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2013 - present PostDoc at Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
2013

PhD - Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

PhD thesis: "Comparative genomics on gene and single nucleotide level" LINK

2010-2013

Scientific assistant in the research program "Application-oriented Research on
Non-Pathogenic Microorganisms for Health, Nutrition and Ressource-Efficient
Industry Production" (BMBF grant 0315599B ”Genomik-Transfer“)

2006-2010 Scientific assistant in the research program "Genome Research on Microorganisms
for Industrial Production, Nutrition, Environment and Health" (BMBF grant 0313805A "Genomik-Plus")
2006

Diploma - Informatics in the Natural Sciences, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Diploma thesis: "CAmpER - Calculation of Amplification Efficiencies for RT-PCR-experiments"

1999

School leaving examination (Abitur), Städtisches Gymnasium Goch

1980 Born in Kleve, Germany

 

Publications

2023

Nelkner, J., Huang, L., Lin, T., Schulz, A., Osterholz, B., Henke, C., Blom, J., Pühler, A., Sczyrba, A., Schlüter, A.. (2023). Abundance, classification and genetic potential of Thaumarchaeota in metagenomes of European agricultural soils: a meta-analysis. Environmental Microbiome.Volume 18(1), 26 10.1186/s40793-023-00479-9.

Jähne, J., Le Thi, T., Blumenscheit, C., Schneider, A., Pham, T., Le Thi, P., Blom, J., Vater, J., Schweder, T., Lasch, P., others. (2023). Novel Plant-Associated Brevibacillus and Lysinibacillus Genomospecies Harbor a Rich Biosynthetic Potential of Antimicrobial Compounds. Microorganisms.Volume 11(1), 168 10.3390/microorganisms11010168.

Pulami, D., Schwabe, L., Blom, J., Schwengers, O., Wilharm, G., Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S.. (2023). Genomic plasticity and adaptive capacity of the quaternary alkyl-ammonium compound and copper tolerant Acinetobacter bohemicus strain QAC-21b isolated from pig manure. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. .

2022

Berckx, F., Nguyen, T., Bandong, C., Lin, H., Yamanaka, T., Katayama, S., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Kalinowski, J., Tateno, M., others. (2022). A tale of two lineages: how the strains of the earliest divergent symbiotic Frankia clade spread over the world. BMC genomics.Volume 23(1), 602 10.1186/s12864-022-08838-5.

Eisenberg, T., Mühldorfer, K., Erhard, M., Fawzy, A., Kehm, S., Ewers, C., Semmler, T., Blom, J., Lipski, A., Rau, J., others. (2022). Erysipelothrix anatis sp. nov., Erysipelothrix aquatica sp. nov. and Erysipelothrix urinaevulpis sp. nov., three novel species of the genus, and emended description of Erysipelothrix. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 72(7), 005454 10.1099/ijsem.0.005454.

Entfellner, E., Li, R., Jiang, Y., Ru, J., Blom, J., Deng, L., Kurmayer, R.. (2022). Toxic/Bioactive Peptide Synthesis Genes Rearranged by Insertion Sequence Elements Among the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria Planktothrix. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 13 10.3389/fmicb.2022.901762.

Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Wolf, J., Benning, S., Schloter, M., Neumann-Schaal, M.. (2022). Rhodococcus pseudokoreensis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of young M26 apple rootstocks. Archives of Microbiology.Volume 204(8), 505 10.1007/s00203-022-03079-2.

Fatton, M., Filippidou, S., Junier, T., Cailleau, G., Berge, M., Poppleton, D., Blum, T., Kaminek, M., Odriozola, A., Blom, J., others. (2022). Cryptosporulation in Kurthia spp. forces a rethinking of asporogenesis in Firmicutes. Environmental microbiology.Volume 24(12), 6320--6335 10.1111/1462-2920.16145.

Guzman, J., Poehlein, A., Glaeser, S., Schwengers, O., Blom, J., Hollensteiner, J., Kämpfer, P., Vilcinskas, A.. (2022). Pseudocitrobacter corydidari sp. nov., isolated from the Asian emerald cockroach Corydidarum magnifica. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 72(8), 005497 10.1099/ijsem.0.005497.

Sulja, A., Pothier, J., Blom, J., Moretti, C., Buonaurio, R., Rezzonico, F., Smits, T.. (2022). Comparative genomics to examine the endophytic potential of Pantoea agglomerans DAPP-PG 734. BMC genomics.Volume 23(1), 742 10.1186/s12864-022-08966-y.

Maus, I., Wibberg, D., Belmann, P., Hahnke, S., Huang, L., Spröer, C., Bunk, B., Blom, J., Sczyrba, A., Pühler, A., others. (2022). The novel oligopeptide utilizing species Anaeropeptidivorans aminofermentans M3/9T, its role in anaerobic digestion and occurrence as deduced from large-scale fragment recruitment analyses. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 13. .. .

Zboralski, A., Biessy, A., Ciotola, M., Cadieux, M., Albert, D., Blom, J., Filion, M.. (2022). Harnessing the genomic diversity of Pseudomonas strains against lettuce bacterial pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 13 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1038888.

Volokhov, D., Furtak, V., Blom, J., Zagorodnyaya, T., Gao, Y., Gulland, F.. (2022). Mycoplasma miroungirhinis sp. nov. and Mycoplasma miroungigenitalium sp. nov., isolated from northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), Mycoplasma phocoenae sp. nov., isolated from harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), and Mycoplasma phocoeninasale sp. nov., isolated from harbour porpoise and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 72(1), 005224 10.1099/ijsem.0.005224.

Blumenscheit, C., Jähne, J., Schneider, A., Blom, J., Schweder, T., Lasch, P., Borriss, R.. (2022). Genome sequence data of Bacillus velezensis BP1. 2A and BT2. 4. Data in Brief.Volume 41, 107978 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107978.

Lau Vetter, M., Huang, B., Fenske, L., Blom, J.. (2022). Metabolism of the Genus Guyparkeria Revealed by Pangenome Analysis. Microorganisms.Volume 10(4), 724 10.3390/microorganisms10040724.

Ruinelli, M., Blom, J., Smits, T., Pothier, J.. (2022). Comparative genomics of Prunus-associated members of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex reveals traits supporting co-evolution and host adaptation. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 13(804681) 10.3389/fmicb.2022.804681.

Fenske, L., Noll, I., Blom, J., Ewers, C., Semmler, T., Fawzy, A., Eisenberg, T.. (2022). A dominant clonal lineage of Streptococcus uberis in cattle in Germany. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. .

Neuzil-Bunesova, V., Ramirez Garcia, A., Modrackova, N., Makovska, M., Sabolova, M., Spröer, C., Bunk, B., Blom, J., Schwab, C.. (2022). Feed Insects as a Reservoir of Granadaene-Producing Lactococci. Frontiers in Microbiology. .

Dia, N., Cottyn, B., Blom, J., Smits, T., Pothier, J.. (2022). Differentiation of the Xanthomonas hortorum--Xanthomonas hydrangeae species complex using sensitive and selective LAMP assays. Frontiers in Agronomy.Volume 4(898778). .. .

2021

Blifernez-Klassen, O., Klassen, V., Wibberg, D., Cebeci, E., Henke, C., Rückert, C., Chaudhari, S., Rupp, O., Blom, J., Winkler, A., others. (2021). Phytoplankton consortia as a blueprint for mutually beneficial eukaryote-bacteria ecosystems based on the biocoenosis of Botryococcus consortia. Scientific reports.Volume 11(1), 1--13 10.1038/s41598-021-81082-1.

Berger, C., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Rabaey, K., Kalinowski, J., Rosenbaum, M.. (2021). Estimation of pathogenic potential of an environmental Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate using comparative genomics. Scientific reports.Volume 11(1), 1--14 10.1038/s41598-020-80592-8.

Khilyas, I., Sorokina, A., Markelova, M., Belenikin, M., Shafigullina, L., Tukhbatova, R., Shagimardanova, E., Blom, J., Sharipova, M., Cohen, M.. (2021). Genomic and phenotypic analysis of siderophore-producing Rhodococcus qingshengii strain S10 isolated from an arid weathered serpentine rock environment. Archives of Microbiology.Volume 203(2), 855--860 10.1007/s00203-020-02057-w.

Glaeser, S., Rückert, C., Abdelmohsen, U., Winkler, A., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J., Hentschel, U., Busse, H., Kämpfer, P.. (2021). Streptomyces dysideae sp. nov., isolated from a marine Mediterranean sponge Dysidea tupha. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 71(3), 004672 10.1099/ijsem.0.004672.

Naorem, R., Blom, J., Fekete, C.. (2021). Genome-wide comparison of four MRSA clinical isolates from Germany and Hungary. PeerJ.Volume 9, e10185 10.7717/peerj.10185.

Lick, S., Wibberg, D., Winkler, A., Blom, J., Grimmler, C., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J., Kröckel, L.. (2021). Pseudomonas paracarnis sp. nov., isolated from refrigerated beef. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 71(2), 004652 10.1099/ijsem.0.004652.

Pulami, D., Schauss, T., Eisenberg, T., Blom, J., Schwengers, O., Bender, J., Wilharm, G., Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S.. (2021). Acinetobacter stercoris sp. nov. isolated from output source of a mesophilic german biogas plant with anaerobic operating conditions. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 114(3), 235--251 10.1007/s10482-021-01517-7.

Eisenberg, T., Gronow, S., Falgenhauer, J., Imirzalioglu, C., Mühldorfer, K., Rau, J., Blom, J., Fawzy, A., Glaeser, S., Kämpfer, P.. (2021). Sneathia vaginalis sp. nov.(Fusobacteriales, Leptotrichiaceae) as a replacement of the species ‘Sneathia amnii’Harwich et al. 2012 and ‘Leptotrichia amnionii’Shukla et al. 2002, and emended description of Sneathia Collins et al. 2001. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 71(3), 004663 10.1099/ijsem.0.004663.

Fernandes, C., Martins, L., Teixeira, M., Blom, J., Pothier, J., Fonseca, N., Tavares, F.. (2021). Comparative genomics of Xanthomonas euroxanthea and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis strains isolated from a single walnut host tree. Microorganisms.Volume 9(3), 624 10.3390/microorganisms9030624.

Panthee, S., Paudel, A., Hamamoto, H., Ogasawara, A., Iwasa, T., Blom, J., Sekimizu, K.. (2021). Complete genome sequence and comparative genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001, a probiotic bacterium. Genomics.Volume 113(3), 1534--1542 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.03.021.

Dieckmann, M., Beyvers, S., Nkouamedjo-Fankep, R., Hanel, P., Jelonek, L., Blom, J., Goesmann, A.. (2021). EDGAR3. 0: comparative genomics and phylogenomics on a scalable infrastructure. Nucleic Acids Research.Volume 49(W1), W185--W192 10.1093/nar/gkab341.

Volokhov, D., Zagorodnyaya, T., Shen, Z., Blom, J., Furtak, V., Eisenberg, T., Fan, P., Jeong, K., Gao, Y., Zhang, S., others. (2021). Streptococcus vicugnae sp. nov., isolated from faeces of alpacas (Vicugna pacos) and cattle (Bos taurus), Streptococcus zalophi sp. nov., and Streptococcus pacificus sp. nov., isolated from respiratory tract of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 71(5), 004826 10.1099/ijsem.0.004826.

Lick, S., Wibberg, D., Winkler, A., Blom, J., Grimmler, C., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J., Kröckel, L.. (2021). Pseudomonas paraversuta sp. nov. isolated from refrigerated dry-aged beef. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 71(6), 004822 10.1099/ijsem.0.004822.

Talamantes-Becerra, B., Carling, J., Blom, J., Georges, A.. (2021). Phylogenetic study of thermophilic genera Anoxybacillus, Geobacillus, Parageobacillus, and proposal of a new classification Quasigeobacillus gen. nov. bioRxiv. .

