Dr. Kristin Mühldorfer

Scientist

Head of bacteriology

Department of Wildlife Diseases

 

Tel: 0049 (0) 30 5168 - 215
 
 

Short curriculum vitae

Kristin Mühldorfer works as a veterinary wildlife bacteriologist at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW). She completed her studies in veterinary medicine at Freie Universität Berlin and concluded her doctoral thesis in 2012, focusing on diseases and infectious agents of bats. In 2013, she moved to the Institute of Poultry Diseases at the Freie Universität Berlin, where she was responsible for the bacteriology and serology laboratories, associated doctoral students and education. She has been back at the IZW since December 2014 and heads the bacteriology laboratory in the Department of Wildlife Diseases. Her research interests lie in the field of wildlife diseases, with a focus on novel, emerging bacterial pathogens and the development of reliable diagnostic methods for wildlife species. In 2020 she was recognized by the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation as a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology.
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Projects
Research interests
  • Wildlife bacteriology
  • Wildlife diseases
  • Emerging bacterial pathogens affecting wildlife
  • Novel infectious agents
  • Bacteria-host interactions
  • Development of disease diagnostics for zoo and wild animals
Selected publications

Hensel B*, Jakop U*, Scheinpflug K*, Schröter F, Sandmann M, Mühldorfer K, Schulze M (2021): Low temperature preservation: influence of putative bioactive microalgae and hop extracts on sperm quality and bacterial load in porcine semen. SUSTAIN CHEM PHARM 19, 100359. doi:10.1016/j.scp.2020.100359

Jäkel H, Scheinpflug K, Mühldorfer K, Gianluppi R, Lucca MS, Mellagi APG, Bortolozzo FP, Waberski D (2021): In vitro performance and in vivo fertility of antibiotic-free preserved boar semen stored at 5 °C. J ANIM SCI BIOTECHNOL 12, 9. doi:10.1186/s40104-020-00530-6

Eisenberg T, Gronow S, Falgenhauer J, Imirzalioglu C, Mühldorfer K, Rau J, Blom J, Fawzy A, Glaeser SP, Kämpfer P (in press): Sneathia vaginalis sp. nov. (Fusobacteriales, Leptotrichiaceae) as a replacement of the species ‘Sneathia amnii’ Harwich et al. 2012 and ‘Leptotrichia amnionii’ Shukla et al. 2002, and emended description of Sneathia Collins et al. 2001. INT J SYST EVOL MICR. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004663

Bajerski F, Bürger A, Glasmacher B, Keller ERJ, Müller K, Mühldorfer K, Nagel M, Rüdel H, Müller T, Schenkel J, Overmann J (2020): Factors determining microbial colonization of liquid nitrogen storage tanks used for archiving biological samples. APPL MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL 104, 131–144. doi:10.1007/s00253-019-10242-1

Brinkmann A, Kohl C, Radonic A, Dabrowski PW, Mühldorfer K, Nitsche A, Wibbelt G, Kurth A (2020): First detection of bat-borne Issyk-Kul virus in Europe. SCI REP 10, 22384. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79468-8

Edenborough KM, Mu A, Mühldorfer K, Lechner J, Lander A, Bokelmann M, Couacy-Hymann E, Radonic A, Kurth A (2020): Microbiomes in the insectivorous bat species Mops condylurus rapidly converge in captivity. PLOS ONE 15, e0223629. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223629

Eisenberg T, Heydel C, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Fawzy A, Kling U, Akimkin V, Semmler T, Mühldorfer K, Kämpfer P, Blom J, Ewers C (2020): Streptobacillus canis sp. nov. isolated from a dog. INT J SYST EVOL MICR 70, 2648–2656. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004086

Fritschi J, Marti H, Seth-Smith HMB, Aeby S, Greub G, Meli ML, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Mühldorfer K, Stokar-Regenscheit N, Wiederkehr D, Pilo P, van den Broek P, Borel N (2020): Prevalence and phylogeny of Chlamydiae and hemotrophic mycoplasma in captive and free-living bats. BMC MICROBIOL 20, 182. doi:10.1186/s12866-020-01872-x

Hensel B*, Jakop U*, Scheinpflug K*, Mühldorfer K, Schröter F, Schäfer J, Greber K, Jung M, Schulze M (2020): Low temperature preservation of porcine semen: influence of short antimicrobial lipopeptides on sperm quality and bacterial load. SCI REP 10, 13225. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-70180-1

Hornok S, Mühldorfer K, Takács N, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli ML, Gyuranecz M, Unnsteinsdóttir ER, Greenwood AD, Czirják GÁ (2020): Broad range screening of vector-borne pathogens in arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland. ANIMALS 10, 2031. doi:10.3390/ani10112031

Kohl C, Brinkmann A, Radonić A, Dabrowski PW, Nitsche A, Mühldorfer K, Wibbelt G, Kurth A (2020): Zwiesel bat banyangvirus, a potentially zoonotic Huaiyangshan banyangvirus (formerly known as SFTS)-like banyangvirus in Northern bats from Germany. SCI REP 10, 1370. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58466-w

Mühldorfer K, Szentiks CA, Wibbelt G, van der Linden M, Ewers C, Semmler T, Akimkin V, Blom J, Rau J, Eisenberg T (2020): Streptococcus catagoni sp. nov., isolated from the respiratory tract of diseased Chacoan peccaries (Catagonus wagneri). INT J SYST EVOL MICR 70, 5734–5739. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004471

