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  1. Identification and characterization of putative Aeromonas spp. T3SS effectors

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2019, PLOS

    Professor Johann Peter Gogarten, Professor Joerg Graf

  2. Low-Level Antimicrobials in the Medicinal Leech Select for Resistant Pathogens That Spread to Patients

    Article • mBio, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  3. Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas lusitana sp. nov. Strain DSM 24905T, Isolated from a Hot Spring in Vila-Real, Portugal

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  4. Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas cavernicola sp. nov. DSM 24474T, Isolated from a Cavern Brook in the Moravia Region of the Czech Republic

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  5. The flagellar master operonflhDCis a pleiotropic regulator involved in motility and virulence of the fish pathogenYersinia ruckeri

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, January 2017, Wiley

    Professor Joerg Graf

  6. Lessons from Digestive-Tract Symbioses Between Bacteria and Invertebrates

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, September 2016, Annual Reviews

    Professor Joerg Graf

  7. Draft Genome Sequence ofLactococcus garvieaeStrain PAQ102015-99, an Outbreak Strain Isolated from a Commercial Trout Farm in the Northwestern United States

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  8. Complete Genome Sequence of the Novel Leech Symbiont Mucinivorans hirudinis M3 T

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  9. Complete Genome Sequence of Yersinia ruckeri Strain CSF007-82, Etiologic Agent of Red Mouth Disease in Salmonid Fish

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  10. Mucinivorans hirudinis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, mucin-degrading bacterium isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Joerg Graf

  11. Bioinformatic Genome Comparisons for Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Assignments Using Aeromonas as a Test Case

    Article • mBio, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf, Professor Johann Peter Gogarten

  12. Seasonal and spatial variations in microbial activity at various phylogenetic resolutions at a groundwater – surface water interface

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, May 2014, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Joerg Graf

  13. Metagenomic analysis of the medicinal leech gut microbiota

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2014, Frontiers

    Professor Joerg Graf

  14. Analysis, Optimization and Verification of Illumina-Generated 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Surveys

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Professor Joerg Graf

  15. Characterization of the Digestive Tract Microbiota of Hirudo orientalis (Medicinal Leech) and Antibiotic Resistance Profile

    Article • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, March 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Joerg Graf

  16. The Family Rikenellaceae

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Joerg Graf

  17. Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas veronii Hm21, a Symbiotic Isolate from the Medicinal Leech Digestive Tract

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  18. Knowing your friends: invertebrate innate immunity fosters beneficial bacterial symbioses

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Joerg Graf

  19. Bacterial symbioses of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana

    Article • Gut Microbes, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Joerg Graf

  20. Medicinal leeches and the microsurgeon: A four-year study, clinical series and risk benefit review

    Article • Microsurgery, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Joerg Graf

  21. Directed Culturing of Microorganisms Using Metatranscriptomics

    Article • mBio, April 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  22. Complex Evolutionary History of the Aeromonas veronii Group Revealed by Host Interaction and DNA Sequence Data

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2011, PLOS

    Professor Joerg Graf, Professor Johann Peter Gogarten

  23. The Type II Secretion System Is Essential for Erythrocyte Lysis and Gut Colonization by the Leech Digestive Tract SymbiontAeromonas veronii

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  24. Stratified bacterial community in the bladder of the medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Joerg Graf

  25. Virulence factor–activity relationships (VFAR) with specific emphasis on Aeromonas species (spp.)

    Article • Journal of Water and Health, August 2009, IWA Publishing

    Professor Joerg Graf

  26. Prevalence of Genes Encoding the Type Three Secretion System and the Effectors AexT and AexU in the Aeromonas veronii Group

    Article • DNA and Cell Biology, August 2009, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Joerg Graf

  27. Preventing infective complications following leech therapy: Is practice keeping pace with current research?

    Article • Microsurgery, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Joerg Graf

  28. An improved cell recovery method for iron oxidizing bacterial (IOB) enrichments

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Joerg Graf

  29. Soil DNA Typing in Forensic Science

    Article • August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Joerg Graf

  30. Characterization of a catalase gene from Aeromonas veronii, the digestive-tract symbiont of the medicinal leech

    Article • Microbiology, June 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Joerg Graf

  31. Leeches and their microbiota: naturally simple symbiosis models

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Joerg Graf

  32. Evolutionary and Diagnostic Implications of Intragenomic Heterogeneity in the 16S rRNA Gene in Aeromonas Strains

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf, Professor Johann Peter Gogarten

  33. Molecular Requirements for the Colonization of Hirudo medicinalis by Aeromonas veronii

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Joerg Graf

  34. Complement Resistance Is Essential for Colonization of the Digestive Tract of Hirudo medicinalis by Aeromonas Strains

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  35. The effect of symbionts on the physiology ofHirudo medicinalis, the medicinal leech

    Article • Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, September 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Joerg Graf

  36. Ingested Blood Contributes to the Specificity of the Symbiosis of Aeromonas veronii Biovar Sobria andHirudo medicinalis, the Medicinal Leech

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2000, ASM Journals

    Professor Joerg Graf

  37. Novel effects of a transposon insertion in the Vibrio fischeri glnD gene: defects in iron uptake and symbiotic persistence in addition to nitrogen utilization

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2000, Wiley

    Professor Joerg Graf

  38. Isolation and Identification of Sulphite- and Iron Reducing, Hydrogenase Positive Facultative Anaerobes from Cooling Water Systems

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, June 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Joerg Graf

  39. Host-derived amino acids support the proliferation of symbiotic bacteria

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 1998, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Joerg Graf