Ann Hirsch

Publications:

Hirsch AM, Humm E, Rubbi M, Del Vecchio G, Ha SM, Pellegrini M, Gunsalus RP. Complete genomes of two Variovorax endophytes isolated from surface-sterilized alfalfa nodules. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jul 05; e0033624. view on PubMed

Ha L, Levian C, Greene N, Goldfarb I, Hirsch A, Naqvi M. Association between acceptance of routine pregnancy vaccinations and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnant patients. J Infect. 2023 Dec; 87(6):551-555. view on PubMed

Khan N, Humm EA, Jayakarunakaran A, Hirsch AM. Reviewing and renewing the use of beneficial root and soil bacteria for plant growth and sustainability in nutrient-poor, arid soils. Front Plant Sci. 2023; 14:1147535. view on PubMed

Youseif SH, Abd El-Megeed FH, Humm EA, Maymon M, Mohamed AH, Saleh SA, Hirsch AM. Comparative Analysis of the Cultured and Total Bacterial Community in the Wheat Rhizosphere Microbiome Using Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Approaches. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 10 31; 9(2):e0067821. view on PubMed

Khan N, Martínez-Hidalgo P, Humm EA, Maymon M, Kaplan D, Hirsch AM. Inoculation With a Microbe Isolated From the Negev Desert Enhances Corn Growth. Front Microbiol. 2020; 11:1149. view on PubMed

Primo ED, Cossovich S, Nievas F, Bogino P, Humm EA, Hirsch AM, Giordano W. Exopolysaccharide production in Ensifer meliloti laboratory and native strains and their effects on alfalfa inoculation. Arch Microbiol. 2020 Mar; 202(2):391-398. view on PubMed

Estrada-de Los Santos P, Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Maluk M, Beukes C, Hirsch AM, James EK, Venter SN. Trinickia dabaoshanensis sp. nov., a new name for a lost species. Arch Microbiol. 2019 Nov; 201(9):1313-1316. view on PubMed

Rojas-Rojas FU, Sánchez-López D, Tapia-García EY, Arroyo-Herrera I, Maymon M, Humm E, Huntemann M, Clum A, Pillay M, Palaniappan K, Varghese N, Mikhailova N, Stamatis D, Reddy TBK, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Shapiro N, Hirsch AM, Ibarra JA, Estrada-de Los Santos P. Draft Genome of Burkholderia cenocepacia TAtl-371, a Strain from the Burkholderia cepacia Complex Retains Antagonism in Different Carbon and Nitrogen Sources. Curr Microbiol. 2019 May; 76(5):566-574. view on PubMed

Khan N, Martínez-Hidalgo P, Ice TA, Maymon M, Humm EA, Nejat N, Sanders ER, Kaplan D, Hirsch AM. Antifungal Activity of Bacillus Species Against Fusarium and Analysis of the Potential Mechanisms Used in Biocontrol. Front Microbiol. 2018; 9:2363. view on PubMed

Martínez-Hidalgo P, Maymon M, Pule-Meulenberg F, Hirsch AM. Engineering root microbiomes for healthier crops and soils using beneficial, environmentally safe bacteria. Can J Microbiol. 2019 Feb; 65(2):91-104. view on PubMed

Sorroche F, Bogino P, Russo DM, Zorreguieta A, Nievas F, Morales GM, Hirsch AM, Giordano W. Cell Autoaggregation, Biofilm Formation, and Plant Attachment in a Sinorhizobium meliloti lpsB Mutant. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2018 10; 31(10):1075-1082. view on PubMed

Estrada-de Los Santos P, Palmer M, Chávez-Ramírez B, Beukes C, Steenkamp ET, Briscoe L, Khan N, Maluk M, Lafos M, Humm E, Arrabit M, Crook M, Gross E, Simon MF, Dos Reis Junior FB, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Poole PS, Hirsch AM, Venter SN, James EK. Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae. Genes (Basel). 2018 Aug 01; 9(8). view on PubMed

Rojas-Rojas FU, Salazar-Gómez A, Vargas-Díaz ME, Vásquez-Murrieta MS, Hirsch AM, De Mot R, Ghequire MGK, Ibarra JA, Estrada-de Los Santos P. Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity by Burkholderia cenocepacia TAtl-371, a strain isolated from the tomato rhizosphere. Microbiology (Reading). 2018 09; 164(9):1072-1086. view on PubMed