Hudec, C., Biessy, A., Novinscak, A., St-Onge, R., Lamarre, S., Blom, J., Filion, M.. (2021). Comparative genomics of potato common scab-causing Streptomyces spp. displaying varying virulence. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 12 10.3389/fmicb.2021.716522.

Stitz, M., Chaparro, C., Lu, Z., Olzog, V., Weinberg, C., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Grunau, C., Grevelding, C.. (2021). Satellite-like W-elements: repetitive, transcribed, and putative mobile genetic factors with potential roles for biology and evolution of Schistosoma mansoni. Genome biology and evolution.Volume 13(10), evab204 10.1093/gbe/evab204.

Schwengers, O., Jelonek, L., Dieckmann, M., Beyvers, S., Blom, J., Goesmann, A.. (2021). Bakta: rapid and standardized annotation of bacterial genomes via alignment-free sequence identification. Microbial genomics.Volume 7(11) 10.1099/mgen.0.000685.

Wibberg, D., Genzel, F., Verwaaijen, B., Blom, J., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A., Zrenner, R., Grosch, R., Pühler, A., Schlüter, A.. (2021). Genome Analyses of the Less Aggressive Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IB Isolates 1/2/21 and O8/2 Compared to the Reference AG1-IB Isolate 7/3/14. Journal of Fungi.Volume 7(10), 832 10.3390/jof7100832.

Van Le, V., Ko, S., Lee, S., Jin, L., Blom, J., Ahn, C., Oh, H.. (2021). Cochlodiniinecator piscidefendens gen. nov., sp. nov., an algicidal bacterium against the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 71(11), 005124 10.1099/ijsem.0.005124.

Dia, N., Van Vaerenbergh, J., Van Malderghem, C., Blom, J., Smits, T., Cottyn, B., Pothier, J.. (2021). Xanthomonas hydrangeae sp. nov., a novel plant pathogen isolated from Hydrangea arborescens. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 71(12), 005163 10.1099/ijsem.0.005163.

Dia, N., Van Vaerenbergh, J., Van Malderghem, C., Blom, J., Smits, T., Cottyn, B., Pothier, J.. (2021). Xanthomonas hydrangeae sp: nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 71(12) 10.1099/ijsem.0.005163.

2020

Lick, S., Kröckel, L., Wibberg, D., Winkler, A., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J.. (2020). Pseudomonas bubulae sp. nov., isolated from beef. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 70(1), 292--301 10.1099/ijsem.0.003751.

Madhaiyan, M., Saravanan, V., Blom, J., Smits, T., Rezzonico, F., Kim, S., Weon, H., Kwon, S., Whitman, W., Ji, L.. (2020). Phytobacter palmae sp. nov., a novel endophytic, N2 fixing, plant growth promoting Gammaproteobacterium isolated from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(2), 841--848 10.1099/ijsem.0.003834.

Kämpfer, P., Fuglsang-Damgaard, D., Overballe-Petersen, S., Hasman, H., Hammerum, A., Fuursted, K., Blom, J., Glaeser, S., Hansen, F.. (2020). Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Pseudocitrobacter using whole genome sequencing: Pseudocitrobacter anthropi is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudocitrobacter faecalis and description of Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(2), 1315--1320 10.1099/ijsem.0.003918.

Lick, S., Kröckel, L., Wibberg, D., Winkler, A., Blom, J., Bantleon, A., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J.. (2020). Pseudomonas carnis sp. nov., isolated from meat. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 70(3), 1528--1540 10.1099/ijsem.0.003928.

Wu, L., Li, X., Ma, L., Blom, J., Wu, H., Gu, Q., Borriss, R., Gao, X.. (2020). The “pseudo-pathogenic” effect of plant growth-promoting bacilli on starchy plant storage organs is due to their $\alpha$-amylase activity which is stimulating endogenous opportunistic pathogens. Applied microbiology and biotechnology.Volume 104(6), 2701--2714 10.1007/s00253-020-10367-8.

Kumru, S., Tekedar, H., Blom, J., Lawrence, M., Karsi, A.. (2020). Genomic diversity in flavobacterial pathogens of aquatic origin. Microbial pathogenesis.Volume 142, 104053 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104053.

Tekedar, H., Blom, J., Kalindamar, S., Nho, S., Karsi, A., Lawrence, M.. (2020). Comparative genomics of the fish pathogens Edwardsiella ictaluri 93-146 and Edwardsiella piscicida C07-087. Microbial Genomics.Volume 6(2) 10.1099/mgen.0.000322.

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2020). Proposal to reclassify Leptotrichia goodfellowii into a novel genus as Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii gen. nov., comb. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(3), 2084--2088 10.1099/ijsem.0.004024.

Maus, I., Klocke, M., Derenkó, J., Stolze, Y., Beckstette, M., Jost, C., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Henke, C., Willenbücher, K., others. (2020). Impact of process temperature and organic loading rate on cellulolytic/hydrolytic biofilm microbiomes during biomethanation of ryegrass silage revealed by genome-centered metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Environmental Microbiome.Volume 15(1), 1--21 10.1186/s40793-020-00354-x.

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2020). Proposal to reclassify Streptobacillus hongkongensis into a novel genus as Pseudostreptobacillus hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(4), 2366--2368 10.1099/ijsem.0.004051.

Eisenberg, T., Heydel, C., Prenger-Berninghoff, E., Fawzy, A., Kling, U., Akimkin, V., Semmler, T., Mühldorfer, K., Kämpfer, P., Blom, J., others. (2020). Streptobacillus canis sp. nov. isolated from a dog. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(4), 2648--2656 10.1099/ijsem.0.004086.

Liu, Y., Rao, Q., Blom, J., Lin, Q., Luo, T.. (2020). Pseudomonas piscis sp. nov., isolated from the profound head ulcers of farmed Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(4), 2732--2739 10.1099/ijsem.0.004101.

Liu, A., Zhang, Y., Cheng, P., Peng, Y., Blom, J., Xue, Q.. (2020). Whole genome analysis calls for a taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Colwellia. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 113(7), 919--931 10.1007/s10482-020-01405-6.

Volokhov, D., Blom, J., Amselle, M., Delmonte, P., Gao, Y., Shen, Z., Zhang, S., Gulland, F., Chizhikov, V., Eisenberg, T.. (2020). Oceanivirga miroungae sp. nov., isolated from oral cavity of northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(5), 3037--3048 10.1099/ijsem.0.004127.

Palmer, M., Steenkamp, E., Blom, J., Hedlund, B., Venter, S.. (2020). All ANIs are not created equal: implications for prokaryotic species boundaries and integration of ANIs into polyphasic taxonomy. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(4), 2937--2948 10.1099/ijsem.0.004124.

Huang, C., Chen, C., Liou, J., Lee, A., Blom, J., Lin, Y., Huang, L., Watanabe, K.. (2020). Genome-based reclassification of Lactobacillus casei: emended classification and description of the species Lactobacillus zeae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(6), 3755--3762 10.1099/ijsem.0.003969.

Rothen, J., Sapugahawatte, D., Li, C., Lo, N., Vogel, G., Foucault, F., Pflüger, V., Pothier, J., Blom, J., Daubenberger, C., others. (2020). A simple, rapid typing method for Streptococcus agalactiae based on ribosomal subunit proteins by MALDI-TOF MS. Scientific reports.Volume 10(1), 1--8 10.1038/s41598-020-65707-5.

Tekedar, H., Arick, M., Hsu, C., Thrash, A., Blom, J., Lawrence, M., Abdelhamed, H.. (2020). Identification of antimicrobial resistance determinants in Aeromonas veronii strain MS-17-88 recovered from channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.Volume 10, 348 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00348.

Filippidou, S., Fatton, M., Junier, T., Berge, M., Poppleton, D., Blum, T., Kaminek, M., Odriozola, A., Blom, J., Johnson, S., others. (2020). Cryptosporulation in Kurthia spp. forces a rethinking of asporogenesis in Firmicutes. bioRxiv. .

Franco, A., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Busche, T., Reichert, J., Schubert, P., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J., Wilke, T., Kämpfer, P., others. (2020). High diversity of Vibrio spp. associated with different ecological niches in a marine aquaria system and description of Vibrio aquimaris sp. nov. Systematic and applied microbiology.Volume 43(5), 126123 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126123.

Eisenberg, T., Schlez, K., Fawzy, A., Völker, I., Hechinger, S., Curić, M., Schauerte, N., Geiger, C., Blom, J., Scholz, H.. (2020). Expanding the host range: infection of a reptilian host (Furcifer pardalis) by an atypical Brucella strain. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 113(10), 1531--1537 10.1007/s10482-020-01448-9.

Liou, J., Huang, C., Ikeyama, N., Lee, A., Chen, I., Blom, J., Chen, C., Chen, C., Lin, Y., Hsieh, S., others. (2020). Prevotella hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(8), 4767--4773 10.1099/ijsem.0.004342.

Gétaz, M., Blom, J., Smits, T., Pothier, J.. (2020). Comparative genomics of Xanthomonas fragariae and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. fragariae reveals intra-and interspecies variations. Phytopathology Research.Volume 2(1), 1--19. .. .

Rocha, D., Azevedo, V., Brenig, B., Silva, A., Blom, J., Ramos, R., Aguiar, E., Chapartegui-González, I., Fernández-Martínez, M., Martínez-Martínez, L., others. (2020). Whole-genome sequencing reveals misidentification of a multidrug-resistant urine clinical isolate as Corynebacterium urealyticum. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.Volume 23, 16--19 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.020.

Fawzy, A., Rau, J., Riße, K., Schauerte, N., Geiger, C., Blom, J., Imirzalioglu, C., Falgenhauer, J., Bach, A., Herden, C., others. (2020). Streptobacillus felis, a member of the oropharynx microbiota of the Felidae, isolated from a tropical rusty-spotted cat. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 113(10), 1455--1465 10.1007/s10482-020-01454-x.

Clawson, M., Schuller, G., Dickey, A., Bono, J., Murray, R., Sweeney, M., Apley, M., DeDonder, K., Capik, S., Larson, R., others. (2020). Differences between predicted outer membrane proteins of genotype 1 and 2 Mannheimia haemolytica. BMC microbiology.Volume 20(1), 1--18. .. .

Pulami, D., Schauss, T., Eisenberg, T., Wilharm, G., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S.. (2020). Acinetobacter baumannii in manure and anaerobic digestates of German biogas plants. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.Volume 96(10), fiaa176 10.1093/femsec/fiaa176.

Glaeser, S., Pulami, D., Blom, J., Eisenberg, T., Goesmann, A., Bender, J., Wilharm, G., Kämpfer, P.. (2020). The status of the genus Prolinoborus (Pot et al. 1992) and the species Prolinoborus fasciculus (Pot et al. 1992). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(9), 5165--5171 10.1099/ijsem.0.004404.

Martins, L., Fernandes, C., Blom, J., Dia, N., Pothier, J., Tavares, F.. (2020). Xanthomonas euroxanthea sp. nov., a new xanthomonad species including pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of walnut. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 70(12), 6024 10.1099/ijsem.0.004386.

Mühldorfer, K., Szentiks, C., Wibbelt, G., van der Linden, M., Ewers, C., Semmler, T., Akimkin, V., Blom, J., Rau, J., Eisenberg, T.. (2020). Streptococcus catagoni sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tract of diseased Chacoan peccaries (Catagonus wagneri). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 70(11), 5734--5739 10.1099/ijsem.0.004471.

Herrera-Belaroussi, A., Normand, P., Pawlowski, K., Fernandez, M., Wibberg, D., Kalinowski, J., Brachmann, A., Berckx, F., Lee, N., Blom, J., others. (2020). Candidatus Frankia nodulisporulans sp. nov., an Alnus glutinosa-infective Frankia species unable to grow in pure culture and able to sporulate in-planta. Systematic and applied microbiology.Volume 43(6), 126134 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126134.

Wibberg, D., Price-Carter, M., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Möbius, P.. (2020). Complete Genome Sequence of Ovine Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Strain JIII-386 (MAP-S/type III) and Its Comparison to MAP-S/type I, MAP-C, and M. avium Complex Genomes. Microorganisms.Volume 9(1), 70 10.3390/microorganisms9010070.

2019

Biessy, A., Novinscak, A., Blom, J., Léger, G., Thomashow, L., Cazorla, F., Josic, D., Filion, M.. (2019). Diversity of phytobeneficial traits revealed by whole-genome analysis of worldwide-isolated phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp.. Environmental Microbiology.Volume 21(1), 437--455 10.1111/1462-2920.14476.

Tekedar, H., Abdelhamed, H., Kumru, S., Blom, J., Karsi, A., Lawrence, M.. (2019). Comparative genomics of Aeromonas hydrophila secretion systems and mutational analysis of hcp1 and vgrG1 genes from T6SS. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 9, 3216 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03216.

Rutz, D., Frasson, D., Sievers, M., Blom, J., Rezzonico, F., Pothier, J., Smits, T.. (2019). High-quality draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas reidholzensis strain CCOS 865T. Microbiology Resource Announcements.Volume 8(3), e01502--18 10.1128/MRA.01502-18.

Ludueña, L., Anzuay, M., Angelini, J., McIntosh, M., Becker, A., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A., Blom, J., Fabra, A., Taurian, T.. (2019). Genome sequence of the endophytic strain Enterobacter sp. J49, a potential biofertilizer for peanut and maize. Genomics.Volume 111(4), 913--920 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.05.021.

Amiri Moghaddam, J., Dávila-Céspedes, A., Alanjary, M., Blom, J., König, G., Schäberle, T.. (2019). Genome analysis of the marine bacterium Labrenzia sp. strain 011, a potential protective agent of mollusks. Data.Volume 4(1), 33. .. .

Rothen, J., Pothier, J., Foucault, F., Blom, J., Nanayakkara, D., Li, C., Ip, M., Tanner, M., Vogel, G., Pflüger, V., others. (2019). Subspecies typing of Streptococcus agalactiae based on ribosomal subunit protein mass variation by MALDI-TOF MS. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 10, 471 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00471.

Ruinelli, M., Blom, J., Smits, T., Pothier, J.. (2019). Comparative genomics and pathogenicity potential of members of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex on Prunus spp. BMC genomics.Volume 20(1), 1--16 10.1186/s12864-019-5555-y.

Smits, T., Duffy, B., Blom, J., Ishimaru, C., Stockwell, V.. (2019). Pantocin A, a peptide-derived antibiotic involved in biological control by plant-associated Pantoea species. Archives of microbiology.Volume 201(6), 713--722 10.1007/s00203-019-01647-7.

Liou, J., Huang, C., Wang, C., Lee, A., Mori, K., Tamura, T., Watanabe, M., Blom, J., Huang, L., Watanabe, K.. (2019). Lactobacillus suantsaii sp. nov., isolated from suan-tsai, a traditional Taiwanese fermented mustard green. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 69(5), 1484--1489 10.1099/ijsem.0.003346.

Avontuur, J., Palmer, M., Beukes, C., Chan, W., Coetzee, M., Blom, J., Stępkowski, T., Kyrpides, N., Woyke, T., Shapiro, N., others. (2019). Genome-informed Bradyrhizobium taxonomy: where to from here?. Systematic and applied microbiology.Volume 42(4), 427--439 10.1016/j.syapm.2019.03.006.

Guan, Y., Ngugi, D., Vinu, M., Blom, J., Alam, I., Guillot, S., Ferry, J., Stingl, U.. (2019). Comparative genomics of the genus Methanohalophilus, including a newly isolated strain from Kebrit deep in the Red Sea. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 10, 839 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00839.

Ramdhan, N., Blom, J., Sutcliffe, I., Pereira-Ribeiro, P., Santos, C., Mattos-Guaraldi, A., Burkovski, A., Sangal, V.. (2019). Genomic analysis of a novel nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain isolated from a cancer patient. New microbes and new infections.Volume 30, 100544 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100544.

Palmer, M., Venter, S., McTaggart, A., Coetzee, M., Van Wyk, S., Avontuur, J., Beukes, C., Fourie, G., Santana, Q., Van Der Nest, M., others. (2019). The synergistic effect of concatenation in phylogenomics: the case in Pantoea. PeerJ.Volume 7, e6698 10.7717/peerj.6698.

Bouhired, S., Rupp, O., Blom, J., Schäberle, T., Schiefer, A., Kehraus, S., Pfarr, K., Goesmann, A., Hoerauf, A., König, G.. (2019). Complete Genome Sequence of the Corallopyronin A-Producing Myxobacterium Corallococcus coralloides B035. Microbiology Resource Announcements.Volume 8(17), e00050--19 10.1128/MRA.00050-19.

López, J., Lozano, M., Lagares Jr, A., Fabre, M., Draghi, W., Del Papa, M., Pistorio, M., Becker, A., Wibberg, D., Schlüter, A., others. (2019). Codon usage Heterogeneity in the multipartite prokaryote genome: selection-based coding bias associated with gene location, expression level, and ancestry. MBio.Volume 10(3), e00505--19 10.1128/mBio.00505-19.

Chen, S., Soehnlen, M., Blom, J., Terrapon, N., Henrissat, B., Walker, E.. (2019). Comparative genomic analyses reveal diverse virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in clinical Elizabethkingia meningoseptica strains. PloS one.Volume 14(10), e0222648 10.1371/journal.pone.0222648.

Wu, H., Gu, Q., Xie, Y., Lou, Z., Xue, P., Fang, L., Yu, C., Jia, D., Huang, G., Zhu, B., others. (2019). Cold-adapted Bacilli isolated from the Qinghai--Tibetan Plateau are able to promote plant growth in extreme environments. Environmental microbiology.Volume 21(9), 3505--3526 10.1111/1462-2920.14722.

Panthee, S., Paudel, A., Blom, J., Hamamoto, H., Sekimizu, K.. (2019). Complete genome sequence of Weissella hellenica 0916-4-2 and its comparative genomic analysis. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 10, 1619 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01619.

Paterson, M., Ranasinghe, D., Blom, J., Dover, L., Sutcliffe, I., Lopes, B., Sangal, V.. (2019). Genomic analysis of a novel Rhodococcus (Prescottella) equi isolate from a bovine host. Archives of microbiology.Volume 201(9), 1317--1321 10.1007/s00203-019-01695-z.

Silva, S., Blom, J., Keller-Costa, T., Costa, R.. (2019). Comparative genomics reveals complex natural product biosynthesis capacities and carbon metabolism across host-associated and free-living Aquimarina (Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteriaceae) species. Environmental microbiology.Volume 21(11), 4002--4019 10.1111/1462-2920.14747.

Nguyen, T., Wibberg, D., Vigil-Stenman, T., Berckx, F., Battenberg, K., Demchenko, K., Blom, J., Fernandez, M., Yamanaka, T., Berry, A., others. (2019). Frankia-enriched metagenomes from the earliest diverging symbiotic Frankia cluster: they come in teams. Genome biology and evolution.Volume 11(8), 2273--2291 10.1093/gbe/evz153.

Huang, C., Wang, C., Liou, J., Lee, A., Blom, J., Huang, L., Watanabe, K.. (2019). Reclassification of Micrococcus aloeverae and Micrococcus yunnanensis as later heterotypic synonyms of Micrococcus luteus. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 69(11), 3512--3518 10.1099/ijsem.0.003654.

Tekedar, H., Kumru, S., Blom, J., Perkins, A., Griffin, M., Abdelhamed, H., Karsi, A., Lawrence, M.. (2019). Comparative genomics of Aeromonas veronii: Identification of a pathotype impacting aquaculture globally. PloS one.Volume 14(8), e0221018 10.1371/journal.pone.0221018.

Suarez, C., Ratering, S., Hain, T., Fritzenwanker, M., Goesmann, A., Blom, J., Chakraborty, T., Bunk, B., Spröer, C., Overmann, J., others. (2019). Complete genome sequence of the plant growth-promoting bacterium hartmannibacter diazotrophicus strain E19T. International journal of genomics.Volume 2019 10.1155/2019/7586430.

Smits, T., Rezzonico, F., Frasson, D., Vesga, P., Vacheron, J., Blom, J., Pothier, J., Keel, C., Maurhofer, M., Sievers, M.. (2019). Updated genome sequence and annotation for the full genome of Pseudomonas protegens CHA0. Microbiology Resource Announcements.Volume 8(39), e01002--19 10.1128/MRA.01002-19.

Rutz, D., Frasson, D., Sievers, M., Blom, J., Rezzonico, F., Pothier, J., Smits, T.. (2019). Comparative genomic analysis of the biotechnological potential of the novel species Pseudomonas wadenswilerensis CCOS 864T and Pseudomonas reidholzensis CCOS 865T. Diversity.Volume 11(11), 204. .. .

Wibberg, D., Batut, B., Belmann, P., Blom, J., Glöckner, F., Grüning, B., Hoffmann, N., Kleinbölting, N., Rahn, R., Rey, M., others. (2019). The de. NBI/ELIXIR-DE training platform-Bioinformatics training in Germany and across Europe within ELIXIR. F1000Research.Volume 8 10.12688/f1000research.20244.2.

Alexandraki, V., Kazou, M., Blom, J., Pot, B., Papadimitriou, K., Tsakalidou, E.. (2019). Comparative genomics of Streptococcus thermophilus support important traits concerning the evolution, biology and technological properties of the species. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 10, 2916 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02916.

2018

Landwehr, W., Kämpfer, P., Glaeser, S., Rückert, C., Kalinowski, J., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Mack, M., Schumann, P., Atasayar, E., others. (2018). Taxonomic analyses of members of the Streptomyces cinnabarinus cluster, description of Streptomyces cinnabarigriseus sp. nov. and Streptomyces davaonensis sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 68(1), 382--393 10.1099/ijsem.0.002519.

Ludueña, L., Anzuay, M., Angelini, J., McIntosh, M., Becker, A., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A., Blom, J., Fabra, A., Taurian, T.. (2018). Strain Serratia sp. S119: a potential biofertilizer for peanut and maize and a model bacterium to study phosphate solubilization mechanisms. Applied Soil Ecology.Volume 126, 107--112. .. .

Kazou, M., Alexandraki, V., Blom, J., Pot, B., Tsakalidou, E., Papadimitriou, K.. (2018). Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus acidipiscis ACA-DC 1533 isolated from traditional Greek Kopanisti cheese against species within the Lactobacillus salivarius clade. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 9, 1244 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01244.

Verwaaijen, B., Wibberg, D., Nelkner, J., Gordin, M., Rupp, O., Winkler, A., Bremges, A., Blom, J., Grosch, R., Pühler, A., others. (2018). Assembly of the Lactuca sativa, L. cv. Tizian draft genome sequence reveals differences within major resistance complex 1 as compared to the cv. Salinas reference genome. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 267, 12--18 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.12.021.

Maus, I., Rumming, M., Bergmann, I., Heeg, K., Pohl, M., Nettmann, E., Jaenicke, S., Blom, J., Pühler, A., Schlüter, A., others. (2018). Characterization of Bathyarchaeota genomes assembled from metagenomes of biofilms residing in mesophilic and thermophilic biogas reactors. Biotechnology for biofuels.Volume 11(1), 1--13 10.1186/s13068-018-1162-4.

Gétaz, M., Baeyen, S., Blom, J., Maes, M., Cottyn, B., Pothier, J.. (2018). High-quality draft genome sequences of five Xanthomonas arboricola pv. fragariae isolates. Genome announcements.Volume 6(7), e01585--17 10.1128/genomeA.01585-17.

