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Stetter was born in Munich and studied biology at the Technical University of Munich. Stetter wrote Stetter's doctoral dissertation on lactobacilli. From 1980 to 2002 Stetter was professor at, and head of, the department of microbiology and of the Archaea center of the University of Regensburg. The majority of Stetter's research has focused on ...
Dec 21, 2020 · Karl-Otto Stetter is married and has two daughters and a son. In his greenhouse he is growing over a thousand orchids, his winter garden is home to thriving Mediterranean plants, and on the meadow in front of his house rare wildflowers are blooming.
Oct 26, 2016 · Later, German microbiologist Karl Stetter showed that many surprising habitats, even oil fields, teemed with microbial life. In the 1980s, Forterre began to analyse the hyperthermophilic...
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Stetter, Karl Otto was born on July 16, 1941 in Munich. Son of Josef and Elisabeth Stetter. Education Abitur, Staatl. Luitpold-Oberrealschule, Munich, 1960. Diploma in Biology, Technology University, Munich, 1969. Doctor (honorary), Technology University, Munich, 1973. Doctor (honorary), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, 1977. Career
Nov 24, 2003 · A dogged hunter of life on the edge has won microbiology's highest honor. On 24 November, Karl Stetter, a expert on extremophiles at the University of Regensburg in Germany received the Leeuwenhoek Medal from the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences.
earliest life forms, and Karl Stetter has collected over 1500 strains of these organisms from hot terrestrial and submarine environments (Stetter 2006). There is considerable abundance of these microorganisms in the environment, with 107 cells of Thermoproteus found in a gram of boiling muds near active volcanoes, 108 cells of Methanopyrus
Karl O. Stetter History of discovery of the first hyperthermophiles Received: 7 June 2006/ Accepted: 8 June 2006/Published online: 29 August 2006 Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract Hyperthermophiles, growing optimally at 80 C and above had been discovered in 1981. They represent the upper temperature border of life and are found
