Publikationen

Piechulla B., Schmidt N., Lemfack MC., von Reuss S.

Irreguläre Terpne in Bakterien - eine neue Biosynthesesroute erweitert das bakterielle Terpenportfolio. BIUZ 2024; doi 10.11576/biuz-7120

2024

Mabesoone M.F.J., Leopold-Messer S., MinasH.A., ChepkiruiC., ChawengrumP., ReiterS., MeodedR.A., WolfS.,GenzF., Magnus N., Piechulla B., WalkerA.S., Piel J. Evolution-Guided Engineering of Trans-Acyltransferase Polyketide Synthases.  SCIENCE 2024, 383(6689): 1312-1317; doi 10.1126/science.adj7621

2023

Fitzgerald S., Holland L., Ahmed W., Piechulla B., Fowler S., Morrin A. Volatilomes of Human Infections.

ANALYTICAL and BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2023;  doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-04986-z

Piechulla B., Heldt HW.: Pflanzenbiochemie–Lehrbuch, Spektrum/Springer Verlag, 6. Auflage, 1-406, 2023. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65429-3

Magnus, N., von Reuß, S.H., Braack, F., Zhang, C., Bär, K., Koch, A., Hampe, P.H., Sutour, S., Chen, F., Piechulla, B.
Non-canonical Biosynthesis of the Brexane-typeBishomosesquiterpene Chlororaphen through Two ConsecutiveMethylations in Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 & Variovorax boronicumulans PHE5-4
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INT. ED. ENGL., doi: 10.1002/anie.202303692

2022

Hemmerling F., Meoded R. A., Fraley A. E., Minas H. A., Dietrich C. L., Rust M., Ueoka R. , Jensen K., Helfrich E. J. N., Bergande C., Biedermann M., Magnus N., Piechulla B., Piel J. 
Modular backbone halogenation, α-hydroxylation, and acylation by a remarkably versatile polyketide sythase.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INT ED ENGL, doi: 10.1002/anie.202116614.

Jahn L., Storm-Johannsen L., Seidler D., Noack J., Gao W., Schafhauser T., Wohlleben W., van Berkel W. J.H., Jacques P., Kar T., Piechulla B., Ludwig-Müller J. 
The Endophytic Fungus Cyanodermella asteris Influences Growth of the Non-Natural Host Plant Arabidopsis thaliana
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, doi: 10.1094/MPMI-03-21-0072-R. PMID: 34615362
Special Highlight MPMI Journal Feb. 2022

2021

Piechulla B., Lemfack MC., von Reuß S.H., Magnus N.
Irregular Terpene Synthase Substrates: A New Facet of the Bacterial Terpene Metabolism. 
J Bacteriol Parasitol. 12: 406
https://www.walshmedicalmedia.com/open-access/irregular-terpene-synthase-substrates-a-new-facet-of-the-bacterial-terpene-metabolism.pdf

Piechulla B., Magnus N., Lemfack MC., von Reuss S.H., 
Irreguläre Terpene - eine neue Quelle für Naturstoffe - Neuer Ansatz zur Antibiotika und Medikamenten-Entwicklung
https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/do/10.1002/was.000600152/full/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/git-labor-fachzeitschrift_irregul%C3%A4re-terpene-eine-quelle-f%C3%BCr-neue-activity-6841009943915708416-zMDw

Das P., Effmert U., Baermann G., Quella M., Piechulla B.
Impact of bacterial volatiles on phytopathogenic fungi - an in vitro study on microbial competition and interaction
JOURNAL EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab476

Lemfack M.C., Brandt W., Krüger K., Gurowietz A., Djifack J., Jung J.-P., Hopf M., Noack H., Junker B.,  von Reuß S., Piechulla B.
Reaction mechanism of the farnesyl pyrophosphate C-methyltransferase towards the biosynthesis of pre-sodorifen pyrophosphate by Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13.  
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11:3182, doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82521-9  

Menezes R.C., Piechulla B., Warber D., Svatoš A., Kai M.
Metabolic profiling of in vitro cultivated Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13, AS9 and Bacillus subtilis B2g revealed intra- and interspecific differences and increased amounts of Plipastatins and short peptides due to co-cultivation.
FRONTIERS MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.685224

Piechulla B., Zhang, Eisenschmidt-Bönn, Chen, Magnus N.
Non-canonical substrates for terpene synthases in bacteria are synthesized by a new family of methyltransferases.
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS, doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuab024
https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/femsre/fuab024/6232159

Heldt H.W., Piechulla B.
PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, 5th ed. (Textbook).  pdf
Elsevier Verlag, 5. Auflage, 2021

