Michael Steinert

Von Willebrand Factor Mediates Pneumococcal Aggregation and Adhesion in Blood Flow.

Legionella pathogenicity: genome structure, regulatory networks and the host cell response.

Proteomic characterization of the whole secretome of Legionella pneumophila and functional analysis of outer membrane vesicles.

Screening of virulence traits in Legionella pneumophila and analysis of the host susceptibility to infection by using the Dictyostelium host model system.

Proteomic analysis of Legionella-containing phagosomes isolated from Dictyostelium.

Detergent-like activity and alpha-helical structure of warnericin RK, an anti-Legionella peptide.

Pathogen-host interactions in Dictyostelium, Legionella, Mycobacterium and other pathogens.

An optimized in vitro blood-brain barrier model reveals bidirectional transmigration of African trypanosome strains.

Virulence properties of the legionella pneumophila cell envelope.

Collagen IV-derived peptide binds hydrophobic cavity of Legionella pneumophila Mip and interferes with bacterial epithelial transmigration.

InFiRe -- a novel computational method for the identification of insertion sites in transposon mutagenized bacterial genomes.

Fast investigations from biological matrices using CE--test of a blood-brain barrier model.

Enrichment of outer membrane vesicles shed by Legionella pneumophila.

Isolation of pathogen-containing vacuoles.

Human lung tissue explants reveal novel interactions during Legionella pneumophila infections.

Interaction of streptococcal plasminogen binding proteins with the host fibrinolytic system.

Pathogen intelligence.

Microbial peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases): virulence factors and potential alternative drug targets.

Polyketide synthase (PKS) reduces fusion of Legionella pneumophila-containing vacuoles with lysosomes and contributes to bacterial competitiveness during infection.

Fusion of Legionella pneumophila outer membrane vesicles with eukaryotic membrane systems is a mechanism to deliver pathogen factors to host cell membranes.

Comparative analyses of Legionella species identifies genetic features of strains causing Legionnaires' disease.

Peptidylprolyl cis-trans isomerases of Legionella pneumophila: virulence, moonlighting and novel therapeutic targets.

FKBPs in bacterial infections.

Novel Cycloheximide Derivatives Targeting the Moonlighting Protein Mip Exhibit Specific Antimicrobial Activity Against Legionella pneumophila.

The phenotypes of ATG9, ATG16 and ATG9/16 knock-out mutants imply autophagy-dependent and -independent functions.

Paenibacillus larvae-Directed Bacteriophage HB10c2 and Its Application in American Foulbrood-Affected Honey Bee Larvae.

From Single Cells to Engineered and Explanted Tissues: New Perspectives in Bacterial Infection Biology.

Novel therapeutic strategies for Clostridium difficile infections.

Legionella-protozoa-nematode interactions in aquatic biofilms and influence of Mip on Caenorhabditis elegans colonization.

PilY1 Promotes Infection of Human Lung Tissue Explants and Contributes to Bacterial Adhesion, Host Cell Invasion, and Twitching Motility.

Human Anti-Lipopolysaccharid (LPS) antibodies against Legionella with high species specificity.

Isolation of -Containing Phagosome from Infected Human Monocyte Derived Macrophages.

A fruitful decade for fungal polyketides from 2007 to 2016: antimicrobial activity, chemotaxonomy and chemodiversity.

Chemogenomic Profiling of Human and Microbial FK506-Binding Proteins.

Peptidyl-Prolyl-/-Isomerases Mip and PpiB of Contribute to Surface Translocation, Growth at Suboptimal Temperature, and Infection.

PrsA2 (CD630_35000) of Is an Active Parvulin-Type PPIase and a Virulence Modulator.

Infection of Human Lung Tissue Explants (HLTEs) with Legionella pneumophila.

Pleiotropic Cyclophilin PpiB Controls Cysteine-Tolerance, Toxin Production, the Central Metabolism and Multiple Stress Responses.

Discovery of Paenibacillus larvae ERIC V: Phenotypic and genomic comparison to genotypes ERIC I-IV reveal different inventories of virulence factors which correlate with epidemiological prevalences of American Foulbrood.

Diversity and Bioactive Potential of Actinobacteria from Unexplored Regions of Western Ghats, India.