Dr. Vladimir Zverlov
Institute of Molecular Genetics
Russian Academy of Sciences

Kurchatov Sq. 2, Moscow 123182, Russia

Department of Microbiology
Technische Universität München

Am Hochanger 4, 85350 Freising, Germany

E-mail:zverlov@hotmail.com

List of publications

1989

1. Zverlov V.V., Bankovsky V.K., Churikova O.V., Mogutov M.A., Jurjev M.Z. (1989) Cloning and expression of Zymmomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase gene in E. coli. Mol. Gen., Microbiol., Virusol. (in Russian) 9, 11-13. [Abstract]

1990

2. Velikodvorskaya G.A., Zverlov V.V., Laptev D.A., Mett B.L., Piruzian E.S. (1990) Cloning and some properties of lih1 gene which codes for new endoglucanase of Clostridium thermocellum F7. Biotekhnologiya (in Russian)4, 18-19.

3. Zverlov V.V., Jurjev M.Z., Mogutov M.A. (1990). Study of xylose conversion enzymes in yeast's. Biotekhnologiya (in Russian)5, 21-22.

4. Tuka K., Zverlov V.V., Bumazkin B.K., Velikodvorskaya G.A., Strongin A.Ya. (1990) Cloning and expression of Clostridium thermocellum genes coding for thermostable exoglucanases (cellobiohydrolases) in Escherichia coli cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 169, 1055-1060. [Abstract]

5. Zverlov V.V. , Velikodvorskaya G.A. (1990) Cloning the Clostridium thermocellum thermostable laminarinase gene in Escherichia coli; the properties of enzyme thus produced. Biotechnol. Lett. 12, 811-816. [Abstract]

1991


6. Zverlov V.V., Laptev D.A., Tishkov V.I., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (1991) Nucleotide Sequence of the Clostridium thermocellum Laminarinase Gene. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 181, 507-512. [Abstract]

1992

7. Tuka K., Zverlov V.V., Velikodvorskaja G.A. (1992) Synergism between Clostridium thermocellum cellulases cloned in E. coli. Appl. Bochem. Biotechnol. 37/2, 201-207. [Abstract]

1993

8. Dakhova O.N. , Kurepina N.E., Zverlov V.V., Svetlichnyi V.A. and G.A. Velikodvorskaya. (1993) Cloning and expression in E. coli of Thermotoga neapolitana genes coding for Enzymes of carbohydrate substrate degradation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 194, 1359-1364. [Abstract]

1994

9. Zverlov V.V., Fuchs K.P., Schwarz W.H., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (1994). Purification and cellulosomal localization of Clostridium thermocellum mixed linkage ß-Glucanase LicB (1,3-1,4-b -glucanase). Biotechnol. Lett. 16, 29-34. [Abstract]

10. Frolov M.V., Zverlov V.V., Alatortsev V.E. (1994). The mRNA product of the Drosophila gene prune is spliced and encodes a protein containing a putative transmembrane domain. Mol. Gen. Gen., 242, 478-483. [Abstract]

1995

11. Zolotarev Yu.A., Dorochova E.M., Nesavibatko V.N., Borisov Yu.A., Rosenberg S.G., Velikodvorskaja G.A., Neumivakin L.V., Zverlov V.V., Myasoedov N.F. (1995). The solid - state catalytic synthesis of tritium - labeled amino acids, peptides and proteins. Amino Acids, 8, 353-365. [Abstract]

1996

12. Zverlov V., Piotukh K., Dakhova O., Velikodvorskaya G., Borriss R. (1996) The multidomain xylanase A of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana is extremely thermoresistant. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 45, 245-247. [Abstract]

1997

13. Zverlov V., Volkov I., Velikodvorskaya T., Schwarz W. (1997) Higly thermostable endo-1,3-beta-glucanase (laminarinase) LamA from Thermotoga neapolitana: nucleotide sequence of the gene and characterization of the recombinant gene product. Microbiol. 143, 1701-1708. [Abstract] [PDF]

