Publications

 

Arroyo-Pérez E*, Hook, JC, Alvarado A, Wimmi S, Glatter, T, Thormann KM*, Ringgaard S. (2024) A conserved cell-pole determinant organizes proper polar flagellum formation. eLife, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.93004.3

 

Daniel B Edelmann, Anna M Jakob, Laurence G Wilson, Rémy Colin, David Brandt, Frederik Eck, Jörn Kalinowski, Kai M Thormann (2024) Role of a single MCP in evolutionary adaptation of Shewanella putrefaciens for swimming in planktonic and structured environments. bioRxiv 2024.10.15.618407; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.15.618407

 

Dornes A, Schmidt LM, Mais CN, Hook JC, Pané-Farré J, Kressler D, Thormann K*, Bange G. Polar confinement of a macromolecular machine by an SRP-type GTPase. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 10;15(1):5797. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50274-4.

 

Thöneböhn S, Fischer D, Kreiling V, Kemmler A, Oberheim I, Hager F, Schmid NE, Thormann KM. Identifying components of the Shewanella phage LambdaSo lysis system. J Bacteriol. 2024 Jun 20;206(6):e0002224. doi: 10.1128/jb.00022-24.

 

 

Humez M, Domann E, Thormann KM, Fölsch C, Strathausen R, Vogt S, Alt V, Kühn K-D. Daptomycin-Impregnated PMMA Cement against Vancomycin-Resistant Germs: Dosage, Handling, Elution, Mechanical Stability, and Effectiveness. Antibiotics. 2023; 12(11):1567. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12111567

 

Chernova LS, Vishnyakov IE, Börner J, Bogachev MI, Thormann KM, Kayumov AR. The Functionality of IbpA from Acholeplasma laidlawii Is Governed by Dynamic Rearrangement of Its Globular–Fibrillar Quaternary Structure. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(20):15445. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242015445

 

Luthe T, Kever L, Thormann K, Frunzke J. Bacterial multicellular behavior in antiviral defense. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2023 Apr 6;74:102314. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102314.

 

Kreiling V, Thormann KM (2023) Polarity of c-di-GMP synthesis and degradation. microLife 4, uqad014, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsml/uqad014.

 

 

Kühn, M. J., Edelmann, D. B., and K. M. Thormann (2022) Polar flagellar wrapping and lateral flagella jointly contribute to Shewanella putrefaciens environmental spreading. Environ. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16107

 

Thormann, K. M., Beta, C., and M. J. Kühn (2022) Wrapped up: The motility of polarly flagellated bacteria. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 1: doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-041122-101032

 

Rick, T., Kreiling, V., Höing, A., Fiedler, S., Glatter, T., Steinchen, W., Hochberg, G., Bähre, H., Seifert, R., Bange, G., Knauer, S. K., Graumann, P., and K. M. Thormann (2022) GGDEF domain as spatial on-switch for a phosphodiesterase by interaction with landmark protein HubP. npj Biofilms Microbiomes 8, 35. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00297-w

 

K. M. Thormann (2022) Dynamic hybrid flagellar motors - fuel switch and more. Front. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.863804

 

Chernova, L., and K. M. Thormann (2022) Mikrokumpel. BoD, Norderstedt, ISBN 9783754337431.

 

Ona, L., Giri, S., Avermann, N., Kreienbaum, M., Thormann, K. M., and C. Kost (2021) Obligate cross-feeding expands the metabolic niche of bacteria. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 5: 1224-1232. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01505-0)

 

Mayer, B., Schwan, M., Thormann, K. M., and P. L. Graumann (2021) Antibiotic Drug screening and Image Characterization Toolbox (A.D.I.C.T.): a robust imaging workflow to monitor antibiotic stress response in bacterial cells in vivo. F1000Research 10:277 (https://f1000research.com/articles/10-277/v2)

 

Pecina, A., Schwan, M., Blagotinsek, V., Rick, T., Klüber, P., Leonhard, T., Bange, G., and K. M. Thormann (2021) The stand-alone PilZ-domain protein MotL specifically regulates the activity of the secondary lateral flagellar system in Shewanella putrefaciens. Front. Microbiol.12: 668892. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.668892 & Corrigendum

 

