• DuneCrusts - Biodiversität und ökologische Funktion von Diatomeen in biologischen Bodenkrusten von Küstenschutzdünen - finanziert durch Rudolf und Helene Glaser-Stiftung (Deutsches Stiftungszentrum)
• Algivore Cercozoa prägen die Zusammensetzung der Gemeinschaft von Bodenkrusten, der dominanten Vegetation in Polarregionen - im Rahmen des DFG SPP 1158 Antarktisforschung
• Crustfunction III – Landnutzung als Treiber der Struktur und Funktionalität biologischer Bodenkrusten - im Rahmen des DFG SPP 1374 Biodiversitätsexploratorien
• Biologische Bodenkrusten als einzigartige Mikroökosysteme eignen sich als Modelsystem um taxonomische und kryptische Diversität von wichtigen Mikroalgen zu erfassen - Im Rahmen des DFG SPP 1991 Taxonomics.

• 2017: Stipendium der Max-Buchner-Forschungstiftung der DECHEMA
• 2019: Preis für das beste Poster auf der Tagung Biocrust 4

• Beitrag im Nordmagazin NDR am 30.06.2021 über das Projekt DuneCrust
• Artikel in der Ostseezeitung am 18.03.2021 zum Projekt DuneCrust (basierend auf der Pressemitteilung der Universität Rostock)
• Artikel in der Ostseezeitung am 05.02.2021 zum Projekt Crustfunction III (basierend auf der Pressemitteilung der Universität Rostock)

2023

Holzinger, A., Plag, N., Karsten, U. & Glaser, K. (2023) Terrestrial Trentepohlia sp. (Ulvophyceae) from alpine and coastal collection sites show strong desiccation tolerance and broad light and temperature adaptation. Protoplasma . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-023-01866-2 

Mikhailyuk T.I., Vinogradova O.M., Gromakova A.B., Glaser K., Karsten U. (2023) A Polyphasic Approach Leading to the Discovery of New Taxa of Terrestrial Cyanobacteria for the Flora of Ukraine. International Journal on Algae 25 (4), 301-322 https://doi.org/10.15407/alg33.03.185 

Ohan J, Siani R, Kurth J, Sommer V, Glaser K, Karsten U, Schloter M & Schulz S. (2023) Microbiome convergence and deterministic community assembly along successional biocrust gradients on potash salt heaps, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 99, Issue 8, fiad081, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad081 

Kurth JK, Albrecht M, Glaser K, Karsten U, Vestergaard G, Armbruster M, Kublik S, Schmid CAO, Schloter M, Schulz S. (2023) Biological soil crusts on agricultural soils of mesic regions promote microbial cross-kingdom co-occurrences and nutrient retention. Front Microbiol.;14:1169958. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1169958. 

Kammann S, Schiefelbein U, Dolnik C, Mikhailyuk T, Demchenko E, Karsten U, Glaser K. Successional Development of the Phototrophic Community in Biological Soil Crusts on Coastal and Inland Dunes. Biology. 2023; 12(1):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010058 

2022

Gall, C., Ohan, J., Glaser, K., Karsten, U., Schloter, M., Scholten, T., Schulz, S., Seitz, S., & Kurth, J. K. (2022). Biocrusts: Overlooked hotspots of managed soils in mesic environments. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185, 745– 751. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200252 

Glaser, K., Van, A.T., Pushkareva, E., Barrantes, I. and Karsten, U. Microbial communities in biocrusts are recruited from the neighboring sand at coastal dunes along the Baltic Sea. Front. Microbiol. 13,859447. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.859447 

Glaser, K., Albrecht, M., Baumann, K., Overmann, J., Sikorski, J., 2022. Biological Soil Crust From Mesic Forests Promote a Specific Bacteria Community. Front. Microbiol. 13, 769767. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.769767 

Van, A.T., Glaser, K., 2022. Pseudostichococcus Stands Out from Its Siblings Due to High Salinity and Desiccation Tolerance. Phycology 2, 108–119. https://doi.org/10.3390/phycology2010007 

Mikhailyuk, T., Vinogradova, O., Holzinger, A., Glaser, K., Akimov, Y., Karsten, U., 2022. Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach. Phytotaxa 532, 192–208. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.532.3.1 

Sommer, V., Palm, A., Schink, A., Leinweber, P., Gose, N., Karsten, U. & Glaser, K. Artificial biocrust establishment on materials of potash tailings piles along a salinity gradient. J Appl Phycol34, 405–421 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02609-7 

2021

Van, A. T., Karsten, U., and Glaser, K. (2021). A chemosystematic investigation of selected Stichococcus-like organisms (Trebouxiophyta). Algae 36(2): 123-135. doi: 10.4490/algae.2021.36.6.5 .

