News

December 2024

November 2024

  • Kohm K, v. Clanner A, Hertel R, Commichau FM (2024) Closely related and yet special - how SPβ phages control lysis-lysogeny decisions. Trends Microbiol. In press.

October 2024

September 2024

  • The DFG supports our work on the Bacillus subtilis prophage SPβ in the framework of the SPP2330!

August 2024

  • Bhowmick S, Viveros RP, Latoscha A, Commichau FM, Wrede C, Tschowri N (2024) Cell shape and division septa positioning in filamentous Streptomyces requires a functional cell wall glycopolymer ligase CglA. mBio. 9:e0149224.

July 2024

  • A new doctor is born: Congratulations, Dr. Kohm, well done!

May 2024

  • Schwedt I, Commichau FM (2024) Anpassung von Modellbakterien an Glyphosat. Biospektrum. 03.24.
  • Riedel R, Commichau F, Benndorf D, Martienssen M (2024) Biologischer Abbau von Aminophosphonaten. Biospektrum. 03.24.

March 2024

  • Mardoukhi MSY, Rapp J, Irisarri I, Gunka K, Link H, Marienhagen J, de Vries J, Stülke J, Commichau FM (2024) Metabolic rewiring enables ammonium assimilation via a non-canonical fumarate-based pathway. Microb Biotechnol. 17: e14429.
  • Wenzel S, Hess R, Kiefer D, Kuhn A (2024) Involvement of the cell division protein DamX in the infection process of bacteriophage T4. Viruses 16: 487.

February 2024

  • Riedel R, Commichau FM, Benndorf D, Hertel R, Holzer K, Hoelzle LE, Mardoukhi MSY, Noack LE, Martienssen M (2024) Biodegradation of selected aminophosphonates by the novel bacterial isolate Ochrobactrum sp. BTU1. Microbiol Res. 280: 127600.

January 2024

  • Meißner J, Königshof M, Wrede K, Warneke R, Mardoukhi MSY, Commichau FM, Stülke J (2024) Control of asparagine homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis: identification of promiscuous amino acid importers and exporters. J Bacteriol. 206: e00420-23.

Events

March 2025

  • The annual conference of the VAAM will take place in Bochum from March 23. till 26.!

February 2025

  • Institute seminar on February 6th, 15:15 o'clock, lecture hall TB! Speaker: Prof. Dr. Natalia Tschowri, Leibniz-University Hannover, "TBA".

December 2024

  • Institute seminar on December 5th, 14:15 o'clock, lecture hall HS Ö1! Speaker: Dr. Johannes Rebelein, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg, "Designing a New Pathway for CO2 Conversion: Evolution, Mechanism and Engineering of Nitrogenases".

October 2024

  • Department outing to the grave chapel on the Württemberg mountain!

September 2024

  • Many thanks to all participants of the RIM2024 symposium of the VAAM special group Regulation at the Michelsberg conference center! It was a great symposium with many fantastic contributions!