Department of Genetics In Ecology

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr. Christa Schleper

Room: 1.093
1090 Wien, Althanstraße 14 (UZA I)
T: +43-1-4277-578 00
F: +43-1-4277-9 578
christa.schleper(at)univie.ac.at

PUBLICATIONS

Offre P, Spang A, Schleper C (2013) Archaea and Their Roles in Fundamental Biogeochemical Cycles. Annual Review of Microbiology, Volume 67. Accepted (not in press).

Stieglmeier M, Alves R, Schleper C (2013) Thaumarchaeota. The Prokaryotes. In press.

Shen T, Stieglmeier M, Dai J, Urich T, Schleper C (2013) Responses of the terrestrial ammonia oxidizing archaeon Ca. Nitrososphaera viennensis and the ammonia oxidizing bacterium Nitrosospira multiformis to nitrification inhibitors. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2013 Apr 25. doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12164. [Epub ahead of print]

Manica A, Schleper C (2013) CRISPR-mediated defense mechanisms in the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Sulfolobus. RNA Biol. 2013 Mar 27;10(5). [Epub ahead of print]

Eme L, Reigstad LJ, Spang A, Lanzén A, Weinmaier T, Rattei T, Schleper C, Brochier-Armanet C (2013) Metagenomics of Kamchatkan hot spring filaments reveal two new major(hyper)thermophilic lineages related to Thaumarchaeota. Res Microbiol. 2013 Mar 5. doi:pii: S0923-2508(13)00027-2. 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.02.006. [Epub ahead of print]

Alves RJ, Wanek W, Zappe A, Richter A, Svenning MM, Schleper C, Urich T (2013) Nitrification rates in Arctic soils are associated with functionally distinct populations of ammonia-oxidizing archaea. ISME J. 2013 Mar 7. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.35. [Epub ahead of print]

Poulsen M, Schwab C, Jensen B, Engberg R, Spang A, Canibe N, Højberg O, Milinovich G, Fragner L, Schleper C, Weckwerth W, Lund P, Schramm A, Urich T (2013) Methylotrophic methanogenic Thermoplasmata implicated in reduced methane emissions from bovine rumen. Nature Communications 4: 1428. Feb 5. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2432.

Vissers EW, Anselmetti FS, Bodelier PL, Muyzer G, Schleper C, Tourna M, Laanbroek HJ (2013) Temporal and Spatial Coexistence of Archaeal and Bacterial amoA Genes and Gene Transcripts in Lake Lucerne. Archaea - An International Microbiological Journal 2013: 289478; doi: 10.1155/2013/289478. (Epub 2013 Mar 05)

Spang A, Poehlein A, Offre P, Zumbrägel S, Haider S, Rychlik N, Nowka B, Schmeisser C, Lebedeva EV, Rattei T, Böhm C, Schmid M, Galushko A, Hatzenpichler R, Weinmaier T, Daniel R, Schleper C, Spieck E, Streit W, Wagner M (2012) The genome of the ammonia-oxidizing Candidatus Nitrosopshaera gargensis: Insights into metabolic versatility and environmental adaptations. Environmental Microbiology 14(12):3122-3145; DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02893.x.

Jørgensen S, Hannisdal B, Lanzen A, Baumberger T, Flesland K, Fonseca R, Ovreas L, Steen IH, Torseth IH, Pedersen RB, Schleper C (2012) Correlating microbial community profiles with geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109(42): E2846-E2855. Published online before print October 1, 2012, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207574109.

Vissers EW, Blaga CI, Bodelier PL, Muyzer G, Schleper C, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Tourna M, Laanbroek HJ (2012) Seasonal and vertical distribution of putative ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaeotal communities in an oligotrophic lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 83(2): 515-526. 2012 Sep 17. doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12013.

Sinninghe Damsté JS, Rijpstra WI, Hopmans EC, Jung MY, Kim JG, Rhee SK, Stieglmeier M, Schleper C (2012) Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of group I.1a and I.1b thaumarchaeota in soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2012 Oct; 78(19): 6866-6874.

