STEPHAN SCHMITZ-ESSER HEADSHOT

Stephan Schmitz-Esser

Professor in Veterinary/One Health Microbiomics

Education

  • Ph.D. in ecology | University of Vienna, Austria | 2004
  • Diploma, biology | Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany | 2001

Academic and Professional Experience

Academic ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵs
  • Animal microbiota
  • Food safety

Research and Scholarly Work

Areas of Research
  • Food safety: Listeria monocytogenes
  • Animal microbiota
  • Livestock reproductive tract microbiota
Publications
  1. Shelkamy M.M.S., Hashish A., Srednik M.E., Chaves M., Macedo N.R., Gadu E., Schmitz-Esser S., Zhang Q., Wang C., Sato Y., El-Gazzar M. 2025. . Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2025:9994679. doi: 10.1155/tbed/9994679
  2. Rahic-Seggerman F.M., Iske C., Graham J., Fuerst N., Schmitz-Esser S., Kohles M.R. 2025. . PLoS One. 20(2):e0318810. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318810
  3. Jonas L.C., Youngs C.R., Schmitz-Esser S. 2025. Combined analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequencing data reveals core vaginal bacteria across livestock species. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16:1524000. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1524000
  4. Shelkamy M.M.S., Hashish A., Chaves M., Srednik M.E., Macedo N.R., Gadu E., Sato Y., Schmitz-Esser S., Zhang Q., El-Gazzar M. 2024 . Avian Diseases Journal. doi: 10.1637/aviandiseases-D-24-00041
  5. Studer J.M,. Kiefer Z.E., Koester L.R., Johnson E.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Farkas A., Galina Pantoja L., Vonnahme K.A., Greiner L.L., Keating A.F., Baumgard L.H., Ross J.W. 2024. . Journal of Animal Science. 102:skae270. doi: 10.1093/jas/skae270
  6. Altendorf B.J., Anderson C.J.*, von Seggern I., Wiersema M.L., Schmitz-Esser S., Koltes D.A. 2024. . Poultry 3(3), 267-283; doi: 10.3390/poultry3030020
  7. Kiefer Z.E., Koester L.R.*, Studer J.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Ross J.W. 2024. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 15:1384583. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1384583
  8. Fries-Craft K., Schmitz-Esser S., Bobeck E.A. 2024.. Poultry Science. 2024 June 22; 103(9):104000. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104000
  9. Fries-Craft K., Anderson C.J., Schmitz-Esser S., Bobeck E.A. 2024. . Poultry Science. 103(9):104001. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104001
  10. Zhang W., Zheng L., Xie J., Su X., Zhang M., Huang H., Schmitz-Esser S., Du S., Yang Y., Xie J., Zhang Q., Yu S., Guo Q., Wang H., Zhang L., Yang K., Hou R. 2024. . mSystems. 9(7):e0052024. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00520-24
  11. Cassas M.S., Jonas L.C., Anderson C.J., Schmitz-Esser S., Youngs C.R. 2024. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 15:1359678. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1359678
  12. Tibbs-Cortes B.W., Rahic-Seggerman F.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Boggiatto P.M., Olsen S., Putz E.J. 2024. . Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11:1334858. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1334858
  13. Rahic-Seggerman F.M., Rosenthal K., Miller C., Iske C., Graham J., Schmitz-Esser S., Kohles M.R. 2024. . American Journal of Veterinary Research. 85(4):1-11. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.23.10.0234
  14. Fries-Craft K., Schmitz-Esser S., Bobeck E.A. 2023. . Poultry Science. 102(12):103134. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103134
  15. Fries-Craft K., Schmitz-Esser S., Bobeck E.A. 2023. . Poultry Science. 102(11):103019. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103019
  16. Anderson C.J., Altendorf B.J., Schmitz-Esser S., Koltes D.A. 2023.. Poultry Science. 102(5):102621. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102621
  17. Tibbs-Cortes B.W., Schultz D.L., Tibbs-Cortes L.E., Schmitz-Esser S. 2023. . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 200(1), 230–238. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad081
  18. Koester L.R., Hayman K., Anderson C.J., Tibbs-Cortes B.W., Daniels K.M., Seggerman F.M., Gorden P.J., Lyte M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2023. . Journal of Animal Science. 101:skac403. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac403
  19. Zhang W., Xie J., Xia S., Fan X., Schmitz-Esser S., Zeng B., Zheng L., Huang H., Wang H., Zhong J., Zhang Z., Zhang L., Jiang M., Hou R. . 2022. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:1086058. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1086058
  20. Wickramasinghe J., Anderson C.J., Kaya C.A., Gorden P.J., Ribeiro F.R.B., Dohms J., Rigert S., Schmitz-Esser S., Appuhamy R. 2022. . Animals (Basel). 13(1):54. doi: 10.3390/ani13010054
  21. Wasendorf C., Schmitz-Esser S., Eischeid C.J., Leyhe M.J., Nelson E.N., Rahic-Seggerman F.M.*, Sullivan K.E., Peters N.T. 2022. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:1001139. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1001139
  22. Anast J.M., Etter A.J., Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. . MicrobiologyOpen. (5):e1315. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1315
  23. Schultz D.L., Selberherr M., Stouthamer C.M., Doremus M.R., Kelly S.E., Hunter M.S., Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. . Gigabyte. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.68
  24. Tibbs-Cortes L.E., Tibbs-Cortes B.W., Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:866930. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.866930
  25. Greiner L.L., Humphrey D.C., Holland S.N., Anderson C.J., Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. . Translational Animal Science. 6(2):txac047. doi: 10.1093/tas/txac047
