Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Publications

2024

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Li, X.; Bei, Q.; Rabiei Nematabad, M.; Peng, J.; Liesack, W.: Time-shifted expression of acetoclastic and methylotrophic methanogenesis by a single Methanosarcina genomospecies predominates the methanogen dynamics in Philippine rice field soil. Microbiome 12, 39 (2024)

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2023

Review Article

Zhu, Y.-G.; Peng, J.; Chen, C.; Xiong, C.; Li, S.; Ge, A.; Wang, E.; Liesack, W.: Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves. (2023)

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Guo, K.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Liesack, W.: Asparagine uptake: a cellular strategy of Methylocystis to combat severe salt stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89 (6), e0011323 (2023)

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Peng, J.; Zhou, X.; Rensing, C.; Liesack, W.; Zhu, Y.-G.: Soil microbial ecology through the lens of metatranscriptomics. Soil Ecology Letters 6 (3), 230217 (2023)

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Wu, X.; Bei, S.; Zhou, X.; Luo, Y.; He, Z.; Song, C.; Yuan, H.; Pivato, B.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Metagenomic insights into genetic factors driving bacterial niche differentiation between bulk and rhizosphere soils. Science of the Total Environment 891, 164221 (2023)

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2022

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Guo, K.; Hakobyan, A.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Liesack, W.: Methylocystis sp. strain SC2 acclimatizes to increasing NH₄⁺ levels by a precise rebalancing of enzymes and osmolyte composition. mSystems 7 (5), e0040322 (2022)

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Wu, X.; Rensing, C.; Han, D.; Xiao, K. Q.; Dai, Y.; Tang, Z.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.: Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals distinct phosphorus acquisition strategies between soil microbiomes. mSystems 7 (1), e0110721 (2022)

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Wu, X.; Cui, Z.; Peng, J.; Zhang, F.; Liesack, W.: Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies the particular genetic traits of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in agricultural soil. ISME Communications 2 (1), 17 (2022)

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Wu, X.; Liu, Y.; Shang, Y.; Liu, D.; Liesack, W.; Cui, Z.; Peng, J.; Zhang, F.: Peat-vermiculite alters microbiota composition towards increased soil fertility and crop productivity. Plant and Soil 470, pp. 21 - 34 (2022)

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2021

Journal Article

Bei, Q.; Moser, G.; Muller, C.; Liesack, W.: Seasonality affects function and complexity but not diversity of the rhizosphere microbiome in European temperate grassland. Science of the Total Environment 784, 147036 (2021)

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Bei, Q.; Peng, J.; Liesack, W.: Shedding light on the functional role of the Ignavibacteria in Italian rice field soil: A meta-genomic/transcriptomic analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 163, 108444 (2021)

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Wu, X.; Liu, P.; Wegner, C.-E.; Luo, Y.; Xiao, K.-Q.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Deciphering microbial mechanisms underlying soil organic carbon storage in a wheat-maize rotation system. Science of the Total Environment 788, 147798 (2021)

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Wu, X.; Peng, J.; Liu, P.; Bei, Q.; Rensing, C.; Li, Y.; Yuan, H.; Liesack, W.; Zhang, F.; Cui, Z.: Metagenomic insights into nitrogen and phosphorus cycling at the soil aggregate scale driven by organic material amendments. Science of the Total Environment 785, 147329 (2021)

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2020

Journal Article

Hakobyan, A.; Liesack, W.: Unexpected metabolic versatility among type II methanotrophs in the Alphaproteobacteria. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 401 (12), pp. 1469 - 1477 (2020)

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Hakobyan, A.; Zhu, J.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Liesack, W.: Hydrogen utilization by Methylocystis sp. strain SC2 expands the known metabolic versatility of type IIa methanotrophs. METABOLIC ENGINEERING 61, pp. 181 - 196 (2020)

