Biography

Prof. Elisabeth Grohmann

Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Germany


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

1994  Ph.D., Technical University Graz, Austria


Publications (selected)

  1. Gallego, S., Soufi, L., Kampouris, I. D., et al. (2026). Soil-plant microbiomes shaped by soil type and wastewater quality as shown by a combination of cultivation-dependent and independent techniques. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 102(8), fiag087.
  2. Soufi, L., Kampouris, I. D., Lüneberg, K., et al. (2025). Wastewater-borne pollutants influenced antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in the soil without affecting the bacterial community composition in a changing wastewater irrigation system. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 494, 138680.
  3. Heyde, B. J., Braun, M., Soufi, L., et al. (2025). Transition from irrigation with untreated wastewater to treated wastewater and associated benefits and risks. NPJ Clean Water, 8(1), 6.
  4. Michaelis, C., Berger, T. M. I., Kuhlmann, K., et al. (2024). Effect of TraN key residues involved in DNA binding on pIP501 transfer rates in Enterococcus faecalis. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 11, 1268647.
  5. Grohmann, E. (2023). Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in the Environment, Their Resistance and Transfer Mechanisms. Microorganisms, 11(4), 981.
  6. Michaelis, C., & Grohmann, E. (2023). Horizontal Gene Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Biofilms. Antibiotics, 12(2), 328.
  7. Berger, T. M. I., Michaelis, C., Probst, I., et al. (2022). Small Things Matter: The 11.6-kDa TraB Protein is Crucial for Antibiotic Resistance Transfer Among Enterococci. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9, 867136.
  8. Vaishampayan, A., & Grohmann, E. (2022). Antimicrobials Functioning through ROS-Mediated Mechanisms: Current Insights. Microorganisms, 10(1), 61.
  9. Vaishampayan, A., Ahmed, R., Wagner, O., et al. (2021). Transcriptomic analysis of stress response to novel antimicrobial coatings in a clinical MRSA strain. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 119, 111578.
  10. Wischer, D., Schneider, D., Poehlein, A., et al. (2020). Novel Antimicrobial Cellulose Fleece Inhibits Growth of Human-Derived Biofilm-Forming Staphylococci During the SIRIUS19 Simulated Space Mission. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1626.
  11. Vaishampayan, A., & Grohmann, E. (2019). Multi-resistant biofilm-forming pathogens on the International Space Station. Journal of Biosciences, 44(5), 125.
  12. Kohler, V., Keller, W., & Grohmann, E. (2019). Regulation of Gram-Positive Conjugation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1134.
  13. Sobisch, L.-Y., Rogowski, K. M., Fuchs, J., et al. (2019). Biofilm Forming Antibiotic Resistant Gram-Positive Pathogens Isolated From Surfaces on the International Space Station. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 543.
  14. Kohler, V., Goessweiner-Mohr, N., Aufschnaiter, A., et al. (2018). TraN: A novel repressor of an Enterococcus conjugative type IV secretion system. Nucleic Acids Research, 46(17), 9201–9219.
  15. Kohler, V., Vaishampayan, A., & Grohmann, E. (2018). Broad-host-range Inc18 plasmids: Occurrence, spread and transfer mechanisms. Plasmid, 99, 11–21.
  16. Kohler, V., Keller, W., & Grohmann, E. (2018). Enterococcus adhesin PrgB facilitates type IV secretion by condensation of extracellular DNA. Molecular Microbiology, 109(3), 263–267.
  17. Garbisu, C., Garaiyurrebaso, O., Lanzén, A., et al. (2018). Mobile genetic elements and antibiotic resistance in mine soil amended with organic wastes. Science of The Total Environment, 621, 725–733.
  18. Vaishampayan, A., de Jong, A., Wight, D. J., et al. (2018). A Novel Antimicrobial Coating Represses Biofilm and Virulence-Related Genes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 221.
  19. Grohmann, E., Christie, P. J., Waksman, G., et al. (2018). Type IV secretion in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Molecular Microbiology, 107(4), 455–471.
  20. Lüneberg, K., Prado, B., Broszat, M., et al. (2018). Water flow paths are hotspots for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in soil. Chemosphere, 193, 1198–1206.
  21. Clauss-Lendzian, E., Vaishampayan, A., de Jong, A., et al. (2018). Stress response of a clinical Enterococcus faecalis isolate subjected to a novel rill antimicrobial surface coating. Microbiological Research, 207, 53–64.
  22. Grohmann, E., Keller, W., & Muth, G. (2018). Mechanisms of Conjugative Transfer and Type IV Secretion-Mediated Effector Transport in Gram-Positive Bacteria. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 413, 115–141.
  23. Aguila-Arcos, S., Alvarez-Rodríguez, I., Garaiyurrebaso, O., et al. (2017). Biofilm-Forming Clinical Staphylococcus Isolates Harbor Horizontal Transfer and Antibiotic Resistance Genes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2018.
  24. Garbisu, C., Garaiyurrebaso, O., Epelde, L., et al. (2017). Plasmid-Mediated Bioaugmentation for the Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1966.
  25. Laverde, D., Probst, I., Romero-Saavedra, F., et al. (2017). Targeting Type IV Secretion System Proteins to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Gram-positive Pathogens. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 215(12), 1836–1845.


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