Piechulla B., Lemfack M.C., von Reuss S., Magnus N.
Terpen-Biosynthese: Ein biochemisches Dogma muss modifiziert werden.
NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU, 73. Jahrgang, Heft 12, 2020

Piechulla B., Magnus N., Lemfack M.C., von Reuss S.
Terpenbiosynthese - Eine neue Klasse von Methyltransferasen mit Zyklisierungsaktivität!
BIOSPEKTRUM, doi: 10.1007/s12268-021-1506-8

2020

Elmassry E., Farag M.A., Preissner R., Gohlke B.-O.; Piechulla B., Lemfack M.C.
Sixty-one volatiles have strong phylogenetic signals across bacterial and fungal kingdoms.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.557253 

Our publication with Frontiers in Microbiology (via this link) has been selected to be featured in our Terrestrial Microbiology Editor's Pick 2021 collection (which you can find via this link).

Piechulla B., Lemfack M.C., Magnus N.
Bioactive bacterial organic volatiles: an overview and critical comments.
In: BACTERIAL VOLATILE COMPOUNDS AS MEDIATORS OF AIRBORNE INTERACTIONS. eds Ryu C., Weisskopf L., Piechulla B.
Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore, doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-7293-7

Lemfack M.C., Bahl H., Piechulla B., Magnus N.
The domain of Bacteria and their metabolic potentials.
In: BACTERIAL VOLATILE COMPOUNDS AS MEDIATORS OF AIRBORNE INTERACTIONS. eds Ryu C., Weisskopf L., Piechulla B.
Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore, doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-7293-7

Elmassry M. M., Piechulla B.
Volatilomes of bacterial infections in humans.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE-PERCEPTION SCIENCE, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00257

Piechulla B., Magnus N., Lemfack MC., von Reuss S.
Terpenoid cyclization by SAM-dependent C-methyl transferase.
TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY, doi: 10.1016/j.trechm.2020.01.006

2018

Kai M., Effmert U., Lemfack M.C., Piechulla B.
Interspecific formation of the antimicrobial volatile schleiferon.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35341-3 

von Reuss S.H., Domik D., Lemfack M.C., Magnus N., Kai M., Weise T., Piechulla B. 
Sodorifen Biosynthesis in the Rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica Involves Methylation and Cyclization of MEP-Derived Farnesyl Pyrophosphate by a SAM-Dependent C-Methyltransferase.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b08510 

Kai M., Piechulla B.
Interspecies interaction of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 and Bacillus subtilis B2g alters the emission of sodorifen.
FEMS MICROBIOL LETTERS, doi: 10.1093/femsle/fny253 

Wenke K., Kopka J., Schwachtje J., van Dongen J., Piechulla B.
Volatiles of rhizobacteria Serratia and Stenotrophomonas alter growth and metabolite composition of Arabidopsis thaliana.
PLANT BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1111/plb.12878 

Budke J.M., Bernard E.C., Gray D.J., Huttunen S., Piechulla B., Trigiano R.N.
Introduction to the Special Issue on Bryophytes.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES, doi: 10.1080/07352689.2018.1482396

Meoded R.A., Ueoka R., Helfrich E.J.N., Jensen K., Magnus N., Piechulla B., Piel J.
A polyketide synthase component for oxygen insertion into polyketide backbones.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, doi: 10.1002/anie.201805363 
2018 Hot off the press. pdf
 

2017

Magnus N., Weise T., Piechulla B.
Carbon catabolite repression regulates the production of the unique volatile sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. 
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 8, 2522, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02522 

Lemfack C.,  Gohlke B., Toguem S.M.T., Preissner S., Piechulla B., Preissner R. 
mVOC 2.0: a database of microbial volatiles.  
NUCLEIC ACID RESARCH, doi: 10.1093/narl/gkx1016 

Piechulla B., Lemfack M-C., Kai M.
Effects of discrete bioactive microbial volatiles on plants and fungi.  pdf
PLANT CELL & ENVIRONMENT, 40, 2042–2067, doi: 10.1111/pce.13011 

Piechulla B.
Considering microbial CO2 during microbe-plant co-cultivation.  
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01584 

2016

Piechulla B., Bartelt R., Brosemann A., Effmert U., Bouwmeester H., Hippauf F., Brandt W.
The α-Terpineol to 1,8-Cineole Cyclization Reaction of Tobacco Terpene Synthases.   
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01378 

Lemfack C., Ravella S. R., Lorenz N., Kai M., Jung K., Schulz S., Piechulla B.
Novel volatiles of the skin-borne bacteria inhibit the growth of gram-positive bacteria and affect quorum-sensing controlled phenotypes of gram-negative bacteria.   
SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.08.008 

Schroeder L., Richter D., Piechulla B., Chrobak M., Kuhn C., Schulze S., Abarzua S., Jeschke U., Weissenbacher T.
Effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from elder flower on hormone production and receptor expression of trophoblast tumour cells JEG-3 and BeWo, as well as MCF-7 breast cancer cells.   
NUTRIENTS AND CANCER, doi:10.3390/nu8100616

Piechulla B., Lemfack M.C.
Microbial volatiles and their biotechnological applications.   
PLANT SPECIALIZED METABOLISM: Genomics, biochemistry and biological function, eds: G. Arimura, M. Maffei, CRC Press, Chapter 10, 239 - 256

Domik D., Thürmer A., Weise T., Brandt W., Daniel R., Piechulla B.
A terpene synthase is is involved in the synthesis of the unique volatile organic compound sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica4Rx13.  
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw139 

Domik D., Magnus N., Piechulla B.
Analysis of a new cluster of genes involved in the synthesis of the unique volatile organic compound sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica4Rx13.   
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw139  

Piechulla B., Schnitzler J.P.
Circumvent CO2 effects in volatile-based microbe-plant interactions.   
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE, doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.001.

Kai M., Effmert U., Piechulla B.
Bacterial-plant-interactions: approaches to unravel the biological function of bacterial volatiles in the rhizosphere. 
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00108 

2015

Kottb M., Gigolashvili T., Großkinsky D.K., Piechulla B.
Trichoderma volatiles effecting Arabidopsis: from inhibition to protection against phytopathogenic fungi.  
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00995 

Schenkel D., Lemfack M.C., Piechulla B., Splivallo
A meta-analysis approach for assessing the diversity and specificity of belowground root and microbial volatiles.  
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00707 

Piechulla B., Kai M.
Mikrobielle Duftstoffe - Neue bioaktive Naturstoffe.   pdf
GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift 8/2015, 28-31   

2014

Weise T., Thürmer A., Brady S., Kai M., Daniel R., Gottschalk G., Piechulla B.
VOC emission of various Serratia species and isolates and genome analysis of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13.  pdf
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12359 

Piechulla B., Degenhardt J.
The emerging importance of microbial volatile organic compounds.  
PLANT CELL ENVIRONMENT, doi: 10.1111/pce.12254 

Fähnrich A., Neumann M., Piechulla B.
Characteristic alatoid `cineole cassette´ monoterpene synthase present in Nicotiana noctiflora.  
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s11103-014-0176-y 

Peñuelas J., Asensio D., Tholl D., Wenke K., Rosenkranz M., Piechulla B., Schnitzler J.P. (2014)
Biogenic volatile emissions from the soil.  
PLANT CELL ENVIRONMENT, doi: 10.1111/pce.12340 

2013

Lemfack MC, Nickel J., Dunkel M., Preissner R., Piechulla B.
mVOC: a database of microbial volatiles.  
NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1250 

Richter D., Abarzua S., Chrobak M., Vrekoussis T., Weissenbacher T., Kuhn C., Schulze S., Kupka MS., Friese K., Briese V., Piechulla B., Makrigiannakis A., Dian D., Jeschke U.
Effects of  phytoestrogen extracts isolated from pumpkin seeds on estradiol production and ER/ER expression in breast cancer and trophoblast tumor cells. 
NUTRITION and CANCER, doi: 10.1080/01635581.2013.797000 

Weise T., Kai M., Piechulla B.
Bacterial ammonia causes significant plant growth inhibition.  
PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063538 

Wenke K., Piechulla B.
The effects of volatile metabolites from rhizobacteria on Arabidopsis thaliana.  
In  BACTERIA IN AGROBIOLOGY, Maheshwari DK. (ed), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 379-400, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-37241-4

2012

Engel N., Lisec J., Piechulla B., Nebe B.
Comparative metabolic profiling reveals sphingosine-1-phosphate kinase and lyase as key targets of (phyto)estrogen action in the estrogen-positive breast cancer cell line MCF-7.   
PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047833 

Fähnrich A., Brosemann A., Teske L., Neumann M., Piechulla B.
Synthesis of ‘cineole cassette’ monoterpenes in Nicotiana section Alatae: gene isolation, expression, functional characterization and phylogenetic analysis.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s11103-012-9933-y 

Effmert U., Kalderas J., Warnke R., Piechulla B.
Volatile mediated interactions between bacteria and fungi in the soil.   
JOURNAL CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s10886-012-0135-5 

