HIGHLIGHTS
- 1. X. Zhong, L. Zhang,, G.P. Van Wezel, E. Vijgenboom & D. Claessen (2022). Role for a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase in cell wall remodeling in Streptomyces coelicolor. mBio (in press)
- 2. Z. Zhang, S.S. Shitut, B. Claushuis, D. Claessen & D.E. Rozen (2022). Mutational meltdown of putative microbial altruists in Streptomyces coelicolor colonies. Nature Communications (in press).
- 3. L. Zhang, K. Ramijan, V.J. Carrión, L.T. van der Aart, J. Willemse, G.P. Van Wezel & D. Claessen (2021). An alternative and conserved cell wall enzyme that can substitute for the Lipid II synthase MurG. mBio 12: e03381-20
- 4. Z. Zhang, C. Du, F. de Barsy, M. Liem, A. Liakopoulos, G.P. van Wezel, Y.H. Choi, D. Claessen and D.E. Rozen (2020). Antibiotic production in Streptomyces is organised by a division of labor through terminal genomic differentiation. Science Advances 6: eaay5718
- 5. D. Claessen & J. Errington (2019). Cell wall-deficiency as a coping strategy for stress. Trends in Microbiology 27: 1025-1033.
- 6. K. Ramijan, E. Ultee, J. Willemse, Z. Zhang, J.A.J. Wondergem, A. van der Meij, D. Heinrich, A. Briegel, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2018). Stress-induced formation of cell wall-deficient cells in filamentous actinomycetes. Nature Communications 9: 5164.
- 7. B. Zacchetti, H.A.B. Wösten & D. Claessen (2018). Multiscale heterogeneity in filamentous microbes. Biotechnology Advances 36: 2138-2149.
- 8. M.L.C. Petrus, E. Vijgenboom, A.K. Chaplin, J.A.R. Worrall, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2016). The DyP-type peroxidase DtpA is a Tat-substrate required for GlxA maturation and morphogenesis in Streptomyces. Open Biology 6: 150149.
- 9. D. Claessen, D.E. Rozen, O.P. Kuipers, L. Søgaard-Andersen & G.P. van Wezel (2014). Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: a tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies. Nature Reviews in Microbiology 12: 115-124.
- 10. D. Claessen, R. Rink, W. de Jong, J. Siebring, P. de Vreugd, F.G.H. Boersma, L. Dijkhuizen & H.A.B. Wösten (2003). A novel class of secreted hydrophobic proteins is involved in aerial hyphae formation in Streptomyces coelicolor by forming amyloid-like fibrils. Genes and Development 17: 1714-1726.
PREPRINTS
- ▪ R. Kapteijn, S. Shitut, D. Ashmann, L. Zhang, M. de Beer, D. Daviran, R. Roverts, A. Akiva, G.P. Van Wezel, A. Kros & D. Claessen (2022). DNA uptake by cell wall-deficient bacteria reveals a putative ancient macromolecule uptake mechanism. bioRxiv: 478057; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.27.478057.
- ▪ V. Ongenae, A. Sidi Mabrouk, M. Crooijmans, D.E. Rozen, A. Briegel & D. Claessen (2021). Reversible bacteriophage resistance by shedding the bacterial cell wall. bioRxiv: 468999; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.17.468999.
- ▪ S. Shitut, M.J. Shen, B. Claushuis, R.J.E. Derks, M. Giera, D.E. Rozen, D. Claessen & A. Kros (2021). Generating heterokaryotic cells via bacterial cell-cell fusion. bioRxiv: 458600; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.01.458600.
ALL PUBLICATIONS
2022
- • X. Zhong, L. Zhang,, G.P. Van Wezel, E. Vijgenboom & D. Claessen (2022). Role for a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase in cell wall remodeling in Streptomyces coelicolor. mBio (in press).
- • Z. Zhang, S.S. Shitut, B. Claushuis, D. Claessen & D.E. Rozen (2022). Mutational meltdown of putative microbial altruists in Streptomyces coelicolor colonies. Nat Commun (in press).
2021
- • L. Zhang, K. Ramijan, V.J. Carrión, L.T. van der Aart, J. Willemse, G.P. Van Wezel & D. Claessen (2021). An alternative and conserved cell wall enzyme that can substitute for the Lipid II synthase MurG. mBio 12: e03381-20.
- • E. Ultee, X. Zhong, S. Shitut, A. Briegel & D. Claessen (2021). Formation of wall-less cells in Kitasatospora viridifaciens requires cytoskeletal protein FilP in oxygen-limiting conditions. Mol Microbiol 115: 1181-1190.
- • V. Ongenae, A. Briegel, D. Claessen (2021). Cell wall-deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection. Open Biol 11: 210199.
- • A. Muok, D. Claessen & A. Briegel (2021). Microbial hitchhiking: how Streptomyces spores are transported by motile soil bacteria. ISME J 15: 2591-2600.
2020
- • S. Shitut, G. Özer Bergman, A. Kros, D.E. Rozen & D. Claessen (2020). Use of permanent wall-deficient cells as a system for the discovery of new-to-nature metabolites. Microorganisms 8: 1897.
- • K. Ramijan, Z. Zhang, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2020). Genome rearrangements and megaplasmid loss in the filamentous bacterium Kitasatospora viridifaciens are associated with protoplast formation and regeneration. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 113: 825-837.
- • E. Ultee, L.T. van der Aart, D. Van Dissel, C. Diebolder, G.P. van Wezel, D. Claessen & A. Briegel (2020). Teichoic acids anchor distinct cell wall lamellae in an apically growing bacterium. Commun Biol 3: 314.
- • Z. Zhang, C. Du, F. de Barsy, M. Liem, A. Liakopoulos, G.P. van Wezel, Y.H. Choi, D. Claessen and D.E. Rozen (2020). Antibiotic production in Streptomyces is organised by a division of labor through terminal genomic differentiation. Sci Adv 6: eaay5718.
2019
- ▪ D. Claessen & J. Errington (2019). Cell wall-deficiency as a coping strategy for stress. Trends Microbiol 27: 1025-1033.
- ▪ E. Ultee, K. Ramijan, R.T. Dame, A. Briegel & D. Claessen (2019). Stress-induced adaptive morphogenesis in bacteria. Adv Microb Phys 74: 97-141.
- ▪ I. López-Goñi, J. Giner-Lamia, A. Álvarez-Ordoñez, A. Benitez-Páez, D. Claessen, M. Cortesao, M. de Toro, D. García-Ruano, E.T. Granato, Á.T. Kovács, J.L. Rommelde, T.G. Sana, M. Sánchez-Angulo, F.J. Sangari, W.K. Smits, T. Sturm, J.L. Thomassen, K.N.G. Valdehuesa & M. Zapotoczna (2019). #EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide. FEMS Microbiol Lett 366: pii: fnz141.
2018
- ▪ K. Ramijan, E. Ultee, J. Willemse, Z. Zhang, J.A.J. Wondergem, A. van der Meij, D. Heinrich, A. Briegel, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2018). Stress-induced formation of cell wall-deficient cells in filamentous actinomycetes. Nat Commun 9: 5164.
- ▪ B. Zacchetti, H.A.B. Wösten & D. Claessen (2018). Multiscale heterogeneity in filamentous microbes. Biotechnol Adv 36: 2138-2149.
- ▪ B. Zacchetti, A. Andrianos, D. van Dissel, E.M. de Ruiter, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2018). Micro-encapsulation extends mycelial viability of Streptomyces lividans 66 and increases enzyme production. BMC Biotechnol 18: 13.
- ▪ J. Willemse, F. Büke, D. van Dissel, S. Grevink, D. Claessen & G.P van Wezel (2018). SParticle, an algorithm for the analysis of filamentous microorganisms in submerged cultures. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 111: 171-182.
- ▪ B. Zacchetti, P. Smits & D. Claessen (2018). Dynamics of pellet fragmentation and aggregation in liquid-grown cultures of Streptomyces lividans. Front Microbiol 9: 943.
- ▪ D. van Dissel, J. Willemse, B. Zacchetti, D. Claessen, G.B. Pier & G.P. van Wezel (2018). Production of poly-β-1,6-N-acetylglucosamine by MatAB is required for hyphal aggregation and hydrophilic surface adhesion by Streptomyces. Microb Cell 5: 269-279.
BEFORE 2017
- ▪ A. Dragoš, A.T. Kovács & D. Claessen (2017). The role of functional amyloids in multicellular growth and development of Gram-positive bacteria. Biomolecules 7: E60.
