Current work
Pathogen transport & early warning
Mechanistic prediction of norovirus contamination from sewer overflows to estuarine shellfish, with an operational forecast (
PreVir).
Ecological resilience
Energy-budget models of how organisms lose and regain the capacity to recover after disturbance.
Genome architecture
Quantifying how prokaryotic genomes are organised across thousands of genomes: gene overlap, operons, strandedness (
genomeArch).
Reproducible pathogen modelling
A toolkit and learning materials for waterborne-pathogen modelling, from data to models to insight (
WATERPATH).
Philosophy of biology
Rethinking bacterial “programmed cell death” as immune defence, and what a biological function is for.
Publications
2026
Water quality impacts on human health: towards an integrated, solution-oriented global assessment
Nynke Hofstra, Martina Flörke, Edward R. Jones, Issoufou Ouédraogo, Joel Podgorski, Eirini Politi, Katrin Schweden, Stefan Simis, Kerstin Stelzer, Maryna Strokal, M.J.H. van Vliet, Stijn H. Peeters
Environmental Research Water
2025
Response and adaptation of verrucomicrobial methanotrophs to heat and acidity
Rob A. Schmitz, Stijn H. Peeters, Theo A. van Alen, Anchélique Mets, Carmen Hogendoorn, Guylaine H. L. Nuijten, Carmen A. Iosif, Arjan Pol, Stefan Schouten, Mike S. M. Jetten, Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Archives of Microbiology
2024
Active coexistence of the novel gammaproteobacterial methanotroph ‘Ca. Methylocalor cossyra’ CH1 and verrucomicrobial methanotrophs in acidic, hot geothermal soil
Changqing Liu, Rob A. Schmitz, Arjan Pol, Carmen Hogendoorn, Daniël A M Verhagen, Stijn H. Peeters, Theo A. van Alen, Geert Cremers, Rob Mesman, Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Environmental Microbiology
2023
Simultaneous sulfide and methane oxidation by an extremophile
Rob A. Schmitz, Stijn H. Peeters, Sepehr S. Mohammadi, Tom Berben, Timo van Erven, Carmen A. Iosif, Theo van Alen, Wouter Versantvoort, Mike S. M. Jetten, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Arjan Pol
Nature Communications
2022
Mucisphaera calidilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel planctomycete of the class Phycisphaerae isolated in the shallow sea hydrothermal system of the Lipari Islands
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Christian Jogler, Stijn H. Peeters, Christian Boedeker, Mareike Jogler, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Sandra Wiegand
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
2021
2020
Additions to the genus Gimesia: description of Gimesia alba sp. nov., Gimesia algae sp. nov., Gimesia aquarii sp. nov., Gimesia aquatilis sp. nov., Gimesia fumaroli sp. nov. and Gimesia panareensis sp. nov., isolated from aquatic habitats of the Northern Hemisphere
Sandra Wiegand, Mareike Jogler, Christian Boedeker, Anja Heuer, Patrick Rast, Stijn H. Peeters, Mike S. M. Jetten, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Manfred Rohde, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Aureliella helgolandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete isolated from a jellyfish at the shore of the island Helgoland
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Christian Boedeker, Stijn H. Peeters, Mareike Jogler, Patrick Rast, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Blastopirellula retiformator sp. nov. isolated from the shallow-sea hydrothermal vent system close to Panarea Island
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Anja Heuer, Stephanie Rensink, Alje S. Boersma, Mareike Jogler, Christian Boedeker, Stijn H. Peeters, Patrick Rast, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Calycomorphotria hydatis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel species in the family Planctomycetaceae with conspicuous subcellular structures
Torsten Schubert, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Christian Boedeker, Stijn H. Peeters, Mareike Jogler, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Caulifigura coniformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Planctomycetaceae isolated from a red biofilm sampled in a hydrothermal area
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Christian Boedeker, Stijn H. Peeters, Mareike Jogler, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Description of Polystyrenella longa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from polystyrene particles incubated in the Baltic Sea
Stijn H. Peeters, Sandra Wiegand, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Mareike Jogler, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Christian Boedeker, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Description of the novel planctomycetal genus Bremerella, containing Bremerella volcania sp. nov., isolated from an active volcanic site, and reclassification of Blastopirellula cremea as Bremerella cremea comb. nov.