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Kulichevskaya, I. S.; Naumoff, D. G.; Miroshnikov, K. K.; Ivanova, A. A.; Philippov, D. A.; Hakobyan, A.; Rijpstra, W. I. C.; Damste, J. S. S.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Limnoglobus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel freshwater planctomycete with a giant genome from the family Gemmataceae. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 70 (2), pp. 1240 - 1249 (2020)

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2019

Journal Article

Bei, Q.; Moser, G.; Wu, X.; Mueller, C.; Liesack, W.: Metatranscriptomics reveals climate change effects on the rhizosphere microbiomes in European grassland. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 138, 107604 (2019)

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Hakobyan, A.; Schneider, M. B.; Liesack, W.; Glatter, T.: Efficient Tandem LysC/Trypsin Digestion in Detergent Conditions. PROTEOMICS 19 (20), 1900136 (2019)

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Abdallah, R.; Wegner, C.-E.; Liesack, W.: Community transcriptomics reveals drainage effects on paddy soil microbiome across all three domains of life. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 132, pp. 131 - 142 (2019)

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Oshkin, I. Y.; Miroshnikov, K. K.; Danilova, O. V.; Hakobyan, A.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Thriving in Wetlands: Ecophysiology of the Spiral-Shaped Methanotroph Methylospira mobilis as Revealed by the Complete Genome Sequence. MICROORGANISMS 7 (12), 683 (2019)

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2018

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Peng, J.; Wegner, C.-E.; Bei, Q.; Liu, P.; Liesack, W.: Metatranscriptomics reveals a differential temperature effect on the structural and functional organization of the anaerobic food web in rice field soil. MICROBIOME 6, 169 (2018)

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Ivanova, A.; Wegner, C.; Kim, Y.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.: Metatranscriptomics reveals the hydrolytic potential of peat-inhabiting Planctomycetes. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 111 (6), pp. 801 - 809 (2018)

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Han, D.; Dedysh, S.; Liesack, W.: Unusual Genomic Traits Suggest Methylocystis bryophila S285 to Be Well Adapted for Life in Peatlands. GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 10 (2), pp. 623 - 628 (2018)

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Hakobyan, A.; Liesack, W.; Glatter, T.: Crude-MS Strategy for in-Depth Proteome Analysis of the Methane-Oxidizing Methylocystis strain SC2. JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH 17 (9), pp. 3086 - 3103 (2018)

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2017

Journal Article

Han, D.; Link, H.; Liesack, W.: Response of Methylocystis sp Strain SC2 to Salt Stress: Physiology, Global Transcriptome, and Amino Acid Profiles. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83 (20), UNSP e00866-17 (2017)

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Wegner, C.; Liesack, W.: Unexpected Dominance of Elusive Acidobacteria in Early Industrial Soft Coal Slags. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 1023 (2017)

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Peng, J.; Wegner, C.; Liesack, W.: Short- Term Exposure of Paddy Soil Microbial Communities to Salt Stress Triggers Different Transcriptional Responses of Key Taxonomic Groups. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 400 (2017)

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Ivanova, A.; Naumoff, D.; Miroshnikov, K.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.: Comparative Genomics of Four Isosphaeraceae Planctomycetes: A Common Pool of Plasmids and Glycoside Hydrolase Genes Shared by Paludisphaera borealis PX4(T), Isosphaera pallida IS1B(T), Singulisphaera acidiphila DSM 18658(T), and Strain SH-PL62. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 412 (2017)

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2016

Journal Article

Ivanova, A. A.; Wegner, C.-E.; Kim, Y.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Identification of microbial populations driving biopolymer degradation in acidic peatlands by metatranscriptomic analysis. Molecular Ecology 25 (19), pp. 4818 - 4835 (2016)

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Wegner, C.-E.; Liesack, W.: Microbial community dynamics during the early stages of plant polymer breakdown in paddy soil. Environmental Microbiology 18 (9 Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 2825 - 2842 (2016)

