Prof. dr. H.J. (Riks) Laanbroek

Hugo R. Kruytgebouw
Padualaan 8
Kamer N306
3584 CH Utrecht

Prof. dr. H.J. (Riks) Laanbroek

Emeritus Professor
Ecology and Biodiversity
+31 30 253 7441
h.j.laanbroek@uu.nl

Publications

2022

Scholarly publications

Laanbroek, H. J., Cassman, N. A., Keijzer, R. M., & Kuramae, E. E. (2022). The Stochastic Assembly of Nitrobacter winogradskyi-Selected Microbiomes with Heterotrophs from Sewage Sludge or Grassland Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(17), [e0078322]. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00783-22

2020

Scholarly publications

Nardi, P., Laanbroek, H. J., Nicol, G. W., Renella, G., Cardinale, M., Pietramellara, G., Weckwerth, W., Trinchera, A., Ghatak, A., & Nannipieri, P. (2020). Biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizosphere: determining interactions and impact on microbially mediated processes and potential applications. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 44(6), 874-908. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuaa037
Zhang, Q., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2020). Tannins from senescent Rhizophora mangle mangrove leaves have a distinctive effect on prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities in a Distichlis spicata salt marsh soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96(9), [fiaa148]. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa148

2019

Scholarly publications

Sedlacek, C. J., McGowan, B., Suwa, Y., Sayavedra-Soto, L., Laanbroek, H. J., Stein, L. Y., Norton, J. M., Klotz, M. G., & Bollmann, A. (2019). A Physiological and Genomic Comparison of Nitrosomonas Cluster 6a and 7 Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. Microbial Ecology, 78(4), 985-994. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01378-8
Gu, X., Wang, Y., Laanbroek, H. J., Xu, X., Song, B., Huo, Y., Chen, S., Li, L., & Zhang, L. (2019). Saturated N 2 O emission rates occur above the nitrogen deposition level predicted for the semi-arid grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China. Geoderma, 341, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.01.002

2018

Scholarly publications

Sanders, T., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2018). The distribution of sediment and water column nitrification potential in the hyper-turbid Ems estuary. Aquatic Sciences, 80(4), [33]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-018-0584-1
Laanbroek, H. J., Zhang, Q. F., Leite, M., Verhoeven, J. T. A., & Whigham, D. F. (2018). Effects of Rhizophora mangle leaf litter and seedlings on carbon and nitrogen cycling in salt marshes – potential consequences of climate-induced mangrove migration. Plant and Soil, 426(1-2), 383-400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3611-z
Laanbroek, H. J., Veenhuizen, P. T. M., Keijzer, R. M., & Hefting, M. M. (2018). Numerical Relationships Between Archaeal and Bacterial amoA Genes Vary by Icelandic Andosol Classes. Microbial Ecology, 75(1), 201-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-017-1032-9
Marcos, M. S., Barboza, A. D., Keijzer, R. M., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2018). Tide as Steering Factor in Structuring Archaeal and Bacterial Ammonia-Oxidizing Communities in Mangrove Forest Soils Dominated by Avicennia germinans and Rhizophora mangle. Microbial Ecology, 75, 997–1008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-017-1091-y

2017

Scholarly publications

Daebeler, A., Bodelier, P. L. E., Hefting, M. M., Rütting, T., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2017). Soil warming and fertilization altered rates of nitrogen transformation processes and selected for adapted ammonia-oxidizing archaea in sub-arctic grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 114-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.013

2016

Scholarly publications

Sedlacek, C. J., Nielsen, S., Greis, K. D., Haffey, W. D., Revsbech, N. P., Ticak, T., Laanbroek, H. J., & Bollmanna, A. (2016). Effects of bacterial community members on the proteome of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas sp. strain Is79. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(15), 4776-4788. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01171-16
Soares, J. R., Cassman, N. A., Kielak, A. M., Pijl, A., Carmo, J. B., Lourenço, K. S., Laanbroek, H. J., Cantarella, H., & Kuramae, E. E. (2016). Nitrous oxide emission related to ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and mitigation options from N fertilization in a tropical soil. Scientific Reports, 6, [30349]. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30349
Rice, M. C., Norton, J. M., Valois, F., Bollmann, A., Bottomley, P. J., Klotz, M. G., Laanbroek, H. J., Suwa, Y., Stein, L. Y., Sayavedra-Soto, L., Woyke, T., Shapiro, N., Goodwin, L. A., Huntemann, M., Clum, A., Pillay, M., Kyrpides, N., Varghese, N., Mikhailova, N., ... Daum, C. (2016). Complete genome of Nitrosospira briensis C-128, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from agricultural soil. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 11(1), [46]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-016-0168-4
Balk, M., Keuskamp, J. A., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2016). Potential for sulfate reduction in mangrove forest soils: Comparison between two dominant species of the Americas. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(NOV), [1855]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01855

