Publikationen / Publications
Bodenkunde und Bodenschutz / Soil Science and Soil Protection
Mikutta R., Mikutta C., Boy J., Degenhardt D., Dormann G., Guggenberger G., Joergensen R. G., Craighero A., Schulz S., Spohn M., Vázquez E. and Andrino A. (2026) Soil phosphorus scarcity promotes in-situ abiotic and microbial mobilization of iron oxide-bound phosphorus. Front. For. Glob. Change 9.
Pohl, L., Winkler, P., Mikutta, R., Rücknagel, J., Gerwin, W. (2025) Potential of Fe sludge addition to increase the water holding capacity of sandy soil substrates. Journal of Environmental Management 393, 126870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126870
Bramble, D.S.E., Schöning, I., Brandt, L., Poll, C., Kandeler, E., Ulrich, S., Mikutta, R., Mikutta, C., Silver, W.L., Totsche, K.U., Kaiser, K., Schrumpf, M. (2025) Land use and mineral type determine stability of newly formed mineral-associated organic matter. Commun Earth Environ 6, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02400-3
Lippold, E., Landl, M., Braatz, E., Schlüter, S., Kilian, R., Mikutta, R., Schnepf, A., Vetterlein, D. (2025) Linking micro-X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray computed tomography with model simulation explains differences in nutrient gradients around roots of different types and ages. New Phytologist 246, 1780–1795. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70102
Kleineidam, K., Böttcher, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Dannenmann, M., Dittert, K., Dörsch, P., Fiedler, S., Frosch, T., Grosz, B., Henjes, S., Horn, M.A., Ippisch, O., Jansen-Willems, A., Kaiser, K., Kempe, M., Köster, J.R., Kraus, D., Geers-Lucas, M., Malique, F., Matson, A., Merian, A., Mikutta, R., Müller, C.W., Ramm, E., Rohe, L., Rummel, P.S., Scheer, C., Schimpf, C.M., Schlüter, S., Schulze, J., Surey, R., Tenspolde, A., van Dijk, H., Vogel, H.-J., Well, R., Wrage-Mönnig, N., Yankelzon, I., Zawallich, J., Müller, C. (2025) Denitrification in Agricultural Soils – Integrated control and Modelling at various scales (DASIM). Biol Fertil Soils 61, 329–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01894-5
Brandt, L., Poll, C., Ballauff, J., Schrumpf, M., Bramble, D.S., Schöning, I., Ulrich, S., Kaiser, K., Mikutta, R., Mikutta, C., Polle, A., Kandeler, E. (2024) Mineral type versus environmental filters: What shapes the composition and functions of fungal communities in the mineralosphere of forest soils? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 190, 109288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109288
Dultz, S., Speth, M., Kaiser, K., Mikutta, R., Guggenberger, G. (2024) Size, shape, and stability of organic particles formed during freeze–thaw cycles: Model experiments with tannic acid. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 667, 563–574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.080
Koebernick, N., Mikutta, R., Kaiser, K., Klotzbücher, A., Nguyen, A.T.Q., Nguyen, M.N., Klotzbücher, T. (2024) Controls on phytolith stability upon exposure in paddy soils. Geoderma 443, 116821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116821
Brüggenwirth, L., Behrens, R., Schnee, L.S., Sauheitl, L., Mikutta, R., Mikutta, C. (2024) Interactions of manganese oxides with natural dissolved organic matter: Implications for soil organic carbon cycling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 366, 182–200. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.016
Bramble D. S. E., Ulrich S., Schöning I., Mikutta R., Brandt L., Poll C., Kandeler E., Mikutta C., Konrad A., Siemens J., Yang Y., Polle A., Schall P., Ammer C., Kaiser K. and Schrumpf M (2023) Formation of mineral-associated organic matter in temperate soils is primarily controlled by mineral type and modified by land use and management intensity. Global Change Biology, e17024. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17024
Amelung, W., Tang, N., Siebers, N., Aehnelt, M., Eusterhues, K., Felde, V.J.M.N.L., Guggenberger, G., Kaiser, K., Kögel‐Knabner, I., Klumpp, E., Knief, C., Kruse, J., Lehndorff, E., Mikutta, R., Peth, S., Ray, N., Prechtel, A., Ritschel, T., Schweizer, S.A., Woche, S.K., Wu, B., Totsche, K.U. (2023) Architecture of soil microaggregates: Advanced methodologies to explore properties and functions. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. jpln.202300149. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202300149
