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Sebastian Guenther

Sebastian Guenther

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Microbiology

D-Index
49
Citations
7764
World Ranking
4593
National Ranking
318

Overview

Sebastian Guenther is affiliated with the University of Greifswald in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on molecular medicine, molecular biology, food science, endocrinology, and ecology.

Their research encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Guenther are:

  • "The potential of using E. coli as an indicator for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • "A Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 outbreak clone from Germany demonstrates features of extensive drug resistance, hypermucoviscosity, and enhanced iron acquisition" (2020), published in Genome Medicine
  • "Synergistic antimicrobial activities of epigallocatechin gallate, myricetin, daidzein, gallic acid, epicatechin, 3-hydroxy-6-methoxyflavone and genistein combined with antibiotics against ESKAPE pathogens" (2021), published in Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • "Genomic analysis of the international high-risk clonal lineage Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395" (2023), published in Genome Medicine
  • "Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Counteracts Fitness and Virulence Costs That Accompanied Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance Acquisition" (2022), published in Microbiology Spectrum

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Guenther include:

  • Katharina Schaufler
  • Stefan E. Heiden
  • Michael Schwabe
  • Jürgen A. Bohnert
  • Elias Eger

Their work has been published frequently in specific venues, such as:

  • Molecules
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Medicine

Guenther's research involves detailed examination of bacterial pathogens, molecular interactions, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, and the impact of antibiotics on microbial communities and the environment. This body of work spans molecular and ecological perspectives within microbial and biochemical research fields, contributing to knowledge relevant for public health and biomedical science.

Best Publications

  • Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli from livestock and companion animals, and their putative impact on public health: a global perspective

    C. Ewers;A. Bethe;T. Semmler;S. Guenther

  • Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing E. coli in wildlife, yet another form of environmental pollution?

    Sebastian Guenther;Christa Ewers;Lothar H. Wieler

  • Emergence of human pandemic O25:H4-ST131 CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli among companion animals

    Christa Ewers;Mirjam Grobbel;Ivonne Stamm;Peter A. Kopp

  • Bacterial Zoonoses Transmitted by Household Pets: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives for Targeted Research and Policy Actions

    P. Damborg;E.M. Broens;B.B. Chomel;S. Guenther

  • The broader context of antibiotic resistance: Zinc feed supplementation of piglets increases the proportion of multi-resistant Escherichia coli in vivo

    Carmen Bednorz;Kathrin Oelgeschläger;Bianca Kinnemann;Susanne Hartmann

  • Combined analysis of variation in core, accessory and regulatory genome regions provides a super-resolution view into the evolution of bacterial populations

    Alan McNally;Yaara Oren;Darren Kelly;Ben Pascoe

  • Emergence of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in dogs

    Inka Stolle;Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff;Ivonne Stamm;Sandra Scheufen

  • CTX-M-15-D-ST648 Escherichia coli from companion animals and horses: another pandemic clone combining multiresistance and extraintestinal virulence?

    Christa Ewers;Astrid Bethe;Ivonne Stamm;Mirjam Grobbel

  • The potential of using E. coli as an indicator for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment.

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  • Methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in companion animals: nosocomial infections as one reason for the rising prevalence of these potential zoonotic pathogens in clinical samples.

    Lothar H. Wieler;Christa Ewers;Sebastian Guenther;Birgit Walther

  • CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli clone B2-O25b-ST131 and Klebsiella spp. isolates in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents

    Monika Dolejska;Petra Frolkova;Magdalena Florek;Magdalena Florek;Ivana Jamborova

  • Clonal spread and interspecies transmission of clinically relevant ESBL-producing Escherichia coli of ST410—another successful pandemic clone?

    Katharina Schaufler;Torsten Semmler;Lothar H. Wieler;Michael Wöhrmann

  • High Genomic Diversity of Multi-Drug Resistant Wastewater

    Norhan Mahfouz;Serena Caucci;Eric Achatz;Torsten Semmler

  • Comparable high rates of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in birds of prey from Germany and Mongolia.

    Sebastian Guenther;Katja Aschenbrenner;Ivonne Stamm;Astrid Bethe

  • A Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 outbreak clone from Germany demonstrates features of extensive drug resistance, hypermucoviscosity, and enhanced iron acquisition.

    Stefan E. Heiden;Nils-Olaf Hübner;Jürgen A. Bohnert;Claus-Dieter Heidecke

  • Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Escherichia coli from common European wild bird species

    Sebastian Guenther;Mirjam Grobbel;Antina Lübke-Becker;Andreas Goedecke

  • Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in European Wildlife.

    Stefan Monecke;Dolores Gavier-Widén;Helmut Hotzel;Martin Peters

  • Carriage of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Plasmids Does Not Reduce Fitness but Enhances Virulence in Some Strains of Pandemic E. coli Lineages

    Katharina Schaufler;Torsten Semmler;Torsten Semmler;Derek J. Pickard;María de Toro

  • Rat hepatitis E virus: geographical clustering within Germany and serological detection in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus).

    Reimar Johne;Paul Dremsek;Eveline Kindler;Anika Schielke;Anika Schielke

  • High dietary zinc feeding promotes persistence of multi-resistant E. coli in the swine gut

    Lisa Ciesinski;Sebastian Guenther;Robert Pieper;Martin Kalisch

  • Frequent combination of antimicrobial multiresistance and extraintestinal pathogenicity in Escherichia coli isolates from urban rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Berlin, Germany.

    Sebastian Guenther;Astrid Bethe;Angelika Fruth;Torsten Semmler

  • Environmental emission of multiresistant Escherichia coli carrying the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 from German swine farms.

    Sebastian Guenther;Linda Falgenhauer;Torsten Semmler;Can Imirzalioglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar H. Wieler
Lothar H. Wieler Hasso Plattner Institute
Christa Ewers
Christa Ewers University of Giessen
Rainer G. Ulrich
Rainer G. Ulrich Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Reimar Johne
Reimar Johne Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Gerald Heckel
Gerald Heckel University of Bern
Beatriz Guerra
Beatriz Guerra European Food Safety Authority
Martin H. Groschup
Martin H. Groschup Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Angelika Fruth
Angelika Fruth Robert Koch Institute
Karsten Nöckler
Karsten Nöckler Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

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