Mayer, B., Schwan, M., Oviedo-Boganegra, L. M., Bange, G., Thormann, K. M., and P. L. Graumann (2021) Dynamics of bacterial signal recognition particle at a single molecule level. Front. Microbiol. 12: 793. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.663747

 

Hook, J. C., Blagotinsek, V., Pané-Farré, J., Mrusek, D., Altegoer, F., Dornes, A., Schwan, M., Schier, L., Thormann, K. M.*, and G. Bange* (2020) A proline-rich element in the type III secretion protein FlhB contributes to flagellar biogenesis in the beta- and gamma-proteobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 11: 2908. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.564161

 

Kreienbaum, M., Dörrich, A.K., Brandt, D., Schmid, N.E., Leonhard, T., Hager, F., Brenzinger, S., Hahn, J., Glatter, T., Ruwe, M., Briegel, A., Kalinowski, J., and K. M. Thormann (2020) Isolation and characterization of Shewanella phage Thanatos infecting and lysing Shewanella oneidensis and promoting nascent biofilm formation. Front. Microbiol. 11: 573260. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.573260.

 

Blagotinsek, V., Schwan, M., Steinchen, W., Mrusek, D., Hook, J. C., Rossmann, F., Freibert, S. A., Kratzat, H., Murat, G., Kressler, D., Beckmann, R., Beeby, M., Thormann, K. M.*, and G. Bange* (2020) An ATP-dependent partner switch links flagellar C-ring assembly with gene expression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 117(34): 20826-20835. doi:10.1073/pnas.2006470117

 

Kühn, M., and K. M. Thormann (2020) Eine Flagelle für alle Fälle. Biospektrum 3.20

 

Nisbett, L. M., Binnenkade, L., Bacon, B. A., Hossain, S., Kotloski, N. J., Brutinel, E. D., Hartmann, R., Drescher, K., Arora, D. P., Muralidharan, S., Thormann, K., Gralnick, J. A., and E. M. Boon (2019) NosP signaling modulates the NO/H-NOX-mediated multicomponent c-di-GMP network and biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis. Biochemistry. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00706.

 

Díaz-Pascual, F., Hartmann, R., Lempp, M., Vidakovic, L., Song, B., Jeckel, H., Thormann, K. M, Yildiz, F. H., Dunkel, J., Link, H., Nadell, C. D., and K. Drescher (2019) Breakdown of Vibrio cholerae biofilm architecture induced by antibiotics disrupts community barrier function. Nat. Microbiol. doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0579-2

 

Ferreira, J. L., Gao, F. Z., Rossmann, F. M., Nans, A., Brenzinger, S., Hosseini, R., Wilson, A., Briegel, A., Thormann, K. M., Rosenthal, P. B., and M. Beeby (2019) γ-proteobacteria eject their polar flagella under nutrient depletion, retaining flagellar motor relic structures. PLoS Biology https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000165

 

Lerch, M. F., Schoenfelder S. M. K., Marincola, G., Wencker, F. D. R., Eckart, M., Förstner, K. U., Sharma C. M., Thormann, K. M., Kucklick, M., Engelmann, S., and W. Ziebuhr (2019). A non-coding RNA from the intercellular adhesin (ica) locus of Staphylococcus epidermidis controls polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)-mediated biofilm formation. Mol. Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14238.

 

Rossmann, F. M., Rick, T., Mrusek, D., Sprankel, L., Dörrich, A. K., Leonhard, T., Bubendorfer, S., Kaever, V., Bange, G., and K. M. Thormann (2019) The GGDEF domain of the phosphodiesterase PdeB in Shewanella putrefaciens mediates recruitment by the polar landmark protein HubP. J. Bacteriol. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00534-18

 

Kühn, M. J., Schmidt, F. K., Farthing, N. E., Rossmann, F. M., Helm, B., Wilson, L. G., Eckhardt, B., and K. M. Thormann (2018) Spatial arrangement of several flagellins within bacterial flagella improves motility in different environments. Nat. Commun. 9: 5369

 

Binnenkade, L., Kreienbaum, M., and K. M. Thormann (2018) Characterization of ExeM, an extracellular nuclease of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Front. Microbiol. 9: 1761

 

Brenzinger, S., Pecina, A., Mrusek, D., Mann, P., Völse, K., Wimmi, S., Ruppert, U., Becker, A., Ringgaard, S., Bange, G., and K. M. Thormann (2018) ZomB is essential for flagellar motor reversals in Shewanella putrefaciens and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Mol. Microbiol. 109: 694-709

