Andreas Brune - Publications

2013

Brune, A. (2013) Symbiotic associations between termites and prokaryotes. In: The Prokaryotes, 4th edn., Vol. 1 (E. Rosenberg, E. DeLong, F. Thompson, S. Lory, E. Stackebrandt, eds.). Springer, Berlin, pp. 545-577. (online access)

Thompson, C.L. & Brune, A. (2013) Crystal ball 2013: Unweaving the evolutionary fabric of symbiotic digestion in termites. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 5, 14-15. (online access)

Thompson, C.L., Mikaelyan, A. & Brune, A. (2013) Immune-modulating gut symbionts are not "Candidatus Arthromitus". Mucosal Immunol. 6, 200-201. (online access)

2012

Brune, A. (2012) Endomicrobia: intracellular symbionts of termite gut flagellates. J. Endocytobiosis Cell Res. 23, 11-15. (online access)

Desai, M.S. & Brune, A. (2012) Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of gut flagellates shape the nitrogen-fixing community in dry- wood termites. ISME J. 6, 1302-1313. (online access)

Guichard, P., Desfosses, A., Maheshwari, A., Hachet, V., Dietrich, C., Brune, A., Ishikawa, T., Sachse, C. & Gönczy, P. (2012) Cartwheel architecture of Trichonympha basal body. Science 337, 553 . (online access)

Hobbie, S.N., Li, X., Basen, M., Stingl, U. & Brune, A. (2012) Humic substance-mediated Fe(III) reduction by a fermenting Bacillus strain from the alkaline gut of a humus-feeding scarab beetle larva. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 35, 226-232. (online access)

Köhler, T., Dietrich, C., Scheffrahn, R.H. & Brune, A. (2012) High-resolution analysis of gut environment and bacterial microbiota reveals functional compartmentation of the gut in wood-feeding higher termites (Nasutitermes spp.). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78, 4691-4701. (online access)

Ngugi, D.K., Antunes, A., Brune, A. & Stingl, U. (2012) Biogeography of pelagic bacterioplankton across an antagonistic temperature–salinity gradient in the Red Sea. Mol. Ecol. 21, 388-405. (online access)

Ngugi, D.K. & Brune, A. (2012) Nitrate reduction, nitrous oxide formation, and anaerobic ammonia oxidation to nitrite in the gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes and Ophiotermes spp.). Environ. Microbiol. 14, 860- 871. (online access)

Paul, K., Nonoh, J.O., Mikulski, L. & Brune, A. (2012) "Methanoplasmatales": Thermoplasmatales-related archaea in termite guts and other environments are the seventh order of methanogens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78, 8245- 8253. (online access)

Schauer, C., Thompson, C.L. & Brune, A. (2012) The bacterial community in the gut of the cockroach Shelfordella lateralis reflects the close evolutionary relatedness of cockroaches and termites. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78, 2758- 2767. (online access)

Strassert, J.F.H., Köhler, T., Wienemann, T.H.G., Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Faivre, N. Franckenberg, S., Plarre, R., Radek, R. & Brune, A. (2012) 'Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae', a novel lineage of endosymbiotic Actinobacteria in termite gut flagellates of the genus Trichonympha. Environ. Microbiol. 14, 3259-3270. (online access)

Thompson, C.L., Vier, R., Mikaelyan, A., Wienemann, T. & Brune, A. (2012) 'Candidatus Arthromitus' revised: Segmented filamentous bacteria in arthropod guts are members of Lachnospiraceae. Environ. Microbiol. 14, 1454-1465. (online access)

2011

Brune, A. (2011) Microbial symbioses in the digestive tract of lower termites. In: Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms (E. Rosenberg, U. Gophna, eds.). Springer, Heidelberg, pp 3-25. (online access)

Brune, A. & Ohkuma, M. (2011) Role of the termite gut microbiota in symbiotic digestion. In: Biology of termites: a modern synthesis (D.E. Bignell, Y. Roisin, N. Lo, eds.). Springer, Dordrecht, pp 439-475. (online access)

