Publications

Mertens, K., S Müller-Loennies, P Stengel, R Podschun, DS Hansen, U. Mamat (2009). Antiserum against Raoultella terrigena ATCC 33257 identifies a large number of Raoultella and Klebsiella clinical isolates as serotype O12. In Press by Innate Immunity.

Chen, C., T. J. Bouman, P. A. Beare, K. Mertens, G. Q. Zhang, K. E. Russell-Lodrigue, J. P. Hogaboam, B. Peters, P. L. Felgner, W. C. Brown, R. A.Heinzen, L. R. Hendrix, and J. E. Samuel (2009). A systematic approach to evaluate humoral and cellular immune responses toCoxiella burnetii immunoreactive antigens. Clin Microbiol Infect.

Mertens K, Lantsheer L, Ennis DG, Samuel JE (2008). Constitutive SOS expression and damage-inducible AddAB-mediated recombinational repair systems for Coxiella burnetii as potential adaptations for survival within macrophages. Mol Microbiol. 69:1411-1426.

Mertens, K., JE Samuel (2007). Bacteriology of Coxiella. In: Raoult D, Parola P, eds. Rickettsial Diseases: Old and New, 1st ed. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, New York, New York, USA

Mertens, K., L Lantsheer, JE Samuel (2005). A Minimal Set of DNA Repair Genes are Sufficient for Survival of Coxiella burnetii under Oxidative Stress. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1063: 73-5.