Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Cassas MS, Jonas LC, Anderson CJ, Schmitz-Esser S, Youngs CR. 2024. Temporal changes in ewe vaginal microbiota throughout gestation. Front Microbiol. 15:1359678. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1359678.
- Tibbs-Cortes BW, Rahic-Seggerman FM, Schmitz-Esser S, Boggiatto PM, Olsen S, Putz EJ. 2024. Fecal and vaginal microbiota of vaccinated and non-vaccinated pregnant elk challenged with Brucella abortus. Front Vet Sci. 11:1334858. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1334858.
- Rahic-Seggerman FM, Rosenthal K, Miller C, Iske C, Graham J, Schmitz-Esser S, Kohles MR. 2024. Effects of diet on the bacterial and eukaryotic microbiota across the gastrointestinal tract of healthy rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Am J Vet Res. 2024 Feb 10:1-11. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.23.10.0234
- Fries-Craft K, Schmitz-Esser S, Bobeck EA. 2023. Dietary peptide-specific antibodies against interleukin-4 differentially alter systemic immune cell responses during Eimeria challenge with minimal impacts on the cecal microbiota. Poult Sci. 102(12):103134. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103134.
- Fries-Craft K, Schmitz-Esser S, Bobeck EA. 2023. Dietary alfalfa hay or lipid-soluble alfalfa extract may improve broiler growth, but fiber presence may be detrimental during Eimeria vaccine challenge. Poult Sci. 102(11):103019. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103019.
- Anderson CJ, Altendorf BJ, Schmitz-Esser S, Koltes DA. 2023. Characterization of the eukaryotic microbial communities in the chicken ileum in cage-free and conventional commercial housing systems. Poult Sci. 102(5):102621. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102621
- Koester LR, Hayman K, Anderson CJ, Tibbs-Cortes BW, Daniels KM, Seggerman FM, Gorden PJ, Lyte M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2023. Influence of a sodium-saccharin sweetener on the rumen content and rumen epithelium microbiota in dairy cattle during heat stress. J Anim Sci. 101:skac403. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac403.
- Zhang W, Xie J, Xia S, Fan X, Schmitz-Esser S, Zeng B, Zheng L, Huang H, Wang H, Zhong J, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Jiang M, Hou R. Evaluating a potential model to analyze the function of the gut microbiota of the giant panda. 2022. Front Microbiol. 13:1086058. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1086058.
- Wickramasinghe J, Anderson CJ, Kaya CA, Gorden PJ, Ribeiro FRB, Dohms J, Rigert S, Schmitz-Esser S, Appuhamy R. 2022. Evaluating Ruminal and Small Intestinal Morphology and Microbiota Composition of Calves Fed a Macleaya cordata Extract Preparation. Animals (Basel). 13(1):54. doi: 10.3390/ani13010054.
- Wasendorf C, Schmitz-Esser S, Eischeid CJ, Leyhe MJ, Nelson EN, Rahic-Seggerman FM, Sullivan KE, Peters NT. 2022. Genome analysis of Erwinia persicina reveals implications for soft rot pathogenicity in plants. Front Microbiol. 13:1001139. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1001139
- Anast JM, Etter AJ, Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. Comparative analysis of Listeria monocytogenes plasmid transcriptomes reveals common and plasmid-specific gene expression patterns and high expression of noncoding RNAs. MicrobiologyOpen. (5):e1315. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1315.
