Auswahl Publikationliste

Stark T, Marxen S, Rütschle A, Lücking G, Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M, Hofmann T (2012) Mass spectrometic profiling of Bacillus cereus strains and quantitation of the emetic toxin cereulide by means of stable isotope dilution analysis and Hep-2 bioassay. Anal.Bioanal.Chem. 2012 Oct 19 Epub Mir K, Neuhaus K, Scherer S, Bossert M, Schober S (2012) Predicting statistical properties of open reading frames in bacterial genomes.  PLOS one 7, 9,e45103:1-12 Frenzel E, Doll V, Pauthner M, Lücking G, Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2012) CodY orchestrates the expression of virulence determinants in emetic Bacillus cereus by impacting key regulatory circuits. Molecular Microbiology 85:67-88 Seiler H, Bleicher A, Busse H-J, Hüfner J, Scherer S (2012) Psychroflexus halocasei sp.nov., isolated from a microbial consortium on a cheese. IJSM 62:1850-1856 Schmidt V, Wenning M, Scherer S (2012) Spingobacterium lactis sp.nov. and Sphingobacterium alimentarium sp.nov. isolated from raw mild and a dairy environment. IJSM 62:1506-1511 Seiler H, Schmid V, Wenning M, Scherer S (2012) Bacillus kochii sp.nov., isolated from foods and a pharmaceuticals manufacturing site. IJSM 62:1092-1097 Fuchs TM, Eisenreich W, Heesemann J, Goebel W (2012) Metabolic adaptation of human pathogenic and related nonpathogenic bacteria to extra- and intracellular habitats. FEMS Micobiol Rev 36:435-462 Schmidt VS, Kaufmann V, Kulozik U, Scherer S, Wenning M (2012) Microbioal biodiversity, quality and shelf life of microfiltered and pasteurized extended shelf life (WSL) milk from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 154:1-9 Fuchs TM, Eisenreich W, Kern T, Dandekar T (2012) Toward a systemic understanding of Listeria monocytogenes metabolism during infection. Frontiers in microbiology, Vol.3, 23:1-12. Maeo M, O´Riodan N, Fuchs TM, Utratna M, Karatzas KAG, O´Byrne C (2012) Thiamine plays a critical role in the acid tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 326:137-143

Larpin-Laborde S, Imran M, Bonaiti C, Bora N, Gelsomino R, Georges S, Irlinger F, Goodfellow M, Ward AC, Vancannevt M, Swings J, Scherer S, Guéguen M, Desmasures N (2011) Surface microbial consortia from Livarot, a French smear-ripened cheese. Can. J. Microbiol. 57:651-660 Simon S, Oelke D, Landstorfer R, Neuhaus K (2011) Visual analysis of next-generation sequencing data to detect overlapping genes in bacterial genomes. IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 47-54 Gulitz A, Stadie J, Wenning M, Ehrmann MA, Vogel RF (2011) The microbial diversity of water kefir. Int. Journal of Food Microbiology, Vol. 151, 3:284-288 Büchl NR, Wenning M, Scherer S, Mietke-Hofmann H (2011) Differenzierung von probiotischen und ubiquitären Hefen aus Futtermitteln - Anwendung der Fourier-Transform-Infrarot (FT-IR)-Spektroskopie in der Futtermittelmikrobiologie. In: Hefendifferenzierung aus Futtermitteln, Schriftreihe des Sächsischen Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, Dresden, Heft 31:1-34 Wenning M, Scherer S, Mietke-Hofmann H (2011) Differenzierung von probiotischen und ubiquitären Milchsäurebakterien und aeroben Sporenbildnern aus Futtermitteln mittels FTIR-Spektroskopie. In: Differenzierung probiotischer Bakterien, Schriftreihe des Sächsischen Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, Dresden, Heft 26:1-35 Büchl NR, Seiler H (2011) Yeast and Molds / Yeasts in Milk and Dairy Products. In: Fuquay JW, Fox PF and McSweeney PLH (eds.). Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, 2. Edition, Vol. 4, 744-753 Fuchs TM, Brandt K, Starke M, Rattei T (2011) Shotgun sequencing of Yersinia enterocolitica strain W22703 (biotype 2, serotype O:9) genomic evidence for oscillation between invertebrates and mammals. BMC Genomics 12:168 (1-14) Samelis J, Bleicher A, Delbés-Paus C, Kakouri A, Neuhaus K, Montel MC (2011) FTIR-based polyphasic identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditional Greek Graviera cheese. Food Microbiology, 28:76-83 Frenzel E, Letzel T, Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2011) Inhibition of cereulide toxin synthesis by emetic Bacillus cereus via long-chain polyphosphates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 77, 4:1475-1482 Dommel MK, Lücking G, Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2011) Transcriptional kinetic analyses of cereulide synthetase genes with respect to growth, sporulation and emetic toxin production in Bacillus cereus. Food Microbiology 28:284-290 Scherer S (2010) Hat die Biologie das Leben erklärt? In: Thim-Mabrey C, Brack-Bernsen L, Täuber D (Hrsg.) Naturwissenschaftliche Aussagen und sozial verantwortbare Entscheidungen. Noderstedt 2010, Seite 133-183 Bhowmick Patit P, Devegowda Devananda, Ruwandeepika Darhanee HA, Fuchs Thilo M, Srikumar Shabarinath, Karunasagar Iddya, Karunasagar Indrani (2011) gcpA (stm1987) is critical for cellulose production and biofilm formation on polystyrene surface by Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden in both high and low nutrient medium. Microbial Pathogenesis 50:114-122 Kröger C, Srikumar S, Ellwart J, Fuchs TM (2011) Bistability in myo-inositol utilization by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. J. Bacteriol. Vol. 193, No.6:1427-1435. Ehling-Schulz M, Knutson R, Scherer S (2011) Bacillus cereus. In: Fratomico P, Liu Y and Kathariou S eds.: Genomes of Foodborne and Waterborne Pathogens. ASM Press, Washington, Chapter 11, 147-164 Srikumar S, Fuchs TM (2011) Ethanolamine utilization contributes to proliferation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in food and in nematodes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:281-290 Dolowschiak T, Chassin C, Akaddem SB, Fuchs TM, Weiss S, Vandewalle A, Hornef MW (2010) Potentiation of epithelial innate host responses by intercellular communication. PLOS Pathogens Vol.6, 11:1-14. Schauer K, Geginat G, Liang C, Goebel W, Dandekar T, Fuchs TM (2010) Deciphering the intracellular metabolism of Listeria monocytogenes by mutant screening and modelling. BMC Genomics 2010, 11:573 Kaufmann V, Scherer S, Kulozik U (2010) Verfahren zur Verlängerung der Haltbarkeit von Konsummilch und ihre stofflichen Veränderungen: ESL-Milch. Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 5:59-64. Bleicher A, Stark T, Hofmann T, Bogovič Matijašić B, Rogelj I, Scherer S, Neuhaus K (2010) Potent antilisterial cell-free supernatants produced by complex red-smear cheese microbial consortia. Journal of Dairy Science 93, No.10:4497-4505 Bleicher A, Obermajer T, Matijašić BB, Scherer S, Neuhaus K (2010) High biodiversity  and potent anti-listerial action of complex red smear cheese microbial ripening consortia. Annals of Microbiol. 