Publications
2026
P.M. Glibert, C.A. Heil, E.R. Hall, C. Fei, S.A. Amin
Red tides, blue holes, and the importance of groundwater and terrestrial sources of nutrients fueling blooms of Karenia brevis
Harmful Algae, 103208.
A.E. Booker, C. Fei, S.A. Amin, J. Custer, K. Watkins, W. Yaeger, S.H. Ahn, N.K. Vidyarathna, A. Burns, S. Klass, P.M. Glibert, C.A. Heil, F. Schulz, J.M. Martínez.
Complex viral interactions revealed for the harmful bloom-forming dinoflagellate Karenia brevis
ISME Communications, 6(1), ycag051.
A.A. Shibl, T.W. Denekew, A.R. Ahmad, S. Abdelrazig, C.E. Leonor, L. Utenova, G. Zhang, M. AbdelBaqi, Y. Malla, M. Arshad, M. Arnoux, N. Drou, A. Abdulle, The UAE Healthy Future Study Investigators Group, A. Raghib, S.A. Amin, Y. Idaghdour, A.R. Jha.
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals oral microbiome-metabolome signatures of obesity
Cell Reports, 45(2), 116819.
N. Rahiman, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, K.C. Gunsalus.
MIMI: Molecular Isotope Mass Identifier for stable isotope-labeled Fourier transform ultra-high mass resolution data analysis
BMC Bioinformatics, 27, 41.
A. Mystikou, A.O. Asensi, A.F. Peters, E. Kytinou, S.A. Amin, P. Brickle, P. Van West, F.C. Küpper
Rediscovery of the rare Cladochroa chnoosporiformis Skottsberg from the Falkland Islands and its merger with Utriculidium durvillei Skottsberg
Botanica Marina, 69(1–2), 35–46.
M.A. Ochsenkühn, A.R. Mohamed, L.S.Y. Coe, C. Fei, S. Littman, D. Tienken, J.R. Seymour, J.B. Raina, S.A. Amin
Vitamin B6 catabolites act as interkingdom signals within the marine microbiome
bioRxiv
2025
W.R. Roberts, M. Parks, M. Ashner, M.P. Ashworth, N. Denne, E.C. Ruck, E. Spiliotopoulos, A. Wang, S.A. Amin, S. Schaack, N.J. Wickett, A.J. Alverson
Reference genome for the benthic marine diatom Psammoneis japonica: Bacterial associations and repeat-driven genome size evolution in diatoms
Journal of Phycology, 61(6), 1556–1565.
C.M. Moreno, I. Bibire, A. Mustafina, S. Abdelrazig, S. Kottuparambil, M. Bogosavljevic, S.A. Amin
Microbial community dynamics and first quantification of the toxin domoic acid in a eutrophic bay in the United Arab Emirates
Harmful Algae, 149, 102921.
S. Abdelrazig, Á. McCabe, A. Yasin, R. Chaudhary, M.A. Ochsenkühn, D. Scicchitano, S.A. Amin
LC-MS Orbitrap-based metabolomics using a novel hybrid zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography and rigorous metabolite identification reveals doxorubicin-induced metabolic perturbations in breast cancer cells
RSC Advances, 15(26), 20745–20759.
A.R. Mohamed, S.A. Amin, C.R. Voolstra, A. Cárdenas
Complexity of the Coral Microbiome Assembly
In: R.S. Peixoto & C.R. Voolstra (eds.), Coral Reef Microbiome, Coral Reefs of the World, Vol. 20, Chapter 8, pp. 105–110. Springer, Cham.
M. Brunet, S.A. Amin, I. Bodachivskyi, U. Kuzhiumparambil, J.R. Seymour, J.B. Raina
An atlas of metabolites driving chemotaxis in prokaryotes
Nature Communications, 16, 1242.
