2009

71.    Köcher, S., Breitenbach, J., Müller, V., Sandmann, G. (2009) Structure, function and biosynthesis of carotenoids in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus. Arch. Microbiol. 191 : 95-104.

70.    Burkhardt, J., Sewald, X., Bauer, B., Saum, S. H., Müller, V. (2009) Synthesis of glycine betaine from choline in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus: co-regulation of two divergent, polycistronic operons. Environ. Microbiol. Reports 1 : 38-43.

69.    Saum, R., Mingote, A., Santos, H., Müller, V. (2009) A novel limb in the osmoregulatory network of Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: Nε-acetyl-ß-lysine can be substituted by glutamate and alanine. Environ. Microbiol. 11 : 1056-1065.

68.    Saum, R., Mingote, A., Santos, H., Müller, V. (2009) Genetic analysis of the role of the ABC transporter Ota and Otb in glycine betaine transport in Methanosarcina mazei Gö1. Arch. Microbiol. 191 : 291-301.

67.    Müller, V. (2009) Incredible anaerobes – more bioenergetic surprises to come. Environ. Microbiol. Reports 1 : 13-14.

66.    Vonck, J., Pisa, K. Y., Morgner, N., Brutschy, B., Müller, V. (2009) Three-dimensional structure of A1AO ATP synthase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus by electron microscopy. J. Biol. Chem. 284 : 10110-10119.

65.    Biegel, E., Schmidt, S., Müller, V. (2009) Genetic, immunological and biochemical evidence for a Rnf complex in the acetogen Acetobacterium woodii. Environ. Microbiol. 11 : 1438-1443.

64.    Schmidt, S., Biegel, E., Müller, V. (2009) The ins and outs of Na+ bioenergetics in Acetobacterium woodii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1787 : 691-696.

63.    Saum, R., Schlegel, K., Meyer, B., Müller, V. (2009) The F1FO ATP synthase genes in Methanosarcina acetivorans are dispensable for growth and ATP synthesis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 300 : 230-236.

62.    Averhoff, B. (2009) Shuffling genes around in hot environments: the unique DNA transporter of Thermus thermophilus. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 33 : 6611-6626.

61.    Schwarzenlander, C., Haase, W., Averhoff, B. (2009) The role of single subunits of the DNA transport machinery of Thermus thermophilus HB27 in DNA binding and transport. Environ. Microbiol. 4 : 801-808.

60.    Stock, T., Rother, M. (2009) Selenoproteins in Archaea and Gram-positive bacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1790 : 1520-1532.

59.    Oelgeschläger, E., Rother, M. (2009) In vivo role of three fused corrinoid/methyl-transfer proteins in Methanosarcina acetivorans. Mol. Microbiol. 72 : 1260-1272.

58.    Oelgeschläger, E., Rother, M. (2009) Influence of carbon monoxide on metabolite formation in Methanosarcina acetivorans. FEMS Microbiol. Lett.292 : 254-260.

 

2008

57.    Müller, V., Imkamp, F., Biegel, E., Schmidt, S., Dilling, S. (2008) Discovery of a ferredoxin:NAD+-oxidoreductase (Rnf) in Acetobacterium woodii: a novel potential coupling site in acetogens. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1125 : 137-146.

56.    Deppenmeier U., Müller, V. (2008) Life close to the thermodynamic limit: how methanogenic archaea conserve energy. Results Probl. Cell Differ. 45 : 123-152.

55.    Saum, S. H., Müller, V. (2008) Growth phase-dependent switch in osmolyte strategy in a moderate halophile: ectoine is a minor osmolyte but major stationary phase solute in Halobacillus halophilus. Environ. Microbiol. 10 : 716-726.

54.    Spanheimer, R., Hoffmann, M., Kögl, S., Schmidt, S., Pflüger, K., Müller, V. (2008) Differential regulation of Ota and Otb, two primary glycine betaine transporters in the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 15 : 255-263.

