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Reinhard Rachel is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany, contributing to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Structural Biology, Ecology, and Genetics. Their research involves multiple interdisciplinary subfields within these broader scientific areas.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on microbial and structural biology, advanced microscopy techniques, and cellular metabolic processes. Notable papers include:

  • "An archaellum filament composed of two alternating subunits" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "The importance of biofilm formation for cultivation of a Micrarchaeon and its interactions with its Thermoplasmatales host" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Functional compartmentalization and metabolic separation in a prokaryotic cell" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Three-dimensional SEM, TEM, and STEM for analysis of large-scale biological systems" (2022) published in Histochemistry and Cell Biology
  • "Dual-axis STEM tomography at 200 kV: Setup, performance, limitations" (2020) published in Journal of Structural Biology

Research topics covered by Reinhard Rachel include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Reinhard Rachel are:

  • Sabrina Gfrerer
  • Johannes Gescher
  • Dina Grohmann
  • Susanne Krause
  • Carsten Reuse

Most of Reinhard Rachel's work has been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Archives of Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont

    Harald Huber;Michael J. Hohn;Reinhard Rachel;Tanja Fuchs;Tanja Fuchs

  • Layer-by-Layer Assembled Gold Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery

    Asmaa Elbakry;Alaa Zaky;Renate Liebl;Reinhard Rachel

  • Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C

    Elisabeth Blöchl;Reinhard Rachel;Siegfried Burggraf;Doris Hafenbradl

  • Ferroglobus placidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum that oxidizes Fe2+ at neutral pH under anoxic conditions

    D. Hafenbradl;M. Keller;R. Dirmeier;Reinhard Rachel

  • Pyrobaculum aerophilum sp. nov., a novel nitrate-reducing hyperthermophilic archaeum.

    P. Völkl;R. Huber;E. Drobner;Reinhard Rachel

  • Virology: independent virus development outside a host.

    Monika Häring;Gisle Vestergaard;Reinhard Rachel;Lanming Chen

  • Electron Tomography of Ice-Embedded Prokaryotic Cells

    Rudo Grimm;Hapreet Singh;Reinhard Rachel;Dieter Typke

  • Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a Pink-Filament-Forming Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Isolated from Yellowstone National Park

    Robert Huber;Wolfgang Eder;Stefan Heldwein;Gerhard Wanner

  • Symmetric complexes of GroE chaperonins as part of the functional cycle.

    Marion Schmidt;Kerstin Rutkat;Reinhard Rachel;Günter Pfeifer

  • Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides induce membrane multilamellarity and subsequently enter via formation of a fusion pore.

    Christoph Allolio;Aniket Magarkar;Aniket Magarkar;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Katarína Baxová

  • Characterization of a 200-kDa Diatom Protein that is Specifically Associated with a Silica-Based Substructure of the Cell Wall

    Nils Kröger;Gerhard Lehmann;Reinhard Rachel;Manfred Sumper

  • Stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate in inorganic silica-rich environments.

    Matthias Kellermeier;Emilio Melero-Garcia;Fabian Glaab;Regina Klein

  • Furrow-like invaginations of the yeast plasma membrane correspond to membrane compartment of Can1.

    Vendula Strádalová;Wiebke Stahlschmidt;Guido Grossmann;Michaela Blazíková;Michaela Blazíková

  • Mating type-specific cell-cell recognition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: cell wall attachment and active sites of a- and alpha-agglutinin.

    C. Cappellaro;C. Baldermann;Reinhard Rachel;W. Tanner

  • Pyrodictium abyssi sp. nov. Represents a Novel Heterotrophic Marine Archaeal Hyperthermophile Growing at 110°C

    Ursula Pley;Jutta Schipka;Agata Gambacorta;Holger W. Jannasch

  • Nanoarchaeum equitans and Ignicoccus hospitalis: New Insights into a Unique, Intimate Association of Two Archaea

    Ulrike Jahn;Martin Gallenberger;Walter Paper;Benjamin Junglas

  • Thermococcus chitonophagus sp. nov., a novel, chitin-degrading hyperthermophilic archaeum from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent environment

    Robert Huber;Josef Stöhr;Sabine Hohenhaus;Reinhard Rachel

  • Ignicoccus gen. nov., a novel genus of hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Archaea, represented by two new species, Ignicoccus islandicus sp nov and Ignicoccus pacificus sp nov. and Ignicoccus pacificus sp. nov.

    Harald Huber;Siegfried Burggraf;Thomas Mayer;Irith Wyschkony

  • The ultrastructure of Ignicoccus: evidence for a novel outer membrane and for intracellular vesicle budding in an archaeon

    Reinhard Rachel;Irith Wyschkony;Sabine Riehl;Harald Huber

  • Remarkable morphological diversity of viruses and virus-like particles in hot terrestrial environments

    Reinhard Rachel;M. Bettstetter;B. P. Hedlund;M. Häring

  • Archaeoglobus veneficus sp. nov., a novel facultative chemolithoautotrophic hyperthermophilic sulfite reducer, isolated from abyssal black smokers

    Harald Huber;Holger Jannasch;Reinhard Rachel;Tanja Fuchs

  • Flagella of Pyrococcus furiosus: Multifunctional Organelles, Made for Swimming, Adhesion to Various Surfaces, and Cell-Cell Contacts

    Daniela J. Näther;Reinhard Rachel;Gerhard Wanner;Reinhard Wirth

  • Formation of ammonium from nitrate during chemolithoautotrophic growth of the extremely thermophilic bacterium ammonifex degensii gen. nov. sp. nov.

    R. Huber;P. Rossnagel;C.R. Woese;R. Rachel

  • A genomic analysis of the archaeal system Ignicoccus hospitalis-Nanoarchaeum equitans.

    Mircea Podar;Iain Anderson;Kira S. Makarova;James G. Elkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Huber
Harald Huber University of Regensburg
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
David Prangishvili
David Prangishvili Institut Pasteur
Gerhard Wanner
Gerhard Wanner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Roger A. Garrett
Roger A. Garrett University of Copenhagen
Mircea Podar
Mircea Podar Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sonja-Verena Albers
Sonja-Verena Albers University of Freiburg
Michael Thomm
Michael Thomm University of Regensburg
Widmar Tanner
Widmar Tanner University of Regensburg

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