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Overview

Herbert Schmidt is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields within the biological sciences, with a particular focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Among the subfields they have contributed to are endocrinology, biotechnology, food science, molecular biology, and infectious diseases.

Their scientific work encompasses a broad array of topics, including:

  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Probiotics and fermented foods
  • Listeria monocytogenes in food safety
  • Microbial inactivation methods
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies

Notable recent publications by Schmidt include:

  • "Bacteriophages of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Their Contribution to Pathogenicity," 2021, published in Pathogens
  • "How bacterial pathogens of the gastrointestinal tract use the mucosal glyco-code to harness mucus and microbiota: New ways to study an ancient bag of tricks," 2020, published in International Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • "Genome-wide association reveals host-specific genomic traits in Escherichia coli," 2023, published in BMC Biology
  • "Systematic discovery of antibacterial and antifungal bacterial toxins," 2024, published in Nature Microbiology
  • "Rapid Acidification and Off-Flavor Reduction of Pea Protein by Fermentation with Lactic Acid Bacteria and Yeasts," 2024, published in Foods

The venues where Schmidt frequently publishes include:

  • Pathogens
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Foods

Throughout their career, Schmidt has coauthored many papers with several researchers, most often collaborating with:

  • Agnes Weiß
  • Katharina Detert
  • Dor Zipori
  • Holger Barth
  • Astrid Gędas

Best Publications

  • Pathogenicity Islands in Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Herbert Schmidt;Michael Hensel

  • Molecular analysis of the plasmid-encoded hemolysin of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL 933.

    H Schmidt;L Beutin;H Karch

  • EspP, a novel extracellular serine protease of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 cleaves human coagulation factor V.

    Werner Brunder;Herbert Schmidt;Helge Karch

  • Typing of intimin genes in human and animal enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: characterization of a new intimin variant.

    E. Oswald;H. Schmidt;S. Morabito;H. Karch

  • A New Shiga Toxin 2 Variant (Stx2f) from Escherichia coli Isolated from Pigeons

    Herbert Schmidt;Jürgen Scheef;Stefano Morabito;Alfredo Caprioli

  • Development of PCR for screening of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.

    H Schmidt;C Knop;S Franke;S Aleksic

  • KatP, a novel catalase-peroxidase encoded by the large plasmid of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.

    Werner Brunder;Herbert Schmidt;Helge Karch

  • Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages--genomes in motion.

    Sylvia Herold;Helge Karch;Herbert Schmidt

  • Genetic Diversity of Intimin Genes of Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli Strains

    W. L. Zhang;B. Köhler;E. Oswald;L. Beutin

  • Non-O157:H7 Pathogenic Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: Phenotypic and Genetic Profiling of Virulence Traits and Evidence for Clonality

    Herbert Schmidt;Caren Geitz;Phillip I. Tarr;Matthias Frosch

  • Epidemiology and diagnosis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections.

    Helge Karch;Martina Bielaszewska;Martin Bitzan;Herbert Schmidt

  • Shiga-toxin-converting bacteriophages

    Herbert Schmidt

  • Clonal structure and pathogenicity of Shiga-like toxin-producing, sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H-.

    H Karch;H Böhm;H Schmidt;F Gunzer

  • A Genomic Island, Termed High-Pathogenicity Island, Is Present in Certain Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Clonal Lineages

    H. Karch;S. Schubert;D. Zhang;W. Zhang

  • Identification and Characterization of a Novel Genomic Island Integrated at selC in Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

    H. Schmidt;W.-L. Zhang;U. Hemmrich;S. Jelacic

  • The large plasmids of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are highly variable genetic elements

    Werner Brunder;Herbert Schmidt;Matthias Frosch;Helge Karch

  • Shiga-like toxin II-related cytotoxins in Citrobacter freundii strains from humans and beef samples.

    H Schmidt;M Montag;J Bockemühl;J Heesemann

  • A gene cluster closely related to type II secretion pathway operons of gram-negative bacteria is located on the large plasmid of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains.

    Herbert Schmidt;Beatrix Henkel;Helge Karch

  • Long-term shedding and clonal turnover of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in diarrheal diseases.

    H Karch;H Rüssmann;H Schmidt;A Schwarzkopf

  • Enteroaggregative, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111:H2 associated with an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

    Stefano Morabito;Helge Karch;Patrizia Mariani-Kurkdjian;Herbert Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Karch
Helge Karch University of Münster
Reinhold Carle
Reinhold Carle University of Hohenheim
Jochen Weiss
Jochen Weiss University of Hohenheim
Martina Bielaszewska
Martina Bielaszewska University of Münster
Lothar Beutin
Lothar Beutin Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Alfredo Caprioli
Alfredo Caprioli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Lothar H. Wieler
Lothar H. Wieler Hasso Plattner Institute
Michael Hensel
Michael Hensel Osnabrück University
Eric Oswald
Eric Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Holger Barth
Holger Barth University of Ulm

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