Otto Geiger

Rhizobial acyl carrier proteins and their roles in the formation of bacterial cell-surface components that are required for the development of nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legume hosts.

Identification of a gene required for the biosynthesis of ornithine-derived lipids.

Biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine in bacteria.

A global analysis of protein expression profiles in Sinorhizobium meliloti: discovery of new genes for nodule occupancy and stress adaptation.

Membrane lipids in plant-associated bacteria: their biosyntheses and possible functions.

Pathways for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in bacteria.

Phosphatidylethanolamine is not essential for growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti on complex culture media.

Identification of a gene required for the formation of lyso-ornithine lipid, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of ornithine-containing lipids.

Phosphorus-free membrane lipids of Sinorhizobium meliloti are not required for the symbiosis with alfalfa but contribute to increased cell yields under phosphorus-limiting conditions of growth.

A ClC chloride channel homolog and ornithine-containing membrane lipids of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 are involved in symbiotic efficiency and acid tolerance.

The Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 lpiA gene is transcriptionally activated by FsrR and required to enhance survival in lethal acid conditions.

The post-genomic era--what comes next?

The lipid lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol is present in membranes of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 and confers increased resistance to polymyxin B under acidic growth conditions.

Phosphatidylcholine synthesis is required for optimal function of Legionella pneumophila virulence determinants.

Multiple phospholipid N-methyltransferases with distinct substrate specificities are encoded in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

Transcriptional interference and repression modulate the conjugative ability of the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli.

Sinorhizobium meliloti mutants deficient in phosphatidylserine decarboxylase accumulate phosphatidylserine and are strongly affected during symbiosis with alfalfa.

SMb20651 is another acyl carrier protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti.

A eukaryote-like cardiolipin synthase is present in Streptomyces coelicolor and in most actinobacteria.

Amino acid-containing membrane lipids in bacteria.

SMc01553 is the sixth acyl carrier protein in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021.

Sinorhizobium meliloti phospholipase C required for lipid remodeling during phosphorus limitation.

Phosphatidylcholine levels of peanut-nodulating Bradyrhizobium sp. SEMIA 6144 affect cell size and motility.

Altered lipid A structures and polymyxin hypersensitivity of Rhizobium etli mutants lacking the LpxE and LpxF phosphatases.

Hydroxylated ornithine lipids increase stress tolerance in Rhizobium tropici CIAT899.

Plasmids with a chromosome-like role in rhizobia.

The dioxygenase-encoding olsD gene from Burkholderia cenocepacia causes the hydroxylation of the amide-linked fatty acyl moiety of ornithine-containing membrane lipids.

FadD is required for utilization of endogenous fatty acids released from membrane lipids.

Functional and topological analysis of phosphatidylcholine synthase from Sinorhizobium meliloti.

Ornithine lipids and their structural modifications: from A to E and beyond.

Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and function in bacteria.

Agrobacteria lacking ornithine lipids induce more rapid tumour formation.

Discovery of a bifunctional acyltransferase responsible for ornithine lipid synthesis in Serratia proteamaculans.

Fatty acid-releasing activities in Sinorhizobium meliloti include unusual diacylglycerol lipase.

Bacterial membrane lipids: diversity in structures and pathways.

OlsG (Sinac_1600) Is an Ornithine Lipid N-Methyltransferase from the Planctomycete Singulisphaera acidiphila.

Deletion of the 2-acyl-glycerophosphoethanolamine cycle improve glucose metabolism in Escherichia coli strains employed for overproduction of aromatic compounds.

Bacterial lipid diversity.