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W. Irene C. Rijpstra
Researcher at Utrecht University
Publications - 113
Citations - 11276
W. Irene C. Rijpstra is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Planctomycetes & Membrane lipids. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 111 publications receiving 10004 citations. Previous affiliations of W. Irene C. Rijpstra include University of Groningen & Delft University of Technology.
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A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification
Ashna Anjana Raghoebarsing,Arjan Pol,Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen,Alfons J. P. Smolders,Katharina F. Ettwig,W. Irene C. Rijpstra,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Huub J. M. Op den Camp,Mike S. M. Jetten,Marc Strous +10 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the direct, anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification of nitrate is possible and that the reaction presented here may make a substantial contribution to biological methane and nitrogen cycles.
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Candidatus "Scalindua brodae", sp. nov., Candidatus "Scalindua wagneri", sp. nov., two new species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria.
Markus Schmid,Kerry A. Walsh,Richard I. Webb,W. Irene C. Rijpstra,Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen,Mark Jan Verbruggen,Thomas C. J. Hill,Bruce F. Moffett,John A. Fuerst,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,James A. Harris,Phil J Shaw,Mike S. M. Jetten,Marc Strous +14 more
TL;DR: A new genus and species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing planctomycetes, discovered in a wastewater treatment plant treating landfill leachate in Pitsea, UK, are described, making this genus the most widespread of all anammox bacteria described so far.
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Linearly concatenated cyclobutane lipids form a dense bacterial membrane
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Marc Strous,W. Irene C. Rijpstra,Ellen C. Hopmans,Jan A. J. Geenevasen,Adri C. T. van Duin,Laura van Niftrik,Mike S. M. Jetten,Mike S. M. Jetten +8 more
TL;DR: The discovery of cyclobutane rings in the dominant membrane lipids of two anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria is reported, illustrating that microbial membrane lipid structures are far more diverse than previously recognized.
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Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs
Ashna Anjana Raghoebarsing,Alfons J. P. Smolders,Markus Schmid,W. Irene C. Rijpstra,Mieke Wolters-Arts,Jan Derksen,Mike S. M. Jetten,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Leon P. M. Lamers,Jan G. M. Roelofs,Huub J. M. Op den Camp,Marc Strous +12 more
TL;DR: The symbiosis between Sphagnum mosses and partly endophytic methanotrophic bacteria explains both the efficient recycling of methane and the high organic carbon burial in these wetland ecosystems.
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Black Sea sterol—a molecular fossil for dinoflagellate blooms
Jaap J. Boon,W. Irene C. Rijpstra,Frits De Lange,J.W. de Leeuw,Masako Yoshioka,Yuzuru Shimizu +5 more
TL;DR: A PECULIAR sterol has been found in recent sedimentary environments which was found was identical with the Black Sea sterol and its significance was discussed.