Publications

Walther, C.; Vallet, M.; Reichelt, M.; Giri, P.; Rothe, B.; Medina van Berkum, P.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: A fungal endophyte alters poplar leaf chemistry, deters insect feeding and shapes insect community assembly. Ecology Letters 28 (2), e70007 (2025)

Azizah, M.; Pohnert, G.: 2-Homoectoine: An additional member of the ectoine family from phyto- and bacterioplankton involved in osmoadaptation. Journal of Natural Products 87 (1), pp. 50 - 57 (2024)

Deng, Y.; Yu, R.; Grabe, V.; Sommermann, T.; Werner, M.; Vallet, M.; Zerfaß, C.; Werz, O.; Pohnert, G.: Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites. Nature Microbiology 9, pp. 2356 - 2368 (2024)

Lehnert, A.-S.; Cooper, R. E.; Ignatz, R.; Ruecker, A.; Gomes-Alves, E.; Küsel, K.; Pohnert, G.; Trumbore, S. E.: Dimethyl sulfide emissions from a peatland result more from organic matter degradation than sulfate reduction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 129 (1), e2023JG007449 (2024)

O'Niel, R. A.; Pohnert, G.; Vallet, M.: The impact of temperature on host–parasite interactions and metabolomic profiles in the marine diatom Coscinodiscus granii. Plants 13 (23), 3415 (2024)

Vallet, M.: Chemical ecology of plankton parasitism in algae. Botanica Marina 67 (3), pp. 211 - 229 (2024)

Klapper, F. A.; Kiel, C.; Bellstedt, P.; Vyverman, W.; Pohnert, G.: Structure elucidation of the first sex-inducing pheromone of a diatom. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English 62 (43), e202307165 (2023)

Lazar, C. S.; Schwab, V. F.; Ueberschaar, N.; Pohnert, G.; Trumbore, S. E.; Küsel, K.: Microbial degradation and assimilation of veratric acid in oxic and anoxic groundwaters. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1252498 (2023)

Vallet, M.; Kaftan, F.; Buaya, A.; Thines, M.; Guillou, L.; Svatoš, A.; Pohnert, G.: Single-cell metabolome profiling for phenotyping parasitic diseases in phytoplankton. Frontiers in Analytical Science 2, 1051955 (2023)

Azizah, M.; Pohnert, G.: Orchestrated response of intracellular zwitterionic metabolites in stress adaptation of the halophilic heterotrophic bacterium Pelagibaca bermudensis. Marine Drugs 20 (11), 727 (2022)

Deng, Y.; Mauri, M.; Vallet, M.; Staudinger, M.; Allen, R. J.; Pohnert, G.: Dynamic diatom-bacteria consortia in synthetic plankton communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 88 (22), e0161922 (2022)

Deng, Y.; Vallet, M.; Pohnert, G.: Temporal and spatial signaling mediating the balance of the plankton microbiome. Annual Review of Marine Science 14, pp. 239 - 260 (2022)

Nils Meyer, N.; Rydzyk, A.; Pohnert, G.: Pronounced uptake and metabolism of organic substrates by diatoms revealed by pulse-labeling metabolomics. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 821167 (2022)

Schroeter, S. A.; Eveillard, D.; Chaffron, S.; Zoppi, J.; Kampe, B.; Lohmann, P.; Jehmlich, N.; von Bergen, M.; Sanchez-Arcos, C.; Pohnert, G. et al.; Taubert, M.; Küsel, K.; Gleixner, G.: Microbial community functioning during plant litter decomposition. Scientific Reports 12, 7451 (2022)

Fenizia, S.; Weissflog, J.; Pohnert, G.: Cysteinolic acid is a widely distributed compatible solute of marine microalgae. Marine Drugs 19 (12), 683 (2021)

Klapper, F.; Audoor, S.; Vyverman, W.; Pohnert, G.: Pheromone mediated sexual reproduction of pennate diatom Cylindrotheca closterium. Journal of Chemical Ecology 47, pp. 504 - 512 (2021)

Vallet, M.; Kaftan, F.; Grabe, V.; Ghaderiardakani, F.; Fenizia, S.; Svatoš, A.; Pohnert, G.; Wichard, T.: A new glance at the chemosphere of macroalgal–bacterial interactions: In situ profiling of metabolites in symbiosis by mass spectrometry. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 17, pp. 1313 - 1322 (2021)

Baumeister, T. U. H.; Vallet, M.; Kaftan, F.; Guillou, L.; Svatoš, A.; Pohnert, G.: Identification to species level of live single microalgal cells from plankton samples with matrix-free laser/desorption ionization mass spectrometry. Metabolomics 16 (3), 28 (2020)

Fenizia, S.; Thume, K.; Wirgenings, M.; Pohnert, G.: Ectoine from bacterial and algal origin is a compatible solute in microalgae. Marine Drugs 18 (1), 42 (2020)

Gao, C.; Fernandez, V. I.; Lee, K. S.; Fenizia, S.; Pohnert, G.; Seymour, J. R.; Raina, D.; Stocker, R.: Single-cell bacterial transcription measurements reveal the importance of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) hotspots in ocean sulfur cycling. Nature Communications 11, 1942 (2020)