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  1. Traditional plant urologicals curb early uropathogenic E. coli infection and strengthen host innate defense

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  2. Photosensitizer-specific bacterial stress responses in Escherichia coli reveal distinct targets in photoinduced inactivation

    Article • Communications Biology, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  3. Epigenetic remodeling in insect immune memory

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, June 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  4. Aktuell

    Article • BIOspektrum, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  5. A Robust One-Step Recombineering System for Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Article • Microorganisms, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  6. Role of aggregate-forming pilus (AFP) in adherence and colonization of both intestinal and urinary tracts

    Article • Virulence, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  7. The emerging role of epigenetic mechanisms in insect defense against pathogens

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  8. The aggregate-forming pili (AFP) mediates the aggregative adherence of a hybrid-pathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC/EAEC) isolated from a urinary tract infection

    Article • Virulence, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  9. Collateral effects of deletion of nlpD on rpoS and rpoS-dependent genes. Reply.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, September 2021, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  10. Compared with Cotrimoxazole Nitroxoline Seems to Be a Better Option for the Treatment and Prophylaxis of Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Uropathogens: An In Vitro Study

    Article • Antibiotics, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  11. Insights into evolution and coexistence of the colibactin- and yersiniabactin secondary metabolite determinants in enterobacterial populations

    Article • Microbial Genomics, March 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  12. The Superior Adherence Phenotype of E. coli O104:H4 is Directly Mediated by the Aggregative Adherence Fimbriae Type I

    Article • Virulence, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  13. Metabolomics Study on Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic E. coli with Closely Related Genomes with a Focus on Yersiniabactin and Its Known and Novel Derivatives

    Article • Metabolites, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  14. Genome Sequence of the Fish Brain Bacterium Clostridium tarantellae

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, April 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  15. Molecular Analyses of Over Hundred Sixty Clinical Isolates of SARS-CoV-2: Insights on Likely Origin, Evolution and Spread, and Possible Intervention

    Article • March 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  16. Transcriptional and Translational Inhibitors Block SOS Response and Shiga Toxin Expression in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  17. Origin and Evolution of Hybrid Shiga Toxin-Producing and Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains of Sequence Type 141

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  18. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney-Transplanted Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  19. Fimbriae reprogram host gene expression – Divergent effects of P and type 1 fimbriae

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2019, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  20. Effect of chlorine on cultivability of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and β-lactamase genes carrying E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  21. Core elements of the vegetative replication control of the Inc1 plasmid pO104_90 of Escherichia coli O104:H4 also regulate its transfer frequency

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  22. Antiadhesive hydroalcoholic extract from Apium graveolens fruits prevents bladder and kidney infection against uropathogenic E . coli

    Article • Fitoterapia, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  23. Pathophysiology of Escherichia coli pneumonia: Respective contribution of pathogenicity islands to virulence

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  24. Characterization of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Escherichia coli Isolates in Search of Alternative Strains for Efficient Bacterial Interference against Uropathogens

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  25. Whole-Genome Draft Sequences of Nine Asymptomatic Escherichia coli Bacteriuria Isolates from Diabetic Patients

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  26. Breaching the wall: morphological control of efficacy of phthalocyanine-based photoantimicrobials

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  27. Male kidney allograft recipients at risk for urinary tract infection?

    Article • PLOS One, November 2017, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  28. Striking an access to the bacteria via (reversible) control of lipophilicity

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  29. High Throughput Sequencing for Detection of Foodborne Pathogens

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  30. Boronic Acid Functionalized Photosensitizers: A Strategy To Target the Surface of Bacteria and Implement Active Agents in Polymer Coatings

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  31. Boronic Acid Functionalized Photosensitizers: A Strategy to Target the Surface of Bacteria and Implement Active Agents in Polymer Coatings

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  32. Infection with uropathogenic E. coli induces dynamic epigenetic reprogramming of innate immunity

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Krishnendu Mukherjee

  33. No evidence for a bovine mastitis Escherichia coli pathotype

    Article • BMC Genomics, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Professor Rolf Daniel

  34. Aqueous extract from Orthosiphon stamineus leaves prevents bladder and kidney infection in mice

    Article • Phytomedicine, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  35. Zinc treatment is efficient against Escherichia coli α-haemolysin-induced intestinal leakage in mice

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2017, Nature

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  36. The Food Contaminant Deoxynivalenol Exacerbates the Genotoxicity of Gut Microbiota