Medwed, C., Holzinger, A., Hofer, S., Hartmann, A., Michalik, D., Glaser, K., and Karsten, U. (2021). Ecophysiological, morphological, and biochemical traits of free-living Diplosphaera chodatii (Trebouxiophyceae) reveal adaptation to harsh environmental conditions. Protoplasma. doi:10.1007/s00709-021-01620-6 .

Van, A. T., Sommer, V., and Glaser, K. (2021). The Ecophysiological Performance and Traits of Genera within the Stichococcus-like Clade (Trebouxiophyceae) under Matric and Osmotic Stress. Microorganisms 9, 1816. doi:10.3390/microorganisms9091816 .

Mikhailyuk, T., Vinogradova, O., Glaser, K., Rybalka, N., Demchenko, E. M., and Karsten, U. (2021). Algae of Biological Soil Crusts from Sand Dunes of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Odesa Region, Ukraine). International Journal on Algae 23, 7–42.

Baumann, K., Eckhardt, K.-U., Acksel, A., Gros, P., Glaser, K., Gillespie, A. W., Karsten, U. and Leinweber, P. (2021). Contribution of biological soil crusts to soil organic matter composition and stability in temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 160, 108315. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108315 .

Prelle, L., Albrecht, M., Karsten, U., Damer, P., Giese, T., Jähns, J., Müller, S., Schulz, L., Viertel, L. and Glaser, K. (2021). Ecophysiological and cell biological traits of benthic diatoms from coastal wetlands of the southern Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.642811 

Khanipour Roshan, S., Dumack, K., Bonkowski, M., Leinweber, P., Karsten, U., and Glaser, K. (2021). Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Heterotrophic Protists (Cercozoa and Endomyxa) from Biological Soil Crusts. Microorganisms 9, 205. doi:10.3390/microorganisms9020205 .

Kurth, J. K., Albrecht, M., Karsten, U., Glaser, K., Schloter, M., and Schulz, S. (2021). Correlation of the abundance of bacteria catalyzing phosphorus and nitrogen turnover in biological soil crusts of temperate forests of Germany. Biol Fertil Soils, 14. doi:10.1007/s00374-020-01515-3 .

Graiff, A., Bartsch, I., Glaser, K. & Karsten, U. (2021) Seasonal photophysiological performance of adult western Baltic Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) under ocean warming and acidification. Frontiers in Marine Science 8,476. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.666493 

2020

Aigner, S., Glaser, K., Arc, E., Holzinger, A., Schletter, M., Karsten, U., and Kranner, I. (2020). Adaptation to Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments in Chlorella vulgaris (Chlorophyta). Front. Microbiol. 11, 585836. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.585836 .

Hartmann, A., Glaser, K., Holzinger, A., Ganzera, M., and Karsten, U. (2020). Klebsormidin A and B, Two New UV-Sunscreen Compounds in Green Microalgal Interfilum and Klebsormidium Species (Streptophyta) From Terrestrial Habitats. Front. Microbiol. 11, 499. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00499 .

Roshan, K. S., Dumack, K., Bonkowski, M., Karsten, U., and Glaser, K. (2020). Stramenopiles and Cercozoa dominate the heterotrophic protist community of biological soil crusts irrespective of edaphic factors. Pedobiologia 83, 150673. doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2020.150673 .

Sommer, V., Mikhailyuk, T., Glaser, K., and Karsten, U. (2020). Uncovering Unique Green Algae and Cyanobacteria Isolated From Biocrusts in Highly Saline Potash Tailing Pile Habitats, Using an Integrative Approach. Microorganisms 8, 1667. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8111667 .

Glaser, K. & Karsten, U. (2020) Salinity tolerance in biogeographically different strains of the marine benthic diatom Cylindrotheca closterium (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Applied Phycology (2020). doi: 10.1007/s10811-020-02238-6 

Samolov, E., Baumann, K., Büdel, B., Jung, P., Leinweber, P., Mikhailyuk, T., Karsten, U., Glaser, K. (2020.) Biodiversity of Algae and Cyanobacteria in Biological Soil Crusts Collected Along a Climatic Gradient in Chile Using an Integrative Approach. Microorganisms 8, 1047. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8071047 