60:531-539 Clavel T, Wayne D, Charrier C, Wenning M, Elson C, Haller D (2010) Enterorhabdus caecimuris sp. nov., a member of the family Coriobacteriaceae isolated from a mouse model of spontaneous colitis, and emended description of the genus Enterorhabdus Clavel et al. 2009. IJSEM 60:1527-1531 Spanier B, Starke M, Higel F, Scherer S, Fuchs TM (2010) Yersinia enterocolitica infection and tcaA-dependent killing of Caenorhabditis elegans. Appl. Environ Microbiol. Vol 76, No.18:6277-6285 Trcek J, Fuchs TM, Trülzsch K (2010) Analysis of Yersinia enterocolitica invasion expression in vitro and in vivo using a novel luxCDABE reporter system. Microbiology 156:2734-2745 Neuhaus K, Oelke D, Fürst D, Scherer S, Keim DA (2010) Towards automatic detecting of overlapping genes - Clusters BLAST analysis of viral genomes. In: Pizzuti C, Ritchie MD, Giacobini M (Eds.): EvoBio 2010, LNCA 6023, 228-239 Wenning M, Büchl NR, Scherer S (2010) Species and strain identification of lactic acid bacteria using FTIR spectroscopy and artificial neural networks. J. Biophoton 3, No.8-9:493-505 Büchl NR, Hutzler M, Mietke-Hofmann H, Wenning M, Scherer S (2010) Differentiation of probiotic and environmental Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains in animal feed. Journal of Appl. Microbiology 109:783-791 Bauer T, Stark T, Hofmann T, Ehling-Schulz M (2010) Development of a stable isotope dilution analysis for the quantification of the Bacillus cereus toxin cereulide in foods. J.Agric Food Chem. 58:1420-1428 Dommel MK, Frenzel E, Strasser B, Blöchinger C, Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2010) Identification of the main promoter directing cereulide biosynthesis in emtic Bacillus cereus and its application for real-time monitoring of ces gene expression in foods. Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol.76, No.4:1232-1240 Schär J, Stoll R, Schauer K, Loeffler DIM, Eylert E, Joseph B, Eisenreich W, Fuchs TM, Goebel W (2010) Pyruvate carboxylase plays a crucial in carbon metabolism of extra- and intracellularly replicating Listeria monocytogenes. J. Bacteriol. Vol 192, No. 7:1774-1784 Kröger C, Stolz J, Fuchs TM (2010) Myo-inositol transport by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microbiology 156:128-138 Monnet C, Bleicher A, Neuhaus K, Sarthou A-S, Leclercq-Perlat M-N, Irlinger F (2010) Assessment of the anti-listerial activity of microfloras from the surface of smear-ripened cheeses. Food Microbiology 27:302-310

Dorscht J, Klumpp J, Bielmann R, Schmelcher M, Born Y, Zimmer M, Calendar R, Loessner M (2009) Comarative genome analysis of Listeria Bacteriophages reveals extensive mosaicism, programmed translational frameshifting, and a novel prophage insertion site. Journal of Bacteriology 23:7206-7215 Bleicher A, Neuhaus K, Scherer S (2009) Vibrio casei sp.nov., isolated from the surface of two French red smear soft chesses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 60:1745-1749 Schmidt VS, Mayr R, Wenning M, Glöckner J, Busse HJ, Scherer S (2009) Bavariicoccus seileri gen.nov., sp.nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft chesse. Int J Syst Evol Microbiola 59:2437-2443. Scherer S (2009) Makroevolution molekularer Maschinen: Konsequenzen aus den Wissenslücken evolutionsbiologischer Naturforschung. In: Hahn HJ, McClary R, Thim-Mabrey C (Hrsg) Atheistischer und jüdisch-christlicher Glaube: Wie wird Naturwissenschaft geprägt? Forschungssymposium vom 02.