Jiao, NZ, Herndl, G, Hansell, DA, Benner, R, Kattner, G, Wilhelm, SW, Kirchman, DL, Weinbauer, MG, Luo, TW, Chen, F & Azam, F 2010, 'Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean' Nature Reviews. Microbiology, vol. 8, no. 593-599.

Baltar, F, Aristegui, J, Gasol, JM & Herndl, G 2010, 'Prokaryotic carbon utilization in the dark ocean: growth efficiency, leucine-to-carbon conversion factors, and their relation' Aquatic Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 227-232. DOI: 10.3354/ame01422

Winter, C & Weinbauer, M 2010, 'Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Reveals Tight Links between Viruses and Microbes in the Bathypelagic Zone of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea' Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 76, no. 20, pp. 6724-6732. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00531-10

Labrenz, M, Sintes Elvelin, E, Toetzke, F, Zumsteg, A, Herndl, G, Seidler, M & Jürgens, K 2010, 'Relevance of a crenarchaeal subcluster related to Candidatus Nitrosopumilus maritimus to ammonia oxidation in the suboxic zone of the central Baltic Sea' The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, vol. 4, no. 1496-1508.

Sintes Elvelin, E, Toetzke, F, Zumsteg, A, Herndl, G, Seidler, M & Jürgens, K 2010, 'Relevance of a crenarchaeotal subcluster related to Candidatus Nitrosopumilus maritimus to ammonia oxidation in the suboxic zone of the central Baltic Sea' The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 1496-1508. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.78

Bochdansky, AB, van Aken, HM & Herndl, G 2010, 'Role of macroscopic particles in deep-sea oxygen consumption' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), vol. 107, no. 18, pp. 8287-8291. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913744107

Sintes Elvelin, E, Stoderegger, K, Parada, V & Herndl, G 2010, 'Seasonal dynamics of dissolved organic matter and microbial activity in the coastal North Sea' Aquatic Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 85-95. DOI: 10.3354/ame01404

Yokokawa, T, De Corte, D, Sintes Elvelin, E & Herndl, G 2010, 'Spatial patterns of bacterial abundance, activity and community composition in relation to water masses in the eastern Mediterranean Sea' Aquatic Microbial Ecology, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 185-195. DOI: 10.3354/ame01393

Llabrés, M, Augusti, S, Alonso-Laita, P & Herndl, G 2010, 'Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus cell death induced by UV radiation and the penetration of lethal UVR in the Mediterranean Sea' Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 399, pp. 27-37. DOI: 10.3354/meps08332

Winter, C, Bouvier, T, Weinbauer, M & Thingstad, TF 2010, 'Trade-Offs between Competition and Defense Specialists among Unicellular Planktonic Organisms: the "Killing the Winner" Hypothesis Revisited' Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 42-57. DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00034-09

Agogué, H, Brink, M, Dinasquet, J & Herndl, GJ 2009, 'Major gradients in putatively nitrifying and non-nitrifying Archaea in the deep North Atlantic (Nature (2008) 456, (788-791)' Nature, vol. 457, no. 7228. DOI: 10.1038/nature07735

Baltar, F, Arístegui, J, Gasol, JM, Sintes, E & Herndl, GJ 2009, 'Evidence of prokaryotic metabolism on suspended particulate organic matter in the dark waters of the subtropical North Atlantic' Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 182-193. DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0182

Herndl, G 2009, 'Deep-sea bacterial communities in sediments and guts of deposit-feeding holothurians in Portuguese canyons (NE Atlantic).' Journal of Sea Research.

Herndl, G 2009, 'Diversity of Archaea and detection of crenarchaeotal amo A genes in the rivers Rhine and Tet' Microbial Ecology: an international journal.

Herfort, L, Kim, H-J, Coolen, MJL, Abbas, B, Schouten, S, Herndl, G & Sinninghe Damsté, JS 2009, 'Diversity of Archaea and detection of crenarchaeotal amoA genes in the rivers Rhine and Têt' Aquatic Microbial Ecology, vol. 55, no. 189-201.

Herndl, G 2009, 'Enhanced viral production and infection of bacterioplankton during an iron-induced phytoplankton bloom in the Southern ocean.' Limnology and Oceanography, pp. 774-784.

Herndl, G 2009, 'Evidence for dependence of prokaryotic metabolism on suspended particulate organic matter in the dark waters of subtropical North Atlantic.' Limnology and Oceanography, pp. 182-193.

Calleja, ML, Duarte, CM, Prairie, YT, Agusti, S & Herndl, GJ 2009, 'Evidence for surface organic matter modulation of air-sea CO2 gas exchange' Biogeosciences, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 1105-1114. DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-1105-2009, 10.5194/bg-6-1105-2009

Herndl, G 2009, 'Heterotrophic prokaryotic production in ultraligotrophic alpine karst aquifers and ecological implications.' FEMS microbiology ecology.