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Publications

• Ron, E.Z., Minz, D., Finkelstein, N.P. and Rosenberg, E. (1993). Interactions of Bacteria With Cadmium. Biodegradation. 3: 161-170. 
• Minz, D., Rosenberg, E. and Ron, E.Z. 1996. Cadmium Binding by Bacteria: Screening and Characterization of New Isolates and Mutants. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 135:191-194. 
• Minz, D., Flax, J.L., Green, S.J., Muyzer, G., Cohen, Y., Wagner, M., Rittmann, B.E. and Stahl D.A. 1999. Diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a microbial mat characterized by comparative analysis of dissimilatory (bi-)sulfite reductase genes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:4666-4671. 
• Minz, D, Fishbain, S., Green, S.J., Muyzer, G., Cohen, Y., Rittmann, B.E. and Stahl D.A. 1999. Unusual Population Distribution in a Microbial Mat Community: Sulfate- Reducing Bacteria Localized to the Highly Oxic Chemocline in Contrast to a Eukaryotic Preference for Anoxia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:4659-4665. 
• Harms, G., Zengler, K., Aeckersberg, F., Minz, D., Rabus,R. and Widdel, F. 1999. Anaerobic Oxidation of o-Xylene, m-Xylene, and Homologous Alkylbenzenes by New Types of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 999-1004. 
• Galushko, A., D. Minz, B. Schink and F. Widdel. 1999. Anaerobic degradation of naphthalene by a pure culture of a novel type of marine sulfate-reducing bacterium. Environmental Microbiology. 1:415-420. 
• Stefan J. Green, David A. Stahl, Ya Chen, Colleen A. Lavin, Yehuda Cohen and Dror Minz. 1999. Filamentous cyanobacteria in a microbial mat. ASM MicrobeLibrary 
• Jurkevitch, E. Minz, D., Ramati, B. and G. Barel. 2000. Prey Range Characterization, Ribotyping and Diversity of Soil and Rhizosphere Bdellovibrio spp. Isolated on Phytopathogenic Bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2365-2371. 
• Freeman, S., Minz, D., Jurkevitch, E., Maymon, M. and Shabi, E. 2000. Molecular Analyses of Colletotrichum Species from Almond and Other Fruits. Phytopathology. 90:608-614. 
• Cytryn, E., Minz, D. Oremland, R.S. and Cohen, Y. 2000. Distribution and Diversity of Archaea Corresponding to the Limnological Cycle of a Hypersaline Stratified Lake (Solar Lake, Sinai). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3269-3276. 
• Schallmach, E., Minz, D. and Jurkevitch, E. 2000. Culture-Independent Detection of Changes in Root-Associated Bacterial Populations of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Following Nitrogen Depletion. Microb. Ecol. 40:309-316. 
• Cytryn, E., Galfend, I., J. van Rijn and Minz, D. 2001. Studying the sulfur cycle in intensive, closed aquaculture system using a multidisciplinary approach combining chemical analysis and new microbiological methods. Water Technologies. 52:47-50. (Hebrew).
• Oved, T., Shaviv, A., Goldrath, T., Mandelbaum, R. and Minz, D. 2001. Influence of effluent irrigation on community composition and function of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 3426-3433. 
• S. Freeman, D. Minz, M. Maymon, and A. Zveibil. 2001. Genetic Diversity Within Colletotrichum acutatum sensu Simmonds. Phytopathology. 91: 586-592. 
• Cytryn, E., Galfend, I., Barak, Y., van Rijn J. and D. Minz. 2002. Microbial nitrogen and sulfur transformations in marine water treatment system; a multidisciplinary approach combining chemical analysis with new microbiological methods. Chemistry 60:8-16. (Hebrew).
• Afanador-Kafuri, L., Minz, D., Maymon, M. and S. Freeman. 2003. Characterization of Colletotrichum Isolates from Tamarillo, Passiflora and Mango in Colombia and Identification of a Unique Species from the Genus. Phytopathology. 93:579-587. 
• Denoyes-Rothan, B., G. Gu?rin, C. D?lye, B. Smith, D. Minz, M. Maymon, and S. Freeman. 2003. Genetic Diversity and Pathogenic Variability Among Isolates of Colletotrichum from Strawberry. Phytopathology. 93:219-228 . 
• Cytryn, E., Galfend, I., Barak, Y., van Rijn J. and D. Minz. 2003. Diversity of Microbial Communities Correlated to Physiochemical Parameters in a Digestion Basin of a Zero-Discharge Mariculture System. Environmental Microbiology. 5:55-63. 
• Afanador-Kafuri, L., Minz, D., Maymon, M. and S. Freeman. 2003. Characterization of Colletotrichum Isolates from Tamarillo, Passiflora and Mango in Colombia and Identification of a Unique Species from the Genus. Phytopathology. 93:579-587. 
• Green, S.J., Michel, F., Hadar, Y., Minz, D. 2004. Similarity of Bacterial Communities in Sawdust- and Straw-Amended Cow Manure Composts. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 233:115-123. 
• Herzberg M., Dosoretz C. G., Tarre S., Michael B., Minz D. and M. Green. 2004. Simultaneous removal of atrazine and nitrate using a biological granulated activated carbon (BGAC) reactor. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 79:626-631. 
• Freeman, S., Minz, D., Kolesnik, I., Barbul, O., Zveibil, A., Maymon, M., Nitzani, Y., Kirshner, B., Rav-David, D., Bilu, A. and Y. Elad. 2004. Trichoderma biocontrol of Colletotrichum acutatum and Botrytis cinerea and survival in strawberry. European J. Plant Pathol. 110:361-370. 
• Green, S.J., Freeman, S., Hadar, Y. and D. Minz. 2004. Molecular Tools for Isolate and Community Studies of Pyrenomycete Fungi. Mycologia. 96:439-451. 
