Publikationen
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Bogdanova, A.; Borbón-García, A.; Ley, R.; Tyakht, A.: Human gut flagellome profiling using FlaPro reveals TLR5-related phenotype-specific alterations in IBD. Gut Microbes 18 (1), 2698917 (2026)

Heaver, S.; Ley, R.: Bacterial lipid structural diversity mediates commensalism and pathogenesis. Nature Reviews Microbiology Epub ahead (2026)

Mederer, M.; Gautam, A.; Kohlbacher, O.; Lupas, A.; Elhabashy, H.: Interacting Species Database (ISDB): Comprehensive Resource for Interspecies Interactions at the Molecular Level. Bioinformatics 42 (7), btag419 (2026)

Allaart, M.; Tyakht, A.; Ley, R.; Pabst, M.; Stouten, G.; Angenent, L.: D- and L-lactate consumers in the human gut are taxonomically, biochemically, and energetically different. ISME Communications 6 (1), ycag180 (2026)

Chakraborty, P.; Chatterjee, S.; Kassir, M.; Wofford, W.; Choi, S.; Oleinik, N.; Saatci, O.; Darawshi, O.; Das, S.; Gautam, A. et al.; Oberhoeltzer, N.; Mills, S.; DeMass, R.; Hedley, Z.; Liu, Y.; Parikh, R.; Paul, S.; Seal, S.; Smith, C.; Lilly, M.; Gangaraju, V.; Peterson, Y.; Mehrotra, M.; Hill, E.; Sahin, O.; Leitinger, N.; Rodriguez, P.; Ogretmen, B.; Mehrotra, S.: Sphingosine kinase-2 inhibition promotes immunogenic differentiation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells through an Acetyl-CoA carboxylase-phosphatidylcholine axis. Nature Communications 17, 7076 (2026)

Schlaiß, C.; Baur, S.; Marsh, J.; Gemeinhardt, K.; Angenent, L.: Genetic modification of Clostridium kluyveri for heterologous n-butanol and n-hexanol production. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 92 (4), e0005826 (2026)

Kim, S.-E.; Ott, R.; Bretin, A.; Abo, H.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Winer, S.; Reddivari , L.; Heaver, S.; Ley, R. et al.; Pellizzon, M.; Ngo, V.; Gewirtz, A.: Wheat fiber mitigates colitis via non-SCFA microbial metabolite-trained intestinal macrophages. Science Advances 12 (13), eaec5757 (2026)

Kim, S.-G.; Ott, R.; Bretin, A.; Abo, H.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Winer, S.; Winer, D.; Reddivari, L.; Heaver, S. et al.; Ley, R.; Pellizzon, M.; Ngo, V.; Gewirtz, A.: Wheat Fiber Suppresses Development of Colitis via Microbiota-Mediated Fermentation-Independent Metabolites that Reprogram Intestinal Macrophages. Science Advances 12 (13), eaec5757 (2026)

Benedé-Ubieto, R.; Estévez-Vázquez, O.; Acar, R.; Leal-Lassalle, H.; Gutierrez, A.; Redondo-Urzainqui, A.; Iborra, S.; Odintsova, V.; Tyakht, A.; Herranz, J. et al.; Firat, Z.; Basol, M.; Korkmaz, B.; Sanz-García, C.; Juanola, O.; Caparrós, E.; Francés, A.; Ciudin, A.; Pericàs, J.; Gómez-Santos , B.; Aspichueta, P.; Treichel, N.; Clavel, T.; Reißing, J.; Bruns, T.; Bartneck, M.; Mazariegos, M.; Wolters, J.; Jorquera, G.; Liedtke, C.; Vaquero, J.; Bañares, R.; Cakan-Akdogan, G.; Ávila, M.; Conu, O.; Cubero, F.; Nevzorova, Y.: Alcohol consumption in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): understanding the gut-liver crosstalk for clinical translation. Gut Microbes 18 (1), 2631834 (2026)