Dao, T.T., Mikutta, R., Wild, B., Sauheitl, L., Gentsch, N., Shibistova, O., Schnecker, J., Lashchinskiy, N., Richter, A., Guggenberger, G. (2023) How temperature and aridity drive lignin decomposition along a latitudinal transect in western Siberia. European J Soil Science 74, e13408. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13408
Brandt, L., Stache, F., Poll, C., Bramble, D.S., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Ulrich, S., Kaiser, K., Mikutta, R., Mikutta, C., Oelmann, Y., Konrad, A., Siemens, J., Kandeler, E., (2023) Mineral type and land-use intensity control composition and functions of microorganisms colonizing pristine minerals in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 182, 109037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109037
Leuther F., Mikutta R., Wolff M., Kaiser K. and Schlüter S. (2023) Structure turnover times of grassland soils under different moisture regimes. Geoderma 433, 116464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116464
Lippold, E., Schlüter, S., Mueller, C.W., Höschen, C., Harrington, G., Kilian, R., Gocke, M.I., Lehndorff, E., Mikutta, R., Vetterlein, D. (2023) Correlative imaging of the rhizosphere─A multimethod workflow for targeted mapping of chemical gradients. Environmental Science & Technology 57, 1538–1549. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c07340
Fiedler, S., Kaiser, K., & Fournier, B. (2023). Cadaver imprint on soil chemistry and microbes - Knowns, unknowns, and perspectives. Frontiers in Soil Science, 3, 1107432. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1107432
Zahoransky, T., Kaiser, K., & Mikutta, C. (2022). High manganese redox variability and manganate predominance in temperate soil profiles as determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 338, 229–249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.10.016
Liptzin, D., Boy, J., Campbell, J. L., Clarke, N., Laclau, J.-P., Godoy, R., Johnson, S. L., Kaiser, K., Likens, G. E., Karlsson, G. P., Markewitz, D., Rogora, M., Sebestyen, S. D., Shanley, J. B., Vanguelova, E., Verstraeten, A., Wilcke, W., Worrall, F., & McDowell, W. H. (2022). Spatial and temporal patterns in atmospheric deposition of dissolved organic carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(11), e2022GB007393. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007393
Koza, M., Pöhlitz, J., Prays, A., Kaiser, K., Mikutta, R., Conrad, C., Vogel, C., Meinel, T., Akshalov, K., & Schmidt, G. (2022). Potential erodibility of semi‐arid steppe soils derived from aggregate stability tests. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(5), e13304. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13304
Koebernick, N., Mikutta, R., Kaiser, K., Klotzbücher, A., Klotzbücher, T. (2022) Redox-dependent surface passivation reduces phytolith solubility. Geoderma 428, 116158. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116158
Schlüter, S., Leuther, F., Albrecht, L., Hoeschen, C., Kilian, R., Surey, R., Mikutta, R., Kaiser, K., Mueller, C.W., Vogel, H.-J. (2022) Microscale carbon distribution around pores and particulate organic matter varies with soil moisture regime. Nature Communications 13, 2098. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29605-w
Kölbl, A., Kaiser, K., Thompson, A., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Marschner, P., Sauheitl, L., Mikutta, R. (2022) Rapid remediation of sandy sulfuric subsoils using straw-derived dissolved organic matter. Geoderma 420, 115875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115875
Chen, S., Klotzbücher, T., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Hong, H., Liu, C., Kaiser, K., Mikutta, C., Mikutta, R. (2022) Legacy effects of sorption determine the formation efficiency of mineral-associated soil organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 2044–2053. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06880
Leuther, F., Wolff, M., Kaiser, K., Schumann, L., Merbach, I., Mikutta, R., Schlüter, S. (2022) Response of subsoil organic matter contents and physical properties to long-term, high-rate farmyard manure application. European Journal of Soil Science 73, e13233. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13233
Dao T. T., Mikutta R., Sauheitl L., Gentsch N., Shibistova O., Wild B., Schnecker J., Bárta J., Čapek P., Gittel A., Lashchinskiy N., Urich T., Šantrůčková H., Richter A. and Guggenberger G. (2022) Lignin preservation and microbial carbohydrate metabolism in permafrost soils. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127, e2020JG006181.
