Prof Dr Dietmar Pieper

Prof Dr Dietmar Pieper
Head of Research Group

Dietmar Pieper studied biology at the universities of Gießen and Göttingen. During his PhD at the universities of Göttingen and Wuppertal (1986) he analyzed the microbial degradation of pollutants. In the following years he proceeded to work on biodegradation by bacteria and fungi at the Institute of Microbiology of the University of Stuttgart (1986-1988) and the Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology of the Helmholtz Centre Munich (formerly GSF 1988-1990).

In 1991 he moved to HZI (formerly GBF) where he headed the Research Group Microbial Interactions and Processes, which specialized on the analysis of the functioning and the optimization of microbial communities for the in-situ biodegradation. Currently, he is working on human associated microbial communities and their interactions with pathogens. Due to the change in focus, the Resaerch Group changed its name to „Microbial Interactions and Processes“.

Publications
Geißler A., Junca H., Kany A.M., Daumann L.J., Hirsch A.K.H., ... , Pieper D.H., Sieber S.A. (2024)
Isocyanides inhibit bacterial pathogens by covalent targeting of essential metabolic enzymes
Chemical Science, 15 (30)

Schum D., Elsen F.A.V., Ruddell S., Schorpp K., Junca H., Müsken M., Chen S.Y., Fiedler M.K., Pickl T., Pieper D.H., Hadian K., ... , Zacharias M., Sieber S.A. (2024)
Screening Privileged Alkyl Guanidinium Motifs under Host-Mimicking Conditions Reveals a Novel Antibiotic with an Unconventional Mode of Action
JACS Au

Mühlen S., Heroven A.K., Elxnat B., Kahl S., Pieper D.H., Dersch P. (2024)
Infection and antibiotic-associated changes in the fecal microbiota of C. rodentium f
Antimicrob.Agents Chemother.

Deng Z.L., Pieper D.H., Stallmach A., Steube A., Vital M., ... , Reck M., Wagner-Döbler I. (2023)
Engraftment of essential functions through multiple fecal microbiota transplants in chronic antibiotic-resistant pouchitis -
Microbiome, 11 (1)

Oberste M., Böse B.E., Dos Anjos Borges L.G., Junca H., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Simon F., Beule A.G., ... , Rudack C., Pieper D.H. (2023)
Effects of squamous cell carcinoma and smoking status on oropharyngeal and laryngeal microbial communities
Head Neck

Grobe B., Wellhöner F., Klein F., Chhatwal P., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Voigtländer T., Lenzen H., Wedemeyer H., ... , Solbach P., Heidrich B. (2023)
Next Generation Sequencing Outperforms Cultivation-Based Methods for Detection of Bacterial Genera in Bile After Liver Transplantation
J.Clin.Exp.Hepatol.

Helbich S., Barrantes I., Dos Anjos Borges L.G., Pieper D.H., Vainshtein Y., ... , Sohn K., Engesser K.H. (2023)
The 2-methylpropene degradation pathway in Mycobacteriaceae family strains
Environ.Microbiol.

Kaune T., Griesmann H., Theuerkorn K., H+ñmmerle M., Laumen H., Krug S., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Junca H., Gustavo dos Anjos Borges L., Michl P., ... , Pieper D.H., Rosendahl J. (2023)
Gender-specific changes of the gut microbiome correlate with tumor development in murine models of pancreatic cancer
iScience, 26 (6)

Hassan H.A., d'Enza M., Armengaud J., Pieper D.H. (2023)
Correction to: Biochemical and genetic characterization comparison of four extradiol dioxygenases in Rhizorhabdus wittichii RW1 (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, (2022), 106, 17, (5539-5550), 10.1007/s00253-022-12099-3)
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Dos Anjos Borges L.G., Pastuschek J., Heimann Y., Dawczynski K., Bergner M., Haase R., Stubert J., Olbertz D., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Heroven A.K., Schleußner E., Pieper D.H., ... , Zöllkau J., PEONS study group (2023)
Vaginal and neonatal microbiota in pregnant women with preterm premature rupture of membranes and consecutive early onset neonatal sepsis
BMC Med., 21 (1)

Arce-Rodriguez A., Libby E, Castellón E, Avendano R, Cambronero J.C, Vargas M, Pieper D.H, Bertilsson S, ... , Chavarría M, Puente-Sánchez F (2023)
Out of the blue: the independent activity of sulfur-oxidizers and diatoms mediate the sudden color shift of a tropical river
Environmental Microbiomes, 18 (1)

Amils R., Escudero C., Oggerin M., Puente Sánchez F., Arce Rodríguez A., Fernández Remolar D., Rodríguez N., García Villadangos M., Sanz J.L., Briones C., Sanchez M., Gómez F., Leandro T., Moreno-Paz M., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Molina A., Tornos F., Sánchez-Andrea I., Timmis K., ... , Pieper D.H., Parro V. (2022)
Coupled C, H, N, S and Fe biogeochemical cycles operating in the continental deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
Environ.Microbiol.

Octaviana S., Primahana G., Mozef T., Borges L.G.A., Pieper D.H., Wink J. (2022)
Diversity of Myxobacteria Isolated from Indonesian Mangroves and Their Potential for New Antimicrobial Sources
Curr.Microbiol., 80 (1)

Hassan H.A., Enza D., Armengaud J., Pieper D.H. (2022)
Biochemical and genetic characterization comparison of four extradiol dioxygenases in Rhizorhabdus wittichii RW1
Appl.Microbiol.Biotechnol., 106 (17)

Junca H., Pieper D.H. (2022)
Hundreds of Novel DNA Viruses From a Single Healthy Patient: Biomarker Potential for Colorectal Cancer
Gastroenterology, 163 (3)

Stallmach A., Grunert P., Stallhofer J., Löffler B., Baier M., Rödel J., Kiehntopf M., Neugebauer S., Pieper D.H., Junca H., Tannapfel A., Merkel U., Schumacher U., Breternitz-Gruhne M., Heller T., Schauer A., ... , Hartmann M., Steube A. (2022)
Transfer of FRozen Encapsulated multi-donor Stool filtrate for active ulcerative Colitis (FRESCO): study protocol for a prospective, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial
Trials, 23 (1)

Klein F., Wellhöner F., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Chhatwal P., Vital M., Voigtländer T., Pieper D.H., Manns M.P., Lenzen H., ... , Solbach P., Heidrich B. (2022)
The biliary microbiome in ischaemic-type biliary lesions can be shaped by stenting but is resilient to antibiotic treatment
Liver Int.

Junca H., Pieper D.H., Medina E. (2022)
The emerging potential of microbiome transplantation on human health interventions
Comput.Struct.Biotechnol.J., 20 (January 2022)

Rath S., Rox K., Kleine Bardenhorst S., Schminke U., Dörr M., Mayerle J., Frost F., Lerch M.M., Karch A., Brönstrup M., ... , Pieper D.H., Vital M. (2021)
Higher Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Plasma Levels with Increasing Age Are Mediated by Diet and Trimethylamine-Forming Bacteria
mSystems.

Graf A.C., Striesow J., Pane-Farre J., Sura T., Wurster M., Lalk M., Pieper D.H., Becher D., ... , Kahl B.C., Riedel K. (2021)
An Innovative Protocol for Metaproteomic Analyses of Microbial Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Sputum
Front Cell Infect.Microbiol., 11

Schütte K., Schulz C., Vilchez-Vargas R., Vasapolli R., Palm F., Simon B., Schomburg D., Lux A., Geffers R., Pieper D.H., ... , Link A., Malfertheiner P. (2021)
Impact of healthy aging on active bacterial assemblages throughout the gastrointestinal tract
Gut Microbes, 13 (1)

Rox K., Rath S., Pieper D.H., Vital M., Brönstrup M. (2021)
A simplified LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of the cardiovascular disease biomarker trimethylamine-N-oxide and its precursors
J.Pharmaceut.Analy.

Kopfnagel V., Dreyer S., Zeitvogel J., Pieper D.H., Buch A., Sodeik B., Rademacher F., ... , Harder J., Werfel T. (2021)
Free human DNA attenuates the activity of antimicrobial peptides in atopic dermatitis
Allergy

Hübner I., Shapiro J.A., Hoßmann J., Drechsel J., Hacker S.M., Rather P.N., Pieper D.H., ... , Wuest W.M., Sieber S.A. (2021)
Broad spectrum antibiotic xanthocillin X effectively kills Acinetobacter baumannii via dysregulation of heme biosynthesis
ACS Cent.Sci.