14. Velikodvorskaya T.V., Volkov I.Yu., Vasilenko V.T., Zverlov V.V. and E.S. Pirusian. (1997) Purification and some properties of Thermotoga neapolitana thermostable xylanase B expressed in E. coli cells. Biochemistry (Moscow) 62, 66-70. [Abstract]

15. Zverlov V., Volkov I., Velikodvorskaya T., Schwarz W. (1997) Thermotoga neapolitana bglB gene upstream of lamA, encodes a highly thermostable beta-glucosidase that is a laminaribiase. Microbiol. 143, 3537-3542. [Abstract] [PDF]

1998

16. Zverlov V., Mahr S., Riedel K., Bronnenmeier K. (1998) Properties and gene structure of a bifunctional cellulolytic enzyme (celA) from the extreme thermophile Anaerocellum thermophilum with separate glycosyl hydrolase family 9 and 48 catalytic domains. Microbiol. 144, 457-465. [Abstract] [PDF]

17. Zverlov V., Velikodvorskaya G., Schwarz W., Bronnenmeier K., Kellermann J., Staudenbauer W. (1998) Multidomain structure and cellulosomal localization of the Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase CbhA. J. Bacteriol. 180, 3091-3099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

18. Zverlov V.V., Liebl W., Bachleitner M., Schwarz W.H. (1998) Nucleotide sequence of arfB of Clostridium stercorarium, and prediction of catalytic residues of a -L-arabinofuranosidases based on local similarity with several families of glycosyl hydrolases. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 164, 337-343. [Abstract]

19. Velikodvorskaya T.V., Volkov I.Yu., Vasilevko V.T., Zverlov V.V., Volkova L.V., Alizade Belsabane Kh., Chekanovskaya L.V., Piruzian E.S. (1998) Construction and properties of a deletion variant of the laminarinase (LamA) from Thermotoga neapolitana and expression of the modified gene in protoplasts of Nocotiana plumbaginifolia. Russian J. Genetics 34, 489-492. [Abstract]

1999

20. Zverlov V.V., Volkov I.Yu., Lunina N.A., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (1999) Enzymes of thermophilic anaerobic bacteria hydrolyzing cellulose, xylan and other beta-glucans. Mol. Biology 33, 89-95. [Abstract]

21. Zverlov V., Velikodvorskaya G., Schwarz W., Kellermann J., Staudenbauer W. (1999) Duplicated Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase gene encoding cellulosomal subunits S3 and S5. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 51, 852-859. [Abstract]

22. Zverlov V.V., Schwarz W.H. (1999) Organization of the chromosomal region containing the genes lexA and topA in Thermotoga neapolitana. Primary structure of LexA reveals phylogenetic relevance. System. Appl. Microbiol. 22, 174-178. [Abstract]

23. Berezina O.V., Zverlov V.V., Lunina N.A., Chekanovskaya L.A., Dubinina E.N., Liebl W., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (1999) Gene and properties of thermostable 4-alfa-glucanotransferase of Thermotoga neapolitana. Mol. Biology 33, 801-806. [Abstract]

2000

24. Zverlov V.V., Hertel C. , Bronnenmeier K., Hroch A., Kellerman J., Schwarz W.H. (2000) The thermostable alfa-L-rhamnosidase RamA of Clostridium stercorarium: biochemical characterization and primary structure of a bacterial alfa-L-rhamnoside hydrolase, e new type of inverting glucoside hydrolase. Mol. Microbiol. 35, 173-179. [Abstract] [Full Text]

2001

25. Zverlov V.V., Volkov I.Y., Velikodvorskaya G.A., Schwarz W.H. (2001) The binding pattern of two carbohydrate-binding modules of laminarinase Lam16A from Thermotoga neapolitana: differences in beta-glucan binding within family CBM4. Microbiology 147, 621-629. [Abstract] [PDF]

