Molecular mechanisms and benefits of phenotypic heterogeneity in Sinorhizobium meliloti populations (Anke Becker & Peter Pfaffelhuber)
Bistability in inositol utilization by Salmonella (Thilo Fuchs)
Regulation of phenotypic switching and heterogeneity in Photorhabdus luminescens cell populations (Ralf Heermann)
Phenotypic heterogeneity and bet hedging in chemotaxis of Escherichia coli (Victor Sourjik)
Spontaneous induction of cryptic prophages in populations of the model species Corynebacterium glutamicum and Escherichia coli (Julia Frunzke, Wolfgang Wiechert, Katharina Nöh, Dietrich Kohlheyer)
Phenotypic heterogeneity generated by histidine kinases based signaling networks (Kirsten Jung)
Heterogeneity of matrix production in bacterial biofilm formation (Regine Hengge)
Bet-hedging and communication in E. coli?- Investigations of heterogeneous gene expression of carbohydrate uptake systems (Katja Bettenbrock, Ilka Bischofs-Pfeiffer)
Molecular switches and networks involved in regulation of phenotypic heterogeneity in Sinorhizobium fredii NGR234 (Wolfgang Streit)
Phenotypic heterogeneity of Legionella in phagocytes (Hubert Hilbi)
Phenotypic heterogeneity during heterologous protein production in Bacillus megaterium (Dieter Jahn, Johannes Müller, Richard Münch, Rebekka Biedendieck)
Heterogeneity in Colicin E2 expression of Escherichia coli (Erwin Frey, Madeleine Opitz)
Interaction of prophages and colicin Ib at the single cell and population-wide level (Bärbel Stecher)
Heterogeneity in flagella-mediated motility (Kai Thormann)
Molecular characterization of the cell types required for the development of S. aureus biofilms (Daniel Lopez)
Novel high resolving microanalytical approaches to access phenotypical heterogeneity on a molecular level (Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin)
Maintenance and evolution of cooperation in synthetic microbial ecosystems (Heinrich Jung, Erwin Frey)
Regulatory dynamics and heterogeneity of the LiaR-/AbrB-dependent stress response switch PliaI of Bacillus subtilis (Thorsten Mascher)
Genetics and dynamics of staphylococcal persister cells (Ralph Bertram)
Underlying principles of bistability in the expression of the pivotal virulence regulator RovA in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and role for virulence (Petra Dersch)
Phenotypic heterogeneity and population dynamics in biofilms (Ákos T. Kovács)
Phenotypic heterogeneity and the evolution of metabolic cross-feeding interactions (Christian Kost)
Control of bistable gene expression in Bacillus subtilis by the transcription factor SinR and the phosphodiesterase YmdB (Jörg Stülke)
Adjunct projects (funded by DFG during first periode 7/2012 - 6/2015)
Phenotypic heterogeneity as a strategy for speeding up adaptive evolution at minimal cost (Berenike Maier)
Phenotypic heterogeneity of quorum sensing / quorum quenching related activities in the rhizosphere bacterium Pseudomonas putida IsoF (Anton Hartmann)
Adjunct projects
Feedback control of the pleiotropic regulators and H-NS antagonists LeuO and RcsB-BglJ in Escherichia coli (Karin Schnetz)