Wellhöner F., Döscher N., Woelfl F., Vital M., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Potthoff A., Manns M.P., Pieper D.H., Cornberg M., ... , Wedemeyer H., Heidrich B. (2021)
Eradication of chronic HCV infection: improvement of dysbiosis only in patients without liver cirrhosis
Hepatology, 74 (1)

Rojas-Gätjens D., Arce-Rodríguez A., Puente-Sánchez F., Avendano R., Libby E., Mora-Amador R., Rojas-Jimenez K., Fuentes-Schweizer P., ... , Pieper D.H., Chavarría M (2021)
Temperature and elemental sulfur shape microbial communities in two extremely acidic aquatic volcanic environments
Extremophiles., 25 (1)

Zöllkau J., Pieper D.H., Pastuschek J., Makarewicz O., Mentzel H.J., ... , Dawczynski K., Schleußner E. (2020)
Lethal Neonatal Respiratory Failure by Perinatal Transmission of Ureaplasma Parvum after Maternal PPROM
Z.Geburtshilfe Neonatol.

Arce-Rodriguez A., Puente-Sánchez F., Avendano R., Libby E., Mora-Amador R., Rojas-Jimenez K., Martinez M., ... , Pieper D.H., Chavarria M. (2020)
Microbial Community Structure Along a Horizontal Oxygen Gradient in a Costa Rican Volcanic Influenced Acid Rock Drainage System
Microb.Ecol., 80 (4)

Espinosa M.J.C., Blanco A.C., Schmidgall T., Atanasoff-Kardjalieff A.K., Kappelmeyer U., Tischler D., Pieper D.H., ... , Heipieper H.J., Eberlein C. (2020)
Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer
Front Microbiol., 11

Smoczek M., Vital M., Wedekind D., Basic M., Zschemisch N.H., Pieper D.H., Siebert A., ... , Bleich A., Buettner M. (2020)
A combination of genetics and microbiota influences the severity of the obesity phenotype in diet-induced obesity
Sci.Rep., 10 (1)

Korsch M., Marten S.M., Walther W., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Dötsch A. (2018)
Impact of dental cement on the peri-implant biofilm-microbial comparison of two different cements in an in vivo observational study
Clin.Implant Dent.Relat.Res., 20 (5)

Rath S., Rud T., Pieper D.H., Vital M. (2020)
Potential TMA-Producing Bacteria Are Ubiquitously Found in Mammalia
Front.Microbiol., 10

Le P., Kunold E., Macsics R., Rox K., Jennings M.C., Ugur I., Reinecke M., Chaves-Moreno D., Hackl M.W., Fetzer C., Mandl F.A.M., Lehmann J., Korotkov V.S., Hacker S.M., Kuster B., Antes I., Pieper D.H., Rohde M., Wuest W.M., ... , Medina E., Sieber S.A. (2020)
Repurposing human kinase inhibitors to create an antibiotic active against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, persisters and biofilms
Nat.Chem., 12 (2)

Nitz H., Duarte M., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., Müller J.A., Kästner M. (2020)
Identification of benzene-degrading Proteobacteria in a constructed wetland by employing in situ microcosms and RNA-stable isotope probing
Appl.Microbiol.Biotechnol., 104 (4)

Treffon J., Chaves-Moreno D., Niemann S., Pieper D.H., Vogl T., ... , Roth J., Kahl B.C. (2020)
Importance of superoxide dismutase A and M for protection of Staphylococcus aureus in the oxidative stressful environment of cystic fibrosis airways
Cell Microbiol., 22 (5)

Siemens N., Oehmcke-Hecht S., Hossmann J., Skorka S.B., Nijhuis R.H.T., Ruppen C., Skrede S., Rohde M., Schultz D., Lalk M., Itzek A., Pieper D.H., van den Bout C.J., Claas E.C.J., Kuijper E.J., Mauritz R., Sendi P., ... , Wunderink H.F., Norrby-Teglund A. (2020)
Prothrombotic and Proinflammatory Activities of the b[beta]-Hemolytic Group B Streptococcal Pigment
J.Innate.Immun., 12 (4)

Herzog S., Dach F., de Buhr N., Niemann S., Schlagowski J., Chaves-Moreno D., Neumann C., Goretzko J., Schwierzeck V., Mellmann A., Dübbers A., Küster P., Schültingkemper H., Rescher U., Pieper D.H., ... , Von Köckritz-Blickwede M., Kahl B.C. (2019)
High Nuclease Activity of Long Persisting Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Within the Airways of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Protects Against NET-Mediated Killing
Front Immunol., 10

Duysburgh C., Ossieur W.P., Paepe K., Van den Abbeele P., Vichez-Vargas R., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Van De Wiele T., ... , Hesta M., Possemiers S. (2020)
Development and validation of the Simulator of the Canine Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SCIMETM)
J.Anim Sci., 98 (1)

Milici M., Vital M., Tomasch J., Badewien T.H., Giebel H.A., Plumeier I., Wang H., Pieper D.H., ... , Wagner-Döbler I., Simon M. (2017)
Diversity and community composition of particle-associated and free-living bacteria in mesopelagic and bathypelagic Southern Ocean water masses: Evidence of dispersal limitation in the Bransfield Strait
Limnol.Oceanogr., 62 (3)

Vital M., Rud T., Rath S., Pieper D.H., Schlüter D. (2019)
Diversity of Bacteria Exhibiting Bile Acid-inducible 7a[alpha]-dehydroxylation Genes in the Human Gut
Comput.Struct.Biotechnol.J., 17

Thänert R., Itzek A., Hossmann J., Hamisch D., Madsen M.B., Hyldegaard O., Skrede S., Bruun T., Norrby-Teglund A., ... , Medina E., Pieper D.H. (2019)
Molecular profiling of tissue biopsies reveals unique signatures associated with streptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infections
Nat.Commun., 10 (1)

Gottschick C., Raupach-Rosin H., Langer S., Hassan L., Horn J., Dorendorf E., Caputo M., Bittner M., Beier L., Rübsamen N., Schlinkmann K., Zoch B., Guzmán C.A., Hansen G., Heselich V., Holzapfel E., Hübner J., Pietschmann T., Pieper D.H., Pletz M., Riese P., Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A., Hartwig S., Von Kaisenberg C., Aydogdu M., Buhles M., Dressler F., Eberl W., Haase R., von Koch F.E., Feidicker S., Frambach T., Franz H.G.B., Guthmann F., Koch H.G., Seeger S., Oberhoff C., Pauker W., Petry K.U., Schild R.L., Tchirikov M., Röhrig E., ... , Karch A., Mikolajczyk R. (2019)
Erratum: Cohort profile: The LoewenKIDS Study - Life-course perspective on infections, the microbiome and the development of the immune system in early childhood (International Journal of Epidemiology (2019) DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz001)
Int.J.Epidemiol., 48 (4)

Wellhöner F., Döscher N., Tergast T.L., Vital M., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Potthoff A., Manns M.P., Maasoumy B., Wedemeyer H., Cornberg M., ... , Pieper D.H., Heidrich B. (2019)
The impact of proton pump inhibitors on the intestinal microbiota in chronic hepatitis C patients
Scand.J.Gastroenterol., 54 (8)

Conrads G., Wendt L.K., Hetrodt F., Deng Z.L., Pieper D., Abdelbary M.M.H., Barg A., ... , Wagner-Döbler I., Apel C. (2019)
Deep sequencing of biofilm microbiomes on dental composite materials
J.Oral Microbiol., 11 (1)

Vasapolli R., Schutte K., Schulz C., Vital M., Schomburg D., Pieper D.H., ... , Vilchez-Vargas R., Malfertheiner P. (2019)
Analysis of Transcriptionally Active Bacteria Throughout the Gastrointestinal Tract of Healthy Individuals
Gastroenterology, 157 (4)

Babbar A., Barrantes I., Pieper D.H., Itzek A. (2019)
Superantigen SpeA attenuates the biofilm forming capacity of Streptococcus pyogenes
J.Microbiol., 57