2002

26. Zverlov V.V., Velikodvorskaya G.A., Schwarz W.H. (2002) A newly described cellulosomal cellobiohydrolase, CelO, from Clostridium thermocellum: investigation of the exo- mode of hydrolysis, and binding capacity to crystalline cellulose. Microbiology 148, 247-255.[Abstract] [PDF]

27. Zverlov V.V., Fuchs K., Schwarz W.H. (2002) ChiA, the endochitinase in the cellulosome of the thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium Clostridium thermocellum. Appl. Environ. Microbiology 68, 3176-3179.[Abstract] [PDF]

2003

28. Zverlov V.V., Höll W., Schwarz W.H. (2003) Enzymes for digestion of cellulose and other polysaccharides in the gut of longhorn beetle larvae, Rhagium inquisitor L. (Col., Cerambycidae). International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 51, 175-179. [Abstract]

29. Zverlov V.V., Velikodvorskaya G.A. , Schwarz W.H. (2003) Two new cellulosome components encoded downstream of celI in the genome of Clostridium thermocellum: the non-processive endoglucanase CelN and the possibly structural protein CseP. Microbiology 149, 515-524. [Abstract] [PDF]

30. Fuchs, K.P., Zverlov, V.V., Velikodvorskaya, G.A., Lottspeich, F., and Schwarz, W.H. (2003) Lic16A of Clostridium thermocellum, a non-cellulosomal, highly complex endo-ß-1,3-glucanase bound to the outer cell surface. Microbiology 149, 1021-1031. [Abstract] [PDF]

31. Berezina O.V., Lunina N.A., Zverlov V.V., Naumoff D.G., Liebl W., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (2003) A cluster of Thermotoga neapolitana genes involved in the degradation of starch and maltodextrins: The molecular structure of locus. Mol. Biology 37, 678-685. [Abstract]

32. Lunina N.A. , Berezina O.V. , Veith B., Zverlov V.V., Vorobieva I.P., Chekanovskaya L.A., Khromov I.S. , Raasch C., Liebl W., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (2003) A cluster of Thermotoga neapolitana genes involved in the degradation of starch and maltodextrins: the expression of the aglB and aglA genes in E. coli and the properties of the recombinant enzymes. Mol. Biology 37, 686-694. [Abstract]

33. Veith, B., Zverlov, V. V., Lunina, N. A., Berezina, O. V., Raasch, C., Velikodvorskaya, G. A., and Liebl, W. (2003) Comparative analysis of the recombinant alfa-glucosidases from the Thermotoga neapolitana and Thermotoga maritima maltodextrin utilization gene clusters. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation 21, 147-158.[Abstract]

2004

34. Einspanier, R., Lutz, B., Rief, S., Berezina, O., Zverlov, V., Schwarz, W., and Mayer, J. (2004) Tracing residual recombinant feed molecules during digestion and rumen bacterial diversity in cattle fed transgene maize. European Food Research and Technology 218, 269-273. [Abstract]

35. H. Adelsberger, C. Hertel, E. Glawischnig, V. Zverlov and W. H. Schwarz (2004) Enzyme system of Clostridium stercorarium for hydrolysis of arabinoxylan: reconstitution of the in vivo system from recombinant enzymes. Microbiology 150, 2257-2266. [Abstract] [PDF]

36. Zverlov, V. V., and Schwarz, W. H. (2004). The Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome - the paradigm of a multienzyme complex. In Ohmiya, K., K. Sakka, S. Karita, T. Kimura, M. Sakka, and Y. Onishi (eds.), Biotechnology of Lignocellulose Degradation and Biomass Utilization. Uni Pub. Co. Ltd., Tokyo., 137-147. [PDF]

37. Schwarz, W. H., Zverlov, V. V., Bahl, H. (2004) Extracellular glycosyl hydrolases from clostridia. In Allen I.Laskin, Joan W.Bennett, and Geoffrey M.Gadd (eds.), Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 56, 215-261.[Abstract]

2005

38. Zverlov,V.V., Klein M., Lucker S., Friedrich M., Kellermann J., Stahl D., Loy A., Wagner M. (2005) Lateral Gene Transfer of Dissimilatory (Bi)Sulfite Reductase Revisited. J. Bacteriol. 187, 2203-2208. [Abstract] [PDF]

