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De Wit Rutger

Directeur de recherche CNRS

Team : Benthos and its interactions with the Pelagos (BIP)

Laboratory "Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers", UMR 5119

  Phone : + 33 4 67 14 34 29

Fax : + 33 4 67 14 37 19

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mesures de la photosynthèse d'un biofilm à l'aide des micro-électrodes à l'oxygène et par mesure de la fluorescence variable (FIRe)



English translation (under way)

L’organisation biologique et le fonctionnement des microorganismes sessiles et sédentaires (procaryotes et microalgues) associés aux surfaces ; mot clé BIOFILM

Dans les systèmes aquatiques à faible profondeur – comme les écosystèmes lagunaires - la plupart des microorganismes des systèmes aquatiques ne sont pas libres en suspension - et n’appartiennent donc pas au pelagos - mais se trouvent associés aux surfaces. Ces organismes sont soit immobiles car fortement adhérés aux surfaces (organismes sessiles) ou soit ont une mobilité réduite (organismes sédentaires). Un biofilm est défini comme une association de microorganismes adhérents à une surface, et est souvent caractérisé par une importante présence de polymères extracellulaires (EPS). Le biofilm photosynthétique sédimentaire est un cas spécifique de biofilm, car 1) la lumière y joue un rôle primordial dans la structuration des communautés microbiennes (comme c’est le cas de tous les biofilms photosynthétiques), 2) le biofilm interagit par transfert de masse à la fois avec la colonne d’eau surnageante (comme c’est le cas pour tous les biofilms des milieux aquatiques) ainsi qu’avec les couches sous-jacentes du sédiment, et 3) la force du détachement étant atténuée au sein du sédiment, la proportion de microorganismes sédentaires y est probablement plus élevée. Au sein des lagunes, en plus du microphytobenthos associé au sédiment, les biofilms sont particulièrement importants sur les macrophytes et ceci notamment pour les phanérogames marines : des biofilms photosynthétiques se trouvent sur les feuilles (périphyton) et les biofilms de bactéries hétérotrophes se trouvent sur les systèmes racinaires (rhizoplane).

J’étudie les interactions entre les microorganismes au sein des biofilms afin de comprendre la biodiversité et le fonctionnement de ces biofilms et j’utilise une panoplie de méthodes comprennent 1) l’analyse du métabolisme de la communauté microbienne principalement à l’aide des microélectrodes, 2) l’isolation de souches microbiennes représentatives et l’étude de leur écophysiologie, 3) la culture de biofilms artificiels au laboratoire à l’aide d’un incubateur, 4) les expériences type mésocosme avec des échantillons de biofilms, 5) la modélisation mathématique de la dynamique des populations et leurs activités biogéochimiques. En collaboration, j’ai également abordé la caractérisation de la composition du biofilm à l’aide des techniques d’écologie moléculaire (16 S RNA, ITS, ARDRA). L’utilisation complémentaire de ces différentes approches, l’intégration et la synthèse des données qu’elles produisent, permettent d’analyser l’organisation biologique à l’échelle du biofilm et son rôle dans le fonctionnement biogéochimique d’une lagune (par exemple pour décrire les échanges de masse aux interfaces liquides solides). 

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réacteur pour la culture de biofilms photosynthétiques sur sédiment

Teaching
  • écologie microbienne et biogéochimie
  • fonctionnement des biofilms
  • écologie aquatique (zone côtière)
  • microbiologie : physiologie en anaérobie

Publications

2012

DE WIT R., MAZOUNI N., VIAROLI P. (2012) Preface: Research and Management for the Conservation of Coastal Lagoon Ecosystems, South–North Comparisons. Hydrobiologia doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1158-1

DE WIT R., TROUSSELLIER M., COURTIES C., BUFFAN-DUBAU E., LEMAIRE E. (2012). Short-term interactions between phytoplankton and intertidal seagrass vegetation in a coastal lagoon (Bassin d’Arcachon, SW France). Hydrobiologia doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1153-6.

