Dr. Wolfgang Zimmer


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Publications in scientific journals

    2006

  1. Holzke C., Hoffmann T., Jaeger L., Koppmann R., Zimmer W. (2006) Diurnal and seasonal variation of monoterpene and sesquiterpene emissions from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Atmospheric Environment 40: 3174-3185 This paper was cited 18 times until 2010

    2003

  2. Heuser T., Zimmer W. (2003) Genus- and isolate-specific real-time PCR quantification of Erwinia on leaf surfaces of English oaks (Quercus robur L.). Current Microbiology 47: 214-219 This paper was cited 3 times until 2010

  3. Zimmer W., Steinbrecher R., Körner C., Schnitzler J.P. (2003) The process-based SIM-BIM model: towards more realistic prediction of isoprene emissions from adult Quercus petraea forest trees. Atmospheric Environment 37: 1665-1671 This paper was cited 12 times until 2010

    2002

  4. Heuser T., Zimmer W. (2002) Quantitative analysis of phytopathogenic ascomycota on leaves of pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur L.) by real-time PCR. FEMS Microbiology Letter 209: 295-299 This paper was cited 12 times until 2010

  5. Schnitzler J.P., Bauknecht N., Brüggemann N., Einig W., Forkel R., Hampp R., Heiden A.C., Heizmann U., Hoffmann T., Holzke C., Jaeger L., Klauer M., Komenda M., Koppmann R., Kreuzwieser J., Mayer H., Rennenberg H., Smiatek G., Steinbrecher R., Wildt J., Zimmer W. (2002) Emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds: An overview of field, laboratory and modelling studies performed during the ‚Tropospheric Research Program‘ (TFS) 1997-2000. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 42: 159-177 This paper was cited 13 times until 2010

    2001

  6. Steinkamp R., Zimmer W., Papen H. (2001) Improved method for detection of methanotrophic bacteria in forest soils by PCR. Current Microbiology 42: 316-322 This paper was cited 14 times until 2010

  7. Miller B., Oschinski C., Zimmer W. (2001) First isolation of an isoprene synthase gene from poplar and successful expression of the gene in Escherichia coli. Planta 213: 483-487 This paper was cited 46 times until 2010

  8. Fischbach R.J., Zimmer W., Schnitzler J.P. (2001) Isolation and functional analysis of a cDNA encoding a myrcene synthase of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.). European Journal of Biochemistry. 268: 5633-5638 This paper was cited 14 times until 2010

  9. Lehning A., Zimmer W., Zimmer I., Schnitzler J.P. (2001) Modeling of annual variations of oak (Quercus robur L.) isoprene synthase activity to predict isoprene emission rates. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: 3157-3166 This paper was cited 41 times until 2010

    2000

  10. Zimmer W., Brüggemann N., Emeis S., Giersch C., Lehning A., Steinbrecher R., Schnitzler J.P. (2000) Process-based modelling of isoprene emission by oak leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment 23: 585-595 This paper was cited 58 times until 2010

  11. Miller B., Heuser T., Zimmer W. (2000) Functional involvement of a deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase gene harboring locus of Synechococcus leopoliensis in isoprenoid biosynthesis. FEBS Letters 481: 221-226 This paper was cited 31 times until 2010

    1999

  12. Zimmer W., Mendel R. (1999) Molybdenum metabolism in plants. Plant Biology 1: 160-168 This paper was cited 12 times until 2010

  13. Miller B., Heuser T., Zimmer W. (1999) A Synechococcus leopoliensis SAUG 1402-1 operon harboring the 1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase gene and two additional open reading frames is functionally involved in the dimethylallyl disphosphate synthesis. FEBS Letters 460: 485-490 This paper was cited 26 times until 2010

    1998

  14. Zimmer W., Wesche M., Timmermans L. (1998) Identification and isolation of the indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase gene from Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7: sequencing and functional analysis of the gene locus. Current Microbiology 36: 327-331 This paper was cited 22 times until 2010

  15. Daum M., Zimmer W., Papen H., Kloos K., Nawrath K., Bothe H. (1998) Physiological and molecular biological characterization of ammonia oxidation of the heterotrophic nitrifier Pseudomonas putida. Current Microbiology 37: 281-288 This paper was cited 25 times until 2010

    1997

  16. Zimmer W. (1997) Funktion und Bedeutung der Isoprenabgabe durch Pflanzen. Biologie in unserer Zeit 27, 34-39 This paper was cited 1 times until 2010