-04.04.2008 Universität Regensburg, Norderstedt, Seite 95-149. Schauer K, Stolz J, Scherer S, Fuchs TM (2009) Both thiamine uptake and biosynthesis of thiamine precursors are required for intracellular replication of Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Bacteriology 191, No. 7:2218-2227. Lücking G, Dommel M, Scherer S, Fouet A, Ehling-Schulz M (2009) Cereulide synthesis in emetic Bacillus cereus in controlled by the transition state regulator AbrB, but not by the virulence regulator PIcR. Microbiology 155:922-931 Kröger C, Fuchs TM (2009) Characterization of the myo-Iositol Utilization Island of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Journal of Bacteriology 191, No. 2:545-554

Serra DO, Lücking G, Weiland F, Schulz S, Görg A, Yantorno OM, Ehling-Schulz M (2008) Proteome approaches combined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed a distinctive biofilm phyiology in Bordetella pertussis. Proteomics 8:4995-5010 Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2008) Bacillus cereus: Wege zur Prävention der emetischen Toxinbildung in Lebensmitteln. In: "Von der Idee zum Projekt - vom Projekt in die Praxis". Dokumentation der 66. FEI-Jahrestagung 2008. Hrsg. Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie Bonn, 61-72.  Fuchs TM, Bresolin G, Marcinowski L, Schachtner J, Scherer S (2008) Insecticidal genes of Yersinia spp.: taxonomical distribution, contribution to toxicity towards Manduca sexta and Galleria mellonella, and evolution. BMC Microbiology 8:214. Büchl N, Wenning M, Seiler H, Mietke-Hofmann H, Scherer S (2008) Reliable identification of closely related Issatchenkia and Pichia species using artificial neural network analysis of Fourier-transform infrared spectra. Yeast 25, 11:787-798 Wenning M, Scherer S, Naumann D (2008) Infrared spectroscopy in the Identification of Microorganisms. Diem M, Griffiths PR, Chalmers JM (eds) Vibrational Spectroscopy for Medical Diagnosis. John Wiley & Son ltd. Chichester England, 71-96. Heermann R, Fuchs TM (2008) Comparative analysis of the Photorhabdus luminescens and the Yersinia enterocolitica genomes: uncovering candidate genes involved in insect pathogenicity. BMC Genomics 9, 40:1-21 Goerges S, Mounier J, Rea MC, Gelsomino R, Heise V, Beduhn R, Cogan TM, Vancanneyt M, Scherer S (2008) Commercial ripening starter microorganisms inoculated into cheese milk do not successfully themselves in the resident microbial ripening consortia of a South German Red Smear Cheese. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 7:2210-2217 Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2008) Riesiges Genreservoir eines Krankheitserregers. Spektrum der Wissenschaft 4:14-16 Rebuffo-Scheer C, Dietrich J, Wenning M, Scherer S (2008) Identification of five Listeria species based on infrared spectra (FTIR) using macrosamples in superior to a microsample approach. Anal.Bioanal.Chem. 390:1629-1635 Guinebretiére M-H, Thompson FL, Sorokin A, Normand P, Dawyndt P, Ehling-Schulz M, Svensson B, Sanchis V, Nguyen-The C, Heyndrickx M and De Vos P (2008) Ecological diversification in the Bacillus cereus Group. Environmental Microbiology 10:851-865  Fricker M, Reissbrodt R, Ehling-Schulz M (2008) Evaluation of standard and new chromogenic slective plating media for isolation and identification of Bacillus cereus. Intern. Journal of Food Microbiology 121:27-34 Bresolin G, Trček J, Scherer S, Fuchs TM (2008) Presence of a functional flagellar cluster Flag-2 and low-temperature expression of flagellar genes in Yersinia enterocolitica W22703. Microbiology 154:196-206