- Schultz DL, Selberherr M, Stouthamer CM, Doremus MR, Kelly SE, Hunter MS, Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. Sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies of the parasitoid wasp Encarsia suzannae, a host of the manipulative heritable symbiont Cardinium hertigii. Gigabyte. 10.46471/gigabyte.68
- Tibbs-Cortes LE, Tibbs-Cortes BW, Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. Tardigrade Community Microbiomes in North American Orchards Include Putative Endosymbionts and Plant Pathogens. Front Microbiol. 13:866930. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.866930
- Greiner LL, Humphrey DC, Holland SN, Anderson CJ, Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. The validation of the existence of the entero-mammary pathway and the assessment of the differences of the pathway between first and third parity sows. Transl Anim Sci. 6(2):txac047. doi: 10.1093/tas/txac047
- Quijada NM, Dzieciol M, Schmitz-Esser S, Wagner M, Selberherr E. 2022. Metatranscriptomic analyses unravel dynamic changes in the microbial and metabolic transcriptional profiles in artisanal Austrian hard-cheeses during ripening. Front Microbiol. 13:813480. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.813480
- Doremus MR, Stouthamer CM, Kelly SE, Schmitz-Esser S, Hunter MS. 2022. Quality over quantity: unraveling the contributions to cytoplasmic incompatibility caused by two coinfecting Cardinium symbionts. Heredity (Edinb). 128(3):187-195. doi: 10.1038/s41437-022-00507-3
- Selberherr E, Penz T, König L, Conrady B, Siegl A, Horn M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. The life cycle-dependent transcriptional profile of the obligate intracellular amoeba symbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 98(1):fiac001. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiac001
- Koester LR, Petry AL, Youngs CR, Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Ewe Vaginal Microbiota: Associations With Pregnancy Outcome and Changes During Gestation. Front Microbiol. 12:745884. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.745884.
- Kiefer ZE, Koester LR, Studer JM, Chipman AL, Mainquist-Whigham C, Keating AF, Schmitz-Esser S, Ross JW. 2021. Vaginal microbiota differences associated with pelvic organ prolapse risk during late gestation in commercial sows. Biol Reprod. 105(6):1545-1561. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioab178
- Anast JM, Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Certain Listeria monocytogenes plasmids contribute to increased UVC ultraviolet light stress. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 368(17):fnab123. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnab123.
- Wagner M, Slaghuis J, Göbel W, Vázquez-Boland JA, Rychli K, Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Virulence pattern analysis of three Listeria monocytogenes lineage I epidemic strains with distinct outbreak histories. Microorganisms 9(8):1745. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9081745
- Yan Z, Xu Q, Hsu WH, Schmitz-Esser S, Ayala J, Hou R, Yao Y, Jiang D, Yuan S, Wang H. 2021. Consuming different structural parts of bamboo induce gut microbiome changes in captive Giant Pandas. Curr Microbiol. 78(8):2998-3009. doi: 10.1007/s00284-021-02503-y
- Petry AL, Patience JF, Huntley NF, Koester LR, Bedford MR, Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Xylanase supplementation modulates the microbiota of the large intestine of pigs fed corn-based fiber by means of a stimbiotic mechanism of action. Front Microbiol. 12:619970. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.619970
- Anderson CJ, Koester LR, Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Rumen epithelial communities share a core bacterial microbiota: A meta-analysis of 16S rRNA gene Illumina MiSeq sequencing datasets. Front Microbiol. 12:625400. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.625400.
- Kiefer ZE, Koester LR, Showman L, Studer JM, Chipman AL, Keating AF, Schmitz-Esser S, Ross JW. 2021. Vaginal microbiome and serum metabolite differences in late gestation commercial sows at risk for pelvic organ prolapse. Sci Rep. 11(1):6189. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85367-3
- Schmitz-Esser S, Anast JM, Cortes BW. 2021. A large-scale sequencing-based survey of plasmids in Listeria monocytogenes reveals global dissemination of plasmids. Front Microbiol. 12:653155. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.653155.
- Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. The rumen epithelial microbiota: Possible gatekeepers of the rumen epithelium and its potential contributions to epithelial barrier function and animal health and performance. Meat and Muscle Biology 4 (2) p.19, 1 – 11. doi: 10.22175/mmb.11672
- Wiersema ML, Koester LR, Schmitz-Esser S, Koltes DA. 2021. Comparison of intestinal permeability, morphology, and ileal microbial communities of commercial hens housed in conventional cages and cage-free housing systems. Poult Sci. 100(2):1178-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.10.052.
