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Vera Nikitashina

Friedrich Schiller University JenaORCID 0000-0003-1254-7751Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:metabolomics· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Georg PohnertiD· 3 shared Benjamin BartelsiD· 1 shared Charlotte LeKieffreiD· 1 shared Christian HertweckiD· 1 shared Christian ZerfaßiD· 1 shared Christoph SteinbeckiD· 1 shared Daniel StettiniD· 1 shared Fabrice NotiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintAug 28, 2026

Algae bacteria associations provide metabolite-mediated protection against algicidal bacteria in a tripartite plankton community

Shahrukh A. Siddiqui, Christian Zerfaß, Vera Nikitashina…·Georg Pohnert

The paper shows that a third bacterial partner can protect a diatom from an inhibitory bacterium through metabolite-mediated interactions in a tripartite plankton community.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.28.747787

metabolomicsexperimental assay

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MicrobiologyThe ISME JournalPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2025

The give and take in photosymbiosis unraveled by metabolomics of Radiolaria

Vera Nikitashina, Benjamin Bartels, Joost Samir Mansour…·Georg Pohnert

This study uses metabolomics to analyze the metabolic interactions between Radiolaria and their symbiotic microalgae, revealing host and symbiont contributions to the holobiont's metabolism.

4 citations

metabolomicsstatistical model

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MicrobiologyFrontiers in MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedDec 4, 2023

Untargeted Metabolomics to Expand the Chemical Space of the Marine Diatom Skeletonema marinoi

Mahnoor Zulfiqar, Daniel Stettin, Saskia Schmidt…·Maria Sorokina

This study uses untargeted metabolomics to expand the known chemical space of the marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi, identifying 1970 metabolites and highlighting their ecological and biotechnological significance.

10 citations

non-human primatemetabolomics

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