53.    Fritz, M., Klyszejko, A.L., Morgner, N., Vonck, J., Brutschy, B., Muller, D.J., Meier. T., Müller, V. (2008) An intermediate step in the evolution of ATPases: a hybrid FO-VO rotor in a bacterial Na+ F1FO ATP synthase. FEBS Journal 275 : 1999-2007.

52.    Müller, V. (2008) Manche mögen’s salzig – Anpassungsstrategien und Biotechnologie Salz liebender Mikroorganismen. Forschung Frankfurt 1 : 46-50.

51.    Müller, V. (2008) Bacterial fermentation. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net. [DOI 10.1002/9780470015902
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50.    Saum, S. H., Müller, V. (2008) Regulation of osmoadaptation in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus: chloride, glutamate and switching osmolyte strategies. Saline Systems 4 : 4.

49.    Spanheimer, R., Müller, V. (2008) The molecular basis of salt adaptation in Methanosarcina mazei Gö1. Arch. Microbiol. 190 : 271-279.

48.    Averhoff, B. (2008) The natural transformation system of Acinetobacter baylyi: a unique transport machinery. In: Acinetobacter Molecular Biology, Gerischer U (ed.) pp 119-139, Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK.

47.    Guss, A., Rother, M., Zhang, J.K., Metcalf, W.W. (2008) New methods for tightly regulated gene expression and highly efficient chromosomal integration of cloned genes for Methanosarcina species. Archaea 2 : 193-203.

46.    Oelgeschläger, E., Rother, M. (2008) Carbon monoxide-dependent energy metabolism in anaerobic bacteria and archaea. Arch. Microbiol. 190 : 257-269.

45.    Besier, S., Zander, J., Siegel, E., Saum, S.H., Hunfeld, K.P., Erhardt, A., Brade, V., Wichelhaus, T.A. (2008)
Thymidine-dependent Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants: human pathogens that are relevant not only in cases of cystic fibrosis lung disease.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 3829-3832.

44.    Schaefer, A.L., Greenberg, E.P., Oliver, C.M., Oda, Y., Huang, J.J., Bittan-Banin, G., Peres, C.M., Schmidt, S., Juhaszova, K., Sufrin, J.R., Harwood, C.S. (2008)
A new class of homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signals.
Nature 454: 595-599.



43.    Zander, J., Besier, S., Saum, S.H., Dehqhani, F., Loitsch, S., Brade, V., Wichelhaus, T.A. (2008)
Influence of dTMP on the phenotypic appearance and intracellular persistence of Staphylococcus aureus.
Infect. Immun. 76: 1333-1339.

 

2007

42.    Sewald, X., Saum, S.H., Palm, P., Pfeiffer, F., Oesterhelt, D., Müller, V. (2007) Autoinducer-2-producing protein LuxS, a novel salt and chloride incuced protein in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 : 371-379.

41.    Dilling, S., Imkamp, F., Schmidt, S., Müller, V. (2007) Regulation of caffeate respiration in the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 : 3630-3636.

40.    Fritz, M., Müller, V. (2007) An intermediate step in the evolution of ATPases - the F1FO-ATPase from Acetobacterium woodii contains F-type and V-type rotor subunits and is capable of ATP sythesis. FEBS Journal 274 : 3421-3428.

39.    Saum, S.H., Roeßler, M. Koller, C., Sydow, J. F., Müller, V. (2007) Glutamate restores growth but not motility in the absence of chloride in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus. Extremophiles 11 : 711-717.

38.    Pisa, K.Y., Huber, H., Thomm, M., Müller, V. (2007) A sodium ion-dependent A1AO ATP synthase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. FEBS Journal 274 : 3928-3938. 

37.    Saum, S.H., Müller, V. (2007) Salinity-dependent switching of osmolyte strategies in a moderately halophilic bacterium: glutamate induces proline biosynthesis in Halobacillus halophilus. J. Bacteriol. 189 : 6968-6975.

36.    Schmidt, S., Pflüger, K., Kögl, S., Spanheimer, R., Müller, V. (2007) The salt-induced ABC transporter Ota of the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 is a glycine betaine transporter. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 277 : 44-49.

