2022
Pettinato E, Böhnert P, Berg IA (2022) Succinyl-CoA: acetate CoA-transferase functioning in the oxidative tricarboxylic acid cycle in Desulfurella acetivorans. Front Microbiol. 13:1080142. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1080142.
Steffens L, Pettinato E, Steiner TM, Eisenreich W, Berg IA (2022) Tracking the reversed oxidative tricarboxylic acid cycle in Bacteria. Bio Protoc. 12(6):e4364. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4364.
2021
Kumpitsch C, Fischmeister FPS, Mahnert A, Lackner S, Wilding M, Sturm C, Springer A, Madl T, Holasek S, Högenauer C, Berg IA, Schoepf V, Moissl-Eichinger C (2021) Reduced B12 uptake and increased gastrointestinal formate are associated with archaeome-mediated breath methane emission in humans. Microbiome. 9(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s40168-021-01130-w.
Liu L, Schubert DM, Könneke M, Berg IA (2021) (S)-3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase from the autotrophic 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle in Nitrosopumilus maritimus. Front Microbiol. 12:712030. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.712030.
Flechsler J, Heimerl T, Huber H, Rachel R, Berg IA (2021) Functional compartmentalization and metabolic separation in a prokaryotic cell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 118(25):e2022114118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022114118.
Steffens L, Pettinato E, Steiner TM, Mall A, König S, Eisenreich W, Berg IA (2021) High CO2 levels drive the TCA cycle backwards towards autotrophy. Nature. 592(7856):784-788. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03456-9.
Liu L, Brown PC, Könneke M, Huber H, König S, Berg IA (2021) Convergent evolution of a promiscuous 3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA dehydratase/crotonyl-CoA hydratase in Crenarchaeota and Thaumarchaeota. mSphere. 6(1):e01079-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.01079-20.
2020
Liu L, Huber H, Berg IA (2020) Enzymes Catalyzing Crotonyl-CoA Conversion to acetoacetyl-CoA during the autotrophic CO2 fixation in Metallosphaera sedula. Front Microbiol. 11:354. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00354.
2019
Carlson SJ, Fleig A, Baron MK, Berg IA, Alber BE (2019) Barriers to 3-hydroxypropionate-dependent growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides by distinct disruptions of the ethylmalonyl Coenzyme A pathway. J Bacteriol 201(4):e00556-18. doi: 10.1128/JB.00556-18.
2018
Mall A, Sobotta J, Huber C, Tschirner C, Kowarschik S, Bačnik K, Mergelsberg M, Boll M, Hügler M, Eisenreich W, Berg IA (2018) Reversibility of citrate synthase allows autotrophic growth of a thermophilic bacterium. Science 359(6375):563-567. doi: 10.1126/science.aao2410.
2017
Buchanan BB, Sirevåg R, Fuchs G, Ivanovsky RN, Igarashi Y, Ishii M, Tabita FR, Berg IA (2017) The Arnon-Buchanan cycle: a retrospective, 1966-2016. Photosynth Res 134(2):117-131. doi: 10.1007/s11120-017-0429-0.
Borjian F, Johnsen U, Schönheit P, Berg IA (2017) Succinyl-CoA:mesaconate CoA-transferase and mesaconyl-CoA hydratase, enzymes of the methylaspartate cycle in Haloarcula hispanica. Front Microbiol. 8:1683. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01683.
Borjian F, Han J, Hou J, Xiang H, Zarzycki J, Berg IA (2017) Malate synthase and ß-methylmalyl-CoA lyase in the methylaspartate cycle in Haloarcula hispanica. J Bacteriol, doi:10.1128/JB.0657-16.
2016
Borjian F, Han J, Hou J, Xiang H, Berg IA (2016) The methylaspartate cycle in haloarchaea and its possible role in carbon metabolism. ISME J 10(3):546-557.
2015
Kronen M, Berg IA (2015) Mesaconase/fumarase FumD in Escherichia coli O157:H7 and promiscuity of Escherichia coli class I fumarases FumA and FumB. PLOS ONE 10(12): e0145098.
