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Peter Kuhnert is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland, focusing on fields related to immunology, microbiology, agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research encompasses various subfields including microbiology, molecular biology, small animals, agronomy and crop science, and insect science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with a particular emphasis on microbial infections and disease research, animal behavior and welfare studies, animal disease management and epidemiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, insect and pesticide research, and animal virus infections studies.

Peter Kuhnert has contributed to several publications spanning multiple years. Notable recent papers include:

  • Perspectives for improvement of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccines in pigs, 2021, Veterinary Research
  • Ovine footrot: A review of current knowledge, 2021, The Veterinary Journal
  • Minimalistic mycoplasmas harbor different functional toxin-antitoxin systems, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • Treponema phagedenis (ex Noguchi 1912) Brumpt 1922 sp. nov., nom. rev., isolated from bovine digital dermatitis, 2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Identification of Photorhabdus symbionts by MALDI-TOF MS, 2020, Microbiology

Throughout their career, Peter Kuhnert has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Veterinary Research

Peter Kuhnert has collaborated extensively with various co-authors, reflecting a breadth of interdisciplinary cooperation. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Joerg Jores
  • Isabelle Brodard
  • Hatice Akarsu
  • Fabien Labroussaa
  • Adrian Steiner

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial resistance and resistance gene determinants in clinical Escherichia coli from different animal species in Switzerland

    Roland Lanz;Peter Kuhnert;Patrick Boerlin

  • Microarray-Based Detection of 90 Antibiotic Resistance Genes of Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Vincent Perreten;Lorianne Vorlet-Fawer;Peter Slickers;Ralf Ehricht

  • Proposal of a new serovar of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: serovar 15.

    P. J. Blackall;H. L. B. M. Klaasen;H. van den Bosch;Peter Kuhnert

  • Characterization of apxIVA, a new RTX determinant of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

    Alain Schaller;Rolf Kuhn;Peter Kuhnert;Jacques Nicolet

  • Update on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs: Knowledge gaps for improved disease control.

    Dominiek Maes;M Sibila;P Kuhnert;J Segalés

  • Microarray based study on virulence-associated genes and resistance determinants of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cattle.

    Stefan Monecke;Peter Kuhnert;Helmut Hotzel;Peter Slickers

  • Target genes for virulence assessment of Escherichia coli isolates from water, food and the environment

    Peter Kuhnert;Patrick Boerlin;Joachim Frey

  • Identification and detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by PCR based on the gene apxIVA.

    Alain Schaller;Steven P Djordjevic;Graeme J Eamens;Wendy A Forbes

  • Phylogeny of the family Pasteurellaceae based on rpoB sequences.

    Bożena Korczak;Henrik Christensen;Stefan Emler;Joachim Frey

  • Phylogenetic positions of Clostridium chauvoei and Clostridium septicum based on 16S rRNA gene sequences.

    Peter Kuhnert;Selja E. Capaul;Jacques Nicolet;Joachim Frey

  • Genetic relationships of Aeromonas strains inferred from 16S rRNA, gyrB and rpoB gene sequences

    Mara Küpfer;Peter Kuhnert;Bożena M. Korczak;Raffaele Peduzzi

  • Bovine Staphylococcus aureus: association of virulence genes, genotypes and clinical outcome

    Christine Fournier;Peter Kuhnert;Joachim Frey;Raymond François Miserez

  • Proposal of Histophilus somni gen. nov., sp nov for the three species incertae sedis 'Haemophilus somnus', 'Haemophilus agni' and 'Histophilus ovis'

    Øystein Angen;Peter Ahrens;Peter Kuhnert;Henrik Christensen

  • A mutation in the human ortholog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ALG6 gene causes carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type-Ic

    Timo Imbach;Patricie Burda;Peter Kuhnert;Ron A. Wevers

  • Proposed minimal standards for the description of genera, species and subspecies of the Pasteurellaceae.

    Henrik Christensen;Peter Kuhnert;Hans-Jürgen Busse;Wilhelm C. Frederiksen

  • Genomic Cloning and Expression of Three Murine UDP-galactose: β-N-Acetylglucosamine β1,3-Galactosyltransferase Genes *

    Thierry Hennet;André Dinter;Peter Kuhnert;Taj S. Mattu

  • Source attribution of human Campylobacter isolates by MLST and fla-typing and association of genotypes with quinolone resistance.

    Sonja Kittl;Gerald Heckel;Gerald Heckel;Bożena M. Korczak;Peter Kuhnert

  • Comparative phylogenies of the housekeeping genes atpD, infB and rpoB and the 16S rRNA gene within the Pasteurellaceae.

    Henrik Christensen;Peter Kuhnert;John Elmerdahl Olsen;Magne Bisgaard

  • Development of two real-time PCR assays for the detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in clinical samples.

    Christoph R. Dubosson;Claudia Conzelmann;Raymond François Miserez;Patrick Boerlin

  • RTX toxins in Pasteurellaceae.

    Joachim Frey;Peter Kuhnert

  • Genotyping of Francisella tularensis Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting, and 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing

    N. García Del Blanco;M. E. Dobson;A. I. Vela;V. A. De La Puente

  • Pasteurellaceae: Biology, Genomics and Molecular Aspects

    Peter Kuhnert;Henrik Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Frey
Joachim Frey University of Bern
Henrik Christensen
Henrik Christensen University of Copenhagen
Jacques Nicolet
Jacques Nicolet University of Bern
Magne Bisgaard
Magne Bisgaard Bisgaard Consulting
Patrick Boerlin
Patrick Boerlin University of Guelph
John Elmerdahl Olsen
John Elmerdahl Olsen University of Copenhagen
Ernst Peterhans
Ernst Peterhans University of Bern
Ralf Ehricht
Ralf Ehricht Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Thomas W. Jungi
Thomas W. Jungi University of Bern
Matthias Erb
Matthias Erb University of Bern

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