Publications

Publications

McIntosh M. Genetic Engineering of Agrobacterium Increases Curdlan Production through Increased Expression of the crdASC Genes. Microorganisms. 2023 Dec 28;12(1):55. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12010055. PMID: 38257882; PMCID: PMC10819609.

Method for producing curdlan and usage thereof** (Patent application no. EP 23210906.6): Filing date: 20. of Nov. 2023, published on 23. of February 2023, applicant: Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, inventors: McIntosh M, European Patent Office (EPO), related publication: 10.3390/microorganisms12010055

Kretz J, Israel V, McIntosh M. Design-Build-Test of Synthetic Promoters for Inducible Gene Regulation in Alphaproteobacteria. ACS Synth Biol. 2023 Aug 10. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00251. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37561940, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37561940/

Patent application WO2023021108: Chromosomal integrating cassette allowing inducible gene expression for production of compounds via fermentation. International filing date: 17th of August 2022, published on 23rd of February 2023, applicant: Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, inventors: Kretz J, Klug G, McIntosh M¹, World Intellectual Property Organization, https://patentscope2.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2023021108&_gid=202308

Scheuer R, Dietz T, Kretz J, Hadjeras L, McIntosh M, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E, Incoherent dual regulation by a SAM-II riboswitch controlling translation at a distance, RNA Biology, Volume 19 – Issue 1, 2022, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15476286.2022.2110380

Bettenworth V, van Vliet S, Turkowyd B, Bamberger A, Wendt H, McIntosh M, Steinchen W, Endesfelder U, Becker A, Frequency modulation of a bacterial quorum sensing response, Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 2772, 2022, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30307-6

McIntosh M¹, Köchling T, Latz A, Kretz J, Heinen S, Konzer A, Klug G, A major checkpoint for protein expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides during heat stress response occurs at the level of translation, Environ Microbiol. 2021 Oct 19. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15818

Gruetzner J, Remes B, Eisenhardt K, Scheller D, Kretz J, Madhugiri R, McIntosh M, Klug G, sRNA-mediated RNA processing regulates bacterial cell division. Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, 49(21):7035–7052

McIntosh M, Kretz J, Abbau von Braunalgen. Biospektrum (Heidelb), 2020, 26(6):646-651. doi: 10.1007/s12268-020-1461-8

McIntosh M, Kretz J, Stickstofffixierung: Freundschaft oder Knechtschaft? Biospektrum (Heidelb), 2020, 26(6):646-651. doi: 10.1007/s12268-020-1461-8

McIntosh M¹, Eisenhardt K, Remes B, Konzer A, Klug G, Adaptation of the Alphaproteobacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides to stationary phase. Environ Microbiol. 2019, 21: 4425-4445

Ludueña LM, Anzuay MS, Angelini JG, McIntosh M, Becker A, Rupp O, Goesmann A, Blom J, Fabra A, Taurian T, Genome sequence of the endophytic strain Enterobacter sp. J49, a potential biofertilizer for peanut and maize. Genomics, 2019, 111: 913-920

McIntosh M¹, Serrania J, Lacanna E, A novel LuxR-type solo of Sinorhizobium meliloti, NurR, is regulated by the chromosome replication coordinator, DnaA, and activates quorum sensing. Molecular Microbiology, 2019, 112: 678-698

Bathke J, Konzer A, Remes B, McIntosh M¹, Klug G, Comparative analyses of the variation of the transcriptome and proteome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides throughout growth. BMC Genomics, 2019, 20: 358. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5749-3

Calatrava-Morales N, McIntosh M, Soto MJ¹, Regulation Mediated by N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing Signals in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis. Genes (Basel), 2018, 9:263. doi: 10.3390/genes9050263

Bettenworth V, McIntosh M, Becker A, Eckhardt B¹, Front-propagation in bacterial inter-colony communication. Chaos, 2018, 28: 106316. Doi: 10.1063/1.5040068

Ludueña LM, Anzuay MS, Angelini JG, McIntosh M, Becker A, Rupp O, Goesmann A, Blom J, Fabra A, Taurian T, Strain Serratia sp. S119: A potential biofertilizer for peanut and maize and a model bacterium to study phosphate solubilization mechanisms. Applied Soil Ecology 126, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.12.024

Baumgardt K, Melior H, Madhugiri R, Thalmann S, Schikora A, McIntosh M, Becker A, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E¹, RNase E and RNase J are needed for S-adenosylmethionine homeostasis in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Microbiology (Reading), 2017, 163: 570-583

