Publications

Nelkner J., Torres Tejerizo G., Hassa J., Lin T., Witte J., Verwaaijen B., Winkler A., Bunk B., Spröer C., Overmann J., Grosch R., Pühler A., Schlüter A. (2019.0). Genetic Potential of the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas brassicacearum (Formerly P. trivialis) 3Re2-7 Unraveled by Genome Sequencing and Mining, Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics. Genes, 10(8), 601. doi:10.3390/genes10080601

The genus Pseudomonas comprises many known plant-associated microbes with plant growth promotion and disease suppression properties. Genome-based studies allow the prediction of the underlying mechanisms using genome mining tools and the analysis of the genes unique for a strain by implementing comp…

Nelkner J., Henke C., Lin T., Pätzold W., Hassa J., Jaenicke S., Grosch R., Pühler A., Sczyrba A., Schlüter A. (2019.0). Effect of Long-Term Farming Practices on Agricultural Soil Microbiome Members Represented by Metagenomically Assembled Genomes (MAGs) and Their Predicted Plant-Beneficial Genes. Genes, 10(6), 424. doi:10.3390/genes10060424

To follow the hypothesis that agricultural management practices affect structure and function of the soil microbiome regarding soil health and plant-beneficial traits, high-throughput (HT) metagenome analyses were performed on Chernozem soil samples from a long-term field experiment designated LTE-1…

Paul Chowdhury S., Babin D., Sandmann M., Jacquiod S., Sommermann L., Sørensen S., Fliessbach A., Mäder P., Geistlinger J., Smalla K., Rothballer M., Grosch R. (2019.0). Effect of long‐term organic and mineral fertilization strategies on rhizosphere microbiota assemblage and performance of lettuce. Environmental Microbiology, 21(7), 2426-2439. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14631

Long-term agricultural fertilization strategies gradually change soil properties including the associated microbial communities. Cultivated crops recruit beneficial microbes from the surrounding soil environment via root exudates. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of long-term ferti…

Babin D., Deubel A., Jacquiod S., Sørensen S., Geistlinger J., Grosch R., Smalla K. (2019.0). Impact of long-term agricultural management practices on soil prokaryotic communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 129(), 17-28. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.11.002

The profound intensification of agricultural practices by increased application of agro-chemicals, short crop rotations and ploughing resulted in loss of soil fertility, erosion and accumulation of soil-borne plant pathogens. Soil microbial communities are key players in ecosystem processes and are …