- Petry AL, Patience JF, Koester LR, Huntley NF, Bedford MR, Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Xylanase modulates the microbiota of ileal mucosa and digesta of pigs fed corn-based arabinoxylans likely through both a stimbiotic and prebiotic mechanism. PLoS One. 16(1):e0246144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246144
- Doremus MR, Stouthamer CM, Kelly SE, Schmitz-Esser S, Hunter MS. 2020. Cardinium Localization During Its Parasitoid Wasp Host's Development Provides Insights Into Cytoplasmic Incompatibility. Front Microbiol; 11:606399. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.606399.
- Kilburn LR, Koester LR, Schmitz-Esser S, Serão NVL, Rossoni Serão MC. 2020. High-Fat Diets Led to OTU-Level Shifts in Fecal Samples of Healthy Adult Dogs. Front Microbiol; 11:564160. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.564160
- Quijada NM, Schmitz-Esser S, Zwirzitz B, Guse C, Strachan CR, Wagner M, Wetzels SU, Selberherr E, Dzieciol M. 2020. Austrian Raw-Milk Hard-Cheese Ripening Involves Successional Dynamics of Non-Inoculated Bacteria and Fungi. Foods; 9(12):1851. doi: 10.3390/foods9121851.
- Wagner E, Zaiser A, Leitner R, Quijada NM, Pracser N, Pietzka A, Ruppitsch W, Schmitz-Esser S, Wagner M, Rychli K. 2020. Virulence characterization and comparative genomics of Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 155 strains. BMC Genomics; 21(1):847. doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-07263-w.
- Anast JM, Bobik TA, Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. The Cobalamin-Dependent Gene Cluster of Listeria monocytogenes: Implications for Virulence, Stress Response, and Food Safety. Front Microbiol; 11:601816. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.601816.
- Quijada NM, Bodas R, Lorenzo JM, Schmitz-Esser S, Rodríguez-Lázaro D, Hernández M. 2020. Dietary Supplementation with Sugar Beet Fructooligosaccharides and Garlic Residues Promotes Growth of Beneficial Bacteria and Increases Weight Gain in Neonatal Lambs. Biomolecules; 10(8):1179. doi: 10.3390/biom10081179.
- Koester LR, Poole DH, Serão NVL, Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. Beef cattle that respond differently to fescue toxicosis have distinct gastrointestinal tract microbiota. PLoS One. 15(7):e0229192.
- Anast JM, Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. The transcriptome of Listeria monocytogenes during co-cultivation with cheese rind bacteria suggests adaptation by induction of ethanolamine and 1,2-propanediol catabolism pathway genes. PLoS One. 15(7):e0233945.
- Fries-Craft K, Anast JM, Schmitz-Esser S, Bobeck EA. 2020. Host immunity and the colon microbiota of mice infected with Citrobacter rodentium are beneficially modulated by lipid-soluble extract from late-cutting alfalfa in the early stages of infection. PLoS One. 15(7):e0236106.
- Wickramasinghe HKJP, Anast JM, Schmitz-Esser S, Serão NVL, Appuhamy JADRN. 2020. Beginning to offer drinking water at birth increases the species richness and the abundance of Faecalibacterium and Bifidobacterium in the gut of preweaned dairy calves. J Dairy Sci. 103(5):4262-4274.
- Sanglard LP, Schmitz-Esser S, Gray KA, Linhares DCL, Yeoman CJ, Dekkers JCM, Niederwerder MC, Serão NVL. 2020. Vaginal microbiota diverges in sows with low and high reproductive performance after porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome vaccination. Sci Rep. 10(1):3046.
