Dr. Oliver Skibbe

Forschungsgruppe Diatomeen

Dr. Oliver Skibbe

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Telefon

+49 30 838 71 835

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+49 30 838-4

E-Mail

o.skibbe@bo.berlin

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin

Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8

14195

Berlin

Deutschland

Aufgaben

Etablierung von Diatomeen-Reinkulturen

Dokumentation (Licht- und Rasterelektronenmikroskopie)

Lebenslauf

1985-1991 Biologiestudium an der Freien Universität Berlin
1994-1998 Promotion an der Freien Universität Berlin zum Thema „Die Rolle planktischer Ciliaten
im Nahrungsnetz eines hypertrophen Sees (Heiligensee, Berlin)“
seit 1999 Freiberuflich tätig (Fotografie, Mikroskopie, Multimedia)
seit 2004 Enge Zusammenarbeit mit der Forschungsgruppe Diatomeen am BGBM

Forschungsinteressen

Biodiversität und Lebensansprüche von Kieselalgen
Biotische Interaktionen zwischen Kieselalgen und anderen benthischen/planktischen Mikroorganismen
Mikroskopie und bildgebende Verfahren

Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)

Jahn R., Mora D., Abarca N., Kusber W.-H., Zimmermann J. & Skibbe O. 2025: Integrative taxonomic study of Cocconeis witkowskii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from tidal flats of the North Sea (Wadden Sea) based on unialgal strains. – Nova Hedwigia 120: 263-285. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2025/0981

Handy J., Juchem D., Wang Q., Schimani K., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Karsten U. & Herburger K. 2024: Antarctic benthic diatoms after 10 months of dark exposure: consequences for photosynthesis and cellular integrity. - Frontiers in Plant Science 15: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1326375

Mora D., Stancheva R., Abarca N., Bouchez A., Cantoral-Uriza E., Carmona-Jiménez J., Chonova T., Kusber W.-H., Rimet F., Skibbe O., Wetzel C.E., Zimmermann J. & Jahn R. 2024: Adding more taxa to the Cocconeis placentula group (Bacillariophyta): two new species from streams in biodiversity hotspots. - Nova Hedwigia 118(3-4): 277-319. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2024/0918

Abarca N., Stancheva R., Skibbe O., Schimani K., Kusber W.-H., Zimmermann J. & Jahn R. 2023: Gomphadelpha (Bacillariophyceae) – a new genus name for taxa formerly subsumed in the Gomphoneis herculeana-group. - Nova Hedwigia 000(0-0): [1-42] https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2023/0859

Juchem D.P., Schimani K., Holzinger A., Permann C., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Graeve M. & Karsten U. 2023: Lipid degradation and photosynthetic traits after prolonged darkness in four Antarctic benthic diatoms, including the newly described species Planothidium wetzelii sp. nov. – Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1241826. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1241826

Schimani K., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Mohamad H., Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Campana G.L. & Zimmermann J. 2023: Exploring benthic diatom diversity in the West Antarctic Peninsula: insights from a morphological and molecular approach. - Metabarcoding and Metgenomics 7: e110194 pp.339-384. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.7.110194

Schimani K., Abarca N., Zimmermann J., Skibbe O., Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Leya T. & Mora D. 2023: Molecular phylogenetics coupled with morphological analyses of Arctic and Antarctic strains place Chamaepinnularia (Bacillariophyta) within the Sellaphoraceae. - Fottea 24(1): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2023.002

Duwe V.K., Vu L.V., von Rintelen T., Raab-Straube E.v., Schmidt S., Nguyen S.V., Vu T.D., Do T.V., Luu T.H., Truong V.B., Di Vincenzo V., Schmidt O., Glöckler F., Jahn R., Lücking R., von Oheimb K.C.M., von Oheimb P.V., Heinze S., Abarca N., Bollendorff S., Borsch T., Buenaventura E., Dang H.T.T., Dinh T.D., Do H.T., Ehlers S., Freyhof J., Hayden S., Hein P., Hoang T.A., Hoang D.M., Hoang S.N., Kürschner H., Kusber W.-H., Le H.N., Le T.Q., Linde M., Mey W., Nguyen H.D., Nguyen M.T., Nguyen M.T., Nguyen D.V., Nguyen T.V., Nguyen V.D.H., Nguyen D.Q., Ohl M., Parolly G., Pham T.N., Pham P.V., Rabe K., Schurian B., Skibbe O., Sulikowska-Drozd A., To Q.V., Truong T.Q., Zimmermann J., Häuser C.L. 2022: Contributions to the biodiversity of Vietnam – Results of VIETBIO inventory work and field training in Cuc Phuong National Park .Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77025 https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10e77025(Link ist extern)

Mohamad H., Mora D., Skibbe O., Abarca N., Deutschmeyer V., Enke N., Kusber W.-H., Zimmermann J. & Jahn R. 2022: Morphological variability and genetic marker stability of 16 monoclonal pennate diatom strains under medium-term culture. - Diatom Research (Published online 02 Dec 2022; 22 pp.) https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2022.2141346

