Kai Thormann

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Group leader: Dr. Kai Thormann
PhD students: Lucas Binnenkade, Sebastian Bubendorfer, Anja Paulick
Master students: Susanne Held, Maximilian Kreienbaum
BSc students:Volker Berndt, Stefanie Gasch

Dr. Kai Thormann

Curriculum Vitae

Kai Thormann (born 1971)
Diplom (Biology), University of Göttingen, 1997
Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology), University of Ulm 2001
Postdoc (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Stanford University, USA, 2002-2005
Group leader (Biologie der Mikroorganismen), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2005-2007
Group leader in the Department of Ecophysiology at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, since 2007

Research area: Biofilms and Motility of Shewanella

In nature, the majority of bacteria are found in surface associated communities which are now commonly referred to as biofilms. Compared to the planktonic life style, cells within such communities exhibit a number of different properties. The most striking difference is an elevated resistance to various environmental perturbations, such as nutrient shifts, exposition to biocides and antibiotics, and predatory assaults. The close proximity of bacteria leads to a wide range of spatial microenvironments and cell-cell-interactions, whose complexity we are only just beginning to understand.
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Recent publications

Bubendorfer S, Held S, Paulick A, Windel N, Klingl A, Thormann KM (2012) Specificity of motor components in the dual flagellar system of S. putrefaciens CN-32. Mol Microbiol 83: 335-350

Gödeke J, Heun M, Bubendorfer S, Paul K, Thormann KM (2011) Roles of two Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 extracellular endonucleases. Appl Environ Microbiol 77: 5342-51.

Gödeke J, Paul K, Lassak J, Thormann, KM (2010) Phage-induced lysis enhances biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. ISME J 5: 613-626

Publications since 2001