- ▪ W. Yang, J. Willemse, E.B. Sawyer, F. Lou, W. Gong, H. Zhang, S.L. Gras, D. Claessen & S. Perrett (2017). The propensity of the bacterial rodlin protein RdlB to form amyloid fibrils determines its function in Streptomyces coelicolor. Sci Rep 7: 42876.
- ▪ K. Ramijan, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2017). Genome sequence of the filamentous actinomycete Kitasatospora viridifaciens. Genome Announc 5: e01560-16.
- ▪ Z. Zhang, D. Claessen & D.E. Rozen (2016). Understanding microbial divisions of labour. Front Microbiol 7: 2070.
- ▪ B. Zacchetti, J. Willemse, B. Recter, D. van Dissel, G.P. van Wezel, H.A.B. Wösten & D. Claessen (2016). Aggregation of germlings is a major contributing factor towards mycelial heterogeneity of Streptomyces. Sci Rep 6: 27045.
- ▪ L. Zhang, J. Willemse, D. Claessen & G.P. van Wezel (2016). SepG coordinates sporulation-specific cell division and nucleoid organization in Streptomyces coelicolor. Open Biol 6: 150164.
- ▪ M.L.C. Petrus, E. Vijgenboom, A.K. Chaplin, J.A.R. Worrall, G.P. van Wezel & D. Claessen (2016). The DyP-type peroxidase DtpA is a Tat-substrate required for GlxA maturation and morphogenesis in Streptomyces. Open Biol 6: 150149.
- ▪ C. Wu, B. Zacchetti, A.F.J. Ram, G.P. van Wezel, D. Claessen & Y.H. Choi (2015). Expanding the chemical space for natural products by Aspergillus-Streptomyces co-cultivation and biotransformation. Sci Rep 5: 10868.
- ▪ D. van Dissel, D. Claessen, M. Roth & G.P. van Wezel (2015). A novel locus for mycelial aggregation forms a gateway to improved Streptomyces cell factories. Microb Cell Fact 14: 44.
- ▪ A.K. Chaplin, M.L.C. Petrus, G. Mangiameli, M.A. Hough, D.A. Svistunenko, P. Nicholls, D. Claessen, E. Vijgenboom & J.A.R. Worrall (2015). GlxA is a new structural member of the radical copper oxidase family and is required for glycan deposition at hyphal tips and morphogenesis of Streptomyces lividans. Biochem J 469: 433-444.
- ▪ D. van Dissel, D. Claessen & G.P. van Wezel (2014). Morphogenesis of Streptomyces in submerged cultures. Adv Appl Microbiol 89: 1-45.
- ▪ M.L.C. Petrus, G.J. van Veluw, H.A.B. Wösten & D. Claessen (2014). Sorting of Streptomyces cell pellets using a complex parametric analyzer and sorter. J Vis Exp 84: e51178.
- ▪ M.L.C. Petrus & D. Claessen (2014). Pivotal roles for Streptomyces cell surface polymers in morphological differentiation, attachment and mycelial architecture. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 106: 127-139.
- ▪ G. Girard, J. Willemse, H. Zhu, D. Claessen, K. Bukarasam, M. Goodfellow & G.P. van Wezel (2014). Analysis of novel kitasatosporae reveals significant evolutionary changes in conserved developmental genes between Kitasatospora and Streptomyces. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 106: 365-380.
- ▪ D.M. Ekkers, D. Claessen, F. Galli & E.J. Stamhuis (2014). Surface modification using interfacial assembly of the Streptomyces chaplin proteins. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 98: 4491-4501.
- ▪ D. Claessen & G.P. van Wezel (2014). Off the wall. eLife 3: e05427.
- ▪ D. Claessen, D.E. Rozen, O.P. Kuipers, L. Søgaard-Andersen & G.P. van Wezel (2014). Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: a tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies. Nat Rev Microbiol 12: 115-124.
- ▪ K. Surdova, P. Gamba, D. Claessen, T. Siersma, M.J. Jonker, J. Errington & L.W. Hamoen (2013). The conserved DNA-binding protein WhiA is involved in cell division in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 195: 5450-5460.
- ▪ M. Bokhove, D. Claessen, W. de Jong, L. Dijkhuizen, E.J. Boekema & G.T. Oostergetel (2013). Chaplins of Streptomyces coelicolor self-assemble into two distinct functional amyloids. J Struct Biol 184: 301-309.
