Alfons Weig: Publikationen
Peer reviewed
2026
Grubmüller, E., Meier, D., Kreil, M., Schmit, L., Scharl, E., Takata, M., Weig, A., Steiger, S.: Parental niche construction buffers microbial and competitive challenges and drives offspring dependence in burying beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123, e2617749123 (2026).
doi:10.1073/pnas.2617749123
Krah, F., Scharmann, M., Weig, A., Hess, J., Kellner, H., Athanasiadis, A., Büttner, E., Dvořák, D., Holec, J., Iršėnaitė, R., Junninen, K., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Kunca, V., Maurice, S., Meier, J., Mešić, A., Miettinen, O., Runnel, K., Schäfer, P., Tkalčec, Z., Pouska, V., Voglmayr, H., Zibold, M., Bässler, C.: Population Genomics of a Rare and a Common Wood–Inhabiting Fungal Species Across Europe. Molecular Ecology, 35(3), e70260 (2026).
doi:10.1111/mec.70260
Philipp, C., Feulner, M., Karbstein, K., Meyer, N., Weig, A., Steinbauer, M.: Quantifying niche overlap and transgression in allopolyploid hybrids : Case study of Sorbus subgenus Aria. Annals of Botany, mcag280 (2026).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcag280
2025
Rohrbach, S., Gkoutselis, G., Hink, L., Weig, A., Rambold, G., Horn, M.: Microplastic impacts archaeal abundance, microbial communities and their network connectivity in a Sub Saharan soil environment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 101(10), fiaf085 (2025).
doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaf085
2023
Liu, H., Banfield, C., Gomes, S., Gube, M., Weig, A., Pausch, J.: Vegetation transition from meadow to forest reduces priming effect on SOM decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 184, 109123 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109123
Rohrbach, S., Gkoutselis, G., Hink, L., Weig, A., Obst, M., Diekmann, A., Ho, A., Rambold, G., Horn, M.: Microplastic polymer properties as deterministic factors driving terrestrial plastisphere microbiome assembly and succession in the field. Environmental Microbiology, 25(12), 2681-2697 (2023).
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16234
Holzinger, A., Hink, L., Sehl, E., Rüppel, N., Lehndorff, E., Weig, A., Agarwal, S., Horn, M., Feldhaar, H.: Biodegradable polymers boost reproduction in the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Science of the Total Environment, 892, 164670 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164670
Müller, F., Schüler, D., Weig, A.: Complete genome sequencing and annotation of Rhodomicrobium vannielii strain DSM166 suggest affiliation to Rhodomicrobium lacus. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12(12), e00690-23 (2023).
doi:10.1128/MRA.00690-23
Sasínková, M., Balvín, O., Vandrovcová, J., Massino, C., Weig, A., Reinhardt, K., Otti, O., Bartonička, T.: Despite genetic isolation in sympatry, post-copulatory reproductive barriers have not evolved between bat- and human-associated common bedbugs (Cimex lectularius L.). Frontiers in Zoology, 20, 36 (2023).
doi:10.1186/s12983-023-00514-y
Seidenath, D., Weig, A., Mittereder, A., Hillenbrand, T., Brüggemann, D., Opel, T., Langhof, N., Riedl, M., Feldhaar, H., Otti, O.: Diesel exhaust particles alter gut microbiome and gene expression in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Ecology and Evolution, 13(6), e10180 (2023).
doi:10.1002/ece3.10180
Hink, L., Holzinger, A., Sandfeld, T., Weig, A., Schramm, A., Feldhaar, H., Horn, M.: Microplastic ingestion affects hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber. Environmental Microbiology, 25(12), 2776-2791 (2023).
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16386
2022
Kumar, A., Weig, A., Agarwal, S.: Balancing Degradability and Physical Properties of Amorphous Poly (D, L‐lactide) by Making Blends. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 307(6), 2100602 (2022).
doi:10.1002/mame.202100602
Mlinar, S., Weig, A., Freitag, R.: Influence of NH₃ and NH₄⁺ on anaerobic digestion and microbial population structure at increasing total ammonia nitrogen concentrations. Bioresource Technology, 361, 127638 (2022).
doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127638
Simeon, M., Weig, A., Freitag, R.: Optimization of soil microbial fuel cell for sustainable bio-electricity production: combined effects of electrode material, electrode spacing, and substrate feeding frequency on power generation and microbial community diversity. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 15, 124 (2022).
doi:10.1186/s13068-022-02224-9
Pastore, G., Weig, A., Vazquez, E., Spohn, M.: Weathering of calcareous bedrocks is strongly affected by the activity of soil microorganisms. Geoderma, 405, 115408 (2022).
doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115408
Gubitz, C., Reul, M., Weig, A.: Zur Kenntnis von Agaricus depauperatus s. l. unter Berücksichtigung weiterer rötender Champignon-Arten. Zeitschrift für Mykologie, 88(1), 23-44 (2022).