    1995

  17. Zimmer W., Kloos K., Hundeshagen B., Niederau E., Bothe H. (1995) Auxin biosynthesis and denitrification in plant growth promoting bacteria. In: Nato-Advanced Research Workshop on Azospirillum and related microorganisms. Del Gallo M., Fendrik I., Vanderleyden J., de Zamaroczy M. (eds.), Nato Meeting / Nato ASI Series Vol. G 37, pp. 121-128 This paper was cited 4 times until 2010

  18. Schmitz O., Boison G., Hilscher R., Hundeshagen B., Zimmer W., Lottspeich F., Bothe H. (1995) Molecular biological analysis of a bidirectional hydrogenase from cyanobacteria. European Journal of Biochemestry 233: 266-276 This paper was cited 78 times until 2010

  19. Zimmer W. (1995) Auxinbiosynthese und deren Regulation bei Pflanzen-assoziierten Bakterien. Habilitationsschrift, Universität zu Köln

  20. Bothe H., Schmitz O., Boison G., Hundeshagen B., Zimmer W. (1995) Nitrogenases and hydrogenases in cyanobacteria. In: Nitrogen fixation: Fundamentals and applications – Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, St. Petersburg, Russia. Tikhonovich I., Provorov N.A., Romanov V.E., Newton W.E. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, pp. 207-212 This paper was cited 2 times until 2010

    1994

  21. Schlichting R., Kloos K., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1994) The metabolite transfer in Cyanophora paradoxa and ist cyanells. Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 10: 81-85

  22. Bothe H., Zimmer W., Kloos K., Kaldorf M. (1994) Azospirillum and related organisms: Ecological, physiological, biochemical and genetical aspects. In: Nitrogen fixation with non-legumes. Hegazi N.A., Fayez M., Monib M. (eds.), The American University in Cairo Press, pp. 43-52 This paper was cited 2 times until 2010

  23. Zimmer W., Hundeshagen B. (1994) Identificaiton and sequencing of pyrG, the CTP-synthase gene of Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7. FEMS Microbiology Letters 115: 273-278 This paper was cited 6 times until 2010

  24. Kaldorf M., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1994) Genetic evidence for the occurrence of assimilatory nitrate reductase in arbuscular mycorrhizal and other fungi. Mycorrhiza 5: 23-28 This paper was cited 31 times until 2010

  25. Zimmer W., Hundeshagen B., Niederau E. (1994) Demonstration of the indolepyruvate decarboxylase gene in different auxin producing species of the Enterobacteriaceae. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 40: 1072-1076 This paper was cited 13 times until 2010

  26. Schmitz O., Boison G., Hundeshagen B., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1994) Molecular biological aspects of the nitrogenase-hydrogenase relationship. In: Proceedings of the first European Congress on Nitrogen Fixation. Kiss G.B., Endre G. (eds.), Officina Press, Szeged, pp. 28-32 This paper was cited 1 times until 2010

    1993

  27. Hartmann A., Zimmer W. (1993) Physiology of Azospirillum. In: Azospirillum – Grass Association. Okon, Y. (ed.), CRC Press Inc., pp. 15-39

  28. Zimmer W. (1993) Efficient cloning of fragments of the polymerase chain reaction directly into the single stranded bacteriophage M13mp18. Nucleic Acids Research 21: 773-774 This paper was cited 5 times until 2010

  29. Kaldorf M., Linne von Berg K.H., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1993) The reduction of nitrous oxide to dinitrogen by Escherichia coli. In: New Horizons in Nitrogen Fixation. Palacios R., Mora J., Newton W.E. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, p. 553 This paper was cited 8 times until 2010

  30. Linne von Berg K.H., Kaldorf M., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1993) Distribution of nitrogen-fixing and denitrifying bacteria in soils monitored by DNA-probing. In: New horizons in nitrogen fixation. Palacios R., Mora J., Newton W.E. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, p. 627

  31. Schmitz O., Kentemich T., Zimmer W., Hundeshagen B., Bothe H. (1993) Identification of the nifJ gene coding for pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase in dinitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria. Archives of Microbiology 160: 62-67 This paper was cited 21 times until 2010

  32. Kloos K., Schlichting R., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1993) Glutamine and glutamate transport in Cyanophora paradoxa. Botanica Acta 106: 435-440 This paper was cited 2 times until 2010

    1992

  33. Elmerich C., Zimmer W., Vieille C. (1992) Associative nitrogen fixing bacteria. In: Biological nitrogen fixation. Evans H., Burris R., Stacy G. (eds.), Chapman and Hall, New York, London, pp. 212-258 This paper was cited 24 times until 2010

  34. Zimmer W., Elmerich C. (1992) Organization of trpG, trpD and trpC in Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7.Symbiosis 13: 133-137 This paper was cited 1 times until 2010