M. Al Kaabi, N.A. ElNaker, N. Jan, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, L.F. Yousef, A.F. Yousef
Extraction efficiency and bioactive evaluation of Tamarix nilotica and Arthrocnemum macrostachyum extracts for anti-cancer potential
PLOS ONE, 20(1), e0311567.
C. Fei, A. Booker, S. Klass, N.K. Vidyarathna, S.H. Ahn, A.R. Mohamed, M. Arshad, P.M. Glibert, C.A. Heil, J. Martínez Martínez, S.A. Amin
Friends and foes: symbiotic and algicidal bacterial influence on Karenia brevis blooms
ISME Communications, 5(1), ycae164.
2024
R. Peixoto, C.R. Voolstra, L.Y. Stein, P. Hugenholtz, J.F. Salles, S.A. Amin, M. Häggblom, A. Gregory, T.P. Makhalanyane, F. Wang, N.A. Agbodjato, Y. Wang, N. Jiao, J.T. Lennon, A. Ventosa, P.M. Bavoil, V. Miller, J.A. Gilbert
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe
Nature Microbiology, 9, 3084–3085.
A. Isaac, A.R. Mohamed, S.A. Amin
Rhodobacteraceae are key players in microbiome assembly of the diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90, e00570-24.
C.R. Voolstra, R. Peixoto, D. Bourne, J.B. Raina, A. Cárdenas, C. Pogoreutz, H. Luo, S.A. Amin, M. Dörr, A.R. Mohamed, C.B. Silveira
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health, and in a changing world
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 22, 460–475.
2023
A.A. Shibl, M.A. Ochsenkühn, A.R. Mohamed, A. Isaac, L.S.Y. Coe, Y. Yun, G. Skrzypek, J.B. Raina, J.R. Seymour, A.J. Afzal, S.A. Amin
Molecular mechanisms of microbiome modulation by the eukaryotic secondary metabolite azelaic acid
eLife, 12, RP88525.
L.S.Y. Coe, C. Fei, J. Weston, S.A. Amin
Phycobacter azelaicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a diatom symbiont isolated from the phycosphere of Asterionellopsis glacialis
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73, 006104.
T. Venit, O. Sapkota, W.S. Abdrabou, P. Loganathan, R. Pasricha, S.R. Mahmood, N.H. El Said, S. Sherif, S. Thomas, S. Abdelrazig, S.A. Amin, D. Bedognetti, Y. Idaghdour, M. Magzoub, P. Percipalle
Positive regulation of oxidative phosphorylation by nuclear myosin 1 protects cells from metabolic reprogramming and tumorigenesis in mice
Nature Communications, 14, 6328.
H. Mahmoud, W. Ismail, R.M.M. Abed, S.A. Amin
Editorial: Microbial ecology of the Arabian/Persian Gulf
Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1216257.
A.R. Mohamed, M.A. Ochsenkühn, A.M. Kazlak, A. Moustafa, S.A. Amin
The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions
FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 47(2), fuad005.
X.H. Chen, M.K. Yang, Y.Y. Li, Z.X. Xie, S.F. Zhang, M. Töpel, S.A. Amin, L. Lin, F. Ge, D.Z. Wang
Improving the genome and proteome annotations of the marine model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana using a proteogenomics strategy
Marine Life Science & Technology, 5(1), 102–115.
2022
D. Al-Khairy, W. Fu, A.S. Alzahmi, J.-C. Twizere, S.A. Amin, K. Salehi-Ashtiani, A. Mystikou
Closing the gap between bio-based and petroleum-based plastic through bioengineering
Microorganisms, 10(12), 2320.
T. Allegue, R. Rafay, S. Chandran, S.A. Amin, S.J. Fowler, J. Rodríguez
Lactate addition boosts valerate yields in granular mixed culture carbohydrate fermentation
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(6), 108869.