Steube A., Vital M., Grunert P., Pieper D.H., Stallmach A. (2019)
Long-term Multidonor Fecal Microbiota Transfer (FMT) by Oral Capsules for Active Ulcerative Colitis
J.Crohns.Colitis., 13 (11)

Stallmach A., Grunert P., Pieper D., Steube A. (2019)
[Ulcerative colitis: Does the modulation of gut microbiota induce long-lasting remission?] Colitis ulcerosa: Kann eine Modulation der intestinalen Mikrobiota eine langfristige Remission bedingen?
Z.Gastroenterol., 57 (7)

Bruesch I., Meier P., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Selke K., Böhlen S., Basic M., Meier M., Glage S., Hundrieser J., Wedekind D., ... , Buettner M., Bleich A. (2019)
Analysis of Cdcs1 colitogenic effects in the hematopoietic compartment reveals distinct microbiome interaction and a new subcongenic interval active in T cells
Mucosal Immunol., 12 (3)

Gottschick C., Raupach-Rosin H., Langer S., Hassan L., Horn J., Dorendorf E., Caputo M., Bittner M., Beier L., Rübsamen N., Schlinkmann K., Zoch B., Guzmán C.A., Hansen G., Heselich V., Holzapfel E., Hübner J., Pietschmann T., Pieper D.H., Pletz M., Riese P., Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A., Hartwig S., von Kaisenberg C., Aydogdu M., Buhles M., Dressler F., Eberl W., Haase R., Edler von Koch F., Feidicker S., Frambach T., Franz H.G.B., Guthmann F., Koch H.G., Seeger S., Oberhoff C., Pauker W., Petry K.U., Schild R.L., Tchirikov M., ... , Röhrig E., Mikolajczyk R. (2019)
Cohort profile: The LoewenKIDS Study - life-course perspective on infections, the microbiome and the development of the immune system in early childhood
Int.J.Epidemiol., 48 (4)

Schipke J., Vital M., Schnapper-Isl A., Pieper D.H., Mühlfeld C. (2019)
Spermidine and Voluntary Activity Exert Differential Effects on Sucrose- Compared with Fat-Induced Systemic Changes in Male Mice
J.Nutr., 149 (3)

Caputo M., Zoch-Lesniak B., Karch A., Vital M., Meyer F., Klawonn F., Baillot A., ... , Pieper D.H., Mikolajczyk R.T. (2019)
Bacterial community structure and effects of picornavirus infection on the anterior nares microbiome in early childhood
BMC.Microbiol., 19 (1)

Arce-Rodríguez A., Puente-Sánchez F., Avendaño R., Martínez-Cruz M., Moor J.M., ... , Pieper D.H., Chavarría M. (2019)
Thermoplasmatales and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria dominate the microbial community at the surface water of a CO2-rich hydrothermal spring located in Tenorio Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Extremophiles, 23 (2)

Piwosz K., Shabarova T., Tomasch J., Simek K., Kopejtka K., Kahl S., ... , Pieper D.H., Koblizek M. (2018)
Determining lineage-specific bacterial growth curves with a novel approach based on amplicon reads normalization using internal standard (ARNIS)
ISME J., 12 (11)

Villegas-Plazas M., Wos-Oxley M.L., Sanchez J.A., Pieper D.H., Thomas O.P., Junca H. (2019)
Variations in Microbial Diversity and Metabolite Profiles of the Tropical Marine Sponge Xestospongia muta with Season and Depth
Microb.Ecol., 78 (1)

Rath S., Rud T., Karch A., Pieper D.H., Vital M. (2018)
Pathogenic functions of host microbiota
Microbiome, 6 (1)

Strunecky O., Kopejtka K., Goecke F., Tomasch J., Lukavsky J., Neori A., Kahl S., Pieper D.H., Pilarski P., ... , Kaftan D., Koblizek M. (2019)
High diversity of thermophilic cyanobacteria in Rupite hot spring identified by microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR and amplicon sequencing
Extremophiles., 23

Puente-Sánchez F., Arce-Rodríguez A., Oggerin M., Garcia-Villadangos M., Moreno-Paz M., Blanco Y., Rodriguez N., Bird L., Lincoln S.A., Tornos F., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Freeman K.H., Pieper D.H., Timmis K.N., ... , Amils R., Parro V. (2018)
Viable cyanobacteria in the deep continental subsurface
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A, 115 (42)

Pezoldt J., Pasztoi M., Zou M., Wiechers C., Beckstette M., Thierry G.R., Vafadarnejad E., Floess S., Arampatzi P., Buettner M., Schweer J., Fleissner D., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Basic M., Dersch P., Strowig T., Hornef M., Bleich A., Bode U., Pabst O., Bajenoff M., ... , Saliba A.E., Hühn J. (2018)
Neonatally imprinted stromal cell subsets induce tolerogenic dendritic cells in mesenteric lymph nodes
Nat.Commun., 9 (1)

Vásquez-Pineros M.A., Martínez-Lavanchy P.M., Jehmlich N., Pieper D.H., Rincón C.A., Harms H., ... , Junca H., Heipieper H.J. (2018)
Delftia sp. LCW, a strain isolated from a constructed wetland shows novel properties for dimethylphenol isomers degradation
BMC Microbiol., 18 (1)

Babbar A., Bruun T., Hyldegaard O., Nekludov M., Arnell P., ... , Pieper D.H., Itzek A. (2018)
Pivotal Role of Preexisting Pathogen-Specific Antibodies in the Development of Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections
J.Infect.Dis., 218 (1)

Lopez-Fernandez M., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jroundi F., Boon N., Pieper D., Merroun M.L. (2018)
Microbial community changes induced by uranyl nitrate in bentonite clay microcosms
Appl.Clay Sci., 160

Chalermwatanachai T., Vilchez-Vargas R., Holtappels G., Lacoere T., Jáuregui R., Kerckhof F.M., Pieper D.H., Van De Wiele T., Vaneechoutte M., ... , Van Zele T., Bachert C. (2018)
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps is characterized by dysbacteriosis of the nasal microbiota
Sci.Rep., 8 (1)

Salden B.N., Troost F.J., Wilms E., Truchado P., Vilchez-Vargas R., Pieper D.H., Jáuregui R., Marzorati M., Van De Wiele T., ... , Possemiers S., Masclee A.A. (2018)
Reinforcement of intestinal epithelial barrier by arabinoxylans in overweight and obese subjects: A randomized controlled trial: Arabinoxylans in gut barrier
Clin.Nutr., 37 (2)

Babbar A., Itzek A., Pieper D.H., Nitsche-Schmitz D.P. (2018)
Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes virulence genes in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from Vellore, India
Folia Microbiol.(Praha), 63 (5)

Ehsani E., Hernandez-Sanabria E., Kerckhof F.M., Props R., Vilchez-Vargas R., Vital M., ... , Pieper D.H., Boon N. (2018)
Initial evenness determines diversity and cell density dynamics in synthetic microbial ecosystems
Sci.Rep., 8 (1)

Vital M., Karch A., Pieper D.H. (2017)
Colonic Butyrate-Producing Communities in Humans: an Overview Using Omics Data
mSystems., 2 (6)

Gottschick C., Deng Z.L., Vital M., Masur C., Abels C., Pieper D.H., Rohde M., ... , Mendling W., Wagner-Döbler I. (2017)
Treatment of biofilms in bacterial vaginosis by an amphoteric tenside pessary-clinical study and microbiota analysis
Microbiome., 5 (1)

Gottschick C., Deng Z.L., Vital M., Masur C., Abels C., ... , Pieper D.H., Wagner-Döbler I. (2017)
The urinary microbiota of men and women and its changes in women during bacterial vaginosis and antibiotic treatment
Microbiome., 5 (1)

Salden B.N., Troost F.J., Wilms E., Truchado P., Vilchez-Vargas R., Pieper D.H., Jáuregui R., Marzorati M., Van De Wiele T., ... , Possemiers S., Masclee A.A. (2016)
Reinforcement of intestinal epithelial barrier by arabinoxylans in overweight and obese subjects: A randomized controlled trial. Arabinoxylans in gut barrier
Clin.Nutr.

