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Roger Marti; Jasmin Pianezzi; Katrin Zurfluh; Steven Hagens; Jochen Klumpp; Martin J Loessner
Long tail fibres of the novel broad-host-range T-even bacteriophage S16 specifically recognize Salmonella OmpC.
Dominik Doyscher; Lars Fieseler; Martin J Loessner; Lone Dons; Markus Schuppler
Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria.
Yves Briers; Markus Schuppler; Peter Walde; Martin J Loessner
How did bacterial ancestors reproduce? Lessons from L-form cells and giant lipid vesicles: multiplication similarities between lipid vesicles and L-form bacteria.

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2013: Roger Marti; Jasmin Pianezzi; Katrin Zurfluh; Steven Hagens; Jochen Klumpp; Martin J Loessner
Long tail fibres of the novel broad-host-range T-even bacteriophage S16 specifically recognize Salmonella OmpC.
Molecular microbiology 2013;87(4):818-34.
2013: Dominik Doyscher; Lars Fieseler; Martin J Loessner; Lone Dons; Markus Schuppler
Acanthamoeba feature a unique backpacking strategy to trap and feed on Listeria monocytogenes and other motile bacteria.
Environmental microbiology 2013;15(2):433-46.
2012: Yves Briers; Markus Schuppler; Peter Walde; Martin J Loessner
How did bacterial ancestors reproduce? Lessons from L-form cells and giant lipid vesicles: multiplication similarities between lipid vesicles and L-form bacteria.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology 2012;34(12):1078-84.
2012: Marcel R Eugster; Martin J Loessner
Wall teichoic acids restrict access of bacteriophage endolysin Ply118, Ply511, and PlyP40 cell wall binding domains to the Listeria monocytogenes peptidoglycan.
Journal of bacteriology 2012;194(23):6498-506.
2012: Martina M Schmuki; Martin J Loessner; Doris Erne; Jochen Klumpp
Bacteriophage P70: unique morphology and unrelatedness to other Listeria bacteriophages.
Journal of virology 2012;86(23):13099-102.
2012: Mathias Schmelcher; David M Donovan; Martin J Loessner
Bacteriophage endolysins as novel antimicrobials.
Future microbiology 2012;7(10):1147-71.
2012: Susanne Guenther; Oliver Herzig; Jochen Klumpp; Lars Fieseler; Martin J Loessner
Biocontrol of Salmonella Typhimurium in RTE foods with the virulent bacteriophage FO1-E2.
International journal of food microbiology 2012;154(1-2):66-72.
2012: Lars Fieseler; Sibylle Schmitter; Justinas Teiserskas; Martin J Loessner
Rhamnose-inducible gene expression in Listeria monocytogenes.
PloS one 2012;7(8):e43444.
2012: Yves Briers; Markus C Schmid; Markus Schuppler; Titu Staubli; Michael Wagner; Martin J Loessner
Intracellular vesicles as reproduction elements in cell wall-deficient L-form bacteria.
PloS one 2012;7(6):e38514.
2011: Marcel R Eugster; Martina C Haug; Simona G Huwiler; Martin J Loessner
The cell wall binding domain of Listeria bacteriophage endolysin PlyP35 recognizes terminal GlcNAc residues in cell wall teichoic acid.
Molecular microbiology 2011;81(6):1419-32.
2011: Yannick Born; Brion Duffy; Lars Fieseler; Rudi Lurz; Janine Marazzi; Martin J Loessner
Novel virulent and broad-host-range Erwinia amylovora bacteriophages reveal a high degree of mosaicism and a relationship to Enterobacteriaceae phages.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2011;77(17):5945-54.
2011: Mathias Schmelcher; Vincent S Tchang; Martin J Loessner
Domain shuffling and module engineering of Listeria phage endolysins for enhanced lytic activity and binding affinity.
Microbial biotechnology 2011;4(5):651-62.
2011: Yves Briers; Jochen Klumpp; Markus Schuppler; Martin J Loessner
Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, a clinical isolate from a food-borne listeriosis outbreak.
Journal of bacteriology 2011;193(16):4284-5.
2011: Marcel R Eugster; Martin J Loessner
Rapid analysis of Listeria monocytogenes cell wall teichoic acid carbohydrates by ESI-MS/MS.