Mbong Ngwese, M.; Loum, S.; Berg, L.; Tyakht, A.; Youngblut, N.; Adegnika, A.; Kremsner, P.; Ley, R.; Marsh, J.: Genomic and phenotypic characterization of a human gut Methanobrevibacter intestini strain G0370_i3 isolated in Gabon. Future Microbiology 21 (3), S. 265 - 277 (2026)

Pons, I.; García-Lozano, M.; Emmerich, C.; Ayas, A.; Henzler, C.; Enav, H.; Ley, R.; Salem, H.: Fidelity in co-diversified symbiosis. Nature Communications 17, 1644 (2026)

Klag, K.; Ott, D.; Tippetts, S.; Nicolson, R.; Tatum, S.; Bauer, K.; Stephen-Victor, E.; Weis, A.; Bell, R.; Weagley, J. et al.; Maschek, A.; Vu, D.; Heaver, S.; Ley, R.; O'Connell, R.; Holland, W.; Summers, S.; Stephens, W.; Round, J.: Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health. Cell Metabolism 38 (1), S. 157 - 173 (2026)

Liu, Y.; Kiesser, A.; Vadlamani, A.; Kouris, A.; Strous, M.: Exceptionally high carbon fixation and nitrogen assimilation rates in microbial mats of an alkaline soda lake. The ISME Journal 19 (1), wraf226 (2026)

Lucas, T.; Biehain, U.; Gautam, A.; Gemeinhardt, K.; Lass, T.; Konzalla, S.; Ley, R.; Angenent, L.; Huson, D.: MMonitor: Software for Real-Time Monitoring of Microbial Communities Using Long Reads. Cell Reports Methods 6 (1), 101266 (2026)

Varvara, R.-A.; Budde, H.; Ley, R.; Vodnar, D.: Optimizing Magnesium Uptake in Lacticaseibacillus Rhamnosus To Advance Nutribiotic Strategies. Current Microbiology 83 (2), 132 (2026)

Ngwese, M.; Adegbite, B.; Zinsou, J.; Fitzstevens, J.; Schmidt, V.; Moure, A.; Maloum, M.; Tyakht, A.; Huus, K.; Youngblut, N. et al.; Kremsner, P.; Adegnika, A.; Ley, R.: Infection with gut parasites correlates with gut microbiome diversity across human populations in Africa. Gut Microbes 17 (1), 2587966 (2025)

Geibel, C.; Schubert, J.; Knoblauch, S.; Hernandez, A.; Boldt, L.; Schneider, D.; Papadopoulos Lambidis, S.; Vitale, G.; Fleischer, J.; Haussmann, M. et al.; Wang, M.; Brötz-Oesterhelt, H.; Petras, D.: High-Frequency Microfluidic Fractionation for Compound-Resolved Bioactivity-Based Metabolomics. Analytical Chemistry 97 (43), S. 24093 - 24104 (2025)

Fuentes, J.; Singh, S.; Pudlo, N.; Heaver, S.; Ley, R.; Martens, E.: Carbohydrates and the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway modify Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron phage resistance by phase variable S-layers. Journal of Bacteriology 207 (10), e0017825 (2025)

Siebner, A.; Griesbaum, J.; Huus, K.; Flügge, J.; Hopfensperger, K.; Michel, T.; Schneiderhan-Marra, N.; Sauter, D.; Kremsner, P.; Ley, R. et al.; Dulovic, A.; Esen, M.: Class switch toward IgG2 and IgG4 is more pronounced in BNT162b2 compared to mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccinees. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 159, 107990 (2025)

Suzuki, T.; Akbuğa-Schön, T.; Waters, J.; Jakob, D.; Vu, D.; Ballinger, M.; Di Rienzi, S.; Chang, H.; de Araujo, I.; Tyakht, A. et al.; Ley, R.: Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior. Nature Communications 16, 9482 (2025)