Katharina Kesy
Address:
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Phone:
+49 381 5197 272
Fax:
+49 381 5197 440
E-Mail:
Research interests
I focus on the differences between the microbial communities that colonize microplastic
particles from the Baltic Sea. My special interest lies in the characterization of the microbial assemblage and their diversity using molecular methods.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Katharina Kesy, Matthias Labrenz, Brittan S. Scales, Bernd Kreikemeyer and Sonja Oberbeckmann (2021). Vibrio colonization is highly dynamic in early microplastic-associated biofilms as well as on field-collected microplastics. Microorganisms 9: 76. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9010076
Katharina Kesy, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Felix Müller and Matthias Labrenz (2016). Polystyrene influences bacterial assemblages in Arenicola marina-populated aquatic environments in vitro. Environmental Pollution 219: 219-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.032
Jannes Landschoff, Dagmar Lackschewitz, Katharina Kesy and Karsten Reise (2013). Globalization pressure and habitat change: Pacific rocky shore crabs invade armored shorelines in the Atlantic Wadden Sea. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 77-87.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.1.09Not peer-reviewed Publications
Katharina Kesy (2019). Bacterial biofilms on microplastics in the Baltic Sea – Composition, influences, and interactions with their environment. Doctoral dissertation, University of Rostock, Germany. Available at Rostocker Dokumentenserver: http://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/resolve/id/rosdok_disshab_0000002259, doi: https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002636
Sandra Wiegand, Mareike Jogler, Timo Kohn, Awal, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Katharina Kesy et al. (2019). The novel shapeshifting bacterial phylum Saltatorellota. bioRxiv, 817700, doi:
Sonja Oberbeckmann, Katharina Kesy, Bernd Kreikemeyer and Matthias Labrenz (2017). Hitchhiking microorganisms on microplastics in the Baltic Sea. In: MICRO 2016: fate and impact of microplastics in marine ecosystems: from coastline to the open sea. Amsterdam: Elsevier: 72, 978-012-812271-6
Talks
Katharina Kesy, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Bernd Kreikemeyer and Matthias Labrenz (2019): Vibrio abundances in early bacterial assemblages on microplastics along a 2000 km Baltic Sea coastline. Plenary talk, BSSC 2019 – 12th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Stockholm, Sweden
Katharina Kesy, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Felix Müller, Franziska Klaeger, Alexander Hentzsch, Stephanie Mothes and Matthias Labrenz (2017). The fate and stability of the microplastic-associated bacterial assemblages after passing the gut of marine invertebrates. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting – American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA
Katharina Kesy, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Felix Müller, Franziska Klaeger, Alexander Hentzsch, Stephanie Mothes and Matthias Labrenz (2017). The fate and stability of bacterial biofilms on microplastics after passing the gut of invertebrates living in the Baltic Sea. BSSC 2017 – 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Rostock, Germany
Posters
Katharina Kesy, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Bernd Kreikemeyer and Matthias Labrenz (2018). Early bacterial assemblage profiles on microplastics along a 2000 km Baltic Sea coastline. ISME17 - 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Leipzig, Germany
Katharina Kesy, Franziska Klaeger, Sonja Oberbeckmann, Alexander Hentzsch, Stephanie Mothes and Matthias Labrenz (2017). Fate and stability of bacterial biofilms on microplastics after passage through the gut of the filter-feeding bivalve Mytilus edulis. SAME15 – 15th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia