Research focus
“Habitats harbor distinct microbial communities.”- This doctrine implies interactions between the environment and microbes and among the microbes themselves. It is the task for the…
Exploring the microdiversity with PacBio Sequel 16S-ITS sequencing
The PacBio Sequel can generate up to a million of 2 kb long reads with >99% accuracy in circular consensus sequencing mode.…
Aquatic Mycodiversity
PI: PD Dr. Christiane Baschien
Fungi in aquatic environments degrade organic matter and thereby transfer nutrients to higher trophic levels. Despite this ecological…
Selected References
Roesner LM, Mielke C, Faehnrich S, Merkhoffer Y, Dittmar KE, Drexler HG, Dirks WG: Localization of MLH3 at the centrosomes. Int J Mol Sci. 2014 Aug 11;15(8):13932-7. Roesner…
Selected References
Arribas Arranz, J, Winter, DN, Drexler, HG, Eberth, S. Suitability of Yin Yang 1 transcript and protein levels for biomarker studies in B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Biomark…
Research focus
The Phylogenomics team addresses various research questions that relate nomenclature and taxonomy to genomics, phylogenetics, character evolution, comparative biology and scientific…
Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA)
The GEBA project and its follow-up projects aim at systematically filling in the gaps in sequencing along the bacterial and archaeal branches of…
Diversity, ecology and systematics of yeast fungi
PI: Dr. Andrey Yurkov
DSMZ has a rare expertise in the field of yeast ecology and systematics. The present research is directed towards the…
Virus ecology & diversity
Plant diseases caused by viruses undergo changes due to the introduction of new viruses or shifts in existing virus populations Driven by climatic factors and…