Douriet-Gámez, N., Maldonado-Mendoza, I., Ibarra-Laclette, E., Blom, J., Calderón-Vázquez, C.. (2018). Genomic analysis of Bacillus sp. strain B25, a biocontrol agent of maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides. Current microbiology.Volume 75(3), 247--255 10.1007/s00284-017-1372-1.

Pillonetto, M., Arend, L., Faoro, H., D’Espindula, H., Blom, J., Smits, T., Mira, M., Rezzonico, F.. (2018). Emended description of the genus Phytobacter, its type species Phytobacter diazotrophicus (Zhang 2008) and description of Phytobacter ursingii sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 68(1), 176--184 10.1099/ijsem.0.002477.

Riesco, R., Carro, L., Román-Ponce, B., Prieto, C., Blom, J., Klenk, H., Normand, P., Trujillo, M.. (2018). Defining the species Micromonospora saelicesensis and Micromonospora noduli under the framework of genomics. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 9, 1360 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01360.

Palmer, M., Steenkamp, E., Coetzee, M., Avontuur, J., Chan, W., Van Zyl, E., Blom, J., Venter, S.. (2018). Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae.. .

Bartz, J., Blom, J., Busse, H., Mvie, J., Hardt, M., Schubert, P., Wilke, T., Goessmann, A., Wilharm, G., Bender, J., others. (2018). Parendozoicomonas haliclonae gen. nov. sp. nov. isolated from a marine sponge of the genus Haliclona and description of the family Endozoicomonadaceae fam. nov. comprising the genera Endozoicomonas, Parendozoicomonas, and Kistimonas. Systematic and applied microbiology.Volume 41(2), 73--84 10.1016/j.syapm.2017.11.004.

Palmer, M., Steenkamp, E., Coetzee, M., Blom, J., Venter, S.. (2018). Genome-based characterization of biological processes that differentiate closely related bacteria. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 9, 113 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00113.

Karimi, E., Slaby, B., Soares, A., Blom, J., Hentschel, U., Costa, R.. (2018). Metagenomic binning reveals versatile nutrient cycling and distinct adaptive features in alphaproteobacterial symbionts of marine sponges. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.Volume 94(6), fiy074 10.1093/femsec/fiy074.

Wei, Y., Mao, H., Xu, Y., Zou, W., Fang, J., Blom, J.. (2018). Pseudomonas abyssi sp. nov., isolated from the abyssopelagic water of the Mariana Trench. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 68(8), 2462--2467 10.1099/ijsem.0.002785.

Kämpfer, P., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Wink, J., Kalinowski, J., Glaeser, S.. (2018). Streptomyces ciscaucasicus Sveshnikova et al. 1983 is a later subjective synonym of Streptomyces canus Heinemann et al. 1953. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 68(1), 42--46 10.1099/ijsem.0.002418.

Aliyu, H., Lebre, P., Blom, J., Cowan, D., De Maayer, P.. (2018). Corrigendum to" Phylogenomic re-assessment of the thermophilic genus Geobacillus"[Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (2016) 527-533].. Systematic and Applied Microbiology.Volume 41(5), 529--530 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.07.001.

Sangal, V., Goodfellow, M., Blom, J., Tan, G., Klenk, H., Sutcliffe, I.. (2018). Revisiting the taxonomic status of the biomedically and industrially important genus Amycolatopsis, using a phylogenomic approach. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 9, 2281 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02281.

Shibl, A., Ngugi, D., Talarmin, A., Thompson, L., Blom, J., Stingl, U.. (2018). The genome of a novel isolate of Prochlorococcus from the Red Sea contains transcribed genes for compatible solute biosynthesis. FEMS microbiology ecology.Volume 94(12), fiy182 10.1093/femsec/fiy182.

Fernandes, C., Blom, J., Pothier, J., Tavares, F.. (2018). High-quality draft genome sequence of Xanthomonas sp. strain CPBF 424, a Walnut-Pathogenic strain with atypical features. Microbiology Resource Announcements.Volume 7(15), e00921--18 10.1128/MRA.00921-18.

Rutz, D., Frasson, D., Sievers, M., Blom, J., Rezzonico, F., Pothier, J., Smits, T.. (2018). High-quality draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas wadenswilerensis CCOS 864T. Microbiology Resource Announcements.Volume 7(16), e01059--18 10.1128/MRA.01059-18.

Fernandes, C., Blom, J., Pothier, J., Tavares, F.. (2018). High-quality draft genome sequence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis CPBF 1521, isolated from leaves of a symptomatic walnut tree in Portugal without a past of phytosanitary treatment. Microbiology Resource Announcements.Volume 7(16), e00887--18 10.1128/MRA.00887-18.

Amiri Moghaddam, J., Crüsemann, M., Alanjary, M., Harms, H., Dávila-Céspedes, A., Blom, J., Poehlein, A., Ziemert, N., König, G., Schäberle, T.. (2018). Analysis of the genome and metabolome of marine myxobacteria reveals high potential for biosynthesis of novel specialized metabolites. Scientific reports.Volume 8(1), 1--14 10.1038/s41598-018-34954-y.

Beukes, C., Palmer, M., Manyaka, P., Chan, W., Avontuur, J., van Zyl, E., Huntemann, M., Clum, A., Pillay, M., Palaniappan, K., others. (2018). Genome Data Provides High Support for Generic Boundaries in Burkholderia Sensu Lato (vol 8, 1154, 2017). FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY.Volume 9. .. .

2017

Ngugi, D., Miyake, S., Cahill, M., Vinu, M., Hackmann, T., Blom, J., Tietbohl, M., Berumen, M., Stingl, U.. (2017). Genomic diversification of giant enteric symbionts reflects host dietary lifestyles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Volume 114(36), E7592--E7601 10.1073/pnas.1703070114.

Palmer, M., Steenkamp, E., Coetzee, M., Chan, W., Van Zyl, E., De Maayer, P., Coutinho, T., Blom, J., Smits, T., Duffy, B., others. (2017). Phylogenomic resolution of the bacterial genus Pantoea and its relationship with Erwinia and Tatumella. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 110(10), 1287--1309 10.1007/s10482-017-0852-4.

Duar, R., Frese, S., Lin, X., Fernando, S., Burkey, T., Tasseva, G., Peterson, D., Blom, J., Wenzel, C., Szymanski, C., others. (2017). Experimental evaluation of host adaptation of Lactobacillus reuteri to different vertebrate species. Applied and environmental microbiology.Volume 83(12), e00132--17 10.1128/AEM.00132-17.

Petkauskaite, R., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Kuisiene, N.. (2017). Draft genome sequence of pectic polysaccharide-degrading moderate thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus thermodenitrificans DSM 101594. brazilian journal of microbiology.Volume 48, 7--8 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.06.013.

Lopes, R., Cerdeira, L., Tavares, G., Ruiz, J., Blom, J., Horácio, E., Mantovani, H., Queiroz, M.. (2017). Genome analysis reveals insights of the endophytic Bacillus toyonensis BAC3151 as a potentially novel agent for biocontrol of plant pathogens. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.Volume 33(10), 1--15 10.1007/s11274-017-2347-x.

Celis, J., Edgell, D., Stelbrink, B., Wibberg, D., Hauffe, T., Blom, J., Kalinowski, J., Wilke, T.. (2017). Evolutionary and biogeographical implications of degraded LAGLIDADG endonuclease functionality and group I intron occurrence in stony corals (Scleractinia) and mushroom corals (Corallimorpharia). PLoS One.Volume 12(3), e0173734 10.1371/journal.pone.0173734.

Tomazetto, G., Hahnke, S., Langer, T., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Maus, I., Pühler, A., Klocke, M., Schlüter, A.. (2017). The completely annotated genome and comparative genomics of the Peptoniphilaceae bacterium str. ING2-D1G, a novel acidogenic bacterium isolated from a mesophilic biogas reactor. Journal of Biotechnology.Volume 257, 178--186 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.05.027.

Klughammer, J., Dittrich, M., Blom, J., Mitesser, V., Vogel, U., Frosch, M., Goesmann, A., Müller, T., Schoen, C.. (2017). Comparative genome sequencing reveals within-host genetic changes in Neisseria meningitidis during invasive disease. PloS one.Volume 12(1), e0169892 10.1371/journal.pone.0169892.

Eisenberg, T., Riße, K., Schauerte, N., Geiger, C., Blom, J., Scholz, H.. (2017). Isolation of a novel ‘atypical’Brucella strain from a bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 110(2), 221--234 10.1007/s10482-016-0792-4.

Wöchtl, B., Gunzer, F., Gerner, W., Gasse, H., Koch, M., Bagó, Z., Ganter, M., Weissenböck, H., Dinhopl, N., Coldewey, S., others. (2017). Comparison of clinical and immunological findings in gnotobiotic piglets infected with Escherichia coli O104: H4 outbreak strain and EHEC O157: H7. Gut Pathogens.Volume 9(1), 1--18 10.1186/s13099-017-0179-8.

Kämpfer, P., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Wink, J., Kalinowski, J., Glaeser, S.. (2017). Streptomyces phaeopurpureus Shinobu 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) and Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980) are heterotypic subjective synonyms. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 67(8), 3111--3116 10.1099/ijsem.0.002110.

Chen, S., Blom, J., Walker, E.. (2017). Genomic, physiologic, and symbiotic characterization of Serratia marcescens strains isolated from the mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 8, 1483 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01483.

Wibberg, D., Genzel, F., Verwaaijen, B., Blom, J., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A., Zrenner, R., Grosch, R., Pühler, A., Schlüter, A.. (2017). Draft genome sequence of the potato pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG3-PT isolate Ben3. Archives of microbiology.Volume 199(7), 1065--1068 10.1007/s00203-017-1394-x.

Makarewicz, O., Lucas, M., Brandt, C., Herrmann, L., Albersmeier, A., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., van der Linden, M., Kalinowski, J., others. (2017). Whole genome sequencing of 39 invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae sequence type 199 isolates revealed switches from serotype 19A to 15B. PLoS One.Volume 12(1), e0169370 10.1371/journal.pone.0169370.

De Maayer, P., Aliyu, H., Vikram, S., Blom, J., Duffy, B., Cowan, D., Smits, T., Venter, S., Coutinho, T.. (2017). Phylogenomic, pan-genomic, pathogenomic and evolutionary genomic insights into the agronomically relevant enterobacteria Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii. Frontiers in Microbiology. .

Gétaz, M., van der Wolf, J., Blom, J., Pothier, J.. (2017). Complete genome sequences of three isolates of Xanthomonas fragariae, the bacterium responsible for angular leaf spots on strawberry plants. Genome Announcements.Volume 5(32), e00642--17 10.1128/genomeA.00642-17.

Glaeser, S., Alabid, I., Guo, H., Kumar, N., Imani, J., Kämpfer, P., Hardt, M., Busche, T., Kalinowski, J., Blom, J., others. (2017). Detection and characterization of endobacteria in the fungal endophyte Piriformospora indica.. .

Stadermann, K., Blom, J., Borgmeier, C., Sciberras, N., Herbold, S., Kipker, M., Meurer, G., Molck, S., Petri, D., Pelzer, S., others. (2017). First complete genome sequence of Bacillus glycinifermentans B-27. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 257, 187--191 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.04.021.

Alexandraki, V., Kazou, M., Blom, J., Pot, B., Tsakalidou, E., Papadimitriou, K.. (2017). The complete genome sequence of the yogurt isolate Streptococcus thermophilus ACA-DC 2. Standards in Genomic Sciences.Volume 12(1), 1--10 10.1186/s40793-017-0227-5.

Chen, S., Blom, J., Loch, T., Faisal, M., Walker, E.. (2017). The emerging fish pathogen Flavobacterium spartansii isolated from chinook salmon: comparative genome analysis and molecular manipulation. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 8, 2339 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02339.