Paschoal AFL, Luther A-M, Jäkel H, Scheinpflug K, Mühldorfer K, Bortolozzo FP, Waberski D (2020): Determination of a cooling-rate frame for antibiotic-free preservation of boar semen at 5°C. PLOS ONE 15, e0234339. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234339

Prüter H, Franz M, Twietmeyer S, Böhm N, Middendorff G, Portas R, Melzheimer J, Kolberg H, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Greenwood AD, Lüschow D, Mühldorfer K, Czirják GÁ (2020): Increased immune marker variance in a population of invasive birds. SCI REP 10, 21764. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-78427-7

Scheinpflug K, Schiller S, Jäkel H, Schulze M, Waberski D, Mühldorfer K (2020): Relevance of Leptospira in boar and for the development of alternative antimicrobial concepts in boar semen preservation. PORCINE HEALTH MANAG 6, 31. doi:10.1186/s40813-020-00169-9

Veiga IB, Mühldorfer K, Hafez HM, Lüschow D (2020): Whatman® FTA® cards performance for Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale DNA amplification. AVIAN DIS 64, 496–498. doi:10.1637/aviandiseases-D20-00030

Edenborough K, Mu A, Mühldorfer K, Lechner J, Lander A, Bokelmann M, Couacy-Hymann E, Radonic A, Kurth A (2020): Microbiomes in the insectivorous bat species Mops condylurus rapidly converge in captivity. PLOS ONE 15, e0223629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223629.

Mühldorfer K, Rau J, Fawzy A, Heydel C, Glaeser SP, van der Linden M, Kutzer P, Knauf-Witzens T, Hanczaruk M, Eckert AS, Eisenberg T (2019): Streptococcus castoreus, an uncommon group A Streptococcus in beavers. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK 112, 1663-1673. doi:10.1007/s10482-019-01293-5.

Numberger D, Ganzert L, Zoccarato L, Mühldorfer K, Sauer S, Grossart HP, Greenwood A (2019): Characterization of bacterial communities in wastewater with enhanced taxonomic resolution by full-length 16S rRNA sequencing. SCI REP 9, 9673. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46015-z.

Berger A, Dangel A, Peters M, Mühldorfer K, Braune S, Eisenberg T, Szentiks CA, Rau J, Konrad R, Hörmansdorfer S, Ackermann N, Sing A (2019): Tox-positive Corynebacterium ulcerans in hedgehogs, Germany. EMERG MICROBES INFECT 8, 211-217. doi:10.1080/22221751.2018.1562312.

Veiga IMB, Lüschow D, Gutzer S, Hafez HM, Mühldorfer K (2019): Phylogenetic relationship of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale isolated from poultry and diverse avian hosts based on 16S rRNA and rpoB gene analysis. BMC MICROBIOL 19, 31. doi:10.1186/s12866-019-1395-9.

Prüter H, Czirják CÁ, Twietmeyer S, Harder T, Grund C, Mühldorfer K, Lüschow D (2018): Sane and sound: a serological and molecular survey for selected infectious agents in neozootic Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) in Germany. EUR J WILDL RES 64,71. doi:10.1007/s10344-018-1231-9.

Feßler AT, Thomas P, Mühldorfer K, Grobbel M, Brombach J, Eichhorn I, Monecke S, Ehricht R, Schwarz S (2018) Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from zoo and wild animals. VET MICROBIOL 218, 98-103. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.03.020.

Mühldorfer K (2017): Bats, bacteria and their role in health and disease. MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA 38, 28-29. doi:10.1071/MA17009.

Mühldorfer K, Wibbelt G, Szentiks CA, Fischer D, Scholz HC, Zschöck M, Eisenberg T (2017): The role of ‘atypical’ Brucella in amphibians: Are we facing novel emerging pathogens? J APPL MICROBIOL 122, 40-53. doi: 10.1111/jam.13326.

Thieme S, Hafez HM, Gutzer S, Warkentin N, Lüschow D, Mühldorfer K (2016): Multilocus sequence typing of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale isolated from pigeons and birds of prey revealed new insights into its population structure. VETERINARY ANIMAL SCIENCE 1-2, 15-20. doi:10.1016/j.vas.2016.10.002.

Dietrich M, Mühldorfer K, Tortosa P, Markotter W (2015): Leptospira and bats: story of an emerging friendship. PLOS PATHOGEN 11, e1005176. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005176.

Mühldorfer K, Speck S, Wibbelt G (2014): Proposal of Vespertiliibacter pulmonis gen. nov., sp. nov. and two genomospecies as new members of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from European bats. INT J SYST EVOL MICR 64, 2424-2430. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.062786-0.

Mühldorfer K (2013): Bats and bacterial pathogens: a review. ZOONOSES PUBLIC HEALTH 60,93-103. doi: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.

Mühldorfer K, Speck S, Kurth A, Lesnik R, Freuling C, Müller T, Kramer-Schadt S, Wibbelt G (2011): Diseases and causes of death in European bats: dynamics in disease susceptibility and infection rates. PLOS ONE 6, e29773. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029773.

Mühldorfer K, Speck S, Wibbelt G (2011): Diseases in free-ranging bats from Germany. BMC VET RES 7, 61. doi:10.1186/1746-6148-7-61.

Mühldorfer K, Wibbelt G, Haensel J, Riehm J, Speck S (2010): Yersinia species isolated from bats, Germany. EMERG INFECT DIS 16, 578-580. doi:10.3201/eid1603.091035.