Dr. Thore Rohwerder
Geomicrobiologist |
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University Duisburg-Essen
Biofilm Centre, Aquatic Biotechnology
Geibelstr. 41
D-47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone
+49 203 379 1589
Fax
++49 203 379 1941
Email
thore.rohwerder@uni-due.de |
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| Curriculum vitae |
1995: Diploma in Biology, University of Hamburg
1996-2002: PhD, University of Hamburg; subject „Enzymic oxidation of elemental sulfur by acidophilic leaching bacteria“
2003-2005: Scientist at the Department of Environmental Microbiology of the UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
since 2006: Scientist at the Biofilm Centre, University Duisburg-Essen |
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| Research areas |
I am interested in the microbiology of the iron and sulfur cycles as well as the bacterial degradation of groundwater pollutants. In particular, the leaching of heavy metal ores, the oxidation of inorganic sulfur species and the degradation of compounds with tertiary and quaternary carbon atoms are investigated. Besides elucidating the underlying reaction mechanisms, I focus on thermodynamic and physiological problems. |
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| Research projects |
methyl-tert.-butylether (MTBE) - Leuna as a reference test site for the implementation of the Enhanced Natural Attenuation Approach (METLEN)
Biotechnology for Metal bearing materials in Europe (BioMinE) |
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| Publications |
Mangold S, Harneit K, Rohwerder T, Claus G, Sand W (2007). Novel combination of atomic force and epifluorescence microscopy for visualization of leaching bacteria on pyrite. APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL. (accepted).
Rohwerder T (2007). Biologische Laugung zur Gewinnung von Wertmetallen. METALL (in press).
Müller RH, Rohwerder T (2007). Verfahren zur enzymatischen Herstellung von 2-Hydroxy-2-methylcarbonsäuren. Offenlegungsschrift, DE 10 2006 017 760 A1.
Rohwerder T, Sand W (2007). Oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds in acidophilic prokaryotes. ENG. LIFE SCI. 7 (4): 301-309.
Wiley
Hübschmann T, Vogt C, Till S, Rohwerder T, Sand W, Harms H, Müller S (2007). Detection of sulfur microparticles in bacterial cultures by flow cytometry. ENG. LIFE SCI. 7 (4): 403-407.
Wiley
Lechner U, Brodkorb D, Geyer R, Hause G, Härtig C, Auling G, Fayolle-Guichard F, Piveteau P, Müller RH, Rohwerder T (2007). Aquincola tertiaricarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tertiary butyl moiety-degrading bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 57 (6): 1295-1303.
PubMed
Rohwerder T, Sand W (2007). Mechanisms and biochemical fundamentals of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation. In: ER Donati, W Sand (ed.). Microbial processing of metal sulfides, Springer, New York, pp. 35-58.
Springer
Rosell M, Barcelo D, Rohwerder T, Breuer U, Gehre M, Richnow HH (2007). Variation in 13C/12C and D/H enrichment factors of aerobic bacterial fuel oxygenate degradation. ENVIRON. SCI. TECHNOL. 41(6): 2036-2043.
PubMed
Müller RH, Rohwerder T, Harms H (2007). Carbon conversion efficiency and limits of productive bacterial degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether and related compounds. APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL. 73 (6): 1783-1791.
PubMed
Rohwerder T, Breuer U, Benndorf D, Lechner U, Müller RH (2006). The alkyl tert-butyl ether intermediate 2-hydroxyisobutyrate is degraded via a novel cobalamin-dependent mutase pathway. APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL. 72 (6): 4128-4135. PubMed
Rohwerder T, Gehrke T, Kinzler K, Sand W (2003). Bioleaching review part A: Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation. APPL. MICROBIOL. BIOTECHNOL. 63 (3): 239-248. PubMed
Rohwerder T, Sand W (2003). The sulfane sulfur of persulfides is the actual substrate of the sulfur-oxidizing enzymes from Acidithiobacillus and Acidiphilium spp. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 149 (7): 1699-1709. PubMed
Rohwerder T, Sand W, Lascu C (2003). Preliminary evidence for a sulphur cycle in Movile Cave, Romania. ACTA BIOTECHNOL. 23 (1): 101-107. Wiley
Rohwerder T, Jozsa P-G, Gehrke T, Sand W (2002). Bioleaching. In: G Bitton (ed.). Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, vol. 2, Wiley, New York, pp. 632-641.
Schippers A, Rohwerder T, Sand W (1999). Intermediary sulfur compounds in pyrite oxidation: implications for bioleaching and biodepyritization of coal. APPL. MICROBIOL. BIOTECHNOL. 52 (1): 104-110. Springer
Rohwerder T, Schippers A, Sand W (1998). Determination of reaction energy values for biological pyrite oxidation by calorimetry. THERMOCHIM. ACTA 309 (1-2): 79-85. Elsevier |
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