  35. Danneberg G., Latus C., Zimmer W., Hundeshagen B., Schneider-Poetsch H., Bothe H. (1992) Influence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza on phytohormone balances in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Physiology 141: 33-39 This paper was cited 90 times until 2010

    1991

  36. Zimmer W., Elmerich C. (1991) Regulation of the synthesis of indole-3-acetic acid in Azospirillum. In: Advances in molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions. Hennecke K., Verma D.P.S. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, pp. 465-468 This paper was cited 10 times until 2010

  37. Zimmer W., Aparicio C., Elmerich C. (1991) Relationship between tryptophan biosynthesis and indole-3-acetic acid production in Azospirillum: identification and sequencing of a trpGDC cluster. Molecular and General Genetics 229: 41-51 This paper was cited 42 times until 2010

    1990

  38. Onyeocha I., Vieille C., Zimmer W., Baca B.E., Flores M., Palacios P., Elmerich C. (1990) Physical map and properties of a 90 MDa plasmid of Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7. Plasmid 23, 169-182 This paper was cited 21 times until 2010

  39. Schlichting R., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1990) Exchange of metabolites in Cyanophora paradoxa and ist cyanells. Botanica Acta 103: 392-398 This paper was cited 13 times until 2010

    1989

  40. Danneberg G., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1989) Energy transduction efficiencies in nitrous oxide respiration of Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7. Archives of Microbiology 151: 445-453 This paper was cited 5 times until 2010

    1988

  41. Zimmer W. (1988) Untersuchungen zur Phytohormon-Produktion und Denitrifikation bei Bakterien der Gattung Azospirillum. Dissertation, Universität zu Köln This paper was cited 1 times until 2010

  42. Bothe H., Zimmer W., Danneberg G. (1988) Die Assoziation zwischen Bakterien der Gattung Azospirillum und Gräsern. Biologie in unserer Zeit 18, 145-148 This paper was cited 1 times until 2010

  43. Bothe H., Zimmer W. (1988) Das Experiment. Versuche zur Assoziation zwischen Bakterien der Gattung Azospirillum und Gramineen. Biologie in unserer Zeit 18, 149-151 This paper was cited 3 times until 2010

  44. Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1988) The phytohormonal interactions between Azospirillum and wheat. Plant and Soil 110: 6522-6526 This paper was cited 43 times until 2010

  45. Danneberg G., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1988) Nitrogen fixation and denitrification by Azospirillum. In: Nitrogen fixation: Hundred years after. Bothe H., de Bruijn F.J., Newton W.E. (eds.), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, p. 271 This paper was cited 1 times until 2010

  46. Zimmer W., Roeben K., Bothe H. (1988) The interactions between the N2-fixing bacteria Azospirillum and wheat. In: Nitrogen fixation: Hundred years after. Bothe H., de Bruijn F.J., Newton W.E. (eds.), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, p. 776 This paper was cited 2 times until 2010

  47. Zimmer W., Roeben K., Bothe H. (1988) An alternative explanation for the plant growth promotion by bacteria of the genus Azospirillum. Planta 176: 333-342 This paper was cited 43 times until 2010

    1985

  48. Danneberg G., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1985) Some physiological and biochemical properties of denitrification by Azospirillum brasilense. In: Azospirillum III: Genetics, Physiology, Ecology. Klingmüller W. (ed), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 127-138 This paper was cited 4 times until 2010

  49. Zimmer W., Danneberg G., Bothe H. (1985) Amperometric method for determining nitrous oxide in denitrification and in nitrogenase-catalyzed nitrous oxide reduction. Current Microbiology 12: 341-346 This paper was cited 19 times until 2010

    1984

  50. Zimmer W., Penteado Stephan M., Bothe H. (1984) Denitrification by Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7. I. Growth with nitrite as respiratory electron acceptor. Archives of Microbiology 138: 206-211 This paper was cited 19 times until 2010

  51. Penteado Stephan M., Zimmer W., Bothe H. (1984) Denitrification by Azospirillum brasilense Sp 7. II. Growth with nitrous oxide as respiratory electron acceptor. Archives of Microbiology 138: 212-216

    1983

  52. (1) Bothe H., Kronenberg A., Stephan M.P., Zimmer W., Neuer G. (1983) Nitrogen fixation and denitrification by a wheat-Azospirillum association. In:Azospirillum II: Genetics, Physiology, Ecology. Experientia Supplementum Vol. 48, Klingmüller W. (ed.), Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, pp. 100-119 This paper was cited 5 times until 2010



    Dr. Wolfgang Zimmer,
    Plant-microbe interaction


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