Fan, B., Blom, J., Klenk, H., Borriss, R.. (2017). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus velezensis, and Bacillus siamensis form an “operational group B. amyloliquefaciens” within the B. subtilis species complex. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 8, 22 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00022.

Schatschneider, S., Schneider, J., Blom, J., Létisse, F., Niehaus, K., Goesmann, A., Vorhölter, F.. (2017). Systems and synthetic biology perspective of the versatile plant-pathogenic and polysaccharide-producing bacterium Xanthomonas campestris. Microbiology.Volume 163(8), 1117--1144 10.1099/mic.0.000473.

Hersemann, L., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Widmer, F., Vorhölter, F., Kölliker, R.. (2017). Comparative genomics of host adaptive traits in Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis. BMC genomics.Volume 18(1), 1--18 10.1186/s12864-016-3422-7.

Jeong, D., Heo, S., Ryu, S., Blom, J., Lee, J.. (2017). Genomic insights into the virulence and salt tolerance of Staphylococcus equorum. Scientific reports.Volume 7(1), 1--11 10.1038/s41598-017-05918-5.

Yu, J., Blom, J., Sczyrba, A., Goesmann, A.. (2017). Rapid protein alignment in the cloud: HAMOND combines fast DIAMOND alignments with Hadoop parallelism. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 257, 58--60 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.02.020.

Langlois, P., Snelling, J., Hamilton, J., Bragard, C., Koebnik, R., Verdier, V., Triplett, L., Blom, J., Tisserat, N., Leach, J.. (2017). Characterization of the Xanthomonas translucens complex using draft genomes, comparative genomics, phylogenetic analysis, and diagnostic LAMP assays. Phytopathology.Volume 107(5), 519--527 10.1094/PHYTO-08-16-0286-R.

Yu, J., Blom, J., Glaeser, S., Jaenicke, S., Juhre, T., Rupp, O., Schwengers, O., Spänig, S., Goesmann, A.. (2017). A review of bioinformatics platforms for comparative genomics. Recent developments of the EDGAR 2.0 platform and its utility for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 261, 2--9 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.07.010.

Grosse-Kock, S., Kolodkina, V., Schwalbe, E., Blom, J., Burkovski, A., Hoskisson, P., Brisse, S., Smith, D., Sutcliffe, I., Titov, L., others. (2017). Genomic analysis of endemic clones of toxigenic and non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Belarus during and after the major epidemic in 1990s. BMC genomics.Volume 18(1), 1--10 10.1186/s12864-017-4276-3.

Jimenez-Infante, F., Ngugi, D., Vinu, M., Blom, J., Alam, I., Bajic, V., Stingl, U.. (2017). Genomic characterization of two novel SAR11 isolates from the Red Sea, including the first strain of the SAR11 Ib clade. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.Volume 93(7) 10.1093/femsec/fix083.

Ampattu, B., Hagmann, L., Liang, C., Dittrich, M., Schlüter, A., Blom, J., Krol, E., Goesmann, A., Becker, A., Dandekar, T., others. (2017). Transcriptomic buffering of cryptic genetic variation contributes to meningococcal virulence. BMC genomics.Volume 18(1), 1--36 10.1186/s12864-017-3616-7.

Entfellner, E., Frei, M., Christiansen, G., Deng, L., Blom, J., Kurmayer, R.. (2017). Evolution of anabaenopeptin peptide structural variability in the cyanobacterium Planktothrix. Frontiers in microbiology.Volume 8, 219 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00219.

Ruinelli, M., Blom, J., Pothier, J.. (2017). Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas viridiflava CFBP 1590, isolated from diseased cherry in France. Genome Announcements.Volume 5(30), e00662--17 10.1128/genomeA.00662-17.

2016

Jimenez-Infante, F., Ngugi, D., Vinu, M., Alam, I., Kamau, A., Blom, J., Bajic, V., Stingl, U.. (2016). Comprehensive genomic analyses of the OM43 clade, including a novel species from the Red Sea, indicate ecotype differentiation among marine methylotrophs. Applied and environmental microbiology.Volume 82(4), 1215--1226 10.1128/AEM.02852-15.

Aliyu, H., Lebre, P., Blom, J., Cowan, D., De Maayer, P.. (2016). Phylogenomic re-assessment of the thermophilic genus Geobacillus. Systematic and applied microbiology.Volume 39(8), 527--533. .. .

Anton, B., Harhay, G., Smith, T., Blom, J., Roberts, R.. (2016). Comparative methylome analysis of the occasional ruminant respiratory pathogen Bibersteinia trehalosi. PloS one.Volume 11(8), e0161499 10.1371/journal.pone.0161499.

Pathak, A., Chauhan, A., Blom, J., Indest, K., Jung, C., Stothard, P., Bera, G., Green, S., Ogram, A.. (2016). Comparative genomics and metabolic analysis reveals peculiar characteristics of Rhodococcus opacus strain M213 particularly for naphthalene degradation. PloS one.Volume 11(8), e0161032 10.1371/journal.pone.0161032.

Nguyen, T., Wibberg, D., Battenberg, K., Blom, J., Vanden Heuvel, B., Berry, A., Kalinowski, J., Pawlowski, K.. (2016). An assemblage of Frankia Cluster II strains from California contains the canonical nod genes and also the sulfotransferase gene nodH. BMC genomics.Volume 17(1), 1--17 10.1186/s12864-016-3140-1.

Dickey, A., Loy, J., Bono, J., Smith, T., Apley, M., Lubbers, B., DeDonder, K., Capik, S., Larson, R., White, B., others. (2016). Large genomic differences between Moraxella bovoculi isolates acquired from the eyes of cattle with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis versus the deep nasopharynx of asymptomatic cattle. Veterinary research.Volume 47(1), 1--11 10.1186/s13567-016-0316-2.

Ngugi, D., Blom, J., Stepanauskas, R., Stingl, U.. (2016). Diversification and niche adaptations of Nitrospina-like bacteria in the polyextreme interfaces of Red Sea brines. The ISME journal.Volume 10(6), 1383--1399 10.1038/ismej.2015.214.

Scholz, H., Revilla-Fernández, S., Al Dahouk, S., Hammerl, J., Zygmunt, M., Cloeckaert, A., Koylass, M., Whatmore, A., Blom, J., Vergnaud, G., others. (2016). Brucella vulpis sp. nov., isolated from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 66(5), 2090--2098 10.1099/ijsem.0.000998.

Sun, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, S., Li, X., Gao, H., Zhang, C., Abdel-Shafy, H., Mansour, M., Kuppusamy, S., Thavamani, P., others. (2016). Purification and properties of NADH-ferredoxinNAP reductase, a component of naphthalene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816.. Biotechnology.Volume 16(4-6), 107--123 10.1128/jb.172.1.457-464.1990.

Scholz, H., Mühldorfer, K., Shilton, C., Benedict, S., Whatmore, A., Blom, J., Eisenberg, T.. (2016). The change of a medically important genus: worldwide occurrence of genetically diverse novel Brucella species in exotic frogs. PLoS One.Volume 11(12), e0168872 10.1371/journal.pone.0168872.

Ghatak, S., Blom, J., Das, S., Sanjukta, R., Puro, K., Mawlong, M., Shakuntala, I., Sen, A., Goesmann, A., Kumar, A., others. (2016). Pan-genome analysis of Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas veronii and Aeromonas caviae indicates phylogenomic diversity and greater pathogenic potential for Aeromonas hydrophila. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.Volume 109(7), 945--956 10.1007/s10482-016-0693-6.

Gonzalez-Perez, M., Murcia, M., Parra-Lopez, C., Blom, J., Tauch, A.. (2016). Deciphering the virulence factors of the opportunistic pathogen Mycobacterium colombiense. New Microbes and New Infections.Volume 14, 98--105 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.09.007.

Papadimitriou, K., Baharidis, P., Georgoulis, A., Engel, M., Louka, M., Karamolegkou, G., Tsoka, A., Blom, J., Pot, B., Malecki, P., others. (2016). Analysis of the complete genome sequence of the archaeon Pyrococcus chitonophagus DSM 10152 (formerly Thermococcus chitonophagus). Extremophiles.Volume 20(3), 351--361 10.1007/s00792-016-0826-x.

Maus, I., Cibis, K., Bremges, A., Stolze, Y., Wibberg, D., Tomazetto, G., Blom, J., Sczyrba, A., König, H., Pühler, A., others. (2016). Genomic characterization of Defluviitoga tunisiensis L3, a key hydrolytic bacterium in a thermophilic biogas plant and its abundance as determined by metagenome fragment recruitment. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 232, 50--60 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.05.001.

Hofer, E., Hammerl, J., Zygmunt, M., Cloeckaert, A., Koylass, M., Whatmore, A., Blom, J., Revilla-Fernández, S., Witte, A., Scholz, H., others. (2016). Brucella vulpis sp. nov., a novel Brucella species isolated from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Austria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 66(5), 2090--2098. .. .

Blom, J., Kreis, J., Spänig, S., Juhre, T., Bertelli, C., Ernst, C., Goesmann, A.. (2016). EDGAR 2.0: an enhanced software platform for comparative gene content analyses. Nucleic acids research.Volume 44(W1), W22--W28 10.1093/nar/gkw255.

Azarbaijani, R., Yeganeh, L., Blom, J., Younesi, H., Fazeli, S., Tabatabaei, M., Salekdeh, G.. (2016). Comparative genome analysis of Oceanimonas sp. GK1, a halotolerant bacterium with considerable xenobiotics degradation potentials. Annals of Microbiology.Volume 66(2), 703--716. .. .

Fernández-Natal, I., Saez-Nieto, J., Rodríguez-Lázaro, D., Valdezate-Ramos, S., Parras-Padilla, T., Medina, M., Rodríguez-Pollán, R., Blom, J., Tauch, A., Soriano, F.. (2016). Phenotypic, molecular characterization, antimicrobial susceptibility and draft genome sequence of Corynebacterium argentoratense strains isolated from clinical samples. New Microbes and New Infections.Volume 10, 116--121 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.01.007.

Hersemann, L., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Widmer, F., Kölliker, R.. (2016). Draft genome sequence of the Xanthomonas bromi type strain LMG 947. Genome announcements.Volume 4(5), e00961--16 10.1128/genomeA.00961-16.

Kupferschmied, P., Chai, T., Flury, P., Blom, J., Smits, T., Maurhofer, M., Keel, C.. (2016). Specific surface glycan decorations enable antimicrobial peptide resistance in plant-beneficial pseudomonads with insect-pathogenic properties. Environmental microbiology.Volume 18(11), 4265--4281 10.1111/1462-2920.13571.

Glaeser, S., Imani, J., Alabid, I., Guo, H., Kumar, N., Kämpfer, P., Hardt, M., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Rothballer, M., others. (2016). Non-pathogenic Rhizobium radiobacter F4 deploys plant beneficial activity independent of its host Piriformospora indica. The ISME journal.Volume 10(4), 871--884 10.1038/ismej.2015.163.

Wibberg, D., Andersson, L., Tzelepis, G., Rupp, O., Blom, J., Jelonek, L., Pühler, A., Fogelqvist, J., Varrelmann, M., Schlüter, A., others. (2016). Genome analysis of the sugar beet pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG2-2IIIB revealed high numbers in secreted proteins and cell wall degrading enzymes. BMC genomics.Volume 17(1), 1--12 10.1186/s12864-016-2561-1.

Sangal, V., Goodfellow, M., Jones, A., Schwalbe, E., Blom, J., Hoskisson, P., Sutcliffe, I.. (2016). Next-generation systematics: an innovative approach to resolve the structure of complex prokaryotic taxa. Scientific reports.Volume 6(1), 1--12 10.1038/srep38392.

