News

March 2024

  • Mardoukhi MSY, Rapp J, Irisarri I, Gunka K, Link H, Marienhagen J, de Vries J, Stülke J, Commichau FM (2024) Metabolic rewiring enables ammonium assimilation via a non-canonical fumarate-based pathway. Microb Biotechnol. 17: e14429.
  • Wenzel S, Hess R, Kiefer D, Kuhn A (2024) Involvement of the cell division protein DamX in the infection process of bacteriophage T4. Viruses 16: 487.

February 2024

  • Riedel R, Commichau FM, Benndorf D, Hertel R, Holzer K, Hoelzle LE, Mardoukhi MSY, Noack LE, Martienssen M (2024) Biodegradation of selected aminophosphonates by the novel bacterial isolate Ochrobactrum sp. BTU1. Microbiol Res. 280: 127600.

January 2024

  • Meißner J, Königshof M, Wrede K, Warneke R, Mardoukhi MSYCommichau FM, Stülke J (2024) Control of asparagine homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis: identification of promiscuous amino acid importers and exporters. J Bacteriol. 206: e00420-23.

December 2023

  • Successful defense of a doctoral thesis, the journey of which began at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and ended at the University of Hohenheim. Congratulations Dr. Inge Schwedt!

October 2023

  • Schwedt I, Schöne K, Eckert M, Pizzinato M, Winkler L, Knotkova B, Richts B, Hau JL, Steuber J, Mireles R, Noda-Garcia L, Fritz G, Mittelstädt C, Hertel R, Commichau FM (2023) The low mutational flexibility of the 5-enolpyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase in Bacillus subtilis is due to a higher demand for shikimate pathway intermediates. Environ Microbiol. 25: 3604 - 3622.

September 2023

  • Blaimschein N, Parameswaran H, Nagler G, Manioglu S, Helenius J, Ardelean C, Kuhn A, Guan L, Müller DJ (2023) The insertase YidC chaperones the polytopic membrane protein MelB inserting and folding simultaneously from both termini. Structure. 31: 4119-1430.e5.

July 2023

  • Kohm K, Jalomo-Kharyova E, Krüger A, Basu S, Steinchen W, Bange G, Frunzke J, Hertel R, Commichau FM, Czech L (2023) Structural and functional characterization of MrpR, the master repressor of the Bacillus subtilis prophage SPβNucleic Acids Res. 51: 9452-9474.

June 2023

    • Schwedt I, Collignon M, Mittelstädt C, Giudici F, Rapp J, Meißner J, Link H, Hertel R, Commichau FM (2023) Genomic adaptation of Burkholderia anthina to glyphosate uncovers a novel herbicide resistance mechanism. Environ Microbiol Rep. 15: 727-739.

    May 2023

      • The program for the BACELL meeting 2023 in Hohenheim is available! Further information for speakers and poster presenters can be found on the BACELL 2023 website.

      February 2023

        • Schwedt I, Wang M, Gibhardt J, Commichau FM (2023) Cyclic di-AMP, a multifaceted regulator of central metabolism and osmolyte homeostasis in Listeria monocytogenes. µLife4: uqad005.

        January 2023

        • Kohm K, Lutz VT, Friedrich I, Hertel R (2023) CRISPR-Cas9 shaped viral metagenomes associated with Bacillus subtilis. Methods Mol Biol. 2555: 205-212.

        Events

        October 2024

        September 2024

        May 2024

        • The next BACELL2024 meeting will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from May 2 to 3! Registration until March 22 possible. The meeting is organized by Jan Maarten van Dijl.

        March 2024

        • Save the date!

        October 2023

        • Group excursion to the oldest sparkling wine producer in Germany (Esslingen)!

        June 2023

        • It was a nice BACELL meeting 2023 at the University of Hohenheim. We are sad that it is now over!

        October 2022

        • Group outing to the impressive construction site Stuttgart21!