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
Collingro A, Kostanjšek R, Toenshoff ER, Schulz F, Schuster L, Domann D et al. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Hepatoplasma crinochetorum" Ps, a Bacterial Symbiont in the Hepatopancreas of the Terrestrial Isopod Porcellio scaber. Genome Announcements. 2015 Aug 13;3(4):e00674-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00674-15
Domman D, Collingro A, Lagkouvardos I, Gehre L, Weinmaier T, Rattei T et al. Massive Expansion of Ubiquitination-Related Gene Families within the Chlamydiae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2014 Nov;31(11):2890-2904. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu227
Subtil A, Collingro A, Horn M. Tracing the primordial Chlamydiae: extinct parasites of plants? Trends in Plant Science. 2014 Jan;19(1):36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.10.005
Tönshoff E, Penz T, Narzt T, Horn A, Schmitz-Esser S, Pfeiffer S et al. Bacteriocyte-associated gammaproteobacterial symbionts of the Adelges nordmannianae/piceae complex (Hemiptera: Adelgidae): Adelgidae). The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. 2012 Feb;6(2):384-396. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.102
Horn A, Tischler P, Weinmaier T, Penz T, Heinz E, Brunham RC et al. Unity in Variety - The Pan-Genome of the Chlamydiae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2011 Dec;28(12):3253-3270. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msr161