ZMB Member Alexander Probst
ZMB Member
Alexander Probst
Next ZMB-Member
Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst
Research Center One Health Ruhr
University Alliance Ruhr
Faculty of Chemistry
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstr. 2
45141 Essen
- +49 201 183 7080
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Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology
Research Overview
Alexander Probst ist a highly interdisciplinary researcher. As a trained microbiologist, whose research is dominated by bioinformatics, he is an appointed W3 professor at the Faculty of Chemistry. His research entangles primarily the One Health and Ecosystem Health aspect, addresses fundamental questions in ecophysiology of microorganisms and viruses, deals with deep groundwater and the deep biosphere in general, and focuses on aspects of biodiversity and global dispersal of microbes across aquatic ecosystems.
Selected Publications
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Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply sourced groundwater host diverse bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolismIn: Microbiome Vol. 12 (2024) Nr. 1, 15Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Hyperexpansion of genetic diversity and metabolic capacity of extremophilic bacteria and archaea in ancient Andean lake sedimentsIn: Microbiome Vol. 12 (2024) Nr. 1, 176Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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MicrobioRaman : an open-access web repository for microbiological Raman spectroscopy dataIn: Nature Microbiology (2024) Nr. 9, pp. 1152 - 1156Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
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The journey to understand previously unknown microbial genesIn: Nature Vol. 626 (2024) Nr. 7998, pp. 267 - 269Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
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A predicted CRISPR-mediated symbiosis between uncultivated archaeaIn: Nature Microbiology Vol. 8 (2023) Nr. 9, pp. 1619 - 1633Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
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Dancing the Nanopore limbo – Nanopore metagenomics from small DNA quantities for bacterial genome reconstructionIn: BMC Genomics Vol. 24 (2023) Nr. 1, 727Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Marine viruses disperse bidirectionally along the natural water cycleIn: Nature Communications Vol. 14 (2023) Nr. 1, 6354Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Spatio-functional organization in virocells of small uncultivated archaea from the deep biosphereIn: ISME Journal Vol. 17 (2023) Nr. 10, pp. 1789 - 1792Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Temporal disturbance of a model stream ecosystem by high microbial diversity from treated wastewaterIn: MicrobiologyOpen Vol. 12 (2023) Nr. 2, e1347Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Virus-Host Dynamics in Archaeal Groundwater Biofilms and the Associated Bacterial Community CompositionIn: Viruses Vol. 15 (2023) Nr. 4, 910Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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uBin : A manual refining tool for genomes from metagenomesIn: Environmental Microbiology Vol. 25 (2023) Nr. 6, pp. 1077 - 1083Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophagesIn: Cell Vol. 185 (2022) Nr. 21, pp. 4023 - 4037.e18Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Genetic diversity in terrestrial subsurface ecosystems impacted by geological degassingIn: Nature Communications Vol. 13 (2022) Nr. 1, 284Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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SeqCode : A nomenclatural code for prokaryotes described from sequence dataIn: Nature Microbiology Vol. 7 (2022) Nr. 10, pp. 1702 - 1708Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Imaging techniques for detecting prokaryotic viruses in environmental samplesIn: Viruses Vol. 13 (2021) Nr. 11, 2126Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Leave no stone unturned : individually adapted xerotolerant Thaumarchaeota sheltered below the boulders of the Atacama Desert hyperarid coreIn: Microbiome Vol. 9 (2021) Nr. 1, 234Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Lytic archaeal viruses infect abundant primary producers in Earth’s crustIn: Nature Communications Vol. 12 (2021) Nr. 1, 4642Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Clades of huge phages from across Earth’s ecosystemsIn: Nature Vol. 578 (2020) Nr. 7795, pp. 425 - 431Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Genome-inferred spatio-temporal resolution of an uncultivated Roizmanbacterium reveals its ecological preferences in groundwaterIn: Environmental Microbiology Vol. 22 (2020) Nr. 2, pp. 726 - 737Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Groundwater cable bacteria conserve energy by sulfur disproportionationIn: ISME Journal Vol. 14 (2020) Nr. 2, pp. 623 - 634Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Lipid analysis of CO₂-rich subsurface aquifers suggests an autotrophy-based deep biosphere with lysolipids enriched in CPR bacteriaIn: ISME Journal Vol. 14 (2020) pp. 1547 - 1560Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and BacteriaIn: Nature Microbiology Vol. 5 (2020) Nr. 8, pp. 987 - 994Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Saccharibacteria as Organic Carbon Sinks in Hydrocarbon-Fueled CommunitiesIn: Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 11 (2020) pp. 587782Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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An archaeal symbiont-host association from the deep terrestrial subsurfaceIn: ISME Journal Vol. 13 (2019) pp. 2135 - 2139Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Impacts of microbial assemblage and environmental conditions on the distribution of anatoxin-a producing cyanobacteria within a river networkIn: ISME Journal Vol. 13 (2019) Nr. 6, pp. 1618 - 1634Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Biosynthetic capacity, metabolic variety and unusual biology in the CPR and DPANN radiationsIn: Nature Reviews Microbiology Vol. 16 (2018) Nr. 10, pp. 629 - 645Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Differential depth distribution of microbial function and putative symbionts through sediment-hosted aquifers in the deep terrestrial subsurfaceIn: Nature Microbiology Vol. 3 (2018) Nr. 3, pp. 328 - 336Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Insights into the ecology, evolution, and metabolism of the widespread Woesearchaeotal lineagesIn: Microbiome Vol. 6 (2018) 102Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Recovery of genomes from metagenomes via a dereplication, aggregation and scoring strategyIn: Nature Microbiology Vol. 3 (2018) Nr. 7, pp. 836 - 843Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Stable isotope informed genome-resolved metagenomics reveals that Saccharibacteria utilize microbially-processed plant-derived carbon.In: Microbiome Vol. 6 (2018) 122Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Genomic resolution of a cold subsurface aquifer community provides metabolic insights for novel microbes adapted to high CO₂ concentrationsIn: Environmental Microbiology Vol. 19 (2017) Nr. 2, pp. 459 - 474Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Microbial community structure and the persistence of cyanobacterial populations in salt crusts of the hyperarid atacama desert from genome-resolved MetagenomicsIn: Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 8 (2017) 1435Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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New CRISPR-Cas systems from uncultivated microbesIn: Nature Vol. 542 (2017) Nr. 7640, pp. 237 - 241Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Potential for microbial H 2 and metal transformations associated with novel bacteria and archaea in deep terrestrial subsurface sedimentsIn: ISME Journal Vol. 11 (2017) Nr. 8, pp. 1915 - 1929Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Culture independent genomic comparisons reveal environmental adaptations for altiarchaealesIn: Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 7 (2016) 1221Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Major bacterial lineages are essentially devoid of CRISPR-Cas viral defence systemsIn: Nature Communications Vol. 7 (2016) 10613Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Microbial succession in an inflated lunar/Mars analog habitat during a 30-day human occupationIn: Microbiome Vol. 4 (2016) 22Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer systemIn: Nature Communications Vol. 7 (2016) 13219Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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A viability-linked metagenomic analysis of cleanroom environments : eukarya, prokaryotes, and virusesIn: Microbiome Vol. 3 (2015) Nr. 1,Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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An in vitro culture model to study the dynamics of colonic microbiota in Syrian golden hamsters and their susceptibility to infection with Clostridium difficileIn: ISME Journal Vol. 9 (2015) Nr. 2, pp. 321 - 332Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Metagenomic and lipid analyses reveal a diel cycle in a hypersaline microbial ecosystemIn: ISME Journal Vol. 9 (2015) Nr. 12, pp. 2697 - 2711Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
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Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly FacilitiesIn: Microbiome Vol. 3 (2015) Nr. 1,Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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S-layers at second glance? : Altiarchaeal grappling hooks (hami) resemble archaeal S-layer proteins in structure and sequenceIn: Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 6 (2015) 543Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurfaceIn: Nature Communications Vol. 5 (2014) 5497Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Grappling archaea: Ultrastructural analyses of an uncultivated, cold-loving archaeon, and its biofilmIn: Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 5 (2014) Nr. AUG, 397Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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New perspectives on viable microbial communities in low-biomass cleanroom environmentsIn: ISME Journal Vol. 7 (2013) Nr. 2, pp. 312 - 324Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Tackling the minority : sulfate-reducing bacteria in an archaea-dominated subsurface biofilmIn: ISME Journal Vol. 7 (2013) Nr. 3, pp. 635 - 651Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaeaIn: ISME Journal Vol. 6 (2012) Nr. 3, pp. 610 - 618Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
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Deep-sea oil plume enriches indigenous oil-degrading bacteriaIn: Science Vol. 330 (2010) Nr. 6001, pp. 204 - 208Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)