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Michael Kube is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research focuses predominantly on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific emphasis on plant science, insect science, ecology, molecular biology, and horticulture. Their work covers a range of topics related to plant pathogens, insect symbiosis, and the molecular interactions between plants and microbes.

The primary themes of Michael Kube's research include:

  • Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
  • Plant pathogenic bacteria studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Cocoa and sweet potato agronomy
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Plant-microbe interactions and immunity
  • Forest insect ecology and management

Kube has published extensively in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Plant Disease
  • Pathogens
  • Microorganisms

Among their recent significant papers are:

  • Revision of the 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' species description guidelines, 2022, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Genomic Analysis of the Endophytic Stenotrophomonas Strain 169 Reveals Features Related to Plant-Growth Promotion and Stress Tolerance, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A Comparative Analysis of Ash Leaf-Colonizing Bacterial Communities Identifies Putative Antagonists of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Analyzing Ash Leaf-Colonizing Fungal Communities for Their Biological Control of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Physiological and genomic characterisation of Luteimonas fraxinea sp. nov., a bacterial species associated with trees tolerant to ash dieback, 2022, Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Christina Zübert
  • Bojan Duduk
  • J. Böhm
  • Bernd Schneider
  • Bruno Hüettel

The research scope covered by Michael Kube addresses important aspects of plant-pathogen relationships and microbial communities affecting plant health and productivity. Their work includes detailed genomic analyses and ecological studies that contribute to understanding the mechanisms underlying plant disease resistance, bacterial and fungal community interactions, and insect-associated microbial influences.

Best Publications

  • The genome of the kinetoplastid parasite, Leishmania major.

    Alasdair C. Ivens;Christopher S. Peacock;Elizabeth A. Worthey;Lee Murphy

  • Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

    Wesley C. Warren;La Deana W. Hillier;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves;Ewan Birney

  • Complete genome sequence of the marine planctomycete Pirellula sp. strain 1.

    F. O. Glöckner;M. Kube;M. Bauer;H. Teeling

  • Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution

    Torsten H. Struck;Christiane Paul;Natascha Hill;Stefanie Hartmann

  • Biochemical and Proteomic Analysis of the Magnetosome Membrane in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

    Karen Grünberg;Eva-Christina Müller;Albrecht Otto;Regina Reszka

  • Classification and identification of bacteria by mass spectrometry and computational analysis.

    Sascha Sauer;Anja Freiwald;Thomas Maier;Michael Kube

  • A conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that oxidize methane anaerobically

    Martin Krüger;Anke Meyerdierks;Frank Oliver Glöckner;Rudolf Amann

  • Whole genome analysis of the marine Bacteroidetes‘Gramella forsetii’ reveals adaptations to degradation of polymeric organic matter

    Margarete Bauer;Michael Kube;Hanno Teeling;Michael Richter

  • Genome sequence of the chlorinated compound–respiring bacterium Dehalococcoides species strain CBDB1

    Michael Kube;Alfred Beck;Stephen H Zinder;Heiner Kuhl

  • The genome sequence of an anaerobic aromatic-degrading denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1.

    Ralf Rabus;Michael Kube;Johann Heider;Alfred Beck

  • Metagenome and mRNA expression analyses of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea of the ANME-1 group

    Anke Meyerdierks;Michael Kube;Ivaylo Kostadinov;Hanno Teeling

  • A Hypervariable 130-Kilobase Genomic Region of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Comprises a Magnetosome Island Which Undergoes Frequent Rearrangements during Stationary Growth

    Susanne Ullrich;Michael Kube;Sabrina Schübbe;Richard Reinhardt

  • The linear chromosome of the plant-pathogenic mycoplasma 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'

    Michael Kube;Bernd Schneider;Heiner Kuhl;Thomas Dandekar

  • DNA sequence and comparative analysis of chimpanzee chromosome 22.

    H. Watanabe;A. Fujiyama;M. Hattori;T. D. Taylor

  • Parallel evolution of nacre building gene sets in molluscs

    Daniel J. Jackson;Carmel McDougall;Ben Woodcroft;Patrick Moase

  • Characterization of a Spontaneous Nonmagnetic Mutant of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Reveals a Large Deletion Comprising a Putative Magnetosome Island

    Sabrina Schubbe;Michael Kube;André Scheffel;Cathrin Wawer

  • Comparative Genome Analysis of “Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense” (Subgroup tuf-Australia I; rp-A) and “Ca. Phytoplasma asteris” Strains OY-M and AY-WB

    Lucy T. T. Tran-Nguyen;M. Kube;B. Schneider;R. Reinhardt

  • Genome of Rice Cluster I archaea--the key methane producers in the rice rhizosphere.

    Christoph Erkel;Michael Kube;Richard Reinhardt;Werner Liesack

  • Comparative Genome Analysis of Four Magnetotactic Bacteria Reveals a Complex Set of Group-Specific Genes Implicated in Magnetosome Biomineralization and Function.

    Michael Richter;Michael Kube;Dennis A. Bazylinski;Thierry Lombardot

  • Tumour invasion and metastasis initiated by microRNA-10b in breast cancer (Nature (2007) 449, (682-688))

    Li Ma;Julie Teruya-Feldstein;Robert A. Weinberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Reinhardt
Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society
Ralf Rabus
Ralf Rabus Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Frank Oliver Glöckner
Frank Oliver Glöckner Jacobs University
Dirk Schüler
Dirk Schüler University of Bayreuth
Werner Liesack
Werner Liesack Max Planck Society
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel Max Planck Society
Melody S. Clark
Melody S. Clark British Antarctic Survey
Heinz Wilkes
Heinz Wilkes Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida

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