39. Zverlov, V. V., Kellermann, J., & Schwarz, W. H. (2005) Functional subgenomis of Clostridium thermocellum cellulosomal genes: Identification of the major components and detection of three new components. Proteomics 05, 3646-3653. [Abstract]

40. Zverlov, V. V., Schantz,N., & Schwarz, W. H. (2005) A major new component in the cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum is a processive endo-beta-1,4-glucanase producing cellotetraose. FEMS Microbiol. Lett 249, 353-358. [Abstract]

41. Zverlov, V. V., Schantz,N., Schmitt-Kopplin, P. & Schwarz, W. H. (2005) Two new major subunits in the cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum: xyloglucan hydrolase Xgh74A and endo-xylanase Xyn10D. Microbiology 151, 3395-3401. [Abstract]

42. Volkov, I. Yu., Lunina, N. A., Berezina, O. V., Velikodvorskaja, G. A. & Zverlov, V. V. (2005) A Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus alfa- and beta-galactosidases gene cluster, including genes melA and lacA, and the properties of the recombinant LacA. Mol. Biology 39, 915-922.[Abstract]


2006

43. Zverlov, V. V., Berezina, O.V., Velikodvirskaya, G.A., & Schwarz, W. H. (2006) Bacterial acetone and butanol production by industrial fermentation in the Soviet Union: use of hydrolyzed agricultural waste for biorefinery. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 71, 587-597. [Abstract]

44.Schwarz, W. H., & Zverlov, V. V. (2006) Protease inhibitors in bacteria: an emerging concept for the regulation of bacterial protein complexes? Molecular Microbiology 60, 1323-1326. [Abstract]

45.Zverlov, V. V., and Schwarz, W. H. (2006) The Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome: novel components and insights from the genomic sequence. In Kataeva, I., & Ljungdahl, L. (eds.), Cellulosome. (In serial Molecular Anatomy and Physiology of Proteins, edited by Vladimir Uversky). Nova Publishers. 119-151.


2007

46. Berger, E., Zhang, D., Zverlov, V.V. & Schwarz, W. H. (2007) Two non-cellulosomal cellulases of Clostridium thermocellum, Cel9I and Cel48Y, hydrolyze crystalline cellulose synergistically. FEMS Microbiol. Lett 268, 194-201. [Abstract]

47. Antoni, D., Zverlov, V.V. & Schwarz, W. H. (2007) Biofuels from Microbes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 77, 23-35. [Abstract]

2008

48. Zverlov, V.V. & Schwarz, W. H. (2008) Bacterial cellulose hydrolysis in anaerobic environmental systems Clostridium thermocellum and Clostridium stercorarium, thermophilic plant fibre degraders. In "Incredible Anaerobes: From Physiology to Genomics to Fuels" Edited by Juergen Wiegel; Robert J. Maier; Michael W. W. Adams, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1125, 298-307.[Abstract]

49. Berezina, O.V., Sineoky, S.P., Velikodvorskaya, G.A., Schwarz, W.H., Zverlov, V.V. (2008) Extracellular Glycosyl Hydrolase Activity of the Clostridium Strains Producing Acetone, Butanol, and Ethanol. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology 44, 42�47.[Abstract]

50. Zverlov, V.V. Klupp, M., Krauss, J. & Schwarz, W. H. (2008) Mutants in the scaffoldin gene cipA of Clostridium thermocellum with impaired cellulosome formation and cellulose hydrolysis: insertions of a new transposable element, IS1447, and implications for cellulase synergism on crystalline cellulose. Journal of Bacteriology 190, 4321-4327. [Abstract]

2009

51. Shedova, E., Albrecht, C., Zverlov,V.V. & W. H. Schwarz (2009). Stimulation of bacterial DNA transformation by cattle saliva - implications for using genetically modified plants in animal feed. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 25, 457-463. [Abstract]