    Article • mBio, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  37. Host cell interactions of outer membrane vesicle-associated virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: Intracellular delivery, trafficking and mechanisms of cell injury

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2017, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  38. Making and Breaking Barriers to Overcome Microbial Infections

    Article • January 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  39. No evidence for a bovine mastitis Escherichia coli pathotype

    Article • December 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Rolf Daniel, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  40. The primary transcriptome of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 pAA plasmid and novel insights into its virulence gene expression and regulation

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2016, Nature

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  41. Long-term survival of the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain on fenugreek seeds

    Article • Food Microbiology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  42. Combined Analysis of Variation in Core, Accessory and Regulatory Genome Regions Provides a Super-Resolution View into the Evolution of Bacterial Populations

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2016, PLOS

    Dr Ben Pascoe, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  43. Iron Homeostasis Regulates the Genotoxicity of Escherichia coli That Produces Colibactin

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  44. Genes on a Wire: The Nucleoid-Associated Protein HU Insulates Transcription Units in Escherichia coli

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2016, Nature

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  45. Whole-Genome Draft Sequences of Six Commensal Fecal and Six Mastitis-Associated Escherichia coli Strains of Bovine Origin: TABLE 1

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Professor Rolf Daniel

  46. Bacterial Suppression of RNA Polymerase II-Dependent Host Gene Expression

    Article • Pathogens, July 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  47. Uropathogenic E. coli Exploit CEA to Promote Colonization of the Urogenital Tract Mucosa

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2016, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  48. Escherichia coli: an old friend with new tidings

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, March 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  49. Asymtomatic Bacteriuria as a Model to Study the Coevolution of Hosts and Bacteria

    Article • Pathogens, February 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  50. Genome Plasticity, Bacterial

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  51. Primary Amine Oxidase of Escherichia coli Is a Metabolic Enzyme that Can Use a Human Leukocyte Molecule as a Substrate

    Article • PLOS One, November 2015, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  52. In Vivo Consumption of Cranberry Exerts ex Vivo Antiadhesive Activity against FimH-Dominated Uropathogenic Escherichia coli: A Combined in Vivo, ex Vivo, and in Vitro Study of an Extract from Vaccinium macrocarpon

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  53. Virulence from vesicles: Novel mechanisms of host cell injury by Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2015, Nature

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  54. Das bililäre Mikrobiom bei hepatobiliären Erkrankungen

    Article • Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, August 2015, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  55. 10.1016/j.tube.2014.12.007

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Professor Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain

  56. Sa1328 Analysis of the Human Biliary Microbiome and Its Alterations in Biliary Tract Diseases

    Article • Gastroenterology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  57. Complete Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli Strains 1303 and ECC-1470 Isolated from Bovine Mastitis

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Professor Rolf Daniel

  58. Genomic Avenue to Avian Colisepticemia

    Article • mBio, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  59. Mobile genetic elements and pathogenicity islands encoding bacterial toxins

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  60. List of Contributors

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  61. Characterization of Urinary Tract Infection-Associated Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  62. Fur Is the Master Regulator of the Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Response to Serum

    Article • mBio, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  63. Prevalence of autotransporters in Escherichia coli: what is the impact of phylogeny and pathotype?

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  64. Prevalence and persistence of Escherichia coli in the airways of cystic fibrosis patients—An unrecognized CF pathogen?

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  65. The Contribution of Pathogenicity Islands to the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  66. Impact of Genome Plasticity on Adaptation of Escherichia coli during Urinary Bladder Colonization

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  67. α-Haemolysin ofEscherichia coliin IBD: a potentiator of inflammatory activity in the colon

    Article • Gut, February 2014, BMJ

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  68. Rare Emergence of Symptoms during Long-Term Asymptomatic Escherichia coli 83972 Carriage without an Altered Virulence Factor Repertoire

    Article • The Journal of Urology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  69. Heteropathogenic virulence and phylogeny reveal phased pathogenic metamorphosis inEscherichia coliO2:H6

    Article • EMBO Molecular Medicine, January 2014, EMBO

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  70. Characterization of Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospital Inpatients or Outpatients with Urinary Tract Infection

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  71. The Carbon Storage Regulator (Csr) System Exerts a Nutrient-Specific Control over Central Metabolism in Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  72. Sequence Variability of P2-Like Prophage Genomes Carrying the Cytolethal Distending Toxin V Operon in Escherichia coli O157

