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

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