Bartossek R, Spang A, Weidler G, Lanzen A, Schleper C (2012) Metagenomic analysis of ammonia-oxidizing archaea affiliated with the soil group. Frontiers in Microbiology 3: 208.

Berry D, Schwab C, Milinovich G, Reichert J, Ben Mahfoudh K, Decker T, Engel M, Hai B, Hainzl E, Heider S, Kenner L, Müller M, Rauch I, Strobl B, Wagner M, Schleper C, Urich T, Loy A (2012) Phylotype-level 16S rRNA analysis reveals new bacterial indicators of health state in acute murine colitis. ISME Journal 6(11): 2091-2106.

Radax R, Rattei T, Lanzen A, Bayer C, Rapp HT, Urich T, Schleper C (2012) Metatranscriptomics of the marine sponge Geodia barretti: tackling phylogeny and function of its microbial community. Environmental Microbiology. 14(5): 1308-24.

Radax R, Hoffmann F, Rapp HT, Leininger S, Schleper C (2012) Ammonia-oxidizing archaea as main drivers of nitrification in cold-water sponges. Environmental Microbiology. 14(4): 909-23.

Ajon M, Fröls S, van Wolferen M, Stoecker K, Teichmann D, Driessen AJM, Grogan DW, Albers SV, Schleper C (2011) UV-inducible DNA exchange in hyperthermophilic archaea mediated by type IV pili. Molecular Microbiology. 82(4), pp. 807-817

Reigstad LJ, Jorgensen SL, Lauritzen SE, Schleper C, Urich T (2011) Sulfur-oxidizing chemolithotrophic proteobacteria dominate the microbiota in high arctic thermal springs on svalbard. Astrobiology. 11(7), pp. 665-678

Reeve JN, Schleper C (2011) Archaea: very diverse, often different but never bad?Current Opinion in Microbiology. 14 (3) , pp. 271-273

Pester M, Schleper C, Wagner M (2011) The Thaumarchaeota: an emerging view of their phylogeny and ecophysiology. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 14 (3) , pp. 300-306

Tourna M, Stieglmeier M, Spang A, Könneke M, Schintlmeister A, Urich T, Engel M, Schloter M, Wagner M, Richter A, Schleper C (2011) Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (20) , pp. 8420-8425

Reigstad LJ, Bartossek R, Schleper C (2011) Preparation of high-molecular weight DNA and metagenomic libraries from soils and hot springs. Methods in Enzymology 496:319-44

Manica A, Zebec Z, Teichmann D, Schleper C (2011) In vivo activity of CRISPR-mediated virus defence in a hyperthermophilic archaeon. Molecular Microbiology 80 (2) , pp. 481-491

Krupovic M, Spang A, Gribaldo S, Forterre P, Schleper C (2011) A thaumarchaeal provirus testifies for an ancient association of tailed viruses with archaea. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2011 Jan 19;39(1):82-8.

Schleper C (2010) Ammonia oxidation: different niches for bacteria and archaea? ISME Journal Sep;4(9):1092-4. Epub Jul 15.

Schleper C, Nicol GW (2010) Ammonia-oxidising archaea-physiology, ecology and evolution.
Advances in Microbial Physiology 57:1-47

Spang A, Hatzenpichler R, Brochier-Armanet C, Rattei T, Tischler P, Spieck E, Streit W, Stahl DA, Wagner M, Schleper C (2010) Distinct gene set in two different lineages of ammonia-oxidizing archaea supports the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Trends in Microbiology Aug;18(8):331-40. Jul 2.

Bartossek R, Nicol GW, Lanzen A, Klenk HP, Schleper C (2010) Homologues of nitrite reductases in ammonia-oxidizing archaea: diversity and genomic context. Environ Microbiol. 12(4): 1075- 1088.

