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Gyu-Sung Cho; Melanie Huch; Julius Maina Mathara; Marco J van Belkum; Charles M A P Franz
Characterization of pMRI 5.2, a rolling-circle-type plasmid from Lactobacillus plantarum BFE 5092 which harbours two different replication initiation genes.
Y S Ji; H N Kim; J E Lee; H J Park; S Y Park; H K Shin; J S Yang; S Y Yeo; H S Yoon; A Bomba; G S Cho; Charles M A P Franz; W H Holzapfel
Modulation of the murine microbiome with a concomitant anti-obesity effect by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus sakei NR28.
Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm Holzapfel; Melanie Huch; Hikmate Abriouel; Antonio Gálvez
Enterococci as probiotics and their implications in food safety.

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2013: Gyu-Sung Cho; Melanie Huch; Julius Maina Mathara; Marco J van Belkum; Charles M A P Franz
Characterization of pMRI 5.2, a rolling-circle-type plasmid from Lactobacillus plantarum BFE 5092 which harbours two different replication initiation genes.
Plasmid 2013;69(2):160-71.
2012: Y S Ji; H N Kim; J E Lee; H J Park; S Y Park; H K Shin; J S Yang; S Y Yeo; H S Yoon; A Bomba; G S Cho; Charles M A P Franz; W H Holzapfel
Modulation of the murine microbiome with a concomitant anti-obesity effect by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus sakei NR28.
Beneficial microbes 2012;3(1):13-22.
2011: Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm Holzapfel; Melanie Huch; Hikmate Abriouel; Antonio Gálvez
Enterococci as probiotics and their implications in food safety.
International journal of food microbiology 2011;151(2):125-40.
2011: Nabil Benomar; Gyu-Sung Cho; Hikmate Abriouel; Antonio Gálvez; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Melanie Huch; Heejae Lee; Rubén Pérez Pulido; Charles M A P Franz
Genome sequence of Weissella thailandensis fsh4-2.
Journal of bacteriology 2011;193(20):5868.
2011: Bronwen J Miller; Charles M A P Franz; Gyo-Sung Cho; M Du Toit
Expression of the malolactic enzyme gene (mle) from Lactobacillus plantarum under winemaking conditions.
Current microbiology 2011;62(6):1682-8.
2011: Xiaoji Liu; John C Vederas; Randy M Whittal; Jing Zheng; Michael E Stiles; Denise Carlson; Charles M A P Franz; Lynn M McMullen; Marco J van Belkum
Identification of an N-terminal formylated, two-peptide bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecalis 710C.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2011;59(10):5602-8.
2011: Stephanie Seifert; Achim Bub; Charles M A P Franz; Bernhard Watzl
Probiotic Lactobacillus casei Shirota supplementation does not modulate immunity in healthy men with reduced natural killer cell activity.
The Journal of nutrition 2011;141(5):978-84.
2011: Hikmate Abriouel; Charles M A P Franz; Nabil Ben Omar; Antonio Gálvez
Diversity and applications of Bacillus bacteriocins.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2011;35(1):201-32.
2010: Margarita Corrales; Avelina Fernandez; Maria Vizoso Pinto; Peter Butz; Charles M A P Franz; Eberhard Schuele; Bernhard Tauscher
Characterization of phenolic content, in vitro biological activity, and pesticide loads of extracts from white grape skins from organic and conventional cultivars.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 2010;48(12):3471-6.
2010: Nuha M K Yousif; Melanie Huch; Tobias Benjamin Schuster; Gyu-Sung Cho; Hamid A Dirar; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Diversity of lactic acid bacteria from Hussuwa, a traditional African fermented sorghum food.
Food microbiology 2010;27(6):757-68.
2010: Sègla Wilfrid Padonou; Ulrich Schillinger; Dennis S Nielsen; Charles M A P Franz; Michael Hansen; Joseph D Hounhouigan; Mathurin C Nago; Mogens Jakobsen
Weissella beninensis sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium from submerged cassava fermentations, and emended description of the genus Weissella.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2010;60(Pt 9):2193-8.
2010: Dennis S Nielsen; Gyu-Sung Cho; Alexander Hanak; Melanie Huch; Charles M A P Franz; Nils Arneborg
The effect of bacteriocin-producing Lactobacillus plantarum strains on the intracellular pH of sessile and planktonic Listeria monocytogenes single cells.
International journal of food microbiology 2010;141 Suppl 1():S53-9.
