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., Tagini, F., Stein, E., Alchalabi, H., Schuerer, N., Keše, D., Babiker, B. E., Borel, N., Greub, G., & Barisani-Asenbauer, T. (2018). Detection of Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms on the ocular surface of children and adults from a trachoma-endemic region. Scientific Reports, 8(1), [7432]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23887-1
Collingro, A., Köstlbacher, S., Mussmann, M., Stepanauskas, R., Hallam, S. J., & Horn, M. (2017). Unexpected genomic features in widespread intracellular bacteria: evidence for motility of marine chlamydiae. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 11(10), 2334-2344. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.95
Collingro, A., Kostanjšek, R., Toenshoff, E. R., Schulz, F., Schuster, L., Domann, D., & Horn, M. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Hepatoplasma crinochetorum" Ps, a Bacterial Symbiont in the Hepatopancreas of the Terrestrial Isopod Porcellio scaber. Genome Announcements, 3(4), [e00674-15]. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00674-15
Domman, D., Collingro, A., Lagkouvardos, I., Gehre, L., Weinmaier, T., Rattei, T., Subtil, A., & Horn, M. (2014). Massive Expansion of Ubiquitination-Related Gene Families within the Chlamydiae. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31(11), 2890-2904. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu227
Subtil, A., Collingro, A., & Horn, M. (2014). Tracing the primordial Chlamydiae: extinct parasites of plants? Trends in Plant Science, 19(1), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2013.10.005
Tönshoff, E., Penz, T., Narzt, T., Horn, A., Schmitz-Esser, S., Pfeiffer, S., Klepal, W., Wagner, M., Weinmaier, T., Rattei, T., & Horn, M. (2012). Bacteriocyte-associated gammaproteobacterial symbionts of the Adelges nordmannianae/piceae complex (Hemiptera: Adelgidae): Adelgidae). The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 6(2), 384-396. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.102