VILLÉGER S., FERRATON F., MOUILLOT D., DE WIT R. (2012) Nutrient recycling by coastal macro-organisms: intra vs. interspecific differences. Marine Ecology Progress Series 452: 297–303


2011



DE WIT, R., MOSTAJIR, B., TROUSSELLIER, M. & DO CHI, T. (2011). Environmental Management and Sustainable Use of Coastal lagon Ecosystems. Chapter 11. In: Friedman A.G., Lagoons: Biology, Management and Environmental Impact. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, ISBN: 978-1-61761-738-6

DE WIT, R. (2011). Biodiversity of coastal lagoon ecosystems and their vulnerability to global change. In Grillo O., Venore G. Ecosystems Biodiversity. Chapter 2, pages 29-40. InTech Open Access Publisher. ISBN: 978-953-307-417-7

MAURICE, C. F., MOUILLOT, D., BETTAREL, Y., DE WIT, R., SARMENTO, H., BOUVIER T (2011) Disentangling the relative influence of bacterioplankton phylogeny and metabolism on lysogeny in reservoirs and lagoons. The ISME Journal 5: 831-842

MOSTAJIR, B., AMBLARD, Ch., BUFFAN-DUBAU, E., DE WIT, R., LENSI, R. & SIME-NGANDO, T. (2011). Chapitre 13, Les réseaux trophiques microbiens des milieux aquatiques et terrestres. In: Bertrand J.-C., Caumette P., Lebaron P. & Normand P. (Eds.), Écologie microbienne : microbiologie des milieux naturels et anthropisés. Pau, France: Presses Universitaires de Pau.

JOUX, F., BERTRAND, J.C., DE WIT, R., GROSSI, V., INTERTAGLIA, L., LEBARON, Ph., MICHOTEY, V., NORMAND, Ph., PEYRET, P., RAIMBAULT, P. TAMBURINI Ch. & URIOS, L. (2011). Chapitre 17, Méthodes d’études des micro-organismes dans l’environnement. In: Bertrand J.-C., Caumette P., Lebaron P. & Normand P. (Eds.), Écologie microbienne : microbiologie des milieux naturels et anthropisés. Pau, France: Presses Universitaires de Pau.

POGGIALE, J.C., DANTIGNY, P., DE WIT, R., STEINBERG, Ch. (2011) Chapitre 19 Modélisation en Ecologie Microbienne. In: Bertrand J.-C., Caumette P., Lebaron P. & Normand P. (Eds.), Écologie microbienne : microbiologie des milieux naturels et anthropisés. Pau, France: Presses Universitaires de Pau.

TAGLIAPIETRA D., ALOUI-BEJAOUI N., BELLAFIORE D., DE WIT R., FERRARIN C., GAMITO S., LASSERRE P., MAGNI P., MISTRI M., PEREZ-RUZAFA A., PRANOVI F., REIZOPOULOU S., RILOV G., SOLIDORO C., TUNBERG B., VALIELA I., VIAROLI P.  (2011). The Ecological Implications of Climate Change on the LoVe. UNESCO, Venice (Italy). 26-27 May 2011. UNESCO report -


2009

DE JUNET, A., ABRIL, G., GUERIN, F., BILLY, I., DE WIT, R. (2009). A multi-tracers analysis of sources and transfers of particulate organic matter in a tropical reservoir (Petit Saut, French Guiana). River Research and Applications  25: 253-271 (DOI: 10.1002/rra.1152)

2008


DE BEER, D. BISSETT, A., DE WIT, R., JONKERS, H., KÖHLER-RINK, S., NAM, H., HYO KIM, B., EICKERT, G., GRINSTAIN, M. (2008). A microsensor for carbonate ions suitable for microprofiling in freshwater and saline environments. Limnology Oceanography Methods 6, 532-541 (Abstract )

ZALDIVAR, J.M., CARDOSO, A.C., VIAROLI, P., NEWTON, A., DE WIT, R., IBAÑEZ, C., REIZOPOULOU, S., SOMMA, F., RAZINKOVAS, A., BASSET, A., HOLMER, M. & MURRAY, N. (2008) Eutrophication in Transitional Waters: an overview. Transitional Waters Monographs 2, 1-78