2010: Gyu-Sung Cho; Melanie Huch; Alexander Hanak; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Genetic analysis of the plantaricin EFI locus of Lactobacillus plantarum PCS20 reveals an unusual plantaricin E gene sequence as a result of mutation.
International journal of food microbiology 2010;141 Suppl 1():S117-24.
2010: Folarin A Oguntoyinbo; Melanie Huch; Gyu-Sung Cho; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Abiodun I Sanni; Charles M A P Franz
Diversity of bacillus species isolated from okpehe, a traditional fermented soup condiment from Nigeria.
Journal of food protection 2010;73(5):870-8.
2009: Susanne Schlüter; Charles M A P Franz; Frank Gesellchen; Oliver Bertinetti; Friedrich W Herberg; Friedrich R J Schmidt
The high biofilm-encoding Bee locus: a second pilus gene cluster in Enterococcus faecalis?
Current microbiology 2009;59(2):206-11.
2009: Maria Vizoso Pinto; Manuel Rodriguez Gómez; Stephanie Seifert; Bernhard Watzl; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Lactobacilli stimulate the innate immune response and modulate the TLR expression of HT29 intestinal epithelial cells in vitro.
International journal of food microbiology 2009;133(1-2):86-93.
2008: Melanie Huch Née Kostinek; Alexander Hanak; Ingrid Specht; Carine M Dortu; Philippe Thonart; Samuel Mbugua; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Christian Hertel; Charles M A P Franz
Use of Lactobacillus strains to start cassava fermentations for Gari production.
International journal of food microbiology 2008;128(2):258-67.
2008: Katrien De Bruyne; Charles M A P Franz; Marc Vancanneyt; Ulrich Schillinger; Fernanda Mozzi; Graciela Font de Valdez; Luc De Vuyst; Peter Vandamme
Pediococcus argentinicus sp. nov. from Argentinean fermented wheat flour and identification of Pediococcus species by pheS, rpoA and atpA sequence analysis.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2008;58(Pt 12):2909-16.
2008: Ulrich Schillinger; Benjamin Boehringer; Sabrina Wallbaum; Lily Caroline; Almaz Gonfa; Melanie Huch Née Kostinek; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
A genus-specific PCR method for differentiation between Leuconostoc and Weissella and its application in identification of heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria from coffee fermentation.
FEMS microbiology letters 2008;286(2):222-6.
2008: Melanie Kostinek; Louis Ban-Koffi; Margaret Ottah-Atikpo; David Teniola; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Diversity of predominant lactic acid bacteria associated with cocoa fermentation in Nigeria.
Current microbiology 2008;56(4):306-14.
2008: Efstathios Z Panagou; Ulrich Schillinger; Charles M A P Franz; George-John Nychas
Microbiological and biochemical profile of cv. Conservolea naturally black olives during controlled fermentation with selected strains of lactic acid bacteria.
Food microbiology 2008;25(2):348-58.
2008: Buddhiman Tamang; Jyoti Prakash Tamang; Ulrich Schillinger; Charles M A P Franz; Michael Gores; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Phenotypic and genotypic identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from ethnic fermented bamboo tender shoots of North East India.
International journal of food microbiology 2008;121(1):35-40.
2007: Katrien De Bruyne; Ulrich Schillinger; Lily Caroline; Benjamin Boehringer; Ilse Cleenwerck; Marc Vancanneyt; Luc De Vuyst; Charles M A P Franz; Peter Vandamme
Leuconostoc holzapfelii sp. nov., isolated from Ethiopian coffee fermentation and assessment of sequence analysis of housekeeping genes for delineation of Leuconostoc species.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2007;57(Pt 12):2952-9.
2007: Marco J van Belkum; Darren J Derksen; Charles M A P Franz; John C Vederas
Structure function relationship of inducer peptide pheromones involved in bacteriocin production in Carnobacterium maltaromaticum and Enterococcus faecium.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2007;153(Pt 11):3660-6.
2007: Dennis S Nielsen; Ulrich Schillinger; Charles M A P Franz; José Bresciani; Wisdom Kofi Amoa-Awua; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Mogens Jakobsen
Lactobacillus ghanensis sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium isolated from Ghanaian cocoa fermentations.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2007;57(Pt 7):1468-72.
2007: Charles M A P Franz; Marco J van Belkum; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Hikmate Abriouel; Antonio Gálvez
Diversity of enterococcal bacteriocins and their grouping in a new classification scheme.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2007;31(3):293-310.
