Publications

Mohammadzadeh R, Mahnert A, Zurabishvili T, Wink L, Kumpitsch C, Habisch H et al. Cross-domain metabolic interactions link Methanobrevibacter smithii to colorectal cancer microbial ecosystems. Nature Communications. 2026 Feb 20. Epub 2026 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69711-7

Zhang R, Mayer L, Hikida H, Shichino Y, Mito M, Willemsen A et al. A giant virus forms a specialized subcellular environment within its amoeba host for efficient translation. Nature Microbiology. 2026 Jan 9. Epub 2026 Jan 9. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.07.616867, 10.1038/s41564-025-02234-x

Ye H, Šlipogor V, Hanson BT, Séneca J, Hausmann B, Herbold CW et al. Associations between gut microbiota and personality traits: insights from a captive common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colony. Microbiology Spectrum. 2026 Jan 6;14(1):e00443-25. Epub 2025 Nov 18. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00443-25

Plöchl K, Böttcher T. A novel class of small-molecule inhibitors targeting bacteriophage infection. RSC Chemical Biology. 2026 Jan 1;7(1):31-37. doi: 10.1039/d5cb00120j

Jancheva M, Nguyen THN, Anderl F, Joge S, Neubauer J, Rominger-Baumann C et al. A phage-selective trigger hints at an SOS-independent mechanism of prophage induction by oxidative stress. Chemical Science. 2026;17(2):1151-1157 . doi: 10.1039/d5sc04923g

Bachtsevani E, Hink L, Meng Y, Sedlacek CJ, Lee S, Daims H et al. Acidotolerant soil nitrite oxidizer "Candidatus Nitrobacter laanbroekii" NHB1 alleviates constraints on growth of acidophilic soil ammonia oxidizers. ISME Communications. 2025 Dec 23;6(1):1-10. ycaf244. doi: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf244

Stuehrenberg J, Kitzinger K, von Arx JN, Graf JS, Lavik G, Littmann S et al. Urea use drives niche separation between dominant marine ammonia oxidizing archaea. Nature Communications. 2025 Dec 6;16(1):1-12. 10946. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67048-1

Bauchinger F, Berry D. Metatranscriptomic-driven insights into mucosal glycan degradation by the human gut microbiota. FEMS microbiology ecology. 2025 Dec 4;102(1):fiaf118. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiaf118

The Microflora Danica Consortium, Singleton CM, Jensen TBN, Delogu F, Knudsen KS, Sørensen EA et al. The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes. Nature. 2025 Dec 3;649(8098):971-981. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09794-2

Hu H, Karwautz C, Duszka K, Karner T, Anderson-Wagner I, Grander C et al. Revised 16S rRNA V4 hypervariable region targeting primers enhance detection of Patescibacteria and other lineages across diverse environments. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 Dec 2.

Krasenbrink J, Hanson BT, Weiss AS, Borusak S, Tanabe TS, Lang M et al. Sulfoquinovose is exclusively metabolized by the gut microbiota and degraded differently in mice and humans. Microbiome. 2025 Dec;13(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s40168-025-02175-x

Plöchl K, Böttcher T. The solute-binding proteins DppA1–5 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have distinct substrate profiles. Scientific Reports. 2025 Dec;15(1):44346. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-27865-2

Fischer MT, Séneca J, Petersen JM. Complete genome sequences of five aquatic Janthinobacterium lividum strains collected in Austria. Microbiology resource announcements. 2025 Nov 18;14(12). doi: 10.1128/mra.00962-25

Bosviel J, Kitzinger K, Vulcano F, Klotz F, Legin A, Büsing P et al. Spatiotemporal and temperature-dependent disconnect between ammonia oxidation and dark DIC fixation in deep oligotrophic Lake Constance. ISME Communications. 2025 Nov 10;5(1):1-12. ycaf201. doi: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf201

Speth DR, Pullen N, Aroney STN, Coltman BL, Osvatic J, Woodcroft BJ et al. GlobDB: a comprehensive species-dereplicated microbial genome resource. Bioinformatics advances. 2025 Nov 9;5(1):1-4. doi: 10.1093/bioadv/vbaf280

Hodgskiss LH, Kerou M, Luo ZH, Bayer B, Maier A, Weckwerth W et al. Metabolic response of a chemolithoautotrophic archaeon to carbon limitation. mSystems. 2025 Oct 22;10(10):1-20. e0073225. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00732-25

Graichen LP, Linder MS, Keuter L, Jensen O, Doeller C, Lamm C et al. Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation. Nature Communications. 2025 Oct 20;16(1):9247. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64307-z

Anwar S, Lamaudiere M, Hassall J, Dehinsilu J, Bhuller RK, Hold GL et al. DNA reference reagents isolate biases in microbiome profiling: a global multi-lab study. mSystems. 2025 Oct 17;10(11):e00466-25. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00466-25

Data Reuse Consortium, Wagner M, Rattei T, Osvatic J, Speth D. A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data. Nature Microbiology. 2025 Oct;10(10):2384-2395. Epub 2025 Sept 26. doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-02116-2

Fejes R, Séneca J, Pjevac P, Lutnik M, Weisshaar S, Pilat N et al. Increased Nitrate Intake From Beetroot Juice Over 4 Weeks Changes the Composition of the Oral, But Not the Intestinal Microbiome. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. 2025 Oct;69(20):e70156. Epub 2025 Jun 16. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.70156