Publications - KASTER LAB

Publications

Glockow T, Velaz Martín M, Meisch L, Kapieske D, Meissner K, Correa Cassal M, Kaster AK, Rabe KS, Niemeyer CM (2023). A photobioreactor for production of algae biomass from gaseous emissions of an animal house. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12815-7
Zoheir AE, Sobol MS, Meisch L, Ordoñez-Rueda D, Kaster AK, Niemeyer CM, Rabe KS (2023). A three-colour stress biosensor reveals multimodal response in single cells and spatiotemporal dynamics of biofilms. npj biofilms and microbiomes. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-023-00424-1
Wiegand S, Sobol MS, Schnepp-Pesch LK, Yan G, Iqbal S, Vollmers J, Müller JA, Kaster AK (2023). Taxonomic Re-Classification and Expansion of the Phylum Chloroflexota Based on over 5000 Genomes and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes. Microorganisms. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102612
Haenelt S, Richnow HH, Müller JA, Musat N (2023). Antibiotic resistance indicator genes in biofilm and planktonic microbial communities after wastewater discharge. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1252870
Arslan M, Siddique K, Müller JA, Tahseen R, Iqbal S, Islam E, Abbasi SA, Usman M, Gamal El-Din M, Afzal M (2023). Full-scale floating treatment wetlands in Pakistan: From performance evaluation to acceptance by local communities. ACS ES&T Water. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00228
Petani L, Jung AM, Frietsch Musulin RR, Sturm G, Kaster AK, Pylatiuk C (2023). Exploring the Antibacterial Effects of Ozonated Oils in Medicine: A Study on Escherichia coli Inhibition. Ozone: Science & Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/01919512.2023.2233746
Knecht CA, Hinkel M, Mäusezahl I, Kaster AK, Nivala J, Müller JA. Identification of Antibiotic Resistance Gene Hosts in Treatment Wetlands Using a Single-Cell Based High-Throughput Approach. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15132432
Münch JM, Sobol MS, Brors B, Kaster A-K (2023). Chapter One – Single-cell transcriptomics and data analyses for prokaryotes-Past, present and future concepts. Advances in Applied Microbiology, doi: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2023.04.002
Haenelt S, Wang G, Kasmanas JC, Musat F, Richnow HH, da Rocha UN, Müller JA, Musat N (2023). The fate of sulfonamide resistance genes and anthropogenic pollution marker intI1 after discharge of wastewater into a pristine river stream. frontiers in Microbiology, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1058350
Vollmers J, Correa Cassal M, and Kaster AK (2023). Midi-metagenomics: A novel approach for cultivation independent microbial genome reconstruction from environmental samples. bioRxiv, doi : 2023-01
Ajayi-Odoko AO, Ayansina ADV, Ikhimiukor OO, Müller JA, Adelowo OO (2023). Low-level fluoroquinolone resistance mediated by qnrD3 carried on Col3M plasmids in Proteus mirabilis isolated from untreated hospital wastewater, Ibadan, South West Nigeria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25618-0
Ardern Z, Chakraborty S, Lenk F, Kaster AK (2023). Elucidating the functional roles of prokaryotic proteins using big data and artificial intelligence. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, fuad003, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad003
Sobol MS, Kaster AK (2023). Back to Basics: A Simplified Improvement to Multiple Displacement Amplification for Microbial Single-Cell Genomics. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023 24(5), 4270; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054270

Ahmed E. Zoheir, Laura Meisch, Marta Velaz Martín, Christoph Bickmann, Alexei Kiselev, Florian Lenk, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Kersten S. Rabe, and Christof M. Niemeyer (2022) Macroporous Silicone Chips for Decoding Microbial Dark Matter in Environmental Microbiomes ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c15470
Nguyen PM, Arslan M, Kappelmeyer U, Mäusezahl I, Wiessner A, Müller JA. (2022) Spatial characterization of microbial sulfur cycling in horizontal-flow constructed wetland models. Chemosphere, 309:136605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136605

Vollmers, J.; Wiegand, S.; Lenk, F.; Kaster, A.-K. How clear is our current view on microbial dark matter? (Re-)assessing public MAG & SAG datasets with MDMcleaner. 2022 Nucleic Acids Research https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac294
Rehman K, Arslan M, Müller JA, Saeed M, Anwar S, Islam E, Imran A, Amin I, Mustafa T, Iqbal S, Afzal M. (2022) Operational parameters optimization for remediation of crude oil‑polluted water in floating treatment wetlands using response surface methodology. Scientific Reports, 12:4566. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08517-1