Fetzer, J., Frossard, E., Kaiser, K., & Hagedorn, F. (2022). Leaching of inorganic and organic phosphorus and nitrogen in contrasting beech forest soils - seasonal patterns and effects of fertilization. Biogeosciences, 19(5), 1527–1546. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1527-2022
Prietzel, J., Krüger, J., Kaiser, K., Amelung, W., Bauke, S. L., Dippold, M. A., Kandeler, E., Klysubun, W., Lewandowski, H., Löppmann, S., Luster, J., Marhan, S., Puhlmann, H., Schmitt, M., Siegenthaler, M. B., Siemens, J., Sielvogel, S., Willbold, S., Wolff, J., & Lang, F. (2022). Soil phosphorus status and P nutrition strategies of European beech forests on carbonate compared to silicate parent material. Biogeochemistry, 158(1), 39–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00884-7
Liebmann P., Mikutta R., Kalbitz K., Wordell-Dietrich P., Leinemann T., Preusser S., Mewes O., Perrin E., Bachmann J., Don A., Kandeler E., Marschner B., Schaarschmidt F. and Guggenberger G. (2021) Biogeochemical limitations of carbon stabilization in forest subsoils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science DOI:10.1002/jpln.202100295
Andrino A., Guggenberger G., Kernchen S., Mikutta R., Sauheitl L. and Boy J. (2021) Production of organic acids by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution in the mobilization of phosphorus bound to iron oxides. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 661842. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.661842
Kirsten M., Mikutta R., Kimaro D. N., Feger K.-H. and Kalbitz K. (2021) Aluminous clay and pedogenic Fe oxides modulate aggregation and related carbon contents in soils of the humid tropics. SOIL 7, 363–375. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-363-2021
Preusser S., Liebmann P., Stucke A., Wirsching J., Müller K., Mikutta R., Guggenberger G., Don A., Kalbitz K., Bachmann J., Marhan S., Poll C. and Kandeler E. (2021) Microbial utilisation of aboveground litter-derived organic carbon within a sandy Dystric Cambisol profile. Frontiers in Soil Science 1, 666950. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2021.666950
Surey R., Kaiser K., Schimpf C. M., Mueller C. W., Böttcher J. and Mikutta R. (2021) Contribution of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter to potential denitrification of agricultural soils. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.640534
Kirsten M., Mikutta R., Vogel C., Thompson A., Mueller C. W., Kimaro D. N., Bergsma H. L. T., Feger K.-H. and Kalbitz K. (2021) Iron oxides and aluminous clays selectively control soil carbon storage and stability in the humid tropics. Scientific Reports 11, 5076. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84777-7
Kölbl A., Kaiser K., Winkler P., Mosley L., Fitzpatrick R., Marschner P., Wagner F.E., Häusler W. and Mikutta R. (2021) Transformation of jarosite during simulated remediation of a sandy sulfuric soil. Science of The Total Environment 773, 145546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145546
Dultz S., Mikutta R., Kara S. N. M., Woche S. K. and Guggenberger G. (2021) Effects of solution chemistry on conformation of self-aggregated tannic acid revealed by laser light scattering. Science of The Total Environment 754, 142119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142119
Olagoke F. K., Kaiser K., Mikutta R., Kalbitz K. and Vogel C. (2020) Persistent activities of extracellular enzymes adsorbed to soil minerals. Microorganisms 8, 1796. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111796
Klotzbücher A., Schunck F., Klotzbücher T., Kaiser K., Glaser B., Spohn M., Widdig M. and Mikutta R. (2020) Goethite-bound phosphorus in an acidic subsoil is not available to beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Front. For. Glob. Change 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00094
Klotzbücher T., Treptow C., Kaiser K., Klotzbücher A. and Mikutta R. (2020) Sorption competition with natural organic matter as mechanism controlling silicon mobility in soil. Scientific Reports 10, 11225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68042-x
Liebmann P., Wordell-Dietrich P., Kalbitz K., Mikutta R., Kalks F., Don A., Woche S. K., Dsilva L. R. and Guggenberger G. (2020) Relevance of aboveground litter for soil organic matter formation – a soil profile perspective. Biogeosciences 17, 3099–3113. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3099-2020
Surey R., Schimpf C. M., Sauheitl L., Mueller C. W., Rummel P. S., Dittert K., Kaiser K., Böttcher J. and Mikutta R. (2020) Potential denitrification stimulated by water-soluble organic carbon from plant residues during initial decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 147, 107841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107841