52. Shedova, E.N., Berezina, O.V., Lunina, N.A., Zverlov,V.V., Schwarz, W.H. & Velikodworskaya, G.A. (2009). Cloning and characterisation of a large metagenomic DNA fragment containing Glycosyl-Hydrolase genes. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology 24, Nr. 1 12-16. [Abstract]

53. Dvortsov, I.A., Lunina, N.A., Chekanovskaya L.A., Schwarz, W.H., Zverlov,V.V. & Velikodworskaya, G.A. (2009). Carbohydrate binding properties of a separately folding protein module from beta-1,3-glucanase Lic16A of Clostridium thermocellum. Microbiology 155, 2442 - 2449. [Abstract]

54. Shedova, E.N., Lunina, N.A., Berezina, O.V., Zverlov,V.V., Schwarz, W.H. & Velikodworskaya, G.A. (2009). Expression of the Genes celA and xylA isolated from a fragment of metagenomic DNA in Escherichia coli. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology 24, Nr. 2, 28-32. [Abstract]

55. Berezina O.V., Brandt A., Yarotsky S., Schwarz W.H., Zverlov,V.V. (2009). Isolation of a new butanol producing Clostridium strains: high level of hemicellulosic activity and structure of solventogenesis genes of a new Clostridium saccharobutylicum isolate. System. Appl. Microbiol. 32, 449-459. [Abstract]

 

Abstracts

1. V.V. Zverlov, M.Z. Yurjev, M.A. Mogutov. (1987). Study of primary stages of xylose conversion in yeasts. Abstracts of 12th international specialized symposium on yeasts, Weimar, GDR, p. 76.

2. A.Slesarev, V.Kopylov, V.Zverlov, O.Kovalsky, S.Kozyavkin. (1990). DNA supercoiling and relaxation by topoisomerases of extremely thermophilic archaebacteria. Abstracts of International Meeting "Thermophily Today", Viterbo, Italy, p. 114-115.

3. A. Slesarev, O. Kovalsky, V. Kopylov, V. Zverlov, S. Kozyavkin. (1990). DNA topoisomerases of extreme thermophiles. Abstracts of 20th Meeting of the FEBS, Budapest, Hungary, p. 309.

4. Zverlov V.V., Velikodvorskaya G.A. (1990). Cloning of thermostable laminarinase gene of Clostridium thermocellum. Abstracts of 20th Meeting of the FEBS, Budapest, Hungary, p. 347.

5. V. Zverlov, M. Tsareikina, G. Velikodvorskaya (1990). Cloning of b -glucosidase and b -galactosidase genes from Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum. Abstracts of FIRST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG SCIENTIST CONFERENCE "Problems and methods in molecular and cell biology and biotechnology", Kavarna, Bulgaria, p.18.

6. S.V. Kalyuzhnyi, T.P. Mosolova, V.V. Zverlov, N.P. Golovchenko, G.A. Velikodvorskaya (1994) Three cellulases from Clostridium thermocellum produced in Escherichia coli perform synergistic biodegradation of cellulose. Abstr. book 16th Symp. "Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals", Gatlinburg, USA, 1994, p. 70.

7. V. Zverlov, W. Schwarz. (1997). Nucleotide sequence of the laminarinase gene from Thermotoga neapolitana and characterization of the recombinant gene product." BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Frühjahrestagung 1997, p.51.

8. V. Zverlov, K. Bronnenmeier. (1997). Sequencing of endoglucanase celD and endoxylanase xynA genes from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Anaerocellum thermophilum Z-1320. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Frühjahrestagung 1997, p.52.

9. F. Götz, K. Piotukh, V. Zverlov, R. Borriss. (1997). Thermostability of xylanases from Thermotoga neapolitana. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Frühjahrestagung 1997, p.54.

10. P. Mayerhofer, K. Bronnenmeier, V. Zverlov. (1997). Characterization of Cellobiohydrolase CbhA, a thermostable multi-domain E1-glycosil hydrolase trom Clostridium thermocellum. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Frühjahrestagung 1997, p.133.

