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Douwe Molenaar is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research output covers diverse aspects of molecular and microbial biology, with a particular focus on microbial metabolic engineering, gut microbiota, and metabolomics.

The main fields of study in which Douwe Molenaar has published include biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields spanning molecular biology, food science, ecology, plant science, and biochemistry. Their work has addressed topics such as microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, microbial community ecology and physiology, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, bioinformatics and genomic networks, and thyroid disorders and treatments.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Macrophage ATP citrate lyase deficiency stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Searching for principles of microbial physiology, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Transthyretin-Binding Activity of Complex Mixtures Representing the Composition of Thyroid-Hormone Disrupting Contaminants in House Dust and Human Serum, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Proteome constraints reveal targets for improving microbial fitness in nutrient-rich environments, 2021, Molecular Systems Biology
  • Ethanol-lactate transition of Lachancea thermotolerans is linked to nitrogen metabolism, 2022, Food Microbiology

Douwe Molenaar frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Chrats Melkonian
  • Bas Teusink
  • Remco Kort
  • Timo Hamers
  • Sebastián N. Mendoza

The venues where Douwe Molenaar's work has been published multiple times include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

Best Publications

  • Complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1

    Michiel Kleerebezem;Jos Boekhorst;Richard van Kranenburg;Douwe Molenaar

  • Shifts in growth strategies reflect tradeoffs in cellular economics

    Douwe Molenaar;Rogier van Berlo;Dick de Ridder;Bas Teusink

  • Development and application of the human intestinal tract chip, a phylogenetic microarray: analysis of universally conserved phylotypes in the abundant microbiota of young and elderly adults.

    Mirjana Rajilić-Stojanović;Hans G H J Heilig;Douwe Molenaar;Kajsa Kajander

  • A heat shock following electroporation induces highly efficient transformation of Corynebacterium glutamicum with xenogeneic plasmid DNA.

    M. E. van der Rest;C. Lange;D. Molenaar

  • A benzene-degrading nitrate-reducing microbial consortium displays aerobic and anaerobic benzene degradation pathways.

    Siavash Atashgahi;Bastian Hornung;Marcelle J. van der Waals;Ulisses Nunes da Rocha;Ulisses Nunes da Rocha

  • Biodiversity-Based Identification and Functional Characterization of the Mannose-Specific Adhesin of Lactobacillus plantarum

    Gabriele Pretzer;Johannes Snel;Douwe Molenaar;Anne Wiersma

  • Analysis of Growth of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 on a Complex Medium Using a Genome-scale Metabolic Model

    Bas Teusink;Anne Wiersma;Douwe Molenaar;Christof Francke

  • Phenotypic and genomic diversity of Lactobacillus plantarum strains isolated from various environmental niches.

    Roland J. Siezen;Vesela A. Tzeneva;Anna Castioni;Michiel Wels

  • Exploring Lactobacillus plantarum Genome Diversity by Using Microarrays

    Douwe Molenaar;Françoise Bringel;Frank H. Schuren;Willem M. de Vos

  • The micro-Petri dish, a million-well growth chip for the culture and high-throughput screening of microorganisms

    Colin J. Ingham;Ad Sprenkels;Johan Bomer;Douwe Molenaar

  • Generation of a Proton Motive Force by Histidine Decarboxylation and Electrogenic Histidine/Histamine Antiport in Lactobacillus buchneri

    D. Molenaar;J. S. Bosscher;B. Ten Brink;A. J. M. Driessen

  • Identification of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide Metabolism in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 through Microarrays

    Delphine M. A. Saulnier;Douwe Molenaar;Willem M. de Vos;Glenn R. Gibson

  • Multidrug resistance in Lactococcus lactis: evidence for ATP-dependent drug extrusion from the inner leaflet of the cytoplasmic membrane.

    H Bolhuis;H.W. van Veen;D. Molenaar;Berend Poolman

  • An alternative PII protein in the regulation of glutamine synthetase in Escherichia coli

    W.C. van Heeswijk;S. Hoving;D. Molenaar;B. Stegeman

  • How fast-growing bacteria robustly tune their ribosome concentration to approximate growth-rate maximization.

    Evert Bosdriesz;Douwe Molenaar;Bas Teusink;Frank J. Bruggeman

  • Mixed-Culture Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Basis of Mixed-Culture Growth in Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus

    Sander Sieuwerts;Douwe Molenaar;Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum;Marke Beerthuyzen

  • Finding functional differences between species in a microbial community: Case studies in wine fermentation and Kefir culture

    Chrats Melkonian;Willi Gottstein;Sonja Blasche;Yongkyu Kim

  • Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum genes modulating the cytokine response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

    Saskia van Hemert;Marjolein Meijerink;Douwe Molenaar;Peter A Bron

  • Availability of public goods shapes the evolution of competing metabolic strategies

    H. Bachmann;M. Fischlechner;I. Rabbers;N. Barfa

  • Exploring Metabolic Pathway Reconstruction and Genome-Wide Expression Profiling in Lactobacillus reuteri to Define Functional Probiotic Features

    Delphine M. Saulnier;Delphine M. Saulnier;Filipe Santos;Stefan Roos;Toni Ann Mistretta

Frequent Co-Authors

Bas Teusink
Bas Teusink Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Michiel Kleerebezem
Michiel Kleerebezem Wageningen University & Research
Roland J. Siezen
Roland J. Siezen Radboud University
Boris N. Kholodenko
Boris N. Kholodenko University College Dublin
Eddy J. Smid
Eddy J. Smid Wageningen University & Research
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen
Jos Boekhorst
Jos Boekhorst Wageningen University & Research
Peter Ruhdal Jensen
Peter Ruhdal Jensen Technical University of Denmark

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