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Wolfgang Witte is affiliated with the Robert Koch Institute in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these, the key subfields of focus include Infectious Diseases, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, and Microbiology.

The main research topics covered by Witte concentrate on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial identification. Specific areas include:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Witte has contributed to several publications in notable scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics, 2022, Nature
  • Colonization of Dogs and Their Owners with Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Households, Veterinary Practices, and Healthcare Facilities, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Silence as a way of niche adaptation: mecC-MRSA with variations in the accessory gene regulator (agr) functionality express kaleidoscopic phenotypes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A look at staphylococci from the one health perspective, 2024, International Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus Strains and Their Prophages That Carry Horse-Specific Leukocidin Genes lukP/Q, 2025, Toxins

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Witte are:

  • Christiane Cuny
  • Franziska Layer
  • Igor Loncaric
  • Birgit Walther
  • Guido Werner

Wolfgang Witte's work appears regularly in several key publication venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • Nature
  • Microorganisms
  • International Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • Toxins
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a university hospital setting by using novel software for spa repeat determination and database management

    Dag Harmsen;Heike Claus;Wolfgang Witte;Jörg Rothgänger

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  • Medical Consequences of Antibiotic Use in Agriculture

    Wolfgang Witte

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance

    Karen Bush;Patrice Courvalin;Gautam Dantas;Julian Davies

  • Harmonization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for epidemiological typing of strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a single approach developed by consensus in 10 European laboratories and its application for tracing the spread of related strains.

    Stephen Murchan;Mary Elizabeth Kaufmann;Ariane Deplano;Raf de Ryck

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Burden of disease and control challenges in Europe

    Robin Köck;Karsten Becker;B. Cookson;J. E. van Gemert-Pijnen

  • Multiplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Nine Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Staphylococcus aureus

    Birgit Strommenger;Christiane Kettlitz;Guido Werner;Wolfgang Witte

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe, 1999-2002.

    Edine W. Tiemersma;Stef L.A.M. Bronzwaer;Outi Lyytikäinen;John E. Degener

  • Emergence and spread of vancomycin resistance among enterococci in Europe

    Guido Werner;T. M. Coque;A. M. Hammerum;R. Hope

  • Resistance to cephalosporins and carbapenems in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens.

    Yvonne Pfeifer;Angela Cullik;Wolfgang Witte

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in humans and animals, Central Europe.

    Wolfgang Witte;Birgit Strommenger;Christian Stanek;Christiane Cuny

  • A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Li Yang Hsu;Li Yang Hsu;Kevin Kurt;Lucy A. Weinert;Lucy A. Weinert

  • Effect of Subinhibitory Antibiotic Concentrations on Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Expression in Biofilm-Forming Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Shwan Rachid;Knut Ohlsen;Wolfgang Witte;Jörg Hacker

  • Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and Lactococcus human isolates and cultures intended for probiotic or nutritional use

    Ingo Klare;Carola Konstabel;Guido Werner;Geert Huys

  • vanA-mediated high-level glycopeptide resistance in Enterococcus faecium from animal husbandry.

    I. Klare;H. Heier;H. Claus;R. Reissbrodt

  • Selective pressure by antibiotic use in livestock.

    Wolfgang Witte

  • Enterococcus faecium strains with vanA-mediated high-level glycopeptide resistance isolated from animal foodstuffs and fecal samples of humans in the community.

    I. Klare;H. Heier;H. Claus;G. Böhme

  • Assignment of Staphylococcus isolates to groups by spa typing, SmaI macrorestriction analysis, and multilocus sequence typing.

    B Strommenger;C Kettlitz;T Weniger;D Harmsen

  • Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics

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  • Evaluation of new broth media for microdilution antibiotic susceptibility testing of Lactobacilli, Pediococci, Lactococci, and Bifidobacteria.

    Ingo Klare;Carola Konstabel;Sibylle Müller-Bertling;Rolf Reissbrodt

  • Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in different animal species

    Christiane Cuny;Alexander Friedrich;Svetlana Kozytska;Franziska Layer

  • spa Typing of Staphylococcus aureus as a Frontline Tool in Epidemiological Typing

    B. Strommenger;C. Braulke;D. Heuck;C. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Werner
Guido Werner Robert Koch Institute
Birgit Strommenger
Birgit Strommenger Robert Koch Institute
Robin Köck
Robin Köck Essen University Hospital
Marc Struelens
Marc Struelens Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alexander W. Friedrich
Alexander W. Friedrich University Medical Center Groningen
Knut Ohlsen
Knut Ohlsen University of Würzburg
Henrik Westh
Henrik Westh University of Copenhagen
Petra Gastmeier
Petra Gastmeier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Lothar H. Wieler
Lothar H. Wieler Hasso Plattner Institute
Robert Skov
Robert Skov Statens Serum Institut

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