- Cortes BW, Naditz AL, Anast JM, Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. Transcriptome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes reveals major gene expression changes in response to lactic acid stress exposure but a less pronounced response to oxidative stress. Front Microbiol. 10:3110
- Sanglard LP, Schmitz-Esser S, Gray KA, Linhares DCL, Yeoman CJ, Dekkers JCM, Niederwerder MC, Serão NVL. 2020. Investigating the Relationship Between Vaginal Microbiota and Host Genetics and Their Impact on Immune Response and Farrowing Traits in Commercial Gilts. J Anim Breed Genet. 137 (1), 84-102
- Stouthamer CM , Kelly SE , Mann E , Schmitz-Esser S , Hunter MS. 2019. Development of a Multi-Locus Sequence Typing System Helps Reveal the Evolution of Cardinium Hertigii, a Reproductive Manipulator Symbiont of Insects. BMC Microbiol. 19, 266
- Klein-Jöbstl D, Quijada NM, Dzieciol M, Feldbacher B, Wagner M, Drillich M, Schmitz-Esser S, Mann E. 2019. Microbiota of newborn calves and their mothers reveals possible transfer routes for newborn calves' gastrointestinal microbiota. PLoS One. 14(8):e0220554.
- Zwirzitz B, Pinior B, Metzler-Zebeli B, Handler M, Gense K, Knecht C, Ladinig A, Dzieciol M, Wetzels SU, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S, Mann E. 2019. Microbiota of the Gut-Lymph Node Axis: Depletion of Mucosa-Associated Segmented Filamentous Bacteria and Enrichment of Methanobrevibacter by Colistin Sulfate and Linco-Spectin in Pigs. Front Microbiol. 10:599.
- Sant'Anna FM, Wetzels SU, Cicco SHS, Figueiredo RC, Sales GA, Figueiredo NC, Nunes CA, Schmitz-Esser S, Mann E, Wagner M, Souza MR. 2019. Microbial shifts in Minas artisanal cheeses from the Serra do Salitre region of Minas Gerais, Brazil throughout ripening time. Food Microbiol. 82:349-362.
- Anast JM, Dzieciol M, Schultz DL, Wagner M, Mann E, Schmitz-Esser S. 2019. Brevibacterium from Austrian hard cheese harbor a putative histamine catabolism pathway and a plasmid for adaptation to the cheese environment. Sci Rep. 9(1):6164.
- Naditz AL, Dzieciol M, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2019. Plasmids contribute to food processing environment-associated stress survival in three Listeria monocytogenes ST121, ST8, and ST5 strains. Int J Food Microbiol. 299:39-46.
- Lyte M, Daniels KM, Schmitz-Esser S. 2019. Fluoxetine-induced alteration of murine gut microbial community structure: evidence for a microbial endocrinology-based mechanism of action responsible for fluoxetine-induced side effects. PeerJ. 7:e6199. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6199.
- Li Q, Schmitz-Esser S, Loving CL, Gabler NK, Gould SA, Patience JF. 2019. Exogenous carbohydrases added to a starter diet reduced markers of systemic immune activation and decreased Lactobacillus in weaned pigs. J Anim Sci. 97(3):1242-1253
- Patzke K, Prananingrum P, Klemens PAW, Trentmann O, Martins Rodrigues C, Keller I, Fernie AR, Geigenberger P, Bölter B, Lehmann M, Schmitz-Esser S, Pommerrenig B, Haferkamp I, Neuhaus HE. 2019. The plastidic sugar transporter pSuT influences flowering and affects cold responses. Plant Physiol. 179(2):569-587.
- Zhang W, Liu W, Hou R, Zhang L, Schmitz-Esser S, Sun H, Xie J, Zhang Y, Wang C, Li L, Yue B, Huang H, Wang H, Shen F, Zhang Z. 2018. Age-associated microbiome shows the giant panda lives on hemicelluloses, not on cellulose. ISME J. (5):1319-1328
- Muhterem-Uyar M, Ciolacu L, Wagner KH, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S, Stessl B. 2018. New Aspects on Listeria monocytogenes ST5-ECVI Predominance in a Heavily Contaminated Cheese Processing Environment. Front Microbiol. 9:64.
- Mann E, Wetzels SU, Wagner M, Zebeli Q, Schmitz-Esser S. 2018. Metatranscriptome Sequencing Reveals Insights into the Gene Expression and Functional Potential of Rumen Wall Bacteria. Front Microbiol. 9:43.