• M. Maymon, D. Minz, O. Barbul, A. Zveibil, Y. Elad, and S. Freeman. 2004. Identification to Species of Trichoderma Biocontrol Isolates According to Ap-PCR and ITS Sequence Analyses. Phytoparasitica 32:370-375. 
• E. Cytryn, D. Minz, I. Gelfand, A. Neori, A. Gieseke, D. de Beer, and J. van Rijn. 2004.Sulfide-oxidizing activity and bacterial community structure in a fluidized bed reactor from a zero-discharge mariculture system. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:1802-1810. 
• I. Katz, M. Green, R. Semiat, D. Minz, H. Ivnitsky, L. Kautsky, G. Volvovic and C.G. Dosoretz. 2004. Biofauling of nanofiltration membranes in membranal treatment of wastewater. Water, liquid and Irrigation Engineering. 31:20-22. (Hebrew)
• Green S. J. and D. Minz. 2005. Suicide Polymerase Endonuclease Restriction (SuPER) - a novel technique for enhancing PCR amplification of minor DNA templates. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 4721-4727. 
• E. Cytryn, J. van Rijn, A. Gieseke, D. de Beer, C. Schwemer, A. Schramm, B. Krieger, H. L. Drake and D. Minz. 2005. Identification of Bacterial Communities Potentially Responsible for Oxic and Anoxic Sulfide Oxidation in Biofilters of a Recirculating Mariculture System. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 6134-6141. 
• E. Inbar, S.J. Green, Y. Hadar and D. Minz. 2005. Competing factors of compost concentration and proximity to root affect the distribution of Streptomycetes. Microb. Ecol. 50:73-81. 
• H. Ivnitsky, I. Katz, D. Minz, E. Shimoni, Y. Chen , J. Tarchitzky ,Y. David, R. Semiat and C.G. Dosoretz. 2005. Characterization of membrane biofouling in nanofiltration processes of wastewater treatment. Desalination. 185:255-268. 
• E. Cytryn, D. Minz, A. Gieseke and J. van Rijn. 2006. Transient development of filamentous Thiothrix species in a marine sulfide oxidizing, denitrifying fluidized bed reactor. FEMS Microbiology Letters 256:22-29. 
• M. Maymon, A. Zveibil, S. Pivonia, D. Minz and S. Freeman. 2006. Identification and Characterization of Benomyl-Resistant and -Sensitive Populations of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from Statice (Limonium spp). Phytopathology. 96:542-548. 
• L. Tzror, S. Leviosh, A. Gamliel, U. Yermiyahu, D. Minz and M. Tergerman. 2006. Decreasing soil disease.Yevul Si 19:62-66. (Hebrew)
• D. Minz, M. Offek, S.J. Green, P. Bucki, E. Inbar, L. Kautsky and Y. Hadar. 2006. Molecular approaches for microbial ecology. Mashov LeChaklaut 209:30-34. (Hebrew)
• S. J. Green, E. Inbar, F.C. Michel, Jr., Y. Hadar, and D. Minz. 2006. Succession of bacterial communities during early plant development: transition from seed to root and effect of compost amendment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:3975-3983. 
• Green, S.J., Michel, F.C ., Hadar, Y . and Minz D. (2007). Contrasting patterns of seed and root colonization by bacteria from the genus Chryseobacterium and from the family Oxalobacteraceae.  ISME J. 1:291-299.
• Ivnitsky, H., Katz, I., Minz, D., Volvovic, G., Shimoni, E., Kesselman, E., Semiat, R. and Dosoretz, C.G. (2007). Bacterial community composition and structure of biofilms developing on nanofiltration membranes applied to wastewater treatment. Water Research. 41:3924-3935.
• Jelev, Z.J., Bobev, S.G., Minz, D., Maymon, M. and Freeman S. (2008). First Report of Anthracnose Fruit Rot Caused by Colletotrichum acutatum on Pepper and Tomato in Bulgaria. Plant Dis. 92:172.
• Mandal, U. K. Warrington, D.N. Bhardwaj, A.K. Bar-Tal, A., Kautzky, L., Minz, D. and Levy, G. J. (2008). Evaluating impact of irrigation water quality on a calcareous clay soil using principal component analysis. Geoderma. 144 :189-197.
• Foesel, B. U. Gieseke, A., Schwermer, C., Stief, P., Koch, L., Cytryn, E.,   de la Torre, J.R. van Rijn, J., Minz, D., Drake, H. L. and Schramm, A. (2008). Nitrosomonas Nm143-like ammonia oxidizers and Nitrospira marina-like nitrite oxidizers dominate the nitrifier community in a marine aquaculture biofilm. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 63:192-204.
• Jelev, Z. J. S., Bobev, G., Minz, D., Maymon, M and Freeman, S. (2008). Characterisation of ColletotrichumSpecies Causing Strawberry Anthracnose in Bulgaria.  J. Phytopathol. 156:668-677.
• Silber, A. Bar-Yoseph, B., Levkovitch, I., Kautzky, L. and Minz, D.  (2008). Kinetics and mechanisms of pH-dependent Mn(II) reactions in plant-growth medium. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:2787-2795.
• McKay, S.F. Freeman, S., Minz, D. Maymon, M. Sedgley, M., Collins, G.C. and Scott, E.S. (2009). Morphological, genetic and pathogenic characterization of Colletotrichum acutatum, the cause of anthracnose of almond in Australia. Phytopathology. 99:985-995.
• Ofek, M. Hadar, Y. and Minz, D. (2009). Effects of compost amendment versus single strain inoculation on root bacterial communities of young cucumber seedlings. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:6441-6450.
• Iasur Kruh, L., Hadar, Y. Milstein, D. Gasith, A. and Minz, D. (2009). Microbial population and activity in wetland microcosms constructed for improving treated municipal wastewater. Microb. Ecol. In press: DOI 10.1007/s00248-009-9611-z.
• Triky-Dotan, S . Ofek, M. Austerweil, M. Steiner, B. Minz, D. Katan, J. and Gamliel, A. Microbial Aspects of Accelerated Degradation of Metam Sodium in Soil. Phytopathology. Accepted