Reigstad LH, Jorgensen SL, Schleper C (2010) Diversity and abundance of Korarchaeota in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland and Kamchatka. ISME Journal. 4(3):346-56

Zaparty M, Esser D, Gertig S, Haferkamp P, Kouril T, Manica A, Pham TK, Reimann J, Schreiber K, Sierocinski P, Teichmann D, van Wolferen M, von Jan M, Wieloch P, Albers SV, Driessen AJ, Klenk HP, Schleper C, Schomburg D, van der Oost J, Wright PC, Siebers B (2009) "Hot standards" for the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Extremophiles. 14(1):119-42.

Redder P, Peng X, Brügger K, Shah SA, Roesch F, Greve B, She Q, Schleper C, Forterre P, Garrett RA, Prangishvili D (2009) Four newly isolated fuselloviruses from extreme geothermal environments reveal unusual morphologies and a possible interviral recombination mechanism. Environmental Microbiology. 2009 Nov;11(11):2849-62. Epub 2009 Jul 23

Hoffmann F, Radax R, Woebken D, Holtappels M, Lavik G, Rapp HT, Schläppy ML, Schleper C, Kuypers MM (2009) Complex nitrogen cycling in the sponge Geodia barretti. Environmental Microbiology. Sep;11(9):2228-43.

Schauss K, Focks A, Leininger S, Kotzerke A, Heuer H, Thiele-Bruhn S, Sharma S, Wilke BM, Matthies M, Smalla K, Munch JC, Amelung W, Kaupenjohann M, Schloter M, Schleper C (2009) Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils. Environmental Microbiology. Feb;11(2):446-56.

Albers SV, Birkeland NK, Driessen AJ, Gertig S, Haferkamp P, Klenk HP, Kouril T, Manica A, Pham TK, Ruoff P, Schleper C, Schomburg D, Sharkey KJ, Siebers B, Sierocinski P, Steuer R, van der Oost J, Westerhoff HV, Wieloch P, Wright PC, Zaparty M SulfoSYS (Sulfolobus Systems Biology) (2009) Towards a silicon cell model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. Biochemical Society Transactions. Feb;37(Pt 1):58-64.

Fröls S, White MF, Schleper C (2009) Reactions to UV damage in the model archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochemical Society Transactions. Feb;37(Pt 1):36-41. Review.

Schleper C (2008) Microbial ecology: Metabolism of the deep. Nature. Dec 11;456(7223):712-4.

Tourna M, Freitag TE, Nicol GW, Prosser JI (2008) Growth, activity and temperature responses of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in soil microcosms. Environmental Microbiology 10(5):1357-1364

Perevalova AA, Kolganova TV, Birkeland NK, Schleper C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Lebedinsky AV (2008) Distribution of Crenarchaeota representatives in terrestrial hot springs of Russia and Iceland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74():7620-7628.

Fröls S, Ajon M, Wagner M, Teichmann D, Zolghadr B, Folea M, Boekema, Driessen AJM, Schleper C, Albers SV (2008) UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation. Molecular Microbiololy 70(4):938-52.

Nicol GW, Leininger S, Schleper C, Prosser JI (2008) The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 10(11):2966-78.

Urich T, Lanzén A, Qi J, Huson DH, Schleper C, Schuster SC (2008) Simultaneous assessment of soil microbial community structure and function through analysis of the meta-transcriptome. PLoS ONE. Jun 25;3(6):e2527.

Reigstad LJ, Richter A, Daims H, Urich T, Schwark L, Schleper C (2008) Nitrification in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland and Kamchatka. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. May;64(2):167-74.

Fröls S, Gordon PM, Panlilio MA, Duggin ID, Bell SD, Sensen CW, Schleper C (2007) Response of the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus to UV damage. Journal of Bacteriology. 189:8708-8718

Fröls S, Gordon PM, Panlilio MA, Schleper C, Sensen CW (2007) Elucidating the transcription cycle of the UV-inducible hyperthermophilic archaeal virus SSV1 by DNA microarrays. Virology. 365:48-59.