  26. Quijada N.M., Dzieciol M., Schmitz-Esser S., Wagner M., Selberherr E. 2022. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:813480. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.813480
  27. Doremus M.R., Stouthamer C.M., Kelly S.E., Schmitz-Esser S, Hunter M.S. 2022. . Heredity (Edinb). 128(3):187-195. doi: 10.1038/s41437-022-00507-3
  28. Selberherr E., Penz T., König L., Conrady B., Siegl A., Horn M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2022. . FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98(1):fiac001. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiac001
  29. Koester L.R., Petry A.L., Youngs C.R., Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:745884. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.745884
  30. Kiefer Z.E., Koester L.R., Studer J.M., Chipman A.L., Mainquist-Whigham C., Keating A.F., Schmitz-Esser S., Ross J.W. 2021. . doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioab178
  31. Anast J.M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. . FEMS Microbiology Letters. 368(17):fnab123. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnab123
  32. Wagner M., Slaghuis J., Göbel W., Vázquez-Boland J.A., Rychli K., Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. . Microorganisms 9(8):1745. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9081745
  33. Yan Z., Xu Q., Hsu W.H., Schmitz-Esser S., Ayala J., Hou R., Yao Y., Jiang D., Yuan S., Wang H. 2021. . Current Microbiology. 78(8):2998-3009. doi: 10.1007/s00284-021-02503-y
  34. Petry A.L., Patience J.F., Huntley N.F., Koester L.R., Bedford M.R., Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Xylanase supplementation modulates the microbiota of the large intestine of pigs fed corn-based fiber by means of a stimbiotic mechanism of action. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:619970. 
  35. Anderson C.J., Koester L.R., Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. Rumen epithelial communities share a core bacterial microbiota: A meta-analysis of 16S rRNA gene Illumina MiSeq sequencing datasets. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:625400. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.625400
  36. Kiefer Z.E., Koester L.R.*, Showman L., Studer J.M., Chipman A.L., Keating A.F., Schmitz-Esser S., Ross J.W. 2021. . Scientific Reports 11(1):6189. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85367-3
  37. Schmitz-Esser S., Anast J.M., Cortes B.W. 2021. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:653155. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.653155
  38. Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. . Meat and Muscle Biology 4 (2) p.19, 1–11. doi: 10.22175/mmb.11672
  39. Wiersema M.L., Koester L.R., Schmitz-Esser S., Koltes D.A. 2021. . Poultry Science 100(2):1178-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.10.052
  40. Petry A.L., Patience J.F., Koester L.R.*, Huntley N.F., Bedford M.R., Schmitz-Esser S. 2021. . PLoS One. 16(1):e0246144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246144
  41. Doremus M.R., Stouthamer C.M., Kelly S.E., Schmitz-Esser S., Hunter M.S. 2020. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:606399. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.606399
  42. Kilburn L.R., Koester L.R., Schmitz-Esser S., Serão N.V.L., Rossoni Serão M.C. 2020. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:564160. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.564160
  43. Quijada N.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Zwirzitz B., Guse C., Strachan C.R., Wagner M., Wetzels S.U., Selberherr E., Dzieciol M. 2020. . Foods; 9(12):1851. doi: 10.3390/foods9121851
  44. Wagner E., Zaiser A., Leitner R., Quijada N.M., Pracser N., Pietzka A., Ruppitsch W., Schmitz-Esser S., Wagner M., Rychli K. 2020. . BMC Genomics; 21(1):847. doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-07263-w
  45. Anast J.M., Bobik T.A., Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:601816. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.601816
  46. Quijada N.M., Bodas R., Lorenzo J.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Rodríguez-Lázaro D., Hernández M. 2020. . Biomolecules; 10(8):1179. doi: 10.3390/biom10081179
  47. Koester L.R., Poole D.H., Serão N.V.L., Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. . PLoS One. 15(7):e0229192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229192
  48. Anast J.M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. . PLoS One. 15(7):e0233945. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03110
  49. Fries-Craft K., Anast J.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Bobeck E.A. 2020. . PLoS One. 15(7):e0236106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236106
  50. Wickramasinghe H.K.J.P., Anast J.M., Schmitz-Esser S., Serão N.V.L., Appuhamy J.A.D.R.N. 2020. . Journal of Dairy Science 103(5):4262-4274. doi: 10.3168/jds.2019-17258
  51. Sanglard L.P., Schmitz-Esser S., Gray K.A., Linhares D.C.L., Yeoman C.J., Dekkers J.C.M., Niederwerder M.C., Serão N.V.L. 2020. . Scientific Reports 10(1):3046. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59955-8
  52. Cortes B.W., Naditz A.L., Anast J.M., Schmitz-Esser S. 2020. . Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:3110. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03110
  53. Sanglard L.P., Schmitz-Esser S., Gray K.A., Linhares D.C.L., Yeoman C.J., Dekkers J.C.M., Niederwerder M.C., Serão N.V.L. 2020. . Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 137 (1), 84-102. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12456
Mailing Address:
Animal Disease Research 117
Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences-Box 2175
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Office Location:
Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory
Room 117
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