Scherer S (2007) Bakterielle Endosymbionten von Pflanzenläuse mit stark reduzierten Genomen. Stud. Int. J. 14:66-73 Hain T, Chatterjee SS, Ghai RT, Kuenne CT, Billion A,  Steinweg C, Domann E, Kärst U, Jänsch L, Wehland J, Eisenreich W, Bacher A, Joseph B, Schär J, Kreft J, Klumpp J, Loessner MJ, Dorscht J, Neuhaus K, Fuchs TM, Scherer S, Doumith M, Jacquet C, Martin P, Cossart P, Rusniock C, Glaser P, Buchrieser C, Goebel W and Chakraborty T (2007) Pathogenomics of Listeria spp. Int.J.Med. Microbiol. 297:541-557 Wenning M, Scherer S (2007) Schokolade. Holzapfel W (Hrsg.) Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittel: Lebensmittel pflanzlicher Herkunft. Behr´s Verlag Hamburg 237-250 Jakob K, Satorhelyi P, Lange C, Wendisch VF, Silakowski B, Scherer S, Neuhaus K (2007) Gene expression analysis of Corynebacterium glutamicum subjected to long-term lactic acid adaptation. Journal of Bacteriology Vol. 189, 15:5582-5590. Wenning M, Seiler H, Scherer S (2007) Auch Bakterien haben Fingerabdrücke: Identifizierung von Mikroorganismen in der Lebensmittelindustrie mittels FTIR-Spektroskopie. DMZ 12:24-27. Rea MC, Goerges S, Gelsomino R, Brennan NM, Mounier J, Vancanneyt M, Scherer S, Swings J, Cogan TM (2007) Stability of the Biodiversity of the Surface Consortia of Gubbeen, a Red-Smear Cheese. Journal Dairy Sciences 90:2200-2210. Messelhäusser U, Fricker M, Ehling-Schulz M, Ziegler H, Elmer-Englhard D, Kleih W, Busch U (2007) Real-time-PCR System zum Nachweis von Bacillus cereus (emetischer Typ) in Lebensmitteln. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food, Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 2:190-193. Scherbel C, Pichner R, Groschup MH, Müller-Hellwig S, Scherer S, Dietrich R, Maertlbauer E, Gareis M (2007) Infectivity of Scrapie Prion Protein (PrPSc) following In vitro Digestion with Bovine Gastrointestinal Microbiota. Zoonoses Public Health 54:185-190. Santivarangkna C, Wenning M, Foerst P, Kulozik U (2007) Damage of cell envelope of Lactobacillus helveticus during vacuum drying. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102:748-756. Loessner H, Endmann A, Leschner S, Westphal K, Rhode M, Miloud T, Hämmerling G, Neuhaus K, Weiss S (2007) Remote control of tumor targeted Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium - L-arabinose as inducer of bacterial gene expression. Cellular Microbiology 9:1529-1537. Klumpp J, Fuchs TM (2007) Identification of novel genes in genomic islands that contribute to Salmonella typhimurium replication in macrophages. Microbiology 153:1207-12 Fricker M, Messelhäußer U, Busch U, Scherer S, Ehling-Schulz M (2007) Diagnostic real-time PCR assays for the detection of emetic Bacillus cereus strains in foods and recent food-borne outbreaks. Applied and Evnvironmental Microbiology 73, 6:1892-1898. Ehling-Schulz M, Scherer S (2007) Ein Keim kommt selten allein - Bacillus cereus als Krankheits- und Verderbniserreger in Lebensmitteln. PdN-BioS 56, 1:18-21.  Rebuffo-Scheer CA, Schmitt J, Scherer S (2007) Differentiation of Listeria monocytogenes Serovars by using artificial neural networt analysis of Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectra. Applied an Environmental Microbiology 73, 3:1036-1040. Rebuffo-Scheer CA, Kirschner C, Staemmler M, Naumann D (2007) Rapid species and strain differentiation of non-tubercoulous mycobacteria by Fourier-Transform Infrared  microspectroscopy. Journal of Microbiological Methods 68, 2:282-290.