Hallam SJ, Konstantinidis KT, Putnam N, Schleper C, Watanabe Y, Sugahara J, Preston C, de la Torre J, Richardson PM, DeLong EF (2006) Genomic analysis of the uncultivated marine crenarchaeote Cenarchaeum symbiosum.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.;103(48):18296-301

Leininger S, Urich T, Schloter M, Schwark L, Qi J, Nicol GW, Prosser JI, Schuster SC, Schleper C (2006) Archaea predominate among ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soils.
Nature 442(7104):806-9.

Lubelska JM, Jonuscheit M, Schleper C, Albers SV, Driessen AJ. (2006) Regulation of expression of the arabinose and glucose transporter genes in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Extremophiles. 10(5):383-91

Nicol GW, Schleper C (2006) Ammonia-oxidising Crenarchaeota: important players in the nitrogen cycle?
Trends Microbiol. 14(5):207-12

Fieseler L, Quaiser A, Schleper C, Hentschel U (2006) Analysis of the first genome fragment from the marine sponge-associated, novel candidate phylum Poribacteria by environmental genomics.
Environ Microbiol. 8(4):612-24.

Hallam SJ, Mincer TJ, Schleper C, Preston CM, Roberts K, Richardson PM, DeLong EF (2006) Pathways of carbon assimilation and ammonia oxidation suggested by environmental genomic analyses of marine Crenarchaeota.
PLoS Biol. 4(4):e95

Albers SV, Jonuscheit M, Dinkelaker S, Urich T, Kletzin A, Tampe R, Driessen AJ, Schleper C (2006) Production of recombinant and tagged proteins in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 72(1):102-11.

Treusch A, Leininger S, Schuster S, Kletzin A, Klenk HP and Schleper C (2005) Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo-related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling.
Environm. Microbiol. 7(12):1985-95.

Fütterer O, Angelov A, Liesegang H, Gottschalk G, Schleper C, Schepers B, Dock C, Antrinikian G. and Liebl W (2004) Complete genome sequence of Picrophilus torridus and its implication for life at pH 0.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 101(24):9091-6.

Treusch A, Kletzin A, Raddatz G, Ochsenreiter T, Quaiser A, Schuster C, and Schleper C (2004) Characterization of large-insert DNA libraries from soil for environmental genomic studies of Archaea.
Environm. Microbiol. 6(9):970-80.

Quaiser A, Ochsenreiter T, Schuster S, Lanz C, Eck J and Schleper C (2003) Acidobacteria form a coherent but highly diverse group within the bacterial domain: Evidence from environmental genomics.
Molec. Microbiol. 50(2):563-575.

Ochsenreiter T, Selezi D, Quaiser A, Bonch-Osmolovskaya L and Schleper C (2003) Diversity and Abundance of Crenarchaeota in terrestrial habitats studied by 16S RNA surveys and real time PCR.
Environm. Microbiol. 5(9):787-97.

Jonuscheit M, Martusewitsch E, Stedman K and Schleper C (2003) A reporter gene system for the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus based on a selectable and integrative shuttle vector.
Molec. Microbiol. 48:1241-52.

Quaiser A, Ochsenreiter T, Klenk HP, Kletzin A, Treusch AH, Meurer G, Eck J, Sensen C and Schleper C (2002) First Insight into the Genome of an Uncultivated Crenarchaeote from Soil.
Environm. Microbiol. 4: 603-611.

Ochsenreiter T, Pfeifer F and Schleper C (2002) Diversity of Archaea in Hypersaline Environments characterized by Molecular-Phylogenetic and Cultivation Studies.
Extremophiles 6:267-74.

Martusewitsch E , Sensen C and Schleper C (2000) High spontaneous mutation rate in the hyperthermophilic archaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by transposable elements.
J. Bacteriol. 182:2574-2581

Stedman KM, Schleper C, Rumpf E and Zillig W (1999) Genetic Requirements for the Function of the Archaeal Virus SSV1 in Sulfolobus solfataricus: Construction and Testing of Viral Shuttle Vectors.
Genetics 152:1397-1405.