Blifernez-Klassen, O., Wibberg, D., Winkler, A., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Kalinowski, J., Kruse, O.. (2016). Complete chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences of the hydrocarbon oil-producing green microalga Botryococcus braunii Race B (Showa). Genome Announcements.Volume 4(3), e00524--16 10.1128/genomeA.00524-16.

Rezzonico, F., Smits, T., Born, Y., Blom, J., Frey, J., Goesmann, A., Cleenwerck, I., De Vos, P., Bonaterra, A., Duffy, B., others. (2016). Erwinia gerundensis sp. nov., a cosmopolitan epiphyte originally isolated from pome fruit trees. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 66(3), 1583--1592 10.1099/ijsem.0.000920.

Flury, P., Aellen, N., Ruffner, B., Péchy-Tarr, M., Fataar, S., Metla, Z., Dominguez-Ferreras, A., Bloemberg, G., Frey, J., Goesmann, A., others. (2016). Insect pathogenicity in plant-beneficial pseudomonads: phylogenetic distribution and comparative genomics. The ISME journal.Volume 10(10), 2527--2542 10.1038/ismej.2016.5.

Jaenicke, S., Bunk, B., Wibberg, D., Spröer, C., Hersemann, L., Blom, J., Winkler, A., Schatschneider, S., Albaum, S., Kölliker, R., others. (2016). Complete genome sequence of the barley pathogen Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens DSM 18974T (ATCC 19319T). Genome Announcements.Volume 4(6), e01334--16 10.1128/genomeA.01334-16.

2015

Zischka, M., Künne, C., Blom, J., Wobser, D., Sakınç, T., Schmidt-Hohagen, K., Dabrowski, P., Nitsche, A., Hübner, J., Hain, T., others. (2015). Comprehensive molecular, genomic and phenotypic analysis of a major clone of Enterococcus faecalis MLST ST40. BMC genomics.Volume 16(1), 1--20 10.1186/s12864-015-1367-x.

Doijad, S., Weigel, M., Barbuddhe, S., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Hain, T., Chakraborty, T.. (2015). Phylogenomic grouping of Listeria monocytogenes. Canadian journal of microbiology.Volume 61(9), 637--646 10.1139/cjm-2015-0281.

Kamanda Ngugi, D., Blom, J., Alam, I., Rashid, M., Ba-Alawi, W., Zhang, G., Hikmawan, T., Guan, Y., Antunes, A., Siam, R., others. (2015). Comparative genomics reveals adaptations of a halotolerant thaumarchaeon in the interfaces of brine pools in the Red Sea. The ISME journal.Volume 9(2), 396--411 10.1038/ismej.2014.137.

De Maayer, P., Chan, W., Martin, D., Blom, J., Venter, S., Duffy, B., Cowan, D., Smits, T., Coutinho, T.. (2015). Integrative conjugative elements of the ICE Pan family play a potential role in Pantoea ananatis ecological diversification and antibiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology.Volume 6, 576. .. .

Maus, I., Wibberg, D., Stantscheff, R., Stolze, Y., Blom, J., Eikmeyer, F., Fracowiak, J., König, H., Pühler, A., Schlüter, A.. (2015). Insights into the annotated genome sequence of Methanoculleus bourgensis MS2T, related to dominant methanogens in biogas-producing plants. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 201, 43--53 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.11.020.

Smits, T., Pothier, J., Ruinelli, M., Blom, J., Frasson, D., Koechli, C., Fabbri, C., Brandl, H., Duffy, B., Sievers, M.. (2015). Complete genome sequence of the cyanogenic phosphate-solubilizing Pseudomonas sp. strain CCOS 191, a close relative of Pseudomonas mosselii. Genome Announcements.Volume 3(3), e00616--15 10.1128/genomeA.00616-15.

Heggelund, L., Gaustad, P., Håvelsrud, O., Blom, J., Borgen, L., Sundset, A., Sørum, H., Frøland, S.. (2015). Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis pneumonia in a veterinary student infected during laboratory work. Volume 2(2), ofv053 10.1093/ofid/ofv053.

Wibberg, D., Rupp, O., Jelonek, L., Kröber, M., Verwaaijen, B., Blom, J., Winkler, A., Goesmann, A., Grosch, R., Pühler, A., others. (2015). Improved genome sequence of the phytopathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IB 7/3/14 as established by deep mate-pair sequencing on the MiSeq (Illumina) system. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 203, 19--21 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.03.005.

Wibberg, D., Rupp, O., Blom, J., Jelonek, L., Kröber, M., Verwaaijen, B., Goesmann, A., Albaum, S., Grosch, R., Pühler, A., others. (2015). Development of a Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IB specific gene model enables comparative genome analyses between phytopathogenic R. solani AG1-IA, AG1-IB, AG3 and AG8 isolates. PloS one.Volume 10(12), e0144769 10.1371/journal.pone.0144769.

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Leptotrichiaceae. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Li, X., Blom, J., Zeng, Y.. (2015). Whole genome sequences of a free-living Pseudomonas sp. strain ML96 isolated from a freshwater Maar Lake. Marine genomics.Volume 24, 219--221 10.1016/j.margen.2015.05.016.

Arnold, M., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Schatschneider, S., Winkler, A., Kutter, Y., Rückert, C., Albersmeier, A., Albaum, S., Goesmann, A., others. (2015). Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain WS136, a highly cytotoxic ExoS-positive wound isolate recovered from pyoderma gangrenosum. Genome announcements.Volume 3(4), e00680--15 10.1128/genomeA.00680-15.

Burgsdorf, I., Slaby, B., Handley, K., Haber, M., Blom, J., Marshall, C., Gilbert, J., Hentschel, U., Steindler, L.. (2015). Lifestyle evolution in cyanobacterial symbionts of sponges. MBio.Volume 6(3), e00391--15 10.1128/mBio.00391-15.

Guimarães, L., Soares, S., Trost, E., Blom, J., Ramos, R., Silva, A., Barh, D., Azevedo, V.. (2015). Genome informatics and vaccine targets in Corynebacterium urealyticum using two whole genomes, comparative genomics, and reverse vaccinology. BMC genomics.Volume 16(5), 1--9 10.1186/1471-2164-16-S5-S7.

Kweon, O., Kim, S., Blom, J., Kim, S., Kim, B., Baek, D., Park, S., Sutherland, J., Cerniglia, C.. (2015). Comparative functional pan-genome analyses to build connections between genomic dynamics and phenotypic evolution in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in the genus Mycobacterium. BMC evolutionary biology.Volume 15(1), 1--23 10.1186/s12862-015-0302-8.

Morley, L., McNally, A., Paszkiewicz, K., Corander, J., Méric, G., Sheppard, S., Blom, J., Manning, G.. (2015). Gene loss and lineage-specific restriction-modification systems associated with niche differentiation in the Campylobacter jejuni sequence type 403 clonal complex. Applied and environmental microbiology.Volume 81(11), 3641--3647 10.1128/AEM.00546-15.

Vorhölter, F., Tielen, P., Wibberg, D., Narten, M., Schobert, M., Tüpker, R., Blom, J., Schatschneider, S., Winkler, A., Albersmeier, A., others. (2015). Genome sequence of the urethral catheter isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa MH19. Genome Announcements.Volume 3(2), e00115--15 10.1128/genomeA.00115-15.

Sangal, V., Blom, J., Sutcliffe, I., von Hunolstein, C., Burkovski, A., Hoskisson, P.. (2015). Adherence and invasive properties of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains correlates with the predicted membrane-associated and secreted proteome. BMC genomics.Volume 16(1), 1--15 10.1186/s12864-015-1980-8.

Huja, S., Oren, Y., Trost, E., Brzuszkiewicz, E., Biran, D., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Gottschalk, G., Hacker, J., Ron, E., others. (2015). Genomic avenue to avian colisepticemia. MBio.Volume 6(1), e01681--14 10.1128/mBio.01681-14.

Zschüttig, A., Auerbach, C., Meltke, S., Eichhorn, C., Brandt, M., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Jarek, M., Scharfe, M., Zimmermann, K., others. (2015). Complete sequence of probiotic symbioflor 2 Escherichia coli strain G3/10 and draft sequences of symbioflor 2 E. coli strains G1/2, G4/9, G5, G6/7, and G8. Genome Announcements.Volume 3(2), e01330--14 10.1128/genomeA.01330-14.

Wibberg, D., Tielen, P., Narten, M., Schobert, M., Blom, J., Schatschneider, S., Meyer, A., Neubauer, R., Albersmeier, A., Albaum, S., others. (2015). Genome sequence of the urethral isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa RN21. Genome Announcements.Volume 3(4), e00788--15 10.1128/genomeA.00788-15.

Humphreys, C., McLean, S., Schatschneider, S., Millat, T., Henstra, A., Annan, F., Breitkopf, R., Pander, B., Piatek, P., Rowe, P., others. (2015). Whole genome sequence and manual annotation of Clostridium autoethanogenum, an industrially relevant bacterium. BMC genomics.Volume 16(1), 1--10 10.1186/s12864-015-2287-5.

Smits, T., Rezzonico, F., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Abelli, A., Kron Morelli, R., Vanneste, J., Duffy, B.. (2015). Draft genome sequence of the commercial biocontrol strain Pantoea agglomerans P10c. Genome announcements.Volume 3(6), e01448--15 10.1128/genomeA.01448-15.

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Sebaldella. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Rau, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Streptobacillus. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Leptotrichia. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Caviibacter. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Oceanivirga. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Blom, J., Glaeser, S., Juhre, T., Kreis, J., Hanel, P., Schrader, J., Kämpfer, P., Goesmann, A.. (2015). EDGAR: a versatile tool for phylogenomics. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

Eisenberg, T., Glaeser, S., Blom, J., Kämpfer, P.. (2015). Sneathia. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. .

2014

Ismail, E., Blom, J., Bultreys, A., Ivanović, M., Obradović, A., van Doorn, J., Bergsma-Vlami, M., Maes, M., Willems, A., Duffy, B., others. (2014). A novel plasmid pEA68 of Erwinia amylovora and the description of a new family of plasmids. Archives of microbiology.Volume 196(12), 891--899 10.1007/s00203-014-1028-5.

Sangal, V., Burkovski, A., Hunt, A., Edwards, B., Blom, J., Hoskisson, P.. (2014). A lack of genetic basis for biovar differentiation in clinically important Corynebacterium diphtheriae from whole genome sequencing. Infection, Genetics and Evolution.Volume 21, 54--57 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.019.

Smits, T., Guerrero-Prieto, V., Hernández-Escarcega, G., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Rezzonico, F., Duffy, B., Stockwell, V.. (2014). Whole-genome sequencing of Erwinia amylovora strains from Mexico detects SNPs in rpsL conferring streptomycin resistance and in the avrRpt2 effector altering host interactions. Genome Announcements.Volume 2(1). .. .

Anastasiou, R., Mavrogonatou, E., Blom, J., Papandreou, N., Hamodrakas, S., Ferreira, S., Renault, P., Supply, P., Pot, B., Tsakalidou, E.. (2014). Comparative genomics of the dairy isolate Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198 against related members of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex. BMC Genomics (15),.(2014). .

Tielen, P., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Rosin, N., Meyer, A., Bunk, B., Schobert, M., Tüpker, R., Schatschneider, S., Rückert, C., others. (2014). Genome sequence of the small-colony variant Pseudomonas aeruginosa MH27, isolated from a chronic urethral catheter infection. Genome announcements.Volume 2(1), e01174--13 10.1128/genomeA.01174-13.

Vorhölter, F., Arnold, M., Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Winkler, A., Viehoever, P., Albersmeier, A., Goesmann, A., Zange, S., Heesemann, J., others. (2014). Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain WS394, a multidrug-resistant and highly cytotoxic wound isolate from chronic ulcus cruris. Genome announcements.Volume 2(6), e01325--14 10.1128/genomeA.01325-14.