Frouz, J., Li, X., Brune, A., Pizl, V. & Abakumov, E.V. (2011) Effect of soil invertebrates on the formation of humic substances under laboratory conditions. Eurasian Soil Sci. 44, 893-896. (online access)

Ngugi, D.K., Ji, R. & Brune, A. (2011) Nitrogen mineralization, denitrification, and nitrate ammonification by soil-feeding termites – a 15N-based approach. Biogeochemistry 103, 355-369. (online access)

Ohkuma, M. & Brune, A. (2011) Diversity, structure, and evolution of the termite gut microbial community. In: Biology of termites: a modern synthesis (D.E. Bignell, Y. Roisin, N. Lo, eds.). Springer, Dordrecht, pp 413- 438. (online access)

Schink, B., Janssen, P.H. & Brune, A. (2011) The genus Ilyobacter. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, Vol. 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes (N.R. Krieg, J.T. Staley, D.R. Brown, B.P. Hedlund, B.J. Paster, N.L. Ward, W. Ludwig, W.B. Whitman, eds). Springer, New York, pp. 759-761. (online access)

Wienemann, T., Schmitt-Wagner, D., Meuser, K., Segelbacher, G., Schink, B., Brune, A. & Berthold, P. (2011) The bacterial microbiota in the ceca of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) differs between wild and captive birds. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 34, 542-551. (online access)

2010

Andert, J., Marten, A., Brandl, R. & Brune, A. (2010) Inter- and intraspecific comparison of the bacterial assemblages in the hindgut of humivorous scarab beetle larvae (Pachnoda spp.). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 74, 439-449. (online access)

Brune, A. (2010) Methanogens in the digestive tract of termites In: (Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea (Hackstein, J.H.P., eds). Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 81-100. (online access)

Brune, A. (2010) Methanogenesis in the digestive tracts of insects In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, vol. 8 (Timmis, K.N., eds). Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 707-728. (online access)

Desai, M. S., Strassert, J. F. H., Meuser, K., Hertel, H., Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Radek, R. & Brune, A. (2010) Strict cospeciation of devescovinid flagellates and Bacteroidales ectosymbionts in the gut of dry-wood termites (Kalotermitidae). Environ. Microbiol. 12, 2120-2132. (online access)

Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Faivre, N. & Brune, A. (2010) Putatively free-living 'Endomicrobia' – ancestors of the intracellular symbionts of termite gut flagellates? Environ. Microbiol. 2, 554-559. (online access)

Shan, J., Brune, A. & Ji, R. (2010) Selective digestion of the proteinaceous component of humic substances by the geophagous earthworms Metaphire guillelmi and Amynthas corrugatus. Soil Biol. Biochem. 42, 1455- 1462. (online access)

Strassert, J.F.H., Desai, M.S., Radek, R. & Brune, A. (2010) Identification and localization of the multiple bacterial symbionts of the termite gut flagellate Joenia annectens. Microbiology 156, 2068-2079. (online access)

2009

Brune, A. (2009) Symbionts aiding digestion In: Encyclopedia of Insects, 2nd edn. (Cardé, R.T. & Resh, V.H., eds). Academic Press, New York, pp. 978-983. (online access)

Geissinger, O., Herlemann, D.P.R., Mörschel, E., Maier, U.G. & Brune, A. (2009) The ultramicrobacterium "Elusimicrobium minutum" gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the Termite Group 1 phylum. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75, 2831-2840. (online access)

Herlemann, D.P.R., Geissinger, O., Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Kunin, V., Sun, H., Lapidus, A., Hugenholtz, P. & Brune, A. (2009) Genomic analysis of "Elusimicrobium minutum," the first cultivated representative of the phylum "Elusimicrobia" (formerly Termite Group 1). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75, 2841-2849. (online access)

Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W. & Brune, A. (2009) Cospeciation of termite gut flagellates and their bacterial endosymbionts: Trichonympha species and 'Candidatus Endomicrobium trichonymphae'. Mol. Ecol. 18, 332-342. (online access)

