Kai Thormann
Dr. Kai Thormann
MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie
Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10
D-35043 Marburg / Germany
Phone: +49 6421 178302
Fax: +49 6421 178209
Email:
thormann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Research group members
Group leader: Dr. Kai Thormann
PhD students: Lucas Binnenkade, Sebastian Bubendorfer, Anja Paulick
Master students: Susanne Held,Maximilian Kreienbaum
BSc students: Nathalie Windel
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.
More about "Biofilms and Motility of Shewanella"
Recent publications
Paulick, A., Koerdt, A., Lassak, J., Huntley, S., Wilms, I., Narberhaus, F., and Thormann, K. M. (2009) Two different stator systems drive a single polar flagellum in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Mol. Microbiol. 71:836-850
Koerdt, A., Paulick, A., Mock, M., Jost, K., and Thormann, K.M. (2009) MotX and MotY are required for flagellar rotation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. J. Bacteriol. 191:5085-5093
Klüsener, S., Aktas, M., Thormann, K. M., Wessel, M., and Narberhaus, F. (2009) Expression and physiological relevance of Agrobacterium tumefaciens phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis genes. J. Bacteriol. 191: 365-374