Amitay E.L., Werner S., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Hofler D., Gierse I.J., Butt J., Balavarca Y., ... , Cuk K., Brenner H. (2017)
Fusobacterium and colorectal cancer: Causal factor or passenger? Results from a large colorectal cancer screening study
Carcinogenesis, 38 (8)

Rath S., Heidrich B., Pieper D.H., Vital M. (2017)
Uncovering the trimethylamine-producing bacteria of the human gut microbiota
Microbiome., 5 (1)

Witte T., Pieper D.H., Heidrich B. (2017)
[Intestinal microbiota in individualized therapies] Die intestinale Mikrobiota als Ansatz für individuelle Therapien
Internist (Berl), 58 (7)

Heidrich B., Vital M., Plumeier I., Doscher N., Kahl S., Kirschner J., Ziegert S., Solbach P., Lenzen H., Potthoff A., Manns M.P., ... , Wedemeyer H., Pieper D.H. (2017)
Intestinal microbiota in patients with chronic hepatitis C with and without liver cirrhosis compared to healthy controls
Liver Int., 38 (1)

Babbar A., Nitsche-Schmitz D.P., Pieper D.H., Barrantes I. (2017)
Draft Genome Sequence of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Strain C161L1 Isolated in Vellore, India
Genome Announc., 5 (19)

Akmatov M.K., Koch N., Vital M., Ahrens W., Flesch-Janys D., Fricke J., Gatzemeier A., Greiser H., Gunther K., Illig T., Kaaks R., Krone B., Kuhn A., Linseisen J., Meisinger C., Michels K., Moebus S., Nieters A., Obi N., Schultze A., Six-Merker J., ... , Pieper D.H., Pessler F. (2017)
Determination of nasal and oropharyngeal microbiomes in a multicenter population-based study - findings from Pretest 1 of the German National Cohort
Sci.Rep., 7 (1)

Babbar A., Kumar V.N., Bergmann R., Barrantes I., Pieper D.H., ... , Itzek A., Nitsche-Schmitz D.P. (2017)
Members of a new subgroup of Streptococcus anginosus harbor virulence related genes previously observed in Streptococcus pyogenes
Int.J.Med.Microbiol., 307 (3)

Duarte M., Nielsen A., Camarinha-Silva A., Vilchez-Vargas R., Bruls T., Wos-Oxley M.L., ... , Jauregui R., Pieper D.H. (2017)
Functional soil metagenomics: Elucidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation potential following 12 years of in situ bioremediation
Environ.Microbiol., 19 (8)

Van den Bossche L., Hindryckx P., Devisscher L., Devriese S., Van Welden S., Holvoet T., Vilchez-Vargas R., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Bussche J.V., Vanhaecke L., Van De Wiele T., ... , De Vos M., Laukens D. (2017)
Ursodeoxycholic acid and its taurine- or glycine-conjugated species reduce colitogenic dysbiosis and equally suppress experimental colitis in mice
Appl.Environ.Microbiol., 83 (7)

Ruiz A., Cerdó T., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., Marcos A., Clemente A., Garcia F., Margolles A., Ferrer M., ... , Campoy C., Suárez A. (2017)
One-year calorie restriction impacts gut microbial composition but not its metabolic performance in obese adolescents
Environ.Microbiol., 19 (4)

Truchado P., Hernandez-Sanabria E., Salden B.N., Van den Abbeele P., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., ... , Possemiers S., Van De Wiele T. (2017)
Long chain arabinoxylans shift the mucosa-associated microbiota in the proximal colon of the simulator of the human intestinal microbial ecosystem (M-SHIME)
J.Funct.Foods, 32

Schulz C., Schütte K., Koch N., Vilchez-Vargas R., Wos-Oxley M.L., Oxley A.P., Vital M., ... , Malfertheiner P., Pieper D.H. (2016)
The active bacterial assemblages of the upper GI tract in individuals with and without Helicobacter infection
GUT, 67 (2)

Arce-Rodríguez A., Puente-Sánchez F., Avendano R., Libby E., Rojas L., Cambronero J.C., Pieper D.H., ... , Timmis K.N., Chavarria M. (2016)
Pristine but metal-rich Rio Sucio (Dirty River) is dominated by Gallionella and other iron-sulfur oxidizing microbes
Extremophiles, 21 (2)

Korsch M., Marten S.M., Dötsch A., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., Obst U. (2016)
Effect of dental cements on peri-implant microbial community: comparison of the microbial communities inhabiting the peri-implant tissue when using different luting cements
Clin.Oral Implants Res., 27 (12)

De Vrieze J., Regueiro L., Props R., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., ... , Lema J.M., Carballa M. (2016)
Presence does not imply activity: DNA and RNA patterns differ in response to salt perturbation in anaerobic digestion
Biotechnol.Biofuels., 9

De Weirdt R., Hernandez-Sanabria E., Fievez V., Mees E., Geirnaert A., Van Herreweghen F., Vilchez-Vargas R., Van den Abbeele P., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., ... , Vlaeminck B., Van de Wiele T. (2016)
Mucosa-associated biohydrogenating microbes protect the simulated colon microbiome from stress associated with high concentrations of poly-unsaturated fat
Environ.Microbiol., 19 (2)

Van Herreweghen F., Van den Abbeele P., De Mulder T., De Weirdt R., Geirnaert A., Hernandez-Sanabria E., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., Belzer C., ... , de Vos W.M., Van De Wiele T. (2016)
In vitro colonisation of the distal colon by Akkermansia muciniphila is largely mucin and pH dependent
Benef.Microbes, 8 (1)

Maes S., Props R., Fitts J.P., Smet R.D., Vilchez-Vargas R., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Vanhaecke F., ... , Boon N., Hennebel T. (2016)
Platinum Recovery from Synthetic Extreme Environments by Halophilic Bacteria
Environ.Sci Technol., 50 (5)

Puente-Sánchez F., Pieper D.H., Arce-Rodríguez A. (2016)
Draft Genome Sequence of the Deep-Subsurface Actinobacterium Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus IPBSL-7T
Genome Announc., 4 (5)

Giuliani C., Marzorati M., Innocenti M., Vilchez-Vargas R., Vital M., Pieper D.H., ... , Van de Wiele T., Mulinacci N. (2016)
Dietary supplement based on stilbenes: a focus on gut microbial metabolism by the in vitro simulator M-SHIME(R)
Food Funct., 7 (11)

Chaves-Moreno D., Wos-Oxley M.L., Jauregui R., Medina E., Oxley A.P., Pieper D.H. (2016)
Exploring the transcriptome of Staphylococcus aureus in its natural niche
Sci Rep., 6

Ehsani E., Barrantes I., Vandermaesen J., Geffers R., Jarek M., Boon N., Springael D., ... , Pieper D.H., Vilchez-Vargas R. (2016)
Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas sp. Strain EERV15
Genome Announc., 4 (4)

De Vrieze J., Raport L., Roume H., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jáuregui R., ... , Pieper D.H., Boon N. (2016)
The full-scale anaerobic digestion microbiome is represented by specific marker populations
Water Res., 104

Medina E., Pieper D.H. (2016)
Tackling Threats and Future Problems of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Curr Top.Microbiol.Immunol., 398 (Part 1, chapter 1)

Kaspar U., Kriegeskorte A., Schubert T., Peters G., Rudack C., Pieper D.H., ... , Wos-Oxley M., Becker K. (2016)
The culturome of the human nose habitats reveals individual bacterial fingerprint patterns
Environ.Microbiol., 18 (7)

Yakimov M.M., Crisafi F., Messina E., Smedile F., Lopatina A., Denaro R., Pieper D.H., ... , Golyshin P.N., Giuliano L. (2016)
Analysis of defence systems and a conjugative IncP-1 plasmid in the marine polyaromatic hydrocarbons-degrading bacterium Cycloclasticus sp. 78-ME
Environ.Microbiol.Rep., 8 (4)

Marzorati M., Vilchez-Vargas R., Bussche J.V., Truchado P., Jauregui R., Hage R.A., Pieper D.H., ... , Vanhaecke L., De Wiele T.V. (2016)
High-fiber and high-protein diets shape different gut microbial communities, which ecologically behave similarly under stress conditions, as shown in a gastrointestinal simulator
Mol.Nutr.Food Res, 61 (1)

Coma M., Vilchez-Vargas R., Roume H., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., Rabaey K. (2016)
Product Diversity Linked to Substrate Usage in Chain Elongation by Mixed-Culture Fermentation
Environ.Sci.Technol., 50 (12)