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Oshkin, I.; Belova, S.; Danilova, O.; Miroshnikov, K.; Rijpstra, W.; Damste, J.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.: Methylovulum psychrotolerans sp nov:, a cold-adapted methanotroph from low-temperature terrestrial environments, and emended description of the genus Methylovulum. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 66, pp. 2417 - 2423 (2016)

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2015

Journal Article

Kim, Y.; Liesack, W.: Differential Assemblage of Functional Units in Paddy Soil Microbiomes. PLOS ONE 10 (4), 0122221 (2015)

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Conference Paper

Andresen, L. C.; Moser, G.; Seibert, R.; Guillet, C.; Gruenhage, L.; Donath, T. W.; Otte, A.; Hemfler, M.; Achilles, F.; Wegner, C.-E. et al.; Liesack, W.; Mueller, C.: Permanent managed grassland at future climate change: is there a connection between GHG emission and composition of plant and microbial communities? 4th International Conference on Agriculture and Horticulture (AGRI), Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, February 15, 2015 - February 17, 2015. AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE - ADAPTING CROPS TO INCREASED UNCERTAINTY (AGRI 2015), pp. 156 - 157 (2015)

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2014

Journal Article

Dam, B.; Dam, S.; Kim, Y.; Liesack, W.: Ammonium induces differential expression of methane and nitrogen metabolism-related genes in Methylocystis sp strain SC2. Environmental Microbiology 16 (10), pp. 3115 - 3127 (2014)

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Kim, Y.; Liesack, W.: DAFGA: diversity analysis of functional gene amplicons. Bioinformatics 30 (19), pp. 2820 - 2821 (2014)

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Oshkin, I.; Wegner, C.; Luke, C.; Glagolev, M.; Filippov, I.; Pimenov, N.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.: Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs Dominate Cold Methane Seeps in Floodplains of West Siberian Rivers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (19), pp. 5944 - 5954 (2014)

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Book Chapter

Kim, Y.; Wegner, C.-E.; Liesack, W.: Soil Metatranscriptomics. In: Omics in Soil Science (Vol. 5), pp. 63 - 93. Caister Academic Press, University of Firenze, Italy (2014)

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2013

Journal Article

Dam, B.; Dam, S.; Blom, J.; Liesack, W.: Genome Analysis Coupled with Physiological Studies Reveals a Diverse Nitrogen Metabolism in Methylocystis sp Strain SC2. PLoS ONE 8 (10), e74767 (2013)

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Serkebaeva, Y. M.; Kim, Y.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Pyrosequencing-Based Assessment of the Bacteria Diversity in Surface and Subsurface Peat Layers of a Northern Wetland, with Focus on Poorly Studied Phyla and Candidate Divisions. PLoS ONE 8 (5), e63994 (2013)

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2012

Journal Article

Dam, B.; Dam, S.; Kube, M.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: Complete Genome Sequence of Methylocystis sp Strain SC2, an Aerobic Methanotroph with High-Affinity Methane Oxidation Potential. Journal of Bacteriology 194 (21), pp. 6008 - 6009 (2012)

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Dam, B.; Kube, M.; Dam, S.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: Complete Sequence Analysis of Two Methanotroph-Specific repABC-Containing Plasmids from Methylocystis sp Strain SC2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78 (12), pp. 4373 - 4379 (2012)

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Shrestha, P. M.; Kammann, C.; Lenhart, K.; Dam, B.; Liesack, W.: Linking activity, composition and seasonal dynamics of atmospheric methane oxidizers in a meadow soil. ISME Journal 6 (6), pp. 1115 - 1126 (2012)

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Kulichevskaya, I.S.; Serkebaeva, Y.M.; Kim, Y.; Rijpstra, W.I.C.; Damsté, J.S.S.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.N.: Telmatocola sphagniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel dendriform planctomycete from northern wetlands. Frontiers in Microbiology 3, 146 (2012)

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Nauer, P. A.; Dam, B.; Liesack, W.; Zeyer, J.; Schroth, M. H.: Activity and diversity of methane-oxidizing bacteria in glacier forefields on siliceous and calcareous bedrock. Biogeosciences 9 (6), pp. 2259 - 2274 (2012)