M.A. Moran, E.B. Kujawinski, W.F. Schroer, S.A. Amin, N.R. Bates, E.M. Bertrand, R. Braakman, C.T. Brown, M.W. Covert, S.C. Doney, S.T. Dyhrman, A.S. Edison, A.M. Eren, N.M. Levine, L. Li, A.C. Ross, M.A. Saito, A.E. Santoro, D. Segrè, A. Shade, M.B. Sullivan, A. Vardi
Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle
Nature Microbiology, 7, 508–523.
K.E. Helliwell, A.A. Shibl, S.A. Amin
The diatom microbiome: New perspectives for diatom-bacteria symbioses
In: A. Falciatore & T. Mock (eds.), The Molecular Life of Diatoms, Springer, pp. 679–712.
M. Daou, N.A. Elnaker, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, A.F. Yousef, L.F. Yousef
In vitro α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of Tamarix nilotica shoot extracts and fractions
PLOS ONE, 17(3), e0264969.
2021
A. Isaac, T.B. Francis, R.I. Amann, S.A. Amin
Tight Adherence (Tad) Pilus Genes Indicate Putative Niche Differentiation in Phytoplankton Bloom Associated Rhodobacterales
Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 718297.
N.A. ElNaker, M. Daou, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, A.F. Yousef, L.F. Yousef
A metabolomics approach to evaluate the effect of lyophilization versus oven drying on the chemical composition of plant extracts
Scientific Reports, 11(1), 22679.
M.A. Ochsenkühn, C. Fei, O. Bayaara, E. Romeo, P. Amosa, Y. Idaghdour, G. Goldstein, T.G. Bromage, S.A. Amin
Microbial contamination survey of environmental fresh and saltwater resources of Upolu Island, Samoa
Environments, 8(11), 112.
G. Almustafa, A.S. Darwish, T. Lemaoui, M.J. O'Connor, S.A. Amin, H.A. Arafat, I. AlNashef
Liquification of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol into hydrophobic eutectic mixtures: A multi-criteria design for eco-efficient boron recovery
Chemical Engineering Journal, 426, 131342.
H. Zhang, H. Xu, S. Zhang, Y. Zhou, Y. He, S.A. Amin, J. Chen, K. Yan, L. Lin, S. Liu, D. Wang
Metaproteomics reveals the molecular mechanism underlying bloom maintenance of a marine dinoflagellate under low ambient CO₂ and inorganic nutrients
Science of the Total Environment, 768, 144515.
2020
A.A. Shibl, A. Isaac, M.A. Ochsenkühn, A. Cárdenas, C. Fei, G. Behringer, M. Arnoux, N. Drou, M.P. Santos, K.C. Gunsalus, C.R. Voolstra, S.A. Amin
Diatom modulation of select bacteria through use of two unique secondary metabolites
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(44), 27445–27455.
C. Fei, M.A. Ochsenkühn, A.A. Shibl, A. Isaac, C. Wang, S.A. Amin
Quorum sensing regulates ‘swim-or-stick’ lifestyle in the phycosphere
Environmental Microbiology, 22(11), 4761–4778.
W. Qin, Y. Zheng, F. Zhao, Y. Wang, H. Urakawa, W. Martens-Habbena, H. Liu, X. Huang, X. Zhang, T. Nakagawa, D.R. Mende, A. Bollmann, B. Wang, Y. Zhang, S.A. Amin, J.L. Nielsen, K. Mori, R. Takahashi, E.V. Armbrust, M. Winkler, E.F. DeLong, M. Li, P. Lee, J. Zhou, C. Zhang, T. Zhang, D.A. Stahl, A.E. Ingalls
Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea
The ISME Journal, 14(10), 2595–2609.
S. Rabieh, O. Bayaraa, E. Romeo, P. Amosa, K. Calnek, Y. Idaghdour, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, G. Goldstein, T.G. Bromage
MH-ICP-MS analysis of the freshwater and saltwater environmental resources of Upolu Island, Samoa
Molecules, 25(21), 4871.