Rojas-Rojas FU, Tapia-García EY, Maymon M, Humm E, Huntemann M, Clum A, Pillay M, Palaniappan K, Varghese N, Mikhailova N, Stamatis D, Reddy TBK, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Shapiro N, Hirsch AM, Estrada-de Los Santos P. Draft genome of Paraburkholderia caballeronis TNe-841T, a free-living, nitrogen-fixing, tomato plant-associated bacterium. Stand Genomic Sci. 2017; 12:80. view on PubMed

Khan N, Maymon M, Hirsch AM. Combating Fusarium Infection Using Bacillus-Based Antimicrobials. Microorganisms. 2017 Nov 22; 5(4). view on PubMed

Benito P, Alonso-Vega P, Aguado C, Luján R, Anzai Y, Hirsch AM, Trujillo ME. Monitoring the colonization and infection of legume nodules by Micromonospora in co-inoculation experiments with rhizobia. Sci Rep. 2017 09 08; 7(1):11051. view on PubMed

Veliz EA, Martínez-Hidalgo P, Hirsch AM. Chitinase-producing bacteria and their role in biocontrol. AIMS Microbiol. 2017; 3(3):689-705. view on PubMed

Shimomura A, Arima S, Hayashi M, Maymon M, Hirsch AM, Suzuki A. Blue light does not inhibit nodulation in Sesbania rostrata. Plant Signal Behav. 2017 01 02; 12(1):e1268313. view on PubMed

Shimomura A, Naka A, Miyazaki N, Moriuchi S, Arima S, Sato S, Hirakawa H, Hayashi M, Maymon M, Hirsch AM, Suzuki A. Blue Light Perception by Both Roots and Rhizobia Inhibits Nodule Formation in Lotus japonicus. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2016 10; 29(10):786-796. view on PubMed

De Meyer SE, Briscoe L, Martínez-Hidalgo P, Agapakis CM, de-Los Santos PE, Seshadri R, Reeve W, Weinstock G, O'Hara G, Howieson JG, Hirsch AM. Symbiotic Burkholderia Species Show Diverse Arrangements of nif/fix and nod Genes and Lack Typical High-Affinity Cytochrome cbb3 Oxidase Genes. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2016 08; 29(8):609-19. view on PubMed

Nagata M, Yamamoto N, Miyamoto T, Shimomura A, Arima S, Hirsch AM, Suzuki A. Enhanced hyphal growth of arbuscular mycorrhizae by root exudates derived from high R/FR treated Lotus japonicus. Plant Signal Behav. 2016 06 02; 11(6):e1187356. view on PubMed

Nagata M, Yamamoto N, Shigeyama T, Terasawa Y, Anai T, Sakai T, Inada S, Arima S, Hashiguchi M, Akashi R, Nakayama H, Ueno D, Hirsch AM, Suzuki A. Red/Far Red Light Controls Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization via Jasmonic Acid and Strigolactone Signaling. Plant Cell Physiol. 2015 Nov; 56(11):2100-9. view on PubMed

Maymon M, Martínez-Hidalgo P, Tran SS, Ice T, Craemer K, Anbarchian T, Sung T, Hwang LH, Chou M, Fujishige NA, Villella W, Ventosa J, Sikorski J, Sanders ER, Faull KF, Hirsch AM. Mining the phytomicrobiome to understand how bacterial coinoculations enhance plant growth. Front Plant Sci. 2015; 6:784. view on PubMed

Tariq M, Lum MR, Chong AW, Amirapu AB, Hameed S, Hirsch AM. A reliable method for the selection and confirmation of transconjugants of plant growth-promoting bacteria especially plant-associated Burkholderia spp. J Microbiol Methods. 2015 Oct; 117:49-53. view on PubMed

Coutinho Moraes DF, Still DW, Lum MR, Hirsch AM. DNA-Based Authentication of Botanicals and Plant-Derived Dietary Supplements: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Planta Med. 2015 Jun; 81(9):687-95. view on PubMed

Amaya-Gómez CV, Hirsch AM, Soto MJ. Biofilm formation assessment in Sinorhizobium meliloti reveals interlinked control with surface motility. BMC Microbiol. 2015 Mar 03; 15:58. view on PubMed

Sanders ER, Hirsch AM. Immersing undergraduate students into research on the metagenomics of the plant rhizosphere: a pedagogical strategy to engage civic-mindedness and retain undergraduates in STEM. Front Plant Sci. 2014; 5:157. view on PubMed