Papadimitriou, K., Anastasiou, R., Mavrogonatou, E., Blom, J., Papandreou, N., Hamodrakas, S., Ferreira, S., Renault, P., Supply, P., Pot, B., others. (2014). Comparative genomics of the dairy isolate Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198 against related members of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex. BMC genomics.Volume 15(1), 1--21 10.1186/1471-2164-15-272.

Guan, Y., Ngugi, D., Blom, J., Ali, S., Ferry, J., Stingl, U.. (2014). Draft genome sequence of an obligately methylotrophic methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens, isolated from marine sediment. Genome announcements.Volume 2(6), e01184--14 10.1128/genomeA.01184-14.

Wibberg, D., Tielen, P., Blom, J., Rosin, N., Schobert, M., Tüpker, R., Schatschneider, S., Spilker, D., Albersmeier, A., Goesmann, A., others. (2014). Genome sequence of the acute urethral catheter isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa MH38. Genome announcements.Volume 2(2), e00161--14 10.1128/genomeA.00161-14.

2013

Smits, T., Rezzonico, F., López, M., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Frey, J., Duffy, B.. (2013). Phylogenetic position and virulence apparatus of the pear flower necrosis pathogen Erwinia piriflorinigrans CFBP 5888T as assessed by comparative genomics. Systematic and applied microbiology.Volume 36(7), 449--456 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.04.003.

Ruijter, J., Pfaffl, M., Zhao, S., Spiess, A., Boggy, G., Blom, J., Rutledge, R., Sisti, D., Lievens, A., De Preter, K., others. (2013). Evaluation of qPCR curve analysis methods for reliable biomarker discovery: bias, resolution, precision, and implications. Methods.Volume 59(1), 32--46 10.1016/j.ymeth.2012.08.011.

Wichmann, F., Vorhölter, F., Hersemann, L., Widmer, F., Blom, J., Niehaus, K., Reinhard, S., Conradin, C., Kölliker, R.. (2013). The noncanonical type III secretion system of X anthomonas translucens pv. graminis is essential for forage grass infection. Molecular plant pathology.Volume 14(6), 576--588. .. .

Soares, S., Silva, A., Trost, E., Blom, J., Ramos, R., Carneiro, A., Ali, A., Santos, A., Pinto, A., Diniz, C., others. (2013). The pan-genome of the animal pathogen Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis reveals differences in genome plasticity between the biovar ovis and equi strains. PLoS One.Volume 8(1), e53818 10.1371/journal.pone.0053818.

Barbé, S., Llop, P., Blom, J., Cabrefiga, J., Goesmann, A., Duffy, B., Montesinos, E., Smits, T., López, M.. (2013). Complete sequence of E rwinia piriflorinigrans plasmids p EPIR 37 and p EPIR 5 and role of p EPIR 37 in pathogen virulence. Plant pathology.Volume 62(4), 786--798. .. .

Pereira, U., Soares, S., Blom, J., Leal, C., Ramos, R., Guimaraes, L., Oliveira, L., Almeida, S., Hassan, S., Santos, A., others. (2013). In silico prediction of conserved vaccine targets in Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from fish, cattle, and human samples. Genet Mol Res.Volume 12(3), 2902--2912 10.4238/2013.August.12.6.

Dam, B., Dam, S., Blom, J., Liesack, W.. (2013). Genome analysis coupled with physiological studies reveals a diverse nitrogen metabolism in Methylocystis sp. strain SC2. PloS one.Volume 8(10), e74767 10.1371/journal.pone.0074767.

Mann, R., Smits, T., Bühlmann, A., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Frey, J., Plummer, K., Beer, S., Luck, J., Duffy, B., others. (2013). Comparative genomics of 12 strains of Erwinia amylovora identifies a pan-genome with a large conserved core. PloS one.Volume 8(2), e55644 10.1371/journal.pone.0055644.

Wu, H., Qiao, J., Blom, J., Rueckert, C., Reva, O., Gao, X., Borriss, R.. (2013). The rhizobacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum NAU-B3 contains a large inversion within the central portion of the genome. Genome announcements.Volume 1(6), e00941--13 10.1128/genomeA.00941-13.

Vassen, V., Eichhorn, C., Goesmann, A., Blom, J., Strauch, E., Gunzer, F.. (2013). Characterization and curing of plasmid pVN0028 from the Vibrio parahaemolyticus patient isolate VN-0028. Volume 303, 110--110. .. .

Guimarães, L., Soares, S., Albersmeier, A., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., Azevedo, V., Soriano, F., Tauch, A., Trost, E.. (2013). Complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium urealyticum strain DSM 7111, isolated from a 9-year-old patient with alkaline-encrusted cystitis. Genome announcements.Volume 1(3), e00264--13 10.1128/genomeA.00264-13.

Koeck, D., Wibberg, D., Koellmeier, T., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., Winkler, A., Albersmeier, A., Zverlov, V., Pühler, A., Schwarz, W., others. (2013). Draft genome sequence of the cellulolytic Clostridium thermocellum wild-type strain BC1 playing a role in cellulosic biomass degradation. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 168(1), 62--63 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.08.011.

Eichhorn, C., Claudia, Z., Auerbach, C., Goesmann, A., Blom, J., Alter, T., Huehn, S., Strauch, E., Gunzer, F.. (2013). Genome sequencing, annotation and gap closure of four V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated in Germany. Volume 303, 112--112. .. .

He, P., Hao, K., Blom, J., Rückert, C., Vater, J., Mao, Z., Wu, Y., Hou, M., He, P., He, Y., others. (2013). Genome sequence of the plant growth promoting strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum B9601-Y2 and expression of mersacidin and other secondary metabolites. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 164(2), 281--291 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.12.014.

Niu, B., Vater, J., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Lehmann, M., Ru, J., Chen, X., Wang, Q., Borriss, R.. (2013). Polymyxin P is the active principle in suppressing phytopathogenic Erwinia spp. by the biocontrol rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa M-1. BMC microbiology.Volume 13(1), 1--13 10.1186/1471-2180-13-137.

Roetzer, A., Diel, R., Kohl, T., Rückert, C., Nübel, U., Blom, J., Wirth, T., Jaenicke, S., Schuback, S., Rüsch-Gerdes, S., others. (2013). Whole genome sequencing versus traditional genotyping for investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak: a longitudinal molecular epidemiological study. PLoS medicine.Volume 10(2), e1001387 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001387.

Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Rückert, C., Winkler, A., Albersmeier, A., Pühler, A., Schlüter, A., Scharf, B.. (2013). Draft genome sequence of Sinorhizobium meliloti RU11/001, a model organism for flagellum structure, motility and chemotaxis. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 168(4), 731--733 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.10.015.

Luque-Almagro, V., Acera, F., Igeño, M., Wibberg, D., Roldán, M., Sáez, L., Hennig, M., Quesada, A., Huertas, M., Blom, J., others. (2013). Draft whole genome sequence of the cyanide-degrading bacterium P seudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT 5344. Environmental microbiology.Volume 15(1), 253--270. .. .

2012

Blom, J., Rueckert, C., Niu, B., Wang, Q., Borriss, R.. (2012). The complete genome of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum CAU B946 contains a gene cluster for nonribosomal synthesis of iturin A.. .

Jankowitsch, F., Schwarz, J., Rückert, C., Gust, B., Szczepanowski, R., Blom, J., Pelzer, S., Kalinowski, J., Mack, M.. (2012). Genome sequence of the bacterium Streptomyces davawensis JCM 4913 and heterologous production of the unique antibiotic roseoflavin. Journal of bacteriology.Volume 194(24), 6818--6827 10.1128/JB.01592-12.

Strobel, T., Al-Dilaimi, A., Blom, J., Gessner, A., Kalinowski, J., Luzhetska, M., Pühler, A., Szczepanowski, R., Bechthold, A., Rückert, C.. (2012). Complete genome sequence of Saccharothrix espanaensis DSM 44229T and comparison to the other completely sequenced Pseudonocardiaceae. BMC genomics.Volume 13(1), 1--13 10.1186/1471-2164-13-465.

Hao, K., He, P., Blom, J., Rueckert, C., Mao, Z., Wu, Y., He, Y., Borriss, R.. (2012). The genome of plant growth-promoting Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum strain YAU B9601-Y2 contains a gene cluster for mersacidin synthesis.. .

Zischka, M., Kuenne, C., Blom, J., Dabrowski, P., Linke, B., Hain, T., Nitsche, A., Goesmann, A., Larsen, J., Jensen, L., others. (2012). Complete genome sequence of the porcine isolate Enterococcus faecalis D32.. .

Schneider, J., Andrea, H., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., Rückert, C., Schorsch, C., Szczepanowski, R., Farwick, M., Goesmann, A., Pühler, A., others. (2012). Draft genome sequence of Wickerhamomyces ciferrii NRRL Y-1031 F-60-10.. .

Maus, I., Wibberg, D., Stantscheff, R., Eikmeyer, F., Seffner, A., Boelter, J., Szczepanowski, R., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., König, H., others. (2012). Complete genome sequence of the hydrogenotrophic, methanogenic archaeon Methanoculleus bourgensis strain MS2T, isolated from a sewage sludge digester.. .

Trost, E., Blom, J., de Castro Soares, S., Huang, I., Al-Dilaimi, A., Schröder, J., Jaenicke, S., Dorella, F., Rocha, F., Miyoshi, A., others. (2012). Pangenomic study of Corynebacterium diphtheriae that provides insights into the genomic diversity of pathogenic isolates from cases of classical diphtheria, endocarditis, and pneumonia. Journal of bacteriology.Volume 194(12), 3199--3215 10.1128/JB.00183-12.

Brankatschk, K., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Smits, T., Duffy, B.. (2012). Comparative genomic analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Weltevreden foodborne strains with other serovars. International journal of food microbiology.Volume 155(3), 247--256 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.01.024.

Schröder, J., Maus, I., Meyer, K., Wördemann, S., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., Schneider, J., Trost, E., Tauch, A.. (2012). Complete genome sequence, lifestyle, and multi-drug resistance of the human pathogen Corynebacterium resistens DSM 45100 isolated from blood samples of a leukemia patient. BMC genomics.Volume 13(1), 1--19 10.1186/1471-2164-13-141.

Mann, R., Blom, J., Bühlmann, A., Plummer, K., Beer, S., Luck, J., Goesmann, A., Frey, J., Rodoni, B., Duffy, B., others. (2012). Comparative analysis of the Hrp pathogenicity island of Rubus-and Spiraeoideae-infecting Erwinia amylovora strains identifies the IT region as a remnant of an integrative conjugative element. Gene.Volume 504(1), 6--12 10.1016/j.gene.2012.05.002.

Schork, S., Schlüter, A., Blom, J., Schneiker-Bekel, S., Pühler, A., Goesmann, A., Frosch, M., Schoen, C.. (2012). Genome sequence of a Neisseria meningitidis capsule null locus strain from the clonal complex of sequence type 198.. .

Filippini, M., Qi, W., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Smits, T., Bagheri, H.. (2012). Genome sequence of Fibrella aestuarina BUZ 2T, a filamentous marine bacterium.. .

Zschüttig, A., Zimmermann, K., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Pöhlmann, C., Gunzer, F.. (2012). Identification and characterization of microcin S, a new antibacterial peptide produced by probiotic Escherichia coli G3/10. PloS one.Volume 7(3), e33351 10.1371/journal.pone.0033351.

Heinl, S., Wibberg, D., Eikmeyer, F., Szczepanowski, R., Blom, J., Linke, B., Goesmann, A., Grabherr, R., Schwab, H., Pühler, A., others. (2012). Insights into the completely annotated genome of Lactobacillus buchneri CD034, a strain isolated from stable grass silage. Journal of Biotechnology.Volume 161(2), 153--166 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.007.

