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individual microbial cells without cultivation. Microbiol. Rev. 59(1), 143–169 (1995)
2. Benckiser, G.: Plastics, micro- and nanomaterials, and virus-soil microbe-plant interactions in
the environment. In: Prasad, R. (ed.) Plant Nanobionic, vol. 1, pp. 83–96. Springer Nature
Switzerland (2019) (Chapter 4)
3. Benckiser G.: Biofilm surrounded hexachlorobenzene (HCB) crystals and wastewater
purification. Examines Mar Biol Oceanogr. 3(5). EIMBO.000574 (2020) https://doi.org/10.
31031/EIMBO.2020.03.000574
4. Benckiser, G., Ladha, J.K., Wiesler, F.: Climate change and nitrogen turnover in soils and
aquatic environments. In: J. Marxsen (ed.) Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current
Research and Future Trends, p. 22. Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK (2016) (Chapter 8)
5. Berry, D., Mader, E., Lee, T.K., Woebken, D., Wang, Y., Zhu, D., Palatinszky, M.,
Schintlmeister, A., Schmid, M.C., Hanson, B.T., Shterzer, N., Mizrahi, I., Rauch, I., Decker,
T., Bocklitz, T., Popp, J., Gibson, C.M., Fowler, P.W., Huang, W.E., Wagner, M.: Tracking
heavy water (D 2 O) incorporation for identifying and sorting active microbial cells. PNAS 112,
E194–E203 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1420406112Photomicrographs
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(2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01584-x
7. Chen, J.G., Crooks, R.M., Seefeldt, L.C., Bren, K.L., Bullock, R.M., Darensbourg, Y.,
Holland, P.L., Hoffman, B., Janik, M.J., Jones, A.K., Kanatzidis, M.G., King, P., Lancaster,
M., Lymar, S.V., Pfromm, P., Schneide, W.F., Schrock, R.R.: Beyond fossil fuel–driven
nitrogen transformations. Science 360, 6391 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6611
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Palatinszky, M., Vierheilig, J., Bulaev, A., Kirkegaard, R.H., von Bergen, M., Rattei, T.,
Bendinger, B., Nielsen, P.H., Wagner, M.: Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria.
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Farbbild Schriftenreihe der Landesforstverwaltung Baden Württemberg, Germany, Band 23 (1967)
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1038/d41586-019-01394-1
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Law, K.L.: Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science 6223(347), 768–771 (2015)
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Könneke, M., Littmann, S., Mooshammer, M., Niggemann, J., Petrov, S., Richter, A.,
Stewart, F.J., Wagner, M., Kuypers, M.M.M., Bristow, L.A.: Cyanate and urea are substrates
for nitrification by Thaumarchaeota in the marine environment. Nat. Microbiol. 4, 234–243
(2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0316-2
16. Matson, P.A., Parton, W., Power, A.G., Swift, J.: Agricultural intensification and ecosystem
properties. Science 277, 504–509 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5325.504z
17. Sutton, M.A., Howard, C.M.: Ammonia maps make history. Nature 564, 49–50 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07584-7
18. Triplett, E.W. (ed.): Prokaryotic nitrogen fixation. Horizon scientific Press, Wymondham, UK
(2000)
19. Van Damme, M., Clarisse, L., Whitburn, S., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Hurtmans, D., Clerbaux, C.,
Coheur, P.F.: Industrial and agricultural ammonia point sources exposed. Nature 564, 99–103
(2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0747-1
xiv
Editorial