Sommer, V., Karsten, U., Glaser, K. (2020). Halophilic Algal Communities in Biological Soil Crusts Isolated From Potash Tailings Pile Areas. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8, 46. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00046 

Mikhailyuk, T., Holzinger, A., Tsarenko, P., Glaser, K., Demchenko, E., Karsten, U. (2020). Dictyosphaerium ‐like morphotype in terrestrial algae: what is Xerochlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)? J. Phycol. 56, 671–686. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12974 

Ngosong, C., Buse, T., Ewald, M., Richter, A., Glaser, K., Schöning, I., Ruess, L. (2020). Influence of management intensity and environmental conditions on microbiota in biological soil crust and crust-free soil habitats of temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 144, 107761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107761 

2019

Kern, R., Hotter, V., Frossard, A., Albrecht, M., Baum, C., Tytgat, B., De Maeyer, L., Valezquez, D., Seppey, C., Frey, B., Plötze, M, Verleyen, E., Quesada, A., Svenning, M., Glaser, K., Karsten, U. (2019). Comparative vegetation survey with focus on cryptogamic covers in the high Arctic along two differing catenas. Polar Biol,  doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02588-z 

Mikhailyuk, T., Vinogradova, O., Holzinger, A., Glaser, K., Samolov, E., & Karsten, U. (2019). New record of the rare genus Crinalium Crow (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany: epitypification and emendation of Crinalium magnum Fritsch et John based on an integrative approach. Phytotaxa, 400: 165.

Mikhailyuk T., Glaser K., Tsarenko P., Demchenko E., Karsten U. 2019. Composition of biological soil crusts from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea coast in the context of an integrative approach to the taxonomy of microalgae and cyanobacteria. European Journal of Phycology 1–28.

Sommer, V., Kockx, M., Wölk, A. & Glaser, K. (2019) Von Vogelkot zu grünen Teppichen – Eine neue Möglichkeit, Kali-Rückstandshalden mit biologischen Bodenkrusten zu begrünen. Biologie in unserer Zeit 49 (2), 122-130. doi.org/10.1002/biuz.201910671 

2018

Samolov, E., Mikhailyuk, T., Lukešová, A., Glaser, K., Büdel, B. & Karsten, U. (2018) Usual alga from unusual habitats: biodiversity of Klebsormidium (Klebsormidiophyceae, Streptophyta) from the phylogenetic superclade G isolated from biological soil crusts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133, 236-255. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.018 

Mikhailyuk, T., Vinogradova, O., Glaser, K., Demchenko, E. & Karsten, U. (2018) Diversity of terrestrial algae of Cape Kazantip (the Sea of Azov, Ukraine) and some remarks on their phylogeny and ecology. International Journal on Algae 20, 313-338. doi.org/10.1615/InterJAlgae.v20.i4.10 

Mikhailyuk, T., Lukešová, A., Glaser, K., Holzinger, A., Obwegeser, S., Nyporko, S., Friedl, T., Karsten, U. (2018). New Taxa of Streptophyte Algae (Streptophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats Revealed Using an Integrative Approach. Protist 169:406–431. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.03.002 

Hotter, V., Glaser, K., Hartmann, A., Ganzera, M., and Karsten, U. (2018). Polyols and UV-sunscreens in the Prasiola -clade (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) as metabolites for stress response and chemotaxonomy. Journal of Phycology 54, 264–274. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12619 .

Pierangelini, M., Glaser, K., Mikhailyuk, T., Karsten, U., Holzinger, A. (2018). Light and Dehydration but Not Temperature Drive Photosynthetic Adaptations of Basal Streptophytes (Hormidiella, Streptosarcina and Streptofilum) Living in Terrestrial Habitats. Microbial Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1225-x 

Lv, Z., Leite, AF., Harms, H., Glaser, K., Liebetrau, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Nikolausz, M. (2018). Microbial community shifts in biogas reactors upon complete or partial ammonia inhibition. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 103 (1), 519-533. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9444-0 

Glaser, K., Baumannn, K., Leinweber, P., Mikhailyuk, T., Karsten, U. (2018), Algal richness in BSCs in forests under different management intensity with some implications for P cycling, Biogeosciences 15:4181-4192, DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-4181-2018 .

2017

Glaser, K., Donner, A., Albrecht, M., Mikhailyuk, T., & Karsten, U. (2017). Habitat-specific composition of morphotypes with low genetic diversity in the green algal genus Klebsormidium (Streptophyta) isolated from biological soil crusts in Central European grasslands and forests, Eur J Phycol, 52: 188–199, DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2016.1235730 .

