Dr. Daniel Herlemann
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Research
The taste of salt
My research focuses on the adaptation of specific brackish bacterial species to fluctuating salinity levels in shallow water by combining metagenomic community profiling with the isolation of key species. Through time-series analysis, I investigate how shallow-water microbial populations respond to shifting environmental conditions and extreme events, with a particular emphasis on interactions with macroorganisms (such as seagrass) and the dynamics of pathogenic bacteria.
Current Reserach
Recent Publications
- Herlemann, Daniel PR; Delgado, Luis F; Riedinger, David J; Fernández-Juárez, Víctor; Andersson, Anders F; Pansch, Christian; Riemann, Lasse; Bengtsson, Mia M; Gyraitė, Greta; Kataržytė, Marija; ,Low impact of Zostera marina meadows on sediment and water microbiota under brackish conditions,Environmental microbiome,20,1,2,2025,Biomed central London
- Riedinger, David J; Hassenrück, Christiane; Herlemann, Daniel PR; Labrenz, Matthias; ,Global distribution and predictive modeling of Vibrio vulnificus abundance,Communications Earth & Environment,6,1,210,2025,Nature Publishing Group UK London
- Delgado, Luis F; Riedinger, David J; Fernández-Juárez, Victor; Herlemann, Daniel PR; Pansch, Christian; Kataržytė, Marija; Gyraitė, Greta; Reusch, Thorsten BH; Rakowski, Marcin; Piwosz, Kasia; ,Phylogeny-aware comparative genomics of Vibrio vulnificus links genetic traits to pathogenicity,bioRxiv,,2025.06. 02.657354,2025,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Voss, Maren; Holtermann, Peter; Ahmerkamp, Soeren; Martínez, Damian Leonardo Arévalo; Cahill, Bronwyn; Chouksey, Manita; Dippner, Joachim W; Dutz, Jörg; Feldens, Peter; Geersen, Jacob; Herlemann, Daniel PR;...,Coastal zones of the Baltic Sea in the Anthropocene: Current state and the impact of climate change,"Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science",,109504,2025,Academic Press
- Sassenhagen, Ingrid; Herlemann, Daniel PR; Gentsch, Kaja; Kremp, Anke; Labrenz, Matthias; Dutz, Jörg; ,The impact of temperature and sediment resuspension on microbial eukaryote recruitment from shallow Baltic Sea sediment,Frontiers in Microbiology,16,1654505,2025,Frontiers Media SA
- Chiriac, Maria-Cecilia; Layoun, Paul; Fernandes, Clafy; Szőke-Nagy, Tiberiu; Kasalicky, Vojtech; Okazaki, Yusuke; Woodhouse, Jason N; Grossart, Hans-Peter; Piwosz, Kasia; Znachor, Petr; Herlemann, Daniel PR; ... ,Ecological success in freshwater lakes: insights from novel cultivated lineages of the abundant Nanopelagicales order,Microbiome,14,1,27,2026,BioMed Central
- Herlemann, Daniel PR; Riedinger, David J; Fenández-Juárez, Victor; Delgado, Luis F; Andersson, Anders F; Pansch, Christian; Riemann, Lasse; Bengtsson, Mia M; Gyraite, Greta; Reusch, Thorsten BH; ,Generalist phyllosphere taxa dominate microbial communities on macrophytes across a natural salinity gradient,Environmental Microbiome,2026,BioMed Central
- seit 2023 Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
- seit 2018-2024 Estonian University of Life Sciences
- 2009-2017 Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
- 2006-2009 Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg
- 2005 Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig
- 2003 Auslandssemester and der Universität Klaipeda, Litauen
- 2000-2005 Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
Publications before 2016
Rieck, A., Herlemann D.P.R., Jürgens K. and Grossart H.-P. 2015. Particle-associated differ from free-living bacteria in surface waters of the Baltic Sea. Front. Microbiol. 6:1297. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01297
Bergen, B., Herlemann, D.P.R. and Jürgens, K. 2015. Zonation of bacterioplankton communities along aging upwelled water in the northern Benguela upwelling. Front. Microbiol. 6:621. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00621
Herlemann D.P.R., Woelk J., Labrenz M., and K.Jürgens. 2014. Diversity and abundance of “Pelagibacterales” (SAR11) in the Baltic Sea salinity gradient. Syst. Appl. Microbiol: 37, 601–604
Bergen, B., Herlemann, D.P.R., Labrenz, M., and K. Jürgens. 2014. Distribution of the verrucomicrobial clade Spartobacteria along a salinity gradient in the Baltic Sea. Environ Microb: 6, 625–630
Schulz-Bull D., Dittmar T., and K. Jürgens. 2014.Uncoupling of bacterial and terrigenous dissolved organic matter dynamics in decomposition experiments. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93945.
Herlemann D.P.R., Lundin D., Labrenz M., Jürgens K., Zheng Z., Aspeborg H., and A.F. Andersson. 2013. Metagenomic de novo assembly of an aquatic representative of the verrucomicrobial class Spartobacteria. mBio 4(3):e00569-12.
Herlemann D.P.R., Labrenz M., Jürgens K., Bertilsson S., Waniek J.J., and A.F. Andersson. 2011, Transitions in bacterial communities along the 2000 km salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea. ISMEJ 5: 1571–1579.
Herlemann D.P.R., Geissinger, O., Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Kunin, V., Sun, H, Lapidus A., Hugenholtz P., and A. Brune. 2009. Genome analysis of Elusimicrobium minutum, the first cultivated representative of the Elusimicrobia phylum (formerly Termite Group 1). Appl Environ Microbiol: 75, 2841-2849
Geissinger O., Herlemann, D.P.R., Maier U., and A. Brune. 2009. Elusimicrobium minutum gen. nov., the first isolate of the Termite Group 1 phylum. Appl Environ Microbiol: 75, 2831-2840.
Herlemann D.P.R., Geissinger, O., and A. Brune. 2007. The Termite Group 1 phylum is highly diverse and widespread in the environment. Appl Environ Microbiol: 73, 6682-6685.