Uni-Tübingen

A1: Survival of long-term starvation in cyanobacteria: role of glycogen and reserve polymers

Group Leader

Prof. Dr. Karl Forchhammer
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT)
Department of Microbiology/Organismic Interactions
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Auf der Morgenstelle 28
72076 Tübingen
Phone: +49-7071 29-72096
Fax: +49-7071 29-5843
Email: karl.forchhammer(at)uni-tuebingen.de

PhD Student

Sofía Doello Román
Tel.: +49 7071 29 74644
Email: sofia.doello(at)gmail.com

The Stand-By metabolism

Aims:

  • Population heterogeneity in the chlorotic state: Single-cell Analysis
  • Maintenance metabolism: The stand-by metabolism
  • Turnover of the pothosintetic complexes in the chlorotic state

Further information about this project and Prof. Forchhammer study group can be found at the institute Homepage

Cyanobacteria culture under nitrogen starvation, in chronological sequence: Culture before nitrogen deprivation (left), after some days (middle) and after more than three weeks deprivation. Photo: Alexander Klotz