Völkl, M., Jérôme, V., Weig, A., Jasinski, J., Meides, N., Strohriegl, P., Scheibel, T., Freitag, R.: Pristine and artificially-aged polystyrene microplastic particles differ in regard to cellular response. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 435, 128955 (2022).
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128955
2021
Weig, A., Löder, M., Ramsperger, A., Laforsch, C.: In situ Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Communities on Microplastic Particles in a Small Headwater Stream in Germany. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 660024 (2021).
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.660024
Müller, J., van Veen, H., Bartylla, M., Akman, M., Pedersen, O., Sun, P., Schuurink, R., Takeuchi, J., Todoroki, Y., Weig, A., Sasidharan, R., Mustroph, A.: Keeping the shoot above water : submergence triggers antithetical growth responses in stems and petioles of watercress (Nasturtium officinale). New Phytologist, 229(1), 140-155 (2021).
doi:10.1111/nph.16350
Křemenová, J., Bartonička, T., Balvín, O., Massino, C., Reinhardt, K., Sasínková, M., Weig, A., Otti, O.: Male diet affects female fitness and sperm competition in human- and bat-associated lineages of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. Scientific Reports, 11, 15538 (2021).
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94622-6
Weithmann, N., Mlinar, S., Sonnleitner, E., Weig, A., Freitag, R.: Flexible feeding in anaerobic digestion : Impact on process stability, performance and microbial community structures. Anaerobe, 68, 102297 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102297
2020
Guhr, A., Weig, A.: Assessment of prokaryote to eukaryote ratios in environmental samples by SSU rDNA length polymorphism. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 113, 175-183 (2020).
doi:10.1007/s10482-019-01327-y
Silva, K., Schüler, M., Mickoleit, F., Zwiener, T., Müller, F., Awal, R., Weig, A., Brachmann, A., Uebe, R., Schüler, D.: Genome-Wide Identification of Essential and Auxiliary Gene Sets for Magnetosome Biosynthesis in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. mSystems, 5(6), e00565-20 (2020).
doi:10.1128/mSystems.00565-20
Mlinar, S., Weig, A., Freitag, R.: Influence of mixing and sludge volume on stability, reproducibility, and productivity of laboratory-scale anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology Reports, 11, 100444 (2020).
doi:10.1016/j.biteb.2020.100444
2019
Weithmann, N., Mlinar, S., Hilbrig, F., Bachmaf, S., Arndt, J., Planer-Friedrich, B., Weig, A., Freitag, R.: Arsenic metabolism in technical biogas plants : possible consequences for resident microbiota and downstream units. AMB Express, 9, 190 (2019).
doi:10.1186/s13568-019-0902-6
Bäumler, J., Riber, W., Klecker, M., Müller, L., Dissemeyer, N., Weig, A., Mustroph, A.: AtERF#111/ABR1 is a transcriptional activator involved in the wounding response. The Plant Journal, 100(5), 969-990 (2019).
doi:10.1111/tpj.14490
Feulner, M., Weig, A., Voss, T., Schott, L., Aas, G.: Central European polyploids of Sorbus subgenus Aria (Rosaceae) recurrently evolved from diploids of central and south-eastern Europe : evidence from microsatellite data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 191(3), 315-324 (2019).
doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boz053
Brinker, P., Weig, A., Rambold, G., Feldhaar, H., Tragust, S.: Microbial community composition of nest-carton and adjoining soil of the ant Lasius fuliginosus and the role of host secretions in structuring microbial communities. Fungal Ecology, 38, 44-53 (2019).
doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.007
Widdig, M., Schleuss, P., Weig, A., Guhr, A., Biederman, L., Borer, E., Crawley, M., Kirkman, K., Seabloom, E., Wagg, P., Spohn, M.: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions Alter the Abundance of Phosphorus-Solubilizing Bacteria and Phosphatase Activity in Grassland Soils. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7, 185 (2019).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2019.00185
2018
Dinh, M., Guhr, A., Weig, A., Matzner, E.: Drying and rewetting of forest floors : dynamics of soluble phosphorus, microbial biomass-phosphorus, and the composition of microbial communities. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 54, 761-768 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s00374-018-1300-y
2017
Feulner, M., Weig, A., Paule, J., Gregor, T., Schott, L., Aas, G.: Genetic variability and morphology of tri- and tetraploid members of the Sorbus aria complex in northern Bavaria. Preslia, 89(3), 275-290 (2017).
