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C. Wurzbacher

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Profiling trace organic chemical biotransformation genes, enzymes and associated bacteria in microbial model communities

L. Cao, S. L. Garcia, C. Wurzbacher

The paper investigates biotransformation of trace organic chemicals by microbial communities, identifying key genes, enzymes, and bacteria involved in their degradation.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2024Microbiology

MiDAS 5: Global diversity of bacteria and archaea in anaerobic digesters

M. K. D. Dueholm, K. S. Andersen, A.-K. C. Petersen, V. Rudkjoebing, M. Alves, Y. Bajon-Fernandez, D. Batstone, C. Butler, M. C. Cruz, A. Davidsson, L. Erijman, C. Holliger, K. Koch, N. Kreuzinger, C. Lee, , P. H. Nielsen

The paper expands the MiDAS database with global anaerobic digester microbiome data, revealing environmental influences on microbial communities and identifying core taxa.

bioRxiv · Aug 24, 2023Microbiology

What mycologists should talk about when they are talking about the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants

H. R. Nilsson, M. Ryberg, C. Wurzbacher, L. Tedersoo, S. Anslan, S. Polme, V. Spirin, V. Mikryukov, S. Svantesson, M. Hartmann, C. Lennartsdotter, P. Belford, M. Khomich, A. Retter, N. Corcoll, , K. Abarenkov

The paper discusses the challenges of naming fungi discovered through environmental sequencing and proposes criteria for DNA-based species typification.

bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2023Scientific Communication & Education

A practical bacterial biodosimetry procedure to assess performance of lab-scale flow-through ultraviolet water disinfection reactors

P. Sperle, M. S. Khan, J. E. Drewes, C. Wurzbacher

This paper develops a standardized bacterial biodosimetry procedure for flow-through UV reactors to improve reproducibility and biofouling assessment.

bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2022Microbiology

Fungal community composition along a gradient of permafrost thaw

M. Kluge, C. Wurzbacher, M. Wauthy, K. Engelbrecht Clemmensen, J. Hawkes, K. Einarsdottir, J. Stenlid, S. Peura

This study examines fungal community composition in thermokarst ponds across a permafrost thaw gradient using DNA sequencing and chemical analysis.

bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2021 · PreprintEcology

Microbial biomass, composition, and functions are responsible for the differential removal of trace organic chemicals in biofiltration systems

L. Cao, D. Wolff, R. Liguori, C. Wurzbacher, A. Wick

This study investigates how microbial biomass, composition, and functions influence the removal of trace organic chemicals in biofiltration systems, identifying key predictors and microbial associations.

bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2021Microbiology

Microbial retention and resistances in stormwater quality improvement devices treating road runoff

R. Liguori, S. H. Rommel, J. Bengtsson-Palme, B. Helmreich, C. Wurzbacher

The paper analyzes microbial communities and resistance genes in stormwater quality improvement devices to assess microbial retention and heavy metal resistance.

bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2021Microbiology

Long rDNA amplicon sequencing of insect-infecting nephridiophagids reveals their affiliation to the Chytridiomycota (Fungi) and a potential to switch between hosts

J. F. H. Strassert, C. Wurzbacher, V. Herve, T. Antany, A. Brune, R. Radek

The paper uses long-read rDNA sequencing to classify nephridiophagids as Chytridiomycota fungi and shows host-switching potential.

bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Identification of enzymes for lignocellulose degradation in the genome and transcriptome of the aquatic hyphomycete Clavariopsis aquatica.

F. Heeger, E. C. Bourne, C. Wurzbacher, E. Funke, A. Lipzen, G. He, V. Ng, I. V. Grigoriev, D. Schlosser, M. T. Monaghan

The paper identifies enzymes for lignocellulose degradation in Clavariopsis aquatica by analyzing its genome and transcriptome under different substrates.

bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2020 · PreprintEcology

Combining the 5.8S and ITS2 gene regions to improve classification of fungi

F. Heeger, C. Wurzbacher, E. C. Bourne, C. J. Mazzoni, M. T. Monaghan

This study combines 5.8S and ITS2 gene regions to improve fungal classification, showing better performance in underrepresented lineages compared to ITS2 alone.

bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2019 · PreprintEcology

Model communities hint to promiscuous metabolic linkages between ubiquitous free-living freshwater bacteria

S. L. Garcia, M. Buck, J. J. Hamilton, C. Wurzbacher, M. A. Alm Rosenblad, K. D. D. McMahon, H.-P. Grossart, F. Warnecke, A. Eiler

The paper investigates metabolic interactions among free-living freshwater bacteria and finds they form loose, unspecific cooperative networks rather than specific dependencies.

bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2017Microbiology

Metabarcoding of unfractionated water samples relates phyto-, zoo- and bacterioplankton dynamics and reveals a single-taxon bacterial bloom

C. Wurzbacher, K. Attermeyer, M. T. Kettner, C. Flintrop, N. Warthmann, S. Hilt, H.-P. Grossart, M. T. Monaghan

The paper uses DNA-metabarcoding on unfractionated water samples to study plankton dynamics, revealing a bacterial bloom that traditional methods missed.

bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2016Ecology