TRESSE, O., DE WIT, R., CASSISA, V., LE PENNEC, G., HARAS, D. & FEDERIGHI, F. (2008) Natural bacterial biofilms in the Environment. In : G. V. Kurladze (Ed.) Environmental Microbiology Research Trends, NovaSciencePublisher (Ed. F. Colombus) pp 99-135 ISBN 978-1-60021-939-9

DE WIT R. (2008). Microbial diversity in the Bassin d'Arcachon coastal lagoon (SW France). Hydrobiologia 611, 5-15

DE WIT, R., TROUSSELLIER, M. (2008) 35- Qu'est-ce qu'une lagune côtière ? pages162 -165.
36- Quel est l'impact de l'homme sur la biodiversité des écosystèmes lagunaires ? pages 166-169. Dans L'eau, une ressource durable ? Ouvrage collectif coordonné par Marie-Claude Leclerc (CNRS) et Pascale Scheromm (INRA). SCEREN & Agropolis, Montpellier


2007


MATHIEU, M., LEFLAIVE, J., TEN-HAGE, L., DE WIT, R., BUFFAN-DUBAU, E. (2007) Free-living nematodes affect oxygen turnover of artificial diatom biofilms Aquatic Microbial Ecology 49, 281-291

BACHER, A., OMOREGIE, E., DE WIT, R., JONKERS, H.M. (2007) Diversity and function of Chloroflexus-like bacteria in a hypersaline microbial mat: phylogenetic characterization and impact on aerobic respiration. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 3975-3983

CARO, A., GROS, O., GOT, P., DE WIT, R., TROUSSELLIER, M. (2007) Characterization of the Population of the Sulfur-Oxidizing Symbiont of Codakia orbicularis (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) by Single Cell Analyses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 2101-2109

DE WIT R. (2007) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Transitional Waters; the point of view of a microbial ecologist. Transitional Waters Bulletin 1. 3-16

2006

LOMSTEIN B. Aa., BONNE GULDBERG L., AMTOFT NEUBAUER A.T., HANSEN J.,  DONNELLY A.P., HERBERT R.A., VIAROLI P., GIORDANI G., AZZONI R., DE WIT R., FINSTER K., 2006. Benthic decomposition of Ulva lactuca: a controlled laboratory experiment. Aquatic Botany 85: 271-281

GAUTRET, P., DE WIT R., CAMOIN, G., GOLUBIC, S. (2006). Are environmental conditions recorded by the organic matrices associated with precipitated calcium carbonate in cyanobacterial microbialites? Geobiology 4, 93-107

LUDWIG R., PRINGAULT, O., DE WIT R., DE BEER D., JONKERS H. (2006). Limitation of oxygenic photosynthesis and oxygen consumption by phosphate and organic nitrogen in a hypersaline microbial mat: A microsensor study. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 57, 9-17

DE WIT, R.,  BOUVIER, T. (2006). “Everything is everywhere, but, the environment selects”; what did Baas-Becking and Beijerinck really say? Environmental Microbiology 8, 755-748

2005

DE WIT, R. (2005) Do all ecosystems maximise their distance with respect to thermodynamic equilibrium? A comment on the “Ecological Law of Thermodynamics” (ELT) proposed by Sven Erik Jørgensen. Scientia Marina, 69, 427-434
 
DE WIT, R., FALCON,  L. & CHARPY-ROUBAUD, C. (2005). Heterotrophic dinitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in phosphate-fertilised Microcoleus chthonoplastes microbial mat from the hypersaline inland lake “la Salada de Chiprana” (NE Spain). Hydrobiologia 534, 245 - 253

PRINGAULT, O., DE WIT, R. & CAMOIN, G. (2005). Irradiance regulation of photosynthesis and respiration in modern marine microbialites built by benthic cyanobacteria in a tropical lagoon (New Caledonia). Microbial Ecology 49, 604 - 616
 