 

Hintsche, M., Waljor, V., Großmann, R., Kühn, M. J., Thormann, K. M., Peruani, F., and C. Beta (2017) A polar bundle of flagella can drive bacterial swimming by pushing, pulling, or coiling around the cell body. Scientific Reports 7:16771

 

Kühn, M. J., Schmidt, F. K., Eckhardt, B., and K. M. Thormann (2017) Bacteria employ a polymorphic instability of the flagellar filament to escape from traps. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 114: 6340-6345

 

Brenzinger, S., and K. M. Thormann (2017) Dynamics in the dual fuel flagellar motor of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Methods Mol. Biol. 1593: 285-295.

 

Brenzinger, S., Dewenter, L., Delalez, N. J., Leicht, O., Berndt, V., Paulick, A., Berry, R. M., Thanbichler, M., Armitage, J. P., Maier, B., and K. M. Thormann (2016) Mutations targeting the plug-domain of the Shewanella oneidensis proton-driven stator allow swimming at increased viscosity and under anaerobic conditions. Mol. Microbiol. 102: 925-938

 

Dwarakanath, S., Brenzinger, S., Gleditzsch, D., Plagens, A., Klingl, A., Thormann, K., and L. Randau (2015) Interference activity of a minimal Type I CRISPR-Cas system from Shewanella putrefaciens. Nucleic Acids Res. 43: 8913-8923

 

Schuhmacher, J. S., Thormann K. M., and G. Bange (2015) How bacteria maintain location and number of flagella? FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 39: 812-822

 

Rossmann, F., Brenzinger, S., Knauer, C., Dörrich, A. K., Bubendorfer, S., Ruppert, U., Bange, G., and K. M. Thormann (2015) The role of FlhF and HubP as polar landmark proteins in Shewanella putrefaciens CN-32. Mol. Microbiol. 98: 727-742

 

Schuhmacher, J. S., Rossmann, F., Dempwolff, F., Knauer, C., Altegoer, F., Steinchen, W., Dörrich, A. K., Klingl, A., Stephan, M., Linne, U., Thormann, K. M., and G. Bange (2015) MinD-like ATPase FlhG effects location and number of bacterial flagella during C-ring assembly. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 112: 3092-3097

 

Paulick, A., Delalez, N. J., Brenzinger, S., Steel, B. C., Berry, R.M., Armitage, J. P., and K. M. Thormann (2015) Dual stator dynamics in the Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 flagellar motor. Mol. Microbiol. 96: 993-1001

 

Nanda, A. M., Thormann, K., and J. Frunzke (2014) Impact of spontaneous prophage induction on the fitness of bacterial populations and host-microbe interactions. J. Bacteriol. 197: 410-419

 

Bubendorfer, S., Koltai, M., Rossmann, F., Sourjik, V., and K. M. Thormann (2014) Secondary bacterial flagellar system improves bacterial spreading by increasing the directional persistence of swimming. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 111: 11485-11490

 

Binnenkade, L., Teichmann, L., and K. M. Thormann (2014) Iron triggers λSo prophage induction and release of extracellular DNA in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 biofilms. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80: 5304-5316

 

Zweig, M., Schork, S., Koerdt, A., Siewering, K., Sternberg, C., Thormann, K., Albers, S.V., Molin, S., and C. van der Does (2014) Secreted single-stranded DNA is involved in the initial phase of biofilm formation by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Environ. Microbiol. 16: 1040-1052

 

Bubendorfer, S., Ishihara, M., Dohlich, K., Heiss, C., Vogel, J., Sastre, F., Panico, M., Hitchen, P., Dell, A., Azadi, P, and K. M. Thormann. 2013. Analyzing the modification of the Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 filament. PLoS ONE 8:e73444

 

Lassak, J., Bubendorfer, S., and K. M. Thormann. 2013. Domain analysis of ArcS, the hybrid sensor kinase of the Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Arc two-component system, reveals functional differentiation of its two receiver domains. J. Bacteriol. 195: 482-492

 

Gödeke, J., Binnenkade, L., and K. M. Thormann. 2012. Transcriptome analysis of early surface-associated growth of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. PLoS One 5: e42160

 

