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Prof. Dr. Jan Remmer Andreesen (Emeritus)

Jan R. Andreesen

Jan R. Andreesen

curriculum vitae

grown up in East Frisia; Germany
High school Ulricianum Aurich (Latin/Greek class)
Study of biology and chemistry, University of Hamburg (1961-64)
Biochemistry, botany and zoology, University of Tübingen (1964-65)
Microbiology, University of Göttingen (1965-69)
Start to work with anaerobic, acetogenic bacteria (supervisor Prof. Dr. G. Gottschalk)
Dr. rer. nat. (July 10, 1969) University of Göttingen
Postdoc (1970-72) Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, with Prof. Dr. Lars G. Ljungdahl: tungsten and selenium are essential bioelements
Research Associate, Microbiology, University of Göttingen (1972- 1984), with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottschalk
permanent position as Akademischer Rat / Oberrat (1974 / 1976)
Habilitation (May 1978) Math.- Nat. Fakultät Göttingen
Offer for a "Lehrkanzel" in Microbiology, University of Graz, Austria (1982), declined
Title of apl. Prof. (November 1982), University of Göttingen
C-2 Professor (December 1984), Microbiology, University of Göttingen
Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Institute, University of Halle, 1993-2007
Emeritus since April 2007

Elected and honorary obligations:        
Dean, Division of Biology, University of Halle (1.9.1994 – 31.8.1998)
Academic Senate, University of Halle (since 1994 as Dean, from 1998-2006 as elected member)
Treasurer and Secretary of the Local Branch of the ASM in Germany, since its start in 1974, transformed in 1985 to: VAAM - Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie e.V., since 1998 just Treasurer till March 2009; elected honorary member of VAAM in 2009.

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recent publications

2015

A. Poehlein, M. Cebulla, M.M. Ilg, F.R. Bengelsdorf, B. Schiel-Bengelsdorf, G. Whited, J.R. Andreesen, G. Gottschalk, R. Daniel, P. Dürre (2015) The complete genome sequence of Clostrdium aceticum: a missing link between Rnf- and cytochrome-containing autotrophic acetogens. mBio 6:e01168-15 (doi:10.1128/mBio.01168-15   ).

2014

A. Poehlein, J.R. Andreesen, R. Daniel (2014) Complete genome sequence of amino-acid-utilizing Eubacterium acidaminophilum al-2 (DSM 3953). Genome Announc. 2(3): e00573-14 (doi:10.1128/genomeA.00573-14   ).

2010

N. Fonknechten, S. Chaussonnerie, S. Tricot, A. Lajus, J. R. Andreesen, N. Perchat, E. Pelletier, M. Gouyvenoux, V. Barbe, M. Salanoubat, D. LePaslier, J. Weissenbach, J. Cohen, A. Kreimeyer (2010) Clostridium sticklandii, a specialist in amino acid degradation: revisiting its metabolism through its genome sequence. BMC Genomics 2010 11:555 (open access)(doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-555   )

2009
Wagner, A., Adrian, L., Kleinsteuber, S., Andreesen, J.R., Lechner, U. (2009) Transcription analysis of genes encoding homologues of reductive dehalogenases in Dehalococcoides sp. strain CBDB1 by using terminal restriction fragment polymorphism and quantitative PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75, 1876-1884

2008

M. Bunge, A. Wagner, M. Fischer, J.R. Andreesen, U. Lechner (2008) Enrichment of a dioxin-dehalogenating Dehalococcoides species in two-liquid phase cultures. Environ Microbiol 10, 2670-2683

Gursinsky, T., Gröbe, D., Schierhorn, A., Jäger, J., Andreesen. J.R., Söhling, B. (2008) Factors and selenocysteine insertion sequence requirements for the synthesis of selenoproteins from a gram-positive anaerobe in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74, 1385-1393

Andreesen, J.R., and Makdessi, K. (2008) Tungsten, the surprising positively acting heavy metal element for prokaryotes. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1125, 215-229

2007

Breitenstein, A., Andreesen, J.R., Lechner, U. (2007) Analysis of an anaerobic chemostat population stably dechlorinating 2,4,6-trichlorophenol. Eng. Life Sci. 7, 380-387

Gröbe, T., Reuter, M., Gursinsky, T., Söhling, B., and Andreesen, J.R. (2007): Peroxidase activity of selenoprotein GrdB of glycine reductase and stabilisation of its integrity by components of proprotein GrdE from Eubacterium acidaminophilum. Arch. Microbiol., 187, 29-43

