Ralf Moeller Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Space Microbiology Research Group German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.) Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Ralf Moeller has not added a biography. If you are Ralf Moeller and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Bacillus Subtilis DisA Helps to Circumvent Replicative Stress During Spore Revival DNA Repair. Nov, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28961460 An Improved Protocol for Harvesting Bacillus Subtilis Colony Biofilms Journal of Microbiological Methods. Mar, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28069469 Improvement of Biological Indicators by Uniformly Distributing Bacillus Subtilis Spores in Monolayers To Evaluate Enhanced Spore Decontamination Technologies Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Jan, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26801572 Involvement of Coat Proteins in Bacillus Subtilis Spore Germination in High-Salinity Environments Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26187959 Systematic Investigation of Germination Responses of Bacillus Subtilis Spores in Different High-salinity Environments FEMS Microbiology Ecology. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25764471 Multifactorial Resistance of Bacillus Subtilis Spores to High-energy Proton Radiation: Role of Spore Structural Components and the Homologous Recombination and Non-homologous End Joining DNA Repair Pathways Astrobiology. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23088412 Protective Role of Spore Structural Components in Determining Bacillus Subtilis Spore Resistance to Simulated Mars Surface Conditions Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23064347 Mutagenesis in Bacterial Spores Exposed to Space and Simulated Martian Conditions: Data from the EXPOSE-E Spaceflight Experiment PROTECT Astrobiology. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22680692 Role of Altered RpoB Alleles in Bacillus Subtilis Sporulation and Spore Resistance to Heat, Hydrogen Peroxide, Formaldehyde, and Glutaraldehyde Archives of Microbiology. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22484477 Role of the Nfo and ExoA Apurinic/apyrimidinic Endonucleases in Radiation Resistance and Radiation-induced Mutagenesis of Bacillus Subtilis Spores Journal of Bacteriology. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21441501 Effect of Radioprotective Agents in Sporulation Medium on Bacillus Subtilis Spore Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide, Wet Heat and Germicidal and Environmentally Relevant UV Radiation Journal of Applied Microbiology. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21410852 Astrobiological Aspects of the Mutagenesis of Cosmic Radiation on Bacterial Spores Astrobiology. Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20624059 UV Photoreactions of the Extremely Haloalkaliphilic Euryarchaeon Natronomonas Pharaonis FEMS Microbiology Ecology. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20491923 Genomic Bipyrimidine Nucleotide Frequency and Microbial Reactions to Germicidal UV Radiation Archives of Microbiology. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20454780 Roles of Small, Acid-soluble Spore Proteins and Core Water Content in Survival of Bacillus Subtilis Spores Exposed to Environmental Solar UV Radiation Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19542328 Role of DNA Protection and Repair in Resistance of Bacillus Subtilis Spores to Ultrahigh Shock Pressures Simulating Hypervelocity Impacts Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Nov, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18791028 Roles of the Major, Small, Acid-soluble Spore Proteins and Spore-specific and Universal DNA Repair Mechanisms in Resistance of Bacillus Subtilis Spores to Ionizing Radiation from X Rays and High-energy Charged-particle Bombardment Journal of Bacteriology. Feb, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18055591 DNA Bipyrimidine Photoproduct Repair and Transcriptional Response of UV-C Irradiated Bacillus Subtilis Archives of Microbiology. Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17551712 UV-radiation-induced Formation of DNA Bipyrimidine Photoproducts in Bacillus Subtilis Endospores and Their Repair During Germination International Microbiology : the Official Journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. Mar, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17407059 A Method for Extracting RNA from Dormant and Germinating Bacillus Subtilis Strain 168 Endospores Current Microbiology. Sep, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16897257 Investigating the Detrimental Effects of Low Pressure Plasma Sterilization on the Survival of Bacillus subtilis Spores Using Live Cell Microscopy Felix M. Fuchs1, Marina Raguse1,2,3, Marcel Fiebrandt2, Kazimierz Madela4, Peter Awakowicz2, Michael Laue4, Katharina Stapelmann3, Ralf Moeller1 1Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Space Microbiology Research Group, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), 2Institute of Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 3Institute of Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Biomedical Applications of Plasma Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 4Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy (ZBS 4), Robert Koch Institute JoVE 56666 Biology
Investigating the Detrimental Effects of Low Pressure Plasma Sterilization on the Survival of Bacillus subtilis Spores Using Live Cell Microscopy Felix M. Fuchs1, Marina Raguse1,2,3, Marcel Fiebrandt2, Kazimierz Madela4, Peter Awakowicz2, Michael Laue4, Katharina Stapelmann3, Ralf Moeller1 1Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Space Microbiology Research Group, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), 2Institute of Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 3Institute of Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Biomedical Applications of Plasma Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 4Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy (ZBS 4), Robert Koch Institute JoVE 56666 Biology