Prof. Dr. Heide Schulz-Vogt

Expertise

Geomicrobiology

Interim Director IOW

Ecophysiology of large sulfur bacteria

Bacterial influence on N, P and S cycling

Lebenslauf

Professional career

2012
Head of Department of Biological Oceanography at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde (IOW), Germany

2012
Professor in Biological Oceanography, University Rostock, Germany

2012
Granting of the title Professor by the University Bremen, Germany

2007 – 2012
Head of the Group Ecophysiology in the Department of Microbiology at the Max-Planck-Institute for marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

2002 – 2007
Juniorprofessor at the Institute for Microbiology at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

2001 – 2002
Postdoctoral fellow in the Section Microbiology at the University of California in Davis, USA

2001
Postdoctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), USA

1999 – 2001
Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biogeochemistry at the Max-Planck-Institute for marine Microbiology, in Bremen, Germany

1999
Dissertation in the Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen (supervisor Prof. Bo Barker Jørgensen)

1995 – 1996
Research visit at the University of Concepcíon, Chile (DAAD stipend)

1995 – 1999
Ph.D.-student in the Department of Biogeochemistry at the Max-Planck-Institute for marine Microbiology, in Bremen, Germany

1995
Graduation Diploma in Biology, University of Bremen

1989 – 1995
studies of Biology at the University of Bremen; marine Biology, Zoology, Microbiology, Geology

 

Publikationen

Publikationen (unabhängig vom IOW)

Henkel, J. V., H. N. Schulz-Vogt, O. Dellwig, F. Pollehne, T. Schott, C. Meeske, S. Beier and K. Jurgens (2022). Biological manganese-dependent sulfide oxidation impacts elemental gradients in redox-stratified systems: indications from the Black Sea water column. ISME J. 16, 6: 1523-1533, doi: 10.1038/s41396-022-01200-3

Henkel, J. V., A. Vogts, J. Werner, T. R. Neu, S. Spröer, B. Bunk and H. N. Schulz-Vogt (2021): Candidatus Sulfurimonas marisnigri sp. nov. and Candidatus Sulfurimonas baltica sp. nov., thiotrophic manganese oxide reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the class Campylobacteria isolated from the pelagic redoxclines of the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. Syst.Appl.Microbiol. 44: 126155, doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126155

Jordan, S. F. A., T. Treude, I. Leifer, R. Janßen, J. Werner, H. N. Schulz-Vogt and O. Schmale (2020): Bubble-mediated transport of benthic microorganisms into the water column: Identification of methanotrophs and implication of seepage intensity on transport efficiency. Sci.Rep. 10: 4682, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61446-9

Janssen, M., M. Böttcher, M. Brede, H. Burchard, S. Forster, U. Karsten, P. Leinweber, B. Lennartz, G. Rehder, H. Schubert, H. N. Schulz-Vogt, I. M. Sokolova, M. Voss and G. Jurasinski (2019): The Baltic TRANSCOAST approach - investigating shallow coasts as terrestrial-marine interface of water and matter fluxes. EarthArXiv Preprints. EarthArXiv, https://eartharxiv.org/e7cj2/

Eigemann, F. and H. N. Schulz-Vogt (2019): Stable and labile associations of microorganisms with the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena. Aquat.Microb.Ecol. 83:281-293, doi: 10.3354/ameo1918

Eigemann, F., A. Vogts, M. Voss, L. Zoccarato and H. N. Schulz-Vogt (2019): Distinctive tasks of different cyanobacteria and associated bacteria in carbon as well as nitrogen fixation and cycling in a late stage Baltic Sea bloom. PLoS One 14: eo223294, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223294

Henkel, J. V., Dellwig, O., Pollehne, F., Herlemann, D. P. R., Leipe, Th., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2019): A bacterial isolate from the Black Sea oxidizes sulfide with manganese(IV) oxide. PNAS (2019) 25: 12153-12155, doi:10.1073/pnas.1906000116

Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Pollehne, F., Jürgens, K., Arz, H. W., Beier, S., Bahlo, R., Dellwig, O., Henkel, J. V., Herlemann, D. P. R., Krüger, S., Leipe, T., Schott, T. (2019): Effect of large magnetotactic bacteria with polyphosphate inclusions on the phosphate profile of the suboxic zone in the Black Sea. ISME J. (2019) 13:1198-1208. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0315-6

Langer, S., Vogts, A., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2018): Simultaneous visualization of enzymatic activity in the cytoplasm and at polyphosphate inclusions in Beggiatoa sp. strain 35Flor incubated with ¹⁸O-labeled water. mSphere 3: e00489-18

Jurasinski, G., Janssen, M., Voss, M., Böttcher, M. E., Brede, M., Burchard, H., Forster, S., Gosch, L., Gräwe, U., Gründling-Pfaff, S., Haider, F., Ibenthal, M., Karow, N., Karsten, U., Kreuzburg, M., Lange, X., Leinweber, P., Massmann, G., Ptak, T., Rezanezhad, F., Rehder, G., Romoth, K., Schade, H., Schubert, H., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Sokolova, I.M., Strehse, R., Unger, V., Westphal, J., Lennartz, B. (2018): Understanding the coastal ecoline: Assessing sea-land interactions at non-tidal, low-lying coasts through interdisciplinary research. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: Article number 342

