Publications
Preprints
2023
Unger, K., Raza, SAK, Mayer, T., Reichelt, M., Stuttmann, J., Hielscher, A., Wittstock, U., Gershenzon, J., Agler, M.T. (2023) Beyond defense: Glucosinolate structural diversity shapes recruitment of a metabolic network of leaf-associated bacteria. Available on: bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.04.567830
2022
Mayer, T., Reichelt, M., Gerschenzon, J., Agler, M.T. (2022) Leaf bacterial community structure and variation in wild ruderal plants are shaped by the interaction of host species and defense chemistry with environment. Available on: bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.16.484556
Published
2022
Murillo-Roos, M., Abdullah, H.S.M., Debbar, M., Ueberschaar, N., Agler, M.T. (2022) Cross-feeding niches among commensal leaf bacteria are shaped by the interaction of strain-level diversity and resource availability. The ISME Journal. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01271-2
Almario, J., Mahmoudi, M., Kroll, S., Agler, M.T., Placzek, A., Mari, A., Kemen, E.M. (2022) The Leaf Microbiome of Arabidopsis Displays Reproducible Dynamics and Patterns throughout the Growing Season. mBio. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02825-21
2021
Mayer, T., Mari, A., Almario, J., Murillo-Roos, M., Abdullah, H.S.M., Dombrowski, N., Hacquard, S., Kemen, E.M., Agler, M.T. (2021) Obtaining deeper insights into microbiome diversity using a simple method to block host and nontargets in amplicon sequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13408
2019
Wang, Y., Garrido-Oter, R., Wu, J., Winkelmüller, T.M., Agler, M.T., Colby, T., Nabori, T., Kemen, E. and Tsuda, K.* (2019) Site-specific cleavage of bacterial MucD by secreted proteases mediates antibacterial resistance in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 10:2853. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10793-x
Vannier, N., Agler, M.T.**, and Hacquard, S.** (2019) Microbiota-mediated disease resistance in plants. Plos Pathogens, 15(6): e1007740. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007740. ** Corresponding authors
2018
Duran, P., Thiergart, T., Garrido-Oter, R., Agler, M.T., Kemen, E., Schulze-Lefert, P., and Hacquard, S. (2018) Microbial interkingdom interactions in roots promote Arabidopsis survival. Cell, 1;175(4):973-983.e14. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.020
2017
Kroll, S*., Agler, M.T.* and Kemen, E.M. (2017) Genomic dissection of host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions for advanced plant breeding. Current Opinions in Plant Biology, Vol 36, 71-78. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2017.01.004. *: Co-first authors
Dombrowski, N., Schlaeppi, K., Agler, M., Hacquard, S., Kemen, E., Garrido Oter, R., Wunder J., Coupland, G., and Schulze-Lefert, P. (2017) Root microbiota dynamics of perennial Arabis alpina is dependent on soil residence time but independent of flowering time. ISME Journal, Vol 11, 43-55. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.109
2016
Ruhe, J., Agler, M.T., Placzek, A., Finkemeier, I., and Kemen, E.M. (2016) Obligate biotroph pathogens defend their niche against competing microbes by keeping host defense at a functional level. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:820. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00820
Agler, M.T., Ruhe, J., Kroll, S., Morhenn, C., Kim, S-T., Weigel, D., and Kemen, E.M. (2016) Microbial hub taxa link host and abiotic factors to plant microbiome variation. PLOS Biology, 14(1):e1002352. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002352
2014
Kemen, A.*, Agler, M.T.*, and Kemen, E.M. (2014) Host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in the evolution of obligate plant parasitism. New Phytologist, (Tansley Review). Vol 206, 1207–1228. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13284, *: Co-first authors
Zhang W., Werner J. J., Agler M. T. and Angenent L. T. (2014). Substrate type drives variation in reactor microbiomes of anaerobic digesters. Bioresource Technology, Vol 151, pp. 397-401.
Agler, M.T., Spirito, C.M., Usack, J.G., Werner, J.J., and Angenent, L.T. (2014). Development of a highly specific and productive process for n-caproic acid production: applying lessons from methanogenic microbiomes. Water Science and Technology, Vol 69, No. 1, pp. 62-68.
2012
Heger, S., Bluhm, K., Agler, M.T., Maletz, S., Schäffer, A., Seiler, T-B., Angenent, L.T., and Holler, H. (2012). Biotests for hazard assessment of biofuel fermentation. Energy and Environmental Science, Vol.5, pp. 9778-9788.
Agler, M.T., Spirito, C.M., Usack, J.G., Werner, J.J., and Angenent, L.T. (2012). Chain elongation with microbiomes: upgrading dilute ethanol to medium-chain carboxylates. Energy and Environmental Science, Vol. 5, pp 8189-8192.
Agler, M.T., Werner, J.J., Iten, L.B., Dekker, A., Cotta, M.A., Dien, B.S., and Angenent, L.T. (2012) Shaping reactor microbiomes to produce the fuel precursor n-butyrate from pretreated cellulosic waste. Environmental Science and Technology , Vol 46, No. 18, pp. 10229-10238.
2011
Agler M. T., Wrenn B. A., Zinder S. H. and Angenent L. T. (2011). Waste to bioproduct conversion with undefined mixed cultures: the carboxylate platform. Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 70-78 (Review). – Listed among the top cited articles of Trends in Biotechnology since 2010 (as of December 2015)
2010
Agler, M.T., Aydinkaya, Z., Cummings, T.A., Beers, A.R., Angnenent, L.T. (2010). Anaerobic digestion of brewery primary sludge to enhance bioenergy generation: A comparison between low- and high-rate solids treatment and different temperatures. Bioresource Technology, 101, pp. 5842-5851.
2008
Agler, M.T., Garcia, M.L., Lee, E.S., Schlicher, M., Angenent, L.T. (2008). Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion to Increase the Net Energy Balance of Corn Grain Ethanol. Environmental Science and Technology, 42(17): p6723-6729.
Bocher, B.T., Agler, M.T., Garcia, M.L., Beers, A.R., Angenent, L.T. (2008) Anaerobic digestion of secondary residuals from an anaerobic bioreactor at a brewery to enhance bioenergy generation. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35(5): p321-329.