Highlighted papers

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Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria

TCA Hitch, T Riedel, A Oren, J Overmann, TD Lawley, T Clavel
ISME Communications 1 (1), 1-16,2021

Early-Life Immune System Maturation in Chickens Using a Synthetic Community of Cultured Gut Bacteria

C Zenner, TCA Hitch, T Riedel, E Wortmann, S Tiede, EM Buhl, B Abt, ...
Msystems 6 (3), e01300-20,2021

Handling of spurious sequences affects the outcome of high-throughput 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiling

S Reitmeier, TCA Hitch, N Treichel, N Fikas, B Hausmann, AE Ramer-Tait, ...
ISME Communications 1 (1), 1-12,2021

MiMiC: a bioinformatic approach for generation of synthetic communities from metagenomes

N Kumar, TCA Hitch, D Haller, I Lagkouvardos, T Clavel
Microbial Biotechnology,2021

Sporofaciens musculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the caecum of an obese mouse

TS Rasmussen, T Streidl, TCA Hitch, E Wortmann, P Deptula, ...
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71 (3), 004673,2021

Recent advances in culture-based gut microbiome research

TCA Hitch, A Afrizal, T Riedel, A Kioukis, D Haller, I Lagkouvardos, ...
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 151485,2021

Upregulation of Anti-Oxidative Stress Response Improves Metabolic Changes in L-Selectin-Deficient Mice but Does Not Prevent NAFLD Progression or Fecal Microbiota Shifts

S Eswaran, A Babbar, HK Drescher, TCA Hitch, T Clavel, M Muschaweck, ...
International journal of molecular sciences 22 (14), 7314,2021

A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity

D Wylensek, TCA Hitch, T Riedel, A Afrizal, N Kumar, E Wortmann, T Liu, ... 

Nature communications 11 (1), 1-26,2020

High microbiota reactivity of adult human intestinal IgA requires somatic mutations

J Kabbert, J Benckert, T Rollenske, TCA Hitch, T Clavel, V Cerovic, ... 

Journal of Experimental Medicine 217 (11),2020

Rumen virus populations: technological advances enhancing current understanding

RA Gilbert, EM Townsend, KS Crew, TCA Hitch, JCA Friedersdorff, ... 

Frontiers in microbiology 11, 450,2020

Diversity and function of microbial lipases within the mammalian gut

TCA Hitch, JM Masson, T Streidl, T Fischöder, L Elling, T Clavel 

bioRxiv,2020

Sequence and cultivation study of Muribaculaceae reveals novel species, host preference, and functional potential of this yet undescribed family

I Lagkouvardos, TR Lesker, TCA Hitch, EJC Gálvez, N Smit, K Neuhaus, ... 

Microbiome 7 (1), 1-15,2019 

Comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses reveal the breed effect on the rumen microbiome and its associations with feed efficiency in beef cattle

F Li, TCA Hitch, Y Chen, CJ Creevey 

Microbiome 7 (1), 1-21,2019 

The Compromised Mucosal Immune System of β7 Integrin-Deficient Mice Has Only Minor Effects on the Fecal Microbiota in Homeostasis

A Babbar, TCA Hitch, O Pabst, T Clavel, J Hübel, S Eswaran, N Wagner, ... 

Frontiers in microbiology 10, 228,2019 

A proposed update for the classification and description of bacterial lipolytic enzymes

TCA Hitch, T Clavel 

PeerJ 7, e7249,2019 

Metatranscriptomics reveals mycoviral populations in the ovine rumen

TCA Hitch, JE Edwards, RA Gilbert 

FEMS microbiology letters 366 (13), fnz161,2019 

Muribaculum

TCA Hitch, T Clavel 

Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria2019 

Spherical: an iterative workflow for assembling metagenomic datasets

TCA Hitch, CJ Creevey 

BMC bioinformatics 19 (1), 1-8,2018 

Meta-proteomics of rumen microbiota indicates niche compartmentalisation and functional dominance in a limited number of metabolic pathways between abundant bacteria

EH Hart, CJ Creevey, T Hitch, AH Kingston-Smith 

Scientific reports 8 (1), 1-11,2018 

Deep sequence analysis reveals the ovine rumen as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes

TCA Hitch, BJ Thomas, JCA Friedersdorff, H Ougham, CJ Creevey 

Environmental Pollution 235, 571-575,2018