DE WIT, R., LEIBREICH, J., VERNIER, F., DELMAS,  F., BEUFFE, H. MAISON, PH. CHOSSAT, J C. LAPLACE-TREYTURE, C., LAPLANA, R., CLAVÉ, V., TORRE, M., AUBY, I. TRUT, G., MAURER, D., CAPDEVILLE, P.  (2005) Relationship between land-use in the agro-forestry system of les Landes, nitrogen loading to and risk of macro-algal blooming in the Bassin d'Arcachon coastal lagoon (SW France). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 62, 453-465

2004

AMTOFT NEUBAUER, A.T., UNDERLIEN PEDERSEN, A.-G., FINSTER, K. HERBERT, R.A., DONNELLY, A.P., VIAROLI, P., GIORDANI, G., DE WIT, R. & LOMSTEIN, B.Aa. (2004). Benthic decomposition of Zostera marina roots: a controlled laboratory experiment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 313, 105-124

MASSÉ, A., AIRS, R.L., KEELY, B.J. & DE WIT, R. (2004). The impact of different intensities of green light on the bacteriochlorophyll homologue composition of the chlorobiaceae Prosthecochloris aestuarii and Chlorobium phaeobacteroides. Microbiology 150, 2555-2564

PRINGAULT O., DE WIT R. & CAMOIN G. (2004).  Functioning of modern marine microbialites built by benthic cyanobacteria. In: Recent Research Developments in Microbiology Vol. 8 41-56
 
2003 

TATON, A., GRUBISIC, S., BRAMBILLA, E., DE WIT, R. & WILMOTTE, A. (2003). Cyanobacterial diversity in natural and artificial microbial mats of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica): A morphological and molecular approach. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69, 5157-5169

CIFUENTES, A., ANTÓN, J., DE WIT, R. & RODRÍGUEZ-VALERA, F. (2003). Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea in sulfate-reducing enrichment cultures inoculated from serial dilution of Zostera noltii rhizosphere samples. Environmental Microbiology 5, 754-764

BIANCHI, A., CALAFAT, A., DE WIT, R. GARCIN, J., THOLOSAN, O., CACHO, I., CANALS, M., FABRÉS, J., GROUT, H., MASQUÉ, P., SANCHEZ-CABEZA, J.-A., SEMPÉRÉ, R. (2003) Microbial activities at the deep water-sediment boundary layer in two high productivity systems of the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean): The Almeria-Oran Front and the Malaga Upwelling. Oceanologica Acta 25, 315-324

CAMACHO, A., DE WIT, R. (2003). Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on a benthic microbial mat from a hypersaline lake. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 32, 261-273

JONKERS, H.M., LUDWIG, R., DE WIT, R., PRINGAULT, O., MUYZER, G., NIEMANN, H., FINKE, N., DE BEER, D. (2003) Structural and functional analysis of a microbial mat ecosystem from a unique permanent hypersaline inland lake: ‘La Salada de Chiprana’ (NE Spain). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 44, 175-189

2002

MASSE, A., PRINGAULT, O. DE WIT, R. (2002) Experimental study of interactions between purple and green sulfur bacteria in sandy sediments exposed to illumination deprived of near-infrared wavelengths. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68, 2972-2981

LEMAIRE, E., ABRIL, G., DE WIT, R., ETCHEBER, H. (2002) Distribution of phytoplankton pigments in nine European estuaries and implications for an estuarine typology. Biogeochemistry 59, 5-23

MASSE, A., PRINGAULT, O. DE WIT, R. (2002) Effect of light quality on sulfide photo-oxidation and growth in an artificial biofilm of the green sulfur bacterium Prosthecochloris aestuarii. Photosynthesis Research 71, 173-183


2001

BUFFAN-DUBAU, E., PRINGAULT, O., DE WIT, R. (2001) Artificial cold-adapted mats cultured from Antarctic lake samples. 1. Formation and structure. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 26, 115-125