- Quijada NM, Mann E, Wagner M, Rodríguez-Lázaro D, Hernández M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2018. Autochthonous facility-specific microbiota dominates washed-rind Austrian hard cheese surfaces and its production environment. Int J Food Microbiol. 267:54-61
- Schmitz-Esser S, Dzieciol M, Nischler E, Schornsteiner E, Bereuter O, Mann E, Wagner M. 2017. Abundance and potential contribution of Gram-negative cheese rind bacteria from Austrian artisanal hard cheeses. Int J Food Microbiol. 266:95-103.
- Mann E, Stouthamer CM, Kelly SE, Dzieciol M, Hunter MS, Schmitz-Esser S. 2017. Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Novel Candidate Genes for Cardinium hertigii-Caused Cytoplasmic Incompatibility and Host-Cell Interaction. mSystems. 2(6). pii: e00141-17
- Siegerstetter SC, Schmitz-Esser S, Magowan E, Wetzels SU, Zebeli Q, Lawlor PG, O'Connell NE, Metzler-Zebeli BU. 2017. Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations. PLoS One. 12(11):e0187766.
- König L, Siegl A, Penz T, Haider S, Wentrup C, Polzin J, Mann E, Schmitz-Esser S, Domman D, Horn M. 2017. Biphasic Metabolism and Host Interaction of a Chlamydial Symbiont. mSystems. 2(3). pii: e00202-16.
- Rychli K, Wagner EM, Ciolacu L, Zaiser A, Tasara T, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2017. Comparative genomics of human and non-human Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 121 strains. PLoS One. 12(5):e0176857.
- Wetzels SU, Mann E, Pourazad P, Qumar M, Pinior B, Metzler-Zebeli BU, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S, Zebeli Q. 2017. Epimural bacterial community structure in the rumen of Holstein cows with different responses to a long-term subacute ruminal acidosis diet challenge. J. Dairy Sci. 100:1829–1844
- Chu L, Gruber A, Ast M, Schmitz-Esser S, Altensell J, Neuhaus HE, Kroth PG, Haferkamp I. 2017. Shuttling of (deoxy-) purine nucleotides between compartments of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. New Phytol. 213(1):193-205.
- Awad WA, Mann E, Dzieciol M, Hess C, Schmitz-Esser S, Wagner M, Hess M. 2016. Age-Related Differences in the Luminal and Mucosa-Associated Gut Microbiome of Broiler Chickens and Shifts Associated with Campylobacter jejuni Infection. Front. Cell Infect Microbiol. 6:154
- Schön K, Schornsteiner E, Dzieciol M, Wagner M, Müller M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2016. Microbial communities in dairy processing environment floor-drains are dominated by product-associated bacteria and yeasts. Food Control. 70, 210-215.
- Müller A, Walochnik J, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2016. A clinical Acanthamoeba isolate harboring two distinct bacterial endosymbionts. Eur J Protistol. 56:21-25.
- Wetzels SU, Mann E, Metzler-Zebeli BU, Pourazad P, Qumar M, Klevenhusen F, Pinior B, Wagner M, Zebeli Q, Schmitz-Esser S. 2016. Epimural indicator phylotypes of transiently-induced subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy cattle. Front. Microbiol. 7:274
- Mann E, Wetzels SU, Pinior B, Metzler-Zebeli BU, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2016. Psychrophile spoilers dominate the bacterial microbiome in musculature samples of slaughter pigs. Meat Sci. 117:36-40.
- Burgess CM, Gianotti A, Gruzdev N, Holah J, Knøchel S, Lehner A, Margas E, Schmitz-Esser S, Sela Saldinger S, Tresse O. 2016. The response of foodborne pathogens to osmotic and desiccation stresses in the food chain. Int J Food Microbiol. 221:37-53
- Dzieciol M, Schornsteiner E, Muhterem-Uyar M, Stessl B, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2016. Bacterial diversity of floor drain biofilms and drain waters in a Listeria monocytogenes contaminated food processing environment. Int J Food Microbiol. 223:33-40.
