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Rainer Borriss is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research spans multiple key areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. A significant portion of their work is dedicated to Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Cell Biology, Genetics, and Ecology.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on topics related to Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, with 46 publications in this domain. Other primary research interests include Nematode management and characterization studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, as well as Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing. They also investigate Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research and explore Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

Frequent research collaborators include Xuewen Gao, Peter Lasch, Qin Gu, Huijun Wu, and Jennifer Jähne. These collaborations indicate a network of co-authorships across various studies in microbial and plant sciences.

The scientist has published multiple papers in notable venues, with four publications in both Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Microorganisms. They have also contributed three papers to Frontiers in Microbiology, two to Frontiers in Plant Science, and two to npj Biofilms and Microbiomes.

Some of the recent papers by Rainer Borriss include:

  • Microbial Interactions Within Multiple-Strain Biological Control Agents Impact Soil-Borne Plant Disease (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Auxins of microbial origin and their use in agriculture (2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology)
  • MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration (2024, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • Bacillus spp. as Bio-factories for Antifungal Secondary Metabolites: Innovation Beyond Whole Organism Formulations (2022, Microbial Ecology)
  • The Plant-Beneficial Rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis FZB42 Controls the Soybean Pathogen Phytophthora sojae Due to Bacilysin Production (2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)

Best Publications

  • The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis

    F. Kunst;N. Ogasawara;I. Moszer;A. M. Albertini

  • Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42.

    Xiao Hua Chen;Alexandra Koumoutsi;Romy Scholz;Andreas Eisenreich

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Tryptophan-Dependent Production of Indole-3-Acetic Acid (IAA) Affects Level of Plant Growth Promotion by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

    ElSorra E Idris;Domingo J Iglesias;Manuel Talon;Rainer Borriss

  • Structural and Functional Characterization of Gene Clusters Directing Nonribosomal Synthesis of Bioactive Cyclic Lipopeptides in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain FZB42

    Alexandra Koumoutsi;Xiao-Hua Chen;Anke Henne;Heiko Liesegang

  • Biocontrol mechanism by root-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 – a review

    Soumitra Paul Chowdhury;Anton Hartmann;XueWen Gao;Rainer Borriss

  • Extracellular phytase activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB45 contributes to its plant-growth-promoting effect.

    Elsorra E. Idriss;Oliwia Makarewicz;Abdelazim Farouk;Kristin Rosner

  • Root exudation of sugars, amino acids, and organic acids by maize as affected by nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and iron deficiency

    Lilia C. Carvalhais;Lilia C. Carvalhais;Paul G. Dennis;Paul G. Dennis;Dmitri Fedoseyenko;Dmitri Fedoseyenko;Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei

  • Genome analysis of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 reveals its potential for biocontrol of plant pathogens.

    X.H. Chen;A. Koumoutsi;R. Scholz;K. Schneider

  • Structural and Functional Characterization of Three Polyketide Synthase Gene Clusters in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB 42

    Xiao-Hua Chen;Joachim Vater;Jörn Piel;Peter Franke

  • Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus velezensis, and Bacillus siamensis Form an "Operational Group B. amyloliquefaciens" within the B. subtilis Species Complex.

    Ben Fan;Jochen Blom;Hans Peter Klenk;Rainer Borriss

  • Bacillus velezensis FZB42 in 2018: The Gram-Positive Model Strain for Plant Growth Promotion and Biocontrol.

    Ben Fan;Cong Wang;Xiaofeng Song;Xiaolei Ding

  • Difficidin and bacilysin produced by plant-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens are efficient in controlling fire blight disease.

    Xiao-Hua Chen;Romy Scholz;Michael Borriss;Helmut Junge

  • Difficidin and bacilysin from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 have antibacterial activity against Xanthomonas oryzae rice pathogens.

    Liming Wu;Huijun Wu;Lina Chen;Xinfang Yu

  • Relationship of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens clades associated with strains DSM 7T and FZB42T: a proposal for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. amyloliquefaciens subsp. nov. and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum subsp. nov. based on complete genome sequence comparisons.

    Rainer Borriss;Xiao-Hua Chen;Christian Rueckert;Jochen Blom

  • Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 on lettuce growth and health under pathogen pressure and its impact on the rhizosphere bacterial community.

    Soumitra Paul Chowdhury;Kristin Dietel;Manuela Rändler;Michael Schmid

  • Use of Plant-Associated Bacillus Strains as Biofertilizers and Biocontrol Agents in Agriculture

    Rainer Borriss

  • Bacillomycin D Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Is Involved in the Antagonistic Interaction with the Plant-Pathogenic Fungus Fusarium graminearum.

    Qin Gu;Yang Yang;Qiming Yuan;Guangming Shi

  • Molecular and active-site structure of a Bacillus 1,3-1,4-beta-glucanase

    Thomas Keitel;Ortwin Simon;Rainer Borriss;Udo Heinemann

  • More than Anticipated – Production of Antibiotics and Other Secondary Metabolites by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

    Xiao-Hua Chen;Alexandra Koumoutsi;Romy Scholz;Rainer Borriss

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuewen Gao
Xuewen Gao Nanjing Agricultural University
Jochen Blom
Jochen Blom University of Giessen
Udo Heinemann
Udo Heinemann Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Roderich D. Süssmuth
Roderich D. Süssmuth Technical University of Berlin
Anton Hartmann
Anton Hartmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lilia C. Carvalhais
Lilia C. Carvalhais University of Queensland
Anke Becker
Anke Becker Philipp University of Marburg
Nicolaus von Wirén
Nicolaus von Wirén Leibniz Association
Jörn Piel
Jörn Piel ETH Zurich
Rita Grosch
Rita Grosch Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops

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