Angus AA, Agapakis CM, Fong S, Yerrapragada S, Estrada-de los Santos P, Yang P, Song N, Kano S, Caballero-Mellado J, de Faria SM, Dakora FD, Weinstock G, Hirsch AM. Plant-associated symbiotic Burkholderia species lack hallmark strategies required in mammalian pathogenesis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e83779. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM, Alvarado J, Bruce D, Chertkov O, De Hoff PL, Detter JC, Fujishige NA, Goodwin LA, Han J, Han S, Ivanova N, Land ML, Lum MR, Milani-Nejad N, Nolan M, Pati A, Pitluck S, Tran SS, Woyke T, Valdés M. Complete Genome Sequence of Micromonospora Strain L5, a Potential Plant-Growth-Regulating Actinomycete, Originally Isolated from Casuarina equisetifolia Root Nodules. Genome Announc. 2013 Sep 26; 1(5). view on PubMed

Martínez-Aguilar L, Salazar-Salazar C, Méndez RD, Caballero-Mellado J, Hirsch AM, Vásquez-Murrieta MS, Estrada-de los Santos P. Burkholderia caballeronis sp. nov., a nitrogen fixing species isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) with the ability to effectively nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2013 Dec; 104(6):1063-71. view on PubMed

Kaplan D, Maymon M, Agapakis CM, Lee A, Wang A, Prigge BA, Volkogon M, Hirsch AM. A survey of the microbial community in the rhizosphere of two dominant shrubs of the Negev Desert highlands, Zygophyllum dumosum (Zygophyllaceae) and Atriplex halimus (Amaranthaceae), using cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent methods. Am J Bot. 2013 Sep; 100(9):1713-25. view on PubMed

Estrada-de los Santos P, Vinuesa P, Martínez-Aguilar L, Hirsch AM, Caballero-Mellado J. Phylogenetic analysis of burkholderia species by multilocus sequence analysis. Curr Microbiol. 2013 Jul; 67(1):51-60. view on PubMed

Robledo M, Rivera L, Jiménez-Zurdo JI, Rivas R, Dazzo F, Velázquez E, Martínez-Molina E, Hirsch AM, Mateos PF. Role of Rhizobium endoglucanase CelC2 in cellulose biosynthesis and biofilm formation on plant roots and abiotic surfaces. Microb Cell Fact. 2012 Sep 12; 11:125. view on PubMed

Shigeyama T, Tominaga A, Arima S, Sakai T, Inada S, Jikumaru Y, Kamiya Y, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Hashiguchi M, Akashi R, Hirsch AM, Suzuki A. Additional cause for reduced JA-Ile in the root of a Lotus japonicus phyB mutant. Plant Signal Behav. 2012 Jul; 7(7):746-8. view on PubMed

Gyaneshwar P, Hirsch AM, Moulin L, Chen WM, Elliott GN, Bontemps C, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Gross E, Dos Reis FB, Sprent JI, Young JP, James EK. Legume-nodulating betaproteobacteria: diversity, host range, and future prospects. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011 Nov; 24(11):1276-88. view on PubMed

Suzuki A, Suriyagoda L, Shigeyama T, Tominaga A, Sasaki M, Hiratsuka Y, Yoshinaga A, Arima S, Agarie S, Sakai T, Inada S, Jikumaru Y, Kamiya Y, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Hashiguchi M, Akashi R, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Hirsch AM. Lotus japonicus nodulation is photomorphogenetically controlled by sensing the red/far red (R/FR) ratio through jasmonic acid (JA) signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Oct 04; 108(40):16837-42. view on PubMed

Kuo D, Nie M, De Hoff P, Chambers M, Phillips M, Hirsch AM, Courey AJ. A SUMO-Groucho Q domain fusion protein: characterization and in vivo Ulp1-mediated cleavage. Protein Expr Purif. 2011 Mar; 76(1):65-71. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM, Lee A, Deng W, Tucker SC. An open-flower mutant of Melilotus alba: Potential for floral-dip transformation of a papilionoid legume with a short life cycle? Am J Bot. 2010 Mar; 97(3):395-404. view on PubMed

Angus AA, Hirsch AM. Insights into the history of the legume-betaproteobacterial symbiosis. Mol Ecol. 2010 Jan; 19(1):28-30. view on PubMed

Tominaga A, Nagata M, Futsuki K, Abe H, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Kucho K, Hashiguchi M, Akashi R, Hirsch AM, Arima S, Suzuki A. Enhanced nodulation and nitrogen fixation in the abscisic acid low-sensitive mutant enhanced nitrogen fixation1 of Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol. 2009 Dec; 151(4):1965-76. view on PubMed

