Dr. Astrid Collingro
Senior Scientist at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
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Research Profiles
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Publications Overview
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.
Publications
Bauchinger F, Horn A, Kaiser C, Pjevac P. Die Welt der Mikroorganismen - was ihr schon immer wissen wolltet YouTube. 2020.
Horn A, Köstlbacher S, Horn M. Chlamydiae in the environment. Trends in Microbiology. 2020 Nov 1;28(11):877-888. 11. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.020, 10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.020
Köstlbacher S, Michels S, Siegl A, Schulz F, Domman D, Jongwutiwes S et al. Draft Genome Sequences of Chlamydiales Bacterium STE3 and Neochlamydia sp. Strain AcF84, Endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. Microbiology resource announcements. 2020 May 14;9(20):e00220-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00220-20
Ghasemian E, Inic-Kanada A, Collingro A, Tagini F, Stein E, Alchalabi H et al. Detection of Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms on the ocular surface of children and adults from a trachoma-endemic region. Scientific Reports. 2018 May 9;8(1):7432. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23887-1
Collingro A, Köstlbacher S, Mussmann M, Stepanauskas R, Hallam SJ, Horn M. Unexpected genomic features in widespread intracellular bacteria: evidence for motility of marine chlamydiae. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. 2017 Oct;11(10):2334-2344. Epub 2017 Jun 23. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2017.95