2006

Kämpfer, P., Kohlweyer, U., Thiemer, B, and Andreesen, J.R. (2006): Pseudonocardia tetrahydrofuranoxydans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56, 1535-1538

2005

Sielaff, B., and Andreesen, J.R. (2005): Analysis of the nearly identical morpholine monooxygenase-encoding mor genes from different Mycobacterium strains and characterization of the specific NADH:ferredoxin oxidoreductase of this cytochrome P450 system. Microbiology, 151, 2593-2603  

Andreesen, J. R. (2005): Degradation of heterocyclic compounds. in: Handbook on Clostridia, ed.: P. Dürre, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp.221-238

Sielaff, B., and Andreesen, J.R. (2005): Kinetic and binding studies with purified recombinant proteins ferredoxin reductase, ferredoxin and cytochrome P450 comprising the morpholine mono-oxygenase from Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5. FEBS Journal  272, 1148-1159

2004

Andreesen, J. R. (2004): Glycine reductase mechanism. Curr Opin Chem Biol 8, 454-461  

Ballerstedt, H., Hantke, J., Bunge, M., Werner, B., Gerritse, J., Andreesen, J. R., and Lechner, U. (2004) Properties of a trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-dechlorinating mixed culture with a Dehalococcoides as a putative dehalogenating species. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 47, 223-234.  

Makdessi, K., Fritsche, K., Pich, A., Andreesen, J. R. (2004): Identification and characterization of the cytoplasmic tungstate/molybdate-binding protein (Mop) from Eubacterium acidaminophilum. Arch Microbiol 81, 45-51

Rauh, D., Graentzdoerffer, A., Granderath, K., Andreesen, J. R., Pich, A. (2004): Tungsten-containing aldehyde oxidoreductase of Eubacterium acidaminophilum. Eur J Biochem 271, 212-219

2003

M. Bunge, L. Adrian, A. Kraus, M. Opel, W. G. Lorenz, J. R. Andreesen, H. Görisch, U. Lechner (2003) Reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated dioxins by an anaerobic bacterium, Nature 421, 357-360  

B. Thiemer, J. R. Andreesen, T. Schräder. (2003)  Molecular analysis of a gene cluster involved in tetrahydrofuran degradation in Pseudonocardia sp. strain K1. Arch. Microbiol. 179, 266-277  

Kipping, M., Lilie, H., Lindenstrauss, U., Andreesen, J.R., Griesinger, C., Carlomagno, T., Brüser, T. (2003) Structural studies on a twin-arginine signal sequence. FEBS Lett. 550, 18-22  

A. Graentzdoerffer, D. Rauh, A. Pich, J. R. Andreesen (2003) Molecular and biochemical characterization of two tungsten- and selenium-containing formate dehydrogenases from Eubacterium acidaminophilum that are associated with components of an iron-only hydrogenase. Arch. Microbiol. 179, 116-130.

2002

J. R. Andreesen, S. Fetzner (2002) The molybdenum-containing hydroxylases of nicotinate, isonicotinate, and nicotine. In: Metal ions in biological systems, Vol. 39, Molybdenum and tungsten. Their Roles in biological processes. A.Sigel and H. Sigel (Eds). M. Dekker Inc, New York, pp. 405-430    

A. Breitenstein, J. Wiegel, C. Haerting, N. Weiss, J. R. Andreesen, U. Lechner (2002)  Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: 801-807.  

T. Schräder, B. Thiemer, J. R. Andreesen (2002) A molybdenum-containing dehydrogenase catalyzing an unusual 2-hydroxylation of nicotinic acid. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 58: 612-617.

2001

A.   Gräntzdörffer, A. Pich, J. R. Andreesen (2001) Molecular analysis of the grd-operon   coding for genes of the glycine reductase and thioredoxin system from Clostridium   sticklandii. Arch. Microbiol. 175: 8-18.

A.   Breitenstein, A. Saano, M. Salkinoja-Salonen, J. R. Andreesen, U. Lechner   (2001) Consortium of anaerobic spore-forming bacteria dechlorinating   2,4,6-trichlorophenol: analysis by PCR amplified 16S rDNA. Arch. Microbiol.   175: 133-142.

G.   Zarnt, T. Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (2001) Catalytic and molecular properties   of the quinohemoprotein tetrahydrofurfurylalcohol dehydrogenase from Ralstonia   eutropha strain Bo. J. Bacteriol. 183: 1954-1960.

B.   Sielaff, J. R. Andreesen, T. Schräder (2001) A cytochrome P450 and a   3Fe-4S-ferredoxin isolated from Mycobacterium strain HE5 after growth   on morpholine. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 56: 458-464.