De Hoff PL, Brill LM, Hirsch AM. Plant lectins: the ties that bind in root symbiosis and plant defense. Mol Genet Genomics. 2009 Jul; 282(1):1-15. view on PubMed

Lee A, Giordano W, Hirsch AM. Cytokinin induces expansin gene expression in Melilotus alba Desr. wild-type and the non-nodulating, non-mycorrhizal (NodMyc) mutant Masym3. Plant Signal Behav. 2008 Apr; 3(4):218-23. view on PubMed

Suzuki A, Hara H, Kinoue T, Abe M, Uchiumi T, Kucho K, Higashi S, Hirsch AM, Arima S. Split-root study of autoregulation of nodulation in the model legume Lotus japonicus. J Plant Res. 2008 Mar; 121(2):245-9. view on PubMed

Fujishige NA, Lum MR, De Hoff PL, Whitelegge JP, Faull KF, Hirsch AM. Rhizobium common nod genes are required for biofilm formation. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Feb; 67(3):504-15. view on PubMed

Woo HH, Jeong BR, Hirsch AM, Hawes MC. Characterization of Arabidopsis AtUGT85A and AtGUS gene families and their expression in rapidly dividing tissues. Genomics. 2007 Jul; 90(1):143-53. view on PubMed

Lee A, Lum MR, Hirsch AM. ENOD40 Gene Expression and Cytokinin Responses in the Nonnodulating, Nonmycorrhizal (NodMyc) Mutant, Masym3, of Melilotus alba Desr. Plant Signal Behav. 2007 Jan; 2(1):33-42. view on PubMed

Rinaudi L, Fujishige NA, Hirsch AM, Banchio E, Zorreguieta A, Giordano W. Effects of nutritional and environmental conditions on Sinorhizobium meliloti biofilm formation. Res Microbiol. 2006 Nov; 157(9):867-75. view on PubMed

Lee A, Hirsch AM. Signals and Responses: Choreographing the Complex Interaction between Legumes and alpha- and beta-Rhizobia. Plant Signal Behav. 2006 Jul; 1(4):161-8. view on PubMed

Fujishige NA, Kapadia NN, De Hoff PL, Hirsch AM. Investigations of Rhizobium biofilm formation. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2006 May; 56(2):195-206. view on PubMed

Lum MR, Potter E, Dang T, Heber D, Hardy M, Hirsch AM. Identification of botanicals and potential contaminants through RFLP and sequencing. Planta Med. 2005 Sep; 71(9):841-6. view on PubMed

Valdés M, Pérez NO, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Caballero-Mellado J, Peña-Cabriales JJ, Normand P, Hirsch AM. Non-Frankia actinomycetes isolated from surface-sterilized roots of Casuarina equisetifolia fix nitrogen. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Jan; 71(1):460-6. view on PubMed

Giordano W, Hirsch AM. The expression of MaEXP1, a Melilotus alba expansin gene, is upregulated during the sweetclover-Sinorhizobium meliloti interaction. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2004 Jun; 17(6):613-22. view on PubMed

Woo HH, Hirsch AM, Hawes MC. Altered susceptibility to infection by Sinorhizobium meliloti and Nectria haematococca in alfalfa roots with altered cell cycle. Plant Cell Rep. 2004 Jul; 22(12):967-73. view on PubMed

Wildman SG, Hirsch AM, Kirchanski SJ, Spencer D. Chloroplasts in Living Cells and the String-of-Grana Concept of Chloroplast Structure Revisited. Photosynth Res. 2004; 80(1-3):345-52. view on PubMed

Brill LM, Fujishige NA, Hackworth CA, Hirsch AM. Expression of MsLEC1 transgenes in alfalfa plants causes symbiotic abnormalities. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2004 Jan; 17(1):16-26. view on PubMed

Woo HH, Faull KF, Hirsch AM, Hawes MC. Altered life cycle in Arabidopsis plants expressing PsUGT1, a UDP-glucuronosyltransferase-encoding gene from pea. Plant Physiol. 2003 Oct; 133(2):538-48. view on PubMed

De Hoff P, Hirsch AM. Nitrogen comes down to earth: report from the 5th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2003 May; 16(5):371-5. view on PubMed

Karlowski WM, Hirsch AM. The over-expression of an alfalfa RING-H2 gene induces pleiotropic effects on plant growth and development. Plant Mol Biol. 2003 May; 52(1):121-33. view on PubMed

LeRoy A, Potter E, Woo HH, Heber D, Hirsch AM. Characterization and identification of alfalfa and red clover dietary supplements using a PCR-based method. J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Aug 28; 50(18):5063-9. view on PubMed