PloS one 2011;6(6):e21500.
2010: Jochen Klumpp; Rob Lavigne; Martin J Loessner; Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann
The SPO1-related bacteriophages.
Archives of virology 2010;155(10):1547-61.
2010: Samuel Kilcher; Martin J Loessner; Jochen Klumpp
Brochothrix thermosphacta bacteriophages feature heterogeneous and highly mosaic genomes and utilize unique prophage insertion sites.
Journal of bacteriology 2010;192(20):5441-53.
2010: Mathias Schmelcher; Tatiana Shabarova; Marcel R Eugster; Fritz Eichenseher; Vincent S Tchang; Manuel Banz; Martin J Loessner
Rapid multiplex detection and differentiation of Listeria cells by use of fluorescent phage endolysin cell wall binding domains.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2010;76(17):5745-56.
2010: Georg Walcher; Beatrix Stessl; Martin Wagner; Fritz Eichenseher; Martin J Loessner; Ingeborg Hein
Evaluation of paramagnetic beads coated with recombinant Listeria phage endolysin-derived cell-wall-binding domain proteins for separation of Listeria monocytogenes from raw milk in combination with culture-based and real-time polymerase chain reaction-based quantification.
Foodborne pathogens and disease 2010;7(9):1019-24.
2010: Oliver G Weingart; Tanja Schreiber; Conny Mascher; Diana Pauly; Martin B Dorner; Thomas F H Berger; Charlotte Egger; Frank Gessler; Martin J Loessner; Marc-Andre Avondet; Brigitte G Dorner
The case of botulinum toxin in milk: experimental data.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2010;76(10):3293-300.
2010: Jochen Klumpp; Richard Calendar; Martin J Loessner
Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Molecular Characterization of Bacillus Phage TP21 and its Relatedness to Other Phages with the Same Name.
Viruses 2010;2(4):961-71.
2010: Markus Schuppler; Martin J Loessner
The Opportunistic Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenicity and Interaction with the Mucosal Immune System.
International journal of inflammation 2010;2010():704321.
2010: Steven Hagens; Martin J Loessner
Bacteriophage for biocontrol of foodborne pathogens: calculations and considerations.
Current pharmaceutical biotechnology 2010;11(1):58-68.
2009: Julia Dorscht; Jochen Klumpp; Regula Bielmann; Mathias Schmelcher; Yannick Born; Markus Zimmer; Richard Calendar; Martin J Loessner
Comparative genome analysis of Listeria bacteriophages reveals extensive mosaicism, programmed translational frameshifting, and a novel prophage insertion site.
Journal of bacteriology 2009;191(23):7206-15.
2009: Simone Dell'Era; Carmen Buchrieser; Elisabeth Couvé; Barbara Schnell; Yves Briers; Markus Schuppler; Martin J Loessner
Listeria monocytogenes L-forms respond to cell wall deficiency by modifying gene expression and the mode of division.
Molecular microbiology 2009;73(2):306-22.
2009: Yves Briers; Mathias Schmelcher; Martin J Loessner; Jelle Hendrix; Yves Engelborghs; Guido Volckaert; Rob Lavigne
The high-affinity peptidoglycan binding domain of Pseudomonas phage endolysin KZ144.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2009;383(2):187-91.
2009: Salome Egger; Rainer P Lehmann; Murray J Height; Martin J Loessner; Markus Schuppler
Antimicrobial properties of a novel silver-silica nanocomposite material.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2009;75(9):2973-6.
2009: Barbara Schmid; Jochen Klumpp; Eveline Raimann; Martin J Loessner; Roger Stephan; Taurai Tasara
Role of cold shock proteins in growth of Listeria monocytogenes under cold and osmotic stress conditions.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2009;75(6):1621-7.
2009: Susanne Guenther; Dominique Huwyler; Simon Richard; Martin J Loessner
Virulent bacteriophage for efficient biocontrol of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2009;75(1):93-100.
2008: Markus Sutter; Daniel Boehringer; Sascha Gutmann; Susanne Günther; David Prangishvili; Martin J Loessner; Karl O Stetter; Eilika Weber-Ban; Nenad Ban
Structural basis of enzyme encapsulation into a bacterial nanocompartment.