2015

Scholarly publications

Zhang, L., Hou, L., Laanbroek, H. J., Guo, D., & Wang, Q. (2015). Effects of Mowing Heights on N2O Emission from Temperate Grasslands in Inner Mongolia, Northern China. American Journal of Climate Change, 4, 397-407. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajcc.2015.45032
Reis, M. P., ávila, M. P., Keijzer, R. M., Barbosa, F. A. R., Chartone-Souza, E., Nascimento, A. M. A., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2015). The effect of human settlement on the abundance and community structure of ammonia oxidizers in tropical stream sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6(AUG), [898]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00898
Zhang, Q., Tang, F., Zhou, Y., Xu, J., Chen, H., Wang, M., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2015). Shifts in the pelagic ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities along the eutrophic estuary of Yong River in Ningbo City, China. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6(OCT), [01180]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01180
Daebeler, A., Bodelier, P. L. E., Hefting, M. M., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2015). Ammonia-limited conditions cause of Thaumarchaeal dominance in volcanic grassland soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv014
Balk, M., Keuskamp, J. A., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2015). Potential activity, size, and structure of sulfate-reducing microbial communities in an exposed, grazed and a sheltered, non-grazed mangrove stand at the Red Sea coast. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, [01478]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01478
Balk, M., Laverman, A. M., Keuskamp, J. A., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2015). Nitrate ammonification in mangrove soils: A hidden source of nitrite? Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, [166]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00166
Steenbergh, A. K., Bodelier, P. L. E., Hoogveld, H. L., Slomp, C., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2015). Phylogenetic characterization of phosphatase-expressing bacterial communities in Baltic Sea sediments. Microbes and Environments, 30(2), 192-195. [ME14074]. https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME14074
Keuskamp, J., Feller, I. C., Laanbroek, R., Verhoeven, J., & Hefting, M. (2015). Short- and long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on microbial exoenzyme activity in mangrove peat. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 81, 38-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003

2014

Scholarly publications

Reis, M. P., Avila, M. P., Costa, P. S., Barbosa, F. A. R., Laanbroek, R., Chartone-Souza, E., & Nascimento, A. M. A. (2014). The influence of human settlement on the distribution and diversity of iron-oxidizing bacteria belonging to the Gallionellaceae in tropical streams. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, [630]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00630
Daebeler, A., Bodelier, P. L. E., Yan, Z., Hefting, M., & Laanbroek, R. (2014). Interactions between archaeal ammonia oxidizers, Nitrospira and methanotrophs modulate autotrophic nitrification in volcanic grasslands soils. The ISME Journal, 8, 2397-2410. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.81
Verhoeven, J. T. A., Laanbroek, H. J., Rains, M. C., & Whigham, D. F. (2014). Effects of increased summer flooding on nitrogen dynamics in impounded mangroves. Journal of Environmental Management, 139, 217-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.035
Steenbergh, A. K., Bodelier, P. L. E., Slomp, C. P., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2014). Effect of redox conditions on bacterial community structure in Baltic Sea sediments with contrasting Phosphorus fluxes. PLoS One, 9(3), [e92401]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092401

Professional publications

Steenbergh, A. K., Bodelier, P., Slomp, C. P., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2014). Effect of redox conditions on bacterial community structure in baltic sea sediments with contrasting phosphorus fluxes (Erratum to PLoS ONE (2014) 9, 3, (e92401) DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0092401). PLoS One, 9(7), [e102288]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102288