Knecht CA, Krüger M, Kellmann S, Mäusezahl I, Möder M, Adelowo OO, Vollmers J, Kaster AK, Nivala J, Müller JA. (2022) Cellular stress affects the fate of microbial resistance to folate inhibitors in treatment wetlands. Science of the Total Environment, 14;845:157318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157318
Weber N, Hofmeister M, Wunsch N, Kohler A, Kaster AK, Vollmers J, Kachel B, Mack M, Lamparter T. (2022) Natural Transformation, ProteinExpression, and Cryoconservation of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Phormidium lacuna. JoVE, Feb 1;180 https://doi.org/10.3791/63470
Lo HY, Martínez-Lavanchy P, Goris T, Heider J, Boll M, Kaster AK, Müller JA. (2022) IncP-type plasmids carrying genes for antibiotic resistance or for aromatic compound degradation are prevalent in sequenced Aromatoleum and Thauera strains. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16262

Arslan, M.; Müller, J.A.; GamalEl-Din,M. Aerobic naphthenic acid-degrading bacteria in petroleum-coke improve oil sands process water remediation in biofilters: DNA-stable isotope probing reveals methylotrophy in Schmutzdecke. 2021 Science of The Total Environment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151961

Rehman, K.; Arslan, M.; Müller, J.A.; Saeed, M.; Imran, A.; Amin, I.; Mustafa, T.; Iqbal, S.; Afzal, M. Bioaugmentation-Enhanced Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Water in Pilot-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands.Water 2021, 13, 2882. https://doi.org/10.3390/ w13202882
Wiegand, S., Rast, P., Kallscheuer, N., Jogler, M., Heuer, A., Boedeker, C., Jeske, O., Kohn, T., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., Quast, C., Glöckner, F. O., Rohde, m., Jogler, C. (2021) Analysis of Bacterial Communities on North Sea Macroalgae and Characterization of the Isolated Planctomycetes Adhaeretor mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseimaritima multifibrata sp. nov., Rosistilla ulvae sp. nov. and Rubripirellula lacrimiformis sp. nov. Microorganisms DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9071494
Wiegand, S., Dam, H., Riba, J., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K. (2021) Printing Microbial Dark Matter: Using Single Cell Dispensing and Genomics to Investigate the Patescibacteria/Candidate Phyla Radiation. frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.635506
Murphy, R., Benndorf, R., Z Wilhelm de Beer, Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., Beemelmanns, C, Poulsen, M. (2021) Comparative Genomics Reveals Prophylactic and Catabolic Capabilities of Actinobacteria within the Fungus-Farming Termite Symbiosis. Msphere DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.01233-20

Wiegand, S., Jogler, M., Boedeker, C., Heuer, A., Rast, P., Peeters, S., Jetten, M., Kaster, A.-K., Rohde, M., Kallscheuer, N., Jogler, C. (2020) Additions to the genus Gimesia: description of Gimesia alba sp. nov., Gimesia algae sp. nov., Gimesia aquarii sp. nov., Gimesia aquatilis sp. nov., Gimesia fumaroli sp. nov. and Gimesia panareensis sp. nov., isolated from aquatic habitats of the Northern Hemisphere. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI: 10.1007/s10482-020-01489-0
Wiegand, S., Jogler, M., Boedeker, C., Heuer, A., Peeters, S., Kallscheuer, N., Jetten, M., Kaster, A.-K., Rohde, M., Jogler, C. (2020) Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI 10.1007/s10482-020-01486-3
Benndorf, R., J.,Martin, K., Küfner, M., de Beer, W., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K. , Beemelmanns, C. (2020) Actinomadura rubteroloni sp. nov. and Actinomadura macrotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004403
Benndorf, R., Schwitalla, J.,Martin, K., de Beer, W., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K. ,Poulsen, M., Beemelmanns, C. (2020) Nocardia macrotermitis sp. nov. and Nocardia aurantia sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004398
Schwitalla, J., Benndorf, R., Martin, K, Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., de Beer, W., Poulsen, M., C. Beemelmanns (2020) Streptomyces smaragdinus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004478
Lee, S., Schalk, F., Schwitalla, J., Benndorf, R., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., de Beer, W., Park, M., Ahn, M., Hee Jung, W., Beemelmanns, C., Kim, K. (2020) Polyhalogenation of Isoflavonoids by the Termite-Associated Actinomadura sp. RB99. Journal of Natural Products DOI:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00676
Kaster, A.-K., Sobol, M. (2020) Microbial Single-Cell Omics: The Crux of the Matter. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology DOI:0.1007/s00253-020-10844-0
Benndorf, R., Martin, K., Küfner, M., de Beer, Z. W., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., Beemelmanns, C. (2020) Actinomadura rubteroloni sp. nov. and Actinomadura macrotermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Dam, H., Vollmers, J., Sobol, M., Cabezas, A., Kaster, A.-K. (2020) Targeted Cell Sorting Combined with Single Cell Genomics reveals Microbial Dark Matter overlooked by Metagenomics. Frontiers in Microbiology
Kohn, T., Rast, P., Kallscheuer, N., Wiegand, S., Boedeker, C., Jetten, M., Jeske,O., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., Rohde, M., Jogler, M., Jogler, C. (2020) The microbiome of Posidonia oceanica seagrass leaves can be dominated by Planctomycetes. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389%2Ffmicb.2020.01458
Geesink, P., Wegner, C., Probst, A., Herrmann, M., Dam, H., Kaster, A.-K., Küsel, K. (2020) Genome‐inferred spatio‐temporal resolution of an uncultivated Roizmanbacterium reveals its ecological preferences in groundwater. Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14865
Kaster, A.-K., Vollmers,J. (2020) Genetischer Globetrotter: Ein marines Plasmid hilft beim Verständnis des horizontalen Gentransfers. Biologie in unserer Zeit DOI 10.1002/biuz.202070109
Adelowo, O.O., Ikhimiukor, O.O., Knecht, C., Vollmers, J., Bhatia, M., Kaster, A.K., Müller, J.A. (2020). A survey of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in urban wetlands in southwestern Nigeria as a step towards generating prevalence maps of antimicrobial resistance. Plos one, 15(3), e0229451. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229451