11. W. Schwarz, V. Zverlov. (2000) The binding specificity of two Thermotoga neapolitana laminarinase A substrate binding domains. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zum 1. Kongress der DGHM und VAAM: "Microbiology 2000", p.74.

12. Schwarz, W. H., and Zverlov, V. V. (2001). New components in the cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum. Gordon Research Conference on "Cellulases and Cellulosomes", Procter Academy, Andover NH, USA, July 29-Aug. 3

13. V. Zverlov, W.Schwarz (2002). Cellulose hydrolysis by bacteria: Cellulosomal cellobiohydrolase CelO from Clostridium thermocellum hydrolyses cellulose by an exo-mode and binds to crystalline cellulose. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Jahrestagung 2002 "Microbial Diversity", p.72.

14.V.Zverlov, W. Schwarz (2002). Genes for two new cellulosomal components, cellulase Cel9N and a non-hydrolytic protein CseP (CelP), are located downstream of celI in the genome of Clostridium thermocellum. Xth International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Micobiology, Paris, 27 July , p.225. [PDF]

15. O. Berezina, V. Zverlov, S. Rief, R. Einspanier, W. H. Schwarz (2003) Bacterial diversity in the rumen of cows fed transgenic maize. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Jahrestagung 2003 "From Molecules to Cells - Information Processing in Microbes", Berlin, March 23-26, p.105. [PDF]

16. V. Zverlov, G.Velikodvorskaya, W. H. Schwarz (2003) Bacterial acetone-butanol production in the former Soviet Union. BIOspektrum, Sonderausgabe zur VAAM Jahrestagung 2003 "From Molecules to Cells - Information Processing in Microbes", Berlin, March 23-26, p.108. [PDF]

17. V.V. Zverlov, W.H. Schwarz (2003) The Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome - the paradigm of a multienzyme complex. MIE Bioforum 2003, Biotechnology of lignocellulose degradation and biomass utilization, Ise-Shima, Japan, November 10-14, p.41.

18.V. Zverlov, O. Berezina, W. Schwarz (2005) Bacterial solvent production in the former Soviet Union: ABE from biomass. International Workshop on Biorefinery, Kyoto, Japan, February 9-10, p. 24. [PDF]

19. V. Zverlov, W. Schwarz (2005) New developments towards the the understanding of the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome. International Workshop on Biorefinery, Kyoto, Japan, February 9-10, p. 25. [PDF]

20. V.V. Zverlov, W. H. Schwarz (2005) The Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome: detection of the major components and characterization of three new hydrolytic enzymes. BIOspektrum, Tagungsband zum 2. Gemeinsamen Kongress der DGHM und VAAM Goettingen, p.187.

21. V.V. Zverlov, W. H. Schwarz (2006) Bacteria for our future biofuels. BIOspektrum, Tagungsband zur VAAM-Jahrestagung 2006 Jena, p.111. [PDF]

22. O.V. Berezina, V.V. Zverlov & W.H. Schwarz (2006) Clostridia for solvent production from lignocellulosics. Clostridium IX, Ninth International Workshop on the Regulation of Metabolism, Genetics and Development of the Solvent- and Acid-forming Clostridia, Houston, TX USA, 18-21 May, p.22.

23. V.V. Zverlov, M. Hösl, E. Eckers, A. Pegel & W.H. Schwarz (2006) The major components in the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome: proteins in four cellulosome preparations from different substrates. Clostridium IX, Ninth International Workshop on the Regulation of Metabolism, Genetics and Development of the Solvent- and Acid-forming Clostridia, Houston, TX USA, 18-21 May, p.31.

24. V.V. Zverlov & W.H. Schwarz (2007) Bacterial cellulose hydrolysis in anaerobic enviromental subsystems: Clostridium thermocellum, a thermophilic cellulose cruncher. Incredible Anaerobes: From Physiology to Genomics to Fuels, Athens, GA 30602,USA, 2-3 March.