Ludueña LM, Anzuay MS, Magallanes-Noguera C, Tonelli ML, Ibañez FJ, Angelini JG, Fabra A, McIntosh M, Taurian T¹, Effects of P limitation and molecules from peanut root exudates on pqqE gene expression and pqq promoter activity in the phosphate-solubilizing strain Serratia sp. S119. Res Microbiol, 2017, 168: 710-721

Charoenpanich P, Soto MJ, Becker A, McIntosh M¹, Quorum sensing restrains growth and is rapidly inactivated during domestication of Sinorhizobium meliloti. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2015, 7: 373-382

Schlüter JP, Czuppon P, Schauer O, Pfaffelhuber P, McIntosh M¹, Becker A¹, Classification of phenotypic subpopulations in isogenic bacterial cultures by triple promoter probing at single cell level. Journal of Biotechnology, 2015, 198: 3-14

Vinardell JM, Acosta-Jurado S, Zehner S, Göttfert M, Becker A, Baena I, Blom J, Crespo-Rivas JC, Goesmann A, Jaenicke S, Krol E, McIntosh M, Margaret I, Pérez-Montaño F, Schneiker-Bekel S, Serranía J, Szczepanowski R, Buendía AM, Lloret J, Bonilla I, Pühler A, Ruiz-Sainz JE, Weidner S, The Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 Genome: A comparative analysis with S. fredii strains differing in their symbiotic behavior with soybean. Mol Plant Microbe Interact, 2015 28:811-24

Baumgardt K, Charoenpanich P, McIntosh M, Schikora A, Stein E, Thalmann S, Kogel KH, Klug G, Becker A, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E¹, RNase E affects the expression of the acyl-homoserine lactone synthase gene sinI in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology, 2014, 196: 1435-47

McIntosh M, Czuppon P, Best K, Becker A, Pfaffelhuber P¹, Modeling Quorum Sensing in Sinorhizobium meliloti. International Journal of Biomathematics and Biostatistics, 2013, 2:59-74

Carius L, Carius A, McIntosh M, Grammel H¹, Quorum sensing influences growth and photosynthetic membrane production in high-cell-density cultivations of Rhodospirillum rubrum. BMC Microbiology, 2013, doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-189

Charoenpanich P, Meyer S, Becker A¹, McIntosh M, Temporal Expression Program of Quorum Sensing-Based Transcription Regulation in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology, 2013, 195: 3224-3236

McIntosh M, Meyer S, Becker A¹, Novel Sinorhizobium meliloti quorum sensing positive and negative regulatory feedback mechanisms respond to phosphate availability. Molecular Microbiology, 2009, 74: 1238-1256

Wollschläger K, Gaus K, Körnig A, Eckel R, Wilking S-D, McIntosh M, Majer Z, Becker A, Ros R, Anselmetti D, Sewald N, Single-Molecule Experiments to Elucidate the Minimal Requirement for DNA Recognition by Transcription Factor Epitopes. Small 2009, 5(4):484-95

McIntosh M, Krol E, Becker A¹, Competitive and Cooperative Effects in Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Galactoglucan Biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology, 2008, 190: 5308-5317

Bahlawane C, McIntosh M, Krol E, Becker A¹, Sinorhizobium meliloti regulator MucR couples exopolysaccharide synthesis and motility. Mol Plant Microbe Interact, 2008, 21:1498-509

Anselmetti D, Bartels FW, Becker A, Decker B, Eckel R, McIntosh M, Mattay J, Plattner P, Ros R, Schäfer C, Sewald N¹, Reverse engineering of an affinity-switchable molecular interaction characterized by atomic force microscopy single-molecule force spectroscopy. Langmuir, 2008, 24: 1365-70

Bartels FW, McIntosh M, Fuhrmann A, Metzendorf C, Plattner P, Sewald N, Anselmetti D, Ros R, Becker A¹, Effector-stimulated single molecule protein-DNA interactions of a quorum-sensing system in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Biophysics Journal, 2007, 92: 4391-400

McIntosh M, Stone B, Stanisich V, Curdlan and other bacterial (1‎→3)-beta-D-glucans. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2005, 68(2): 163-73

Karnezis T, McIntosh M, Wardak AZ, Stanisich V, Stone B, The Biosynthesis of β-Glycans. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, 2000, 12(66):211-227

(¹ indicates corresponding author)

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