Wiegand, S., Jogler, M., Boedeker, C., Pinto, D., Vollmers, J., Rivas-Marín, E., Kohn, T., Peeters, S., Heuer, A., Rast, P., Oberbeckmann, S., Bunk, B., Jeske, O., Meyerdierks, A., Storesund, J., Kallscheuer, N., Lücker, S., Lage, O., Pohl, T., Merkel, B., Hornburger, P., Müller, R., Brümmer, F., Labrenz, M., Spormann, A., Op den Camp,H., Overmann, J. (2019) Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology. Nature microbiology DOI 10.1038/s41564-019-0588-1
Rischer, M., Lee, S.-R., Eom, H.J., Park, H.J., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K., Shin, J.-Y., Oh, D.-C., Kim, K.H., Beemelmanns, C. (2019) Spirocyclic cladosporicin A and cladosporiumins I and J from a Hydractinia-associated Cladosporium sphaerospermum SW67. Organic Chemistry Frontiers DOI 10.1039/C8QO01104D
Jameson, E., Stephenson, J., Jones, H., Millard, A., Kaster, A.-K., Purdy, K.J., Airs, R., Murrell, J.C., Chen, Y. (2019) Deltaproteobacteria (Pelobacter) and Methanococcoides are responsible for choline-dependent methanogenesis in a coastal saltmarsh sediment. The ISME journal DOI 10.1038/s41396-018-0269-8
Taubert, M., Grob, C., Crombie, A., Howat, A.M., Burns, O.J., Weber, M., Lott, C., Kaster, A.-K., Vollmers, J., Jehmlich, N., von Bergen, M., Chen, Y., Murrell, J.C. (2019) Communal metabolism by Methylococcaceae and Methylophilaceae is driving rapid aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of a shallow seep near Elba, Italy. Environmental microbiology DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.14728
Petersen, J., Vollmers, J., Ringel, V., Brinkmann, H., Ellebrandt-Sperling, C., Spröer, C., Howat, A.M., Murrell, J.C., Kaster, A.-K. (2019) A marine plasmid hitchhiking vast phylogenetic and geographic distances. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.1905878116

Howat, A.M., Vollmers, J., Taubert, M., Grob, C., Dixon, J.-L., Todd, J.D., Chen, J., Kaster, A.-K., Murrell, J.C. (2018) Comparative Genomics and Mutational Analysis Reveals a Novel XoxF-Utilizing Methylotroph in the Roseobacter Group Isolated From the Marine Environment. Frontiers in microbiology 9 DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00766
Adelowo, O., Vollmers, J., Mäusezahl, I., Kaster, A.-K., Müller, J.A. (2018) Detection of the carbapenemase gene bla VIM-5 in members of the Pseudomonas putida group isolated from polluted Nigerian wetlands. Scientific reports DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-33535-3
Pratscher, J., Vollmers, J., Wiegand, S., Dumont, M. G., Kaster, A.-K. (2018) Unravelling the identity, metabolic potential, and global biogeography of the atmospheric methane-oxidising Upland Soil Cluster a. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14036