- Mann E, Pinior B, Wetzels SU, Metzler-Zebeli BU, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2015. The metabolically active bacterial microbiome of tonsils and mandibular lymph nodes of slaughter pigs. Front. Microbiol. 6:1362.
- Rychli K, Grunert T, Ciolacu L, Zaiser A, Razzazi-Fazeli E, Schmitz-Esser S, Ehling-Schulz M, Wagner M. 2015. Exoproteome analysis reveals higher abundance of proteins linked to alkaline stress in persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains. Int J Food Microbiol. 218:17-26
- Metzler-Zebeli BU, Schmitz-Esser S, Mann E, Grüll D, Molnar T, Zebeli Q. 2015. Adaptation of the cecal bacterial microbiome of growing pigs in response to resistant starch type 4. Appl Environ Microbiol. 81(24):8489-99.
- Mann E, Dzieciol M, Pinior B, Neubauer V, Metzler-Zebeli BU, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2015. High diversity of viable bacteria isolated from lymph nodes of slaughter pigs and its possible impacts for food safety. J Appl Microbiol. 119(5):1420-1432
- Schmitz-Esser S., Müller A., Wagner M. 2015. Genomes of sequence type 121 Listeria monocytogenes strains harbor highly conserved plasmids and prophages. Front. Microbiol. 6:380.
- Hund A, Dzieciol M, Schmitz-Esser S, Wittek T. 2015. Characterization of mucosa-associated bacterial communities in abomasal ulcers by pyrosequencing. Vet. Microbiol. 177(1-2):132-41.
- Metzler-Zebeli BU, Mann E, Ertl R, Schmitz-Esser S, Wagner M, Klein D, Ritzmann M, Zebeli Q. 2015. Dietary calcium concentration and cereals differentially affect mineral balance and tight junction proteins expression in jejunum of weaned pigs. Br J Nutr. 113(7):1019-31.
- Wetzels S. U., Mann E, Metzler-Zebeli B. U., Wagner M., Klevenhusen F., Zebeli Q., Schmitz-Esser S. 2015. Pyrosequencing reveals shifts in the bacterial epimural community relative to dietary concentrate amount in goats. J. Dairy Sci. 98(8):5572-87.
- Klein-Jöbstl D, Schornsteiner E, Mann E, Wagner M, Drillich M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2014. Pyrosequencing reveals diverse fecal microbiota in Simmental calves during early development. Front. Microbiol. 5:622.
- Eichinger I., Schmitz-Esser S., Schmid M., Fisher C. R., Bright M. 2014. Symbiont-driven sulfur crystal formation in a thiotrophic symbiosis from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 6:364-372.
- Müller A, Rychli K, Zaiser A, Wieser C, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2014. The Listeria monocytogenes transposon Tn6188 provides increased tolerance to various quaternary ammonium compounds and ethidium bromide. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 361(2):166-73.
- Schornsteiner E., Mann E., Bereuter O., Wagner M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2014. Cultivation-independent analysis of microbial communities on Austrian raw milk hard cheese rinds. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 180:88-97.
- Casey A., Fox E. M., Schmitz-Esser S., Coffey A., McAuliffe O., Jordan K. 2014. Transcriptome analysis of Listeria monocytogenes exposed to biocide stress reveals a multi-system response involving cell wall synthesis, sugar uptake, and motility. Front. Microbiol. 5:68.
- Rychli K., Müller A., Zaiser A., Schoder D., Allerberger F., Wagner M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2014. Genome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes "Quargel" listeriosis outbreak strains reveals two different strains with distinct in vitro virulence potential. PLoS One. 9:e89964.
- Mann E., Schmitz-Esser S., Zebeli Q., Wagner M., Ritzmann M., Metzler-Zebeli B. U. 2014. Mucosa-associated bacterial microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract of weaned pigs and dynamics linked to dietary calcium-phosphorus. PLoS One. 9:e86950.