Lunsmann V., Kappelmeyer U., Benndorf R., Martinez-Lavanchy P.M., Taubert A., Adrian L., Duarte M., Pieper D.H., von Bergen M., Muller J.A., ... , Heipieper H.J., Jehmlich N. (2015)
In-situ Protein-SIP highlights Burkholderiaceae as key players degrading toluene by para ring hydroxylation in a constructed wetland model
Environ.Microbiol., 18 (4)

Milici M., Deng Z.L., Tomasch J., Decelle J., Wos-Oxley M.L., Wang H., Jauregui R., Plumeier I., Giebel H.A., Badewien T.H., Wurst M., Pieper D.H., ... , Simon M., Wagner-Döbler I. (2016)
Co-occurrence Analysis of Microbial Taxa in the Atlantic Ocean Reveals High Connectivity in the Free-Living Bacterioplankton
Front Microbiol., 7

Wos-Oxley M.L., Chaves-Moreno D., Jauregui R., Oxley A.P., Kaspar U., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Rudack C., ... , Becker K., Pieper D.H. (2016)
Exploring the bacterial assemblages along the human nasal passage
Environ.Microbiol., 18 (7)

Milici M., Tomasch J., Wos-Oxley M.L., Decelle J., Jauregui R., Wang H., Deng Z.L., Plumeier I., Giebel H.A., Badewien T.H., Wurst M., Pieper D.H., ... , Simon M., Wagner-Döbler I. (2016)
Bacterioplankton Biogeography of the Atlantic Ocean: A Case Study of the Distance-Decay Relationship
Front Microbiol., 7

Meerburg F.A., Vlaeminck S.E., Roume H., Seuntjens D., Pieper D.H., Jauregui R., ... , Vilchez-Vargas R., Boon N. (2016)
High-rate activated sludge communities have a distinctly different structure compared to low-rate sludge communities, and are less sensitive towards environmental and operational variables
Water Res, 100

Galvez E.J., Carrillo-Castro K., Zarate L., Guiza L., Pieper D.H., Garcia-Bonilla E., ... , Salazar M., Junca H. (2016)
Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus licheniformis CG-B52, a Highly Virulent Bacterium of Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), Isolated from a Colombian Caribbean Aquaculture Outbreak
Genome Announc., 4 (3)

Heidrich B., Steinmann E., Plumeier I., Kirschner J., Sollik L., Ziegert S., Engelmann M., Lehmann P., Manns M.P., ... , Pieper D.H., Wedemeyer H. (2016)
Frequent detection of HCV RNA and HCVcoreAg in stool of patients with chronic hepatitis C
J.Clin.Virol., 80

Kalogerakis N., Egli T., Pieper D. (2005)
Biodegration: Preface
Biodegradation, 16 (2)

Stallmach A., Lange K., Buening J., Sina C., Vital M., Pieper D.H. (2016)
Fecal Microbiota Transfer in Patients With Chronic Antibiotic-Refractory Pouchitis
Am J Gastroenterol., 111 (3)

Courtens E.N., Spieck E., Vilchez-Vargas R., Bode S., Boeckx P., Schouten S., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., ... , Vlaeminck S.E., Boon N. (2016)
A robust nitrifying community in a bioreactor at 50 degrees C opens up the path for thermophilic nitrogen removal
ISME J, 10 (9)

Verstraelen H., Vilchez-Vargas R., Desimpel F., Jauregui R., Vankeirsbilck N., Weyers S., Verhelst R., De Sutter P., ... , Pieper D.H., Van de Wiele T. (2016)
Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene
PeerJ, 4

Lima-Morales D., Jauregui R., Camarinha-Silva A., Geffers R., Pieper D.H., Vilchez-Vargas R. (2016)
Linking microbial community and catabolic gene structures during the adaptation of three contaminated soils under continuous long term pollutant stress
Appl.Environ.Microbiol., 82 (7)

Courtens E.N.P., Vandekerckhove T., Prat D., Vilchez-Vargas R., Vital M., Pieper D.H., Meerbergen K., Lievens B., ... , Boon N., Vlaeminck S.E. (2016)
Empowering a mesophilic inoculum for thermophilic nitrification: Growth mode and temperature pattern as critical proliferation factors for archaeal ammonia oxidizers
Water Res., 92

Grunert O., Hernandez-Sanabria E., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H., Perneel M., Van Labeke M.C., ... , Reheul D., Boon N. (2016)
Mineral and organic growing media have distinct community structure, stability and functionality in soilless culture systems
Sci.Rep., 6

Milici M., Tomasch J., Wos-Oxley M.L., Wang H., Jauregui R., Camarinha-Silva A., Deng Z.L., Plumeier I., Giebel H.A., Wurst M., Pieper D.H., ... , Simon M., Wagner-Döbler I. (2016)
Low diversity of planktonic bacteria in the tropical ocean
Sci.Rep., 6

Chaves-Moreno D., Wos-Oxley M.L., Jauregui R., Medina E., Oxley A.P., Pieper D.H. (2015)
Application of a Novel "Pan-Genome"-Based Strategy for Assigning RNAseq Transcript Reads to Staphylococcus aureus Strains
PLoS ONE, 10 (12)

Ehsani E., Jauregui R., Geffers R., Jarek M., Boon N., ... , Pieper D.H., Vilchez-Vargas R. (2015)
First Draft Genome Sequence of the Acidovorax caeni sp. nov. Type Strain R-24608 (DSM 19327)
Genome Announc., 3 (6)

Lopez-Fernandez M., Cherkouk A., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper D., Boon N., ... , Sanchez-Castro I., Merroun M.L. (2015)
Bacterial Diversity in Bentonites, Engineered Barrier for Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
Microb.Ecol., 70 (4)

Burbach K., Seifert J., Pieper D.H., Camarinha-Silva A. (2015)
Evaluation of DNA extraction kits and phylogenetic diversity of the porcine gastrointestinal tract based on Illumina sequencing of two hypervariable regions
Microbiologyopen., 5

Martínez-Lavanchy P.M., Chen Z., Lünsmann V., Marin-Cevada V., Vilchez-Vargas R., Pieper D.H., Reiche N., Kappelmeyer U., Imparato V., Junca H., Nijenhuis I., Müller J.A., ... , Kuschk P., Heipieper H.J. (2015)
Microbial toluene removal in hypoxic model constructed wetlands occurs predominantly via the ring monooxygenation pathway
Appl.Environ.Microbiol., 81 (18)

de Lima-Morales D., Chaves-Moreno D., Wos-Oxley M.L., Jauregui R., Vilchez-Vargas R., Pieper D.H. (2015)
Degradation of benzene by Pseudomonas veronii 1YdBTEX2 and 1YB2 is catalyzed by enzymes encoded in distinct catabolic gene clusters
Appl.Environ.Microbiol., 82

Kümmel S., Herbst F.A., Bahr A., Duarte M., Pieper D.H., Jehmlich N., Seifert J., von Bergen M., Bombach P., ... , Richnow H.H., Vogt C. (2015)
Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by sulfatereducing Desulfobacteraceae from various anoxic aquifers
FEMS Microbiol.Ecol., 91 (3)

Chaves-Moreno D., Plumeier I., Kahl S., Krismer B., Peschel A., Oxley A.P., ... , Jauregui R., Pieper D.H. (2015)
The microbial community structure of the cotton rat nose
Environ.Microbiol.Rep., 7

Pérez-Pantoj D., Leiva-Novoa P., Donoso R.A., Little C., Godoy M., ... , Pieper D.H., Gonzáleza B. (2015)
Hierarchy of carbon source utilization in soil bacteria: Hegemonic preference for benzoate in complex aromatic compound mixtures degraded by Cupriavidus pinatubonensis strain JMP134
Appl.Environ.Microbiol., 81 (12)

Ehsani E., Jauregui R., Geffers R., Jareck M., Boon N., ... , Pieper D.H., Vilchez-Vargas R. (2015)
Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain 311R
Genome Announc., 3 (3)

Gomez-Silvan C., Vilchez-Vargas R., Arevalo J., Gomez M.A., Gonzalez-Lopez J., ... , Pieper D.H., Rodelas B. (2014)
Quantitative response of nitrifying and denitrifying communities to environmental variables in a full-scale membrane bioreactor
Bioresour.Technol., 169