doi:10.23855/preslia.2017.275
Guhr, A., Horn, M., Weig, A.: Vitamin B₂ (riboflavin) increases drought tolerance of Agaricus bisporus. Mycologia, 109(6), 860-873 (2017).
doi:10.1080/00275514.2017.1414544
2016
Klecker, T., Wemmer, M., Haag, M., Weig, A., Böckler, S., Langer, T., Nunnari, J., Westermann, B.: Interaction of MDM33 with mitochondrial inner membrane homeostasis pathways in yeast. Scientific Reports, 5, 18344 (2016).
doi:10.1038/srep18344
Pahlevani, A., Feulner, M., Weig, A., Liede-Schumann, S.: Molecular and morphological studies disentangle species complex in Euphorbia sect. Esula (Euphorbiaceae) from Iran, including two new species. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 303(2), 139-164 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1358-7
Weithmann, N., Weig, A., Freitag, R.: Process parameters and changes in the microbial community patterns during the first 240 days of an agricultural energy crop digester. AMB Express, 6, 53 (2016).
doi:10.1186/s13568-016-0219-7
2015
Habel, J., Brückmann, S., Krauss, J., Schwarzer, J., Weig, A., Husemann, M., Steffan-Dewenter, I.: Fragmentation genetics of the grassland butterfly Polyommatus coridon : Stable genetic diversity or extinction debt?. Conservation Genetics, 16, 549-558 (2015).
doi:10.1007/s10592-014-0679-8
Heuck, C., Weig, A., Spohn, M.: Soil microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometry and microbial use of organic phosphorus. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 85, 119-129 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.02.029
Harter, D., Thiv, M., Weig, A., Jentsch, A., Beierkuhnlein, C.: Spatial and ecological population genetic structures within two island-endemic Aeonium species of different niche width. Ecology and Evolution, 5(19), 4327-4344 (2015).
doi:10.1002/ece3.1682
2014
Kis-Papo, T., Weig, A., Riley, R., Peršoh, D., Salamov, A., Sun, H., Lipzen, A., Wasser, S., Rambold, G., Grigoriev, I., Nevo, E.: Genomic adaptations of the halophilic Dead Sea filamentous fungus Eurotium rubrum. Nature Communications, 5, 3745 (2014).
doi:10.1038/ncomms4745
Greiner, K., Peršoh, D., Weig, A., Rambold, G.: Phialosimplex salinarum, a new species of Eurotiomycetes from a hypersaline habitat. IMA Fungus, 5, 161-172 (2014).
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.01
2013
ElSayed, A., Weig, A., Sariyeva, G., Hummel, E., Yan, S., Bertolini, A., Komor, E.: Assimilate export inhibition in Sugarcane yellow leaf virus-infected sugarcane is not due to less transcripts for sucrose transporters and sucrose-phosphate synthase or to callose deposition in sieve plates. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 81, 64-73 (2013).
doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2012.11.003
Weig, A., Peršoh, D., Werner, S., Betzlbacher, A., Rambold, G.: Diagnostic assessment of mycodiversity in environmental samples by fungal ITS1 rDNA length polymorphism. Mycological Progress, 12(4), 719-725 (2013).
doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0883-1
Feulner, M., Liede-Schumann, S., Meve, U., Weig, A., Aas, G.: Genetic structure of three Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers. taxa endemic to northern Bavaria. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 299(6), 1065-1074 (2013).
doi:10.1007/s00606-013-0778-x
2012
Peršoh, D., Weig, A., Rambold, G.: A transcriptome-targeting EcoChip for assessing functional mycodiversity. Microarrays, 1(1), 25-41 (2012).
doi:10.3390/microarrays1010025
2011
ElSayed, A., Weig, A., Komor, E.: Molecular characterization of Hawaiian Sugarcane yellow leaf virus genotypes and their phylogenetic relationship to strains from other sugarcane-growing countries. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 129(3), 399-412 (2011).
doi:10.1007/s10658-010-9703-0
2005
Eisenbarth, D., Weig, A.: Dynamics of aquaporins and water relations during hypocotyl elongation in Ricinus communis L. seedlings. Journal of Experimental Botany, 56(417), 1831-1842 (2005).
doi:10.1093/jxb/eri173
Eisenbarth, D., Weig, A.: Sucrose carrier RcSCR1 is involved in sucrose retrieval, but not in sucrose unloading in growing hypocotyls of Ricinus communis L. Plant Biology, 7(1), 98-103 (2005).