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2011

Journal Article

Vorobev, A. V.; Baani, M.; Doronina, N. V.; Brady, A. L.; Liesack, W.; Dunfield, P. F.; Dedysh, S. N.: Methyloferula stellata gen. nov., sp nov., an acidophilic, obligately methanotrophic bacterium that possesses only a soluble methane monooxygenase. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 61, pp. 2456 - 2463 (2011)

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Pankratov, T. A.; Ivanova, A. O.; Dedysh, S. N.; Liesack, W.: Bacterial populations and environmental factors controlling cellulose degradation in an acidic Sphagnum peat. Environmental Microbiology 13 (7), pp. 1800 - 1814 (2011)

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Belova, S. E.; Baani, M.; Suzina, N. E.; Bodelier, P. L. E.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Acetate utilization as a survival strategy of peat-inhabiting Methylocystis spp. Environmental Microbiology Reports 3 (1), pp. 36 - 46 (2011)

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2010

Journal Article

Mettel, C.; Kim, Y.; Shrestha, P. M.; Liesack, W.: Extraction of mRNA from Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (17), pp. 5995 - 6000 (2010)

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Tamas, I.; Dedysh, S. N.; Liesack, W.; Stott, M. B.; Alam, M.; Murrell, J. C.; Dunfield, P. F.: Complete Genome Sequence of Beijerinckia indica subsp indica. Journal of Bacteriology 192 (17), pp. 4532 - 4533 (2010)

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Chen, Y.; Crombie, A.; Rahman, M. T.; Dedysh, S. N.; Liesack, W.; Stott, M. B.; Alam, M.; Theisen, A. R.; Murrell, J. C.; Dunfield, P. F.: Complete Genome Sequence of the Aerobic Facultative Methanotroph Methylocella silvestris BL2. Journal of Bacteriology 192 (14), pp. 3840 - 3841 (2010)

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Glöckner, J.; Kube, M.; Shrestha, P. M.; Weber, M.; Glockner, F. O.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: Phylogenetic diversity and metagenomics of candidate division OP3. Environmental Microbiology 12 (5), pp. 1218 - 1229 (2010)

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Kulichevskaya, I. S.; Suzina, N. E.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Bryobacter aggregatus gen. nov., sp nov., a peat-inhabiting, aerobic chemo-organotroph from subdivision 3 of the Acidobacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60, pp. 301 - 306 (2010)

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Journal Article

Sakai, S.; Conrad, R.; Liesack, W.; Imachi, H.: Methanocella arvoryzae sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, isolated from Italian rice field soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60, pp. 2918 - 2923 (2010)

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2009

Journal Article

Shrestha, P. M.; Kube, M.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: Transcriptional activity of paddy soil bacterial communities. Environmental Microbiology 11, pp. 960 - 970 (2009)

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2008

Journal Article

Baani, M.; Liesack, W.: Two isozymes of particulate methane monooxygenase with different methane oxidation kinetics are found in Methylocystis sp. strain SC2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, pp. 10203 - 10208 (2008)

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Journal Article

Pankratov, T. A.; Serkebaeva, Y. M.; Kulichevskaya, I. S.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Substrate-induced growth and isolation of Acidobacteria from acidic Sphagnum peat. ISME Journal 2, pp. 551 - 560 (2008)

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2007

Journal Article

Shrestha, P.; Noll, M.; Liesack, W.: Phylogenetic identity, growth-response time and rRNA operon copy number of soil bacteria indicate different stages of community succession. Environmental Microbiology 9, pp. 2464 - 2474 (2007)

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Magazine Article

Erkel, C.; Conrad, R.; Liesack, W.: Rice Cluster I-Archaea - Methanproduzierende Mikroorganismen im Reisfeldboden. (2007)