Strassert, J.F.H., Desai, M.S., Brune, A., Radek, R. (2009) The true diversity of devescovinid flagellates in the termite Incisitermes marginipennis. Protist 160, 522-535. (online access)

2008

Andert, J., Geissinger, O. & Brune, A. (2008) Peptidic soil components are a major dietary resource for the humivorous larvae of Pachnoda spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). J. Ins. Physiol. 54, 105-113. (online access)

Ekschmitt, K., Kandeler, E., Poll, C., Brune, A., Buscot, F., Friedrich, M., Gleixner, G., Hartmann, A., Kästner, M., Marhan, S., Miltner, A., Scheu, S. & Wolters, V. (2008) Soil carbon preservation through habitat constraints and biological limitations on decomposer activity. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 171, 27-35. (online access)

Gross, E.M., Brune, A. & Walenciak, O. (2008) Gut pH, redox conditions and oxygen levels in an aquatic caterpillar: potential effects on the fate of ingested tannins. J. Ins. Physiol. 54, 462-471. (online access)

Köhler, T., Stingl, U., Meuser, K. & Brune, A. (2008) Novel lineages of Planctomycetes densely colonize the alkaline gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.). Environ. Microbiol. 10, 1260-1270. (online access)

2007

Boga, H.I., Ji, R., Ludwig, W. & Brune, A. (2007) Sporotalea propionica gen. nov. sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, oxygen-reducing, propionigenic firmicute from the intestinal tract of a soil-feeding termite. Arch. Microbiol. 187, 15-27. (online access)

Brune, A. (2007) Woodworker's digest. Nature 450, 487-488. (online access)

Herlemann, D.P.R., Geissinger, O. & Brune, A. (2007) The Termite Group I phylum is highly diverse and widespread in the environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73, 6682-6685. (online access)

Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Desai, M., Stingl, U. & Brune, A. (2007) Phylogenetic diversity of "Endomicrobia" and their specific affiliation with termite gut flagellates. Microbiology 153, 3458-3465. (online access)

Li, X. & Brune, A. (2007) Transformation and mineralization of soil organic nitrogen by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Plant Soil, 301, 233-244. (online access)

Pester, M. & Brune, A. (2007) Hydrogen is the central free intermediate during lignocellulose degradation by termite gut symbionts. ISME Journal 1, 551-565. (online access)

Pester, M., Tholen, A., Friedrich, M.W. & Brune, A. (2007) Methane oxidation in termite hindguts †absence of evidence and evidence of absence. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73, 2024-2028. (online access)

Tholen, A., Pester, M. & Brune, A. (2007) Simultaneous methanogenesis and oxygen reduction by Methanobrevibacter cuticularis at low oxygen fluxes. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 62, 303-312. (online access)

Wang, Y., Brune, A. & Zimmer, M. (2007) Bacterial symbionts in the hepatopancreas of isopods: diversity and environmental transmission. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 61, 141-152. (online access) 2006

Brune, A. (2006) Symbiotic associations between termites and prokaryotes In: The Prokaryotes, 3rd edn., Volume 1: Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology (Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, K.-H., and Stackebrandt, E., eds.). Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 439-474. (online access)

Ji, R. & Brune, A. (2006) Nitrogen mineralization, ammonia accumulation, and emission of gaseous NH3 by soil- feeding termites. Biogeochemistry 78, 267-283. (online access)

Li, X., Ji, R., Schäffer, A. & Brune, A. (2006) Mobilization of soil phosphorus during passage through the gut of larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Plant Soil, 288, 263-270. (online access)

Minkley, N., Fujita, A., Brune, A. & Kirchner, W.H. (2006) Nest specificity of the bacterial community in termite guts (Hodotermes mossambicus). Insectes Sociaux 53, 339-344. (online access)