Chapters in Books

• Ron, E.Z., Minz, D., Finkelstein, N.P. and Rosenberg, E. (1993). Interactions of Bacteria With Cadmium. In : E. Rosenberg (ed.), Microorganisms to Combat Pollution. Kluwer Academic Press. The Netherlands.
•  Minz, D. R. Karyo, and Gerstl Z.  Effects of municipal wastewater irrigation on soil microbiology.  In: G. Levi, A. Bar-Tal and P. Fine (Eds.), Use of treated sewage water in agriculture: impacts on crop and soil environment. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK. To be published in 2009.
•   Minz, D., Green, S.J., Ofek, M. and Hadar, Y. Compost microbial populations and interactions with plants. In: Insam, H., Goberna, M. and Whittle, I. (Eds) "Microbes at work - from wastes to resource" Springer-Verlag. To be published 2009.

Students and Post-doctoral Fellows

Yocheved Pinchassi-Adiv Post-Doctoral Associate
Stefan Green. Ph.D.
Eddie Cytryn. Ph.D.
Tamar Oved. M.Sc.
Ehud Inbar. M.Sc.
Rachel Karyo (Halabi). M.Sc.
Tamar Farkash. M.Sc.
Galit Volvovic
Liat Koch

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DGGE Help

probeBase at the Department of Microbial Ecology at the University of Vienna

ARB 16S/18S rRNA database and software environment for sequence data

The Ribosomal Database Project II (RDP) 16S rRNA database and online analysis tools