25. V.V. Zverlov & W.H. Schwarz (2007) Bacteria for our future biofuels. Incredible Anaerobes: From Physiology to Genomics to Fuels, Athens, GA 30602,USA, 2-3 March.

26. V.V. Zverlov, R. Gapes & W.H. Schwarz (2007) Biobutanol - rediscovering a sustainable fuel. BIOspektrum, Tagungsband zur VAAM-Jahrestagung 2007 Osnabrück, p.103.

27. O. Berezina, V.V. Zverlov & W.H. Schwarz (2007) Characterisation of the solventogenic genes in newly isolated Clostridium saccharobutylicum strains. BIOspektrum, Tagungsband zur VAAM-Jahrestagung 2007 Osnabrück, p.182.

28. V.V. Zverlov & W.H. Schwarz (2007) Mutants in the cipA gene of Clostridium thermocellum with impaired cellulosome formation. Gordon Research Conference �Cellulasses & Cellulosomes� 29 Jul.-03 Aug. Andover, NH, USA

29. Berezina, O., Brandt, A, Zakharova, N., Klupp, M., Schwarz, W.H., Yarotsky, S., & Zverlov, V.V. (2008). The construction of an Escherichia coli strain producing butanol/butyrate. Poster VAAM-GBM-Jahrestagung 2008. Biospektrum Tagungsband 2008, p. 88.

30. Krauss, J. Zverlov, V.V., & Schwarz, W.H. (2008). Artificial cellulosomes: Clostridium thermocellum hydrolytic enzymes immobilized on nanoparticles. Poster VAAM-GBM-Jahrestagung 2008. Biospektrum Tagungsband 2008, p. 95.

31. Hiegl, W., Zverlov, V.V., & Schwarz, W.H. (2008). Growth of hydrolytic bacteria on energy crop substrates. Poster VAAM-GBM-Jahrestagung 2008. Biospektrum Tagungsband 2008, p. 104.

32. Michel, D., Zverlov, V.V., & Schwarz, W.H. (2008). Hyper-thermophilic cellulolytic prokaryotes in biogas fermentation. Poster VAAM-GBM-Jahrestagung 2008. Biospektrum Tagungsband 2008, p. 104.

33. Krauss, J.,Zverlov, V.V., & Schwarz, W.H. (2008). Artificial cellulosomes: the Clostridium thermocellum hydrolytic enzymes immobilized on nanoparticles. MIE Bioforun 2008, Biotechnology of lignocellulose degradation, biomass utilization and biorefinery, Shima-Isobe, Japan, September 1-5, p.147.

34. Berezina, O., Brandt, A., Schwarz, W.H., & Zverlov, V.V. (2008). A newly isolated solventogenic Clostridium saccharobutylicum strain possesses high polysaccharolytic activity: molecular characterization of butanologenic genes. MIE Bioforun 2008, Biotechnology of lignocellulose degradation, biomass utilization and biorefinery, Shima-Isobe, Japan, September 1-5, p.176.

35. Schwarz, W.H., & Zverlov, V.V. (2008). Role of anaerobic bacteria in the degradation of plant fibres. MIE Bioforun 2008, Biotechnology of lignocellulose degradation, biomass utilization and biorefinery, Shima-Isobe, Japan, September 1-5, p.43.

36. Berezina, O., Zakharova, N., Yarotsky, S., Schwarz, W.H., & Zverlov, V.V. (2008). Metabolic engineering of Lactobacillus brevis for n-butanol production. Clostridium 10, The 10th Workshop on the Genetics and Physiology of Acid- and Solvent-producing Clostridia, Wageningen, The Netherlands, September 28 to October 1.

37. Berezina, O., Schwarz, W.H., & Zverlov, V.V. (2008). Isolation of a new solventogenic Clostridium saccharobutylicum strain, possessing a high level of polysaccharolytic activity: identification of genes responsible for the solventogenesis pathway. Clostridium 10, The 10th Workshop on the Genetics and Physiology of Acid- and Solvent-producing Clostridia, Wageningen, The Netherlands, September 28 to October 1..