2013

Scholarly publications

Laanbroek, H. J., Keijzer, R. M., Verhoeven, J. T. A., & Whigham, D. F. (2013). Changes in community composition of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria from stands of Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) in response to ammonia enrichment and more oxic conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 4, 1-9.
Miletto, M., Bodelier, P. L. E., Ferdelman, T. G., Jorgensen, B. B., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2013). Effect of the aerenchymatous helophyte Glyceria Maxima on the sulfate-reducing communities in two contrasting riparian grassland soils. Plant and Soil, 370, 73-87.
Keuskamp, J. A., Heike Schmitt, H., Laanbroek, H. J., Verhoeven, J. T. A., & Hefting, M. M. (2013). Effects of nutrient loading on mangrove soil organic carbon decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 57, 822-829.
Steenbergh, A. K., Bodelier, P. L. E., Heldal, M., Slomp, C. P., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2013). Does microbial stoichiometry modulate eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems? Environmental Microbiology, 15(5), 1572-1579. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12042
Vissers, E. W., Anselmetti, F. S., Bodelier, P. L. E., Muyzer, G., Schleper, C., Tourna, M., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2013). Temporal and spatial coexistence of archaeal and bacterial amoA genes and gene transcript in Lake Lucerne. Archaea.
Bollman, A., Sedlacek, C. J., Norton, J., Laanbroek, H. J., Suwa, Y., Stein, L. Y., Klotz, M. G., Arp, D., Sayavedra-Soto, L., Megan lu, M., Bruce, D., Detter, C., Tapia, R., Han, J., Woyke, T., Lucas, S. M., Pitluck, S., Pennacchio, L., Nolan, M., ... Goodwin, L. A. (2013). Complete genome sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. Is79, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium adapted to low ammonium concentrations. Standards in Genomic Sciences.
Vissers, E. W., Blaga, C. I., Bodelier, P. L. E., Muyzer, G., Schleper, C., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., Tourna, M., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2013). Seasonal and vertical distribution of putative ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaeotal communities in an oligotrophic lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 83(2), 515-526. https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12013

2012

Scholarly publications

Laanbroek, H. J., & Bollman, A. (2012). Nitrification in inland waters. Microbial Ecology.
Keuskamp, J. A., Schmitt, H., Laanbroek, H. J., Verhoeven, J. T. A., & Hefting, M. M. (2012). Nutrient amendment does not increase mineralisation of sequestered carbon during incubation of a nitrogen limited mangrove soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 57, 822-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.08.2007
Laanbroek, H. J., Keijzer, R. M., Verhoeven, J. T. A., & Whigman, D. F. (2012). The distribution of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria in stands of Black mangroves (Avicennia germinans). Frontiers in Microbiology, 3, 153. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00153
Wang, J., Krause, S., Muyzer, G., Meima-Franke, M., Laanbroek, H. J., & Bodelier, P. L. E. (2012). Spatial patterns of iron- and metane-oxidizing bacterial communities as in irregularly flooded, reparian wetland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3.
Daebeler, A., Abell, G. C., Bodelier, P. L. E., Bodrossy, L., Frampton, D. M., Hefting, M. M., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2012). Archaeal dominated ammonia-oxidizing communities in Icelandic grassland soils are moderately affected by long-term N fertilization and geothermal heating. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3, 352.

2011

Scholarly publications

Wang, J., Vollrath, S., Behrends, T., Bodelier, P. L. E., Muyzer, G., Meima-Franke, M., Den Oudsten, F., Van Cappellen, P., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2011). Distribution and diversity of Gallionella-like neutrophilic iron oxidizers in a tidal freshwater marsh. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(7), 2337-2344.
Steenbergh, A. K., Bodelier, P. L. E., Hoogveld, H. L., Slomp, C. P., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2011). Phosphatases relieve carbon limitation of microbial activity in Baltic Sea sediments along a redox-gradient. Limnology and Oceanography, 56(6), 2018-2026. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2018
Bollmann, D. A., French, E., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2011). Isolation, cultivation and characterization of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea adapted to low ammonium concentrations. In Methods in Enzymology Martin G. Klotz.
Suwa, Y., Norton, J. M., Bollmann, A., Klotz, M. G., Stein, L. Y., Laanbroek, H. J., Arp, D. J., Goodwin, L. A., Chertkov, O., Held, B., Bruce, D., Detter, J. C., Tapia, R., & Han, C. S. (2011). Genome Sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. Strain AL212, an Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Sensitive to Highlevels of Ammonia. Journal of Bacteriology, 193.

