Peter Kuhnert

My research as microbiologist focuses on bacterial virulence, molecular epidemiology, phylogeny and taxonomy. Thereby a broad variety of animal as well as zoonotic human pathogens are covered. It includes e.g. virulence mechanisms of Pasteurellaceae or genotyping of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, as well as source attribution and pathogenesis of Campylobacter, or pathotyping of E. coli. More recently, molecular diagnosis and pathogenesis of infectious hoof diseases like ovine foot-rot caused by Dichelobacter nododus and bovine digital dermatitis triggered by Treponema species are a focus of my research.