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Irene Wagner-Döbler is affiliated with Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. Their research primarily spans the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. They contribute to various subfields including molecular biology, ecology, genetics, oceanography, and microbiology.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as microbial community ecology and physiology, protist diversity and phylogeny, genomics and phylogenetic studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, bacterial infections and vaccines, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Wagner-Döbler has published several papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • Selection, drift and community interactions shape microbial biogeographic patterns in the Pacific Ocean, 2022, The ISME Journal
  • Multi-omics analysis reveals the molecular response to heat stress in a "red tide" dinoflagellate, 2023, Genome Biology
  • The Influence of Genes on the "Killer Plasmid" of Dinoroseobacter shibae on Its Symbiosis With the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The microbiome of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum cordatum in laboratory culture and its changes at higher temperatures, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Identification of Volatiles of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum cordatum, 2022, Marine Drugs

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jörn Petersen
  • Johannes Mansky
  • Jürgen Tomasch
  • Hui Wang
  • Jörg Overmann

Frequent publication venues for Wagner-Döbler include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • mSystems
  • Synthesis
  • The ISME Journal

Best Publications

  • Environmental Biology of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage

    Irene Wagner-Döbler;Hanno Biebl

  • Thermal Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Analysis of Bioprotection from Pollutant Shocks in the Activated Sludge Microbial Community

    Christine A. Eichner;Rainer W. Erb;Kenneth N. Timmis;Irene Wagner-Döbler

  • Microbial transformations of mercury: potentials, challenges, and achievements in controlling mercury toxicity in the environment.

    Tamar Barkay;Irene Wagner-Döbler

  • Phylogenomics of Rhodobacteraceae reveals evolutionary adaptation to marine and non-marine habitats

    Meinhard Simon;Carmen Scheuner;Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Thorsten Brinkhoff

  • Is autoinducer-2 a universal signal for interspecies communication: a comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis of the synthesis and signal transduction pathways.

    Jibin Sun;Rolf Daniel;Irene Wagner-Döbler;An-Ping Zeng

  • The complete genome sequence of the algal symbiont Dinoroseobacter shibae: a hitchhiker's guide to life in the sea

    Irene Wagner-Döbler;Britta Ballhausen;Martine Berger;Thorsten Brinkhoff

  • Cross-feeding and interkingdom communication in dual-species biofilms of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans.

    Helena Sztajer;Szymon P Szafranski;Jürgen Tomasch;Michael Reck

  • Removal of mercury from chloralkali electrolysis wastewater by a mercury-resistant Pseudomonas putida strain.

    H. von Canstein;Y. Li;K. N. Timmis;W.-D. Deckwer

  • Dysbiosis in chronic periodontitis: Key microbial players and interactions with the human host

    Zhi-Luo Deng;Szymon P. Szafrański;Michael Jarek;Sabin Bhuju

  • The urinary microbiota of men and women and its changes in women during bacterial vaginosis and antibiotic treatment

    Cornelia Gottschick;Zhi-Luo Deng;Marius Vital;Clarissa Masur

  • Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Roseobacter Clade Bacteria from Diverse Marine Habitats

    Martin Allgaier;Heike Uphoff;Andreas Felske;Irene Wagner-Döbler

  • Discovery of complex mixtures of novel long-chain quorum sensing signals in free-living and host-associated marine alphaproteobacteria.

    Irene Wagner-Döbler;Verena Thiel;Leo Eberl;Martin Allgaier

  • Dinoroseobacter shibae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from dinoflagellates.

    Hanno Biebl;Martin Allgaier;Brian J. Tindall;Michal Koblizek

  • Removal of mercury from chemical wastewater by microoganisms in technical scale

    Irene Wagner-Döbler;Harald Von Canstein;Ying Li;Kenneth N. Timmis

  • Pilot plant for bioremediation of mercury-containing industrial wastewater

    I. Wagner-Döbler

  • Species Diversity Improves the Efficiency of Mercury-Reducing Biofilms under Changing Environmental Conditions

    Harald von Canstein;Sven Kelly;Ying Li;Irene Wagner-Döbler

  • Streptococcus mutans inhibits Candida albicans hyphal formation by the fatty acid signaling molecule trans-2-decenoic acid (SDSF).

    Ramiro Vílchez;André Lemme;Britta Ballhausen;Verena Thiel

  • Biofilm Community Structure in Polluted Rivers: Abundance of Dominant Phylogenetic Groups over a Complete Annual Cycle

    I. H. M. Brümmer;W. Fehr;I. Wagner-Döbler

  • Detection of polychlorinated biphenyl degradation genes in polluted sediments by direct DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction

    R W Erb;I Wagner-Döbler

  • Description of Labrenzia alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a, and a proposal for reclassification of Stappia aggregata as Labrenzia aggregata comb. nov., of Stappia marina as Labrenzia marina comb. nov. and of Stappia alba as Labrenzia alba comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Pannonibacter, Stappia and Roseibium, and of the species Roseibium denhamense and Roseibium hamelinense.

    Hanno Biebl;Rüdiger Pukall;Heinrich Lünsdorf;Stefan Schulz

  • Autoinducer-2-Regulated Genes in Streptococcus mutans UA159 and Global Metabolic Effect of the luxS Mutation

    Helena Sztajer;André Lemme;Ramiro Vilchez;Stefan Schulz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Meinhard Simon
Meinhard Simon Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Thorsten Brinkhoff
Thorsten Brinkhoff Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Hartmut Laatsch
Hartmut Laatsch University of Göttingen
Rüdiger Pukall
Rüdiger Pukall Leibniz Association
Manfred Rohde
Manfred Rohde Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Kenneth N. Timmis
Kenneth N. Timmis Technische Universität Braunschweig
Dietmar H. Pieper
Dietmar H. Pieper Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Markus Göker
Markus Göker Leibniz Association
Heinrich Lünsdorf
Heinrich Lünsdorf Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

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