Nature structural & molecular biology 2008;15(9):939-47.
2008: Jochen Klumpp; Julia Dorscht; Rudi Lurz; Regula Bielmann; Matthias Wieland; Markus Zimmer; Richard Calendar; Martin J Loessner
The terminally redundant, nonpermuted genome of Listeria bacteriophage A511: a model for the SPO1-like myoviruses of gram-positive bacteria.
Journal of bacteriology 2008;190(17):5753-65.
2008: Ingo P Korndörfer; Alexander Kanitz; Josef Danzer; Markus Zimmer; Martin J Loessner; Arne Skerra
Structural analysis of the L-alanoyl-D-glutamate endopeptidase domain of Listeria bacteriophage endolysin Ply500 reveals a new member of the LAS peptidase family.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 2008;64(Pt 6):644-50.
2008: kwang pyo kim; Jeong-Dan Cha; Eun-Hye Jang; Jochen Klumpp; Steven Hagens; Wolf-Dietrich Hardt; Kyung-Yeol Lee; Martin J Loessner
PEGylation of bacteriophages increases blood circulation time and reduces T-helper type 1 immune response.
Microbial biotechnology 2008;1(3):247-57.
2008: Maurizio Viscardi; AG Perugini; Clementina Auriemma; Federico Capuano; Stefano Morabito; Kwang Pyo Kim; Martin J Loessner; Giuseppe Iovane
Isolation and characterisation of two novel coliphages with high potential to control antibiotic-resistant pathogenic Escherichia coli (EHEC and EPEC).
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2008;31(2):152-7.
2008: Kwang Pyo Kim; Martin J Loessner
Enterobacter sakazakii invasion in human intestinal Caco-2 cells requires the host cell cytoskeleton and is enhanced by disruption of tight junction.
Infection and immunity 2008;76(2):562-70.
2007: Torsten Hain; Som Subhra Chatterjee; Rohit Ghai; Carsten Tobias Kuenne; André Billion; Christiane Steinweg; Eugen Domann; Uwe Kärst; Lothar Jänsch; Jürgen Wehland; Wolfgang Eisenreich; Adelbert Bacher; Biju Joseph; Jennifer Schär; Jürgen Kreft; Jochen Klumpp; Martin J Loessner; Julia Dorscht; Klaus Neuhaus; Thilo M Fuchs; Siegfried Scherer; Michel Doumith; Christine Jacquet; Paul Martin; Pascale Cossart; Christophe Rusniock; Philippe Glaser; Carmen Buchrieser; Werner Goebel; Trinad Chakraborty
Pathogenomics of Listeria spp.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2007;297(7-8):541-57.
2007: Steven Hagens; Martin J Loessner
Application of bacteriophages for detection and control of foodborne pathogens.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2007;76(3):513-9.
2007: Kwang Pyo Kim; Jochen Klumpp; Martin J Loessner
Enterobacter sakazakii bacteriophages can prevent bacterial growth in reconstituted infant formula.
International journal of food microbiology 2007;115(2):195-203.
2007: Jan W Kretzer; Rainer Lehmann; Mathias Schmelcher; Manuel Banz; Kwang Pyo Kim; Corinna Korn; Martin J Loessner
Use of high-affinity cell wall-binding domains of bacteriophage endolysins for immobilization and separation of bacterial cells.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2007;73(6):1992-2000.
2007: Maja Baumgärtner; Uwe Kärst; Birgit Gerstel; Martin J Loessner; Jürgen Wehland; Lothar Jänsch
Inactivation of Lgt allows systematic characterization of lipoproteins from Listeria monocytogenes.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(2):313-24.
2007: Mark S Turner; Florian Waldherr; Martin J Loessner; Philip M Giffard
Antimicrobial activity of lysostaphin and a Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage endolysin produced and secreted by lactic acid bacteria.
Systematic and applied microbiology 2007;30(1):58-67.
2006: Ingo P Korndörfer; Joseph Danzer; Mathias Schmelcher; Markus Zimmer; Arne Skerra; Martin J Loessner
The crystal structure of the bacteriophage PSA endolysin reveals a unique fold responsible for specific recognition of Listeria cell walls.
Journal of molecular biology 2006;364(4):678-89.