B.   Söhling, T. Parther, P. Rücknagel, M. Wagner, J. R. Andreesen (2001) A   selenocysteine-containing peroxiredoxin from the strictly anaerobic organism Eubacterium   acidaminophilum. Biol. Chem. 382: 979-986.

K.   Makdessi, J. R. Andreesen, A. Pich (2001) Tungstate uptake by a highly   specific ABC transporter in Eubacterium acidaminophilum. J.Biol. Chem.   276: 24557-24564.

B.   Bednarski, J. R. Andreesen, A. Pich (2001) In vitro processing of the   proproteins GrdE of protein B of glycine reductase and PrdA of D-proline   reductase from Clostridium sticklandii forming a pyruvoyl group from a   cysteine residue. Eur. J. Biochem. 268: 3538-3544.

B.   Thiemer, J. R. Andreesen, T. Schräder (2001)  The NADH-dependent   reductase of multicomponent tetrahydrofuran monooxygenase contains a   covalently bound FAD. Eur. J. Biochem. 268: 3774-3782.

M.   Kohlstock, K. P. Rücknagel, M. Reuter, A. Schierhorn, J. R. Andreesen, B.   Söhling (2001)  Cys 359 of GrdD is the active-site thiol that catalyzes   the final step of acetyl phosphate formation by glycine reductase from Eubacterium   acidaminophilum. Eur. J. Biochem. 268: 6417-6425.

T.   Schräder, G. Zarnt, J. R. Andreesen(2001) NAD(P)-dependent aldehyde   dehydrogenase induced during growth of Ralstonia eutropha strain Bo on   tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. J. Bacteriol. 183: 7408-7411.

2000

T. Schräder, G. Schuffenhauer, B, Sielaff, J. R. Andreesen (2000) Characterization of a newly isolated Mycobacterium strain with high morpholine degradation rates and induction of cytochrome P450 by different cyclic amines. Microbiology 46: 1091-1098.  

U. Kohlweyer, B. Thiemer, T. Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (2000) Tetrahydrofuran degradation by a newly isolated culture of Pseudonocardia sp. strain K1.  FEMS Microbiol.Lett.,186: 301-306.    


T. Gursinsky, J. Jäger, J. R. Andreesen, B. Söhling (2000) A selDABC cluster for selenocysteine incorporation in Eubacterium aciacidaminophilum - molecular analysis and complementation studies. Arch. Microbiol. 174: 200-212.    

L. Flohé, J. R. Andreesen, R. Brigelius-Flohé, M. Maiorino, F. Ursini (2000) Selenium, the Element of the Moon, in Life on Earth. IUBMB Life 49: 411-420.

1999

M.   Wagner, D. Sonntag, R. Grimm, A. Pich, C. Eckerskorn, B. Söhling, J. R.   Andreesen (1999)  The substrate-specific selenoprotein B of glycine   reductase from Eubacterium acidaminophilum - biochemical and molecular   analysis. Eur. J. Biochem. 260: 38-49.

J.   R. Andreesen, M. Wagner, D. Sonntag, M. Kohlstock, C. Harms, T. Gursinsky, J,   Jäger, T. Parther, U. Kabisch, A. Gräntzdörffer, A. Pich, B. Söhling   (1999) Various functions of selenols and thiols in anaerobic Gram-positive,   amino acids-utilizing bacteria. BioFactors 10: 263-270.

J.   Kenklies, R. Ziehn, K. Fritsche, J. R. Andreesen, A. Pich (1999) Proline   biosynthesis from L-ornithine in Clostridium sticklandii: Purification   of 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase, sequence and   expression of the encoding gene proC. Microbiology 145: 819-826.

U.   C. Kabisch, A. Gräntzdörffer, A. Schierhorn, K.-P. Rückagel, J. R.   Andreesen, A. Pich (1999)  Identification of D-proline reductase from Clostridium   sticklandii as a selenoenzyme and indications for a catalytically active   pyruvoyl group derived from a cysteine residue by cleavage of a proprotein. J.   Biol. Chem. 274: 8445-8454.

K.   Fritsche, G. Auling, J. R. Andreesen, U. Lechner (1999) Defluvibacter   lusatiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new chlorophenoldegrading member of the   -2 subgroup of Proteobacteria. System. Appl. Microbiol. 22:   197-204.

G.   Schuffenhauer, T. Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (1999) Morpholine-induced   formation of L-alanine dehydrogenase activity from Mycobacterium strain   HE5. Arch. Microbiol. 171: 417-423.