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Istvan Toth, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  73. Bacterial control of host gene expression through RNA polymerase II

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, May 2013, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  74. The long polar fimbriae operon and its flanking regions in bovine Escherichia coli O157:H43 and STEC O136:H12 strains

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  75. Phylogenetic group-associated differences in regulation of the common colonization factor Mat fimbria inEscherichia coli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  76. E. coli as an All-Rounder: The Thin Line Between Commensalism and Pathogenicity

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  77. Between Pathogenicity and Commensalism

    Article • January 2013

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  78. E. coli as an All-Rounder: The Thin Line Between Commensalism and Pathogenicity

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  79. Between Pathogenicity and Commensalism

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  80. Evolution und Infektionsbiologie der mit dem hämolytisch-urämischen Syndrom (HUS) assoziierten E.  coli (HUSEC)

    Article • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  81. Genotoxicity of Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 strain cannot be dissociated from its probiotic activity

    Article • Gut Microbes, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  82. Genetic and phylogenetic analysis of avian extraintestinal and intestinalEscherichia coli

    Article • Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, September 2012, Akademiai Kiado

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  83. The enemy within us: lessons from the 2011 European Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak

    Article • EMBO Molecular Medicine, August 2012, EMBO

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  84. Genome Plasticity and Infectious Diseases

    Article • March 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  85. The fimbriae activator MatA switches off motility in Escherichia coli by repression of the flagellar master operon flhDC

    Article • Microbiology, March 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  86. Gut inflammation can boost horizontal gene transfer between pathogenic and commensal Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    karen a krogfelt, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  87. Climate change and infectious diseases – Impact of global warming and climate change on infectious diseases: Myth or reality?

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  88. Variation in endogenous oxidative stress in Escherichia coli natural isolates during growth in urine

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  89. What defines extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli?

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  90. 9th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  91. Comparison of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Individuals versus Those from Hospital Patients Shows that Long-Term Bladder Colonization Selects for Attenuated Virulence Phenotypes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  92. Acute Escherichia coli Prostatitis in Previously Health Young Men: Bacterial Virulence Factors, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Clinical Outcomes

    Article • Urology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  93. The lipopolysaccharide of the mastitis isolate Escherichia coli strain 1303 comprises a novel O-antigen and the rare K-12 core type

    Article • Microbiology, March 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  94. Chromosomal instability in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: impact on adherence, tellurite resistance and colony phenotype

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  95. Mobilisation and remobilisation of a large archetypal pathogenicity island of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in vitro support the role of conjugation for horizontal transfer of genomic islands

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  96. Pathogen Specific, IRF3-Dependent Signaling and Innate Resistance to Human Kidney Infection

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2010, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  97. Pathogenomic comparison of human extraintestinal and avian pathogenic Escherichia coli – Search for factors involved in host specificity or zoonotic potential

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  98. Host Imprints on Bacterial Genomes—Rapid, Divergent Evolution in Individual Patients

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, August 2010, PLOS

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt, Professor Rolf Daniel

  99. Editorial

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  100. Bacterial genome plasticity and its impact on adaptation during persistent infection

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  101. Mat fimbriae promote biofilm formation by meningitis-associated Escherichia coli

    Article • Microbiology, June 2010, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  102. Genome dynamics and its impact on evolution of Escherichia coli

    Article • Medical Microbiology and Immunology, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  103. Identification of protective and broadly conserved vaccine antigens from the genome of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  104. Differential effects and interactions of endogenous and horizontally acquired H‐NS‐like proteins in pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Claudia Maria Hemsley (was Mueller), Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  105. Safety of Probiotic Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Depends on Intestinal Microbiota and Adaptive Immunity of the Host

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  106. Virulenzfaktoren uropathogener Erreger

    Article • Der Urologe, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  107. Differential effects and interactions of endogenous and horizontally acquired H-NS-like proteins in pathogenicEscherichia coli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  108. High-throughput microarray technology in diagnostics of enterobacteria based on genome-wide probe selection and regression analysis

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  109. Cell Wall Structure and Pathogenicity

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  110. O-acetyltransferase geneneuOis segregated according to phylogenetic background and contributes to environmental desiccation resistance inEscherichia coliK1

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  111. Vacuolisation of human microvascular endothelial cells by enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Article • Thrombosis and Haemostasis, October 2009, Schattauer GmbH