Sandler SJ, Hugenholtz P, Schleper C, DeLong EF, Pace NR and Clark AJ (1998) Diversity of radA genes from cultured and uncultured Archaea: Comparative analysis of their putative RadA proteins and their use as a phylogenetic marker.
J. Bacteriol. 181:907-915.

Schleper C, Preston CM, Feldman RA, DeLong EF and Swanson RV (1998) Genomic Analysis reveals Chromosomal Variation in Natural Populations of the Uncultured Psychrophilic Archaeon Cenarchaeum symbiosum.
J. Bacteriol. 180: 5003-5009.

DeLong EF, King LL, Massana R, Cittone H, Murray A, Schleper C and Wakeham SG (1998). Dibiphytanyl Ether Lipids in Nonthermophilic Crenarchaeotes.
Appl. Env. Microb. 64:1133-1138.

Schleper C, Swanson R, Mathur E and DeLong EF (1997). Characterization of a DNA Polymerase from the Uncultured Psychrophilic Archaeon Cenarchaeum symbiosum.
J. Bacteriol. 179:7803-7811.

Schleper C, Holben W and Klenk HP (1997) Recovery of Crenarchaeotal Ribosomal DNA Sequences from Freshwater Lake Sediments.
Appl. Env. Microb.63:321-323.

Keeling PJ, Klenk HP, Singh RK, Feeley O, Schleper C, Zillig W, Doolittle WF and Sensen CW (1996) Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Sulfolobus Islandicus Multicopy Plasmid pRN1.
Plasmid 35:141-144.

Elferink M, Schleper C and Zillig W (1996). Transformation of the extremely thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus via a self-spreading vector.
FEMS Microb. Letters 137:31-35.

Schleper C, Holz I, Janekovic D, Murphy J and Zillig W (1995) A Multi-Copy Plasmid of the extremely thermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus Effects its Transfer to Recipients by Mating.
J. Bacteriol. 177:4417-4426.

Schleper C, Pühler G, Kühlmorgen B and Zillig W (1995) Life at extremely low pH.
Nature 375:741-742.

Schleper C, Pühler G, Holz I, Gambacorta A, Janekovic D, Santarius U, Klenk HP and Zillig W (1995) Picrophilus Gen. Nov. Fam. Nov.: A Novel Aerobic, Heterotrophic, Thermoacidophilic Genus and Family comprising Archaea Capable of Growth around pH Zero.
J. Bacteriol. 177:7050-7059.

Schleper C, Pühler G, Klenk HP and Zillig W (1995) Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus fam. nov., gen. nov. sp. nov., Two species of Hyperacidophilic, Thermophilic, Heterotrophic, Aerobic Archaea.
Int. J. System. Bacteriol. 46:814-816.

Zillig W, Kletzin A, Schleper C, Holz I, Janekovic D, Hain J, Lanzendörfer M and Kristjansson JK (1994) Screening for Sulfolobales, their plasmids and their viruses in Icelandic solfataras.
Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 16:609-628.

Durovic P, Kutay U, Schleper C and Dennis PP (1994) Strain identification and 5S rRNA gene characterization of the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
J. Bacteriol. 176:514-517.

Schleper C, Röder R, Singer T and Zillig W (1994) An insertion element of the extremely thermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus transposes into the endogenous b-galactosidase gene.
Mol. Gen. Genet. 243:91-96.

Palm P, Schleper C, Arnold-Ammer I, Holz I, Meier T, Lottspeich F and Zillig W (1993) The DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase of Thermotoga maritima; Characterization of the enzyme and the DNA sequence of the genes for the large subunits.
Nucl. Acids Res. 21:4904-4908.

Klenk HP, Schleper C, Schwass V and Brudler R (1993) Nucleotide sequence, transcription and phylogeny of the gene encoding the superoxide dismutase of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1174:95-98.

Schleper C, Kubo K and Zillig W (1992) The particle SSV1 from the extremely thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus is a virus: Demonstration of infectivity and of transfection with viral DNA.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:7645-7649.