2007: Melanie Kostinek; Ingrid Specht; Vinodh Edward; C Pinto; M Egounlety; C Sossa; S Mbugua; C Dortu; P Thonart; L Taljaard; M Mengu; Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Characterisation and biochemical properties of predominant lactic acid bacteria from fermenting cassava for selection as starter cultures.
International journal of food microbiology 2007;114(3):342-51.
2007: Anja S Hummel; Christian Hertel; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Antibiotic resistances of starter and probiotic strains of lactic acid bacteria.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2007;73(3):730-9.
2007: Folarin A Oguntoyinbo; Abiodun I Sanni; Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
In vitro fermentation studies for selection and evaluation of Bacillus strains as starter cultures for the production of okpehe, a traditional African fermented condiment.
International journal of food microbiology 2007;113(2):208-18.
2007: Maria Vizoso Pinto; Tobias Benjamin Schuster; Karlis Briviba; Bernhard Watzl; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Adhesive and chemokine stimulatory properties of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus strains.
Journal of food protection 2007;70(1):125-34.
2007: Anja Hummel; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Characterisation and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes from enterococci isolated from food.
Systematic and applied microbiology 2007;30(1):1-7.
2006: Maria Vizoso Pinto; Charles M A P Franz; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Lactobacillus spp. with in vitro probiotic properties from human faeces and traditional fermented products.
International journal of food microbiology 2006;109(3):205-14.
2006: Charles M A P Franz; Marc Vancanneyt; Katrien Vandemeulebroecke; Marjan De Wachter; Ilse Cleenwerck; Bart Hoste; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Jean Swings
Pediococcus stilesii sp. nov., isolated from maize grains.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2006;56(Pt 2):329-33.
2005: Jyoti Prakash Tamang; Buddhiman Tamang; Ulrich Schillinger; Charles M A P Franz; Michael Gores; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Identification of predominant lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditionally fermented vegetable products of the Eastern Himalayas.
International journal of food microbiology 2005;105(3):347-56.
2005: Melanie Kostinek; Rüdiger Pukall; Alejandro P Rooney; Ulrich Schillinger; Christian Hertel; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Lactobacillus arizonensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus plantarum.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2005;55(Pt 6):2485-9.
2005: Melanie Kostinek; Ingrid Specht; Vinodh Edward; Ulrich Schillinger; Christian Hertel; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Diversity and technological properties of predominant lactic acid bacteria from fermented cassava used for the preparation of Gari, a traditional African food.
Systematic and applied microbiology 2005;28(6):527-40.
2005: Nuha M K Yousif; P Dawyndt; Hikmate Abriouel; Agus Wijaya; Ulrich Schillinger; M Vancanneyt; J Swings; H A Dirar; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Molecular characterization, technological properties and safety aspects of enterococci from 'Hussuwa', an African fermented sorghum product.
Journal of applied microbiology 2005;98(1):216-28.
2004: Agus Wijaya; Anette Hermann; Hikmate Abriouel; Ingrid Specht; Nuha M K Yousif; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Cloning of the bile salt hydrolase (bsh) gene from Enterococcus faecium FAIR-E 345 and chromosomal location of bsh genes in food enterococci.
Journal of food protection 2004;67(12):2772-8.
2004: Roberto Gelsomino; Geert Huys; Klaas D'Haene; Marc Vancanneyt; Timothy M Cogan; Charles M A P Franz; Jean Swings
Antibiotic resistance and virulence traits of enterococci isolated from Baylough, an Irish artisanal cheese.
Journal of food protection 2004;67(9):1948-52.
2004: Nabil Ben Omar; Araceli Castro; Rosario Lucas; Hikmate Abriouel; Nuha M K Yousif; Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Rubén Pérez Pulido; Magdalena Martínez-Cañamero; Antonio Gálvez
Functional and safety aspects of Enterococci isolated from different Spanish foods.
Systematic and applied microbiology 2004;27(1):118-30.
2004: Hikmate Abriouel; Anette Herrmann; Joachim Stärke; Nuha M K Yousif; Agus Wijaya; Bernhard Tauscher; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Charles M A P Franz
Cloning and heterologous expression of hematin-dependent catalase produced by Lactobacillus plantarum CNRZ 1228.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2004;70(1):603-6.
2003: Ulrich Schillinger; Nuha M K Yousif; Lilijana Sesar; Charles M A P Franz
Use of group-specific and RAPD-PCR analyses for rapid differentiation of Lactobacillus strains from probiotic yogurts.