Pester, M. & Brune, A. (2006) Expression profiles of fhs (FTHFS) genes support the hypothesis that spirochetes dominate reductive acetogenesis in the hindgut of lower termites. Environ. Microbiol. 8, 1261-1270. (online access)

2005

Brune, A. & Hänsler, U. (2005) Ernährung auf dem Holzweg. MaxPlanckForschung 2, 52-57. English version: Wood on the menu. MaxPlanckResearch 3, 52-57. (German - English)

Brune, A. & Pester, M. (2005) In situ measurements of metabolite fluxes: microinjection of radiotracers into insect guts and other small compartments In: Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 397: Environmental Microbiology. (Leadbetter, J.R., ed.). Acad. Press, San Diego, pp. 200-212. (online access)

Brune, A. & Stingl, U. (2005) Prokaryotic symbionts of termite gut flagellates: phylogenetic and metabolic implications of a tripartite symbiosis In: Molecular Basis of Symbiosis (Overmann, J., ed.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 39-60. (online access)

Egert, M., Stingl, U., Dyhrberg Bruun, L., Wagner, B., Brune, A. & Friedrich, M. W. (2005) Structure and topology of microbial communities in the major gut compartments of Melolontha melolontha larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71, 4556-4566. (online access)

Gerhardt, S., Brune, A., Schink, B. (2005) Dynamics of redox changes of iron caused by light–dark variations in littoral sediment of a freshwater lake. Biogeochemistry 74, 323-339. (online access)

Ji, R. & Brune, A. (2005) Digestion of peptidic residues in humic substances by an alkali-stable and humic-acid- tolerant proteolytic activity in the gut of soil-feeding termites. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37, 1648- 1655. (online access)

Ji, R., Chen, Z., Corvini, P.F.-X., Kappler, A., Brune, A., Haider, K. & Schäffer, A. (2005) Synthesis of [13C]- and [14C]-labeled phenolic humus and lignin monomers. Chemosphere 60, 1169-1181. (online access)

Li, X. & Brune, A. (2005a) Digestion of microbial biomass, structural polysaccharides, and protein by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Soil Biol. Biochem. 37, 107-116. (online access)

Li, X. & Brune, A. (2005b) Selective digestion of the peptide and polysaccharide components of synthetic humic acids by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Soil Biol. Biochem. 37, 1476-1483. (online access)

Stingl, U., Radek, R., Yang, H. & Brune, A. (2005) "Endomicrobia": Cytoplasmic symbionts of termite gut protozoa form a separate phylum of prokaryotes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71, 1473-1479. (online access)

Yang, H., Schmitt-Wagner, D., Stingl, U. & Brune, A. (2005) Niche heterogeneity determines bacterial community structure in the termite gut (Reticulitermes santonensis). Environ. Microbiol. 7, 916-932. (online access)

Zimmer, M. & Brune, A. (2005) Physiological properties of the gut lumen of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea): adaptive to digesting lignocellulose? J. Comp. Physiol. B, 175, 275-283. (online access)

2004

Brune, A. (2004) Mikrobielle Ökologie des Termitendarms In: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Jahrbuch 2004. Max- Planck-Gesellschaft, München. (online access)

Bussmann, I., Pester, M., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (2004) Preferential cultivation of type II methanotrophic bacteria from littoral sediments (Lake Constance). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 47, 179-189. (online access)

Kappler, A., Benz, M., Schink, B. & Brune, A. (2004) Electron shuttling via humic acids in microbial iron(III) reduction in freshwater sediments. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 47, 85-92. (online access)

Pester, M., Friedrich, M.W., Schink, B. & Brune, A. (2004) pmoA-based analysis of methanotrophs in a littoral lake sediment reveals a diverse and stable community in a dynamic environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70, 3138-3142. (online access)

Stingl, U., Maass, A., Radek, R. & Brune, A. (2004) Symbionts of the gut flagellate Staurojoenina sp. from Neotermes cubanus represent a novel, termite-associated lineage of Bacteroidales: Description of 'Candidatus Vestibaculum illigatum'. Microbiology 150, 2229-2235. (online access)

