Projects

• Hink, L., Holzinger, A., Sandfeld, T., Weig, A.R., Schramm, A., Feldhaar, H., Horn, M.A. (2022). Effects of microplastic ingestion on hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber, bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2022.06.22.497054.
  
• Völkl, M., Jérôme, V., Weig, A., Jasinski, J., Meides, N., Strohriegl, P., Scheibel, T., Freitag, R. (2022). Pristine and artificially-aged polystyrene microplastic particles differ in regard to cellular response, J. Hazard. Mater., 435, 128955. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128955.
  
• Kumar, A., Weig, A.R., Agarwal, S. (2021). Balancing degradability and physical properties of amorphous poly(D,L‐Lactide) by making blends, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 2100602. doi: 10.1002/mame.202100602.
  
• Weig, A.R., Löder, M.G.J., Ramsperger, Anja F. R. M., Laforsch, C. (2021). In situ prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities on microplastic particles in a small headwater stream in Germany, Front. Microbiol., 12. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.660024.
  

• Guhr, Alexander; Weig, Alfons R. (2019): Assessment of prokaryote to eukaryote ratios in environmental samples by SSU rDNA length polymorphism. In: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. DOI: 10.1007/s10482-019-01327-y.
  

• Gubitz, C., Reul, M., Weig, A. (2022). Zur Kenntnis von Agaricus depauperatus s. l. unter Berücksichtigung weiterer rötender Champignon-Arten, Zeitschrift für Mykologie, 88, 23–44.
  

• Bäumler, Judith; Riber, Willi; Klecker, Maria; Müller, Leon; Dissmeyer, Nico; Weig, Alfons R.; Mustroph, Angelika (2019): AtERF#111/ABR1 is a transcriptional activator involved in the wounding response. In: Plant J. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14490.
  

• Brinker, Pina; Weig, Alfons; Rambold, Gerhard; Feldhaar, Heike; Tragust, Simon (2019): Microbial community composition of nest-carton and adjoining soil of the ant Lasius fuliginosus and the role of host secretions in structuring microbial communities. In: Fungal Ecology 38, S. 44–53. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.007.
  

• Feulner, Martin; Weig, Alfons; Voss, Tobias; Schott, Lea F.; Aas, Gregor: 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, Volume 191, Issue 3, November 2019, Pages 315–324, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz053
  
• Feulner, M; Weig, A; Paule, J; Gregor, T; Schott, LF; 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), online: 2017-07-12, doi:10.23855/preslia.2017.275
  
• 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), online: 2013-04-02, doi:10.1007/s00606-013-0778-x
  

• Weig, A R; Peršoh, D; Werner, S; Betzlbacher, A; Rambold, G: Diagnostic assessment of mycodiversity in environmental samples by fungal ITS1 rDNA length polymorphism., Mycological Progress, 12, 719-725 (2013), online: 15.01.2013, doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0883-1
  
• Weig, A R; Peršoh, D; Rambold, G: EcoChips für die Erforschung mikrobieller Lebensgemeinschaften, BIOspektrum, 19(4), 382–385 (2013), doi:10.1007/s12268-013-0326-9
• Peršoh, D; Weig, A R; Rambold, G: A transcriptome-targeting EcoChip for assessing functional mycodiversity, Microarrays, 1(1), 25-41 (2012), online: 31.10.2011, doi:10.3390/microarrays1010025
  

• El Sayed, A; Weig, A R; Hummel, E; Yan, SL; 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), online: 28.11.2012, doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2012.11.003
  
• El Sayed, A; Weig, A R; Komor, E: Molecular characterization of Hawaiian Sugarcane yellow leaf virusgenotypes and their phylogenetic relationship to strains from other sugarcane-growing countries, European Journal of Plant Pathology, 129, 399–412 (2011), online: 09.11.2010, doi:10.1007/s10658-010-9703-0
  

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• Johanson, U; Karlsson, M; Johansson, I; Gustavsson, S; Sjövall, S; Fraysse, F; Weig, A R; 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, 1358-1369 (2001), doi:10.1104/pp.126.4.1358 -- Details
  
• Weig, A R; Jakob, C: Functional identification of the glycerol permease activity of Arabidopsis thalianaNLM1 and NLM2 proteins by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, FEBS Letters, 481, 293-298 (2000), doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02027-5
• Weig, A R; Jakob, C: Functional chracterisation of Arabidopsis thaliana aquaglyceroporins in Hohmann, S; Nielsen, S: Molecular biology and physiology of water and solute transport, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 365-372 (2000)
  

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• Eisenbarth, DA; Weig, A R: Dynamics of Aquaporins and Water Relations during Hypocotyl Elongation in Ricinus communis L. Seedlings, J. Experimental Botany, 56, 1831-1842 (2005), doi:10.1093/jxb/eri173
  
• Eisenbarth, DA; Weig, A R: 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
• Weig, A R; Eisenbarth, DA: Role of aquaporins during elongation growth of castor bean seedlings inHohmann, S; Nielsen, S: Molecular biology and physiology of water and solute transport, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 357-364 (2000)
  
• Weig, A R; Eisenbarth, D: Aquaporin function in hypocotyl growth, (2000)