Lassek C., Burghartz M., Chaves-Moreno D., Otto A., Hentschker C., Fuchs S., Bernhardt J., Jauregui R., Neubauer R., Becher D., Pieper D.H., Jahn M., ... , Jahn D., Riedel K. (2015)
A metaproteomics approach to elucidate host and pathogen protein expression during catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs)
Mol.Cell.Proteomics, 14 (4)

De Vrieze J., Gildemyn S., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper Dietmar H., ... , Verstraete W., Boon N. (2014)
Inoculum selection is crucial to ensure operational stability in anaerobic digestion
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99

Schulz C., Koch N., Schutte K., Pieper D.H., Malfertheiner P. (2015)
H. pylori and its modulation of gastrointestinal microbiota
J Dig.Dis., 16

Szafranski S.P., Wos-Oxley M.L., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Plumeier I., Klawonn F., Tomasch J., Meisinger C., Kühnisch J., Sztajer H., ... , Pieper D.H., Wagner-Döbler I. (2015)
High-resolution taxonomic profiling of the subgingival microbiome for biomarker discovery and periodontitis diagnosis
Appl.Environ.Microbiol., 81 (3)

Duarte M., Jauregui R., Vilchez-Vargas R., Junca H., Pieper D.H. (2014)
AromaDeg, a novel database for phylogenomics of aerobic bacterial degradation of aromatics
Database.(Oxford), 2014

Szafranska A.K., Oxley A.P.A., Chaves-Moreno D., Horst S.A., Roßlenbroich S., Peters G., Goldmann O., Rohd M., Sinha B., Pieper D.H., Löffler B., Jauregui R., ... , Wos-Oxley M.L., Medina E. (2014)
High-resolution transcriptomic analysis of the adaptive response of staphylococcus aureus during acute and chronic phases of osteomyelitis
MBio, 5 (6)

Mehraj J., Akmatov M.K., Strömpl J., Gatzemeier A., Layer F., Werner G., Pieper D.H., Medina E., Witte W., ... , Pessler F., Krause G. (2014)
Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in a Random Sample of Non-Hospitalized Adult Population in Northern Germany
PLoS ONE, 9 (9)

Camarinha-Silva A., Jauregui R., Chaves-Moreno D., Oxley A.P.A., Schaumburg F., Becker K., ... , Wos M.L.*, Pieper D.H. (2014)
Comparing the anterior nare bacterial community of two discrete human populations using Illumina amplicon sequencing
Environmental Microbiology, 16 (9)

Courtens E.N., Vlaeminck S.E., Vilchez-Vargas Ramiro, Verliefde A., Jauregui Ruy, ... , Pieper Dietmar H., Boon N. (2014)
Trade-off between mesophilic and thermophilic denitrification: Rates vs. sludge production, settleability and stability
Water Research, 63C

Kerckhof F.M., Courtens E.N.P., Geirnaert A., Hoefman S., Ho A., Vilchez-Vargas R., Pieper Dietmar H., Jauregui Ruy, Vlaeminck S.E., Van De Wiele T., Vandamme P., ... , Heylen K., Boon N. (2014)
Optimized cryopreservation of mixed microbial communities for conserved functionality and diversity
PLoS ONE, 9 (6)

Jauregui Ruy, Rodelas B., Geffers Robert, Boon N., Pieper Dietmar H., Vilchez-Vargas Ramiro (2014)
Draft Genome Sequence of the Naphthalene Degrader Herbaspirillum sp. Strain RV1423
Genome Announcement, 2 (2)

Camarinha-Silva A., Wos-Oxley M.L., Jauregui R., Becker K., Pieper Dietmar H. (2012)
Validating T-RFLP as a sensitive and high-throughput approach to assess bacterial diversity patterns in human anterior nares
Fems Microbiology Ecology, 79 (1)

de Lima-Morales D., Chaves-Moreno D., Jarek M., Vilchez-Vargas R., Jauregui R., Pieper D.H. (2013)
Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas veronii Strain 1YdBTEX2
Genome Announcement, 1 (3)

Herbst F.A., Bahr A., Duarte M., Pieper D.H., Richnow H.H., von Bergen M., ... , Seifert J., Bombach P. (2013)
Elucidation of in situ polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by functional metaproteomics (protein-SIP)
Proteomics, 13 (18-19)

Alcaide M., Tornes J., Stogios P.J., Xu X., Gertler C., Di Leo R., Bargiela R., Lafraya A., Guazzaroni M.E., Lopez-Cortes N., Chernikova T.N., Golyshina O.V., Nechitaylo T.Y., Plumeier Iris, Pieper Dietmar H., Yakimov M.M., Savchenko A., ... , Golyshin P.N., Ferrer M. (2013)
Single residues dictate the co-evolution of dual esterases: MCP hydrolases from the a[alpha]/b[beta] hydrolase family
Biochemical Journal, 454 (1)

Oosterkamp M.J., Veuskens T., Talarico Saia F., Weelink S.A.B., Goodwin L.A., Daligault H.E., Bruce D.C., Detter J.C., Tapia R., Han C.S., Land M.L., Hauser L.J., Langenhoff A.A.M., Gerritse J., van Berkel W.J.H., Pieper Dietmar H., Junca H., Smidt H., Schraa G., Davids M., Schaap P.J., ... , Plugge C.M., Stams A.J.M. (2013)
Genome Analysis and Physiological Comparison of Alicycliphilus denitrificans Strains BC and K601T
PLoS ONE, 8 (6)

Vilchez-Vargas Ramiro, Geffers Robert, Suarez-Diez Maria, Conte Ianina, Waliczek Agnes, Kaser Vanessa S., Kralova M., ... , Junca H., Pieper Dietmar H. (2013)
Analysis of the microbial gene landscape and transcriptome for aromatic pollutants and alkane degradation using a novel internally calibrated microarray system
Environmental Microbiology, 15 (4)

de Lorenzo V, Pieper Dietmar*, Ramos J.L. (2013)
From the test tube to the environment - and back
Environmental Microbiology, 15 (1)

Schmidt E., Mandt C., Janssen D.B., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Reineke W. (2013)
Degradation of chloroaromatics: structure and catalytic activities of wild-type chlorocatechol 2,3-dioxygenases and modified ones
Environmental Microbiology, 15 (1)

Guazzaroni M.E., Herbst F.A., Lores I., Tamames J., Pelaez A.I., Lopez-Cortes N., Alcaide M., Del Pozo M.V., Vieites J.M., von Bergen M., Gallego J.L., Bargiela R., Lopez-Lopez A., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Rossello-Mora R., Sanchez J., ... , Seifert J., Ferrer M. (2013)
Metaproteogenomic insights beyond bacterial response to naphthalene exposure and bio-stimulation
ISME Journal, 7 (1)

Marin M., Plumeier I., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2012)
Degradation of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate by a novel meta-cleavage pathway
Journal of Bacteriology, 194 (15)

Wos-Oxley M., Bleich A., Oxley A.P., Kahl S., Janus L., Smoczek A., Nahrstedt H., Pils M., Taudien S., Platzer M., Hedrich H.J., ... , Medina Eva*, Pieper Dietmar* (2012)
Comparative evaluation of establishing a human gut microbial community within rodent models
Gut Microbes, 3 (3)

Perez-Pantoja D., Donoso R., Agullo L., Cordova M., Seeger M., ... , Pieper Dietmar H.*, Gonzalez B. (2012)
Genomic analysis of the potential for aromatic compounds biodegradation in Burkholderiales
Environmental Microbiology, 14 (5)

Buchler G., Wos-Oxley M.L., Smoczek A., Zschemisch N.H., Neumann D., Pieper Dietmar H.*, ... , Hedrich H.J., Bleich A. (2012)
Strain-specific colitis susceptibility in IL10-deficient mice depends on complex gut microbiota-host interactions
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 18 (5)

Camarinha-Silva A., Jáuregui R., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Wos-Oxley M.L. (2012)
The temporal dynamics of bacterial communities across human anterior nares
Environmental Microbiology Reports, 4 (1)