Eigemann, F., Schwartke, M., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2018): Niche separation of Baltic Sea cyanobacteria during bloom events by species interactions and autoecological preferences. Harmful Algae 72: 65-73

Braun, P. D., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Vogts, A., Nausch, M. (2018): Differences in the accumulation of phosphorus between vegetative cells and heterocysts in the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena. Sci. Rep. 8:5651. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-2399-1

Romano, S., Bondarev, V., Kölling, M., Dittmar, T., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2017): Phosphate Limitation Triggers the Dissolution of Precipitated Iron by the Marine Bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. FO-BEG1. Front. Microbiol. 8:364. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00364

Sommer, S., Clemens, D., Yücel, M., Pfannkuche, O., Hall, P. O. J., Almroth-Rosell, E., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Dale, A. W. (2017): Major Bottom Water Ventilation Events Do Not Significantly Reduce Basin-Wide Benthic N and P Release in the Eastern Gotland Basin (Baltic Sea). Front. Mar. Sci. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00018

Numberger, D., Dehnhardt, G., Herlemann, D., Jürgens, K., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2016): Comparative analysis of the fecal flora of five harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Microbiol. Open doi: 10.1002/mbo3.369. 

Winkel, M., Carvalho, V., Woyke, T., Richter, M., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Flood, B., Bailey, J., Mußmann, M. (2016): Single-cell sequencing of Thiomargarita reveals genomic flexibility for adaption to dynamic redox conditions. Front. Microbial. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00964

Kreutzmann, A.-C. and Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2016): Oxidation of molecular hydrogen by a chemolithoautotrophic Beggiatoa Strain. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 2527-2536

Schwedt, A., Seidel, M., Dittmar, T., Simon, M., Bondarev, V., Romano, S., Lavik, G., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2015): Substrate Use of Pseudovibrio sp. Growing in Ultra-Oligotrophic Seawater. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0121675. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121675

Romano, S., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., González, J. M., Bondarev, V. (2015): Phosphate Limitation Induces Drastic Physiological Changes,Virulence-Related Gene Expression and Secondary Metabolite Production in Pseudovibrio sp. Strain FO-BEG1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81: 3518-3528

Romano, S., Dittmar, T., Bondarev, V., Weber, R. J. M., Viant, M.R., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2014): Exo-Metabolome of Pseudovibrio sp. FO-BEG1 Analyzed by Ultra-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and the Effect of Phosphate Limitation. PLos ONE 9(5): e96038

Bondarev, V., Richter, M., Romano, St., Piel, J., Schwedt, A., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2013): The genus Pseudovibrio contains metabolically versatile bacteria adapted for symbiosis. Environ. Microbiol. 15(7): 2095-2113

Beutler, M., Milucka, J., Hinck, S., Schreiber, F., Brock, J., Mußmann, M., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., de Beer, D. (2012): Vacuolar respiration of nitrate coupled to energy conservation in filamentous Beggiatoaceae. Environ. Microbiol. 14: 2911-2919

Grünke, S., Lichtschlag, A., de Beer, D., Felden, J., Salman, V., Ramette, A., Schulz-Vogt H. N., Boetius, A. (2012): Mats of psychrophilic thiotrophic bacteria associated with cold seeps of the Barents Sea. Biogeosciences 9: 2947-2960

Salman, V., Amann, R., Shub, D. A., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2012): Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109: 4203-4208

Schwedt, A., Kreutzmann, A.-C., Polerecky, L., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2012): Sulfur respiration in a marine chemolithoautotrophic Beggiatoa strain. Front. Microbiol. 2: 276

Brock, J., Rhiel, E., Beutler, M., Salman, V., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2012): Unusual polyphosphate inclusions observed in a marine Beggiatoa strain. A. van Leeuw. J. Microb. 101: 347-357

Bailey, J. V., Salman, V., Rouse, G., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Levin, L., Orphan, V. (2011): Dimorphism in methane seep-dwelling ecotypes of the largest known bacteria. ISME Journal 5: 1926-1935

Salman, V., Amann, R., Girnth, A.-C., Polerecky, L., Bailey, J. V., Høgslund, S., Jessen, G., Pantoja, S., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2011): A single-cell sequencing approach to the classification of large, vacuolated sulfur bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 34: 243-259

Brock, J. and H. N. Schulz-Vogt (2011): Sulfide induces phosphate release from polyphosphate in cultures of a marine Beggiatoa strain. ISME Journal 5: 497-506

Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2011): Thiotrophic Bacteria, In Reitner, J., and V. Thiel (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Springer

Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2011): Thiomargarita, In Reitner, J., and V. Thiel (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Springer

Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2011): Beggiatoa, In Reitner, J., and V. Thiel (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Springer

Arning, E. T , Birgel, D., Schulz-Vogt, H. N., Holmkvist, L., Jørgensen, B. B., Larson, A., Peckmann, J. (2008): Lipid biomarker patterns of phosphogenic sediments from upwelling regions. Geomicrobiol. J. 25: 69-82

Kamp, A., Roy, H., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2008): Video-supported analysis of Beggiatoa filament growth, breakage, and movement. Microbial Ecol. 56: 484-491

Sievert S., Keine, R., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2007): Microbes and major elemental cycles – the sulfur cycle, pp. 117−123. In Karl, D., and L. Proctor (ed.), A Sea of Microbes, Oceanography, vol. 20. The Oceanography Society

Schulz-Vogt H. N., Angert,E. R., Garcia-Pichel, F. (2007): Giant bacteria. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Wiley, Chichester, http://www.els.net.

