Rudolf K. Thauer
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Prof. Dr. Rudolf K. Thauer Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie Fachbereich Biologie Philipps-Universität Marburg Karl-von-Frisch Straße 8 D-35043 Marburg/Germany Contact: MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie Phone: +49-6421-178101 Fax: +49-6421-178109 Email:thauer@mpi-marburg.mpg.de |
Rudolf K. Thauer (born 1939)
Physicum (Medicine), University of Frankfurt, 1961
Diplom (Biochemistry), University of Tübingen, 1966
Dr. rer. nat. (Biochemistry), Univ. Freiburg, 1968
Habilitation (Biochemistry), Univ. Freiburg, 1971
Postdoc (Biochemistry), Cleveland, Ohio, 1972
Professor of Biochemistry, Ruhr Univ. Bochum, 1972-75
Professor of Microbiology, Philipps University Marburg, 1976-2005
Head of the Department of Biochemistry at the MPI Marburg, 1991-2007
Head of an Emeritus Group at the MPI Marburg, since 11/2007
Research Area Biochemistry, physiology and ecology of anaerobic bacteria and archaea with a focus on the enzymes and coenzymes involved in the energy metabolism of Clostridia, of sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea, of methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea, and of aerobic methanotrophic bacteria.
