Research Projects

DFG Collaborative Research Centre (Transregio-SFB 51) Roseobacter A2, The metabolic potential and the distribution of the Roseobacter clade in marine sediments   B1, Physiological response to energy limitation in the Roseobacter clade   IODP project Influence of fluids from the ocean crust on growth and activity of deep-biosphere populations (IODP Leg 301)   ODP project High sensitivity analysis of growing deep-biosphere bacteria from ODP Leg 201   Meteor project Cultivation and molecular characterization of bacteria from Eastern Mediterranean sapropels (Meteor Leg 51/3)   DFG Research group BioGeoChemistry of tidal flats Bioreactor Janssand   Sulfate-reducing bacteria in tidal-flat sediments   Methane cycle in tidal flats   Gradients and microbial transformations in the anoxic zone   Ammonia-oxidizing archaea   Methane release from coal seams   Aerotaxis in Desulfovibrio   Nevskia ramosa   Finished PhD and Master theses