Wang, Y., Stingl, U., Anton-Erxleben, F., Zimmer, M. & and Brune, A. (2004a) 'Candidatus Hepatincola porcellionum' gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, stalk-forming lineage of Rickettsiales colonizing the midgut glands of a terrestrial isopod. Arch. Microbiol. 181, 299- 304. (online access)

Wang, Y., Stingl, U., Anton-Erxleben, F., Geisler, S., Brune, A. & Zimmer, M. (2004b) "Candidatus Hepatoplasma crinochetorum," a new, stalk-forming lineage of Mollicutes colonizing the midgut glands of a terrestrial isopod. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70, 6166-6172. (online access)

Zhang, H., and Brune, A. (2004) Characterization and partial purification of proteinases from the highly alkaline midgut of the humivorous larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Soil Biol. Biochem. 36, 435-442. (online access)

2003

Boga, H. & Brune, A. (2003) Hydrogen-dependent oxygen reduction by homoacetogenic bacteria isolated from termite guts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69, 779-786. (online access)

Boga, H. I., Ludwig, W. & Brune, A. (2003) Sporomusa aerivorans sp. nov., an oxygen-reducing homoacetogenic bacterium from the gut of a soil-feeding termite. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53, 1397-1404. (online access)

Brune, A. (2003) Symbionts aiding digestion. In: Encyclopedia of Insects (Cardé, R. T. & Resh, V. H., eds.). Academic Press, New York, pp. 1102-1107. (online access)

Charrier, M. & Brune, A. (2003) The gut microenvironment of helicid snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): in-situ profiles of pH, oxygen, and hydrogen determined by microsensors. Can. J. Zool. 81, 928-935. (online access)

Damm, U., Brune, A. & Mendgen, K. (2003) In vivo observation of conidial germination at the oxic-anoxic interface and infection of submerged reed roots by Microdochium bolleyi. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 45, 293-299. (online access)

Egert, M., Wagner, B., Lemke, T., Brune, A. & Friedrich, M. W. (2003) Microbial community structure in midgut and hindgut of the humus-feeding larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69, 6659-6668. (online access)

Frouz, J., Kristufek, V., Li, X., Santrucková, H., Sustr, V. & Brune, A. (2003) Changes in amount of bacteria during gut passage of leaf litter and during coprophagy in three species of Bibionidae (Diptera) larvae. Folia Microbiol. 48, 535-542. (online access)

Lemke, T., Stingl, U., Egert, M., Friedrich, M. W. & Brune, A. (2003) Physicochemical conditions and microbial activities in the highly alkaline gut of the humus- feeding larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69, 6650-6658. (online access)

Schmitt-Wagner, D., Friedrich, M. W., Wagner, B. & Brune, A. (2003a) Phylogenetic diversity, abundance, and axial distribution of bacteria in the intestinal tract of two soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69, 6007-6017. (online access)

Schmitt-Wagner, D., Friedrich, M. W., Wagner, B. & Brune, A. (2003b) Axial dynamics, stability, and interspecies similarity of bacterial community structure in the highly compartmentalized gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69, 6018-6024. (online access)

Stingl, U. & Brune, A. (2003) Phylogenetic diversity and whole-cell hybridization of oxymonad flagellates from the hindgut of the wood-feeding lower termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Protist 154, 147-155. (online access)

2002

Brune, A., Evers, S., Kaim, G., Ludwig, W. & Schink, B. (2002) Ilyobacter insuetus sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52, 429-432. (online access)

Brune, A., Ludwig, W. & Schink, B. (2002) Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivibrio. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52, 441-444. (online access)

Kappler, A. & Brune, A. (2002) Dynamics of redox potential and changes in redox state of iron and humic acids during gut passage in soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.). Soil Biol. Biochem. 34, 221-227. (online access)