Weise T., Kai M., Gummesson A., Troeger A., Von Reuß S., Piepenborn S., Kosterka F., Sklorz M., Zimmermann R., Francke W., Piechulla B.
Volatile organic compounds produced by the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria 85-10.   
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, doi: 10.3762/bjoc.8.65 

Richter DU., Abarzua S., Chrobak M., Piechulla B., Scholz, Kuhn, Vrekoussis, Schulze, Kupka, Friese, Jeschke U.
Effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from flax on hormone production of trophoblast tumour cells Jeg3 and BeWo.   
JOURNAL GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, Informa Healthcare 

Abarzua S., Serikawa T., Szewczyk M., Richter DU., Piechulla B., Briese V.
Antiproliferative activity of lignans against the breast carcinoma cell lines MCF 7 and BT 20.  
ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS 285: 1145-1154

Wenke K., Weise T., Warnke R., Valverde C., Wanke D., Kai M., Piechulla B.
Bacterial volatiles mediating information between bacteria and plants.  
BIOCOMMUNICATION IN PLANTS, Witzany G., Balsuka F. (eds)  Springer, Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23524-5

Huang R.*, Hippauf F.*, Rohrbeck D., Haustein M., Wenke K., Feike J., Sorelle N., Piechulla B., Barkmann T.J. (2012) *both authors contributed equally to this work.
Enzyme functional evolution through improved catalysis of ancestrally non-preferred substrates.   
PNAS USA, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019605109 

Wenke K., Wanke D., Kilian J., Berendzen K., Harter K., Piechulla B.
Volatiles of two growth-inhibiting rhizobacteria commonly engage AtWRKY1 function.   
THE PLANT JOURNAL, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04891.x 

Piechulla B.
Professorinnen - Hürden und Chancen.   pdf
BIOSPEKTRUM, editorial

2011

Fähnrich A., Krause K., Piechulla B.
Product variability of the ‘cineole cassette’ monoterpene synthases of related Nicotiana species.   
MOLECULAR PLANT, doi: 10.1093/mp/ssr021 

2010

von Reuss S., Kai M., Piechulla B., Francke W.
Octamethylbicyclo(3.2.1)octadienes from Serratia odorifera.   
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE, doi: 10.1002/anie.200905680 

Kai M., Crespo E., Cristescu SM., Harren FJM., Francke W., Piechulla B.
Serratia odorifera: analysis of volatile emission and biological impact of volatile compounds on Arabidopsis thaliana.  
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s00253-010-2810-1 

Kai M., Piechulla B.
Impact of volatiles of the rhizobacteria Serratia odorifera on the moss Physcomitrella patens.  
PLANT SIGNALING AND BEHAVIOR, doi: 10.4161/psb.5.4.11340 

Hippauf F., Michalsky E., Huang R., Preissner R., Barkman T J., Piechulla B. 
Enzymatic, expression and structural divergences among carboxyl O-methyltransferases after gene duplication and speciation in Nicotiana.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s11103-009-9572-0 
 
Wenke K., Kai M., Piechulla B.
Belowground volatiles facilitate interactions between plant roots and soil organisms.   
PLANTA, doi: 10.1007/s00425-009-1076-2 
 
Piechulla B., Effmert U.
Biosynthesis and regulation of flower scent.   
In: PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL RESPECTIVES, Vol2, Eng-Chong Pua and Michael R. Davey (eds) Springer Heidelberg, pp 189-205

Abarzua S., Dreschler S., Fischer K., Pietschmann N., Stapel J., Duda S., Richter D.U., Ehret R., Piechulla B., Briese V.
Online monitoring of cellular metabolism in the MCF-7 carcinoma cell line treated with phytoestrogen extracts.   
ANTICANCER RESEARCH30: 1587-1592

Richter D.U., Abarzua S., Chrobak M., Scholz C.,  Kuhn C.,  Schulze S.,  Kupka MS.,  Friese K.,  Briese V., Piechulla B., Jeschke U.
Effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from flax on estradiol production and ER/PR expression in MCF7 breast cancer cells.   
ANTICANCER RESEARCH30: 1695-1700   

Kai M., Wenke K. Piechulla B.   
Flüchtige Metabolite als Infochemikalien: Duftstoffe im Erdreich.  
BIOLOGIE IN UNSERER ZEIT, Vol. 39, 3-9. 
2010 Hot off the press. pdf

 

2009

Kai M., Piechulla B.
Plant growth promotions due to rhizobacterial volatiles - an effect of CO2?   
FEBS LETTERS, doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.053 
 
