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Jörg Overmann

Jörg Overmann

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
26015
World Ranking
3665
National Ranking
275

Overview

Jörg Overmann is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Food Science.

Their research topics cover a broad range of microbial and genomic studies, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis

Jörg Overmann has published numerous papers with recent notable works including:

  • "Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "BacDive in 2022: the knowledge base for standardized bacterial and archaeal data," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria," 2021, ISME Communications

The publication venues where Jörg Overmann frequently disseminates research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jörg Overmann are:

  • Boyke Bunk
  • Cathrin Spröer
  • Thomas Riedel
  • Thomas Clavel
  • Johannes Sikorski

Best Publications

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

    Santiago Soliveres;Fons van der Plas;Peter Manning;Daniel Prati

  • Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of three Clostridioides difficile strains isolated from a single patient provide insight into multiple infection of C. difficile.

    Uwe Groß;Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz;Katrin Gunka;Jessica Starke

  • Sequence and cultivation study of Muribaculaceae reveals novel species, host preference, and functional potential of this yet undescribed family

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Till R. Lesker;Thomas C. A. Hitch;Eric J. C. Gálvez

  • Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

    Martin M. Gossner;Martin M. Gossner;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Tiemo Kahl;Fabrice Grassein

  • amoA-based consensus phylogeny of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and deep sequencing of amoA genes from soils of four different geographic regions.

    Michael Pester;Thomas Rattei;Stefan Flechl;Alexander Gröngröft

  • The Mouse Intestinal Bacterial Collection (miBC) provides host-specific insight into cultured diversity and functional potential of the gut microbiota

    Ilias Lagkouvardos;Rüdiger Pukall;Birte Abt;Bärbel U. Foesel

  • 13,16-Dimethyl Octacosanedioic Acid (iso-Diabolic Acid), a Common Membrane-Spanning Lipid of Acidobacteria Subdivisions 1 and 3

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Ellen C. Hopmans;Johan W. H. Weijers

  • An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    J. Thomas Beatty;Jörg Overmann;Michael T. Lince;Ann K. Manske

  • Ecological Significance of Microdiversity: Identical 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Can Be Found in Bacteria with Highly Divergent Genomes and Ecophysiologies

    Elke Jaspers;Jörg Overmann

  • Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research.

    Carlos A. Guerra;Anna Heintz-Buschart;Johannes Sikorski;Antonis Chatzinotas

  • Longitudinal Multi-omics Analyses Identify Responses of Megakaryocytes, Erythroid Cells, and Plasmablasts as Hallmarks of Severe COVID-19.

    Joana P. Bernardes;Neha Mishra;Florian Tran;Thomas Bahmer

  • Life under extreme energy limitation: a synthesis of laboratory- and field-based investigations.

    Mark A. Lever;Karyn L. Rogers;Karen G. Lloyd;Jörg Overmann

  • Environmental factors affect Acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils.

    Astrid Naether;Astrid Naether;Bärbel U. Foesel;Bärbel U. Foesel;Verena Naegele;Pia K. Wüst

  • An extremely low‐light adapted phototrophic sulfur bacterium from the Black Sea

    Jörg Overmann;Heribert Cypionka;Norbert Pfennig

  • The impact of even‐aged and uneven‐aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

    Peter Schall;Martin M. Gossner;Steffi Heinrichs;Markus Fischer

  • Cyclic AMP and acyl homoserine lactones increase the cultivation efficiency of heterotrophic bacteria from the central Baltic Sea.

    Alke Bruns;Heribert Cypionka;Jörg Overmann

  • Physiology and Phylogeny of Green Sulfur Bacteria Forming a Monospecific Phototrophic Assemblage at a Depth of 100 Meters in the Black Sea

    Ann K. Manske;Jens Glaeser;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Jörg Overmann

  • Identification and characterization of ecologically significant prokaryotes in the sediment of freshwater lakes: molecular and cultivation studies

    Stefan Spring;Renate Schulze;Jörg Overmann;Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  • Present and Future of Culturing Bacteria

    Jörg Overmann;Birte Abt;Johannes Sikorski

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathrin Spröer
Cathrin Spröer Leibniz Association
Manfred Rohde
Manfred Rohde Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Thomas Clavel
Thomas Clavel RWTH Aachen University
François Buscot
François Buscot Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Gerhard Wanner
Gerhard Wanner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heribert Cypionka
Heribert Cypionka Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Tesfaye Wubet
Tesfaye Wubet Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Trinad Chakraborty
Trinad Chakraborty University of Giessen

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