35.    Imkamp, F., Biegel, E., Jayamani, E., Buckel, W., Müller, V. (2007) Dissection of the caffeate respiratory chain in the acetogen Acetobacterium woodii: identification of a Rnf-type NADH dehydrogenase as potential coupling site. J. Bacteriol. 189 : 8145-8153.

34.    Pisa, K.Y., Weidner, C., Maischak, H., Kavermann, H., Müller, V. (2007) The coupling ion in methanoarchaeal ATP synthases: H+ versus Na+ in the A1AO ATP synthase from the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 277 : 56-63.

33.    Pflüger, K. Ehrenreich, A., Salmon, K., Gunsalus, R.P., Deppenmeier, U. Gottschalk, G., Müller, V. (2007) Identification of genes involved in salt adaptation in the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 using genomewide gene expression profiling. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 277 : 79-89.

32.    Rother, M., Oelgeschläger, E., Metcalf, W.W. (2007) Genetic and proteomic analyses of CO utilization by Methanosarcina acetivorans. Arch. Microbiol. 188 : 463-472.

 

31.    Thummer, R., Klimmek, O., Schmitz, R.A. (2007) Biochemical studies of Klebsiella pneumoniae NifL reduction using reconstituted partial anaerobic respiratory chains of Wolinella succinogenes. J. Biol. Chem. 282 : 12517-26.

 

2006

30.    Schäfer, I., Rössle, M., Biukovic, G., Müller, V., Grüber, G. (2006) Structural and functional analysis of the coupling subunit F in solution and topological arrangement of the stalk domains of the methanogenic A1AO ATP synthase. J. Bioener. Biomembr. 38 : 83-92.

29.    Lewalter, K.Y., Müller, V. (2006) Bioenergetics of archaea: Ancient energy conserving mechanisms developed in the early history of life. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1757 : 437-445. 

28.    Imkamp, F., Müller, V. (2006) Acetogenic bacteria. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net.

27.    Saum, S. H., Sydow, J., Palm, P., Pfeiffer, F., Oesterhelt, D., Müller, V. (2006) Biochemical and molecular characterization of the biosynthesis of glutamine and glutamate, two major compatible solutes in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus. J. Bacteriol., 188 : 6808-6815.

26.    Rumszauer, J., Schwarzenlander, C., Averhoff, B. (2006) Identification, subcellular localization and functional interactions of PilMNOWQ and PilA4 involved in transformation competency and pilus biogenesis in the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27. FEBS J., 273 : 3261-3272.

25.    Gohl, O., Friedrich, A., Hoppert, M., Averhoff, B. (2006) The thin pili of Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413 mediate adhesion to biotic and abiotic surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 : 1394-1401.

24.    Averhoff, B. (2006) Genetic systems for Thermus. In: Extremophiles (Methods in Microbiology), Rainey F & Oren A (eds), Vol. 35, pp 279-308, Oxford: Oxford Academic Press.

23.    Schwarzenlander, C., Averhoff, B. (2006) Characterization of DNA transport in the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27. FEBS J., 273 : 4210-4218.

22.    Bose, A., Pritchett, M.A., Rother, M., Metcalf, W.W.(2006) Differential regulation of the three methanol methyltransferase isozymes in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A. J. Bacteriol. 188 : 7274-7283.

21.    Böck, A., Rother, M., Leibundgut, M., Ban, N. (2006) Selenium metabolism in prokaryotes. In: Selenium: its molecular biology and role in human health. 2nd ed. Hatfield, D.L., Berry, M.J. and Gladyshev, V.N. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 9-28.

20.    Patrie, S.M., Ferguson, J.T., Robinson, D.E., Whipple, D., Rother, M., Metcalf, W.W., Kelleher, N.L. (2006) Top down mass spectrometry of <60 kDa proteins from Methanosarcina acetivorans using Q-FTMS with automated octopole collisionally activated dissociation (OCAD). Mol. Cell Proteomics 5 : 14-25.