Prelle L.R., Schmidt I., Schimani K.,Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Juchem D. & Karsten U. 2022: Photosynthetic, Respirational, and Growth Responses of Six Benthic Diatoms from the Antarctic Peninsula as Functions of Salinity and Temperature Variations. - Genes 13(7):1264. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13071264

Skibbe O., Abarca N., Forest F. & Werner P. 2022: Exploring diatom diversity through cultures - a case study from the Bow River, Canada. - Journal of Limnology 81(1): 1-29. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2095

Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O. & Jahn R. 2021: Biodiversität und Sauerstoffproduktion in einer Glasschachtel. Kieselalgen – winzig, aber wichtig. - Biologie unserer Zeit 2/2021 (51): 132-141. https://doi.org/10.11576/biuz-4248

Jahn R., Abarca N., Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J. & Mora D. 2020: Integrative taxonomic description of two new species of the Cocconeis placentula group (Bacillariophyceae) from Korea based on unialgal strains. – Algae 35(4): 303-324. https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2020.35.8

Abarca N., Zimmermann J., Kusber W.-H., Mora D., Van A. T., Skibbe O. & Jahn R. 2020: Defining the core group of the genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg with molecular and morphological methods. - Botany Letters https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2019.1694980

Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Van A.T., Buczkó K. & Abarca N. 2019: Gomphonella olivacea (Bacillariophyceae) – a new phylogenetic position for a well-known taxon, its typification, new species and combinations. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152(2): 219-247. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1603

Hamilton P.B., Savoie A.M., Sayre C.M., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J. & Bull R.D. 2019: Novel Neidium Pfitzer species from western Canada based upon morphology and plastid DNA sequences. - Phytotaxa 419(1): 39-62. 2019 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.419.1.3

Mora D., Abarca N., Proft S., Grau J.H., Enke N., Carmona J., Skibbe O., Jahn R. & Zimmermann J. 2019 : Morphology and metabarcoding: a test with stream diatoms from Mexico highlights the complementarity of identification methods. – Freshwater Science 38: 448-464. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/704827

Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O. & Jahn R. 2018. Is Trieres Ashworth & E.C. Theriot 2013 (Bacillariophyta) a superfluous redescription of Microtheca Ehrenberg 1838? - Notulae algarum 81: 1-6.

Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Kusber W.-H., Abarca N., Buczkó K. & Jahn R. 2018: Gomphoneis tegelensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): a morphological and molecular investigation based on selected single cells. - Diatom Research 33(2): 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2018.1518835

Jahn R., Abarca N., Gemeinholzer B., Mora D., Skibbe O., Kulikovskiy M., Gusev E., Kusber W.-H. & Zimmermann J. 2017: Planothidium lanceolatum and Planothidium frequentissimum reinvestigated with molecular methods and morphology: four new species and the taxonomic importance of the sinus and cavum. - Diatom Research, 32(1): 75-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2017.1312548

Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Enke N., Skibbe O., Kusber W.-H. & Jahn R. 2014: Taxonomic Reference Libraries for Environmental Barcoding: a Best Practice Example from Diatom Research. PlosOne DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108793. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0108793

Jürgens K., Skibbe O. & Jeppesen E. 1999: Impact of metazooplankton on the composition and population dynamics of planktonic ciliates in a shallow, hypertrophic lake - Aquat Microb Ecol 17: 61-75.

Zölffel M. & Skibbe O. 1997: Rediscovery of the multiflagellated protist Paramastix conifera Skuja 1948 (Protista incertae sedis). - Festschrift U. Geissler: Microalgae - Aspects of diversity and systematics, Nova Hedwigia 65: 443-452.

Skibbe O. 1998: Die Rolle planktischer Ciliaten im Nahrungsnetz eines hypertrophen Sees (Heiligensee, Berlin) - Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss. (zugl. Berlin: dissertation.de, 1999). http://oliver-skibbe.de/micropage/pdf/Dissertation.pdf

Skibbe O. 1994: An improved quantitative protargol stain for ciliates and other planktonic protists - Arch Hydrobiol 130: 339-347.

Book chapters and monographs (published and in press)

Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Bansemer J., Bettig J., Droege G., Kusber W.-H., Luther K., Mohamad H., Mora D., Proft S., Schimani K., Skibbe O., Van A.T. & Jahn R. 2022: German Barcode of Life 2 (GBOL2) — Kieselalgen DNA-Barcoding und eDNA Metabarcoding im Kontext von Biodiversitätsforschung, Taxonomie und EU Wasserrahmenrichtlinie (2000/60/EC). - Pp. 307-311. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (ed.): Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2021 (Leipzig). - Essen.