C. Fei, S. Zou, T. Wang, C. Wang, N.D. Kemuma, M. He, S.A. Amin, C. Wang
A quick method for obtaining high-quality DNA barcodes without DNA extraction in microalgae
Journal of Applied Phycology, 32(2), 1165–1175.
2019
K. Solntsev, S. Schramm, S. Kremb, K.C. Gunsalus, S.A. Amin
Isolation of biologically active compounds from mangrove sediments
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411(25), 6521–6529.
M.A. Ochsenkühn, M. Harir, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, S.A. Amin
Coral metabolite gradients affect microbial community structures and act as a disease cue
Communications Biology, 1, 184.
G. Behringer, M.A. Ochsenkühn, C. Fei, J. Fanning, J.A. Koester, S.A. Amin
Bacterial communities of diatoms display strong conservation across strains and time
Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 659.
K.R. Heal, W. Qin, S.A. Amin, A.H. Devol, J.W. Moffett, E.V. Armbrust, D.A. Stahl, A.E. Ingalls
Accumulation of NO₂-cobalamin in nutrient-stressed ammonia-oxidizing archaea and in the oxygen deficient zone of the eastern tropical North Pacific
Environmental Microbiology Reports, 10(4), 453–457.
S.A. Jitan, S. AlKhoori, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, L.F. Yousef
Ethanol/water extracts from halophyte species Arthrocnemum macrostachyum and Tetraena qatarensis
Cogent Chemistry, 4(1), 1536311.
W. Qin, S.A. Amin, R.A. Lundeen, K.R. Heal, W. Martens-Habbena, S. Turkarslan, H. Urakawa, K.C. Costa, E.L. Hendrickson, T. Wang, D.A.C. Beck, S.M. Tiquia-Arashiro, F. Taub, A.D. Holmes, N. Vajrala, P.M. Berube, T.M. Lowe, J.W. Moffett, A.H. Devol, N.S. Baliga, D.J. Arp, L.A. Sayavedra-Soto, M. Hackett, E.V. Armbrust, A.E. Ingalls, D.A. Stahl
Stress response of a marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeon informs physiological status of environmental populations
The ISME Journal, 12(2), 508–519.
2017
J.R. Seymour, S.A. Amin, J.B. Raina, R. Stocker
Zooming in on the phycosphere: The ecological interface for phytoplankton–bacteria relationships
Nature Microbiology, 2, 17065.
W. Qin, K.R. Heal, R. Ramdasi, J.N. Kobelt, W. Martens-Habbena, A.D. Bertagnolli, S.A. Amin, C.B. Walker, H. Urakawa, M. Könneke, A.H. Devol, J.W. Moffett, E.V. Armbrust, G.J. Jensen, A.E. Ingalls, D.A. Stahl
Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67(12), 5067–5079.
B.P. Durham, S.P. Dearth, S. Sharma, S.A. Amin, C.B. Smith, S.R. Campagna, E.V. Armbrust, M.A. Moran
Recognition cascade and metabolite transfer in a marine bacteria-phytoplankton model system
Environmental Microbiology, 19(9), 3500–3513.
H.M. Van Tol, S.A. Amin, E.V. Armbrust
Ubiquitous marine bacterium inhibits diatom cell division
The ISME Journal, 11(1), 31–42.
2015
S.A. Amin, L.R. Hmelo, H.M. Van Tol, B.P. Durham, L.T. Carlson, K.R. Heal, R.L. Morales, C.T. Berthiaume, M.S. Parker, B. Djunaedi, A.E. Ingalls, M.R. Parsek, M.A. Moran, E.V. Armbrust
Interaction and signalling between a cosmopolitan phytoplankton and associated bacteria
Nature, 522(7554), 98–101.
B.P. Durham, S. Sharma, H. Luo, C.B. Smith, S.A. Amin, S.J. Bender, S.P. Dearth, B.A.S. Van Mooy, S.R. Campagna, E.B. Kujawinski, E.V. Armbrust, M.A. Moran
Cryptic carbon and sulfur cycling between surface ocean plankton
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(2), 453–457.