2001

Friedrich, M.W., Schmitt-Wagner, D., Lueders, T. & Brune, A. (2001) Axial differences in community structure of Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota in the highly compartmentalized gut of the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes orthognathus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 4880-4890. (online access)

Hauck, S., Benz, M., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (2001) Ferrous iron oxidation by denitrifying bacteria in profundal sediments of a deep lake (Lake Constance). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 37, 127-134. (online access)

Ji, R. & Brune, A. (2001) Transformation and mineralization of 14C-labeled cellulose, peptidoglycan, and protein by the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes orthognatus. Biol. Fertil. Soils 33, 166-174. (online access)

Kappler, A., Ji, R., Schink, B. & Brune, A. (2001) Dynamics in composition and size-class distribution of humic substances in profundal sediments of Lake Constance. Org. Geochem. 32, 3-10. (online access)

Lemke, T., van Alen, T., Hackstein, J. H. P. & Brune, A. (2001) Cross-epithelial hydrogen transfer from the midgut compartment drives methanogenesis in the hindgut of cockroaches. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 4657-4661. (online access)

2000

Bauer, S., Tholen, A., Overmann, J. & Brune, A. (2000) Characterization of abundance and diversity of lactic acid bacteria in the hindgut of wood- and soil-feeding termites by molecular and culture-dependent techniques. Arch. Microbiol. 173, 126-137. (online access)

Brune, A., Frenzel, P. & Cypionka, H. (2000) Life at the oxic-anoxic interface: microbial activities and adaptations. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 24, 691-710. (online access)

Brune, A. & Friedrich, M. (2000) Microecology of the termite gut: structure and function on a microscale. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 3, 263-269. (online access)

Ji, R., Kappler, A. & Brune, A. (2000) Transformation and mineralization of synthetic 14C-labeled humic model compounds by soil- feeding termites. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32, 1281-1291. (online access)

Kappler, A., Ji, R. & Brune, A. (2000) Synthesis and characterization of specifically 14C-labeled humic model compounds for feeding trials with soil-feeding termites. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32, 1271-1280. (online access)

Tholen, A., Brune, A. (2000) Impact of oxygen on metabolic fluxes and in situ rates of reductive acetogenesis in the hindgut of the wood-feeding termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Environ. Microbiol. 2, 436-449. (online access)

1999

Berchtold, M., Chatzinotas, A., Schönhuber, W., Brune, A., Amann, R., Hahn, D. & König, H. (1999) Differential enumeration and in situ localization of micro-organisms in the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis by hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes. Arch. Microbiol. 172, 407-416. (online access)

Kappler, A. & Brune, A. (1999) Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soil-feeding termites. Appl. Soil Ecol. 13, 219-229. (online access)

Schmitt-Wagner, D. & Brune, A. (1999) Hydrogen profiles and localization of methanogenic activities in the highly compartmentalized hindgut of soil-feeding higher termites (Cubitermes spp.). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65, 4490-4496. (online access)

Tholen, A. & Brune, A. (1999) Localization and in situ activities of homoacetogenic bacteria in the highly compartmentalized hindgut of soil-feeding higher termites (Cubitermes spp.). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65, 4497-4505. (online access)

1998

Benz, M., Brune, A., Schink, B. (1998) Anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of ferrous iron at neutral pH by chemoheterotrophic nitrate-reducing bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 169, 159-165. (online access)

Benz, M., Schink, B. & Brune, A. (1998) Humic acid reduction by Propionibacterium freudenreichii and other fermenting bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64, 4507-4512. (online access)

Brauman, A., Müller, J.A., Garcia, J.-L., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1998) Fermentative degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate in pure culture by a novel strictly anaerobic bacterium, Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48, 215-221. (online access)

Breznak, J. A. & Brune, A. (1998) Termites infest microbiology meetings. Isoptera Newsletter 8, 1-2. Brune, A. (1998) Termite guts: the world's smallest bioreactors. Trends Biotechnol. 16, 16-21. (online access)

