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Monday 03 June 2024
Fungus breaks down ocean plastic
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, among others, NIOZ published their results in the scientific journal Science of the Total…
Thursday 06 April 2023
Lauded microbiologist Jill Banfield visits NIOZ
Earth scientist Professor Jill Banfield of the University of California at Berkeley received the Van Leeuwenhoek Medal yesterday, during the annual meeting of the Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology. This award for influential (micro)biologists has…
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Sunlight pulps the plastic soup
UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces. Floating microplastic is broken down into ever smaller, invisible nanoplastic particles that spread across the entire water column, but also to compounds that can then be…
Friday 05 August 2022
Microbes don’t descend down with plastic particles into the deep sea
A bit of good news from the deep sea. Research has shown that microbes on floating plastic particles can be transported over long horizontal distances. New research carried out by Annika Vaksmaa (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ) and…
Thursday 16 December 2021
NWO Open Competition Domain Science - XS award for research on plastic degrading fungi
NIOZ scientist Annika Vaksmaa received this grant for her research on plastic degrading fungi in mangroves. It is one of 26 groundbreaking research projects launched via the Open Competition Domain Science - XS. This category emphatically strives to…
Thursday 16 December 2021
2 Veni-grants for NIOZ researchers
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth 280,000 euros to 2 highly promising early career NIOZ scientists. The grant provides them with the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas during a…
NIOZ publications
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2024
Goudriaan, M.; Zeghal, E.; Witte, H.J.; Vaksmaa, A.; Niemann, H. (2024). Differentiation of bacterial communities on five common plastics after six days of exposure to Caribbean coastal waters. Environmental Advances 16: 100518. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2024.100518Vaksmaa, A.; Vielfaure, H.; Polerecky, L.; Kienhuis, M.V.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Pflüger, T.; Egger, M.; Niemann, H. (2024). Biodegradation of polyethylene by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album. Sci. Total Environ. 934: 172819. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172819
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2023
Delre, A.; Goudriaan, M.; Hernando-Morales, V.; Vaksmaa, A.; Ndhlovu, R.T.; Baas, M.; Keijzer, E.; de Groot, T.; Zeghal, E.; Egger, M.; Röckmann, T.; Niemann, H. (2023). Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 187: 114544. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114544Vaksmaa, A.; Adessi, A.; Sala, M.M.; Buchan, A.; Magalhães, C.; Jones, A.C. (2023). Editorial: Women in aquatic microbiology: 2022. Front. Microbiol. 14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1225575Vaksmaa, A.; Guerrero-Cruz, S.; Ghosh, P.; Zeghal, E.; Hernando-Morales, V.; Niemann, H. (2023). Role of fungi in bioremediation of emerging pollutants. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1070905. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1070905Vaksmaa, A.; Polerecky, L.; Dombrowski, N.; Kienhuis, M.V.M.; Posthuma, I.; Gerritse, J.; Boekhout, T.; Niemann, H. (2023). Polyethylene degradation and assimilation by the marine yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. ISME Commun. 3(1): 68. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00267-z
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2022
Franchi, O.; Toledo-Alarcón, J.; Campos, J.L.; Jeison Nuñez, D.; Vaksmaa, A.; Tapia-Venegas, E. (2022). Diversity of nitrogen-removing microorganisms, in: Shah, M.P. et al. Development in wastewater treatment research and processes. pp. 133-164. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-91901-2.00009-7Hester, E.R.; Vaksmaa, A.; Valè, G.; Monaco, S.; Jetten, M.S.M.; Lüke, C. (2022). Effect of water management on microbial diversity and composition in an Italian rice field system. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 98(3): fiac018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac018Vaksmaa, A.; Egger, M.; Lüke, C.; Martins, P.D.; Rosselli, R.; Abdala Asbun, A.; Niemann, H. (2022). Microbial communities on plastic particles in surface waters differ from subsurface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 182: 113949. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113949
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2021
Guerrero-Cruz, S.; Vaksmaa, A.; Horn, M.A.; Niemann, H.; Pijuan, M.; Ho, A. (2021). Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications. Front. Microbiol. 12: 678057. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.678057Vaksmaa, A.; Hernando-Morales, V.; Zeghal, E.; Niemann, H. (2021). Microbial degradation of marine plastics: current state and future prospects, in: Joshi, S.J. et al. Biotechnology for sustainable environment. pp. 111-154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1955-7_5Vaksmaa, A.; Knittel, K.; Abdala Asbun, A.; Goudriaan, M.; Ellrott, A.; Witte, H.J.; Vollmer, I.; Meirer, F.; Lott, C.; Weber, M.; Engelmann, J.C.; Niemann, H. (2021). Microbial communities on plastic polymers in the Mediterranean Sea. Front. Microbiol. 12: 673553. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.673553Zeghal, E.; Vaksmaa, A.; Vielfaure, H.; Boekhout, T.; Niemann, H. (2021). The potential role of marine fungi in plastic degradation – A Review. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 738877. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.738877
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2020
de Jong, A.E.E.; Guererro-Cruz, S.; van Diggelen, J.M.H.; Vaksmaa, A.; Lamers, L.P.M.; Jetten, M.S.M.; Smolders, A.J.P.; Rasigraf, O. (2020). Changes in microbial community composition, activity, and greenhouse gas production upon inundation of drained iron-rich peat soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 149: 107862. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107862
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2018
Guerrero-Cruz, S.; Cremers, G.; van Alen, T.A.; Op den Camp, H.J.M.; Jetten, M.S.M.; Rasigraf, O.; Vaksmaa, A. (2018). Response of the anaerobic methanotroph “Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens” to oxygen stress. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(24). https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01832-18