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  112. Genetic Structure and Distribution of the Colibactin Genomic Island among Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  113. Impact of O-glycosylation on the molecular and cellular adhesion properties of the Escherichia coli autotransporter protein Ag43

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  114. Analysis of the sfaXII locus in the Escherichia coli meningitis isolate IHE3034 reveals two novel regulatory genes within the promoter-distal region of the main S fimbrial operon

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  115. Adaptation of Pathogenic E. coli to Various Niches: Genome Flexibility is the Key

    Article • January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  116. “Gently Rough”: The Vaccine Potential of aSalmonella entericaRegulatory Lipopolysaccharide Mutant

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  117. Cytolethal Distending Toxin Type I and Type IV Genes Are Framed with Lambdoid Prophage Genes in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  118. Targeting virulence traits: potential strategies to combat extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli infections

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  119. Genotyping DNA chip for the simultaneous assessment of antibiotic resistance and pathogenic potential of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  120. Pathogenomics: An updated European Research Agenda

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Julian Parkhill, Professor Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  121. Genomic fluidity and pathogenic bacteria: applications in diagnostics, epidemiology and intervention

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  122. Characterisation of Escherichia coli strains involved in transcytosis across gut epithelial cells exposed to metabolic and inflammatory stress

    Article • Microbes and Infection, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  123. Delineation of the recombination sites necessary for integration of pathogenicity islands II and III into the Escherichia coli 536 chromosome

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  124. Die Biofilm-Bildung und ihre Bedeutung bei Harnwegsinfektionen

    Article • Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, January 2008, Dustri-Verlgag Dr. Karl Feistle

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  125. Molecular Basis of Commensalism in the Urinary Tract: Low Virulence or Virulence Attenuation?

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  126. Aspects of genome plasticity in pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  127. Expression analysis of the colibactin gene cluster coding for a novel polyketide in Escherichia coli

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  128. Escherichia�coli ?-haemolysin induces focal leaks in colonic epithelium: a novel mechanism of bacterial translocation

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  129. tDNA locus polymorphism and ecto-chromosomal DNA insertion hot-spots are related to the phylogenetic group of Escherichia coli strains

    Article • Microbiology, March 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  130. Down-Regulation of Key Virulence Factors Makes the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium rfaH Mutant a Promising Live-Attenuated Vaccine Candidate

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  131. Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha- and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-Producing Dendritic Cells Are Rapidly Recruited to the Bladder in Urinary Tract Infection but Are Dispensable for Bacterial Clearance

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  132. How to become a uropathogen: Comparative genomic analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  133. Escherichia coli Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Eukaryotic Cells

    Article • Science, August 2006, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  134. Role of Histone-Like Proteins H-NS and StpA in Expression of Virulence Determinants of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Claudia Maria Hemsley (was Mueller), Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  135. Role of pathogenicity island-associated integrases in the genome plasticity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2006, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  136. Both α-haemolysin determinants contribute to full virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536

    Article • Microbes and Infection, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  137. Pathogenomics of Escherichia coli and Shigella Species

    Article • May 2006, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  138. Active Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 Associated with Outer Membrane Vesicles from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  139. Demonstration of regulatory cross-talk between P fimbriae and type 1 fimbriae in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Microbiology, April 2006, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  140. Glycosylation of the Self-Recognizing Escherichia coli Ag43 Autotransporter Protein

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  141. The Transcriptional Antiterminator RfaH Represses Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Christophe BELOIN, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  142. Pathogenomics

    Article • January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  143. Mobile genetic elements and pathogenicity islands encoding bacterial toxins

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  144. (Patho-)Genomics of Escherichia coli

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  145. Regulation of type 1 fimbriae synthesis and biofilm formation by the transcriptional regulator LrhA of Escherichia coli

    Article • Microbiology, October 2005, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Volker F. Wendisch, Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  146. Presence and Characterization of a Mosaic Genomic Island Which Distinguishes Sorbitol-Fermenting Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H− from E. coli O157:H7

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  147. Transcriptional regulation through RfaH contributes to intestinal colonization by Escherichia coli

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  148. Characterization of the flexible genome complement of the commensal Escherichia coli strain A0 34/86 (O83 : K24 : H31)

    Article • Microbiology, February 2005, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  149. Novel multivalent mannose compounds and their inhibition of the adhesion of type 1 fimbriated uropathogenic E. coli

