Publikationen

Dreher CL, Cirpka OA, Schad M, Konhauser KO, Kappler A. (2026) Survival of cyanobacteria and mitigation of Fe(II) toxicity effects in a silica-rich Archean ocean. Nature Communications 17 (1987). doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69826-x.

Mohammadzadeh R, Mahnert A, Zurabishvili T, Wink L, Kumpitsch C, Habisch H, Sprengel J, Filek K, Mertelj P, Pernitsch D, Hingerl K, Durdevic M, Gorkiewicz G, Diener C, Loy A, Kolb D, Trautwein C, Madl T, Moissl-Eichinger C. (2026) Cross-domain metabolic interactions link Methanobrevibacter smithii to colorectal cancer microbial ecosystems. Nature Communications 17 (2979). doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69711-7.

Sester LS, Galeeva I, de Castilhos J, Borisov V, Gambihler A, Kilian M, Vonhören D, Friedrich MJ, Poschet G, Steiger S, Chechenina A, Lettau K, Kohlberger CP, Prokoph N, Frenking JH, John L, Huhn S, Reichert P, Mai EK, Rippe K, Sauer S, Müller-Tidow C, Weinhold N, Platten M, Goldschmidt H, Raab MS, Stein-Thoeringer CK. (2026) Fiber intake associates with increased treatment response in multiple myeloma patients along changes in gut microbiome. Blood Adv. bloodadvances.2025018598. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025018598.

Schulze L, Stahl J, Knoedlseder NJ, Krauss S, Harbig T, Nieselt K, Brueggemann H, Krismer B, Peschel A. (2026) Genetic modification of intractable bacterial clones by heat shock-facilitated phage transduction. Cell Rep Methods. 101406. doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2026.101406.

Leal VNC, Weber ANR. (2026) Neutrophils and the NLRP3 inflammasome: a tale of proteases, kinases, and inflammation. J Leukoc Biol. 118(2):qiag008. doi: 10.1093/jleuko/qiag008.

Rodler JP, Yushchuk O, Gavriilidou A, Siegert AK, Kulik A, Wohlleben W, Ziemert N, Stegmann E. (2026) Exploring shikimate pathway enzyme diversity for engineering of glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis. Metab Eng. S1096-7176(26)00053-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2026.03.019.

Baur T, Allaart MT, Zipperle A, Contreras G, Fink C, Angenent LT, Molitor B. (2026) Metabolic engineering of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ΔH for recombinant acetoin production. Metab Eng Commun. 22:e00275. doi: 10.1016/j.mec.2026.e00275.

8-azido-3,8-dideoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid-mediated metabolic oligosaccharide engineering for specific labeling of diverse Enterobacterales. (2026) Laing E, Boldt L, Ganguillet S, Slack E, Maier L, Beziere N. iScience. 29(4):115255. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115255.

Muenkel M, Wright K, Keskin E, Sánchez-Rendón JC, Balmes A, Schäffer TE, Romer F, Lebtig M, Kretschmer D, Loskill P, Mostowy S, Bastounis EE. (2026) Listeria-infected macrophages promote biomechanical alterations in endothelial cell monolayers for transmigration. Cell Rep. 45(3):117031. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117031.

Kalinski J-C, Pakkir Mohamed Shah A, Ruiz Brandão da Costa B, Farrell SP, Schellenberg L, Graves LG, Schramm T, Stincone P, Koester I, Stephens B, Torres R, Cancelada L, Utermann-Thüsing C, Quinlan Z, Wegley Kelly L, Carlson C, Castillo-Ilabaca C, Pantoja-Gutiérrez S, Beman J, Hartmann A, Aron A, Siwe Noundou X, Dorrington R, Tasdemir D, Haas A, Dorrestein P, Nelson C, Aluwihare L, Wang M & Petras D. (2025) Widespread presence of anthropogenic compounds in marine dissolved organic matter. Nature Geosciences. doi: 10.1038/s41561-026-01928-z

Straub D, Englert T, Beller A, Stadelmaier J, Stahl M, Kilian J, Borzym J, Rotermund C, Akbuğa-Schön T, Krakau S, Czemmel S, Weiler S, Pettenkofer M, Pettenkofer J, Maser U, Dammeier S, Nieß AM, Enderle MD, Nahnsen S. (2026) Resistance Training Reshapes the Gut Microbiome in a Longitudinal 8-Week Intervention in Sedentary Adults. Sports Med Open 12(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s40798-026-00990-6.

