
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• Liu, X., Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Merbach, I., Lal, R., Richnow, H.H., (2020):
  Compound-specific isotope analysis and enantiomer fractionation to characterize the transformation of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers in a soil–wheat pot system
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (14), 8690 - 8698
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• Liu, Y., Kümmel, S., Yao, J., Nijenhuis, I., Richnow, H.-H., (2020):
  Dual C–Cl isotope analysis for characterizing the anaerobic transformation of α, β, γ, and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane in contaminated aquifers
  Water Res. 184 , art. 116128
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• Löffler, M., Kümmel, S., Vogt, C., Richnow, H.-H., (2019):
  H₂ kinetic isotope fractionation superimposed by equilibrium isotope fractionation during hydrogenase activity of D. vulgaris strain Miyazaki
  Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 1545
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• Morris, B.E.L., Gissibl, A., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.-H., Boll, M., (2014):
  A PCR-based assay for the detection of anaerobic naphthalene degradation
  FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 354 (1), 55 - 59
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• Nijenhuis, I., Renpenning, J., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.H., Gehre, M., (2016):
  Recent advances in multi-element compound-specific stable isotope analysis of organohalides: Achievements, challenges and prospects for assessing environmental sources and transformation
  Trends Environ. Anal. Chem. 11 , 1 - 8
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• Sousa, D.Z., Visser, M., van Gelder, A.H., Boeren, S., Pieterse, M.M., Pinkse, M.W.H., Verhaert, P.D.E.M., Vogt, C., Franke, S., Kümmel, S., Stams, A.J.M., (2018):
  The deep-subsurface sulfate reducer Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii employs two methanol-degrading pathways
  Nat. Commun. 9 , art. 239
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• Stryhanyuk, H., Calabrese, F., Kümmel, S., Musat, F., Richnow, H.-H., Musat, N., (2018):
  Calculation of single cell assimilation rates from SIP-nanoSIMS-derived isotope ratios: a comprehensive approach
  Front. Microbiol. 9 , art. 2342
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• Torgonskaya, M.L., Zyakun, A.M., Trotsenko, Y.A., Laurinavichius, K.S., Kümmel, S., Vuilleumier, S., Richnow, H.H., (2019):
  Individual stages of bacterial dichloromethane degradation mapped by stable carbon and chlorine isotope analysis
  J. Environ. Sci. 78 , 147 - 160
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• Winkler, P., Kaiser, K., Jahn, R., Mikutta, R., Fiedler, S., Cerli, C., Kölbl, A., Schulz, S., Jankowska, M., Schloter, M., Müller-Niggemann, C., Schwark, L., Woche, S.K., Kümmel, S., Utami, S.R., Kalbitz, K., (2019):
  Tracing organic carbon and microbial community structure in mineralogically different soils exposed to redox fluctuations
  Biogeochemistry 143 (1), 31 - 54
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• Wu, L., Kümmel, S., Richnow, H.H., (2017):
  Validation of GC–IRMS techniques for δ¹³C and δ²H CSIA of organophosphorus compounds and their potential for studying the mode of hydrolysis in the environment
  Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 409 (10), 2581 - 2590
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