2006: Simone Müller-Hellwig; Martin H Groschup; Rohtraud Pichner; Manfred Gareis; Erwin Märtlbauer; Siegfried Scherer; Martin J Loessner
Biochemical evidence for the proteolytic degradation of infectious prion protein PrPsc in hamster brain homogenates by foodborne bacteria.
Systematic and applied microbiology 2006;29(2):165-71.
2006: Rebecca Henry; Lee M Shaughnessy; Martin J Loessner; Christine Alberti-Segui; Darren E Higgins; Joel A Swanson
Cytolysin-dependent delay of vacuole maturation in macrophages infected with Listeria monocytogenes.
Cellular microbiology 2006;8(1):107-19.
2005: Martin J Loessner
Bacteriophage endolysins--current state of research and applications.
Current opinion in microbiology 2005;8(4):480-7.
2004: Steve Labrie; Natasa Vukov; Martin J Loessner; Sylvain Moineau
Distribution and composition of the lysis cassette of Lactococcus lactis phages and functional analysis of bacteriophage ul36 holin.
FEMS microbiology letters 2004;233(1):37-43.
2003: Markus Zimmer; Elke Sattelberger; Ross B Inman; Richard Calendar; Martin J Loessner
Genome and proteome of Listeria monocytogenes phage PSA: an unusual case for programmed + 1 translational frameshifting in structural protein synthesis.
Molecular microbiology 2003;50(1):303-17.
2003: Natasa Vukov; Isabella Moll; Udo Bläsi; Siegfried Scherer; Martin J Loessner
Functional regulation of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage A118 holin by an intragenic inhibitor lacking the first transmembrane domain.
Molecular microbiology 2003;48(1):173-86.
2003: Martin J Loessner; Susanne Guenther; Sandra Steffan; Siegfried Scherer
A pediocin-producing Lactobacillus plantarum strain inhibits Listeria monocytogenes in a multispecies cheese surface microbial ripening consortium.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2003;69(3):1854-7.
2003: Dietmar Vybiral; Marian Takác; Martin J Loessner; Angela Witte; Uwe von Ahsen; Udo Bläsi
Complete nucleotide sequence and molecular characterization of two lytic Staphylococcus aureus phages: 44AHJD and P68.
FEMS microbiology letters 2003;219(2):275-83.
2002: Markus Zimmer; Natasa Vukov; Siegfried Scherer; Martin J Loessner
The murein hydrolase of the bacteriophage phi3626 dual lysis system is active against all tested Clostridium perfringens strains.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2002;68(11):5311-7.
2002: Markus Zimmer; Siegfried Scherer; Martin J Loessner
Genomic analysis of Clostridium perfringens bacteriophage phi3626, which integrates into guaA and possibly affects sporulation.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(16):4359-68.
2002: Peter Lauer; Man Yin Nora Chow; Martin J Loessner; Daniel A Portnoy; Richard Calendar
Construction, characterization, and use of two Listeria monocytogenes site-specific phage integration vectors.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(15):4177-86.
2002: Martin J Loessner; Karl Kramer; Frank Ebel; Siegfried Scherer
C-terminal domains of Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage murein hydrolases determine specific recognition and high-affinity binding to bacterial cell wall carbohydrates.
Molecular microbiology 2002;44(2):335-49.
2000: S Gaeng; Siegfried Scherer; H Neve; Martin J Loessner
Gene cloning and expression and secretion of Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage-lytic enzymes in Lactococcus lactis.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2000;66(7):2951-8.
2000: Natasa Vukov; Siegfried Scherer; E Hibbert; Martin J Loessner
Functional analysis of heterologous holin proteins in a lambdaDeltaS genetic background.
FEMS microbiology letters 2000;184(2):179-86.
2000: Martin J Loessner; R B Inman; Peter Lauer; Richard Calendar
Complete nucleotide sequence, molecular analysis and genome structure of bacteriophage A118 of Listeria monocytogenes: implications for phage evolution.
Molecular microbiology 2000;35(2):324-40.
1999: SK Maier; Siegfried Scherer; Martin J Loessner
Long-chain polyphosphate causes cell lysis and inhibits Bacillus cereus septum formation, which is dependent on divalent cations.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1999;65(9):3942-9.
