Prof. Dr. Dieter Jendrossek
Microbial Cell Biology and Biopolymers Group
Institute of Microbiology
University of Stuttgart
Allmandring 3
70569 Stuttgart
Phone: +49-7071 685-65483
Fax: +49-7071 685-65725
Email: dieter.jendrossek(at)imb.uni-stuttgart.de
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Hanna Rosigkeit
Phone: +49-7071 658-65484
Email: hanna.rosigkeit(at)imb.uni-stuttgart.de
The relationship between the metabolism of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyphosphate (polyP) and the importance of both biopolymers for the survival under stress conditions is investigated at the example of the β-proteobacterium Ralstonia eutropha. In particular, the importance of two newly identified polyP granule-associated proteins for the the balance between the formation of both biopolymers will be determined.