Publications

Selected publications
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Original Research Articles

• Zhao Y, Bitzer A, Power JJ, Belikova D, Torres Salazar BO, Adolf LA, Gerlach D, Krismer B, Heilbronner S*. Nasal commensals reduce Staphylococcus aureus proliferation by restricting siderophore availability. ISME J, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae123 (2024)

• Sekar S, Schwarzbach S, Nega M, Bloes DA, Smeds E, Kretschmer D, Foster TJ, Heilbronner S*. SLUSH peptides of the PSMβ family enable Staphylococcus lugdunensis to use erythrocytes as a sole source of nutrient iron. The FASEB Journal. 2024;38:e23881. doi:10.1096/fj.202400335R (2024)

• Puls JS, Winnerling B, Power JJ, Krüger AM, Brajtenbach D, Johnson M, Bilici K, Camus L, Fließwasser T, Schneider T, Sahl HG, Ghosal D, Kubitscheck U, Heilbronner S, Grein F. The Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteriocin A37 kills natural competitors with a unique mechanism of action. ISME J, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae044 (2024)

• Rosenstein R, Torres Salazar BO, Sauer C, Heilbronner S, Krismer B, Peschel A. The Staphylococcus aureus-antagonizing human nasal commensal Staphylococcus lugdunensis depends on siderophore piracy. Microbiome 12, 213, doi:10.1186/s40168-024-01913-x (2024)

• Adolf LA., Müller-Jochim A., Kricks L., Puls JS., Lopez D., Grein F., Heilbronner S* Functional membrane microdomains and the hydroxamate siderophore transporter ATPase FhuC govern Isd-dependent heme acquisition in Staphylococcus aureus Elife, 12, doi:10.7554/eLife.85304 (2023)

• Krauss S, Harbig TA, Rapp J, Schaefle T, Franz-Wachtel M, Reetz L, Elsherbini AMA, Macek M, Grond S, Link HP, Nieselt K, Krismer B, Peschel A, Heilbronner S* Horizontal transfer of bacteriocin biosynthesis genes requires metabolic adaptation to improve compound production and cellular fitness. Microbiol Spectr, e0317622 (2023)

• Du X, Larsen J, Li Min, Walter A, Both A, Sanchez Carballo PM, Stegger M, Lehmann E, Liu Y, Liu J, Schade J, A.Duda K, Krismer B, Heilbronner S, Weidenmaier C, Slavetinsky C, Mayer M, Rohde H, Winstel, Peschel A. Emerging Staphylococcus epidermidis alters surface glycopolymers to shift from commensal to pathogen behavior. Nat Microbiol 6, 757-768 (2021)

• Belikova D, Jochim A, Powers J, Holden MT, Heilbronner S*. Gene accordions cause genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity in clonal populations of Staphylococcus aureus. Nat Commun 11, 3526 doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17277-3 (2020).

• Jochim A, Adolf L, Belikova D, Schilling NA, Setyawati I, Chin D, Meyers S, Verhamme P, Heinrichs DE, Slotboom DJ, Heilbronner S*. An ECF-type transporter scavenges heme to overcome iron-limitation in Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Elife 9, doi:10.7554/eLife.57322 (2020).

Reviews

• Adolf LA. and Heilbronner S*, Nutritional Interactions between Bacterial Species Colonising the Human Nasal Cavity: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects. Metabolites 2022 12(6) (2022)

• Heilbronner S*, Brötz-Österheld H, Krismer B, Peschel A. The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. doi:10.1038/s41579-021-00569-w (2021)

• Heilbronner S* and Foster TJ, Staphylococcus lugdunensis. A skin commensal with invasive pathogenic potential. Clin Microbiol Rev, 2021. 34(2). (2021)

Book Chapters

• Torres Salazar B, Lange A. Camus L, Heilbronner S*. Sampling of Human Microbiomes to Screen for Antibiotic-Producing Commensals. Methods Mol Biol 2601, 39-54 (2022)