Study Groups
| Group | Title | Department | Group Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A | Survival strategies based on genetic and metabolic adaptions allowing persistence and survival | ||
A1 | Survival of long-term starvation in cyanobacteria: role of glycogen and reserve polymers | IMIT, Microbiology/Organismic Interactions | Prof. Dr. Karl Forchhammer |
| A2 | Functional importance of PHB and polyphosphate (polyP) for survival | Microbiology, University Stuttgart | Apl.Prof. Dr. Dieter Jendrossek |
| A3 | Akinetes: Resistant cells of filamentous cyanobacteria | IMIT, Microbiology/Organismic Interactions | PD Dr. Iris Maldener |
| A4 | Metabolic survival strategies of iron(II)-oxidizing bacteria under denitrifying conditions | Center for Applied Geosiencies (ZAG) | Dr. Sara Kleindienst |
| A5 | Role of complexing agents in the survival of microorganisms in the soil | IMIT, Microbiology/Biotechology | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wohlleben |
| A6 | Symbiosis and competition factors as survival strategies of commensal bacteria | IMIT, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene | Prof. Dr. Julia-Stefanie Frick |
| A7 | Amyloid-like proteins in microbe-microbe-interactions - toxicity and resistance | ZMBP, Microbial Interactions in Plant Ecosystems | Prof. Dr. Eric Kemen |
B | Survival and habitat protection through synthesis of bioactive compounds | ||
| B1 | Interaction of filamentous cyanobacteria with their predators | IMIT, Microbiology/Organismic Interactions | Prof. Dr. Karl Forchhammer |
| B2 | Cell lysis and consumption during cannibalistic growth | IMIT, Microbiology/Biotechology | Prof. Dr. Christoph Mayer |
| B3 | Shaping the human nasal microbiota by the bacteriocin lugdunin | IMIT, Infection Biology | Prof. Dr. Andreas Peschel |
| B4 | Staphylococcal factors influencing the biology of λSa3-phages | IMIT, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene | Prof. Dr. Christiane Wolz |
| B5 | Immunity mechanism of ADEP producer Streptomyces hawaiiensis NRRL 15010 | IMIT, Microbial Bioactive Compounds | Prof. Dr. Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt |
| B6 | Proteasome inhibitors from Nocardia ssp. and their role in pathogen survival | Pharmaceutical Biology and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Leonard Kaysser |