2010

Scholarly publications

Laanbroek, H. J. (2010). Methane emission from natural wetlands: Interplay between emergent macrophytes and soil microbial processes. A mini-review. Annals of Botany, 105(1), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp201
Coci, M., Nicol, G. W., Pilloni, G. N., Schmid, M., Kamst-Agterveld, M. P., Bodelier, P. L. E., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2010). Quantitative assessment of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in the epiphyton of submerged macrophytes in shallow lakes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(6), 1813-1821. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01917-09
Miletto, M., Antheunisse, A. M., Bodelier, P. L. E., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2010). Response of the sulfate-reducing community to the re-establishment os estuarine conditions in two contrasting soils: a mesocosm approach. Microbial Ecology, 109-120.
Laanbroek, H. J. (2010). Methane emission from natural wetlands: Interplay between emergant macrophytes an d soil microbial processes- A mini review. Annals of Botany, 141-153.
Smits, N. A. C., Bobbink, R., Laanbroek, H. J., Paalman, A. J., & Hefting, M. M. (2010). Repression of potential nitrification activities by matgrass sward species. Plant and Soil, 435-445.
Smits, N. A. C., Hefting, M. M., Kamst-van Agterveld, M. P., Laanbroek, H. J., Paalman, A. J., & Bobbink, R. (2010). Nitrification along a grassland gradient: inhibition found in matgrass swards. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 635-641.

2009

Scholarly publications

Wang, J. J., Muyzer, G., Bodelier, P. L. E., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2009). Diversity of iron oxidizers in wetland soils revealed by novel 16S rRNA primers targeting Gallionella-related bacteria. The ISME Journal, 3, 715-725.
Vissers, E. W., Bodelier, P. L. E., Muyzer, G., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2009). A nested PCR approach for improved recovery of archaeal 16S rRNA gene fragments from freshwater samples. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 298, 193-198.

2008

Scholarly publications

Coci, M., Bodelier, P. L. E., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2008). Epiphyton as a niche for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: detailed comparison with the benthic and pelagic compartments in freshwater shallow lakes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74, 1963-1971.
Miletto, M., Loy, A., Antheunisse, A. M., Loeb, R., Bodelier, P. L. E., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2008). Biogeography of sulphate-reducing bacteria in river floodplains. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 64, 395-406.
Tijdens, M., Hoogveld, H. L., Kamst-van Agterveld, M. P., Simis, S. G. H., Baudoux, A. C., Laanbroek, H. J., & Gons, H. J. (2008). Population dynamics and diversity of viruses, bacteria and phytoplankton in a shallow eutrophic lake. Microbial Ecology, 56, 29-42.
Laanbroek, H. J., & Speksnijder, A. G. C. L. (2008). Niche separation of ammonia-oxidising bacteria across a tidal freshwater marsh. Environmental Microbiology, 10, 3017-3025.
Sekido, T., Bodelier, P. L. E., Shoji, T., Suwa, Y., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2008). Limitations of the use of group-specific primers in real-time PCR as appear from quantitative analyses of closely related ammonia-oxidising species. Water Research, 42, 1093-1101.

2007

Scholarly publications

Gorra, R., Coci, M., Ambrosoli, R., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2007). Effects of substratum on the diversity and stability of ammonia-oxidizing communities in a constructed wetland used for wastewater treatment. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 103(5), 1442-1452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03357.x
Miletto, M., Bodelier, P. L. E., & Laanbroek, R. (2007). Improved PCR-DGGE for high resolution diversity screening of complex sulfate-reducing prokaryotic communities in soils and sediments. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 70, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2007.03.015

2006

Scholarly publications

Bodelier, P. L. E., Stomp, M., Santamaria, L., Klaassen, M. R. J., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2006). Animal-plant-microbe: Direct and indirect effects of Swan foraging behavior modulate methane cycling in temperate shallow wetlands. Oecologia, 149(2), 233-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-006-0445-9
Verspagen, J. M. H., Passarge, J., Jöhnk, K. D., Visser, P. M., Peperzak, L., Boers, P., Laanbroek, H. J., & Huisman, J. (2006). Water management strategies against toxic Microcycstis blooms in the Dutch delta. Ecological Applications, 16(1), 313-327.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/25672/laanbroek_06_watermanagementstrategies.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Lotter, A. F., Verbruggen, F., Blaga, C. I., Visschers, L. W., Heiri, O., Reichart, G-J., Muyzer, G., Laanbroek, H. J., & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. (2006). Validation of palaeotemperature proxies in European lakes.. Poster session presented at 10th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.

2005

Scholarly publications

Coci, M., Riechmann, D., Bodelier, P. L. E., Stefani, S., Zwart, G., & Laanbroek, H. J. (2005). Temporal and spatial dynamics of freshwater ammonia-oxidising bacteria subjected to different salinity regimes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 53, 359-368.

1999

Scholarly publications

Muller, W. H., Humbel, B. M., van Aelst, A. C., van der Krift, T. P., & Boekhout, T. (1999). The perforate septal pore cap of Baisdiomycetes. In A. J. E. van Bel, & W. J. P. van Kesteren (Eds.), Plasmodesmata (pp. 120-127). Springer.