De Maayer, P., Chan, W., Rezzonico, F., Bühlmann, A., Venter, S., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Frey, J., Smits, T., Duffy, B., others. (2012). Complete genome sequence of clinical isolate Pantoea ananatis LMG 5342.. .

Parreira, V., Costa, M., Eikmeyer, F., Blom, J., Prescott, J.. (2012). Sequence of two plasmids from Clostridium perfringens chicken necrotic enteritis isolates and comparison with C. perfringens conjugative plasmids. PLoS One.Volume 7(11), e49753 10.1371/journal.pone.0049753.

De Maayer, P., Chan, W., Blom, J., Venter, S., Duffy, B., Smits, T., Coutinho, T.. (2012). The large universal Pantoea plasmid LPP-1 plays a major role in biological and ecological diversification. Bmc Genomics.Volume 13(1), 1--12 10.1186/1471-2164-13-625.

2011

Zschuettig, A., Eichhorn, C., Meltke, S., Zimmermann, K., Wassenaar, T., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Jarek, M., Scharfe, M., Gunzer, F.. (2011). Genome analysis of probiotic Symbioflor 2 Escherichia coli DSM17252. Volume 301, 103--103. .. .

Brankatschk, K., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Smits, T., Duffy, B.. (2011). Genome of a European fresh-vegetable food safety outbreak strain of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Weltevreden.. .

Smits, T., Rezzonico, F., Kamber, T., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Ishimaru, C., Frey, J., Stockwell, V., Duffy, B.. (2011). Metabolic versatility and antibacterial metabolite biosynthesis are distinguishing genomic features of the fire blight antagonist Pantoea vagans C9-1. PloS one.Volume 6(7), e22247 10.1371/journal.pone.0022247.

Schoen, C., Weber-Lehmann, J., Blom, J., Joseph, B., Goesmann, A., Strittmatter, A., Frosch, M.. (2011). Whole-genome sequence of the transformable Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A strain WUE2594.. .

Borriss, R., Chen, X., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Becker, A., Baumgarth, B., Fan, B., Pukall, R., Schumann, P., Spröer, C., others. (2011). Relationship of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens clades associated with strains DSM 7T and FZB42T: a proposal for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. amyloliquefaciens subsp. nov. and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum subsp. nov. based on complete genome sequence comparisons. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.Volume 61(8), 1786--1801 10.1099/ijs.0.023267-0.

Hackl, M., Jakobi, T., Blom, J., Doppmeier, D., Brinkrolf, K., Szczepanowski, R., Bernhart, S., Zu Siederdissen, C., Bort, J., Wieser, M., others. (2011). Next-generation sequencing of the Chinese hamster ovary microRNA transcriptome: Identification, annotation and profiling of microRNAs as targets for cellular engineering. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 153(1-2), 62--75 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.02.011.

Borriss, R., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Bezuidt, O., Reva, O., Klenk, H.. (2011). Whole genome sequence comparisons in taxonomy. Volume 38, 409--436. .. .

Pothier, J., Vorhölter, F., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Pühler, A., Smits, T., Duffy, B.. (2011). The ubiquitous plasmid pXap41 in the invasive phytopathogen Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni: complete sequence and comparative genomic analysis. FEMS Microbiology Letters.Volume 323(1), 52--60 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02352.x.

Llop, P., Cabrefiga, J., Smits, T., Dreo, T., Barbe, S., Pulawska, J., Bultreys, A., Blom, J., Duffy, B., Montesinos, E., others. (2011). Erwinia amylovora novel plasmid pEI70: complete sequence, biogeography, and role in aggressiveness in the fire blight phytopathogen. PLoS One.Volume 6(12), e28651 10.1371/journal.pone.0028651.

Szczepanowski, R., Eikmeyer, F., Harfmann, J., Blom, J., Rogers, L., Top, E., Schlüter, A.. (2011). Sequencing and comparative analysis of IncP-1$\alpha$ antibiotic resistance plasmids reveal a highly conserved backbone and differences within accessory regions. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 95--103. .. .

Imperi, F., Antunes, L., Blom, J., Villa, L., Iacono, M., Visca, P., Carattoli, A.. (2011). The genomics of Acinetobacter baumannii: insights into genome plasticity, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity. IUBMB life.Volume 63(12), 1068--1074 10.1002/iub.531.

Schneider, J., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., Linke, B., Brinkrolf, K., Neuweger, H., Tauch, A., Goesmann, A.. (2011). RAPYD—rapid annotation platform for yeast data. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 118--126 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.10.076.

Wibberg, D., Blom, J., Jaenicke, S., Kollin, F., Rupp, O., Scharf, B., Schneiker-Bekel, S., Sczcepanowski, R., Goesmann, A., Setubal, J., others. (2011). Complete genome sequencing of Agrobacterium sp. H13-3, the former Rhizobium lupini H13-3, reveals a tripartite genome consisting of a circular and a linear chromosome and an accessory plasmid but lacking a tumor-inducing Ti-plasmid. Journal of Biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 50--62 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.010.

Pothier, J., Smits, T., Blom, J., Vorhoelter, F., Goesmann, A., Pühler, A., Duffy, B.. (2011). Complete genome sequence of the stone fruit pathogen Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni. Volume 101(6), S144--S145. .. .

Joseph, B., Schwarz, R., Linke, B., Blom, J., Becker, A., Claus, H., Goesmann, A., Frosch, M., Müller, T., Vogel, U., others. (2011). Virulence evolution of the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis by recombination in the core and accessory genome. PloS one.Volume 6(4), e18441 10.1371/journal.pone.0018441.

Kant, R., Blom, J., Palva, A., Siezen, R., de Vos, W.. (2011). Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus. Microbial biotechnology.Volume 4(3), 323--332. .. .

Luetticken, R., Bruellhoff, K., van der Linden, M., Peltroche-Llacsahunga, H., Blom, J., Weber-Lehmann, J., Ferretti, J., McShan, W.. (2011). Complete genome sequence of a streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis possessing Lancefield's Group A antigen and its comparative genomics. Volume 301, 67--67. .. .

Niu, B., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Wang, Q., Borriss, R.. (2011). The genome of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa M-1 contains nine sites dedicated to nonribosomal synthesis of lipopeptides and polyketides.. .

Krol, E., Blom, J., Winnebald, J., Berhörster, A., Barnett, M., Goesmann, A., Baumbach, J., Becker, A.. (2011). RhizoRegNet—a database of rhizobial transcription factors and regulatory networks. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 127--134 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.11.004.

Powney, R., Smits, T., Sawbridge, T., Frey, B., Blom, J., Frey, J., Plummer, K., Beer, S., Luck, J., Duffy, B., others. (2011). Genome sequence of an Erwinia amylovora strain with pathogenicity restricted to Rubus plants. Journal of bacteriology.Volume 193(3), 785--786 10.1128/JB.01352-10.

Blom, J., Jakobi, T., Doppmeier, D., Jaenicke, S., Kalinowski, J., Stoye, J., Goesmann, A.. (2011). Exact and complete short-read alignment to microbial genomes using Graphics Processing Unit programming. Bioinformatics.Volume 27(10), 1351--1358 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr151.

Hinse, D., Vollmer, T., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Kalinowski, J., Knabbe, C., Dreier, J.. (2011). Complete genome and comparative analysis of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus, an emerging pathogen of infective endocarditis. BMC genomics.Volume 12(1), 1--13 10.1186/1471-2164-12-400.

Borriss, R., Chen, X., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Becker, A., Baumgarth, B., Fan, B., Pukall, R., Schumann, P., Sproer, C., others. (2011). New taxa-firmicutes and related organisms. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.Volume 61, 000--000. .. .

Schneiker-Bekel, S., Wibberg, D., Bekel, T., Blom, J., Linke, B., Neuweger, H., Stiens, M., Vorhölter, F., Weidner, S., Goesmann, A., others. (2011). The complete genome sequence of the dominant Sinorhizobium meliloti field isolate SM11 extends the S. meliloti pan-genome. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 20--33 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.12.018.

Margaret, I., Becker, A., Blom, J., Bonilla, I., Goesmann, A., Göttfert, M., Lloret, J., Mittard-Runte, V., Rückert, C., Ruiz-Sainz, J., others. (2011). Symbiotic properties and first analyses of the genomic sequence of the fast growing model strain Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 nodulating soybean. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 11--19 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.03.016.

Rückert, C., Blom, J., Chen, X., Reva, O., Borriss, R.. (2011). Genome sequence of B. amyloliquefaciens type strain DSM7T reveals differences to plant-associated B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 155(1), 78--85 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.006.

2010

Schneider, J., Vorhölter, F., Trost, E., Blom, J., Musa, Y., Neuweger, H., Niehaus, K., Schatschneider, S., Tauch, A., Goesmann, A., others. (2010). CARMEN-Comparative analysis and in silico reconstruction of organism-specific metabolic networks. Genet Mol Res.Volume 9(3), 1660--1672 10.4238/vol9-3gmr901.

Mittard-Runte, V., Bekel, T., Blom, J., Dondrup, M., Henckel, K., Jaenicke, S., Krause, L., Linke, B., Neuweger, H., Schneiker-Bekel, S., others. (2010). Practical Guide: Genomic Techniques and How to Apply Them to Marine Questions.. .

Trost, E., Götker, S., Schneider, J., Schneiker-Bekel, S., Szczepanowski, R., Tilker, A., Viehoever, P., Arnold, W., Bekel, T., Blom, J., others. (2010). Complete genome sequence and lifestyle of black-pigmented Corynebacterium aurimucosum ATCC 700975 (formerly C. nigricans CN-1) isolated from a vaginal swab of a woman with spontaneous abortion. BMC genomics.Volume 11(1), 1--16 10.1186/1471-2164-11-91.

Smits, T., Rezzonico, F., Kamber, T., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., Frey, J., Duffy, B.. (2010). Complete genome sequence of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora CFBP 1430 and comparison to other Erwinia spp.. Molecular plant-microbe interactions.Volume 23(4), 384--393 10.1094/MPMI-23-4-0384.

Joseph, B., Schneiker-Bekel, S., Schramm-Glück, A., Blom, J., Claus, H., Linke, B., Schwarz, R., Becker, A., Goesmann, A., Frosch, M., others. (2010). Comparative genome biology of a serogroup B carriage and disease strain supports a polygenic nature of meningococcal virulence. Journal of bacteriology.Volume 192(20), 5363--5377 10.1128/JB.00883-10.

2009

Blom, J., Albaum, S., Doppmeier, D., Pühler, A., Vorhölter, F., Zakrzewski, M., Goesmann, A.. (2009). EDGAR: a software framework for the comparative analysis of prokaryotic genomes. BMC bioinformatics.Volume 10(1), 1--14 10.1186/1471-2105-10-154.

2008

Schoen, C., Blom, J., Claus, H., Schramm-Glück, A., Brandt, P., Müller, T., Goesmann, A., Joseph, B., Konietzny, S., Kurzai, O., others. (2008). Whole-genome comparison of disease and carriage strains provides insights into virulence evolution in Neisseria meningitidis. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences.Volume 105(9), 3473--3478 10.1073/pnas.0800151105.

Tauch, A., Schneider, J., Szczepanowski, R., Tilker, A., Viehoever, P., Gartemann, K., Arnold, W., Blom, J., Brinkrolf, K., Brune, I., others. (2008). Ultrafast pyrosequencing of Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii DSM44385 revealed insights into the physiology of a lipophilic corynebacterium that lacks mycolic acids. Journal of biotechnology.Volume 136(1-2), 22--30 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.03.004.

Schoen, C., Blom, J., Schramm-Glueck, A., Linke, B., Schneiker-Bekel, S., Joseph, B., Goesmann, A., Schwarz, R., Claus, H., Vogel, U., others. (2008). In search for the genetic basis of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis. International Journal of Medical Microbiology.Volume 298. .. .