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Overview

Stefan Schwarz is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine. The work focuses on disciplines such as molecular medicine, infectious diseases, molecular biology, microbiology, and ecology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, microbial infections and disease, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Schwarz include Andrea T. Feßler, Yang Wang, Dennis Hanke, Xiang-Dang Du, and Wanjiang Zhang.

Stefan Schwarz has published extensively in venues such as the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Microorganisms, Antibiotics, Veterinary Microbiology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Notable recent publications include:

  • ResFinder 4.0 for predictions of phenotypes from genotypes, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Mobile Oxazolidinone Resistance Genes in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria, 2021, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Distinct increase in antimicrobial resistance genes among Escherichia coli during 50 years of antimicrobial use in livestock production in China, 2022, Nature Food
  • Oxazolidinones: mechanisms of resistance and mobile genetic elements involved, 2022, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Identification of the novel tigecycline resistance gene tet(X6) and its variants in Myroides, Acinetobacter and Proteus of food animal origin, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • A field guide to pandemic, epidemic and sporadic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Stefan Monecke;Geoffrey Coombs;Anna C. Shore;David C. Coleman

  • Molecular basis of bacterial resistance to chloramphenicol and florfenicol.

    Stefan Schwarz;Corinna Kehrenberg;Benoît Doublet;Axel Cloeckaert

  • Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock

    Lance B. Price;Marc Stegger;Henrik Hasman;Maliha Aziz

  • A novel gene, optrA, that confers transferable resistance to oxazolidinones and phenicols and its presence in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium of human and animal origin

    Yang Wang;Yuan Lv;Jiachang Cai;Stefan Schwarz

  • Use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine and food animal production.

    S. Schwarz;C. Kehrenberg;T.R. Walsh

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • Editorial: Assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria obtained from animals

    Stefan Schwarz;Peter Silley;Shabbir Simjee;Neil Woodford

  • Transferable resistance to colistin: a new but old threat

    Stefan Schwarz;Alan P. Johnson

  • Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from cases of bovine mastitis

    Andrea Fessler;Carly Scott;Kristina Kadlec;Ralf Ehricht

  • Colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in Germany

    Linda Falgenhauer;Said-Elias Waezsada;Yancheng Yao;Can Imirzalioglu

  • Presence and dissemination of the multiresistance gene cfr in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

    Jianzhong Shen;Yang Wang;Stefan Schwarz

  • Assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria obtained from animals.

    Stefan Schwarz;Peter Silley;Shabbir Simjee;Neil Woodford

  • Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Food and Food Products of Poultry Origin in Germany

    Andrea T Fessler;Kristina Kadlec;Melanie Hassel;Tomasz Hauschild

  • Tetracycline and Phenicol Resistance Genes and Mechanisms: Importance for Agriculture, the Environment, and Humans.

    Marilyn C. Roberts;Stefan Schwarz

  • Diversity of antimicrobial resistance pheno- and genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from diseased swine

    Kristina Kadlec;Ralf Ehricht;Stefan Monecke;Ulrike Steinacker

  • Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains of Clonal Lineages ST398 and ST9 from Swine Carry the Multidrug Resistance Gene cfr

    Corinna Kehrenberg;Christiane Cuny;Birgit Strommenger;Stefan Schwarz

  • Subgrouping of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli from animal and human sources: an approach to quantify the distribution of ESBL types between different reservoirs.

    Lars Valentin;Hannah Sharp;Katja Hille;Uwe Seibt

  • ICEPmu1, an integrative conjugative element (ICE) of Pasteurella multocida: analysis of the regions that comprise 12 antimicrobial resistance genes

    Geovana Brenner Michael;Geovana Brenner Michael;Kristina Kadlec;Michael T. Sweeney;Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius among dogs admitted to a small animal hospital

    Ulrike Nienhoff;Kristina Kadlec;Iris F. Chaberny;Jutta Verspohl

  • The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes

    Stéphanie Nemeghaire;M. Angeles Argudín;Andrea T. Feßler;Tomasz Hauschild

  • Comparative analysis of ESBL-positive Escherichia coli isolates from animals and humans from the UK, The Netherlands and Germany

    Guanghui Wu;Michaela J. Day;Muriel T. Mafura;Javier Nunez-Garcia

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristina Kadlec
Kristina Kadlec Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Yang Wang
Yang Wang China Agricultural University
Congming Wu
Congming Wu China Agricultural University
Stefan Monecke
Stefan Monecke Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Ralf Ehricht
Ralf Ehricht Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Engeline van Duijkeren
Engeline van Duijkeren National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Zhangqi Shen
Zhangqi Shen China Agricultural University
Carmen Torres
Carmen Torres University of La Rioja
Qijing Zhang
Qijing Zhang Iowa State University
Dik Mevius
Dik Mevius Utrecht University

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