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Klaus Gerth is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany. Their work is primarily situated within the context of this institution, contributing to ongoing scientific endeavors related to infection research.

No recent papers, frequent co-authors, or recurring publication venues have been documented for Klaus Gerth. Similarly, there are no records of book publications or specific awards listed.

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Best Publications

  • Epothilons A and B: antifungal and cytotoxic compounds from Sorangium cellulosum (Myxobacteria). Production, physico-chemical and biological properties.

    Klaus Gerth;Norbert Bedorf;Gerhard Höfle;Herbert Irschik

  • Epothilone A and B—Novel 16-Membered Macrolides with Cytotoxic Activity: Isolation, Crystal Structure, and Conformation in Solution†

    Gerhard Höfle;Norbert Bedorf;Heinrich Steinmetz;Dietmar Schomburg

  • Complete genome sequence of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum

    Susanne Schneiker;Olena Perlova;Olaf Kaiser;Klaus Gerth

  • Myxobacteria: proficient producers of novel natural products with various biological activities--past and future biotechnological aspects with the focus on the genus Sorangium.

    Klaus Gerth;Silke Pradella;Olena Perlova;Stefan Beyer

  • Novel expression hosts for complex secondary metabolite megasynthetases: Production of myxochromide in the thermopilic isolate Corallococcus macrosporus GT-2

    Olena Perlova;Klaus Gerth;Silvia Kuhlmann;Youming Zhang

  • MYXOTHIAZOL, AN ANTIBIOTIC FROM MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS (MYXOBACTERALES)

    K. Gerth;H. Irschik;H. Reichenbach;W. Trowitzsch

  • New natural epothilones from Sorangium cellulosum, strains So ce90/B2 and So ce90/D13: isolation, structure elucidation, and SAR studies.

    Ingo H. Hardt;Heinrich Steinmetz;Klaus Gerth;F. Sasse

  • The soraphens: a family of novel antifungal compounds from Sorangium cellulosum (Myxobacteria). I. Soraphen A1 alpha: fermentation, isolation, biological properties.

    Klaus Gerth;Norbert Bedorf;Herbert Irschik;Gerhard Höfle

  • The sorangicins, novel and powerful inhibitors of eubacterial RNA polymerase isolated from myxobacteria.

    Herbert Irschik;Rolf Jansen;Klaus Gerth;Gerhardt Höfle

  • Correlating chemical diversity with taxonomic distance for discovery of natural products in myxobacteria.

    Thomas Hoffmann;Daniel Krug;Nisa Bozkurt;Srikanth Duddela

  • The myxopyronins, new inhibitors of bacterial RNA synthesis from Myxococcus fulvus (myxobacterales)

    H. Irschik;K. Gerth;G. Höfle;W. Kohl

  • Pinensins: The First Antifungal Lantibiotics

    Kathrin I. Mohr;Carsten Volz;Rolf Jansen;Victor Wray

  • The corallopyronins, new inhibitors of bacterial RNA synthesis from Myxobacteria.

    H. Irschik;R. Jansen;G. Höfle;K. Gerth

  • Marinoquinolines A-F, pyrroloquinolines from Ohtaekwangia kribbensis (Bacteroidetes).

    Patrick W Okanya;Kathrin I Mohr;Klaus Gerth;Rolf Jansen

  • Identification and analysis of the chivosazol biosynthetic gene cluster from the myxobacterial model strain Sorangium cellulosum So ce56.

    Olena Perlova;Klaus Gerth;Olaf Kaiser;Astrid Hans

  • The myxalamids, new antibiotics from Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales). I. Production, physico-chemical and biological properties, and mechanism of action.

    K. Gerth;R. Jansen;G. Reifenstahl;G. Höfle

  • Epothilon A und B – neuartige, 16gliedrige Makrolide mit cytotoxischer Wirkung: Isolierung, Struktur im Kristall und Konformation in Lösung

    Gerhard Höfle;Norbert Bedorf;Heinrich Steinmetz;Dietmar Schomburg

  • Bacterial type III polyketide synthases: phylogenetic analysis and potential for the production of novel secondary metabolites by heterologous expression in pseudomonads.

    Frank Gross;Nora Luniak;Olena Perlova;Nikolaos Gaitatzis

  • Myxothiazol, an antibiotic from Myxococcus fulvus (myxobacterales). II. structure elucidation.

    Wolfram Trowitzsch;Günther Reifenstahl;Victor Wray;Klaus Gerth

  • Characterisation, genome size and genetic manipulation of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum So ce56.

    Silke Pradella;Astrid Hans;Cathrin Spröer;Hans Reichenbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach University of California, Los Angeles
Rolf Jansen
Rolf Jansen Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University
Gerhard Höfle
Gerhard Höfle Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Andreas Kirschning
Andreas Kirschning University of Hannover
Victor Wray
Victor Wray Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Florenz Sasse
Florenz Sasse Technische Universität Braunschweig
Dietmar Schomburg
Dietmar Schomburg Technische Universität Braunschweig
Marc Stadler
Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Andreas Meyerhans
Andreas Meyerhans Pompeu Fabra University

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