Publications 2005 - present
indicated in bold are former or present members of our lab
Heindl NR, Gruber-Vodicka HR, Bayer C, Lücker S, Ott JA, Bulgheresi S. 2011. First detection of thiotrophic symbiont phylotypes in the pelagic marine environment FEMS Microbiology Ecology 77:1 223-227 - online here
Bulgheresi S.*, Gruber-Vodicka HR*, Heindl NR, Dirks U, Kostadinova M, Breiteneder H and Ott JA. 2011. Sequence variability of the pattern recognition receptor Mermaid mediates specificity of marine nematode symbioses. ISME Journal 5, 986–998 - online here
*these authors contributed equally
Bright M. and Bulgheresi S. 2010. A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts. Nature Reviews Microbiology 8, 218-230.
Mittal, R., Bulgheresi, S., Emami, C., Prasadarao, N.V., 2009. Enterobacter sakazakii targets DC-SIGN to induce immunosuppressive responses in dendritic cells by modulating MAPKs. Journal of Immunology 183 (10), 6588–6599.
Bayer C*, Heindl NR*, Rinke C, Lücker S, Ott JA, Bulgheresi S 2009. Molecular characterization of the symbionts associated with marine nematodes of the genus Robbea. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1(2): 136-144 Click here to read the abstract and get a PDF
* these authors contributed equally
LOY, A., S. DULLER, CH. BARANYI, M. MUßMANN, J. OTT, I. SHARON, O. BEJA, D. LE PASLIER, CH. DAHL & M. WAGNER. 2009. Reverse Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase as Phylogenetic Marker for a subgroup of sulphur-oxidizing prokaryotes. Envir. Microbiol. 11 (2): 289-299
Nabatov A.A., de Jong M.A.W.P., de Witte L., Bulgheresi S. and T.H.B. Geijtenbeek. 2008. C-type lectin Mermaid inhibits dendritic cell mediated Hiv-1 transmission to CD4+ T cell. Virology. 378(2):323-8.
Zhang P., Skurnik M., Zhang S., Schwartz O., Kalyanasundaram R., Bulgheresi S., He J.J., Klena J. D., B. Hinnebusch J. and T. Chen. 2008. Human DC-SIGN (CD209) is a receptor for Yersiniapestis that promotes phagocytosis by dendritic cells. Infect. Immun. 76(5):2070-9.
HASLER H. & J. OTT. 2008. Diving down the reefs? Intensive diving tourism threatens the reefs of the northern Red Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1788-1794
Zhang P., Snyder S., Feng P., Azadi P., Zhang S., Bulgheresi S., Sanderson K., He J.J.,Klena J.D. and T. Chen. 2006. Role of N-Acetylglucosamine within Core Lipopolysaccharide of Several Species of Gram-negative Bacteria in Targeting the DC-SIGN (CD209). J. Immunol. 177(6):4002-4011.
Bulgheresi S.,Schabussova I., Chen T., Mullin N. P., Maizels, R. M. and J. A. Ott. 2006. A new C-type lectin similar to the human immunoreceptor DC-SIGN mediates symbiont acquisition by a marine nematode. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:2950-2956.
Rinke, Ch., S. Schmitz-Esser, K. Stoecker, A. D. Nussbaumer, D. A. Molnar, K. Vanura, M. Wagner, M. Horn, J. A. Ott, and M. Bright. 2006. “Candidatus Thiobios zoothamnicoli,” an Ectosymbiotic Bacterium Covering the Giant Marine Ciliate Zoothamnium niveum. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Vol. 72, No. 3, p. 2014–2021
VOPEL, K., THISTLE, D., OTT, J., BRIGHT, M. & H. ROY. 2005. Wave-induced H2S flux sustains a chemoautotrophic symbiosis. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50 (1): 128-133
GALLMETZER, I., PFLUGFELDER, B., ZEKELY, J. & J. A. OTT. 2005. Macrofauna diversity in Posidonia oceanica detritus: distribution and diversity of mobile macrofauna in shallow sublittoral accumulations of Posidonia oceanica detritus. Marine Biology 147: 517-523