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  150. The Pathogenicity Island-Associated K15 Capsule Determinant Exhibits a Novel Genetic Structure and Correlates with Virulence in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  151. Analysis of the Genome Structure of the Nonpathogenic Probiotic Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  152. Oral Immunization with an rfaH Mutant Elicits Protection against Salmonellosis in Mice

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  153. Instability of Pathogenicity Islands in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 536

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  154. Excision of the high-pathogenicity island of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis requires the combined actions of its cognate integrase and Hef, a new recombination directionality factor

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  155. Genomic islands in pathogenic and environmental microorganisms

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  156. Pathogenicity Islands and Their Role in Bacterial Virulence and Survival

    Article • January 2004, Karger Publishers

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  157. Pathogenomics of mobile genetic elements of toxigenic bacteria

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  158. The Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases: Pathogenicity Islands and Other Mobile Genetic Elements

    Article • Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, November 2003, Akademiai Kiado

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  159. Prokaryotic Chromosomes and Disease

    Article • Science, August 2003, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  160. Bacteroides vulgatus protects against escherichia coli-induced colitis in gnotobiotic interleukin-2-deficient mice

    Article • Gastroenterology, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  161. Cytolethal Distending Toxin Gene Cluster in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichiacoli O157:H− and O157:H7: Characterization and Evolutionary Considerations

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  162. Commensal bacteria make a difference

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, April 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  163. Analysis of Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates by Use of DNA Arrays

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  164. A Single Nucleotide Exchange in the wzy Gene Is Responsible for the Semirough O6 Lipopolysaccharide Phenotype and Serum Sensitivity of Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  165. Genetic Structure and Distribution of Four Pathogenicity Islands (PAI I536 to PAI IV536) of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  166. Loss of Regulatory Protein RfaH Attenuates Virulence of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  167. Pathogenicity islands of uropathogenic E. coli and the evolution of virulence

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, June 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  168. Efficient expression of the α-haemolysin determinant in the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 requires the leuX -encoded tRNA 5 Leu

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, May 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  169. Virulence factors of uropathogens

    Article • Current Opinion in Urology, January 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  170. Identification and distribution of the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli factor for adherence (efa1) gene in sorbitol- fermenting Escherichia coli O157 : H−

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  171. Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Enterobacteria

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  172. Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Enterobacteria

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  173. EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENS

    Article • December 2001, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  174. Identification and Characterization of a Novel Genomic Island Integrated at selC in Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  175. Whole genome plasticity in pathogenic bacteria

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, October 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  176. S-Fimbria-Encoding Determinant sfaI Is Located on Pathogenicity Island III536 of UropathogenicEscherichia coli Strain 536

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  177. Regulation of the tRNA 5 Leu -encoding gene leuX that is associated with a pathogenicity island in the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, July 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  178. A subtractive hybridisation analysis of genomic differences between the uropathogenic E. coli strain 536 and the E. coli K-12 strain MG1655

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  179. Expression of Hemin Receptor Molecule ChuA Is Influenced by RfaH in Uropathogenic Escherichia coliStrain 536

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  180. The Pathogenicity Islands (PAIs) of the Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536: Island Probing of PAI II 536

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  181. Pathogenicity islands and phage conversion: evolutionary aspects of bacterial pathogenesis

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  182. Toxin genes on pathogenicity islands: impact for microbial evolution

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  183. Evolution of microbial pathogens

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2000, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  184. Influence of pathogenicity islands and the minor leuX-encoded tRNA5Leu on the proteome pattern of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  185. The leuX -encoded tRNA 5 Leu but not the pathogenicity islands I and II influence the survival of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 in CD-1 mouse bladder mucus in the stationary phase

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  186. The leuX-encoded tRNA5Leu but not the pathogenicity islands I and II influence the survival of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 in CD-1 mouse bladder mucus in the stationary phase

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  187. The Pai‐associated leuX specific tRNA Leu 5 affects type 1 fimbriation in pathogenic Escherichia coli by control of FimB recombinase expression

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 1997, Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  188. Purification and characterization of a membrane-bound hydrogenase from Sporomusa sphaeroides involved in energy-transducing electron transport

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, February 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  189. How Bacterial Pathogens were Constructed

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  190. Analysis of Pathogenicity Islands of STEC

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  191. Pathogenomics: Identification of Novel Drug Targets and Vaccine Candidates in Bacteria

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  192. Pathogenicity Islands of Uropathogence E. Coli and Evolution of Virulence

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt

  193. Analysis of the Hemolysin Determinants of the Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ulrich Dobrindt