I still publish under my maiden name, Lisa Ott, in publications on pathogenic corynebacteria and their interaction with host cells.

I use Lisa Bäumer in publications concerning the micobiome of humans and animals. 

In preparation:

23. Igüyin, N., Karera, I., Gastiger, S., Bäumer, L., Neumann, K., Burkovski, A. (2025) Species level microbiome analysis of dog skin. Animals.

22. Musella, L., Trinkl, S., Lischer, C., Vera-Gonzalez, J., Ott, L., Burkovski, A. (2025) RNAseq and bioinformatic analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae - macrophage interaction. Int. J. Mol. Sci.

In press: 

21. Azevedo Antunes, C., Goodall, E. C. A., Henderson, I., Wild, D., Mehltretter, A., Ott, P., Hölzl, M., Ott, L., Seidel, G., Burkovski, A. (2025) Genome-wide high throughput transposon mutagenesis unveils key factors for acidic pH adaptation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Microbiology.

20. Musella, L., Möller, J., Lischer, C., Vera-Gonzalez, J., Hofmann, J., Ott, L., Burkovski, A. (2025) Proteome analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae - macrophage interaction. Proteomics.

Published:

19. Matinpour, M., Zettner, N., Neumann, K., Bäumer, L., Burkovski, A. (2025) Analysis of the culturable skin microbiome of horses from Southern Germany. Microorganisms 13, 623.

18. Ott, L., Burkovski, A. (2023) Pathogene Corynebakterien: Erfolgreiche Kolonisierer von Mensch und Tier. Biospektrum 02.23, 134-136.

17. Ott, L., Möller, J., Burkovski, A. (2022) Interactions between the re-emerging pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae and host cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23, 3298.

16. Weerasekera, D., Fastner, T., Lang, R., Burkovski, A., Ott, L. (2019) Of mice and men: Interaction of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains with murine and human phagocytes. Virulence 10, 414-428. (IF 5.542).

15. Ott, L., Hacker, E., Kunert, T., Karrington, I., Etschel, P., Lang, R., Wiesmann, V., Wittenberg, T., Singh, A., Varela, C., Bhatt, A., Sangal, V., Burkovski, A. (2017) Analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae macrophage interaction: Dispensability of corynomycolic acids for inhibition of phagolysosome maturation and identification of a new gene involved in synthesis of the corynomycolic acid layer. PLoS ONE 12, e0180105.

14. Schick, J., Etschel, P., Bailo, R., Ott, L., Bhatt, A., Lepenies, B., Kirschning, C., Burkovski, A., Lang, R. (2017) Toll-like receptor 2 and mincle cooperatively sense corynebacterial cell wall glycolipids. Infect. Immun. 85, e00075-17.

13. Azevedo Antunes, C., Clark, L., Wanuske, M. T., Hacker, E., Ott, L., Simpson-Louredo, L., das Gracas de Luna, M., Hirata, R. Jr., Mattos-Guaraldi, A. L., Hodgkin, J., Burkovski, A. (2016) Caenorhabditis elegans star formation and negative chemotaxis induced by infection with corynebacteria. Microbiology 162, 84-93.

12. Hacker, E., Ott, L., Schulze-Luehrmann, J., Lührmann, A., Wiesmann, V., Wittenberg, T., Burkovski, A. (2016) The killing of macrophages by Corynebacterium ulcerans. Virulence 7, 45-55.

11. Hacker, E., Ott, L., Hasselt, K., Mattos-Guaraldi, A. L., Tauch, A., Burkovski, A. (2015) Colonization of human epithelial cell lines by Corynebacterium ulcerans from human and animal sources. Microbiology 161, 1582-1591.

10. Antunes, C. A., dos Santos, L. S., Hacker, E., Köhler, S., Bösl, K., Ott, L., das Graças de Luna, M., Hirata, R. Jr., de Carvalho Azevedo, V. A., Mattos-Guaraldi, A. L., Burkovski, A. (2015) Characterization of DIP0733, a multi-functional virulence factor of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Microbiology 161, 639-647.

9. Ott, L., Burkovski, A. (2014) Toxigenic corynebacteria: adhesion, invasion and host response. In: Burkovski (ed.) Corynebacterium diphtheriae and related toxigenic species. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 143-170.

8. Ott, L., Scholz, B., Höller, M., Hasselt, K., Ensser, A., Burkovski, A. (2013) Induction of the NF-kb signal transduction pathway in response to Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection. Microbiology 159, 126-135.

7. Rheinlaender, J., Gräbner, A., Ott, L., Burkovski, A., Schäffer, T. E. (2012) Nanoscale analyses of Corynebacterium diphtheriae pili by atomic force microscopy. Eur. Biophys. J. 41, 561-570.

6. Ott, L., McKenzie, A., Baltazar, A. T., Britting, S., Bischof, A., Burkovski, A., Hoskisson, P. A. (2012) Evaluation of invertebrate infection models for pathogenic corynebacteria. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 65, 413-421.

5. Ochrombel, I., Ott, L., Krämer, R., Burkovski, A., Marin, K. (2011) Impact of improved potassium accumulation on pH homeostasis, membrane potential adjustment and survival of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Bioenerg. 1807, 444-450.

4. Trost, E., Ott, L., Schneider, J., Schröder, J., Jaenicke, S., Goesmann, A., Husemann, P., Stoye, J., Alves Dorella, F., Souza Rocha, F., de Castro Soares, S., D’Afonseca, V., Azevedo, V., Burkovski, A., Guiso, N., Tauch, A. (2010) The complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis FRC41 isolated from a 12-year-old girl with necrotizing lymphadenitis revealed insights into gene-regulatory networks contributing to virulence. BMC Genomics 11, 728.

3. Ott, L., Höller, M., Rheinlaender, J., Schäffer, T. E., Hensel, M., Burkovski, A. (2010) Strain-specific differences in pili formation and the interaction of Corynebacterium diphtheriae with host cells. BMC Microbiol. 10, 257.

2. Ott, L., Höller, M., Gerlach, R. G., Hensel, M., Rheinlaender, J., Schäffer, T. E., Burkovski, A. (2010) Corynebacterium diphtheriae invasion-associated protein (DIP1281) is involved in cell surface organization, adhesion and internalization in epithelial cells. BMC Microbiol. 10, 2.

1. Amon, J., Bräu, T., Grimrath, A., Hänßler, E., Hasselt, K., Höller, M., Jeßberger, N., Ott, L., Szököl, J., Titgemeyer, F., Burkovski, A. (2008) Nitrogen control in Mycobacterium smegmatis: Nitrogen-dependent expression of ammonium transport and assimilation proteins depends on OmpR-type regulator GlnR. J. Bacteriol. 190, 7108-7116.