Michael Kube

1. Research interests: Emerging pests in crops and livestock (diagnosis & taxonomy); Pathogen-host interaction (virulence factors, effectors and secretion, host-dependent metabolism); Tolerance and resistance of hosts; Infectious diseases and zoonoses (vector-borne diseases; food security). 2. Methods and techniques: Microbiological and molecular biological approaches (cultivation of fastidious bacteria in vitro and in planta); Diagnostic assays; Omics-technologies and advanced in silico analyses., 3. Working on now: Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.; Mycoplasma spp.; Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.