- Mann E., Dzieciol M., Metzler-Zebeli B. U., Wagner M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2014. Microbiomes of unreactive and pathologically altered ileocecal lymph nodes of slaughter pigs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80:193-203.
- Metzler-Zebeli B. U., Mann E., Schmitz-Esser S., Wagner M., Ritzmann M., Zebeli Q. 2013. Changing dietary calcium-phosphorus level and cereal source selectively alters abundance of bacteria and metabolites in the upper gastrointestinal tracts of weaned pigs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:7264-7272.
- Müller A., Rychli K., Muhterem-Uyar M., Zaiser A., Stessl B., Guinane C. M., Cotter P. D., Wagner M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2013. Tn6188 - a novel transposon in Listeria monocytogenes responsible for tolerance to benzalkonium chloride. PLoS One. 8:e76835.
- Metzler-Zebeli B. U., Schmitz-Esser S., Klevenhusen F., Podstatzky-Lichtenstein L., Wagner M., Zebeli Q. 2013. Grain-rich diets differently alter ruminal and colonic abundance of microbial populations and lipopolysaccharide in goats. Anaerobe. 20:65-73.
- Haferkamp I, Penz T, Geier M, Ast M, Mushak T, Horn M, Schmitz-Esser S. 2013. The endosymbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus encodes an S-adenosylmethionine carrier that compensates for its missing methylation cycle. J Bacteriol. 195(14):3183-92.
- Penz T*., Schmitz-Esser S*, Kelly S.E., Cass B.N., Müller A., Woyke T., Malfatti S.A., Hunter M.S., Horn M. 2012. Comparative genomics suggests an independent origin of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Cardinium hertigii. PLoS Genet., 8(10):e1003012. *contributed equally
- Haferkamp I., Schmitz-Esser S. 2012. The plant mitochondrial carrier family: functional and evolutionary aspects. Front Plant Sci. 3:2.
- Schmitz-Esser S, T. Penz, A. Spang, M. Horn. 2011. A bacterial genome in transition - an exceptional enrichment of IS elements but lack of evidence for recent transposition in the symbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus. BMC Evol. Biol. 11:270.
- Toenshoff E. R., Penz T., Narzt T., Collingro A., Schmitz-Esser S., Pfeiffer S., Klepal W., Wagner M., Weinmaier T., Rattei T., Horn M. 2011. Bacteriocyte-associated gammaproteobacterial symbionts of the Adelges nordmannianae/piceae complex (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). ISME J. 6:384-396.
- Knab S., Mushak T. M., Schmitz-Esser S., Horn M., Haferkamp I. 2011. Nucleotide parasitism by Simkania negevensis (Chlamydiae). J. Bacteriol. 193:225-235.
- Penz T, M. Horn, S. Schmitz-Esser. 2010. The genome of the amoeba symbiont "Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus" encodes an afp-like prophage possibly used for protein secretion. Virulence, 1(6):541-5.
- Schmitz-Esser S., P. Tischler, R. Arnold, J. Montanaro, M. Wagner, T. Rattei, and M. Horn. 2010. The genome of the amoeba symbiont ‘Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus’ reveals common mechanisms for host cell interaction among amoeba-associated bacteria. J. Bacteriol., 192(4):1045-57.
- Ast M., Gruber A., Schmitz-Esser S., Neuhaus H. E., Kroth P. G., Horn M., Haferkamp I. 2009. Diatom plastids depend on nucleotide import from the cytosol. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106:621-3626.
- Rinke C., Schmitz-Esser S., Loy A., Horn M., Wagner M., Bright M. 2009. High genetic similarity between two geographically distinct strains of the sulfur-oxidizing symbiont 'Candidatus Thiobios zoothamnicoli'. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 67:229-241.
- Schmitz-Esser S., E.R. Toenshoff, S. Haider, E. Heinz, V.M. Hoenninger, M. Wagner, and M. Horn. 2008. Diversity of bacterial endosymbionts of environmental Acanthamoeba isolates. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:5822-5831.
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