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nitrogen cycling, single cell techniques, physiology, nitrification, cultivation, stable isotope probing, dissolved organic nitrogen

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University of Vienna: Wien, AT

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University of Vienna - u:cris

University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

2022-07 to present | Senior Scientist (Division of Microbial Ecology)
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Katharina Kitzinger

Max-Planck-Institut für marine Mikrobiologie: Bremen, Bremen, DE

2019-09 to 2022-04 | Postdoc (Department of Biogeochemistry)
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Katharina Kitzinger

University of Vienna and Max Planck Institute for marine Microbiology: Vienna, AT

2015-05 to 2019-08 | PhD student (Division of Microbial Ecology)
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University of Vienna: Wien, AT

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University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

2013 to 2015 | MSc (Division of Microbial Ecology)
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Katharina Kitzinger

University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

2009 to 2013 | BSc
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Katharina Kitzinger

Professional activities (3)

Max Planck Society: Munich, DE

2021 | Otto Hahn Medal
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Katharina Kitzinger

University of Bremen: Bremen, DE

2020-06 | MARUM Re­search Award
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Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG: Leer, DE

2020-03 | BRIESE-Award for Mar­ine Sci­ence
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Funding (1)

Metabolic versatility of key nitrogen cycling microorganisms in the ocean

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Munich, DE)
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Works (25)

Single-cell imaging reveals efficient nutrient uptake and growth of microalgae darkening the Greenland Ice Sheet

Nature Communications
2025-02-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56664-6
Contributors: Laura Halbach; Katharina Kitzinger; Martin Hansen; Sten Littmann; Liane G. Benning; James A. Bradley; Martin J. Whitehouse; Malin Olofsson; Rey Mourot; Martyn Tranter et al.
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pH-FISH

Microbiome
2024-12-20 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01977-9
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Contributors: Yumi Chokyu Del Rey; Katharina Kitzinger; Marie Braad Lund; Andreas Schramm; Rikke Louise Meyer; Michael Wagner; Sebastian Schlafer
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Contribution of ammonia oxidizers to inorganic carbon fixation in the dark ocean

2024-11-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.16.623942
Contributors: Barbara Bayer; Katharina Kitzinger; Nicola L. Paul; Justine B. Albers; Mak A. Saito; Michael Wagner; Craig A. Carlson; Alyson E. Santoro
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Single-cell imaging reveals efficient nutrient uptake and growth of microalgae that darken the Greenland Ice Sheet

2024-10-17 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5199834/v1
Contributors: Laura Halbach; Katharina Kitzinger; Martin Hansen; Liane Benning; Sten Littmann; James Bradley; Martin Whitehouse; Malin Olofsson; Rey Mourot; Martyn Tranter et al.
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Stabilization of nitrite in the presence of the nitrification inhibitor allylthiourea (ATU) in freshwater nitrification rate measurements

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
2024-10-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10643
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Contributors: Jade Bosviel; Katharina Kitzinger; Michael Pester
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Growth of complete ammonia oxidizers on guanidine

Nature
2024-09-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07832-z
Contributors: Marton Palatinszky; Craig W. Herbold; Christopher J. Sedlacek; Dominic Pühringer; Katharina Kitzinger; Andrew T. Giguere; Kenneth Wasmund; Per H. Nielsen; Morten K. D. Dueholm; Nico Jehmlich et al.
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Rhizobia-diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean

Nature
2024-06-27 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07495-w
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PMID: 38723661
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Contributors: Bernhard Tschitschko; Mertcan Esti; Miriam Philippi; Abiel T Kidane; Sten Littmann; Katharina Kitzinger; Daan R Speth; Shengjie Li; Alexandra Kraberg; Daniela Tienken et al.
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Co-occurring nitrifying symbiont lineages are vertically inherited and widespread in marine sponges

2024-04-23 | Other
DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae069
Contributors: Bettina Glasl; Heidi M Luter; Katarina Damjanovic; Katharina Kitzinger; Anna J. Mueller; Leonie Mahler; Joan Pamela Engelberts; Laura Rix; Jay T. Osvatic; Bela Hausmann et al.
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Global abundance patterns, diversity, and ecology of Patescibacteria in wastewater treatment plants

Microbiome
2024-03-16 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01769-1
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PMID: 38493180
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Contributors: Huifeng Hu; Jannie Munk Kristensen; Craig Herbold; Petra Pjevac; Katharina Kitzinger; Bela Hausmann; Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm; Per Halkjaer Nielsen; Michael Wagner
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Novel nitrifying symbiont lineages are vertically inherited and widespread in marine sponges

2023-12-23 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.23.573102
Contributors: Bettina Glasl; Heidi M. Luter; Katarina Damjanovic; Katharina Kitzinger; Anna J. Mueller; Leonie Mahler; Joan Pamela Engelberts; Laura Rix; Jay T. Osvatic; Bela Hausmann et al.
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Global abundance patterns, diversity, and ecology of Patescibacteria in wastewater treatment plants