T.   Schräder, A. Rienhöfer, J. R. Andreesen (1999) Selenium-containing xanthine   dehydrogenase from Eubacterium barkeri. Eur. Biochem.264:   862-871.      

B.   Thiemer, J. R. Andreesen, T. Schräder(1999). A covalently bound flavin   discovered in the reductase component of a tetrahydrofuran-induced   multicomponent monooxygenase.In: Flavins and Flavoproteins (Ghisla, S.,   Kroneck, P., Macheroux, P. and Sund, H., Eds.), pp. 879-882, Agency for   Scientific Publications, Berlin.

1998

C.   Harms, M. Meyer, J. R. Andreesen (1998) Fast purification of thioredoxin   reductases and of thioredoxins with an unususal redox-active center from   anaerobic, amino acid-utilizing bacteria. Microbiology 144: 793-800.

C.   Harms, A. Schleicher, M. D. Collins, J. R. Andreesen (1998) Tissierella   creatinophila sp. nov., a Gram-positive, anaerobic, non-sporeforming,   creatinine-fermenting organism. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48: 983-993.

H.   Zinecker, J. R. Andreesen, A. Pich (1998)  Partial purification of an   iron-dependent L-serine dehydratase from Clostridium sticklandii. J.   Basic Microbiol. 38: 147-155.

T.   Schräder, T. Hillebrand, J. R. Andreesen (1998) 2-Hydroxyisonicotinate   dehydrogenase isolated from Mycobacterium sp. INA1. FEMS Microbiol.   Letters 164: 311-316.

C.   Harms, U. Ludwig, J.R. Andreesen(1998)Sarcosine reductase of Tissierella   creatinophila: purification and characterization of its components.   Arch.Microbiol.170:442-450.

1997       


S.   Kreimer, B. Söhling, J. R. Andreesen (1997) Two closely linked genes encoding   thioredoxin and thioredoxin reductase in Clostridium litorale. Arch.   Microbiol. 168: 328-337.


D.   Becker, T. Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (1997) Pyrrole-2-carboxylate   monooxygenase from Rhodococcus sp. belongs to the new type of two   component flavin aromatic monooxygenases. pp. 375-378. In: Flavins and   Flavoproteins 1996 (K. Stevenson, V. Massey, C.H. Williams, Eds.), University   of Calgary Press, Calgary


G.   Zarnt, T. Schräder, J. A. Andreesen (1997).  Degradation of   tetrahydrofurfurylalkohol by Ralstonia eutropha is initiated by an   inducible pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase. Appl.   Environ. Microbiol. 63: 4891-4898.


D.   Becker, T. Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (1997) Two-component flavin-dependent   pyrrole-2-carboxylate monooxygenase from Rhodococcus sp. Eur. J.   Biochem. 249: 739-747.

1996       


T.   Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (1996) Properties and chemical modification of   D-amino acid oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis. Arch. Microbiol. 165:   41-47.


T.   Schräder. J.R. Andreesen (1996)  Studies on the inactivation of the   flavoprotein D-amino acid from Trigonopsis variabilis. Appl. Microbiol.   Biotechnol. 45: 458-464.

1995    


M. Wagner, J. R. Andreesen (1995) Purification and characterization of threonine dehydrogenase from Clostridium sticklandii. Arch. Microbiol. 163: 286 -290.    

M. Meyer, K. Granderath, J. R. Andreesen (1995) Purification and characterization of protein PB of the betaine reductase and relationship to the corresponding proteins of glycine reductase and sarcosine reductase from Eubacterium acidaminophilum. Eur. J. Biochem. 234: 184-191.    

S. Kreimer, J. R. Andreesen (1995) Glycine reductase of Clostridium litorale. Cloning, sequencing, and molecular analysis of the grdAB operon that contains two in-frame TGA codons for selenium incorporation. Eur. J. Biochem. 234: 192-199.

1994       

K.   Hormann, J. R. Andreesen (1994)  Purification and characterization of a   pyrrole-2-carboxylate oxygenase from Arthrobacter strain Pyl. Biol.   Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 375: 210-218

J.   R. Andreesen (1994) In: Acetogenesis (H. L. Drake, ed.), Chapman and Hall, New   York, pp 568-629. Acetate via glycine: a different form of acetogenesis.

J.   R. Andreesen (1994) Glycine metabolism in anaerobes. Ant. v. Leeuwenhoek 66:   223-237.

1993       


A.   Kretzer, K. Frunzke, J. R. Andreesen (1993) Catabolism of isonicotinate by Mycobacterium   sp. INA1: extended description of the pathway and purification of the   molybdoenzyme isonicotinate dehydrogenase. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139:   2763-2772


M.   Lübbers, J. R. Andreesen (1993)Components of glycine reductase from Eubacterium   acidaminophilum. Cloning, sequencing and identification of the genes for   thioredoxin reductase, thioredoxin, and selenoprotein PA.  Eur.   J. Biochem. 217: 791 -798.