Mounier, J, Goerges S, Gelsomino R, Vancanneyt M. Vandemeulebroecke K, Hoste B, Brennan NM, Scherer S, Swings J, Fitzgerald GF, Cogan TM (2006) Sources of the adventitious microflora of a smear-ripened cheese. Journal of Applied Microbiology 101:668-681. Larpin S, Mondoloni C, Goerges S, Vernoux J-P, Gueguen M, Desmasures N (2006) Geotrichum candidum dominates in yeast population dynamics in Livarot, a French red-smear cheese. FEMS Yeast Research 6:1243-1253. Didier A, Dietrich R, Steffl M, Gareis M, Groschup MH, Müller-Hellwig S, Märtlbauer E, Amselgruber WM (2006) Cellular prion protein in the bovine mammery gland is selectively expressed in active lactocytes. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry 54(11) 1255-1261. Magarvey N, Ehling-Schulz M, Walsh CT (2006) Characterization of the cereulide NRPS a-hydroxy acid specifiying modules: Activation of a-keto acids and chiral reduction on the assembly line. J.Am.Chem. Soc. 128:10698-10699. Scherbel C, Pichner R, Groschup MH, Müller-Hellwig S, Scherer S, Dietrich R, Märtlbauer E, Gareis M (2006) Degradation of scrapie associated prion protein (PrPSC) by the gastrointestinal microbiota of cattle. Vet. Res. 37:695-703. Ehling-Schulz M, Guinebretiere M-H, Monthán A, Berge O, Fricker M, Svensson B (2006) Toxin gene profiling of enterotoxic and emetic Bacillus cereus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 260:232-240. Bresolin G, Morgan JAW, Ilgen, D, Schere S, Fuchs TM (2006) Low temperature-induced insecticidal activity of Yersinia enterocolitica. Molecular Microbiology 59:503-512. Wenning M, Theilmann V, Scherer S. (2006) Rapid analysis of two food-borne microbial communities at the species level by Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy. Environmental Microbiology 8:848-857 Mayr R, Busse H-J, Worliczek HL, Ehling-Schulz M, Scherer S (2006) Ornithinibacillus gen. nov., with the species Ornithinibacillus bavariensis sp. nov. and Ornithinibacillus californiensis sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiologie 56:1383-1389. Carlin F, Fricker M, Pielaat A, Heisterkamp S, Shaheen R, Salonen MS, Svensson B, Nguyen-the C, Ehling-Schulz M (2006) Emetic toxin-producing strains of Bacillus cereus show distinct characteristics within the Bacillus cereus group. International Journal of Food Microbiology 109:132-138 Bresolin G, Scherer S, Fuchs TM (2006) Yersinia als Insektenkiller. BIOspektrum 2:171-172. Ehling-Schulz M, Fricker M, Grallert H, Rieck P, Wagner M, Scherer (2006) Cereulide synthetase gene cluster from emetic Bacillus cereus: Structure and location on a mega virulence plasmid related to Bacillus anthracis toxin plasmid pXO. MBC Microbiology 1-11. Bresolin G, Neuhaus K, Scherer S, Fuchs TM (2006) Transcriptional analysis of long-term adaptation of Yersinia enterocolitica to low-termperature growth. Journal of Bacteriology Vol. 188, 8:2945-2958. Shaheen R, Andersson MA, Apetroaie C, Schulz A, Ehling-Schulz M, Ollilainen V-M, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (2006) Potential of selected infant food formulas for production of Bacillus cereus emetic toxin, cereulide. International Journal of Food Mircobiology 107:287-294. Seiler H, Back W, Bohak I (2006) Desulfosporosinus als Sojadrink-Verderber. Erstmaliger Nachweis von „Desulfosporosinus“ als Sojadrink-Verderber.dmz 4:36-37. Seiler H, Scherer S (2006) Fingerabdruck überführt Mikroben – Identifizierung von schädlichen Mikroorganismen. BIOforum 1:20-21 Müller-Hellwig S, Groschup MH, Pichner R, Gareis M, Märtlbauer E, Scherer S, Loessner MJ (2006) Biochemical evidence fort he proteolytic degradation of infectious prion protein PrPSC in hamster brain homogenates by foodborne bacteria. In: Systematic an Applied Mircobiology 29:165-171 Rebuffo CA, Schmitt J, Wenning M, Stetten von F, Scherer S (2006) Reliable and rapid identification of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria Species by artificial neural network-based Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 994-1000. Bresolin G, Morgan JAW, Ilgen D, Scherer S, Fuchs TM (2006) Low temperature-induced insecticidal activity of Yersinia enterocolitica. Molecular Microbiology 59: 503-512. Goerges S, Aigner U, Silakowski B, Scherer S (2006) Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by Food-Borne Yeasts. In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:313-318.

