Rudolf K. Thauer Explained

Rudolf K. Thauer (born October 5, 1939) is a biologist and a retired professor of microbiology and heads the Emeritus group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.[1] Thauer taught in the faculty of Biology at the University of Marburg for about 15 years and is known primarily for his work on the biochemistry of methanogens.[2]

He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 1986, among numerous other honours including honorary doctorates from ETH Zurich, University of Waterloo[3] and the University of Freiberg.[1] In 1991 he became founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.

A novel genus of betaproteobacteria was named Thauera in his honour.[4] Methanobrevibacter thaueri was also named after Thauer.[5]

He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. R.K. Thauer curriculum vitae . Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology . 2011-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110112101822/http://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/thauer/ . 2011-01-12 . dead .
  2. Web site: Biochemistry of methanogens II - MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology . Prof. Dr. R.K. Thauer- most important work . Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology . 2011-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110105084918/http://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/thauer/research2.html . 2011-01-05 .
  3. Web site: UW Daily Bulletin, June 13, 2007 . Communications and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo . June 13, 2007. 2011-01-10 .
  4. 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. .
  5. Miller . Terry L . Lin . Chuzhao . 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 . Microbiology Society . 52 . 3 . 1 May 2002 . 1466-5026 . 10.1099/00207713-52-3-819 . 819–822. 12054244 . free .
  6. Web site: Election of New Members at the 2018 Spring Meeting.

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