Lum MR, Li Y, Larue TA, David-Schwartz R, Kapulnik Y, Hirsch AM. Investigation of Four Classes of Non-nodulating White Sweetclover (Melilotus alba annua Desr.) Mutants and Their Responses to Arbuscular-Mycorrhizal Fungi. Integr Comp Biol. 2002 Apr; 42(2):295-303. view on PubMed

Wo HH, Kuleck G, Hirsch AM, Hawes MC. Flavonoids: signal molecules in plant development. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2002; 505:51-60. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM, Lum MR, Downie JA. What makes the rhizobia-legume symbiosis so special? Plant Physiol. 2001 Dec; 127(4):1484-92. view on PubMed

van Rhijn P, Fujishige NA, Lim PO, Hirsch AM. Sugar-binding activity of pea lectin enhances heterologous infection of transgenic alfalfa plants by Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Plant Physiol. 2001 May; 126(1):133-44. view on PubMed

Brill LM, Evans CJ, Hirsch AM. Expression of MsLEC1- and MsLEC2-antisense genes in alfalfa plant lines causes severe embryogenic, developmental and reproductive abnormalities. Plant J. 2001 Feb; 25(4):453-61. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM. Role of lectins (and rhizobial exopolysaccharides) in legume nodulation. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 1999 Aug; 2(4):320-6. view on PubMed

McKhann HI, Paiva NL, Dixon RA, Hirsch AM. Expression of genes for enzymes of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in the early stages of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1998; 439:45-54. view on PubMed

Fang Y, Hirsch AM. Studying early nodulin gene ENOD40 expression and induction by nodulation factor and cytokinin in transgenic alfalfa. Plant Physiol. 1998 Jan; 116(1):53-68. view on PubMed

van Rhijn P, Fang Y, Galili S, Shaul O, Atzmon N, Wininger S, Eshed Y, Lum M, Li Y, To V, Fujishige N, Kapulnik Y, Hirsch AM. Expression of early nodulin genes in alfalfa mycorrhizae indicates that signal transduction pathways used in forming arbuscular mycorrhizae and Rhizobium-induced nodules may be conserved. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 May 13; 94(10):5467-72. view on PubMed

Wycoff KL, van Rhijn P, Hirsch AM. The ribosomal protein P0 of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) has antigenic cross-reactivity to soybean seed lectin. Plant Mol Biol. 1997 May; 34(2):295-306. view on PubMed

Niner BM, Brandt JP, Villegas M, Marshall CR, Hirsch AM, Valdés M. Analysis of partial sequences of genes coding for 16S rRNA of actinomycetes isolated from Casuarina equisetifolia nodules in Mexico. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1996 Aug; 62(8):3034-6. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM, Kirchanski SJ. Publish and Perish? The Rules of the Game. Plant Physiol. 1995 Dec; 109(4):1131-1132. view on PubMed

Brill LM, Konyalian VR, Hirsch AM. A 1.7-kilobase genomic fragment of alfalfa DNA contains the lectin gene Mslec1. Plant Physiol. 1995 Jul; 108(3):1311-2. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM, McKhann HI, Reddy A, Liao J, Fang Y, Marshall CR. Assessing horizontal transfer of nifHDK genes in eubacteria: nucleotide sequence of nifK from Frankia strain HFPCcI3. Mol Biol Evol. 1995 Jan; 12(1):16-27. view on PubMed

McKhann HI, Hirsch AM. Isolation of chalcone synthase and chalcone isomerase cDNAs from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.): highest transcript levels occur in young roots and root tips. Plant Mol Biol. 1994 Mar; 24(5):767-77. view on PubMed

McKhann HI, Hirsch AM. Does Rhizobium avoid the host response? Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 1994; 192:139-62. view on PubMed

Löbler M, Hirsch AM. A gene that encodes a proline-rich nodulin with limited homology to PsENOD12 is expressed in the invasion zone of Rhizobium meliloti-induced alfalfa root nodules. Plant Physiol. 1993 Sep; 103(1):21-30. view on PubMed

Löbler M, Hirsch AM. An alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cDNA encoding an acidic leghemoglobin (MsLb3). Plant Mol Biol. 1992 Nov; 20(4):733-6. view on PubMed

Hirsch AM. Developmental biology of legume nodulation. New Phytol. 1992 Oct; 122(2):211-237. view on PubMed

Löbler M, Hirsch AM. RFLP mapping of the abp1 locus in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Mol Biol. 1990 Sep; 15(3):513-6. view on PubMed