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Dittmar Hahn is affiliated with Texas State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Microbiology. The focus of their research involves topics such as Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and Infectious Diseases and Mycology.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Rational Selection of Mixed Yeasts Starters for Agave Must Fermentation," 2021, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • "Identification of Blood Parasites in Individuals from Six Families of Freshwater Turtles," 2020, Chelonian Conservation and Biology
  • "Draft genomes of non-nitrogen-fixing Frankia strains," 2021, Journal of Genomics
  • "Competition of two inoculated Frankia strains in root nodulation of Alnus glutinosa seedlings and associated Frankia-strain growth in rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soils," 2022, Plant and Soil
  • "Effect of different Alnus taxa on abundance and diversity of introduced and indigenous Frankia in soils and root nodules," 2022, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Genomics
  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Plant and Soil

Throughout their career, Dittmar Hahn has collaborated regularly with several co-authors. The most frequent collaborators are:

  • Trina Guerra
  • Spandana Vemulapally
  • Michael R. J. Forstner
  • Philippe Normand
  • Camila Carlos-Shanley

Best Publications

  • Dehalobacter restrictus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene in an anaerobic respiration

    Christof Holliger;Dittmar Hahn;Hermie Harmsen;Wolfgang Ludwig

  • Enrichment, Phylogenetic Analysis and Detection of a Bacterium That Performs Enhanced Biological Phosphate Removal in Activated Sludge

    R. P. X. Hesselmann;C. Werlen;D. Hahn;J. R. Van Der Meer

  • Analysis of bacterial communities in heavy metal-contaminated soils at different levels of resolution

    Ruth-Anne Sandaa;Vigdis Torsvik;Øivind Enger;Frida Lise Daae

  • Detection of micro-organisms in soil after in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted, fluorescently labelled oligonucleotides.

    Dittmar Hahn;Rudolf I. Amann;Wolfgang Ludwig;Antoon D. L. Akkermans

  • Analysis of bacterial community structure in bulk soil by in situ hybridization

    Boris Zarda;D. Hahn;Antonis Chatzinotas;Wilhelm Schönhuber

  • In situ analysis of denitrifying toluene- and m-xylene-degrading bacteria in a diesel fuel-contaminated laboratory aquifer column.

    A Hess;B Zarda;D Hahn;A Häner

  • Characterization and identification of numerically abundant culturable bacteria from the anoxic bulk soil of rice paddy microcosms.

    Kuk-Jeong Chin;Dittmar Hahn;Ulf Hengstmann;Werner Liesack

  • Vertical distribution of methanogens in the anoxic sediment of Rotsee (Switzerland).

    K. Zepp Falz;C. Holliger;R. Großkopf;W. Liesack

  • Origins and fate of fungi and bacteria in the gut of Lumbricus terrestris L. studied by image analysis

    Frank Schönholzer;Dittmar Hahn;Josef Zeyer

  • Interactions among plant species and microorganisms in salt marsh sediments.

    David J. Burke;Erik P. Hamerlynck;Dittmar Hahn;Dittmar Hahn

  • Automated image analysis and in situ hybridization as tools to study bacterial populations in food resources, gut and cast of Lumbricus terrestris L.

    Frank Schönholzer;Dittmar Hahn;Dittmar Hahn;Dittmar Hahn;Boris Zarda;Josef Zeyer

  • In situ analysis of the bacterial community in the gut of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. by whole-cell hybridization

    Kathrin Fischer;Dittmar Hahn;Otto Daniel;Josef Zeyer

  • Differential enumeration and in situ localization of microorganisms in the hindgut of the lower termite mastotermes darwiniensis by hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes

    M. Berchtold;A. Chatzinotas;Wilhelm Schönhuber;A. Brune

  • Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship Between Members of the Genera Frankia, Geodermatophilus, and “Blastococcus” and Emdendation of the Family Frankiaceae

    Dittmar Hahn;Mary P. Lechevalier;Angelika Fischer;Erko Stackebrandt

  • Variable compatibility of cloned Alnus glutinosa ecotypes against ineffective Frankia strains.

    D. Hahn;M.J.C. Starrenburg;A.D.L. Akkermans

  • Extraction of ribosomal RNA from soil for detection of Frankia with oligonucleotide probes.

    D. Hahn;R. Kester;M. J. C. Starrenburg;A. D. L. Akkermans

  • Detection of mRNA in streptomyces cells by whole-cell hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled probes.

    Dittmar Hahn;Rudolf I. Amann;Josef Zeyer

  • Analysis of bacterial and protozoan communities in an aquifer contaminated with monoaromatic hydrocarbons

    Boris Zarda;Geoffrey Mattison;Annatina Hess;Dittmar Hahn

  • Spatio-temporal distribution of phototrophic sulfur bacteria in the chemocline of meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland).

    Mauro Tonolla;Sandro Peduzzi;Sandro Peduzzi;Dittmar Hahn;Raffaele Peduzzi

  • Whole-Cell Hybridization of Frankia Strains with Fluorescence- or Digoxigenin-Labeled, 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes.

    Dittmar Hahn;Rudolf I. Amann;Josef Zeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Zeyer
Josef Zeyer ETH Zurich
Jeffrey O. Dawson
Jeffrey O. Dawson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Antoon D. L. Akkermans
Antoon D. L. Akkermans Wageningen University & Research
Wolfgang Ludwig
Wolfgang Ludwig Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Mark W. Paschke
Mark W. Paschke Colorado State University
Patrick Höhener
Patrick Höhener Aix-Marseille University
Werner Liesack
Werner Liesack Max Planck Society
Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Alexander J. B. Zehnder Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Christof Holliger
Christof Holliger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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