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Karsten Niehaus

Karsten Niehaus

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13621
World Ranking
10257
National Ranking
741

Overview

Karsten Niehaus is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany and has a substantial publication record in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Their research spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biophysics, Food Science, and Oncology.

Their primary research topics focus on:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications

Niehaus has published multiple papers in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Toxicology Letters
  • Food Chemistry
  • Microorganisms
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • Journal of Biotechnology

Selected recent papers include:

  • Screening and optimization of indole-3-acetic acid production and phosphate solubilization by rhizobacterial strains isolated from Acacia cyanophylla root nodules and their effects on its plant growth, 2020, Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Localization of amino acids in germinated rice grain: Gamma-aminobutyric acid and essential amino acids production approach, 2020, Journal of Cereal Science
  • Subtyping non-small cell lung cancer by histology-guided spatial metabolomics, 2021, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
  • Glioblastoma multiforme: Metabolic differences to peritumoral tissue and IDH-mutated gliomas revealed by mass spectrometry imaging, 2020, Neuropathology
  • Plant Transcriptome Reprograming and Bacterial Extracellular Metabolites Underlying Tomato Drought Resistance Triggered by a Beneficial Soil Bacteria, 2021, Metabolites

Niehaus frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Hanna Bednarz, Judith Martha Neumann, Tobias Busche, Philipp Kühnel, and Matthias Schürmann. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint studies, reflecting sustained collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants

    Gernot Kunze;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Karsten Niehaus

  • Differential regulation of closely related R2R3-MYB transcription factors controls flavonol accumulation in different parts of the Arabidopsis thaliana seedling

    Ralf Stracke;Hirofumi Ishihara;Gunnar Huep;Aiko Barsch

  • The metagenome of a biogas-producing microbial community of a production-scale biogas plant fermenter analysed by the 454-pyrosequencing technology

    Andreas Schlüter;Thomas Bekel;Naryttza N. Diaz;Michael Dondrup

  • Analysis of PRODUCTION OF FLAVONOL GLYCOSIDES-dependent flavonol glycoside accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana plants reveals MYB11-, MYB12- and MYB111-independent flavonol glycoside accumulation.

    Ralf Stracke;Oliver Jahns;Matthias Keck;Takayuki Tohge

  • The genome of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris B100 and its use for the reconstruction of metabolic pathways involved in xanthan biosynthesis

    Frank-Jörg Vorhölter;Susanne Schneiker;Alexander Goesmann;Lutz Krause

  • Interspecies signalling via the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia diffusible signal factor influences biofilm formation and polymyxin tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Robert P. Ryan;Yvonne Fouhy;Belen Fernandez Garcia;Steven A. Watt

  • TACOA: taxonomic classification of environmental genomic fragments using a kernelized nearest neighbor approach.

    Naryttza N. Diaz;Lutz Krause;Alexander Goesmann;Karsten Niehaus

  • Plant defense and delayed infection of alfalfa pseudonodules induced by an exopolysaccharide (EPS I)-deficient Rhizobium meliloti mutant

    Karsten Niehaus;D Kapp;Alfred Pühler

  • Differential Activation of Four Specific MAPK Pathways by Distinct Elicitors

    Francesca Cardinale;Claudia Jonak;Wilco Ligterink;Karsten Niehaus

  • Proteomic approach: identification of Medicago truncatula proteins induced in roots after infection with the pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces euteiches.

    Frank Colditz;Oyunbileg Nyamsuren;Karsten Niehaus;Holger Eubel

  • Analysis of outer membrane vesicle associated proteins isolated from the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

    Vishaldeep K Sidhu;Frank-Jörg Vorhölter;Karsten Niehaus;Steven A Watt

  • The Rhizobium meliloti exoZl exoB fragment of megaplasmid 2: ExoB functions as a UDP‐glucose 4‐epimerase and ExoZ shows homology to NodX of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strain TOM

    Am Buendia;B Enenkel;R Koplin;Karsten Niehaus

  • The CRP/FNR family protein Bcam1349 is a c-di-GMP effector that regulates biofilm formation in the respiratory pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia.

    Mustafa Fazli;Aileen O'Connell;Martin Nilsson;Karsten Niehaus

  • Molecular analysis of the Rhizobium meliloti mucR gene regulating the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharides succinoglycan and galactoglucan.

    M Keller;A Roxlau;Wm Weng;M Schmidt

  • The two megaplasmids of Rhizobium meliloti are involved in the effective nodulation of alfalfa

    Michael F. Hynes;Reinhard Simon;Peter Müller;Karsten Niehaus

  • The lipopolysaccharides of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris induce an oxidative burst reaction in cell cultures of Nicotiana tabacum.

    Andreas Meyer;Alfred Pühler;Karsten Niehaus

  • Low-molecular-weight succinoglycan is predominantly produced by Rhizobium meliloti strains carrying a mutated ExoP protein characterized by a periplasmic N-terminal domain and a missing C-terminal domain

    Anke Becker;Karsten Niehaus;Alfred Pühler

  • Lipid microdomain polarization is required for NADPH oxidase-dependent ROS signaling in Picea meyeri pollen tube tip growth

    Peng Liu;Rui-Li Li;Liang Zhang;Qin-Li Wang

  • The Lipopolysaccharide of Sinorhizobium meliloti Suppresses Defense-Associated Gene Expression in Cell Cultures of the Host Plant Medicago truncatula

    Verena Tellström;Björn Usadel;Oliver Thimm;Mark Stitt

  • MeltDB: a software platform for the analysis and integration of metabolomics experiment data.

    Heiko Neuweger;Stefan P. Albaum;Michael Dondrup;Marcus Persicke

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Pühler
Alfred Pühler Bielefeld University
Jörn Kalinowski
Jörn Kalinowski Bielefeld University
Anke Becker
Anke Becker Philipp University of Marburg
Tim Wilhelm Nattkemper
Tim Wilhelm Nattkemper Bielefeld University
Alexander Goesmann
Alexander Goesmann University of Giessen
Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter Bielefeld University
Christian Zörb
Christian Zörb University of Hohenheim
Helge Küster
Helge Küster University of Hannover
Otto Holst
Otto Holst Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Bernd Weisshaar
Bernd Weisshaar Bielefeld University

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