Roeder S., Dreschler K., Wirtz M., Cristescu S.M., van Harren F.J.M., Hell R., Piechulla B.
SAM levels, gene expression of SAM synthetase, methionine synthase and ACC oxidase, and ethylene emission from N. suaveolens flowers.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s11103-009-9490-1 

Briese V., Abarzua S., Richter D.U., Piechulla B., Nebe J.B
Molecular and cell biological investigations of the mode of action of etablished and potential phytoestrogens for the development of strategies in the prevention and treatment of cancer.   
In:ESTROGENS: PRODUCTION, FUNCTION AND APPLICATIONS, ed. JR. Bartos, 1-53; ISBN: 978-1-60741-086-7
 
  

Piechulla B.
Erdbeerduft und plaudernde Bäume.   pdf
ROSTOCK delüx, 14-15.

2008

Kai M., Haustein M., Martir F.M., Petri A., Scholz B., Piechulla B.
Bacterial volatiles and their action potential.  
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s00253-008-1760-3 
 
Dunkel M., Schmidt U., Struck S., Berger L., Gruening B., Hossbach J., Jäger I., Effmert U., Piechulla B., Eriksson R., Knudsen J., Preissner R.
Super Scent - a database of flavors and scents.  
NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn695 
 
Heldt H.-W., Piechulla B.  
PFLANZENBIOCHEMIE - Lehrbuch
Spektrum Verlag, 4. Auflage, 2008
 
Kai M., Vespermann A., Piechulla B.
The growth of fungi and Arabidopsis thaliana is influenced by bacterial volatiles.  
PLANT SIGNALING AND BEHAVIOR, doi: 10.4161/psb.3.7.5681 
 
Kai M., Piechulla B.  
Dufte(nde) Rhizobakterien - Flüchtige Bekanntschaften im Untergrund.   
BIOSPEKTRUM 14: 246 - 249
 
Effmert U., Dinse C., Piechulla B.
Influence of green leaf herbivory by Manduca sexta on floral volatile emission by Nicotiana suaveolens.   
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.107.112326 

2007

Piechulla B.   
Duftstoffe - Indikatoren und Antibiotika.   
LANDES TECHNOLOGIE ANZEIGER 4: 10
 
Abarzua S., Szewczyk M., Gailus S., Richter D.U., Ruth W., Briese V., Piechulla B.  
Effects of phytoestrogen extract from Linum usitatissimum on the Jeg3 human trophoblast tumour cell line.   
ANTICANCER RESEARCH 27: 2053 - 2058

Tarkka M.T., Piechulla, B  
Aromatic weapons: truffles attack plants by the production of volatiles.   
NEW PHYTOLOGIST, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02165.x 
 
Vespermann A., Kai M., Piechulla B.   
Rhizobacterial volatiles affect the growth of fungi and Arabidopsis thaliana.   
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.1128/AEM.01078-07 
 
Roeder S., Hartmann A.-M., Effmert U., Piechulla B.   
Regulation of simultaneous synthesis of floral scent terpenoids by the 1,8-cineole synthase of Nicotiana suaveolens.  
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s11103-007-9202-7 
 
Kai M., Effmert U., Berg G., Piechulla B.   
Volatiles of bacterial antagonists inhibit mycelial growth of the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani.  
ARCHIVES MICROBIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/s00203-006-0199-0 
 
Abarzua S., Briese V., Richter D.-U, Nebe J.G.B., Kraft K., Ruth W., Kragl U., Piechulla B. 
Phytoestrogene zur Krebsprävention.  
LANDES TECHNOLOGIE ANZEIGER 1: 4   

2006

Rohrbeck D., Buss D., Effmert U., Piechulla B.   
Localization of methyl benzoate synthesis and emission in Stephanotis floribunda and Nicotiana suaveolens flowers.   
PLANT BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1055/s-2006-924076 
  
Effmert U., Buss D., Rohrbeck D., Piechulla B.  
Localisation of the synthesis and emission of scent compounds within the flower.   
FLORAL SCENTS, CRC Press UC, doi: 10.1055/s-2006-924076 
 
Matscheski A., Richter D.-U, Hartmann A.-M, Effmert U., Jeschke U., Kupka M.S, Abarzua S., Briese V., Kragl U., Piechulla B.
Effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from rye, green and yellow pea seeds on hormone Production and proliferation of trophoblast tumor cells Jeg 3.  
HORMON RESEARCH, doi: 10.1159/000092591 

2005

Waldschläger J., Bergemann C., Ruth W., Effmert U., Jeschke U., Richter D.-U, Kragl U., Piechulla B., Briese V.
Flax-seed extracts with phytoestrogenic effects on a hormone receptor-positive tumor cell line.   
ANTICANCER RESEARCH 25: 1817-1822
 
Effmert U., Saschenbrecker S., Ross J., Negre F., Fraser C.M, Noel J.P, Dudareva N., Piechulla B.
Floral benzenoid carboxyl methyltransferases: From in vitro to in planta function.   
PHYTOCHEMISTRY, doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.031 
 
Effmert U., Rohrbeck D., Buß D., Piechulla B.
Something to sniff at - die Welt der Düfte.   
BIOSPEKTRUM 3/05: 295-296.
 