PRINGAULT, O., BUFFAN-DUBAU, E., DE WIT, R. (2001) Artificial cold-adapted mats cultured from Antarctic lake samples. 2. Short-term temperature effects on the oxygen turn-over. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 26, 127-138

NIELSEN, L.B., FINSTER, K., WELSH, D.T., DONELLY, A., HERBERT, R.A., DE WIT, R. & LOMSTEIN, B. Aa. (2001). Sulfate reduction and nitrogen fixation rates associated with roots, rhizomes and sediments from Zostera noltii and Spartina maritima meadows Environmental Microbiology 3, 63-71
 
DE WIT, R. STAL, L.J., LOMSTEIN, B.Aa., HERBERT, R.A., VAN GEMERDEN, H., VIAROLI, P., CECHERELLI, V.-U., RODRÍGUEZ-VALERA, BARTOLI, B., WELSH, D.T., DONELLY, A., CIFUENTES, A., ANTÓN, J., FINSTER, K., NIELSEN, L.B., UNDERLIEN PEDERSEN, A.-G., TURI NEUBAUER, A., COLANGELO, M.A., HEIJS, S.K. (2001) "ROBUST: The ROle of BUffering capacities in STabilising coastal lagoon ecosystems. Nearshore Coastal Oceanography, Continental Shelf Research 21 : 2021-2041

WELSH, D.T., CASTADELLI, G., BARTOLI, M., POLIO, D., CARERI, M., DE WIT, R., VIAROLI, P. (2001) Denitrification in an intertidal seagrass meadow, a comparison of 15N-isotope and acetylene block techniques. Marine Biology 139, 1029-1036

PRUSKI, A.M., DE WIT, R., FIALA-MÉDIONI, A. (2001) Carrier of reduced sulphur is a possible role for thiotaurine in symbiotic species from hydrothermal vents with thiotrophic symbionts. Hydrobiologia 461, 9-13

2000
ABRIL, G., RIOU, S.A., ETCHEBER, H., FRANKIGNOULLE, M., DE WIT, R. & MIDDELBURG, J.J. (2000). Transient, short-term scale nitrogen transformations in an estuarine turbidity maximum - fluid mud system (The Gironde, S.W. France). Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science 50, 703-715

DE WIT R. (2000) Sulfide-containing Environments. In: Encyclopedia of Microbiology  IIend Ed.. (J. Lederberg ed). Vol. IV, pp. 478-494. Academic Press, San Diego.  (version entièrement révisée  et actualisée).

1999
HERNANDEZ-MARINE, M. & DE WIT, R. (1999) Characterization and morphological transformation of laboratory grown Leptolyngbya (Phormidium) valderianum (Delp., Gom.) Komarek (Cyanophyta/cyanobacteria). Archives für Hydrobiologie. Suppl. Algological Studies 94: 139-146. Stuttgart, August 1999

GOÑI-URRIZA M., DE MONTAUDOUIN X., GUYONEAUD R., BACHELET G. & DE WIT R. (1999). Effect of macrofaunal bioturbation on bacterial distribution in marine sandy sediments, with special reference to sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Journal of Sea Research 41, 269-279

PRINGAULT, O., DE WIT, R. & KÜHL, M. (1999). A microsensor study of the interaction between Purple Sulfur and Green Sulfur Bacteria in experimental benthic gradients. Microbial Ecology 37, 173-184

1998
PRINGAULT O., KÜHL, M., DE WIT R. & CAUMETTE P. (1998) Growth of Green Sulfur Bacteria in experimental benthic oxygen, sulfide, pH and light gradients, Microbiology  144, 1051-1061

GUYONEAUD R., DE WIT, R., MATHERON, R. & CAUMETTE, P. (1998) Impact of macroalgal dredging on dystrophic crises and phototrophic bacterial blooms (red waters) in a brackish coastal lagoon (Prévost lagoon, France), Oceanologica Acta 21, 551-561

