The role of micro‐organisms in the ecological connectivity of running waters

M Pusch, D Fiebig, I Brettar, H Eisenmann… - Freshwater …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian zones hold a central place in the hydrological cycle, owing to the prevalence of
surface and groundwater interactions. In riparian transition zones, the quality of exfiltrating …

Effects of Global Warming on Vibrio Ecology

L Vezzulli, E Pezzati, I Brettar, M Höfle… - Microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vibrio-related infections are increasing worldwide both in humans and aquatic animals. Rise
in global sea surface temperature (SST), which is approximately 1C higher now than 140 …

Molecular assessment of bacterial pathogens—a contribution to drinking water safety

I Brettar, MG Höfle - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2008 - Elsevier
Human bacterial pathogens are considered as an increasing threat to drinking water
supplies worldwide because of the growing demand of high-quality drinking water and the …

Climate influence on Vibrio and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic

…, M Edwards, MG Höfle, I Brettar… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change is having a dramatic impact on marine animal and plant communities but little
is known of its influence on marine prokaryotes, which represent the largest living biomass …

Long-term effects of ocean warming on the prokaryotic community: evidence from the vibrios

L Vezzulli, I Brettar, E Pezzati, PC Reid… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The long-term effects of ocean warming on prokaryotic communities are unknown because
of lack of historical data. We overcame this gap by applying a retrospective molecular …

Lysogeny and virus‐induced mortality of bacterioplankton in surface, deep, and anoxic marine waters

MG Weinbauer, I Brettar… - Limnology and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Lysogeny (bacteria containing inducible prophages) and lytic viral infection (bacteria in a
lytic stage of infection) were investigated at the community level in contrasting marine …

Composition and dynamics of bacterial communities of a drinking water supply system as assessed by RNA-and DNA-based 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting

…, C Höltje, P Westphal, J Bötel, I Brettar… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial community dynamics of a whole drinking water supply system (DWSS) were studied
from source to tap. Raw water for this DWSS is provided by two reservoirs with different …

Analysis of structure and composition of bacterial core communities in mature drinking water biofilms and bulk water of a citywide network in Germany

K Henne, L Kahlisch, I Brettar… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The bacterial core communities of bulk water and corresponding biofilms of a more than 20-year-old
drinking water network were compared using 16S rRNA single-strand confirmation …

Denitrification in the Central Baltic: evidence for H2S-oxidation as motor of denitrification at the oxic-anoxic interface

I Brettar, G Rheinheimer - Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, 1991 - int-res.com
Denitrification was investigated in August 1986 and July 1987 in the water column of the
Gotland Deep, an anoxic basin in the Baltic Proper. Denitrification rates were determined by …

Shewanella denitrificans sp. nov., a vigorously denitrifying bacterium isolated from the oxic-anoxic interface of the Gotland Deep in the central Baltic Sea.

I Brettar, R Christen, MG Höfle - International journal of …, 2002 - microbiologyresearch.org
Three strains of denitrifying estuarine bacteria, OS217(T), 05220 and OS226, were
characterized for their physiological and biochemical features, fatty acid profiles and their …