Andreas Brune
Prof. Dr. Andreas Brune
MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie
Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10
D-35043 Marburg / Germany
Phone: +49 6421 178701
Fax: +49 6421 178709
Email: brune@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Research group members
Group leader:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Brune
Postdoctoral fellows:
Dr. Claire Thompson, Dr. Jürgen Strassert, Dr. Tim Köhler
Doctoral students:
James Nonoh, Pinki Rani, Aram Mikaelyan, Carsten Dietrich, Kristina Paul
Masters students and undergraduates:
Dorothee Tegtmeier, Lena Mikulski
Technical assistant: Katja Meuser
Prof. Dr. Andreas Brune
Curriculum Vitae
Andreas Brune (born 1960)
Diplom (Biology), University of Marburg, 1986
Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology), University of Tübingen, 1990
Postdoc (Microbiology), Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1991-1993
Research Associate and Group Leader (Microbial Ecology), University of Konstanz, 1993-2003
Habilitation (Microbiology and Microbial Ecology), University of Konstanz, 2000
Research Group Leader (C3), Department of Biogeochemistry, MPI Marburg, since 2003
Research Area: Insect gut microbiology and symbiosis
Termite guts are tiny bioreactors converting lignocellulose to microbial fermentation products that fuel
the metabolism of the host. My research group studies the role of the termite gut microbiota in the
symbiotic digestion of wood, focusing on the biology of the prokaryotic and eukaryotic symbionts and
their interactions, the structure and functions of the intestinal ecosystem, and the evolution of
its microbiota. Other aspects are the microbial processes in the guts of humivorous soil macrofauna,
such as soil-feeding termites and scarab beetle larvae.
More about "Insect gut microbiology and symbiosis"
Recent publications
Schauer, C., Thompson, C.L. & Brune, A. (2012) The bacterial community in the gut of Shelfordella lateralis reflects the close evolutionary relatedness of cockroaches and termites. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press).
(online access)
Thompson, C.L., Vier, R., Mikaelyan, A., Wienemann, T. & Brune, A. (2012) 'Candidatus Arthromitus' revised: Segmented filamentous bacteria in arthropod guts are members of Lachnospiraceae. Environ. Microbiol. (in press).
(online access)
Desai, M.S., Brune, A. (2011) Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of gut flagellates shape the nitrogen-fixing community in dry-wood termites. ISME J. (in press).
(online access)
Ngugi, D.K. & Brune, A. (2011) Nitrate reduction, nitrous oxide formation, and anaerobic ammonia oxidation to nitrite in the gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes and Ophiotermes spp.). Environ. Microbiol. (in press).
(online access)