Papenbrock, J., Riemenschneider, Kampe, A., Schulz, H. N., Schmidt, A. (2007): Isolation and characterization of cysteine-degrading and H2S-releasing enzymes of higher plants. Plant. Biol. 9: 582-588

Kamp A., Stief, P., Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2006): Anaerobic Sulfide Oxidation with Nitrate by a Freshwater Beggiatoa Enrichment Culture. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 4755-4760

Schulz, H. N. (2006): The genus Thiomargarita, In Dworkin, M., S. Falkow, E. Rosenberg, K-H. Schleifer and E. Stackenbrandt (ed), The Prokaryotes, 3rd edition, Vol. 6., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Schulz-Vogt, H. N. (2006): Vacuoles, In Shively, J. M. (ed), Inclusions in Prokaryotes, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Hensen, C., Zabel, M., Schulz, H. N. (2006): Early diagenesis at the Benthic Boundary Layer: Oxygen, Nitrogen Species, and Phosphorus in Marine Sediments, In Schulz, H. D., M. Zabel (ed), Marine Geochemistry, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, New York

Schulz, H. N., Jørgensen, B. B. (2005): Thiomargarita, In Krieg, N. R., J. T. Staley, and D. J. Brenner (ed), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Vol. 2, part B, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Schulz, H. N., Schulz, H. D. (2005): Large sulfur bacteria and the formation of phosphorite. Science 307: 416-418

Joye, S. B., Boetius, A., Orcutt, B. N., Montoya, J. P., Schulz, H. N., Erickson, M. J., Lugo, S. K. (2004): The anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction in sediments from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps. Chem. Geol. 205: 219-238

Brüchert, V., Jørgensen, B. B., Neumann, K., Riechmann, D., Schlösser, M., Schulz, H. (2003): Regulation of bacterial sulfate reduction and hydrogen sulfide fluxes in the central Namibian coastal upwelling zone. Geochim. Cosmochim. Ac. 67: 4505-4518

Mussmann, M., Schulz, H. N., Strotmann, B., Kjaer, T., Nielsen, L. P., Rossello-Mora, R. A., Amann, R. I., Jørgensen, B. B.(2003): Phylogeny and distribution of nitrate-storing Beggiatoa spp. in coastal marine sediments. Environ. Microbiol. 5: 523-533

Schulz, H. N., DeBeer. D. (2002): Uptake rates of oxygen and sulfide measured on single cells of Thiomargarita namibiensis with microelectrodes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 5746-5749

Schulz, H. N. (2002): Thiomargarita namibiensis: giant microbe holding its breath. ASM News 68: 122-127

Schulz, H. N., Jørgensen, B. B. (2001): Big Bacteria. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 55: 105-137

Schulz, H. N., Riechmann, D. (2000): Thiomargarita namibiensis: Ein Gigant mit langem Atem. BioSpektrum 6: 116-118

Schulz, H. N., Strotmann, B., Gallardo, V. A., Jørgensen, B. B. (2000): Population study of the filamentous sulfur bacteria Thioploca spp. off the Bay of Concepción, Chile. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 200: 117-126

Schulz, H. N., Brinkhoff, T.,  Ferdelman, T. G., Hernández Mariné, M., Teske, A., Jørgensen, B. B. (1999): Dense Population of a Giant Sulfur Bacterium in Namibian Shelf Sediments. Science 284: 389-544

Otte, S., Kuenen, J. G., Nielsen, L. P., Pearl, H. W., Zopfi, J., Schulz, H. N., Teske, A., Strotmann, B., Gallardo, V. A., Jørgensen, B. B. (1999): Nitrogen, Carbon, and Sulfur Metabolism in Natural Thioploca samples. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 3148-3157

Schulz, H. N., Jørgensen, B. B., Fossing, H. A., Ramsing, N. B. (1996): Community Structure of Filamentous, Sheath-Building Sulfur Bacteria, Thioploca spp., off the Coast of Chile. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62: 1855-1862

Fossing, H., Gallardo, V. A., Jørgensen, B. B., Hüttel, M., Nielsen, L. P., Schulz, H. N., Canfield, D. E., Forster, S., Glud, R. N., Gundersen, J. K., Küver, J., Ramsing, N. B., Teske, A., Thamdrup, B., Ulloa, O. (1995): Concentration and transport of nitrate by the mat-forming sulphur bacterium Thioploca. Nature 374: 713-715