Soundararajan M, Marincola G, Liong O, Marciniak T, Wencker FDR, Hofmann F, Schollenbruch H, Kobusch I, Linnemann S, Wolf SA, Helal M, Semmler T, Walther B, Schoen C, Nyasinga J, Revathi G, Boelhauve M, Ziebuhr W (2022)
Farming Practice Influences Antimicrobial Resistance Burden of Non-Aureus Staphylococci in Pig Husbandries
Microorganisms 11:31
Barthels F, Meyr J, Hammerschmidt SJ, Marciniak T, Rader HJ, Ziebuhr W, Engels B, Schirmeister T (2022)
2-Sulfonylpyrimidines as Privileged Warheads for the Development of S. aureus Sortase A Inhibitors
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 8:804970
Marincola G, Jaschkowitz G, Kieninger AK, Wencker FDR, Feßler AT, Schwarz S, Ziebuhr W (2021)
Plasmid-chromosome crosstalk in Staphylococcus aureus: A horizontally acquired transcription regulator controls polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)-mediated biofilm formation
Front Cell Infect Microbiol (accepted)
Wencker FDR, Marincola G, Schoenfelder SMK, Maaß S, Becher D, Ziebuhr W (2021)
Another layer of complexity in Staphylococcus aureus methionine biosynthesis control: Unusual RNase III-driven T-box riboswitch cleavage determines met operon mRNA stability and decay
Nucleic Acids Research doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1277. Online ahead of print
Marincola G, Wencker FDR, Ziebuhr W (2019)
The Many Facets of the Small Non-coding RNA RsaE (RoxS) in Metabolic Niche Adaptation of Gram-Positive Bacteria
J Molecular Biology 23. pii: S0022-2836(19)30147-0
Lerch MF, Schoenfelder SMK, Marincola G, Wencker FDR, Eckart M, Förstner KU, Sharma CM, Thormann KM, Kucklick M, Engelmann S, Ziebuhr W (2019)
A non-coding RNA from the intercellular adhesion (ica) locus of Staphylococcus epidermidis controls
polysaccharide intercellular adhesion (PIA)-mediated biofilm formation
Molecular Microbiology 15. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14238.
Schoenfelder SMK, Lange C, Prakash SA, Marincola G, Lerch MF, Wencker FDR, Förstner KU, Sharma CM, Ziebuhr W (2019)
The small non-coding RNA RsaE influences extracellular matrix composition in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm communities
PLoS Pathogens 14;15(3):e1007618. doi:10.1371
Heilmann C, Ziebuhr W, Becker K (2019)
Are coagulase-negative staphylococci virulent?
Clin Microbiol Infect 25(9):1071-1080
Balasubramanian S, Skaf J, Holzgrabe U, Bharti R, Förstner KU, Ziebuhr W, Humeida UH, Abdelmohsen UR, Oelschlaeger TA (2018)
A New Bioactive Compound From the Marine Sponge-Derived Streptomyces sp. SBT348 Inhibits Staphylococcal Growth and Biofilm Formation
Frontiers in Microbiology 11;9:1473. doi:10.3389
Balasubramanian S, Othman EM, Kampik D, Stopper H, Hentschel-Humeida U, Ziebuhr W, Oelschlaeger TA, Abdelmohsen UR (2017)
Marine sponge-derived Streptomyces sp. SBT343 extract inhibits staphylococcal biofilm formation
Frontiers in Microbiology 16;8:236
Schoenfelder SM, Dong Y, Fessler AT, Schwarz S, Schoen C, Kock R, Ziebuhr W (2017)
Antibiotic resistance profiles of coagulase-negative staphylococci in livestock environments
Veterinary Microbiology 200:79-87
Fessler AT, Zhao Q, Schoenfelder S, Kadlec K, Brenner Michael G, Wang Y, Ziebuhr W, Shen J, Schwarz S (2017)
Complete sequence of a plasmid from a bovine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harbouring a novel ica-like gene cluster in addition to antimicrobial and heavy metal resistance genes
Veterinary Microbiology 200:95-100
Cuny C, Arnold P, Hermes J, Eckmanns T, Mehraj J, Schoenfelder S, Ziebuhr W, Zhao Q, Wang Y, Fessler AT, Krause G, Schwarz S, Witte W (2017)
Occurrence of cfr-mediated multiresistance in staphylococci from veal calves and pigs, from humans at the corresponding farms, and from veterinarians and their family members
Veterinary Microbiology 200:88-94
Ziebuhr W, Vogel J (2015)
The end is not the end: remnants of tRNA precursors live on to sponge up small regulatory RNAs
Molecular Cell 58(3):389-90
Ballhausen B, Jung P, Kriegeskorte A, Makgotlho PE, Ruffing U, von Müller L, Köck R, Peters G, Herrmann M, Ziebuhr W, Becker K, Bischoff M (2014)
LA-MRSA CC398 differ from classical community acquired-MRSA and hospital acquired-MRSA lineages: functional analysis of infection and colonization processes
International Journal of Medical Microbiology in press
Schoenfelder SMK, Marincola G, Geiger T, Goerke C, Wolz C, Ziebuhr W (2013)
Methionine Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus is Tightly Controlled by a
Hierarchical Network Involving an Initiator tRNA-specific T-box Riboswitch
PloS Pathogens 9(9):e003606
Makgotlho PE, Marincola G, Schäfer D, Liu Q, Bae T, Geiger T, Wasserman E, Wolz C, Ziebuhr W, Sinha B (2013)
SDS Interferes with SaeS Signaling of Staphylococcus aureus Independently of SaePQ