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Journal Article

Dedysh, S.; Belova, S.; Bodelier, P.; Smirnova, K.; Khmelenina, V.; Chidthaisong, A.; Trotsenko, Y.; Liesack, W.; Dunfield, P.: Methylocystis heyeri sp. nov., a novel type II methanotrophic bacterium possessing 'signature' fatty acids of type I methanotrophs. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, pp. 472 - 479 (2007)

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Journal Article

Dunfield, P.; Yuryev, A.; Senin, P.; Smirnova, A. V.; Stott, M. B.; Hou, S. B.; Ly, B.; Saw, J. H.; Zhou, Z. M.; Ren, Y. et al.; Wang, J. M.; Mountain, B. W.; Crowe, M. A.; Weatherby, T. M.; Bodelier, P. L. E.; Liesack, W.; Feng, L.; Wang, L.; Alam, M.: Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Nature 450, pp. 879 - 882 (2007)

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Pankratov, T. A.; Tindall, B. J.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S. N.: Mucilaginibacter paludis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mucilaginibacter gracilis sp. nov., pectin-, xylan- and laminarin-degrading members of the family Sphingobacteriaceae from acidic Sphagnum peat bog. Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, pp. 2349 - 2354 (2007)

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2006

Journal Article

Pankratov, T.; Kulichevskaya, I.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.: Isolation of aerobic, gliding, xylanolytic and laminarinolytic bacteria from acidic Sphagnum peatlands and emended description of Chitinophaga arvensicola (Kämpfer et al. 2006). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56, pp. 2761 - 2764 (2006)

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Dedysh, S.; Pankratov, T.; Belova, S.; Kulichevskaya, I.; Liesack, W.: Phylogenetic analysis and in situ identification of bacteria community composition in an acidic sphagnum peat bog. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, pp. 2110 - 2117 (2006)

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Journal Article

Conrad, R.; Erkel, C.; Liesack, W.: Rice Cluster I methanogens, an important group of Archaea producing greenhouse gas in soil. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 17, pp. 262 - 267 (2006)

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Journal Article

Erkel, C.; Kube, M.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: Genome of rice cluster I archaea - the key methane producers in the rice rhizosphere. Science 313, pp. 370 - 372 (2006)

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Kulichevskaya, I.; Guzev, V.; Gorlenko, V.; Liesack, W.; Dedysh, S.: Rhodoblastus sphagnicola sp. nov., a novel acidophilic purple non-sulfur bacterium from Sphagnum peat bog. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56, pp. 1397 - 1402 (2006)

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Journal Article

Lu, Y.; Rosencrantz, D.; Liesack, W.; Conrad, R.: Structure and activity of bacterial community inhabiting rice roots and the rhizosphere. Environmental Microbiology 8 (8), pp. 1351 - 1360 (2006)

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2005

Journal Article

Ricke, P.; Kube, M.; Nakagawa, S.; Erkel, C.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: First genome data from uncultured upland soil cluster alpha methanotrophs provide further evidence for a close phylogenetic relationship to Methylocapsa acidiphila B2 and for high-affinity methanotrophy involving particulate methane monooxygenase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71 (11), pp. 7472 - 7482 (2005)

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Journal Article

Noll, M.; Matthies, D.; Frenzel, P.; Derakshani, M.; Liesack, W.: Succession of bacterial community structure and diversity in a paddy soil oxygen gradient. Environmental Microbiology 7 (3), pp. 382 - 395 (2005)

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Journal Article

Dedysh, S.; Smirnova, K.; Khmelenina, V.; Suzina, N.; Liesack, W.; Trotsenko, Y.: Methylotrophic autotrophy in Beijerinckia mobilis. Journal of Bacteriology 187, pp. 3884 - 3888 (2005)

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Journal Article

Erkel, C.; Kemnitz, D.; Kube, M.; Ricke, P.; Chin, K.; Dedysh, S.; Reinhardt, R.; Conrad, R.; Liesack, W.: Retrieval of first genome data for rice cluster I methanogens by a combination of cultivation and molecular techniques. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 53, pp. 187 - 204 (2005)

