Projects

• Khaleel, Rizwan; Weig, Alfons R.; Wagenhofer, Julian; Rolf, Markus; Lu, Yifan; Laermanns, Hannes et al. (2026): Temporal dynamics of bacterial and fungal colonization on polystyrene microplastics in floodplain soils. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6485405.
  
• Rohrbach, Stephan; Gkoutselis, Gerasimos; Hink, Linda; Weig, Alfons R.; Rambold, Gerhard; Horn, Marcus A. (2025): Microplastic impacts archaeal abundance, microbial communities, and their network connectivity in a Sub-Saharan soil environment. In FEMS microbiology ecology 101 (10). DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaf085.
  
• Hink, Linda; Holzinger, Anja; Sandfeld, Tobias; Weig, Alfons R.; Schramm, Andreas; Feldhaar, Heike; Horn, Marcus A. (2023): Microplastic ingestion affects hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber. In Environ. Microbiol. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16386.
  
• Hink, Linda; Holzinger, Anja; Sandfeld, Tobias; Weig, Alfons R.; Schramm, Andreas; Feldhaar, Heike; Horn, Marcus A. (2023): Microplastic ingestion affects hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber. In Environ. Microbiol. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16386.
  
• Seidenath, Dimitri; Weig, Alfons R.; Mittereder, Andreas; Hillenbrand, Thomas; Brüggemann, Dieter; Opel, Thorsten et al. (2023): Diesel exhaust particles alter gut microbiome and gene expression in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. In Ecol. Evol. 13 (6), e10180. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10180.
  
• Rohrbach, Stephan; Gkoutselis, Gerasimos; Hink, Linda; Weig, Alfons R.; Obst, Martin; Diekmann, Astrid et al. (2022): Microplastic polymer properties as deterministic factors driving terrestrial plastisphere microbiome assembly and succession in the field. In Environ. Microbiol. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16234.
  
• Völkl, Matthias; Jérôme, Valérie; Weig, Alfons; Jasinski, Julia; Meides, Nora; Strohriegl, Peter et al. (2022): Pristine and artificially-aged polystyrene microplastic particles differ in regard to cellular response. In J. Hazard. Mater. 435, p. 128955. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128955.
• Kumar, Anil; Weig, Alfons R.; Agarwal, Seema (2021): Balancing degradability and physical properties of amorphous poly(D,L‐Lactide) by making blends. In Macromol. Mater. Eng., p. 2100602. DOI: 10.1002/mame.202100602.
  
• Weig, Alfons R; Löder, Martin GJ; Ramsperger, Anja FRM; Laforsch, Christian (2021): In situ prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities on microplastic particles in a small headwater stream in Germany. In Front. Microbiol. 12, Article 660024. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.660024.
  

• Krah, Franz-Sebastian; Scharmann, Mathias; Weig, Alfons R.; Hess, Jaqueline; Kellner, Harald; Athanasiadis, Antonis et al. (2026): Population Genomics of a Rare and a Common Wood-Inhabiting Fungal Species Across Europe. In Mol Ecol 35 (3), e70260. DOI: 10.1111/mec.70260.
  
• Sasínková, Markéta; Balvín, Ondřej; Vandrovcová, Jana; Massino, Christian; Weig, Alfons R.; Reinhardt, Klaus et al. (2023): Despite genetic isolation in sympatry, post-copulatory reproductive barriers have not evolved between bat- and human-associated common bedbugs (Cimex lectularius L.). In Frontiers in Zoology 20 (1), p. 36. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-023-00514-y.
  
• Křemenová, Jana; Bartonička, Tomáš; Balvín, Ondřej; Massino, Christian; Reinhardt, Klaus; Sasínková, Markéta et al. (2021): Male diet affects female fitness and sperm competition in human- and bat-associated lineages of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. In Sci. Rep. 11 (1), p. 15538. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94622-6.
  

• Liu, Hongfei; Banfield, Callum; Gomes, Sofia IF.; Gube, Matthias; Weig, Alfons; Pausch, Johanna (2023): Vegetation transition from meadow to forest reduces priming effect on SOM decomposition. In Soil Biol. Biochem. 184, p. 109123. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109123.
  

• 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.
  

• Müller, Frank D.; Schüler, Dirk; Weig, Alfons (2023): Complete genome sequencing and annotation of Rhodomicrobium vannielii strain DSM166 suggest affiliation to Rhodomicrobium lacus. In Microbiology resource announcements, e0069023. DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00690-23.
  
• Silva, Karen T.; Schüler, Margarete; Mickoleit, Frank; Zwiener, Theresa; Müller, Frank D.; Awal, Ram Prasad et al. (2020): Genome-Wide Identification of Essential and Auxiliary Gene Sets for Magnetosome Biosynthesis in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. In mSystems 5 (6). DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00565-20.
  

• 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)