2014
W. Qin, S.A. Amin, W. Martens-Habbena, C.B. Walker, H. Urakawa, A.H. Devol, A.E. Ingalls, J.W. Moffett, E.V. Armbrust, D.A. Stahl
Marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeal isolates display obligate mixotrophy and wide ecotypic variation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(34), 12504–12509.
J.E. Jacquot, R.E.A. Horak, S.A. Amin, A.H. Devol, A.E. Ingalls, E.V. Armbrust, D.A. Stahl, J.W. Moffett
Assessment of the potential for copper limitation of ammonia oxidation by Archaea in a dynamic estuary
Marine Chemistry, 162, 37–49.
2013
S.A. Amin, J.W. Moffett, W. Martens-Habbena, A.H. Devol, A.E. Ingalls, D.A. Stahl, E.V. Armbrust
Copper requirements of the ammonia-oxidizing archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus SCM1 and implications for nitrification in the marine environment
Limnology and Oceanography, 58(6), 2037–2045.
A.J. Weerasinghe, S.A. Amin, R.A. Baker, T. Othman, A.N. Romano, C.P. Siburt, J. Tisnado, L.A. Lambert, T. Huxford, C.J. Carrano, A.L. Crumbliss
Borate as a synergistic anion for Marinobacter algicola ferric binding protein, FbpA: A role for boron in iron transport in marine life
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(39), 14504–14507.
A.N. Romano, L. Trimble, A.R. Hobusch, K.J. Schroeder, S.A. Amin, A.D. Hartnett, R.A. Baker, A.L. Crumbliss, C.J. Carrano
Regulation of iron transport related genes by boron in the marine bacterium Marinobacter algicola DG893
Metallomics, 5(8), 1025–1030.
A. Gärdes, C. Triana, S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, L. Trimble, A.N. Romano, C.J. Carrano
Detection of photoactive siderophore biosynthetic genes in the marine environment
BioMetals, 26(3), 507–516.
2012
S.A. Amin, M.S. Parker, E.V. Armbrust
Interactions between diatoms and bacteria
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 76(3), 667–684.
S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, A. Gärdes, A.N. Romano, L. Trimble, C.J. Carrano
Siderophore-mediated iron uptake in two clades of Marinobacter spp. associated with phytoplankton: The role of light
BioMetals, 25(1), 181–192.
S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, D. Al Waheeb, A. Gärdes, C.J. Carrano
Iron transport in the genus Marinobacter
BioMetals, 25(1), 135–147.
2009
S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, M.C. Hart, F.C. Küpper, W.G. Sunda, C.J. Carrano
Photolysis of iron–siderophore chelates promotes bacterial–algal mutualism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(40), 17071–17076.
S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, F.C. Küpper, C.J. Carrano
Vibrioferrin, an unusual marine siderophore: Iron binding, photochemistry, and biological implications
Inorganic Chemistry, 48(23), 11451–11458.
G. Zhang, S.A. Amin, F.C. Küpper, P.D. Holt, C.J. Carrano, A. Butler
Ferric stability constants of representative marine siderophores: Marinobactins, aquachelins, and petrobactin
Inorganic Chemistry, 48(23), 11466–11473.
C.J. Carrano, S. Schellenberg, S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, F.C. Küpper
Boron and marine life: A new look at an enigmatic bioelement
Marine Biotechnology, 11(4), 431–440.
2007
W.R. Harris, S.A. Amin, F.C. Küpper, D.H. Green, C.J. Carrano
Borate binding to siderophores: Structure and stability
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(40), 12263–12271.
S.A. Amin, F.C. Küpper, D.H. Green, W.R. Harris, C.J. Carrano
Boron binding by a siderophore isolated from marine bacteria associated with the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(3), 478–479.