Prof. Dr. Micah Dunthorn

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology,Metabolism, Biochemistry, and Genetics of Microorganisms
Keywords	454 pyrosequencing, Ciliate, Microbial ecology, Phylogenetics

Current contact address

Country	Norway
City	Oslo
Institution	University of Oslo
Institute	Natural History Museum

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stoeck	Abteilung Ökologie, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Kaiserslautern
Start of initial sponsorship	01/03/2010

Programme(s)

2009	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2011	Micah Dunthorn Wilhelm Foissner Laura A. Katy: Expanding character sampling in ciliate phylogenetic inference using mitochondrial SSU-rDNA as a molecular marker. In: Protist, 2011, 85-99
2010	Zhenzhen Yi Micah Dunthorn Weibo Song Thorsten Stoeck: Increasing taxon sampling using both unidentified environmental sequences and identified cultures improves phylogenetic inference in the Prorodontida (Ciliophora, Prostomatea). . In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , 2010, 937-941
2010	Micah Dunthorn, Laura A. Katz: Secretive ciliates and putative asexuality in microbial eukaryotes. In: Trends in Microbiology, 2010, 183-188
2010	Micah Dunthorn Jere H. Lipps Thorsten Stoeck: Systematic status of putative Neoproterozoic ciliate fossils Eotintinnopsis, Wujiangella, and Yonyangella from the Doushantuo Formation in China. In: Acta Protozoologica , 2010, 139-144