Effmert U., Große J., Röse U., Ehrig F., Kägi R., Piechulla B.   
Volatile composition, emission pattern, and localization of floral scent emission in Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae).   
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.1.2 

2004

Pott M.B., Hippauf F., Saschenbrecker S., Chen F., Ross J., Kiefer I., Slusarenko A., Noel J.P., Pichersky E., Effmert U., Piechulla B.
Biochemical and structural characterization of benzenoid carboxyl methyltransferases involved in floral scent production in Stephanotis floribunda and Nicotiana suaveolens.   
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.104.041806

2003

Pott M.B., Effmert U., Piechulla B. 
Transcriptional and post-translational regulation of S-adenosyl-L-methionine: salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase (SAMT) during Stephanotis floribunda flower development.   
JOURNAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1078/0176-1617-00968 
 
Hoffrogge R., Mikschofsky H., Piechulla B.   
Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPR) interaction studies of the circadian-controlled tomato LHCa4*1 (cab11) protein with its promoter.   
CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, doi: 10.1081/cbi-120022410 
 
Piechulla B., Pott M.B.  
Plant scents-mediators of inter- and intraorganismic communication.   
PLANTA, doi: 10.1007/s00425-003-1047-y 

2002

Pott M.B., Pichersky E., Piechulla B.
evening specific oscillations of scent emission, SAMT enzyme activity, and SAMT mRNA in flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.   
JOURNAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 159: 925-934.
 
Piechulla B.
Die Innere Uhr der Pflanzen-von rhythmischen Blattbewegungen zum molekularen Uhrwerk der Zelle.  
PRAXIS DER NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN BiolS 7/51: 28-33.
 
Kellmann J.W., van Bargen S., Heinze C., Paape M., Salchert K., Schreier P.H., Piechulla B.   
Isolation of DnaJ homologous proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana interacting with NSm, the tomato spotted wilt virus movement protein.  
Proceedings of the Ascherslebener Symposium New Aspects of Resitance Research on Cultivated Plants. Vol 7(3), 96-1000, ISSN 0948-5538

2001

Brinker M., Klaff P., Wissel K., Kellmann J.W., Piechulla B.  
Distinct Lhc mRNA stabilities in several vascular plant species.   
JOURNAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 158: 1479-1485.
 
Brinker M., Engelmann W., Kellmann J.W., Piechulla B.  
Circadian rhythms of leaf and stomatal movements in gymnosperm species.   
JOURNAL BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS RESEARCH 32: 471-478.
 
Piechulla B., Brinker M., Jäschke K., Kellmann J.-W., Wissel K.   
Circadian gene expression in angiosperms and gymnosperms.   
ENDOCYTOSIS AND CELL RESEARCH 14: 33-44.
 
von Bargen S., Salchert K., Paape M., Piechulla B., Kellmann J.W.
Interactions between the tomato spotted wilt virus movement protein and plant proteins showing homologies to myosin, kinesin and DnaJ like chaperones.  
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 39: 1083-1093.
 
Kellmann J.W., Liebisch P., Schmitz KP., Piechulla B.  
Application of atomic force microscopy (AFM) to topographical studies on tospovirus nucleocapsids.  
BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 382: 1559-1562.
 
Brinker M., Wissel K., Jäschke K., Kellmann J.W., Piechulla B.   
Circadian gene expression in angiosperms and gymnosperms.  
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCYTBIOSIS AND CELL RESEARCH 14: 33-44.

2000

Pott M.B., Kellmann J.W., Piechulla B.   
Circadian and phytochrome control act at different promoter regions of the tomato Lhca 3 gene.   
JOURNAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 157: 449-452.

Dudareva N., Piechulla B., Pichersky E.
Biogenesis of floral scents. 
Horticulture Reviews, 24:31-54.