Kronen M, Sasikaran J, Berg IA (2015) Mesaconase activity of class I fumarase contributes to mesaconate utilization by Burkholderia xenovorans. Appl Environ Microbiol 81(16):5632-5638.
Otte J, Mall A, Schubert D, Könneke M, Berg IA (2015) Malonic semialdehyde reductase from the archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus is involved in the autotrophic 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle. Appl Environ Microbiol 81(5):1700-1707.
2014
Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T, Wanner G, Klingl A, Berg IA, Yoshinaga M, Viehweger B, Hinrichs KU, Thomas BC, Meck S, Auerbach AK, Heise M, Schintlmeister A, Schmid M, Wagner M, Gribaldo S, Banfield JF, Moissl-Eichinger C (2014) Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 5:5497.
Könneke M, Schubert DM, Brown PC, Hügler M, Standfest S, Schwander T, Schada von Borzyskowski L, Erb TJ, Stahl DA, Berg IA (2014) Ammonia-oxidizing archaea use the most energy efficient aerobic pathway for CO2 fixation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111(22):8239-8244.
Fuchs G, Berg IA (2014) Unfamiliar metabolic links in the central carbon metabolism. J Biotechnol 192(B):314-322.
Sasikaran J, Ziemski M, Zadora PK, Fleig A, Berg IA (2014) Bacterial itaconate degradation promotes pathogenicity. Nat Chem Biol 10(5):371-377.
2011
Estelmann S, Ramos-Vera WH, Gad'on N, Huber H, Berg IA, Fuchs G (2011) Carbon dioxide fixation in 'Archaeoglobus lithotrophicus': are there multiple autotrophic pathways? FEMS Microbiol Lett 319(1):65-72.
Khomyakova M, Bükmez Ö, Thomas LK, Erb TJ, Berg IA (2011) A methylaspartate cycle in haloarchaea. Science 331(6015):334-337.
Berg IA (2011) Ecological aspects of the distribution of different autotrophic CO2 fixation pathways. Appl Environ Microbiol 77(6):1925-1936.
Estelmann S, Hügler M, Eisenreich W, Werner K, Berg IA, Ramos-Vera WH, Say RF, Kockelkorn D, Gad'on N, Fuchs G (2011) Labeling and enzyme studies of the central carbon metabolism in Metallosphaera sedula. J Bacteriol 193(5):1191-1200.
2010
Berg IA, Kockelkorn D, Ramos-Vera WH, Say RF, Zarzycki J, Hügler M, Alber BE, Fuchs G (2010) Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea. Nat Rev Microbiol 8(6):447-460.
Berg IA, Ramos-Vera WH, Petri A, Huber H, Fuchs G (2010) Study of the distribution of autotrophic CO2 fixation cycles in Crenarchaeota. Microbiology 156(1):256-269
2009
Ramos-Vera WH, Berg IA, Fuchs G (2009) Autotrophic carbon dioxide assimilation in Thermoproteales revisited. J Bacteriol 191(13):4286-4297.
2008
Huber H, Gallenberger M, Jahn U, Eylert E, Berg IA, Kockelkorn D, Eisenreich W, Fuchs G (2008) A dicarboxylate/4-hydroxybutyrate autotrophic carbon assimilation cycle in the hyperthermophilic Archaeum Ignicoccus hospitalis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105(22):7851-7856.
2007
Berg IA, Kockelkorn D, Buckel W, Fuchs G (2007) A 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate autotrophic carbon dioxide assimilation pathway in Archaea. Science 318(5857):1782-1786.
Tourova TP, Spiridonova EM, Berg IA, Slobodova NV, Boulygina ES, Sorokin DY (2007) Phylogeny and evolution of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae based on comparison of 16S rRNA, cbbL and nifH gene sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57(10):2387-2398.
Erb TJ, Berg IA, Brecht V, Müller M, Fuchs G, Alber BE (2007) Synthesis of C5-dicarboxylic acids from C2-units involving crotonyl-CoA carboxylase/reductase: the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104(25):10631-10636.