Surey R., Lippold E., Heilek S., Sauheitl L., Henjes S., Horn M. A., Mueller C. W., Merbach I., Kaiser K., Böttcher J. and Mikutta R. (2020) Differences in labile soil organic matter explain potential denitrification and denitrifying communities in a long-term fertilization experiment. Applied Soil Ecology 153, 103630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103630
Kalks F., Liebmann P., Wordell-Dietrich P., Guggenberger G., Kalbitz K., Mikutta R., Helfrich M. and Don A. (2020) Fate and stability of dissolved organic carbon in topsoils and subsoils under beech forests. Biogeochemistry 148, 111–128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00649-8
Gao J., Mikutta R., Jansen B., Guggenberger G., Vogel C., Kalbitz K. (2020) The multilayer model of soil mineral–organic interfaces–a review. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201900530
Gmach M., Cherubin M., Kaiser K., Cerri C. (2020) Processes that influence dissolved organic matter in the soil: A review. Scientia Agricola 77, e20180164. doi:10.1590/1678-992X-2018-0164
Knief C., Bol R., Amelung W., Kusch S., Eckmeier E., Jaeschke A., Dunai T, Fuentes B., Mörchen R., Schütte T., Luecke A., Klumpp E., Kaiser K., Rethemeyer J. (2020) Tracing elevational changes in microbial life and organic carbon sources in soils of the Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change 184, 103078. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103078
Stutz K., Kaiser K., Wambsganss J., Santos F., Berhe A.A., Lang F. (2019) Lignin from white-rotted European beech deadwood and soil functions. Biogeochemistry 145, 81–105. doi:10.1007/s10533-019-00593-2
Brödlin D., Kaiser K., Hagedorn F. (2019) Divergent patterns of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus mobilization in forest soils. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2, 66. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2019.00066
Anderson T., Rowe E., Polimene L., Tipping E., Evans C., Barry C., Hansell D., Kaiser K., Kitidis V., Lapworth D., Mayor D., Monteith D., Pickard, A., Sanders R., Spears B., Torres R., Tye A., Wade A., Waska H. (2019) Unified concepts for understanding and modelling turnover of dissolved organic matter from freshwaters to the ocean: The UniDOM model. Biogeochemistry 146, 105–123. doi:10.1007/s10533-019-00621-1
Sohrt J., Uhlig D., Kaiser K., von Blanckenburg F., Siemens J., Seeger S., Frick D.A., Krüger J., Lang F., Weiler M. (2019) Phosphorus fluxes in a temperate forested watershed: Canopy leaching, runoff sources and in-stream transformation. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2, 85. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2019.00085
Mikutta R., Turner S., Schippers A., Gentsch N., Meyer-Stüve S., Condron L. M., Peltzer D. A., Richardson S. J., Eger A., Hempel G., Kaiser K., Klotzbücher T. and Guggenberger G. (2019) Microbial and abiotic controls on mineral-associated organic matter in soil profiles along an ecosystem gradient. Scientific Reports 9, 10294. DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-46501-4
Klotzbücher A., Kaiser K., Klotzbücher T., Wolff M., Mikutta R. (2019) Testing mechanisms underlying the Hedley sequential phosphorus extraction of soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 182, 570-577. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201800652
Andrino A., Boy J., Mikutta R., Sauheitl L., Guggenberger G. (2019) Carbon investment required for the mobilization of inorganic and organic phosphorus bound to goethite by an arbuscular mycorrhiza (Solanum lycopersicum x Rhizophagus irregularis). Frontiers in Environmental Science 7, 26. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00026
Winkler P., Kaiser K., Jahn R., Mikutta R., Fiedler S., Cerli C., Kölbl A., Schulz S., Jankowska M., Schloter M., Müller-Niggemann C., Schwark L., Woche S. K., Kümmel S., Utami S. R. and Kalbitz K. (2019) Tracing organic carbon and microbial community structure in mineralogically different soils exposed to redox fluctuations. Biogeochemistry 143, 31–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00548-7
Turner S., Mikutta R., Guggenberger G., Schaarschmidt F., Schippers A. (2019) Distinct pattern of nitrogen functional gene abundances in top- and subsoils along a 120,000-year ecosystem development gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 132, 111–119.
Dultz S., Woche S. K., Mikutta R., Schrapel M. and Guggenberger G. (2019) Size and charge constraints in microaggregation: Model experiments with mineral particle size fractions. Applied Clay Science 170, 29–40.
Brödlin D., Kaiser K., Kessler A., Hagedorn F. (2019) Drying and rewetting foster phosphorus depletion of forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 128, 22–34. DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.10.001