PLoS One 20;8(8):e71644. doi: 10.1371
Hilmi D, Parcina M, Bode K, Ostrop J, Schuett S, Heeg K, Ziebuhr W, Sommerburg O, Bekeredjian-Ding I (2013)
Functional variation reflects intra-strain diversity of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in the host-pathogen interaction
Int J Med Microbiol 303(2):61-9
Papenfort K, Corcoran CP, Gupta SK, Miyakoshi M, Heidrich N, Chao Y, Fröhlich KS, Sharma CM, Ziebuhr W, Böhm A, Vogel J (2013)
Regulatory Mechanisms of Special Significance: The role of sRNAs in Virulence
In: Regulation of Bacterial Virulence (eds. Darwin AJ, Vasil ML), ASM Press, pp493-527
Ziebuhr W, Flückiger U (2012)
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci
In: Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA p443-462
Hennig S, Ziebuhr W (2010)
Characterization of the transposase encoded by IS256, the prototype of a major family of bacterial insertion sequence elements
J Bacteriol 192(16):4153-63
Weisser M, Schoenfelder SMK, Orasch C, Arber C, Gratwohl A, Frei R, Eckart M, Flückiger U, Ziebuhr W (2010)
Hypervariability of biofilm formation and oxacillin resistance in a Staphylococcus epidermidis strain causing persistent severe infection in an immunocompromised patient
J Clin Microbiol 48(7):2407-12
Kozytska S, Stauss D, Pawlik MC, Hensen S, Eckart M, Ziebuhr W, Witte W, Ohlsen K (2010)
Identification of specific genes in Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with bovine mastitis
Vet Microbiol 26;145(3-4):360-5
Ziebandt AK, Kusch H, Degner M, Jaglitz S, Sibbald MJ, Arends JP, Chlebowicz MA, Albrecht D, Pantucek R, Doskar J, Ziebuhr W, Bröker BM, Hecker M, van Dijl JM, Engelmann S (2010)
Proteomics uncovers extreme heterogeneity in the Staphylococcus aureus exoproteome due to genomic plasticity and variant gene regulation
Proteomics 10:1634-44
Chatterjee I, Schmitt S, Batzilla CF, Engelmann S, Keller A, Ring MW, Kautenburger R, Ziebuhr W, Hecker M, Preissner KT, Bischoff M, Proctor RA, Beck HP, Lenhof HP, Somerville GA, Herrmann M (2009)
Staphylococcus aureus ClpC ATPase is a late growth phase effector of metabolism and persistence
Proteomics 9 :1152-76
Lorenz U, Hüttinger C, Schäfer T, Ziebuhr W, Thiede A, Hacker J, Engelmann S, Hecker M, Ohlsen K (2008)
The alternative sigma factor sigma B of Staphylococcus aureus modulates virulence in experimental central venous catheter-related infections
Microbes Infect 10: 217-23
Kim CH, Hacker J, Ziebuhr W, Lee BK, Cho SH (2008)
Molecular characterization of regulatory genes associated with biofilm variation in a Staphylococcus aureus strain. J Microbiol Biotechnol 18: 28-34
Hennig S and Ziebuhr W (2008)
A transposase-independent mechanism gives rise to precise excision of IS256 from insertion sites in Staphylococcus epidermidis.
J. Bacteriol 190: 1488-90
Hoerr V, Ziebuhr W, Kozitskaya S, Katzowitsch E, Holzgrabe U (2007)
Laser-induced fluorescence capillary electrophoresis (LIF-CE) and Fluorescence Microplate Reader (FMR) measurement: Two novel methods to quantify the effect of antibiotics
Anal Chem 79: 7510-7518
Hennig S, NyuntWai SN, ZiebuhrW (2007)
Spontaneous switch to PIA-independent biofilm formation in an ica-positive Staphylococcus epidermidis isolate
Intern. J. Med. Microbiol Int J Med Microbiol 297(2):117-22
Neugebauer U, Schmid U, Baumann K, Ziebuhr W, Kozitskaya S, Deckert V, Schmitt M, Popp J (2007)
Towards a detailed understanding of bacterial metabolism--spectroscopic characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Chemphyschem 8: 124-137
Neugebauer U, Schmid U, Baumann K, Ziebuhr W, Kozitskaya S, Holzgrabe U, Schmitt M, Popp J (2007)
The Influence of Fluoroquinolone Drugs on the Bacterial Growth of S. epidermidis Utilizing the Unique Potential of Vibrational Spectroscopy
J Phys Chem A 111: 2898-2906
Review articles
Schoenfelder S, Lange C, Eckart M, Hennig S, Kozytska S, Ziebuhr W (2010)
Success through diversity - How Staphylococcus epidermidis establishes as a nosocomial pathogen
Int. J. Med. Microbiol
Becker K, Bierbaum G, von Eiff C, Engelmann S, Götz F, Hacker J, Hecker M, Peters G, Rosenstein R, Ziebuhr W. (2007)
Understanding the physiology and adaptation of staphylococci: A postgenomic approach. Intern. J. Med. Microbiol. 297: 483-501
Ziebuhr W, Hennig S, Eckart M, Kraenzler HM, Batzilla C, Kozitskaya S. (2006)
Nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis: how a commensal bacterium turns into a pathogen. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents. 28 Suppl 1:S14-20
Ohlsen K, Eckart M, Hüttinger Ch, Ziebuhr W. (2006)
Pathogenic staphylococci: Lesssons from comparative genomics,
p. 175-202. In J. Hacker and U. Dobrindt ed., Pathogenomics, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.