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Ivan Berg
Our research group at the University of Münster focuses on the discovery and elucidation of so far unknown “alternative” CO2-fixing pathways in environmentally relevant microbes. We combine microbiology and biochemistry to understand and characterize the underlying enzymology of CO2-fixation. In the M4C initiative, we focus on the molecular understanding of these alternative CO2-fixation mechanism in bacteria and archaea.
Research Focus:
Microbes as Drivers; Microbes as Responders
Key publication(s):
Steffens L, Pettinato E, Steiner TM, Mall A, König S, *Eisenreich W, *Berg IA. High CO2 levels drive the TCA cycle backwards towards autotrophy. Nature 2021 592:784-788. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03456-9
Mall A, Sobotta J, Huber C, Tschirner C, Kowarschik S, Bačnik K, Mergelsberg M, Boll M, Hügler M, *Eisenreich W, *Berg IA. Reversibility of citrate synthase allows autotrophic growth of a thermophilic bacterium. Science 2018 359:563-567. doi: 10.1126/science. aao2410