Dam, H. T., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A.-K. and Häggblom, M. M. (2017) Reconstructed genomes of novel Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains from 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-dechlorinating enrichment cultures reveal divergent reductive dehalogenase gene profiles. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93, fix151
Sewell, H. L., Kaster, A.-K., Spormann, A. M. (2017), Homoacetogenesis in Deep-Sea Chloroflexi, as Inferred by Single-Cell Genomics, Provides a Link to Reductive Dehalogenation in Terrestrial Dehalococcoidetes. mBio.asm.org, November/December 2017, Volume 8, Issue 6, e02022-17
Guo, H., Benndorf, R., Leichnitz, D., Klassen, J. L., Vollmers, J., Görls, H., Steinacker, M., Weigel, C., Dahse, H.-M., Kaster, A.-K., de Beer, Z. W., Poulsen, M. and Beemelmanns, C. (2017), Isolation, Biosynthesis and Chemical Modifications of Rubterolones A-F, Rare Tropolone Alkaloids from Actinomadura sp. 5-2. Chem. Eur. J.. Accepted Author Manuscript. DOI 10.1002/chem.201701005
Vollmers, J., Wiegand, S., Kaster, A.-K. (2017) Comparing and Evaluating Metagenome Assembly Tools from a Microbiologist’s Perspective – Not Only Size Matters!. PLOS ONE 12(1): e0169662. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0169662
Vollmers, J., Frentrup, M., Rast, P., Jogler, C. and Kaster, A.-K. (2017) Untangling Genomes of Novel Planctomycetal and Verrucomicrobial Species from Monterey Bay Kelp Forest Metagenomes by Refined Binning. Front. Microbiol. 8:472. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00472

Kohn, T., Heuer, A., Jogler, M., Vollmers, J., Boedeker, C., Bunk, B., Rast, P., Borchert, D., Glöckner, I., Freese, H.M., Klenk, H., Overmann, J., Kaster, A.-K., Wiegand, S., Rohde, M. and Jogler, C. (2016). Fuerstia marisgermanicae gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual member of the phylum Planctomycetes from the German Wadden Sea. Front. Microbiol. 7:2079. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02079
Song, Y., Kaster, A.-K., Vollmers, J., Song, Y., Davison, P.A., Frentrup, M., Preston, G.M., Thompson, I.P., Murrell, J.C., Yin, H., Hunter, C.N., Huang, W.E. (2016). Single-cell genomics based on Raman sorting reveals novel carotenoid-containing bacteria in the Red Sea. Microbial Biotechnology DOI 10.1111/1751-7915.12420
Flood, B.E., Fliss, P., Jones, D.S., Dick, G.J., Jain, S., Kaster, A.-K., Winkel, M., Mußmann, M. and Bailey, J. (2016). Single-Cell (Meta-)Genomics of a Dimorphic Candidatus Thiomargarita nelsonii Reveals Genomic Plasticity. Front. Microbiol. 7:603. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.0060

Kaster, A.-K., Meyer-Blackwell, K., Passarelli, B., Spormann, A., (2014). Single cell genomic study of Dehalococcoidites species in deep-sea sediments of the Peruvian Margin, The ISME Journal, DOI 10.1038/ismej.2014.24
Poehlein, A., Schmidt, S., Kaster, A.-K., Goenrich, M., Vollmers, J., Thürmer, A., Bertsch, J., Voigt, B., Hecker, M., Daniel, R., Thauer, R.K., Gottschalk, G. and Müller, M. (2012) An ancient pathway combining carbon dioxide fixation with the generation and utilization of a sodium ion gradient for ATP synthesis; PLoS One 2012; 7, e33439
Kaster, A.-K., Moll, J., Parey, K. and Thauer, R.K. (2011) Coupling of ferredoxin and heterodisulfide reduction via electron bifurcation in hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2011; 108:2981-2986
Kaster, A.-K., Goenrich, M., Seedorf, H., Liesegang, H., Wollher, A., Gottschalk, G. and Thauer, R.K. (2011) More than 200 genes required for methane formation from H2 and CO2 and energy conservation in Methanothermobacter marburgensis and M. thermautotrophicus; Archaea 2011; 973848
Liesegang, H.*, Kaster, A.-K.*, Wiezer, A., Goenrich. M., Wollher, A., Seedorf, H., Gottschalk, G., and Thauer, R.K. (2010) Complete Genome Sequence of Methanothermobacter marburgensis, a methanoarchaeon model organism; Journal of Bacteriology 2010; 192:5850-5851
Thauer, R.K., Kaster, A.-K., Goenrich, M., Schick, M., Hiromoto, T. and Shima, S. (2010) Hydrogenases from methanogenic archaea, nickel, a novel cofactor, and H2 storage; Annual Reviews of Biochemistry 2010; 79:507-536
Thauer, R.K., Kaster, A.-K., Seedorf, H., Buckel, W. and Hedderich, R. (2008) Methanogenic archaea: ecologically relevant differences in energy conservation; Nature Reviews Microbiology 2008; 6:579–591
Grundl, M.A., Kaster, A.-K., Beaulieu, E.D. and Trauner, D. (2006) Development of a Friedel-Crafts Triflation; Organic Letters 2006; 8:5429-5432