Paulick, A., and K. M. Thormann. 2012. Bakterielles Motortuning. BIOspektrum 18: 134-137

 

Heun, M., Binnenkade, L., Kreienbaum, M., and K. M. Thormann. 2012. Functional specificity of extracellular nucleases in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78: 4400-4011

 

Bubendorfer, S., Held, S., Windel, N., Paulick, A., Klingl, A., and K. M. Thormann. 2012. Specificity of motor components in the dual flagellar system of Shewanella putrefaciens CN-32. Mol. Microbiol. 83: 335-350

 

Gödeke, J., Heun, M., Bubendorfer, S., Paul, K., and K. M. Thormann. 2011. Roles of two Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 extracellular endonucleases. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77: 5342-5351

 

Binnenkade, L., Lassak, J., and K. M. Thormann. 2011. Analysis of the BarA/UvrY two-component system in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. PLoS One 6: e23440

 

Koerdt, A., Gödeke, J., Berger, J., Thormann, K. M., and S.-V. Albers. 2010. Archael biofilm formation under extreme conditions. PLoS One 5: e14104

 

Thormann, K. M., and A. Paulick. 2010. Tuning the flagellar motor. Microbiology 156: 1275-1283

 

Gödeke, J., Paul, K., Lassak, J., and K. M. Thormann. 2010. Phage-induced lysis enhances biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. ISME J. 5: 613-626

 

Lassak, J., Henche, A.-L., Binnenkade, L., and K. M. Thormann. 2010. ArcS, the cognate sensor kinase in an atypical Arc system of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 3263-3274

 

Koerdt, A., Paulick, A., Mock, M., Jost, K., and K. M. Thormann. 2009. MotX and MotY are required for flagellar rotation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. J. Bacteriol. 191: 5085-5093

 

Klüsener, S., Aktas, M., Thormann, K. M., Wessel, M., and F. Narberhaus. 2009. Expression and physiological relevance of Agrobacterium tumefaciens phosohatidylcholine biosynthesis genes. J. Bacteriol. 191: 365-374

 

Paulick, A., Koerdt, A., Lassak, J., Huntley, S., Wilms, I., Narberhaus, F., and K. M. Thormann. 2009. Two different stator systems drive a single polar flagellum in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Mol. Microbiol. 71: 836-850

 

Thormann, K. M., Saville, R. M., Duttler, S. A., Shukla, S., and A. M. Spormann. 2006. Control of formation and cellular detachment from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 biofilms by cyclic-di-GMP. J. Bacteriol. 188: 2681-2691

 

Thormann, K. M., Saville, R. M., Shukla, S., and A. M. Spormann. 2005. Induction of rapid detachment in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 biofilms. J. Bacteriol. 187: 1014-1021

 

Schaffer, S., K. Thormann, S. Hujer, and P. Dürre. 2005. Quantitative proteome analysis of clostridia. In: P. Dürre and H. Bahl (eds.), Handbook on Clostridia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

 

Spormann, A. M., K. Thormann, R. Saville, S. Shukla, and P. Entcheva. 2004. Microbial biofilms. In: R. S. Greco, F. B. Prinz, and R. L. Smith (eds.), Nanotechnology. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

 

Thormann, K. M., Saville, R. M., Shukla, S., Pelletier, D. A., and A. M. Spormann. 2004. Initial phases of biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. J. Bacteriol. 186: 8096-8104.

 

Zickner, B., M. Böhringer, S. Nakotte, S. Schaffer, K. Thormann, and P. Dürre. 2003. Multiple levels of regulation of solventogenesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum.  In: P. Dürre and B. Friedrich (eds.), Regulatory networks in prokaryotes. Horizon Scientific Press, Norfolk, UK.

 

Dürre, P., Böhringer, M., Nakotte, S., Schaffer, S., Thormann, K., and B. Zickner. 2002. Transcriptional regulation of solventogenesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 4: 295-300

 

Thormann, K., Feustel, L., Lorenz, K., Nakotte, S., and P. Dürre. 2002. Control of butanol formation in Clostridium acetobutylicum by transcriptional activation. J. Bacteriol. 184: 1966-73

 

Thormann, K., and P. Dürre. 2001. Orf5/SolR: a transcriptional repressor for the sol operon of Clostridium acetobutylicum? J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 27: 307-313