T.   Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (1993) Evidence for the functional importance of   Cys 298 in D-amino acid oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis. Eur. J.   Biochem. 218: 735-744.

1992       


M.   Nagel, J.R. Andreesen (1992) Utilization of organic acids and amino acids by   species of the genus Bacillus: a useful means in taxonomy. J. Basic   Microbiol. 32: 91 - 98.


K.   Koenig. J. R. Andreesen (1992) Aerober und anerober Abbau von heterocyclischen,   aromatischen Verbindungen durch Bakterien. BioEngineering 8 (2): 78 -   84.


T.   Schräder, J. R. Andreesen (1992) Purification and characterization of protein   PC, a component of glycine reductase from Eubacterium   acidaminophilum. Eur. J. Biochem. 206: 79 -85.


J.   R. Andreesen, K. Hormann, K. Koenig, A. Kretzer, S. Kreimer, M. Nagel, C.   Schäfer (1992) DGMK Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl,   Erdgas und Kohle e. V., Hamburg Tagungsbericht 9106: 83 - 87. Reactions   initiating the aerobic degradation of simple heterocyclic compounds.


J.   R. Andreesen (1992) The genus Eubacterium. In: The Prokaryotes (A.   Balows, H. G. Trüper, M. Dworkin, W. Harder, K. H. Schleifer, eds.) 2nd   edition, Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 1914-1924.


H.   Hippe, J. R. Andreesen, G. Gottschalk (1992) The genus Clostridium -   nonmedical. In: The Prokaryotes (A. Balow, H. G. Trüper, M. Dworkin, W.   Harder, K. H. Schleifer, eds.) 2nd edition, Springer Verlag, New York, pp.   1800-1866.

1991       


K.   Hormann, J. R. Andreesen (1991)A flavin-dependent oxygenase reaction initiates   the degradation of pyrrole2-carboxylate in Arthrobacter strain Pyl (DSM   6386).  Arch. Microbiol. 157: 43 -48.


K.   Koenig. J. R. Andreesen (1991) Aerobic and anaerobic breakdown of   furan-3-carboxylate by Paracoccus denitrificans strain MK 33. Arch.   Microbiol. 157: 70 - 75.


M.   Nagel, J. R. Andreesen (1991) Description of Bacillus niacini sp. nov.,   a nicotinate metabolizing mesophile isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst.   Bacteriol. 41: 134-139.


M.   Blaschke, A. Kretzer, C. Schäfer, M. Nagel, J. R. Andreesen (1991)   Molybdenum-dependent degradation of quinoline by Pseudomonas putida   Chin1K and other aerobic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 164-169.


M.   Meyer, D. Dietrichs, B. Schmidt, J. R. Andreesen (1991) Thioredoxin elicits a   new dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase activity by interaction with the   electron-transferring flavoprotein in Clostridium litorale and Eubacterium   acidaminophilum. J. Bacteriol. 173: 1509-1523.


D.   Dietrichs, M. Bahnweg, F. Mayer, J. R. Andreesen (1991) Peripheral   localization of the dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase in the purinolytic anaerobe   Clostridium cylindrosporum. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 412-414.


A.   Kretzer, J. R. Andreesen (1991) A new pathway for isonicotinate degradation by   Mycobacterium sp. INA1. J. Gen. Microbiol. 137: 1073-1080.


J.   R. Andreesen, M. Blaschke, K. Hormann, K. Koenig, A. Kretzer, M. Nagel (1991)   gwf-Wasser Abwasser - Biotechnologie 132: 184-186. Aerober Abbau   heteroaromatischer Verbindungen durch Reinkulturen.


D.   Dietrichs, M. Meyer, M. Rieth, J. R. Andreesen (1991) Interaction of   selenoprotein PA and the thioredoxin system, components of the   NADPH-dependent reduction of glycine in Eubacterium acidaminophilum and   Clostridium litorale. J. Bacteriol. 173: 5983-5991.


D.   Dietrichs, M. Meyer, A. Uhde, W. Freudenberg, J. R. Andreesen (1991). In:   Flavins and Flavoproteins 1990 (B. Curti, S. Ronchi, G. Zanetti, eds.), W. de   Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 611-614. Electron-transferring flavoproteins from   glycine-metabolizing anaerobic bacteria.

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