Baumann, K., Glaser, K., Mutz, J.-E., Karsten, U., MacLennan, A., Hu, Y., Michalik, D., Kruse, J., Eckhardt, K.-U., Schall, P., Leinweber, P. (2017). Biological soil crusts of temperate forests: Their role in P cycling, Soil Biol. Biochem., 109, 156–166, DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.02.011 .

Fiore-Donno, A.M., Rixen, C., Rippin, M., Glaser, K., Samolov, E., Karsten, U., et al. (2017). New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts, bioRxiv, 171611, preprint, DOI: 10.1101/171611 .

Donner, A., Glaser, K.; Borchhardt, N.; Karsten U. (2017). Ecophysiological response on dehydration and temperature in terrestrial Klebsormidium (Strptophyta) isolated from biological soil crusts in Central European grasslands and forests, Environmental Microbiology, DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0917-3 .

Lippert, H., Weigelt, R., Glaser, K., Krauss, R., Bastrop, R., Karsten, U. (2017). Teredo navalis in the Baltic Sea: Larval Dynamics of an Invasive Wood-Boring Bivalve at the Edge of Its Distribution, Front Mar Sci, 4, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00331 .

2016 und früher

Mikhailyuk, T., Vinogradova, O.N., Glaser, K., Karsten, U. (2016). New Taxa for the Flora of Ukraine, in the Context of Modern Approaches to Taxonomy of Cyanoprokaryota/Cyanobacteria, International Journal on Algae 18, 301-320, DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v18.i4.10 .

Wintsche, B., Glaser, K., Sträuber, H., Centler, F., Liebetrau, J., Harms, H., & Kleinsteuber, S. (2016). Trace Elements Induce Predominance among Methanogenic Activity in Anaerobic Digestion, Front Microbiol, 7: 2034, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02034 .

Mikhailyuk, T., Glaser, K., Holzinger, A., Karsten, U. (2015), Biodiversity of Klebsormidium (Streptophyta) from alpine biological soil crusts (Alps, Tyrol, Austria, and Italy). J Phycol 51:750–767, DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12316 .

Glaser, K., Kuppardt, A., Boenigk, J., Harms, H., Fetzer, I., Chatzinotas, A. (2015). The influence of environmental factors on protistan microorganisms in grassland soils along a land-use gradient, Science of The Total Environment 537, 33–42, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.158 .

Glaser, K., Kuppardt, A., Krohn, S., Heidtmann, A., Harms, H., Chatzinotas, A. (2014). Primer pairs for the specific environmental detection and T-RFLP analysis of the ubiquitous flagellate taxa Chrysophyceae and Kinetoplastea, J. Microbiol. Methods 100: 8–16, DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.02.006 .

Allan, E., Bossdorf, O., Dormann, C.F., Prati, D., Gossner, M.M., Tscharntke, T., Blüthgen, N., Bellach, M., Birkhofer, K., Boch, S., Böhm, S., Börschig, C., Chatzinotas, A., Christ, S., Daniel, R., Diekötter, T., Fischer, C., Friedl, T., Glaser, K., Hallmann, C., Hodac, L., Hölzel, N., Jung, K., Klein, A.M., Klaus, V.H., Kleinebecker, T., Krauss, J., Lange, M., Morris, E.K., Müller, J., Nacke, H., Pašalić, E., Rillig, M.C., Rothenwöhrer, C., Schall, P., Scherber, C., Schulze, W., Socher, S.A., Steckel, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Türke, M., Weiner, C.N., Werner, M., Westphal, C., Wolters, V., Wubet, T., Gockel, S., Gorke, M., Hemp, A., Renner, S.C., Schöning, I., Pfeiffer, S., König-Ries, B., Buscot, F., Linsenmair, K.E., Schulze, E.-D., Weisser, W.W., Fischer, M. (2014). Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 308–313, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312213111 .

Chatzinotas, A., Schellenberger, S., Glaser, K., Kolb, S. (2013). Assimilation of Cellulose-Derived Carbon by Microeukaryotes in Oxic and Anoxic Slurries of an Aerated Soil, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:18 5777-5781, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01598-13 .

Leibeling, S., Glaser, K., Neytschev, M., Harms, H., Müller, R. (2014), Productive Degradation of Dichlorprop by Transconjugant Strains Carrying Plasmid pMC1 of Delftia acidovorans MC1 with Special Focus on the Activity of RdpA, p. 1:28, In Handbook on Herbicides: Biological Activity, Classification and Health & Environmental Implications. Nova Science Publishers Inc.