Marine diatoms Coscinodiscus granii: They live in open waters such as the North Sea. Under the microscope, many single-celled diatoms can be seen, some of which are healthy, while others are infected by an egg fungus. The zoospores that the fungus forms for reproduction can be seen as small dots.

Publications of Holger Merker

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Journal Article (4)

2019

Journal Article

Dietel, A.-K.; Merker, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Kost, C.: Selective advantages favour high genomic AT-contents in intracellular elements. PLoS Genetics 15 (4), e1007778 (2019)

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2014

Journal Article

Pande, S.; Merker, H.; Bohl, K.; Reichelt, M.; Schuster, S.; de Figueiredo, L. F.; Kaleta, C.; Kost, C.: Fitness and stability of obligate cross-feeding interactions that emerge upon gene loss in bacteria. The ISME Journal 8, pp. 953 - 962 (2014)

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2012

Journal Article

Bertels, F.; Merker, H.; Kost, C.: Design and characterization of auxotrophy-based amino acid biosensors. PLoS One 7 (7), e41349 (2012)

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2008

Journal Article

Hartl, M.; Merker, H.; Schmidt, D. D.; Baldwin, I. T.: Optimized virus-induced gene silencing in Solanum nigrum reveals the defensive function of leucine aminopeptidase against herbivores and the shortcomings of empty vector controls. New Phytologist 179 (2), pp. 356 - 365 (2008)

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Thesis - Diploma (1)

2009

Thesis - Diploma

Merker, H.: Herbivore-induced defence genes in black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) with a special focus on early-elicited transcription factors. Diploma, 72 Bl. pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2009)

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