1997
WELSH D.T., BOURGUES S., DE WIT R. & AUBY, I. (1997) Effect of plant photosynthesis, carbon sources and ammonium availability on nitrogen fixation in the rhizosphere of Zostera noltii, Aquatic Microbial  Ecology 12, 285-290

DE WIT R., RELEXANS J.-C., BOUVIER T. & MORIARTY D. (1997) Microbial respiration and diffusive oxygen uptake of deep-sea sediments in the Southern Ocean (ANTARES-I cruise), Deep-Sea Research II 44, 1053-1068

1996
PRINGAULT O., DE WIT R. & CAUMETTE P. (1996) A benthic gradient chamber for culturing phototrophic sulfur bacteria on reconstituted sediments. FEMS Microbiology  Ecology  20, 237-250

WELSH D.T., WELLSBURY P., BOURGUES S., DE WIT R. & HERBERT R.A. (1996)  Relationship between porewater organic carbon content, sulphate reduction and nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in the rhizosphere of Zostera noltiiHydrobiologia 329, 175-183.

BUFFAN-DUBAU E., DE WIT R. & CASTEL J. (1996) Feeding selectivity of the harpacticoid  copepod Canuella perplexa in benthic muddy environments demonstrated by HPLC analyses of chlorin and carotenoid pigments, Marine Ecology Progress Series 137, 71-82

WELSH D.T., BOURGUES S., HERBERT R.A. & DE WIT R. (1996) Seasonal variation in nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) and sulphate reduction rates in the rhizosphere of Zostera noltii : nitrogen fixation by sulphate reducing bacteria, Marine Biology 125, 619-628

WELSH D.T., BOURGUES S., HERBERT R.A. & DE WIT R. (1996) Seasonal variation in rates of heterotrophic nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in Zostera noltii meadows and uncolonised sediments of the Bassin d'Arcachon, South-West France, Hydrobiologia  329, 161-174
 
BOURGUES S., AUBY I., DE WIT R. & LABOURG P.J. (1996) Differential anaerobic decomposition of seagrass (Zostera noltii) and macroalgal (Monostroma obscurum) biomass from Arcachon Bay (France), Hydrobiologia  329, 121-131

1995
DE WIT R., VAN DEN ENDE F.P., VAN GEMERDEN H. (1995) Mathematical simulation of the interactions among cyanobacteria, purple sulfur bacteria and chemotrophic sulfur bacteria in microbial mat communities. FEMS Microbiology  Ecology 17: 117-136

1994

  • VILLANUEVA J., GRIMALT J.O., DE WIT R., KEELY B.J. & MAXWELL J.M. (1994) Sources and transformations of chlorophylls and carotenoids in a monomictic sulphate-rich lake environment,  Organic Geochemistry   22: 739-757.
  • VILLANUEVA J., GRIMALT J.O., DE WIT R., KEELY B.J. & MAXWELL J.M. (1994) Chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments in solar saltern microbial mats. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta  58, 4703-4715.
  • DE WIT R. & CAUMETTE P. (1994) Diversity of and interactions among sulphur bacteria in microbial mats. In: Stal L.J. and Caumette P. (eds) Structure, Development and Environmental Significance of Microbial Mats. NATO-Advanced Research Workshop  publication, volume G35, pp 377-392.
  • DE WIT R., GRIMALT J.O. & HERNANDEZ-MARINÉ M. (1994) Morphological and chemical transformations of Microcoleus chthonoplastes during early diagenesis in hypersaline microbial mats. In: Stal L.J. and Caumette P. (eds) Structure, Development and Environmental Significance of Microbial Mats. NATO-Advanced Research Workshop  publication, volume G35, pp 69-76
  • GUERRERO M.-C., TADEO A.B. & DE WIT, R. (1994) Environmental factors controlling the development of microbial mats in inland saline lakes; the granulometric composition of the sediment, In: Stal L.J. and Caumette P. (eds) Structure, Development and Environmental Significance of Microbial Mats. NATO-Advanced Research Workshop  publication, volume G35, pp 85-90
  • DE WIT R. & GUERRERO M.-C. (1994) Bioremediability and biological value of microbial mats, In: Stal L.J. and Caumette P. (eds) Structure, Development and Environmental Significance of Microbial Mats. NATO-Advanced Research Workshop  publication, volume G35, pp 435-436



