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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
16204
World Ranking
1777
National Ranking
79

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Wilbert Bitter is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in the fields of medicine, infectious diseases, molecular medicine, and immunology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

Frequently collaborating with others, Wilbert Bitter has coauthored with:

  • Roy Ummels
  • Alexander Speer
  • Coenraad Kuijl
  • Edith N. G. Houben
  • Catalin M. Bunduc

Their work has been published primarily in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Scientific Reports
  • mSphere
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Wilbert Bitter include:

  • Structure and dynamics of a mycobacterial type VII secretion system, 2021, Nature
  • Methanotrophy by a Mycobacterium species that dominates a cave microbial ecosystem, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Structure and Function of the Mycobacterial Type VII Secretion Systems, 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • A flat embedding method for transmission electron microscopy reveals an unknown mechanism of tetracycline, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Efficient genome editing in pathogenic mycobacteria using Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR1-Cas9, 2020, Tuberculosis

Best Publications

  • Type VII secretion — mycobacteria show the way

    Abdallah M Abdallah;Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius;Patricia A DiGiuseppe Champion;Jeffery Cox

  • Phagosomal rupture by Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in toxicity and host cell death.

    Roxane Simeone;Alexandre Bobard;Juliane Lippmann;Wilbert Bitter

  • Expression analysis of the Toll-like receptor and TIR domain adaptor families of zebrafish.

    Annemarie H Meijer;S.F Gabby Krens;Indira A Medina Rodriguez;Shuning He

  • ESX-1-mediated translocation to the cytosol controls virulence of mycobacteria

    Diane Houben;Caroline Demangel;Jakko Van Ingen;Jorge Perez

  • Towards a new combination therapy for tuberculosis with next generation benzothiazinones

    Vadim Makarov;Benoit Lechartier;Ming Zhang;João Neres

  • Direct visualization by cryo-EM of the mycobacterial capsular layer: a labile structure containing ESX-1-secreted proteins.

    Musa Sani;Edith N G Houben;Jeroen Geurtsen;Jason Pierson

  • PPE and PE_PGRS proteins of Mycobacterium marinum are transported via the type VII secretion system ESX-5

    Abdallah M. Abdallah;Theo Verboom;Eveline M. Weerdenburg;Nicolaas C. Gey van Pittius

  • Zebrafish embryos as a model host for the real time analysis of Salmonella typhimurium infections.

    Astrid M. van der Sar;René J. P. Musters;Fredericus J. M. van Eeden;Ben J. Appelmelk

  • The outer membrane component, YscC, of the Yop secretion machinery of Yersinia enterocolitica forms a ring-shaped multimeric complex

    M Koster;W Bitter;H de Cock;Abdelmounaaim Allaoui

  • A specific secretion system mediates PPE41 transport in pathogenic mycobacteria.

    Abdallah M. Abdallah;Theo Verboom;Fredericke Hannes;Mohamad Safi

  • Systematic genetic nomenclature for type VII secretion systems.

    Wilbert Bitter;Edith N. G. Houben;Darria Bottai;Priscille Brodin

  • Infection of zebrafish embryos with live fluorescent Streptococcus pneumoniae as a real-time pneumococcal meningitis model

    Kin Ki Jim;Kin Ki Jim;Joo Yeon Engelen-Lee;Astrid M. van der Sar;Wilbert Bitter

  • Formation of oligomeric rings by XcpQ and PilQ, which are involved in protein transport across the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Wilbert Bitter;Margot Koster;Maita Latijnhouwers;Hans de Cock

  • A star with stripes: zebrafish as an infection model.

    Astrid M. van der Sar;Ben J. Appelmelk;Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls;Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls;Wilbert Bitter

  • Take five - Type VII secretion systems of Mycobacteria.

    Edith N.G. Houben;Edith N.G. Houben;Konstantin V. Korotkov;Wilbert Bitter;Wilbert Bitter

  • Disruption of the ESX-5 system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes loss of PPE protein secretion, reduction of cell wall integrity and strong attenuation.

    Daria Bottai;Mariagrazia Di Luca;Laleh Majlessi;Laleh Majlessi;Wafa Frigui

  • General secretion signal for the mycobacterial type VII secretion pathway

    Maria H. Daleke;Roy Ummels;Punto Bawono;Jaap Heringa

  • MyD88 Innate Immune Function in a Zebrafish Embryo Infection Model

    Astrid M. van der Sar;Oliver W. Stockhammer;Carina van der Laan;Herman P. Spaink

  • Zebrafish development and regeneration : new tools for biomedical research

    Sebastiaan A. Brittijn;Suzanne J. Duivesteijn;Mounia Belmamoune;Laura F.M. Bertens

  • The Heterologous Siderophores Ferrioxamine B and Ferrichrome Activate Signaling Pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    María A. Llamas;Marion Sparrius;Roy Kloet;Connie R. Jiménez

  • Antigenic variation in malaria

    Piet Borst;Wilbert Bitter;Richard McCulloch;Fred Van Leeuwen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Tommassen
Jan Tommassen Utrecht University
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Joen Luirink
Joen Luirink Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ben J. Appelmelk
Ben J. Appelmelk Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Peter J. Peters
Peter J. Peters Maastricht University
Roland Brosch
Roland Brosch Institut Pasteur
Sander R. Piersma
Sander R. Piersma VU University Medical Center
Peter Weisbeek
Peter Weisbeek Utrecht University
Piet Borst
Piet Borst Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

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