- ▪ G.J. van Veluw, M.L.C. Petrus, J. Gubbens, R. de Graaf, I.P. de Jong, G.P. van Wezel, H.A.B. Wösten & D. Claessen (2012). Analysis of two distinct mycelial populations in liquid-grown Streptomyces cultures using a flow cytometry-based proteomics approach. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 96: 1301-1312.
- ▪ E.B. Sawyer, D. Claessen, S.L. Gras & S. Perrett (2012). Exploiting amyloid: how and why bacteria use cross-beta fibrils. Biochem Soc Trans 40: 728-734.
- ▪ W. de Jong, E. Vijgenboom, L. Dijkhuizen, H.A.B. Wösten & D. Claessen (2012). SapB and the rodlins are required for development of Streptomyces coelicolor in high osmolarity media. FEMS Microbiol Lett 329: 154-159.
- ▪ I.P. de Jong & D. Claessen (2012). A sandwich-culture technique for controlling antibiotic production and morphological development in Streptomyces coelicolor. J Microbiol Methods 91: 318-320.
- ▪ E.B. Sawyer, D. Claessen, M. Haas, B. Hurgobin & S.L. Gras (2011). The assembly of individual chaplin peptides from Streptomyces coelicolor into functional amyloid fibrils. PLoS One 6: e18839.
- ▪ W. de Jong, H.A.B. Wösten, L. Dijkhuizen & D. Claessen (2009). Attachment of Streptomyces coelicolor is mediated by amyloidal fimbriae that are anchored to the cell surface via cellulose. Mol Microbiol 73: 1128-1140.
- ▪ W. de Jong, A. Manteca, J. Sanchez, G. Bucca, C.P. Smith, L. Dijkhuizen, D. Claessen & H.A.B. Wösten (2009). NepA is a structural cell wall protein involved in maintenance of spore dormancy in Streptomyces coelicolor. Mol Microbiol 71: 1591-1603.
- ▪ D. Claessen, R. Emmins, L.W. Hamoen, R.A. Daniel, J. Errington & D.H. Edwards (2008). Control of the cell elongation-division cycle by shuttling of PBP1 protein in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 68: 1029-1046.
- ▪ A. Manteca, D. Claessen, C. Lopez-Iglesias & J. Sanchez (2007). Aerial hyphae in surface cultures of Streptomyces lividans and Streptomyces coelicolor originate from viable segments surviving an early programmed cell death event. FEMS Microbiol Lett 274: 118-125.
- ▪ D. Claessen, W. de Jong, L. Dijkhuizen & H.A.B. Wösten (2006). Regulation of Streptomyces development: reach for the sky! Trends Microbiol 14: 313-319.
- ▪ M.F.B.G. Gebbink, D. Claessen, B. Bouma, L. Dijkhuizen & H.A.B. Wösten (2005). Amyloids - a functional coat for microorganisms. Nat Rev Microbiol 3: 333-341.
- ▪ D. Claessen, I. Stokroos, H.J. Deelstra, N.A. Penninga, C. Bormann, J.A. Salas, L. Dijkhuizen & H.A.B. Wösten (2004). The formation of the rodlet layer of streptomycetes is the result of the interplay between rodlins and chaplins. Mol Microbiol 53: 433-443.
- ▪ G. van Keulen, H.M. Jonkers, D. Claessen, L. Dijkhuizen & H.A.B. Wösten (2003). Differentiation and anaerobiosis in standing liquid cultures of Streptomyces coelicolor. J Bacteriol 185: 1455-1458.
- ▪ D. Claessen, R. Rink, W. de Jong, J. Siebring, P. de Vreugd, F.G.H. Boersma, L. Dijkhuizen & H.A.B. Wösten (2003). A novel class of secreted hydrophobic proteins is involved in aerial hyphae formation in Streptomyces coelicolor by forming amyloid-like fibrils. Genes Dev 17: 1714-1726.
- ▪ D. Claessen, H.A.B. Wösten, G. van Keulen, O.G. Faber, A.M.C.R. Alves, W.G. Meijer & L. Dijkhuizen (2002). Two novel homologous proteins of Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces lividans are involved in the formation of the rodlet layer and mediate attachment to a hydrophobic surface. Mol Microbiol 44: 1483-1492.
