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Frank Nitsche

University of Cologne

Albertus-Magnus-Platz

Cologne, 50923

Germany

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Scholarly Papers (5)

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New Gregarines from the Atacama Desert, Atacamagregarina Paposa Gen. Et Sp. Nov. And Xiphocephalus Psectrascelii Sp. Nov. From Tenebrionid Beetles

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jan 2023
Frank Nitsche, Sahra Carduck, Joshua von Ameln, Cristina Dorador, Reinhard Predel, Sonja Rückert and Hartmut Arndt
University of Cologne, University of Cologne, University of Cologne, Universidad de Antofagasta, University of Cologne, Edinburgh Napier University and University of Cologne
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Gregarines, extreme habitat, Atacama Desert, phylogeny, morphology

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High Diversity and Isolated Distribution of Aquatic Protists in Salars of the Atacama Desert at Different Salinities

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Jan 2023
Alexandra Eleonore Lennartz (neé Rybarski), Frank Nitsche, Alexandra Schoenle, Claudia Voigt, Michael Staubwasser and Hartmut Arndt
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cologne, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Cologne
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Placididea, Metabarcoding, Hypersaline waters, Evolution, Water chemistry, Heterotrophic flagellates

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Hitchhiking Bacteria: Diverging Effects of Different Tire Wear Particles on Microbial Biofilm Composition

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Jun 2025
Dana Bludau, Sophie Volkenandt, Julian Wagenhofer, Frank Nitsche and Jens Boenigk
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cologne and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tire wear particles, Bacterial biofilms, Biodiversity, Aquatic pollution, Community composition, River Rhine

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Protist Diversity and Co-Occurrence Patterns Obtained by Metabarcoding of Terricolous Lichens, Coastal Hills and Microbial Mats in the Atacama Desert

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Mar 2024
Eduardo Acosta, Frank Nitsche and Hartmut Arndt
University of Cologne, University of Cologne and University of Cologne
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Soil, microbial mats, massive sequencing, NGS phylogeny, high elevation, co-occurrence network

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Temporal dynamics of bacterial and fungal colonization on polystyrene microplastics in floodplain soils

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Mar 2026
Rizwan Khaleel, Alfons R. Weig, Julian Wagenhofer, Markus Rolf, Yifan Lu, Hannes Laermanns, Frank Nitsche, Tillmann Lueders, Claus Bässler, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder and Christina Bogner
University of Cologne - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bayreuth, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cologne, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cologne, University of Cologne, University of Bayreuth, University of Bayreuth, University of Bayreuth, University of Bayreuth and University of Cologne
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Microplastics, Biofilm, Floodplain Soil, Bacteria, Fungi