 

2005

19.    Müller, V., Spanheimer, R., Santos, H. (2005) Stress response by solute accumulation in archaea. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 8 : 729-736.

18.    Müller, V., Saum, S. H. (2005) The chloride regulon of Halobacillus halophilus: a novel regulatory network for salt perception and signal transduction in bacteria. In: Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE): Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya (Gunde-Cimerman N., Oren A., Plemenitas A., Eds.), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Vol. 9, pp 303-310.

17.    Pflüger, K., Wieland, H., Müller, V. (2005) Osmoadaptation in methanogenic archaea: recent insights from a genomic perspective. In: Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE): Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya (Gunde-Cimerman N., Oren A., Plemenitas A., Eds.), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Vol. 9, pp 241-251.

16.    Müller, V., Lemker, T., Lingl, A., Weidner, C., Coskun, Ü., Grüber, G. (2005) Bioenergetics of Archaea: ATP synthesis under harsh environmental conditions. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 10 : 167-180.

15.    Müller, V., Lingl, A., Lewalter, K., Fritz, M. (2005) ATP synthases with novel rotor subunits: New insights into structure, function and evolution of ATPases. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 37 : 455-460.

14.    Kaiser, J.T., Gromadski, K., Rother, M., Engelhardt, H., Rodnina, M.V., Wahl, M.C. (2005) Structural and functional investigation of a putative archaeal selenocysteine synthase. Biochemistry 44 : 13315-13327.

13.    Böck, A., Thanbichler, M., Rother, M., Resch, A. (2005) Selenocysteine. In: Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases. Ibba, M., Francklyn, C.S. and Cusack, S. (eds.), Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, USA, pp. 320-327.

12.    Rother, M., Boccazzi, P., Bohse. A., Pritchett, M.A., Metcalf, W.W. (2005) Methanol-dependent gene expression demonstrates that methyl-CoM reductase is essential in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A and allows isolation of mutants with defects in regulation of the methanol utilization pathway. J. Bacteriol. 187 : 5552-5559.

11.    Rother, M., Metcalf, W.W. (2005) Genetic technologies for Archaea. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 8 : 745-751.

10.    Böck, A., Rother, M. (2005) A pseudo-SECIS element in Methanococcus voltae documents evolution of a selenoprotein into a sulphur-containing homologue. Arch. Microbiol. 183 : 148-150.

9.      Klimmek, O. (2005) The biological cycle of sulfur. Met. Ions Biol. Syst. 43 : 105-130.

 

2004

8.      Averhoff, B. (2004) DNA transport and natural transformation in mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 36 : 25–33.

7.      Pflüger, K., Müller, V. (2004) Transport of compatible solutes in extremophiles. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 36 : 17-24.

6.      Müller, V. (2004) An exceptional variability in the motor of archaeal A1AO ATPases: from multimeric to monomeric rotors comprising 6 - 13 ion binding sites. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 36 : 115-125.

5.      Coskun, Ü., Chaban, Y. L., Lingl, A., Müller, V., Keegstra, W., Boekema, E. J., Grüber, G. (2004) Structure and subunit arrangement of the A-type ATP synthase complex from the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii visualized by electron microscopy. J. Biol. Chem. 279 : 38644-38648.

4.      Coskun, Ü., Radermacher, M., Müller, V., Ruiz, T., Grüber, G. (2004) Three-dimensional organization of the archaeal A1-ATPase from Methanosarcina mazei Gö1. J. Biol. Chem. 279 : 22759-22764.

3.      Cross, R. L., Müller, V. (2004) The evolution of A-, F-, and V-type ATP synthases and ATPases: reversals in function and changes in the H+/ATP coupling ratio. FEBS Lett. 576 : 1-4.

2.      Müller, V., Imkamp, F., Rauwolf, A., Küsel, K., Drake, H. L. (2004) Molecular and cellular biology of acetogenic bacteria. In: Strict and Facultative Anaerobes; Medical and Environmental Aspects (Nakano, M. M., Zuber, P., eds.), pp. 251-281, Horizon Press, Norfolk, UK.

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