1985 - 1993
  • DE WIT R. (1992) Sulfide-containing Environments. In: Encyclopedia of Microbiology. (J. Lederberg ed). Vol. IV, pp. 105-121. Academic Press, San Diego.
  • GRIMALT J.O., DE WIT R., TEIXIDOR P., & ALBAIGES J. (1992) Lipid biogeochemistry of Phormidium and Microcoleus mats, Organic Geochemistry 19: 509-530.
  • DE WIT, R. & VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1990) Growth of the phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina under oxic/anoxic regimens in the light. FEMS Microbiology  Ecology  73, 69-76
  • DE WIT, R. & VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1990) Growth and metabolism of the purple sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina under combined light/dark and oxic/anoxic regimens,  Archives of Microbiology 154, 459-464
  • VAN GEMERDEN, H., TUGHAN, C.S., DE WIT, R. & HERBERT, R.A. (1989) Laminated microbial ecosystems on sheltered beaches in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 62, 87-102
  • VAN GEMERDEN, H., DE WIT, R., TUGHAN, C.S. & HERBERT, R.A. (1989) Development of mass blooms of Thiocapsa roseopersicina on sheltered beaches on the Orkney Islands, FEMS Microbiology Ecology  62, 111-118
  • DE WIT, R., JONKERS, H.M., VAN DEN ENDE, F.P. & VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1989) In situ  fluctuations of oxygen and sulphide in marine microbial sediment ecosystems, Netherlands Journal  of Sea Research 23, 271 – 281
  • DE WIT, R., & VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1989) Growth responses of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus chthonoplastes  with sulfide as electron donor. In : Cohen, Y. & Rosenberg, E. (Eds.), Microbial Mats: Ecological Physiology of Benthic Microbial Communities. pp 320-325. American Society for Microbiology, Washington.
  • VAN GEMERDEN, H. & DE WIT, R. (1989) Phototrophic and chemotrophic growth of the purple sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina. In : Cohen, Y. & Rosenberg, E. (Eds.), Microbial Mats: Ecological Physiology of Benthic Microbial Communities. pp 313-319. American Society for Microbiology, Washington.
  • DE WIT, R., VAN BOEKEL, W.H.M. & VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1988) Growth of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus chtonoplastes on sulfide, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 53, 203-209
  • DE WIT, R. AND VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1987) Oxidation of sulfide to thiosulfate by Microcoleus chtonoplastes, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 45, 7-13
  • DE WIT, R. & VAN GEMERDEN, H. (1987) Chemolithotrophic growth of the phototrophic sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina,  FEMS Microbiology Ecology 45, 117-126
  • VAN GEMERDEN, H. & DE WIT, R. (1986) Strategies of phototrophic bacteria in sulphide-containing environments. In : Herbert, R.A. & Codd, G.A., (Eds). Microbes in Extreme Environments. pp. 111-127. Academic Press, London.
  • POST, A.F., DE WIT, R., & MUR, L.R. (1985) Interactions between temperature and light intensity on growth and photosynthesis of the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. Journal of Plankton Research 7, 487-495




Scientific coordination and administrative responsabilities
Editorial activities for scientific journals:

2007 -        Editor of Aquatic Microbial Ecology
2006 -        Editor (Mediterranean and black Sea ecoregions)
                 of Transitional Waters Bulletin and Transitional Waters Monographs
2006 -        Review Editor of Marine Ecology Progress Series

1997-2004    Associated Editor of Microbiology (SGM, Royaume Uni)

Coordination et animation de programmes scientifiques :

Responsable du PNEC chantier lagune Méditerranéennes (depuis 2007 avec Annie Fiandrino)

Coordinateur du Réseau d'Etude des Ecosystèmes des Eaux de Transition (REEET)