Publications

2007-2002

Orlando, J., Braker, G., Pommerenke, B. and Carú, M. (2012)
Diversity and activity of denitrifiers in arid soil ecosystems of Central Chile. Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology, in press.
Braker, G., Dörsch, P. and Bakken, L.R. (2012)
Genetic characterization of denitrifier communities with contrasting intrinsic functional traits. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 79, 542-554.
(online access)
Dörsch, P., Braker, G. and Bakken, L.R. (2012)
Community specific pH response of denitrification: experiments with cells extracted from organic soils. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 79, 530-541.
(online access)
Braker, G. and Conrad, R. (2011)
Diversity, structure and size of N2O-producing microbial communities - what matters for their functioning? Advances in Applied Microbiology, 75, 33-70.
(online access)
Falk, S., Liu, B., and Braker, G. (2010)
Isolation, genetic and functional characterization of novel soil nirK-type denitrifiers. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 33, 337-347.
(online access)
Braker, G., Schwarz, J. and Conrad. R. (2010)
Influence of temperature on the composition and activity of denitrifying soil communities. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 73, 134-48.
(online access)
Bremer, C., Braker, G., Matthies, D. Beierkuhnlein, C. and Conrad, R. (2009)
Plant diversity and combination influence the overall denitrifier function and the composition of nirK-type denitrifier communities in grassland soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 70, 377-387. (online access)
Pratscher J, Stichternoth C, Fichtl K, Schleifer KH, Braker G.(2009)
Application of recognition of individual genes-fluorescence in situ hybridization (RING-FISH) to detect nitrite reductase genes (nirK) of denitrifiers in pure cultures and environmental samples. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 75(3):802-10
Sorokin, D.Y., Tourova, T.P., Braker, G., and Muyzer, G. (2007)
Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 57: 1582 - 1589.
Falk, S., Hannig, M., Gliesche, C., Wardenga, R., Köster, M., Jürgens, K., and Braker, G. (2007)
nirS-containing denitrifier communities in the water column and sediment of the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences, 4: 255-268.
Bremer, C., Braker, G., Matthies, D., Reuter, A., Engels, C., and Conrad, R. (2007)
Impact of plant functional group, plant species, and sampling time on the composition of nirK-type denitrifier communities in soil. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 73: 6876-6884
Hallin, S., Philippot, L., and Braker, G. (2007)
Molecular tools to assess the diversity and numbers of denitrifying organisms in habitats. In: Biology of the nitrogen cycle. Eds. H. Bothe, S.J. Ferguson and W.E. Newton. Elsevier B.V.
Hannig, M., Braker, G., Dippner, J.W., and Jürgens, K. (2006)
Linking denitrifier community structure and prevalent biogeochemical parameters in the pelagial of the central Baltic Proper (Baltic Sea). FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 57:260-71.
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Castro-González, M., Braker, G., Farías, L, and Ulloa, O.(2005)
Communities of nirS-type denitrifiers in the water column of the oxygen minimum zone in the eastern South Pacific. Environ. Microbiol. 7:1298-1306.
(online access)
Ricke, P., Kolb, S., and Braker, G. (2005)
Application of a newly developed ARB-integrated in silico T-RFLP tool reveals the dominance of a novel pmoA cluster in a forest soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:1671-1673.
(online access)
Braker, G. and Tiedje, J.M. (2003)
Nitric oxide reductase (norB) genes from pure cultures and environmental samples. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:3476-3483.
(online access)
Avrahami, S., Conrad, R., and Braker, G. (2002)
Effect of soil ammonium concentration on N2O release and on the community structure of ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:5685-5692.
(online access)
Priemé, A., Braker, G., and Tiedje, J.M. (2002)
Diversity of nitrite reductase (nirK and nirS) gene fragments in forested upland and wetland soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1893-1900.
(online access)

2001-1998

Braker, G., Ayala-del-Rio, H.L., Devol, A.H., Fesefeldt, A., and Tiedje, J.M. (2001)
Community structure of denitrifiers, bacteria, and archaea along redox gradients in Pacific Northwest marine sediments by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of amplified nitrite reductase (nirS) and 16S rRNA genes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:1893-1901.
(online access)
Braker, G., Zhou, J., Wu, L., Devol, A.H., and Tiedje, J.M. (2000)
Nitrite reductase genes (nirK and nirS) as functional markers to investigate diversity of denitrifying bacteria in pacific northwest marine sediment communities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2096-2104.
(online access)
Labrenz, M., Collins, M.D., Lawson, P.A., Tindall, B.J., Braker, G., and Hirsch, P. (1998)
Antarctobacter heliothermus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium from hypersaline and heliothermal Ekho Lake. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48:1363-1372.
(online access)
Braker, G., Fesefeldt, A., and Witzel, K.-P. (1998)
Development of PCR primer systems for amplification of nitrite reductase genes (nirK and nirS) to detect denitrifying bacteria in environmental samples. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:3769-3775.
(online access)