Publications of W. Liesack

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)