1991-1999

Piechulla B. (1999)
Circadian Expression of the light harvesting complex protein genes in plants.   
CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, doi: 10.3109/07420529909019080 
 
Kellman J.W., Hoffrogge R., Piechulla B. (1999)  
Transcriptional regulation of oscillating steady-state Lhc mRNA levels: characterization of two Lhca promoter fragments in transgenic tobacco plants.   
JOURNAL BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS RESEARCH 30:264-271.

Piechulla B., Roenneberg T. (1999)
Chronobiologie. Wie tickt unsere biologische Uhr?   
Biologen heute, Nr. 444, 1-5
 
Piechulla B., Merforth N., Rudolph B.  (1998)
Identification of tomato Lhc promoter regions necessary for circadian expression.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1023/a:1006094015513 
 
Winter L., Stöcker S., Merforth N., Mühlbach H.P., Piechulla B. (1996)
Circadian oscillations of Lhc mRNAs in a photoautotrophic cell culture of Lycopersicon peruvianum.   
PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH, doi: 10.1007/BF00017755 
 
Oberschmidt O., Hücking C., Piechulla B. (1995)
Diurnal Lhc gene expression is present in many but not all species of the plant kingdom.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00019186 
 
Piechulla B., Merforth N., Dreesmann D., Schäfer U.   (1995)
Short promoter regions are sufficient for mediating circadian expression of two tomato Lhc genes in transgenic tobacco plants.  
In:Photosynthesis- from Light to Biosphere (P.Mathis, ed), vol III, 587-590.
 
Oberschmidt O., Kim S., McGrath M., Jansco M., Bassi R., Piechulla B., Pichersky E. (1995)
An investigation of the LHC family of genes and proteins in the homosporous fern, Ceratopteris richardii.   
In: Photosynthesis- from Light to Biosphere (P Mathis, ed), vol I, 65-68 
Kellmann J.W., Merforth N., Wiese M., Pichersky E., Piechulla B. (1993)
Concerted circadian transcript level oscillations of nineteen Lha/b (cab) genes in Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato).   
Mol. Gen. Genet, doi: 10.1007/BF00279449 
 
Nevo E., Meyer H., Piechulla B.  (1993)
Diurnal rhythms of chlorophyll a/b binding protein mRNAs in wild emmer wheat and wild barley (Poaceae) in the Fertile Crescent.   
PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, 185:181-188.
 
Piechulla B. (1993)
'Circadian clock' directs the expression of plant genes.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00015982 

Riesselmann S., Piechulla B.   (1992)
Diurnal and circadian LHC- and QB-binding protein synthesis in leaves of Lycopersicon esculentum.   
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.100.4.1840 
 
Piechulla B., Kellmann W.-J., Pichersky E., Schwartz E., Förster H.-H.   (1991)
Determination of steady-state mRNA levels of individual chlorophyll a/b binding protein genes of the tomato cab gene family and analysis of the 5´upstream sequences of respective genes.   
MOLECULAR GENERAL GENETICS, doi: 10.1007/BF00280298 

Riesselmann S., Piechulla B.  (1990)
Effect of dark phases and temperature on the chlorophyll a/b binding protein mRNA level oscillations in tomato seedlings.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00027506 
 
Kellmann J.W., Pichersky E., Piechulla B. (1990)
Analysis of the diurnal expression pattern of the tomato chlorophyll a/b binding protein genes. Influence of light and characterization of the gene family.   
PHOTOCHEMISTRY PHOTOBIOLOGY, doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb01752.x 
 
Piechulla B., Riesselmann S. (1990)
Effect of temperature alterations on the diurnal expression pattern of the chlorophyll a/b binding proteins in tomato seedlings.   
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.94.4.1903 

1980-1990

Pichersky E., Brock T.G., Nguyen D., Hoffmann N.E., Piechulla B., Tanksley S.D., Green B.R. (1989)  
Cab 8, a new member of the tomato cab gene family, encodes the type II chlorophyll a/b binding polypeptide of Photosystem I.  
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00043203 
 
Piechulla B.
Changes of the diurnal and circadian mRNA oscillations of the chlorophyll a/b binding protein in tomato leaves during altered day/night (light/dark) periods.   (1989)
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00043209 
 
Meyer H., Thienel U., Piechulla B.   (1988)
Molecular characterization of the diurnal/circadian expression of the chl a/b binding proteins in leaves of tomato and other dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plant species.   
PLANTA, doi: 10.1007/BF02411404 
 
Piechulla B. (1988)
Differential expression of nuclear and organelle genes during tomato fruit development and ripening.  
PLANTA, doi: 10.1007/BF00634480 
 
Feldman L., Sun P., Piechulla B.   (1988)
Light-regulated protein and mRNA synthesis in root caps of maize.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00016011 
 