1999: Martin J Loessner; S Gaeng; Siegfried Scherer
Evidence for a holin-like protein gene fully embedded out of frame in the endolysin gene of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage 187.
Journal of bacteriology 1999;181(15):4452-60.
1998: Martin J Loessner; S Gaeng; G Wendlinger; SK Maier; Siegfried Scherer
The two-component lysis system of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage Twort: a large TTG-start holin and an associated amidase endolysin.
FEMS microbiology letters 1998;162(2):265-74.
1997: Martin J Loessner; M Rudolf; Siegfried Scherer
Evaluation of luciferase reporter bacteriophage A511::luxAB for detection of Listeria monocytogenes in contaminated foods.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1997;63(8):2961-5.
1997: Martin J Loessner; SK Maier; H Daubek-Puza; G Wendlinger; Siegfried Scherer
Three Bacillus cereus bacteriophage endolysins are unrelated but reveal high homology to cell wall hydrolases from different bacilli.
Journal of bacteriology 1997;179(9):2845-51.
1996: Martin J Loessner; A Schneider; Siegfried Scherer
Modified Listeria bacteriophage lysin genes (ply) allow efficient overexpression and one-step purification of biochemically active fusion proteins.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1996;62(8):3057-60.
1996: G Wendlinger; Martin J Loessner; Siegfried Scherer
Bacteriophage receptors on Listeria monocytogenes cells are the N-acetylglucosamine and rhamnose substituents of teichoic acids or the peptidoglycan itself.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1996;142 ( Pt 4)():985-92.
1996: Martin J Loessner; C E Rees; GS Stewart; Siegfried Scherer
Construction of luciferase reporter bacteriophage A511::luxAB for rapid and sensitive detection of viable Listeria cells.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1996;62(4):1133-40.
1995: Martin J Loessner; Siegfried Scherer
Organization and transcriptional analysis of the Listeria phage A511 late gene region comprising the major capsid and tail sheath protein genes cps and tsh.
Journal of bacteriology 1995;177(22):6601-9.
1995: R Zink; Martin J Loessner; Siegfried Scherer
Characterization of cryptic prophages (monocins) in Listeria and sequence analysis of a holin/endolysin gene.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1995;141 ( Pt 10)():2577-84.
1995: Martin J Loessner; G Wendlinger; Siegfried Scherer
Heterogeneous endolysins in Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophages: a new class of enzymes and evidence for conserved holin genes within the siphoviral lysis cassettes.
Molecular microbiology 1995;16(6):1231-41.
1995: Martin J Loessner; A Schneider; Siegfried Scherer
A new procedure for efficient recovery of DNA, RNA, and proteins from Listeria cells by rapid lysis with a recombinant bacteriophage endolysin.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1995;61(3):1150-2.
1994: R Zink; Martin J Loessner; I Glas; Siegfried Scherer
Supplementary Listeria-typing with defective Listeria phage particles (monocins).
Letters in applied microbiology 1994;19(2):99-101.
1994: Martin J Loessner; I B Krause; T Henle; Siegfried Scherer
Structural proteins and DNA characteristics of 14 Listeria typing bacteriophages.
The Journal of general virology 1994;75 ( Pt 4)():701-10.
1994: Martin J Loessner; L A Estela; R Zink; Siegfried Scherer
Taxonomical classification of 20 newly isolated Listeria bacteriophages by electron microscopy and protein analysis.
Intervirology 1994;37(1):31-5.
1993: Martin J Loessner; E Neugirg; R Zink; Siegfried Scherer
Isolation, classification and molecular characterization of bacteriophages for Enterobacter species.
Journal of general microbiology 1993;139(11):2627-33.
1992: Martin J Loessner; Siegfried Scherer
Elimination of sample diffusion and lateral band spreading in isoelectric focusing employing ready-made immobilized pH gradient gels.
Electrophoresis 1992;13(7):461-3.
1992: R Zink; Martin J Loessner
Classification of virulent and temperate bacteriophages of Listeria spp. on the basis of morphology and protein analysis.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1992;58(1):296-302.
1991: Martin J Loessner
Improved procedure for bacteriophage typing of Listeria strains and evaluation of new phages.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1991;57(3):882-4.
1990: Martin J Loessner; M Busse
Bacteriophage typing of Listeria species.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1990;56(6):1912-8.