Brune, A. (1998) Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds: aerobic versus anaerobic processes. Mitt. Dtsch. Bodenkdl. Ges. 87, 65-78. Brune, A. (1998) Le plus petit bioréacteur du monde. Biofutur 183, 40-43. (online access)

1997

Ebert, A. & Brune, A. (1997) Hydrogen concentration profiles at the oxic-anoxic interface: a microsensor study of the hindgut of the wood-feeding lower termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63, 4039-4046. (online access)

Tholen, A., Schink, B. & Brune, A. (1997) The gut microflora of Reticulitermes flavipes, its relation to oxygen, and evidence for oxygen- dependent acetogenesis by the most abundant Enterococcus sp. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 24, 137-149. (online access)

Brune, A. & Kühl, M. (1996) pH profiles of the extremely alkaline hindguts of soil-feeding termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) determined with microelectrodes. J. Insect Physiol. 42,1121-1127. (online access)

1995

Brune, A., Emerson, D. & Breznak, J.A. (1995) The termite gut microflora as an oxygen sink: microelectrode determination of oxygen and pH gradients in guts of lower and higher termites. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61, 2681-2687. (online access)

Brune, A., Miambi, E. & Breznak, J.A. (1995) Roles of oxygen and the intestinal microflora in the metabolism of lignin-derived phenylpropanoids and other monoaromatic compounds by termites. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61, 2688-2695. (online access)

Breznak, J. A. & Brune, A. (1994) Role of microorganisms in the digestion of lignocellulose by termites. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 39, 453-487. (online access)

Reichenbecher, W., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1994) Transhydroxylase of Pelobacter acidigallici: a molybdoenzyme catalyzing the conversion of pyrogallol to phloroglucinol. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1204, 217-224. (online access)

1992

Brune, A., Schink, B. (1992) Anaerobic degradation of hydroaromatic compounds by newly isolated fermenting bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 158, 320-327. (online access)

Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1992) Phloroglucinol pathway in the strictly anaerobic Pelobacter acidigallici: fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes to acetate via triacetic acid. Arch. Microbiol. 157, 417-424. (online access)

Brune, A., Schnell, S., Schink, B. (1992) Sequential transhydroxylations converting hydroxyhydroquinone to phloroglucinol in the strictly anaerobic, fermenting bacterium Pelobacter massiliensis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58, 1861-1868. (online access)

Gorny, N., Wahl, G., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1992) A strictly anaerobic nitrate-reducing bacterium growing with resorcinol and other aromatic compounds. Arch. Microbiol. 158, 48-53. (online access)

Schink, B., Brune, A. & Schnell, S. (1992) Anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. In: Microbial degradation of natural products (G. Winkelmann, ed.), pp. 219-242. VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, New York.

Heising, S., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1991) Anaerobic degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate by a newly isolated nitrate-reducing bacterium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 84, 267-272. (online access)

Schnell, S., Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1991) Degradation of hydroxyhydroquinone by the strictly anaerobic, fermenting bacterium Pelobacter massiliensis sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 155, 511-516. (online access) 1990

Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1990) A complete citric acid cycle in assimilatory metabolism of Pelobacter acidigallici, a strictly anaerobic, fermenting bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 154, 394-399. (online access)

Brune, A. & Schink, B. (1990) Pyrogallol-to-phloroglucinol conversion and other hydroxyl-transfer reactions catalyzed by cell extracts of Pelobacter acidigallici. J. Bacteriol. 172, 1070-1076. (online access)

Brune, A., Schnell, S. & Schink, B. (1990) Hydroxyl transfer reactions at the aromatic nucleus in cell extracts of anaerobic bacteria. In: DECHEMA Biotechnology Conferences (D. Behrens and P. Krämer, eds.), Vol. 4, Part A, pp. 297-300. VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim.

Brune, A., Spillecke, J. & Kröger, A. (1987) Correlation of the turnover number of the ATP synthase in liposomes with the proton flux and the proton potential across the membrane. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 893, 499-507. (online access)