Other publications

Talks

Jahn R, Abarca N., Enke N, Kusber W-H, Skibbe O, Zimmermann J (2015) Linking morphological and molecular data in reference libraries for diatoms – challenges for taxonomy. In: Programm und Abstracts, 16. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), 18-21 March 2015, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander König, Bonn. S. 30.

Jahn R, Kulikovskiy M, Abarca N., Zimmermann J, Gusev E, Skibbe O, Kusber W-H, Witkowski A, Enke N (2015) A morphological and molecular study on strains from the genera Pinnularia Ehrenberg and Caloneis Cleve. In: Abstracts, 9th Central European Diatom Meeting, 10-13 March 2015, German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven. S. 21

Enke, N., Zimmermann, J., Abarca, N., Kusber, W.‐H., Skibbe, O., Acs, E., Bouchez, A., Dvorak, P., Kelly, M., Mann, D., Poulickova, A., Rimet, F., Sabbe, K., Trobajo, R., Vyverman, W., Jahn, R. (2014). Standardising Information for Environmental DNA barcoding of Diatoms in Taxonomic Reference Libraries ‐ Examples from Berlin Waters. 23rd International Diatom Symposium, Nanjing, China.

Jahn R, Kulikovski M, Gusef E, Kusber WH, Skibbe O, Abarca N., Enke N (2014) Is the genus Pinnularia Ehrenberg monophyletic? A molecular and morphological study including the genus Caloneis P.T.Cleve in N.N. (ed.): The 23rd International Diatom Symposium. Nanjing, China 7-12 September, 2014. Programme and Abstract, 2014, Nanjing, China. S. 55.

Enke, N., Abarca, N., Zimmermann, J., Skibbe, O. & Jahn, R. 2013: "Gomphonema parvulum revisited: A critical assessment of the taxonomic concept". BioSyst.EU 2013 Global systematics, Vienna, Austria.

Kusber, W.-H., Abarca, N., Skibbe, O., Zimmermann, J. & Jahn, R. 2012: Reference library of DNA-barcoced diatoms - A use case for publishing data via the GBIF database AlgaTerra. in: Sabbe, K.; van de Vijver, B. & Vyverman, W. (ed.): Twentysecond International Diatom Symposium, Aula Academica, Gent, 26-31 August 2012. Abstracts. - VLIZ Special Publication 58. – S. 65.

Abstracts and Reports

Jahn R, Abarca N, Enke N, Kusber W-H, Skibbe O, Zimmermann J (2015) Linking morphological and molecular data in reference libraries for diatoms – challenges for taxonomy. In: Programm und Abstracts, 16. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), 18-21 March 2015, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander König, Bonn. S. 30.

Jahn R, Kulikovskiy M, Abarca N, Zimmermann J, Gusev E, Skibbe O, Kusber W-H, Witkowski A, Enke N (2015) A morphological and molecular study on strains from the genera Pinnularia Ehrenberg and Caloneis Cleve. In: Abstracts, 9th Central European Diatom Meeting, 10-13 March 2015, German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven. S. 21.

Enke N, Zimmermann J, Abarca N, Kusber WH, Skibbe O, Acs E, Bouchez A, Dvorak P, Kelly M, Mann D, Poulickova A, Rimet F, Sabbe K, Trobajo R, Vyverman W, Jahn R (2014) Standardising Information for Envieronmental DNA barcoding of Diatoms in Taxonomic Reference Libraries - Examples from Berlin Waters in N.N. (ed.): The 23rd International Diatom Symposium. Nanjing, China 7-12 September, 2014. Programme and Abstract, 2014, Nanjing, China. S. 66-67.

Jahn R, Kulikovski M, Gusef E, Kusber WH, Skibbe O, Abarca N, Enke N (2014) Is the genus Pinnularia Ehrenberg monophyletic? A molecular and morphological study including the genus Caloneis P.T.Cleve in N.N. (ed.): The 23rd International Diatom Symposium. Nanjing, China 7-12 September, 2014. Programme and Abstract, 2014, Nanjing, China. S. 55.

Enke, N.; Abarca, N.; Zimmermann, J.; Skibbe, O.; Jahn, R. (2013) Gomphonema parvulum revisited: A critical assessment of the taxonomic concept. In: Kroh, A., Berning, B., Haring, E., Harzhauser, M., Sattmann, H., Walochnik, J., Zimmermann, D. & Zuschin, M. (ed.): BioSyst.EU 2013 Global systematics! 18-22 February 2013. Abstract volume. Vienna. S. 53.

Kusber, W.-H., Abarca, N., Skibbe, O., Zimmermann, J. & Jahn, R. 2012: Reference library of DNA-barcoced diatoms - A use case for publishing data via the GBIF database AlgaTerra. in: Sabbe, K.; van de Vijver, B. & Vyverman, W. (ed.): Twentysecond International Diatom Symposium, Aula Academica, Gent, 26-31 August 2012. Abstracts. - VLIZ Special Publication 58. – S. 65.

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