Alga Zuccaro
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Dr. Alga Zuccaro
MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie
Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10
D-35043 Marburg / Germany
Phone: +49 6421 178-601
E-mail:
zuccaro.alga@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Group members
Group leader: Dr. Alga Zuccaro
PhD students: Urs Lahrmann, Magdalena Zurawska, Yi Ding, Hannah Kleyer
MSc student: Robin Nostadt
Technical assistant: Elmar Meyer
other staff or visitors: Maren Schlauß
Dr. Alga Zuccaro
Curriculum Vitae
Alga Zuccaro (born 1975)
Diploma (Msc) Biology, University of Ancona, Italy, 2000
PhD in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Braunschweig, Germany, 2004
Postdoc, University of Braunschweig, Germany, 2004
Postdoc, Oregon State University (OSU), USA, 2005
Postdoc, University of Braunschweig, Germany, 2006
Group leader, University of Giessen, Germany, 2007
Group leader, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, 04/2010-11/2011
Research Group Leader, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, since 12/2011
Research Area: Fungal symbiosis in root systems
Plant inhabiting microbes have evolved specific features to overcome chemical and physical host barriers in order to survive and gain advantages from the colonized host. By overcoming host barriers, plant associated microorganisms often cause perturbations which may be recognized by the innate immune system of the host. Without specific mechanisms to avoid responses of plant innate immune system plant associated microbes are quickly detected and eventually stopped.[more...]
Recent publications
Zuccaro A, Lahrmann U, Güldener U, Langen G, Pfiffi S, Biedenkopf D, Wong P, Samans B, Grimm C, Basiewicz M, Murat C, Martin F, Kogel KH (2011). Endophytic life strategies decoded by genome and transcriptome analyses of the mutualistic root symbiont Piriformospora indica. PLoS Pathog. 7(10):e1002290. Epub 2011 Oct 13
Basiewicz M, Weiß M, Kogel KH, Langen G, Zorn H and Zuccaro A (2011). Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Sebacina vermifera strains associated with orchids, and the description of Piriformospora williamsii sp. nov., Fungal Biology, doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.11.003 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2011.11.003>.
Schikora A, Schenk ST, Stein E, Molitor A, Zuccaro A, Kogel KH (2011). N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Confers Resistance toward Biotrophic and Hemibiotrophic Pathogens via Altered Activation of AtMPK6. Plant Physiol. 157(3):1407-18. Epub 2011 Sep 22.