Dr. Astrid Collingro
Fascinated by the interactions between intracellular bacteria and their eukaryotic host cells, Astrid started working on bacteria-protist symbioses at the Technical University Munich (Germany), eventually joining the University of Vienna in 2003. She currently works mainly with chlamydial symbionts. By using infection experiments, comparative ‘omics and phylogenetic methods, she explores how bacteria evolved from symbionts of protists to pathogens of animals and humans. Her work often focuses on yet unexplored chlamydial lineages using ‘omics methods, together with different cultivation approaches. Recently, the impact of chlamydial symbionts on ecosystem processes and microbial community composition have gathered her interest.
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Ghasemian, E., Inic-Kanada, A., Collingro, A., Mejdoubi, L., Alchalabi, H., Kese, D., Elshafie, B. E., Hammou, J., & Barisani-Asenbauer, T. (2021). Comparison of genovars and Chlamydia trachomatis infection loads in ocular samples from children in two distinct cohorts in Sudan and Morocco. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(8), [e0009655]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009655
Koestlbacher, S., Collingro, A., Halter, T., Schulz, F., Jungbluth, S. P., & Horn, M. (2021). Pangenomics reveals alternative environmental lifestyles among chlamydiae. Nature Communications, 12(1), [4021]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24294-3
Köstlbacher, S., Horn, A., Halter, T., Domman, D., & Horn, M. (2021). Coevolving Plasmids Drive Gene Flow and Genome Plasticity in Host-Associated Intracellular Bacteria. Current Biology, 31(2), 346-357. [E3]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.030
Bauchinger, F. (Author), Horn, A. (Interviewee), Kaiser, C. (Interviewee), & Pjevac, P. (Interviewee). (2020). Die Welt der Mikroorganismen - was ihr schon immer wissen wolltet. Multimedia output
Horn, A., Köstlbacher, S., & Horn, M. (2020). Chlamydiae in the environment. Trends in Microbiology, 28(11), 877-888. [11]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.020
Köstlbacher, S., Michels, S., Siegl, A., Schulz, F., Domman, D., Jongwutiwes, S., Putaporntip, C., Horn, M., & Horn, A. (2020). Draft Genome Sequences of Chlamydiales Bacterium STE3 and Neochlamydia sp. Strain AcF84, Endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. Microbiology resource announcements, 9(20), [e00220-20]. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00220-20