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

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)

Alfons Weig: Publikationen

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