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Book Chapter

Liesack, W.; Finster, K.: The genus Desulfospira. In: The Proteobacteria, pp. 984 - 987. Springer, New York (2005)

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Book Chapter

Liesack, W.; Finster, K.: The genus Desulfuromusa. In: The Proteobacteria, pp. 1010 - 1013. Springer, New York (2005)

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2004

Journal Article

Dedysh, S.; Ricke, P.; Liesack, W.: NifH and NifD phylogenies: an evolutionary basis for understanding nitrogen fixation capabilities of methanotrophic bacteria. Microbiology 150, pp. 1301 - 1313 (2004)

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Journal Article

Dedysh, S. N.; Berestovskaya, Y. Y.; Vasylieva, L. V.; Belova, S. E.; Khmelenina, V. N.; Suzina, N. E.; Trotsenko, Y. A.; Liesack, W.; Zavarzin, G. A.: Methylocella tundrae sp nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54, pp. 151 - 156 (2004)

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Ricke, P.; Erkel, C.; Kube, M.; Reinhardt, R.; Liesack, W.: Comparative analysis of the conventional and novel pmo (Particulate methane monooxygenase) Operons from Methylocystis strain SC2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70 (5), pp. 3055 - 3063 (2004)

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2003

Journal Article

Yimga, M. T.; Dunfield, P. F.; Ricke, P.; Heyer, H.; Liesack, W.: Wide distribution of a novel pmoA-like gene copy among type II methanotrophs, and its expression in Methylocystis strain SC2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (9), pp. 5593 - 5602 (2003)

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Journal Article

Avrahami, S.; Liesack, W.; Conrad, R.: Effects of temperature and fertilizer on activity and community structure of soil ammonia oxidizers. Environmental Microbiology 5 (8), pp. 691 - 705 (2003)

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Journal Article

Dedysh, S.; Dunfield, P.; Derakshani, M.; Stubner, S.; Heyer, J.; Liesack, W.: Differential detection of type II methanotrophic bacteria in acidic peatlands using newly developed 16S rRNA-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotide probes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 43, pp. 299 - 308 (2003)

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Treude, N.; Rosencrantz, D.; Liesack, W.; Schnell, S.: Strain FAc12, a dissimilatory iron-reducing member of the Anaeromyxobacter subgroup of Myxococcales. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 44, pp. 261 - 269 (2003)

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2002

Journal Article

Guyoneaud, R.; Moune, S.; Eatock, C.; Bothorel, V.; Hirschler-Rea, A. S.; Willison, J.; Duran, R.; Liesack, W.; Herbert, R.; Matheron, R. et al.; Caumette, P.: Characterization of three spiral-shaped purple nonsulfur bacteria isolated from coastal lagoon sediments, saline sulfur springs, and microbial mats: emended description of the genus Roseospira and description of Roseospira marina sp nov., Roseospira navarrensis sp nov., and Roseospira thiosulfatophila sp nov. Archives of Microbiology 178 (5), pp. 315 - 324 (2002)

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Journal Article

Dunfield, P. F.; Yimga, M. T.; Dedysh, S. N.; Berger, U.; Liesack, W.; Heyer, J.: Isolation of a Methylocystis strain containing a novel pmoA- like gene. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 41 (1), pp. 17 - 26 (2002)

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Journal Article

Janssen, P. H.; Liesack, W.; Schink, B.: Geovibrio thiophilus sp nov., a novel sulfur-reducing bacterium belonging to the phylum Deferribacteres. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52, pp. 1341 - 1347 (2002)

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Dedysh, S. N.; Khmelenina, V. N.; Suzina, N. E.; Trotsenko, Y. A.; Semrau, J. D.; Liesack, W.; Tiedje, J. M.: Methylocapsa acidiphila gen. nov., sp nov., a novel methane- oxidizing and dinitrogen-fixing acidophilic bacterium from Sphagnum bog. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52, pp. 251 - 261 (2002)

