Interactions Between Bacteria of the Roseobacter Group and Marine Algae via Sulfur Metabolites (B07*)

Subject Area Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
Term from 2018 to 2021
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 34509606
 

Project Description

During the third application period the interactions between bacteria of the Roseobacter group with other organisms via sulfur metabolites such as tropodithietic acid (TDA) and 2,3-dihydroxypropane-1-sulfonate (DHPS) will be studied as well as mechanisms of N-Acylhomoserine lactones (AHL) synthesis. Work on elucidating all enzymes in TDA biosynthesis will be completed, two further classes of DMSP lyases/hydrolases and enzymes of the DMSP demethylation pathway will be characterized and DHPS degradation studied in vitro.
DFG Programme CRC/Transregios
Subproject of TRR 51:  Ecology, Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Roseobacter Clade: Towards a Systems Biology Understanding of a Globally Important Clade of Marine Bacteria
Applicant Institution Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Project Head Professor Dr. Jeroen Dickschat