doi:10.1055/s-2004-830448
2001
Johanson, U., Karlsson, M., Johansson, I., Gustavsson, S., Sjövall, S., Fraysse, L., Weig, A., Kjellbom, P.: The complete set of genes encoding major intrinsic proteins in Arabidopsis provides a framework for a new nomenclature for major intrinsic proteins in plants. Plant Physiology, 126(4), 1358-1369 (2001).
doi:10.1104/pp.126.4.1358
2000
Weig, A., Jakob, C.: Functional identification of the glycerol permease activity of Arabidopsis thaliana NLM1 and NLM2 proteins by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Letters, 481(3), 293-298 (2000).
doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02027-5
1997
Chrispeels, M., Daniels, M., Weig, A.: Aquaporins and water transport across the tonoplast. Advances in Botanical Research, 25, 419-432 (1997).
doi:10.1016/S0065-2296(08)60160-3
Weig, A., Deswarte, C., Chrispeels, M.: The major intrinsic protein family of Arabidopsis has 23 members that form three distinct groups with functional aquaporins in each group. Plant Physiology, 114(4), 1347-1357 (1997).
doi:10.1104/pp.114.4.1347
1996
Weig, A., Komor, E.: An active sucrose carrier (Scr1) that is predominantly expressed in the seedling of Ricinus communis L.. Journal of Plant Physiology, 147(6), 685-690 (1996).
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(11)81478-1
Komor, E., Orlich, G., Weig, A., Köckenberger, W.: Phloem loading - not metaphysical, only complex : towards a unified model of phloem loading. Journal of Experimental Botany, 47(Special Issue), 1155-1164 (1996).
doi:10.1093/jxb/47.Special_Issue.1155
1995
Chrispeels, M., Daniels, M., Weig, A.: Aquaporins facilitate water transport through the plasma-membrane and the tonoplast. Plant Physiology, 108(Suppl. 2), 6 (1995).
Weig, A., Komor, E.: Isolation of a class II metallothionein cDNA (accession no. L02306) from Ricinus communis L.(Plant Gene Register PGR95-066). Plant Physiology, 109(2), 721 (1995).
doi:10.1104/pp.109.2.721
Daniels, M., Weig, A., Maurel, C., Chrispeels, M.: PIPs and TIPs, aquaporins of the plasma membrane and the vacuolar membrane. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6(Suppl.), S. 52A (1995).
1994
Weig, A., Franz, J., Sauer, N., Komor, E.: Isolation of a family of cDNA clones from Ricinus communis L. with close homology to the hexose carriers. Journal of Plant Physiology, 143(2), 178-183 (1994).
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(11)81683-4
1992
Weig, A., Komor, E.: The lipid-transfer protein C of Ricinus communis L. : Isolation of two cDNA sequences which are strongly and exclusively expressed in cotyledons after germination. Planta, 187(3), 367-371 (1992).
doi:10.1007/BF00195660
Books and Book sections
2000
Weig, A., Jakob, C.: Functional characterisation of Arabidopsis thaliana aquaglyceroporins. In: Stefan Hohmann (eds.): Molecular biology and physiology of water and solute transport. - New York : Kluwer, 2000. - 365-372.
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1203-5_49
Weig, A., Eisenbarth, D.: Role of aquaporins during elongation growth of castor bean seedlings. In: Stefan Hohmann (eds.): Molecular biology and physiology of water and solute transport. - New York : Kluwer, 2000. - 357-364.
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1203-5_48
Other publications
2013
Weig, A., Peršoh, D., Rambold, G.: EcoChips für die Erforschung mikrobieller Lebensgemeinschaften. BIOspektrum, 19(4), 382-385 (2013).
doi:10.1007/s12268-013-0326-9
2000
Weig, A., Eisenbarth, D.: Aquaporin function in hypocotyl growth. - (Poster), Plant Biology 2000, 15.-19. July 2000, San Diego, USA.
1995
Daniels, M., Weig, A., Maurel, C., Chrispeels, M.: PIPs and TIPs, aquaporins of the plasma membrane and the vacuolar membrane. - (Poster), The American Society for Cell Biology 35th annual meeting, 09.-13. Dez. 1995, Washington, USA.
1994
Weig, A.: Molekularbiologische Analyse der Hexose- und Saccharosecarrier aus Ricinus communis L : Klonierung und Sequenzierung, heterologe Expression und Bestimmung der Verteilung in der Pflanze. - : 1994. - 122 p.
(Thesis, 1994, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)