Chair of Microbiology

Research

In the focus of research at the Chair of Microbiology are pathogenicity mechanisms of different microorganisms such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Bordetella pertussis and Staphylococcus aureus.

Host-pathogen interactions, pathogen-induced host cell apoptosis, the interface of infection and cancer as well as systems biology of antibiotic action are of peticular interest.

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News

"Paper of the Month" of DGHM

Hovhannisyan et al., PLoS Pathog. 2024 20(8):e1012144. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.

Chlamydia may lurk unseen in intestines, requiring a new antibiotic approach

Team

Contact us:
Phone: 0931 31-84400
sekretariat.mikrobiologie@uni-wuerzburg.de
Room: C201

News

New Chemical Tool Developed for Infection Research

Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin present a new molecule for visualising the sphingomyelin metabolism. This offers prospects for innovative therapeutic approaches in infection research.

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Chlamydia Can Settle in the Intestine

Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long time. Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin report this in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

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More Information

Highlight Publications

Rühling et al., Nat Commun. 2024; 15, 7456 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51874-w

Hovhannisyan et al., PLoS Pathog. 2024 20(8):e1012144. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.

Kumar et al., Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 9;15(1):3064. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47173-z.

Brenzinger et al., Nat Microbiol. 2024 Jan;9(1):251-262. doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01556-y.

Klünemann et al., Nature. 2021 Sept. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03891-8
Chumduri et al., Nat Cell Biol. 2021 Feb;23(2):184-197. doi: 10.1038/s41556-020-00619-0.

Rajeeve et al., Nat Microbiol. 2018 Jul;3(7):824-835. doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0182-y.
Rajeeve et al., Nat Microbiol. 2020 Aug 3. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0762-5.