Palm P, Schleper C, Grampp B, Yeats S, McWilliam P, Reiter WD and Zillig W (1991) Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Virus SSV1 of the Archaebacterium Sulfolobus shibatae.
Virology 185:242-250.

REVIEW ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Reigstad LJ, Bartossek R and Schleper C (2011) Preparation of High-Molecular Weight DNA and Metagenomic Libraries from Soils and Hot Springs. In: Methods in ENZYMOLOGY, Volume 496, Reserach on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part B, p. 319-345 (editors MC Klotz and LY Stein)

Urich T und Schleper C (2011) The "double RNA" approach to simultaneously assess the structure and function of environmental microbial communities by meta-transcriptomics. In: Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches (editor FJ de Bruijn)


Schleper C and Nicol GW (2010) Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea: Physiology, Ecology and Evolution. Advances in Microbial Physiology Vol. 57 (editor R Poole)

Nicol G, Leininger S and Schleper C (2010) Distribution and Activity of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Natural Environments. In: Nitrification (editors: B Ward, M Klotz, D Arp)

Schleper C (2006) Diversity and Ecology of Archaea: Perspectives from microbial ecology and metagenomics. In: HP Klenk and R Garrett (eds) Archaea: Evolution, Physiology & Molecular Biology. Blackwell Publ.

Nicol GW, Schleper C (2006) Ammonia-oxidising Crenarchaeota: important players in the nitrogen cycle? Trends Microbiol. 14(5):207-12

Schleper C, Jurgens G and Jonuscheit M (2005) Genomic Analyses of Uncultivated Archaea. Nature Reviews Microbiology 3(6): 479-488.

Treusch A and Schleper C (2005) The Microbial Soil Flora: Novel Approaches for Accessing the Phylogenetic and Physiological Diversity of Prokaroytes. In: H König (ed.) Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Soil Invertebrates. Springer Verlag

Treusch A and Schleper C (2005) Environmental Genomics: A Novel Tool to Study Uncultivated Microorganisms. In: Sensen CW (ed.) Handbook of Genome Research. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

Lorenz P and Schleper C (2002) Metagenome - a challenging source of enzyme discovery. Journal of Mol. Catal. B:Enzymatic 19/20: 13-19.

Schulze R, Meurer G und Schleper C (2002) Das Metagenom als Quelle neuartiger, rekombinanter Wirkstoffe und Enzyme. BIOspektrum-Sonderausgabe (8) 498-501.

Schleper C und Eck J (2000) Umweltgenomik: Charakterisierung und Nutzung nicht-kultivierter Mikroorganismen. BIOspektrum 6:449-451.

DeLong EF, Schleper C, Feldman R and Swanson RV (1999) Application of Genomics for Understanding the Evolution of Hyperthermophilic and Nonthermophilic Crenarchaeota. Biol. Bull. 196: 363-366.

Zillig W, Prangishvilli D, Schleper C, Elferink M, Holz I, Albers S, Janekovic D, Goetz D (1996) Viruses, plasmids and other genetic elements of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Archaea. FEMS Microb. Reviews 18:225-36.

Schleper C and Zillig W (1995) Lipolimoviridae (SSV1 Group). Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses. VIth report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

Schleper C and Zillig W (1995) Transfection of Sulfolobus solfataricus. in: Robb FT and Place AR (Ed.). Archaea: Thermophiles: A laboratory manual. xvi+217p. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Plainview, New York, USA. 1995. p. 91-93.

Zillig W, Palm P, Klenk HP, Pühler G, Gropp F and Schleper C (1991) Phylogeny of DNA-dependent RNA-polymerases: Testimony for the origin of eukaryotes. in: Rodriguez-Valera F (edt.) General and Applied Aspects of Halophilic Microorganisms, Plenum Press, New York.

PUBLICATIONS INTENDED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Schleper C (1999) Les archaebactéries sont parmi nous. La Recherche-Spécial: Les Frontières du Vivant. La Recherche (Paris) 317:30-33.

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