Heike M. Freese

Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures — Germany

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(26), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(19), Marine and coastal ecosystems(9), Protist diversity and phylogeny(7), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota(4)

Publications42 total

The microbiome of marine mat-forming cyanobacteria - A microcosm of taxonomic novelty and phototrophic diversity
ISME Communications·2026Open Access
Mobilizing microbial data: Insights from a ELIXIR Pathogen Data Focus Group and ELIXIR Microbiome Community Workshop (ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Mobilizing microbial data: Insights from a ELIXIR Pathogen Data Focus Group and ELIXIR Microbiome Community Workshop (ELIXIR All Hands Meeting 2025)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Seasonal connectivity of microbes and carbohydrates between ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard, Arctic Ocean)
2025Open Access
SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity
Nucleic Acids Research·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity
Nucleic Acids Research·2025· 16 citedOpen Access
Structural and regulatory determinants of flagellar motility in <i>Rhodobacterales</i> —the archetypal flagellum of <i>Phaeobacter inhibens</i> DSM 17395
mSystems·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Structural and regulatory determinants of flagellar motility in <i>Rhodobacterales</i> – The archetypal flagellum of <i>Phaeobacter inhibens</i> DSM 17395
2025Open Access
Superior Resolution Profiling of the <i>Coleofasciculus</i> Microbiome by Amplicon Sequencing of the Complete <scp>16S rRNA</scp> Gene and <scp>ITS</scp> Region
Environmental Microbiology Reports·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Biogeography of Lentibacter algarum, description of a new strain isolated from the North Sea and emended genus and species descriptions
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY·2024
The gender gap in names of prokaryotes honouring persons
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Ongoing diversification of the global fish pathogen<i>Piscirickettsia salmonis</i>through genetic isolation and transposition bursts
The ISME Journal·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
New <i>Microviridae</i> isolated from <i>Sulfitobacter</i> reveals two cosmopolitan subfamilies of single-stranded DNA phages infecting marine and terrestrial Alphaproteobacteria
Virus Evolution·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Beyond the ABCs—Discovery of Three New Plasmid Types in Rhodobacterales (RepQ, RepY, RepW)
Microorganisms·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
New Microviridae isolated from Sulfitobacter reveals two cosmopolitan subfamilies of ssDNA phages infecting marine and terrestrial Alphaproteobacteria
2022Open Access
Fatal affairs – conjugational transfer of a dinoflagellate-killing plasmid between marine Rhodobacterales
Microbial Genomics·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
High Potential for Secondary Metabolite Production of Paracoccus marcusii CP157, Isolated From the Crustacean Cancer pagurus
Frontiers in Microbiology·2021· 20 citedOpen Access
RepC_soli: a novel promiscuous plasmid type of <i>Rhodobacteraceae</i> mediates horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistances in the ocean
Environmental Microbiology·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Genomic, metabolic and phenotypic variability shapes ecological differentiation and intraspecies interactions of Alteromonas macleodii
Scientific Reports·2020· 69 citedOpen Access
Supplementary Material for: Global Response of <b><i>Phaeobacter inhibens</i></b> DSM 17395 to Deletion of Its 262-kb Chromid Encoding Antibiotic Synthesis
Figshare·2020Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jörg Overmann(13), Jörn Petersen(9), Meinhard Simon(8), Boyke Bunk(6), Cathrin Spröer(6), Rhena Schumann(5), Matthias Wietz(5), John Vollmers(5), Thorsten Brinkhoff(5), Markus Göker(5), Henner Brinkmann(5), Michael Jarek(5), Manfred Rohde(4), Anja Poehlein(4), Lars Wöhlbrand(4), Ralf Rabus(4), Victoria Ringel(4), Ulf Karsten(3), Dominik Martin‐Creuzburg(3), Hanna Koch(3)