Rapp J, Verhülsdonk A, Garcke A, Stadelmann A, Farke N, Troßmann F, Kronenberger T, Alvarado A, Petras D, Link H. (2025) The metabolome of an E. coli CRISPRi library identifies benefits of minimal metabolite levels and targets for engineering. Cell Systems. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2025.101518

Carolin L. Dreher, Olaf A. Cirpka, Manuel Schad Kurt O. Konhauser, Andreas Kappler. (2026) Survival of cyanobacteria and mitigation of Fe(II) toxicity effects in a silicarich Archean ocean. Nature Communications 17(1):1987. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69826-x 

Trenz SM, Kuwertz AK, Carl J, Wagner S. (2026) Transmembrane effector substrates of type IV secretion systems: mechanisms of secretion and insertion into host cell membranes. Microlife. 7:uqag007. doi: 10.1093/femsml/uqag007.

Li X, Lebeaupin C, Kadianaki A, Druelle-Cedano C, Vesper N, Rennert C, Huguet-Pradell J, Gomez Ramos B, Fan C, Piecyk RS, Zizmare L, Ramadori P, Li L, Frick L, Qiu M, Zhang C, Martins Nascentes Melo L, Ranvir VP, Shen P, Hanselmann J, Kosla J, Fernández-Vaquero M, Vucur M, Baskaran P, Bao X, Coleman OI, Tang Y, Cetin M, Chen Z, Jang I, Del Prete S, Rahbari M, Zhang P, Pham TV, Hou Y, Sun A, Gu L, Kim LC, Rothermel U, Heide D, Ali A, Gallage S, Talvard-Balland N, Piqué-Gili M, Gris-Oliver A, Bevilacqua A, Schlicker L, Duffey A, Unger K, Szydlowska M, Hetzer J, Odom DT, Machauer T, Bucci D, Sant P, Lee JH, Rösler J, Meckelmann SW, Schreck J, Murray S, Simon MC, Nahnsen S, Schulze A, Ho PC, Jugold M, Breuhahn K, Mallm JP, Schirmacher P, Roth S, Rahbari N, Tschaharganeh DF, Roessler S, Goeppert B, Bengsch B, Andrieux G, Boerries M, Malek NP, Prinz M, Weber A, Zeiser R, Tamayo P, Bronsert P, Kurowski K, Thimme R, Yuan D, Carretero R, Luedde T, Pinyol R, Hartmann FJ, Karin M, Tasdogan A, Trautwein C, Mall M, Hofmann M, Llovet JM, Haller D, Kaufman RJ, Heikenwälder M. (2026) Activated ATF6α is a hepatic tumour driver restricting immunosurveillance. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-10036-8

Mitrofanov A, Beisel CL, Baumdicker F, Alkhnbashi OS, Backofen R. (2026) Comprehensive analysis of CRISPR array repeat mutations reveals subtype-specific patterns and links to spacer dynamics. Microlife. 7:uqaf050. doi: 10.1093/femsml/uqaf050.

Kalinski JC, Ruiz Brandão da Costa B, Schramm T, Buckett LR, Carlson LT, Coffey NR, Damiani T, Dechent E, Abiead YE, Heuckeroth S, Jennings EK, Kaesler J, Stock NL, Orme AM, Torres RR, Trojahn S, Whelton HL, Yan Y, Aron AT, Boiteau RM, Bull ID, Dorrestein PC, Dang DH, Evershed RP, Gledhill M, Gleixner G, Haas AF, Hansen M, Harder T, Hopmans EC, Ingalls AE, Karst U, Kew W, Kido Soule M, Koch BP, Kujawinski EB, Lechtenfeld OJ, Longnecker K, Pluskal T, Pohnert G, Redman ZC, Rivas-Ubach A, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Singer G, Tebben J, Tomco PL, Ward ND, Aluwihare LI, Simon C, Hawkes J, Petras D. (2026) Comparability of Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Dissolved Organic Matter across Laboratories. Environ Sci Technol. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c12691.

Verhülsdonk A, Stadelmann A, Smollich F, Rapp J, Straub D, Link H. (2026) The Metabolic State of E. coli Influences Fosfomycin Efficacy and Promotes Resistance Evolution. ACS Infect Dis. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c01013.

Lee K, Bekiari D, Doello S, Forchhammer K. (2026) The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. FEBS Lett. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.70299.

Graves LG, Zarfl C, Hirsch T, Vitale GA, Petras D, Spahr S. (2026) Target and Nontarget Analyses Reveal Similar Dissolved Organic Contaminant Patterns Relative to Quantified Catchment Characteristics along Two German Rivers. Environ Sci Technol. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c15195.

Fehrenbach A, Mitrofanov A, Backofen R, Baumdicker F. (2026) The complexity of multiple CRISPR arrays in strains with (co-occurring) CRISPR systems. Microlife. 7:uqaf042. doi:10.1093/femsml/uqaf042.

Zini A, Müller J, Fink P, Forchhammer K. (2026) Cultivation in a Natural Microbial Community Enhances the Industrial Performance of a Genetically Engineered Cyanobacterium for Bioplastic Production. Microb Biotechnol. 19(1):e70302. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70302.