Duarte M., Ferreira-da-Silva F., Lünsdorf H., Junca H., Gales L., ... , Pieper D.H., Nunes O.C. (2011)
Gulosibacter molinativorax ON4T molinate hydrolase, a novel cobalt-dependent amidohydrolase
Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (20)

Oosterkamp M.J., Veuskens T., Plugge C.M., Langenhoff A.A., Gerritse J., van Berkel W.J., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Junca H., Goodwin L.A., Daligault H.E., Bruce D.C., Detter J.C., Tapia R., Han C.S., Land M.L., Hauser L.J., ... , Smidt H., Stams A.J. (2011)
Genome sequences of Alicycliphilus denitrificans strains BC and K601T
Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (18)

Pfingsten-Würzburg S., Pieper Dietmar*, Bautsch W., Probst-Kepper M. (2011)
Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing home residents in northern Germeny
Journal of Hospital Infection, 78 (2)

Becker K., Mutter W., Daniel R., Rudack C., Peschel A., Pieper Dietmar* (2011)
Bakterielle Untermieter in der menschlichen Nase
GenomXPress

Junca H., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Functional marker gene assays for hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities - aerobic
(73, Experimental Protocols and Appendices, Oils and Lipids)

Perez-Pantoja D., Gonzalez B., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Phylogenomics of aerobic bacterial degradation of aromatics
(39, Microbiology of Utilization of Hydrocarbons)

Palleroni N., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Microbiology of hydrocarbon-degrading Pseudomonas
(63, Microbiology of Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids)

Seeger M., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Genetics of biphenyl biodegradation and co-metabolism of PCBs
(26, Microbiology of Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids)

Pieper Dietmar H.*, Gonzalez B., Camara B., Perez-Pantoja D., Reineke W. (2009)
Aerobic degradation of chloroaromatics
(5, Microbiology of Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oil and Lipids)

Perez-Pantoja D., Gonzalez B., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Aerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons
(4, Microbiology of Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oil and Lipids)

Vilchez-Vargas R., Junca H., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2010)
Metabolic networks, microbial ecology and 'omics' technologies: towards understanding in situ biodegradation processes
Environental Microbiology, 12 (12)

Gomes N.C., Flocco C.G., Costa R., Junca H., Vilchez R., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Krogerrecklenfort E., Paranhos R., ... , Mendonca-Hagler L.C., Smalla K. (2010)
Mangrove microniches determine the structural and functional diversity of enriched petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading consortia
Fems Microbiology Ecology, 74 (2)

Wos-Oxley M.L., Plumeier I., von Eiff C., Taudien S., Platzer M., Vilchez-Vargas R., ... , Becker K., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2010)
A poke into the diversity and associations within human anterior nare microbial communities
ISME Journal, 4 (7)

Marin M., Perez-Pantoja D., Donoso R., Wray Victor*, Gonzalez B., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2010)
Modified 3-oxoadipate pathway for the biodegradation of methylaromatics in Pseudomonas reinekei MT1
Journal of Bacteriology, 192 (6)

Kunze M., Zerlin K.F., Retzlaff A., Pohl J.O., Schmidt E., Janssen D.B., Vilchez-Vargas R., ... , Pieper Dietmar H.*, Reineke W. (2009)
Degradation of chloroaromatics by Pseudomonas putida GJ31: assembled route for chlorobenzene degradation encoded by clusters on plasmid pKW1 and the chromosome
Microbiology, 155 (Pt 12)

Marin M., Heinz Dirk W.*, Pieper Dietmar H.*, Klink B.U. (2009)
Crystal structure and catalytic mechanism of 4-methylmuconolactone methylisomerase
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (47)

Marin M., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Novel metal-binding site of Pseudomonas reinekei
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 390 (4)

Scheithauer B.K., Wos-Oxley M.L., Ferslev B., Jablonowski H., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2009)
Characterization of the complex bacterial communities colonizing biliary stents reveals a host-dependent diversity
ISME Journal, 3 (7)

Brennerova M.V., Josefiova J., Brenner V., Pieper D.H., Junca H. (2009)
Metagenomics reveals diversity and abundance of meta-cleavage pathways in microbial communities from soil highly contaminated with jet fuel under air sparging bioremediation
Environental Microbiology, 11 (9)

Camara B., Nikodem P., Bielecki P., Bobadilla R., Junca H., Pieper Dietmar.H.* (2009)
Characterization of a gene cluster involved in 4-chlorocatechol degradation by Pseudomonas reinekei MT1
Journal of Bacteriology, 191 (15)

Kabelitz N., Machackova J., Imfeld G., Brennerova M., Pieper Dietmar H.*, ... , Heipieper H.J., Junca H. (2009)
Enhancement of the microbial community biomass and diversity during air sparging bioremediation of a soil highly contaminated with kerosene and BTEX
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 82 (3)

Gross R., Guzmán C.A., Sebaihia M., Martins dos Santos Vitor A.P.M.*, Pieper Dietmar H.*, Koebnik R., Lechner M., Bartels D., Buhrmester J., Choudhuri J.V., Ebensen T., Gaigalat L., Herrmann S., Khachane A.N., Larisch C., Link S., Linke B., Meyer F., Mormann S., Nakunst D., Ruckert C., Schneiker-Bekel S., Schulze K., Vorholter F.J., Yevsa T., Engle J.T., Goldman W.E., Puhler A., Gobel U.B., Goesmann A., Blöcker Helmut*, ... , Kaiser O., Martinez-Arias R. (2008)
The missing link: Bordetella petrii
BMC GENOMICS, 9

Camara B., Marin M., Schlomann M., Hecht Hans-Jürgen*, Junca H., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2008)
trans-Dienelactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas reinekei
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 376 (2)

Perez-Pantoja D., De la I, Pieper Dietmar H.*, Gonzalez B. (2008)
Metabolic reconstruction of aromatic compounds degradation from the genome of the amazing pollutant-degrading bacterium Cupriavidus necator JMP134
Fems Microbiology Reviews, 32 (5)

Pieper Dietmar H.*, Seeger M. (2008)
Bacterial metabolism of polychlorinated biphenyls
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 15 (2-3)

Aly H.A., Huu N.B., Wray Victor*, Junca H., Pieper DietmarH.* (2008)
Two angular dioxygenases contribute to the metabolic versatility of dibenzofuran-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain HA01
Applied in Environmental Microbiology, 74 (12)

Halak S., Basta T., Bürger S., Contzen M., Wray Victor*, ... , Pieper Dietmar H.*, Stolz A. (2007)
4-Sulfomuconolactone hydrolases from Hydrogenophaga intermedia S1
Journal of Bacteriology, 189 (19)

Kalogerakis N., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2007)
In situ bioremedation
European Journal of Soil Biology, 43 (5-6)

Camara B., Strömpl Carsten*, Verbarg S., Sproeer C., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Tindall B.J. (2007)
Pseudomonas reinekei sp. nov.,
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57 (5)

Witzig Robert*, Aly H.A.H., Strömpl Carsten*, Wray Victor*, Junca Howard*, Pieper Dietmar H.* (2007)
Molecular detection and diversity of novel diterpenoid dioxygenase DitA1 genes from proteobacterial strains and soil samples
Environmental Microbiology, 9 (5)

Camara B., Bielecki P., Kaminski F., Martins dos Santos Vitor A.P.*, Plumeier I., ... , Nikodem P., Pieper Dietmar H.* (2007)
A gene cluster involved in degradation of substituted salicylates via ortho cleavage in Pseudomonas sp. strain MT1 encodes enzymes specifically adapted for transformation of 4-methylcatechol and 3-methylmuconate
Journal of Bacteriology, 189 (5)

Witzig Robert*, Junca Howard*, Hecht Hans-Jürgen*, Pieper Dietmar H.* (2006)
Assessment of Toluene/Biphenyl Dioxygenase Gene Diversity in Benzene-Polluted Soils: Links between Benzene Biodegradation and Genes Similar to Those Encoding Isopropylbenzene Dioxygenases†
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72

El Fantroussi S., Agathos S.N., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Witzig Robert*, Cámara B., Gabriel-Jürgens L., Junca Howard*, Zanaroli G., Fava F., Pérez-Jiménez J.R., Young L.Y., Hamonts K., Lookman R., Maesen M., Diels L., Dejonghe W., ... , Dijk J., Springael D. (2006)
Biological Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments

Reineke W., Kaschabek S.R., Pieper D.H. (2006)
Chlorinated hydrocarbon metabolism

Ledger T., Pieper Dietmar H.*, González B. (2006)
Chlorophenol hydroxylases encoded by plasmid pJP4 differentially contribute to chlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72 (4)

Hendrickx B., Junca H., Vosahlova J., Lindner A., Ruegg I., Bucheli-Witschel M., Faber F., Egli T., Mau M., Schlomann M., Brennerova M., Brenner V., Pieper Dietmar H.*, Top E.M., Dejonghe W., ... , Bastiaens L., Springael D. (2006)
Alternative primer sets for PCR detection of genotypes involved in bacterial aerobic BTEX degradation: Distribution of the genes in BTEX degrading isolates and in subsurface soils of a BTEX contaminated industrial site
Journal of Microbiological Methods, 64 (2)

Junca H., Witzig R., Pieper Dietmar (2005)
In situ detection of functional genes for aerobic aromatic degradation

Moore E.R.B., Tindall B.J., Martins dos Santos V.A.P.*, Pieper Dietmar* (2005)
Pseudomonas : Non-medical
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 3rd

Junca H., Pieper D.H. (2005)
Diagnosing the biodegradation potential of soils, Trends in soil and sediment

Reineke W., Pieper D.H. (2005)
Evolution of degradative pathways for chloroaromatic compounds

Pieper D.H. (2005)
Aerobic degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 67

Pollmann K., Wray V., Pieper D.H. (2005)
Chloromethylmuconolactones as critical metabolites in the degradation of chloromethylcatechols: On the recalcitrance of 2-chlorotoluene
Journal of Bacteriology, 187

Katsivela E., Moore E., Maroukli D., Strömpl C., Pieper D.H., Kalogerakis N. (2005)
Bacterial community dynamics during in-situ bioremediation of petroleum waste sludge in landfarming sites
Biodegradation, 16 (2)

Junca H., Plumeier I., Hecht H.J., Pieper D.H. (2004)
Difference in kinetic behavior of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase variants from a polluted environment
Microbiology <Reading>, 150

Pieper D.H., Reineke W. (2004)
Degradation of chloroaromatics by Pseudomona(d)s

Göbel M., Kranz O.H., Kaschabek S.R., Schmidt E., Pieper D.H., Reineke W. (2004)
Microorganisms degrading chlorobenzene via ameta-cleavage pathway harbor highly similar chlorocatechol-2,3-dioxygenase-encoding gene clusters
Archives of Microbiology, 182

Pieper D.H., Martins dos Santos V.A.P., Golyshin P.N. (2004)
Genomic and mechanistic insights into the biodegradation of organic pollutants
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 15

Junca H., Pieper D.H. (2004)
Functional gene diversity analysis in BTEX contaminated soils by means of PCR-SSCP DNA fingerprinting: comparative diversity assessment against bacterial isolates and PCR-DNA clone libraries
Environmental Microbiology, 6

Pollmann K., Wray V., Hecht H.-J., Pieper D.H. (2003)
Rational engineering of the regioselectivity of TecA tetrachlorobenzene dioxygenase for the transformation of chlorinated toluces
Microbiology <Reading>, 149

McKay D., Prucha W., Reineke K., Timmis K.N., Pieper D.H. (2003)
Substrate specificity and expression of three 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2dioxygenases from Rhodococcus globerulus strain P6.
Journal of Bacteriology, 185

Perez-Pantoja D.T., Ledger D., Pieper D., Gonzalez B. (2003)
Efficient turnover of chlorocatechols is essential for growth of Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4) in 3-chlorobenzoic acid.
Journal of Bacteriology, 185

Bertini I., Provenzani A., Viezzoli M.S., Pieper D.H., Timmis K.N. (2003)
NMR spectroscopy as a tool to investigate the degradation of aromatic compounds by a Pseudomonas putida strain
Magnetic Resonance Chemistry, 41

Demnerova K., Stiborova H., Leigh M.B., Pieper D.H., Pazlarova J., ... , Brenner V., Macek T. (2003)
Bacteria degrading PCBs and CBs isolated from long-term PCB contaminated soil
Water, Air and Soil Pollution:Focus, 3

Barreiros L., Nogales B., Manaia C.M., Ferreira A.C.S., Pieper D.H., ... , Reis A.M., Nunes O.C. (2003)
A novel pathway for mineralization of the thiocarbamate herbicide molinate by a defined bacterial consortium
Environmental Microbiology, 5

Junca H., Pieper D.H. (2003)
Amplified functional DNA restriction analysis to determine catechol 2,3 dioxygenase gene diversity in soil bacteria
Journal of Microbiological Methods, 55

Nikodem P., Hecht V., Schlömann M., Pieper D.H. (2003)
A new bacterial pathway for 4- and 5-chlorosalicylate degradation via 4-chlorocatechol and maleylacetate in Pseudomonas sp. strain MT1
Journal of Bacteriology, 185

Trefault N., Clement P., Manzano M., Pieper D.H., Gonzalez B. (2002)
The copy number of the catabolic plasmid pJP4 affects growth of Ralstonia eutropha JMP134 (pJP4) on 3-chlorobenzoate
Fems Microbiology Letters, 212 (1)

Skiba A., Hecht V., Pieper D.H. (2002)
Formation of protoanemonin from 2-chlorocis, cis-muconate by the combined action of muconate cycloisomerase and muconolactone isomerase.
Journal of Bacteriology, 184

Pollmann K., Kaschabek S., Wray V., Reineke W., Pieper D.H. (2002)
Metabolism of dichloromethylcatechols as central intermediates in the degradation of dichlorotoluenes by Ralstonia ap. strain PS12
Journal of Bacteriology, 184

Plumeier I., Perez-Pantoja D., Heim S., Gonzalez B., Pieper D.H. (2002)
Importance of different tfd genes for degradation of chloroaromatics by Ralstonia eutropha JMP134
Journal of Bacteriology, 184 (15)

Pieper D.H., Pollmann K., Nikodem P., Gonzalez B., Wray V. (2002)
Monitoring keyreactions in degradation of chloroaromatics by in situ H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance: Solution structures of metabolites formed from cis-Dienelactone
Journal of Bacteriology, 184 (5)

Ledger T., Pieper D.H., Pérez-Pantoja D., González B. (2002)
Novel insights into interplay between xyl genes-encoded peripheral reactions and tfd genes-encoded chlorocatechol pathway for degradation of chlorobenzoates by Ralstonia eutropha JMP 134
Microbiology <Reading>, 148

Abraham W.-R., Nogales B., Golyshin P.N., Pieper D.H., Timmis K.N. (2002)
Polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading microbial communities in soils and sediments
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 5 (3)

Pollmann K., Beil S., Pieper D.H. (2001)
Transformation of chlorinated benzenes and toluenes by Ralstonia sp. strain PS12 tecA (tetrachlorobenzene dioxygenase) and tecB (chlorobenzene dihydrodiol dehydrogenase) gene products
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67 (9)

Clement P., Pieper D.H., Gonzalez B. (2001)
Molecular characterization of a deletion/duplication rearrangement in tfd genes from Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4) that improves growth on 3-chlorobenzoic acid but abolishes growth on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Microbiology <Reading>, 147 (Pt 8)

Reineke W., Pieper D.H., Schlömann M. (2000)
Mikrobieller Abbau von Chloraromaten
Bioforum (1-2)

Klemba M., Jakobs B., Wittich R.M., Pieper D. (2000)
Chromosomal integration of Tcb chlorocatechol degradation pathway genes as a means of expanding the growth substrate range of bacteria to include haloaromatics
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66 (8)

Perez-Pantoja D., Guzmán L., Manzano M., Pieper D.H., Gonzalez B. (2000)
Role of tfdC(I)D(I)E(I)F(I) and tfdD(II)C(II)E(II)F(II) gene modules in catabolism of 3-chlorobenzoate by Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66 (4)

Pieper D.H., Reineke W. (2000)
Engineering bacteria for bioremediation
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 11 (3)

Rosenbrock P., Langner S., Abraham W.-R., Pieper D. (2000)
Vergleichende Untersuchungen des Chloraromatenabbaus im Bitterfelder Grundwasser durch Spezialkulturen und die autochthone Mikroflora