Pichersky E., Tanksley S.D., Piechulla B., Stayton M.M., Dunsmuir P.   
Nucleotide sequence and chromosomal location of cab 7, the tomato gene which encodes the type II chlorophyll a/b binding polypeptide of photosystem I.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00016015 
 
Piechulla B. (1988)
Plastid and nuclear mRNA fluctuations in tomato leaves - diurnal and circadian rhythms during extended dark and light periods.  
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00027391 
 
Meyer H., Thienel U., Piechulla B. (1988)
A ´biological clock´ and the developmental stage control cab gene expression in tomato leaves.  
In: Proceedings of the Braunschweig Symposium on Applied Plant Molecular Biology, 164-169.

Pichersky E., Hoffmann N.E., Bernatzky R., Piechulla B., Tanksley S.D., Cashmore A.R.   (1987)
Molecular characterization and genetic mapping of DNA sequences encoding the type I chlorophyll a/b-binding polypeptide of photosystem I in Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato).   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00166457 
 
Piechulla B., Glick R.E., Bahl H., Melis A., Gruissem W.   (1987)
Changes in photosynthetic capacity and photosynthetic protein pattern during tomato fruit ripening.   
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, doi: 10.1104/pp.84.3.911 
 
Piechulla B., Gruissem W.   (1987)
Diurnal mRNA fluctuations of nuclear and plastid genes in developing tomato fruits.   
EMBO JOURNAL 6: 3593-3599.     

Gruissem W., Callan K., Lynch J., Manzara T., Marita J., Piechulla B., Sugita M., Thelander M., Wanner L. (1987)
Plastid and nuclear gene expression during tomato fruit formation.   
In: Tomato Biotechnology Symposia, D.J. Nevins, R.A. Jones (eds.); Vol 4, 239-249.
 
Piechulla B., Pichersky E., Cashmore A.R., Gruissem W.  (1986) 
Expression of nuclear and plastid genes for photosynthesis specific proteins during tomato fruit development and ripening.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00032566 

Piechulla B., Gruissem W.  (1986)
Plastid and nuclear gene expression during tomato fruit development and ripening.   
In: Molecular Biology of Plant Growth control. UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, Vol 44, pp167-176; J.E. Fox, M. Jacobs (eds.). A.R. Liss, Inc., New York.
 
Schneider K., Piechulla B.   (1986)
Isolation and immunological characterization of the four non-identical subunits of the soluble, NAD-linked hydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus H16.   
BIOCHEMIE, doi: 10.1016/s0300-9084(86)81062-8 
 
Piechulla B., Chonoles-Imlay K.R., Gruissem W.  (1985)
Plastid gene expression during fruit ripening in tomato.   
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, doi: 10.1007/BF00037558 
 
Küntzel H., Piechulla B., Hahn U.   (1983)
Consensus structure and evolution of 5S rRNA.   
NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH, doi: 10.1093/nar/11.3.893 
 
Piechulla B., Küntzel H.  (1983)
Mitochondrial polypeptide elongation factor EF-Tu of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Functional and structural homologies to Escherichia coli EF-Tu.   
EUROPEAN JOURNAL BIOCHEMISTRY, doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1983.tb07353.x 
 
Piechulla B., Hahn U., McLaughlin L., Küntzel H.   (1981)
Nucleotide sequence of 5S ribosomal RNA from Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa.   
NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH, doi: 10.1093/nar/9.6.1445 
 
Küntzel H., Heidrich M., Piechulla B.   (1981)
Phylogenetic tree derived from bacterial, cytosol and organelle 5S rRNA sequences.   
NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH, doi: 10.1093/nar/9.6.1451 
 
Küntzel H., Bazak N., Hahn U., Imam G., Köchel H., Lazarus C.M., Lünsdorf H., Piechulla B.  (1980)
The mitochondrial genome of Aspergillus nidulans.  
In: Organization and Expression of the mitochondrial genome. Kroon A.M., Saccone C. (eds.)

Lehrbücher & Bücher

Lehrbücher

6. Auflage Pflanzenbiochemie 2022, Deutschland

5. Edition Plant Biochemistry 2021, USA

Das Lehrbuch ist in fünf weiteren Ländern erschienen.

China
Indien
Japan
Russland
Türkei

Bücher

Biosynthese und biologische/ökologische Funktionen von mVOCs

(CM- Ryu, L. Weisskopf, B. Piechulla, eds. 2020)

Wie kann die Doppelbelastung Mutter und akademische Karriere gemeistert werden? 27 Berichte
(Herausgeber Birgit Piechulla, 2011)