Current microbiology 2003;47(6):453-6.
2003: Charles M A P Franz; Michael E Stiles; Karl Heinz Schleifer; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Enterococci in foods--a conundrum for food safety.
International journal of food microbiology 2003;88(2-3):105-22.
2003: L Kröckel; Ulrich Schillinger; Charles M A P Franz; A Bantleon; W Ludwig
Lactobacillus versmoldensis sp. nov., isolated from raw fermented sausage.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2003;53(Pt 2):513-7.
2002: Charles M A P Franz; Alexandra Grube; Anette Herrmann; Hikmate Abriouel; Joachim Stärke; Angiolella Lombardi; Bernhard Tauscher; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Biochemical and genetic characterization of the two-peptide bacteriocin enterocin 1071 produced by Enterococcus faecalis FAIR-E 309.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2002;68(5):2550-4.
2002: Marc Vancanneyt; Angiolella Lombardi; Christian Andrighetto; Edo Knijff; Sandra Torriani; K Johanna Björkroth; Charles M A P Franz; María Remedios Foulquié Moreno; Hilde Revets; Luc De Vuyst; Jean Swings; Karel Kersters; Franco Dellaglio; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Intraspecies genomic groups in Enterococcus faecium and their correlation with origin and pathogenicity.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2002;68(3):1381-91.
2001: Charles M A P Franz; A B Muscholl-Silberhorn; Nuha M K Yousif; M Vancanneyt; J Swings; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Incidence of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance among Enterococci isolated from food.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2001;67(9):4385-9.
2001: Charles M A P Franz; Ingrid Specht; P Haberer; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Bile salt hydrolase activity of Enterococci isolated from food: screening and quantitative determination.
Journal of food protection 2001;64(5):725-9.
2000: Charles M A P Franz; Michael E Stiles; Marco J van Belkum
Simple method to identify bacteriocin induction peptides and to auto-induce bacteriocin production at low cell density.
FEMS microbiology letters 2000;186(2):181-5.
2000: M Du Toit; Charles M A P Franz; L M T Dicks; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Preliminary characterization of bacteriocins produced by Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolated from pig faeces.
Journal of applied microbiology 2000;88(3):482-94.
2000: Charles M A P Franz; Marco J van Belkum; Randy W Worobo; John C Vederas; Michael E Stiles
Characterization of the genetic locus responsible for production and immunity of carnobacteriocin A: the immunity gene confers cross-protection to enterocin B.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2000;146 ( Pt 3)():621-31.
1999: Charles M A P Franz; Randy W Worobo; LE Quadri; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; John C Vederas; Michael E Stiles
Atypical genetic locus associated with constitutive production of enterocin B by Enterococcus faecium BFE 900.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1999;65(5):2170-8.
1999: Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm H Holzapfel; Michael E Stiles
Enterococci at the crossroads of food safety?
International journal of food microbiology 1999;47(1-2):1-24.
1998: M Du Toit; Charles M A P Franz; L M T Dicks; Ulrich Schillinger; P Haberer; B Warlies; F Ahrens; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Characterisation and selection of probiotic lactobacilli for a preliminary minipig feeding trial and their effect on serum cholesterol levels, faeces pH and faeces moisture content.
International journal of food microbiology 1998;40(1-2):93-104.
1998: Charles M A P Franz; M Du Toit; NA Olasupo; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Plantaricin D, a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum BFE 905 ready-to-eat salad.
Letters in applied microbiology 1998;26(3):231-5.
1997: Charles M A P Franz; M Du Toit; A von Holy; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Production of nisin-like bacteriocins by Lactococcus lactis strains isolated from vegetables.
Journal of basic microbiology 1997;37(3):187-96.
1996: Charles M A P Franz; Ulrich Schillinger; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Production and characterization of enterocin 900, a bacteriocin produced by Enterococcus faecium BFE 900 from black olives.
International journal of food microbiology 1996;29(2-3):255-70.
1996: Charles M A P Franz; Alexander Von Holy
Thermotolerance of meat spoilage lactic acid bacteria and their inactivation in vacuum-packaged vienna sausages.
International journal of food microbiology 1996;29(1):59-73.
1994: NA Olasupo; Ulrich Schillinger; Charles M A P Franz; Wilhelm H Holzapfel
Bacteriocin production by Enterococcus faecium NA01 from 'wara'--a fermented skimmed cow milk product from west Africa.
Letters in applied microbiology 1994;19(6):438-41.