Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer(born October 5, 1939) is a biologist and a retired professor of microbiology and heads the Emeritus group at theMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyinMarburg.[1]Thauer taught in the faculty of Biology at theUniversity of Marburgfor about 15 years and is known primarily for his work on the biochemistry of methanogens.[2]
He received theGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizeby theDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaftin 1986, among numerous other honours including honorary doctorates fromETH Zurich,University of Waterloo[3]and theUniversity of Freiberg.[1]In 1991 he became founding director of theMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiologyin Marburg.
A novel genus ofbetaproteobacteriawas namedThauerain his honour.[4]Methanobrevibacter thaueriwas also named after Thauer.[5]
He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Societyin 2018.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Prof. Dr. R.K. Thauer curriculum vitae".Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-01-12.Retrieved2011-01-10.
- ^"Biochemistry of methanogens II - MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology".Prof. Dr. R.K. Thauer- most important work.Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-01-05.Retrieved2011-01-10.
- ^"UW Daily Bulletin, June 13, 2007".Communications and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo. June 13, 2007.Retrieved2011-01-10.
- ^Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer.ISBN978-0-387-24145-6.
- ^Miller, Terry L; Lin, Chuzhao (1 May 2002)."Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov."International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.52(3). Microbiology Society: 819–822.doi:10.1099/00207713-52-3-819.ISSN1466-5026.PMID12054244.
- ^"Election of New Members at the 2018 Spring Meeting".
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