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Book Chapter

Liesack, W.; Dunfield, P.: Biodiversity in soils: Use of molecular methods for its characterization. In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, pp. 528 - 544. Wiley, New York (2002)

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2001

Journal Article

Dedysh, S. N.; Horz, H.; Dunfield, P. F.; Liesack, W.: A novel pmoA lineage represented by the acidophilic methanotrophic bacterium Methylocapsa acidophila B2. ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY 177 (1), pp. 117 - 121 (2001)

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Journal Article

Chin, K.; Liesack, W.; Janssen, P.: Opitutus terrae gen nov, sp nov, to accommodate novel strains of the division 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from rice paddy soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 51, pp. 1965 - 1968 (2001)

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Journal Article

Dedysh, S.; Derakshani, M.; Liesack, W.: Detection and enumeration of methanotrophs in acidic Sphagnum peat by 16S rRNA fluorescence in situ hybridization, including the use of newly developed oligonucleotide probes for Methylocella palustris. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 67 (10), pp. 4850 - 4857 (2001)

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Journal Article

Horz, H.; Yimga, M.; Liesack, W.: Detection of methanotroph diversity on roots of submerged rice plants by molecular retrieval of pmoA, mmoX, mxaF, and 16S rRNA and ribosomal DNA, including pmoA-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism profiling. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 67 (9), pp. 4177 - 4185 (2001)

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Journal Article

Derakshani, M.; Lukow, T.; Liesack, W.: Novel bacterial lineages at the (sub)division level as detected by signature nucleotide-targeted recovery of 16S rRNA genes from bulk soil and rice roots of flooded rice microcosms. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 67 (2), pp. 623 - 631 (2001)

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Stoehr, R.; Waberski, A.; Liesack, W.; Voelker, H.; Wehmeyer, U.; Thomm, M.: Hydrogenophilus hirschii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing beta-proteobacterium isolated from Yellowstone National Park. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51 (2), pp. 481 - 488 (2001)

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2000

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Dedysh, S. N.; Liesack, W.; Khmelenina, V.; Suzina, N.; Trotsenko, Y.; Semrau, J.; Bares, A.; Panikov, N.; Tiedje, J.: Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bags, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 50, pp. 955 - 969 (2000)

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Horz, H.; Rotthauwe, J.; Lukow, T.; Liesack, W.: Identification of major subgroups of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in environmental samples by T-RFLP analysis of amoA PCR products. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS 39 (3), pp. 197 - 204 (2000)

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Liesack, W.; Schnell, S.; Revsbech, N.: Microbiology of flooded rice paddies. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 24 (5), pp. 625 - 645 (2000)

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Ludemann, H.; Arth, I.; Liesack, W.: Spatial changes in the bacterial community structure along a vertical oxygen gradient in flooded paddy soil cores. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 66 (2), pp. 754 - 762 (2000)

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Lukow, T.; Dunfield, P. F.; Liesack, W.: Use of the T-RFLP technique to assess spatial and temporal changes in the bacterial community structure within an agricultural soil planted with transgenic and non-transgenic potato plants. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY 32 (3), pp. 241 - 247 (2000)

MPG.PuRe

1999

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Chin, K.; Hahn, D.; Hengstmann, U.; Liesack, W.; Janssen, P.: Characterization and identification of numerically abundant culturable bacteria from the anoxic bulk soil of rice paddy microcosms. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 65 (11), pp. 5042 - 5049 (1999)

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Dunfield, P. F.; Liesack, W.; Henckel, T.; Knowles, R.; Conrad, R.: High-affinity methane oxidation by a soil enrichment culture containing a type II methanotroph. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 65 (3), pp. 1009 - 1014 (1999)

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Falz, K.; Holliger, C.; Grosskopf, R.; Liesack, W.; Nozhevnikova, A.; Muller, B.; Wehrli, B.; Hahn, D.: Vertical distribution of methanogens in the anoxic sediment of Rotsee (Switzerland). APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 65 (6), pp. 2402 - 2408 (1999)

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