2023-10-29 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.25.562895
Contributors: Huifeng Hu; Jannie Munk Kristensen; Craig William Herbold; Petra Pjevac; Katharina Kitzinger; Bela Hausmann; Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm; Per Halkjaer Nielsen; Michael Wagner
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Taurine as a key intermediate for host-symbiont interaction in the tropical sponge Ianthella basta

The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology
2023-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.23.509140
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01420-1
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PMID: 37188915
Contributors: Florian U. Moeller; Craig Herbold; Arno Schintlmeister; Maria Mooshammer; Cherie Motti; Bettina Glasl; Katharina Kitzinger; Faris Behnam; Margarete Watzka; Thomas Schweder et al.
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Quantification of archaea-driven freshwater nitrification from single cell to ecosystem levels

The ISME Journal
2022-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01216-9
Contributors: Franziska Klotz; Katharina Kitzinger; David Kamanda Ngugi; Petra Büsing; Sten Littmann; Marcel M M Kuypers; Bernhard Schink; Michael Pester
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Purple sulfur bacteria fix N2 via molybdenum-nitrogenase in a low molybdenum Proterozoic ocean analogue

Nature Communications
2021-08-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25000-z
Contributors: Miriam Philippi; Katharina Kitzinger; Jasmine S. Berg; Bernhard Tschitschko; Abiel T. Kidane; Sten Littmann; Hannah K. Marchant; Nicola Storelli; Lenny H. E. Winkel; Carsten J. Schubert et al.
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Anaerobic endosymbiont generates energy for ciliate host by denitrification

Nature
2021-03-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03297-6
Contributors: Jon S. Graf; Sina Schorn; Katharina Kitzinger; Soeren Ahmerkamp; Christian Woehle; Bruno Huettel; Carsten J. Schubert; Marcel M. M. Kuypers; Jana Milucka
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Assigning Function to Phylogeny: FISH-nanoSIMS.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
2021-02-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1115-9_13
PMID: 33576991
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Flow-through stable isotope probing (Flow-SIP) minimizes cross-feeding in complex microbial communities

The ISME Journal
2021-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00761-5
Contributors: Maria Mooshammer; Katharina Kitzinger; Arno Schintlmeister; Soeren Ahmerkamp; Jeppe Lund Nielsen; Per Halkjær Nielsen; Michael Wagner
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Exploring the upper pH limits of nitrite oxidation: diversity, ecophysiology, and adaptive traits of haloalkalitolerant Nitrospira

The ISME Journal
2020-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0724-1
Contributors: Anne Daebeler; Katharina Kitzinger; Hanna Koch; Craig W Herbold; Michaela Steinfeder; Jasmin Schwarz; Thomas Zechmeister; Søren M Karst; Mads Albertsen; Per H Nielsen et al.
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A refined set of rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection and quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Water Research
2020-11-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116372
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Contributors: Michael Lukumbuzya; Jannie Munk Kristensen; Katharina Kitzinger; Andreas Pommerening-Röser; Per Halkjær Nielsen; Michael Wagner; Holger Daims; Petra Pjevac
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A refined set of rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection and quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

2020-05-27 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.27.119446
Contributors: Michael Lukumbuzya; Jannie Munk Kristensen; Katharina Kitzinger; Andreas Pommerening-Röser; Per Halkjær Nielsen; Michael Wagner; Holger Daims; Petra Pjevac
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Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean

Nature Communications
2020-02-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14542-3
Contributors: Katharina Kitzinger; Hannah K. Marchant; Laura A. Bristow; Craig W. Herbold; Cory C. Padilla; Abiel T. Kidane; Sten Littmann; Holger Daims; Petra Pjevac; Frank J. Stewart et al.
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Cyanate and urea are substrates for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment.

Nature microbiology
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0316-2
PMID: 30531977
Contributors: Kitzinger K; Padilla CC; Marchant HK; Hach PF; Herbold CW; Kidane AT; Könneke M; Littmann S; Mooshammer M; Niggemann J et al.
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Characterization of the First "Candidatus Nitrotoga" Isolate Reveals Metabolic Versatility and Separate Evolution of Widespread Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria.

mBio
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01186-18
PMID: 29991589
PMC: PMC6050957
Contributors: Kitzinger K; Koch H; Lücker S; Sedlacek CJ; Herbold C; Schwarz J; Daebeler A; Mueller AJ; Lukumbuzya M; Romano S et al.
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Expanded metabolic versatility of ubiquitous nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus Nitrospira.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2015-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506533112
PMID: 26305944
PMC: PMC4568715
Contributors: Koch H; Lücker S; Albertsen M; Kitzinger K; Herbold C; Spieck E; Nielsen PH; Wagner M; Daims H
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Functionally relevant diversity of closely related Nitrospira in activated sludge.

The ISME journal
2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.156
PMID: 25148481
PMC: PMC4276418
Contributors: Gruber-Dorninger C; Pester M; Kitzinger K; Savio DF; Loy A; Rattei T; Wagner M; Daims H
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Peer review (10 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

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