Stephanie Rensink, Sandra Wiegand, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Patrick Rast, Stijn H. Peeters, Anja Heuer, Christian Boedeker, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Mareike Jogler, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Lignipirellula cremea gen. nov., sp. nov., a planctomycete isolated from wood particles in a brackish river estuary
Stijn H. Peeters, Sandra Wiegand, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Mareike Jogler, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Christian Boedeker, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Maioricimonas rarisocia gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel planctomycete isolated from marine sediments close to Mallorca Island
Elena Rivas‐Marín, Sandra Wiegand, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Mareike Jogler, Stijn H. Peeters, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Christian Boedeker, Manfred Rohde, Damien P. Devos, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Rosistilla oblonga gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rosistilla carotiformis sp. nov., isolated from biotic or abiotic surfaces in Northern Germany, Mallorca, Spain and California, USA
Muhammad Waqqas, Markus Salbreiter, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Mareike Jogler, Sandra Wiegand, Anja Heuer, Patrick Rast, Stijn H. Peeters, Christian Boedeker, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Stieleria varia sp. nov., isolated from wood particles in the Baltic Sea, constitutes a novel species in the family Pirellulaceae within the phylum Planctomycetes
Frank Surup, Sandra Wiegand, Christian Boedeker, Anja Heuer, Stijn H. Peeters, Mareike Jogler, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler, Nicolai Kallscheuer
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Thalassoglobus polymorphus sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete isolated close to a public beach of Mallorca Island
Elena Rivas‐Marín, Sandra Wiegand, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Mareike Jogler, Stijn H. Peeters, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Christian Boedeker, Manfred Rohde, Damien P. Devos, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Three Planctomycetes isolated from biotic surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean constitute the novel species Symmachiella dynata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Symmachiella macrocystis sp. nov.
Markus Salbreiter, Muhammad Waqqas, Mareike Jogler, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Stijn H. Peeters, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Christian Boedeker, Patrick Rast, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana
Sandra Wiegand, Mareike Jogler, Christian Boedeker, Anja Heuer, Stijn H. Peeters, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
2019
Alienimonas californiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete isolated from the kelp forest in Monterey Bay
Alje S. Boersma, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Patrick Rast, Stijn H. Peeters, Rob Mesman, Anja Heuer, Christian Boedeker, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Mareike Jogler, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology
Sandra Wiegand, Mareike Jogler, Christian Boedeker, Daniela Pinto, John Vollmers, Elena Rivas‐Marín, Timo Kohn, Stijn H. Peeters, Anja Heuer, Patrick Rast, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Boyke Bunk, Olga Jeske, Anke Meyerdierks, Julia E. Storesund, Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sebastian Lücker, Olga Maria Lage, Thomas Pohl, Broder J. Merkel, P. Hornburger, Ralph-Walter Müller, Franz Brümmer, Matthias Labrenz, Alfred M. Spormann, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Jörg Overmann, Rudolf Amann, Mike S. M. Jetten, Thorsten Mascher, Marnix H. Medema, Damien P. Devos, Anne‐Kristin Kaster, Lise Øvreås, Manfred Rohde, Michael Y. Galperin, Christian Jogler
Nature Microbiology
Description of three bacterial strains belonging to the new genus Novipirellula gen. nov., reclassificiation of Rhodopirellula rosea and Rhodopirellula caenicola and readjustment of the genus threshold of the phylogenetic marker rpoB for Planctomycetaceae
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Stijn H. Peeters, Mareike Jogler, Christian Boedeker, Anja Heuer, Patrick Rast, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis sp. nov., Rhodopirellula pilleata sp. nov., and Rhodopirellula solitaria sp. nov. isolated from natural or artificial marine surfaces in Northern Germany and California, USA, and emended description of the genus Rhodopirellula
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Sandra Wiegand, Mareike Jogler, Christian Boedeker, Stijn H. Peeters, Patrick Rast, Anja Heuer, Mike S. M. Jetten, Manfred Rohde, Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
2018
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