Publications of Werner Liesack

Wu, X.; Liu, Y.; He, Z.; Zhou, X.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Coevolution and cross-infection patterns between viruses and their host methanogens in paddy soils. ISME Communications, ycaf088 (2025)

He, Z.; Hou, Y.; Li, Y.; Bei, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Liesack, W.; Rillig, M. C.; Peng, J.: Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics (vol 12, 259, 2024). Microbiome 13 (1), 7 (2025)

He, Z.; Hou, Y.; Li, Y.; Bei, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.; Liesack, W.; Rillig, M. C.; Peng, J.: Correction: Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics. Microbiome 13 (1), 7 (2025)

Wu, X.; Peng, J.; Malik, A. A.; Peng, Z.; Luo, Y.; Fan, F.; Lu, Y.; Wei, G.; Delgado-Baquerizo, M.; Liesack, W. et al.; Jiao, S.: A global relationship between genome size and encoded carbon metabolic strategies of soil bacteria. Ecology Letters 28 (1), e70064 (2025)

He, Z.; Hou, Y.; Li, Y.; Bei, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Liesack, W.; Rillig, M. C.; Peng, J.: Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics. Microbiome 12 (1), 259 (2024)

Xue, S.; Yi, X.; Peng, J.; Bak, F.; Zhang, L.; Duan, G.; Liesack, W.; Zhu, Y.: Fulvic acid enhances nitrogen fixation and retention in paddy soils through microbial-coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling. Environmental Science & Technology 58 (42), pp. 18777 - 18787 (2024)

Brenzinger, K.; Glatter, T.; Hakobyan, A.; Meima-Franke, M.; Zweers, H.; Liesack, W.; Bodelier, P. L. E.: Exploring modes of microbial interactions with implications for methane cycling. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100 (9), fiae112 (2024)

Abdallah , R. Z.; Elbehery , A. H. A.; Ahmed, S. F.; Ouf, A.; Malash , M. N.; Liesack, W.; Siam, R.: Deciphering the functional and structural complexity of the Solar Lake flat mat microbial benthic communities. mSystems 9, e00095-24 (2024)

Li, X.; Bei, Q.; Rabiei Nematabad, M.; Peng, J.; Liesack, W.: Time-shifted expression of acetoclastic and methylotrophic methanogenesis by a single Methanosarcina genomospecies predominates the methanogen dynamics in Philippine rice field soil. Microbiome 12, 39 (2024)

Guo, K.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Liesack, W.: Asparagine uptake: a cellular strategy of Methylocystis to combat severe salt stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89 (6), e0011323 (2023)

Peng, J.; Zhou, X.; Rensing, C.; Liesack, W.; Zhu, Y.-G.: Soil microbial ecology through the lens of metatranscriptomics. Soil Ecology Letters 6 (3), 230217 (2023)

Wu, X.; Bei, S.; Zhou, X.; Luo, Y.; He, Z.; Song, C.; Yuan, H.; Pivato, B.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Metagenomic insights into genetic factors driving bacterial niche differentiation between bulk and rhizosphere soils. Science of the Total Environment 891, 164221 (2023)

Guo, K.; Hakobyan, A.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Liesack, W.: Methylocystis sp. strain SC2 acclimatizes to increasing NH₄⁺ levels by a precise rebalancing of enzymes and osmolyte composition. mSystems 7 (5), e0040322 (2022)

Wu, X.; Rensing, C.; Han, D.; Xiao, K. Q.; Dai, Y.; Tang, Z.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.: Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals distinct phosphorus acquisition strategies between soil microbiomes. mSystems 7 (1), e0110721 (2022)

Wu, X.; Cui, Z.; Peng, J.; Zhang, F.; Liesack, W.: Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies the particular genetic traits of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in agricultural soil. ISME Communications 2 (1), 17 (2022)

Wu, X.; Liu, Y.; Shang, Y.; Liu, D.; Liesack, W.; Cui, Z.; Peng, J.; Zhang, F.: Peat-vermiculite alters microbiota composition towards increased soil fertility and crop productivity. Plant and Soil 470, pp. 21 - 34 (2022)

Bei, Q.; Moser, G.; Muller, C.; Liesack, W.: Seasonality affects function and complexity but not diversity of the rhizosphere microbiome in European temperate grassland. Science of the Total Environment 784, 147036 (2021)

Bei, Q.; Peng, J.; Liesack, W.: Shedding light on the functional role of the Ignavibacteria in Italian rice field soil: A meta-genomic/transcriptomic analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 163, 108444 (2021)

Wu, X.; Liu, P.; Wegner, C.-E.; Luo, Y.; Xiao, K.-Q.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Deciphering microbial mechanisms underlying soil organic carbon storage in a wheat-maize rotation system. Science of the Total Environment 788, 147798 (2021)

Wu, X.; Peng, J.; Liu, P.; Bei, Q.; Rensing, C.; Li, Y.; Yuan, H.; Liesack, W.; Zhang, F.; Cui, Z.: Metagenomic insights into nitrogen and phosphorus cycling at the soil aggregate scale driven by organic material amendments. Science of the Total Environment 785, 147329 (2021)