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Hauke Harms is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, environmental science, and engineering. Within these broad fields, Harms concentrates on subfields including molecular biology, ecology, biomedical engineering, physical and theoretical chemistry, and pollution.

The scientist's work features significant engagement with topics such as microbial community ecology and physiology, thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, biofuel production and bioconversion, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, gut microbiota and health, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Harms has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate nanoplastics analyzed in real time by isothermal titration calorimetry (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microbial Resource Management for Ex Situ Biomethanation of Hydrogen at Alkaline pH (2020) in Microorganisms
  • Competition Between Butyrate Fermenters and Chain-Elongating Bacteria Limits the Efficiency of Medium-Chain Carboxylate Production (2020) in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Three Novel Clostridia Isolates Produce n-Caproate and iso-Butyrate from Lactate: Comparative Genomics of Chain-Elongating Bacteria (2020) in Microorganisms
  • Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts (2020) in Oikos

Frequent co-authors include Thomas Maskow, Sabine Kleinsteuber, Heike Sträuber, Lukas Y. Wick, and Marcell Nikolausz. These collaborations indicate ongoing research partnerships contributing to their field.

Harms' research is frequently published in journals such as Microorganisms, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, and Frontiers in Microbiology, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work and engagement with microbiology and environmental research communities.

Best Publications

  • Principles of microbial PAH-degradation in soil.

    Anders R. Johnsen;Lukas Y. Wick;Hauke Harms

  • Untapped potential: exploiting fungi in bioremediation of hazardous chemicals

    Hauke Harms;Dietmar Schlosser;Lukas Y. Wick

  • Prospects for microbiological solutions to environmental pollution with plastics

    Martin C. Krueger;Hauke Harms;Dietmar Schlosser

  • Taking the Fungal Highway: Mobilization of Pollutant-Degrading Bacteria by Fungi

    Stefanie Kohlmeier;Theo H. M. Smits;Roseanne M. Ford;Christoph Keel

  • Isolation of Adherent Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Degrading Bacteria Using PAH-Sorbing Carriers

    Leen Bastiaens;Dirk Springael;Pierre Wattiau;Hauke Harms

  • Adhesion of the positively charged bacterium Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia 70401 to glass and Teflon.

    Barbara A. Jucker;Hauke Harms;Andalexander J. B. Zehnder

  • Development of a set of simple bacterial biosensors for quantitative and rapid measurements of arsenite and arsenate in potable water.

    Judith Stocker;Denisa Balluch;Monika Gsell;Hauke Harms

  • Debaryomyces hansenii--an extremophilic yeast with biotechnological potential.

    Uta Breuer;Hauke Harms

  • Functional metaproteome analysis of protein extracts from contaminated soil and groundwater

    Dirk Benndorf;Gerd U Balcke;Hauke Harms;Martin von Bergen

  • Comparative 16S rDNA and 16S rRNA sequence analysis indicates that Actinobacteria might be a dominant part of the metabolically active bacteria in heavy metal‐contaminated bulk and rhizosphere soil

    Fabienne Gremion;Antonis Chatzinotas;Hauke Harms

  • Genetically programmed autoinducer destruction reduces virulence gene expression and swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

    Cornelia Reimmann;Nathalie Ginet;Laurent Michel;Christoph Keel

  • Microbial interactions with organic contaminants in soil: definitions, processes and measurement.

    Kirk T. Semple;Kieron J. Doick;Lukas Y. Wick;Hauke Harms

  • Limits of propidium iodide as a cell viability indicator for environmental bacteria

    Lei Shi;Susanne Günther;Thomas Hübschmann;Lukas Y. Wick

  • Mass transfer limitation of microbial growth and pollutant degradation

    H Harms;T N P Bosma

  • Inhibition of bacterial adhesion on PVC endotracheal tubes by RF-oxygen glow discharge, sodium hydroxide and silver nitrate treatments

    D.J. Balazs;K. Triandafillu;P. Wood;Y. Chevolot

  • Influence of the surface topography of stainless steel on bacterial adhesion

    Edi Medilanski;Karin Kaufmann;Lukas Y Wick;Oskar Wanner

  • Adsorption of bacterial surface polysaccharides on mineral oxides is mediated by hydrogen bonds

    B.A. Jucker;H. Harms;S.J. Hug;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Development and characterization of a whole-cell bioluminescent sensor for bioavailable middle-chain alkanes in contaminated groundwater samples.

    P. Sticher;M. C. M. Jaspers;K. Stemmler;H. Harms

  • Whole-cell living biosensors—are they ready for environmental application?

    Hauke Harms;Mona C. Wells;Jan Roelof van der Meer

  • Transport of bacteria in unsaturated porous media

    Anke Schäfer;Petr Ustohal;Hauke Harms;Fritz Stauffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Y. Wick
Lukas Y. Wick Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ingo Fetzer
Ingo Fetzer Stockholm Resilience Centre
Martin Thullner
Martin Thullner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Alexander J. B. Zehnder Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Jan Roelof van der Meer
Jan Roelof van der Meer University of Lausanne
Karin Frank
Karin Frank Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Martin von Bergen
Martin von Bergen Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Nico Jehmlich
Nico Jehmlich Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Karin Johst
Karin Johst Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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