Dr. Sarah Niehs

Alumni

Publications

Ehinger F, Niehs S, Dose B, Dell M, Krabbe J, Pidot SJ, Stinear TP, Scherlach K, Ross C, Lackner G, Hertweck C (2023) Analysis of rhizonin biosynthesis reveals origin of pharmacophoric furylalanine moieties in diverse cyclopeptides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 62(42), e202308540.
Janke RS, Kaftan F, Niehs SP, Scherlach K, Rodrigues A, Svatoš A, Hertweck C, Kaltenpoth M, Flórez LV (2022) Bacterial ectosymbionts in cuticular organs chemically protect a beetle during molting stages. ISME J 16(12), 2691-2701.
Niehs S, Scherlach K, Dose B, Uzum Z, Stinear T, Pidot S, Hertweck C (2022) A highly conserved gene locus in endofungal bacteria codes for the biosynthesis of symbiosis-specific cyclopeptides. PNAS nexus 1(4), 152.
Richter I, Radosa S, Cseresnyés Z, Ferling I, Büttner H, Niehs SP, Gerst R, Figge MT, Hillmann F, Hertweck C (2022) Toxin-producing endosymbionts shield pathogenic fungus against micropredators. mBio 13(5), e0144022.
Büttner H*, Niehs SP*, Vandelannoote K, Cseresnyés Z, Dose B, Richter I, Gerst R, Figge MT, Stinear TP, Pidot SJ, Hertweck C# (2021) Bacterial endosymbionts protect beneficial soil fungus from nematode attack. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118(37), e2110669118.
Dose B, Niehs SP, Scherlach K*, Shahda S, Flórez LV#, Kaltenpoth M, Hertweck C (2021) Biosynthesis of sinapigladioside, an antifungal isothiocyanate from Burkholderia symbionts. Chembiochem 22(11), 1920-1924.
Dose B, Thongkongkaew T, Zopf D, Kim HJ, Bratovanov EV, García-Altares M, Scherlach K, Kumpfmüller J, Ross C, Hermenau R, Niehs S, Silge A, Hniopek J, Schmitt M, Popp J, Hertweck C (2021) Multimodal molecular imaging and identification of bacterial toxins causing mushroom soft rot and cavity disease. Chembiochem 22(19), 2901-2907.
Mahler L, Niehs SP, Martin K, Weber T, Scherlach K, Hertweck C, Roth M, Rosenbaum MA (2021) Highly parallelized droplet cultivation and prioritization of antibiotic producers from natural microbial communities. eLife 10, e64774.
Dose B, Ross C, Niehs SP, Scherlach K, Bauer JP, Hertweck C (2020) Food-poisoning bacteria employ a citrate synthase and a type II NRPS to synthesize bolaamphiphilic lipopeptide antibiotics. Angew Chem Int Ed 59(48), 21535-21540.
Niehs SP, Dose B, Richter S, Pidot SJ, Dahse HM, Stinear TP, Hertweck C (2020) Mining symbionts of spider-transmitted fungus illuminates uncharted biosynthetic pathways to cytotoxic benzolactones. Angew Chem Int Ed 59(20), 7766-7771.