Congratulations Dr. Anna Mueller
DOME
Anna Mueller successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Novel, cultivated marine nitrite oxidizers – characterization of their genomes, physiology…
Division of Microbial Ecology (DOME)
Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
About DOME
The Division of Microbial Ecology | DOME at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science | CeMESS is a team of microbiologists and molecular biologists. Our mission is to unravel the complexities of microbial life and its profound impact on our health and environment.
Our researchers explore the evolution, ecophysiology, interactions and functions of microbes across a broad range of systems. We apply cutting-edge methods, from 'omics analysis, to single-cell isotope probing, to microbial imaging, to computational community modelling.
CeMESS/Maximilian Prag
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Education
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Facilities | Ressources
Our Facilities and Ressources include Joint Microbiome Facility, NanoSIMS, probeBase, and daime.
News
Congratulations Dr. Patrick Arthofer
DOME
Patrick Arthofer successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Interactions of giant viruses with their hosts and symbiotic bacteria" on October 13,…
Congratulations Dr. Marlies Dietrich
DOME
Marlies Dietrich successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "The impact of environmental factors and small-scale interactions on the structure and…
CeMESS joins hands with Open Science for European Researchers' Night!
CeMESS
Last Friday, the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz played host to a unique stall: a collaborative effort between CeMESS and Open Science, as part of…
Begann die Evolution der Tiere mit einer räuberischen Lebensweise?
DOME
Neue Forschungserkenntnisse zur Seeanemone Aiptasia lassen Rückschlüsse auf die Entstehung vielzelliger Lebewesen zu
AVINA Grant for CeMESS Group Leader Shaul Pollak
DOME
Swiss independent AVINA Stiftung has awarded one of its sought-after grants to Shaul Pollak, a group leader at DOME. The funding will support Pollak’s…
Events
Parammox: a new microbial ammonia oxidation pathway
DOME Lecture Series
Shuang-Jiang Liu
Non-genetic inheritance, trait evolution, and primary production in changing aquatic environments
DOME Lecture Series
Sinead Collins
Exploring and Exploiting the Chemistry of Microbial Interactions
DOME Lecture Series
Thomas Böttcher
Latest Publications at DOME
Zhang R, Mayer L, Hikida H, Shichino Y, Mito M, Willemsen A et al. A giant virus forms a specialized subcellular environment within its amoeba host for efficient translation. Nature Microbiology. 2026 Jan 9. Epub 2026 Jan 9. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.07.616867, 10.1038/s41564-025-02234-x
Bauchinger F, Berry D. Metatranscriptomic-driven insights into mucosal glycan degradation by the human gut microbiota. FEMS microbiology ecology. 2025 Dec 4. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiaf118
The Microflora Danica Consortium, Singleton CM, Jensen TBN, Delogu F, Knudsen KS, Sørensen EA et al. The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes. Nature. 2025 Dec 3. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09794-2
Krasenbrink J, Hanson BT, Weiss AS, Borusak S, Tanabe TS, Lang M et al. Sulfoquinovose is exclusively metabolized by the gut microbiota and degraded differently in mice and humans. Microbiome. 2025 Dec;13(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s40168-025-02175-x
Stuehrenberg J, Kitzinger K, von Arx JN, Graf JS, Lavik G, Littmann S et al. Urea use drives niche separation between dominant marine ammonia oxidizing archaea. Nature Communications. 2025 Dec;16(1):10946. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67048-1
Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
University of Vienna
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