Fundamentals and Applications of Chemical Mediators Facilitating Multilateral Interactions in Cyanobacteria (B08)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology ; Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems ; Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 239748522

Facultative symbiotic cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc are prolific producers of a plethora of bioactive compounds and show versatile chemical interactions with plant hosts and other microorganisms. This project aims to understand the role of specialized metabolites for the specificity of the interactions of Nostoc with growth-promoting heterotrophic bacteria. The findings will be applied to further develop cyanobacteria as chassis for the production of specialized compounds and to increase robustness and productivity in synthetic biology applications.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1127: Chemical Mediators in Complex Biosystems (ChemBioSys)
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Elke Dittmann-Thünemann; Dr. Julie A. Z. Zedler