Wright DJ, Smith SC, Joardar V, Scherer S, Jervis J, Warren A, Helm RF, Potts M (2005) UV Irradiation and desiccation modulate the three-dimensional extracellular matrix of nostoc commune (Cyanobacteria). The Journal of Biological Chemistry VOL 280, 48:40271 – 40281. Fuchs TM, Klumpp J, Przybilla K (2005) Insertion-duplication mutagenesis (IDM) of Salmonella enterica and related species using a novel thermosensitive vector. Plasmid 55:39-49. Mounier J, Gelsomino R, Goerges S, Vancanneyt M, Vandemeulebroecke K, Scherer S, Swings J, Fitzgerald GF, Cogan TM (2005) Surface Microflora of Four Smear-Ripened cheeses.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 6489-6500. Middendorf B, Stübs D, Guiso N, Deppisch H, Gross R, Fuchs TM (2005)  Phg, a novel member of the autotransporter family present in Bordetella species. Microbiological Research 160:329-336. Stübs D, Fuchs T M, Schneider B, Bosserhoff A, Gross R (2005) Identification and regulation of cold inducible factors of Bordetella bronchiseptica. Microbiology 151:1911-1917. Fuchs TM (2005) Reduzierte Genome und das Konzept eines minimalen Gensets. Genomxpress 1:22 – 24 Seiler H (2005) Steckbrief mikrobiologische Terroristen bedrohen die Sicherheit unserer Lebensmittel und müssen verhütet und bekämpft werde… Deutsche Milchwirtschaft 56 Titelblatt Neuhaus K, Scherer S (2005) Life at low temperature. M. Dworkin et al., eds., The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbiological Community, (2005) 3rd edition, release 4.0, Springer-Verlag, New York. Ehling-Schulz M, Vukov N, Schulz A, Shaheen R, Andersson M, Märtlbauer E, Scherer S (2005) Identification and Partial Characterization of the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Gene Responsible for Cereulide Production in Emetic Bacillus cereus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:105-113. Ehling-Schulz M, Svensson B, Guinebretiere M-H, Lindbäck T, Andersson M, Schulz A, Fricker M, Christiansson A, Granum PE, Märtlbauer E, Nguyen-The C, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Scherer S (2005) Emetic toxin formation of Bacillus cereus is restricted to a single evolutionary lineage of closely related strains.  Microbiology 151:183-197.

Ehling-Schulz M, Fricker M, Scherer S (2004) Bacillus cereus, the causative agent of an emetic type of food-borne illness. Molecular Nutrition Food Research 48:479-487. Brennan NM, Cogan TM, Loessner M, Scherer S (2004) Bacterial Surface-ripened Cheeses. Cheese – Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology 2 (Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2004) 199-225. Ehling-Schulz M, Fricker M, Scherer S (2004) Identification of emetic toxin producing Bacillus cereus strains by a novel molecular assay. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 232:189-195. Knuth K, Niesalla H, Hueck CJ, Fuchs TM (2004) Large-scale identification of essential Salmonella genes by trapping lethal insertions. Molecular Microbiology 51:1729-1744. Mayr R, Gutser K, Busse M, Seiler H (2004) Indigenous aerobic sporeformers in high      heat treated (127°C, 5 s) German ESL (Extended Shelf Life) milk. Milchwissenschaft 59:143-146. Mayr R, Fricker M, Maoz A, Scherer S (2004) Anti-listerial activity and biodiversity of cheese surface cultures: influence of the ripening temperature regime. Eur Food Res Technol 218:242-247. Mayr R, Gutser K, Busse M, Seiler H (2004) Gram positive non-sporeforming recontaminants are frequent spoilage organisms of German retail ESL (Extended Shelf Life) milk. Milchwissenschaft 59:262-266. Seiler H (2004) Beurteilung von Keimen bei der Schadensfallanalyse. DMZ 125:31-35.

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