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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.

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News

AVINA Grant for CeMESS Group Leader Shaul Pollak

27.09.2023 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…

New paper in Nature Communications: Interactions of a novel taurine-eating mouse gut bacterium with commensals and pathogens

19.09.2023 DOME

Taurine is not only a semi-essential nutrient of animals and humans, but also a substrate for specialized gut bacteria that respire it to hydrogen…

CeMESS Secures €2.1M FFG Funding for Advanced Microbiome Imaging Equipment

11.09.2023 DOME

The Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna proudly announces a significant milestone: securing…

Alejandro Manzano Marín is a new Senior Scientist at DoME

29.08.2023 DOME

Alejandro did his PhD at the University of Valencia, Spain, and worked as a postdoc at INRA, Montpellier, France, before joining DoME as Marie…

DOME PhD student Sarah Zauner champions seagrass conservation on Ö1

16.08.2023 DOME

PhD student Sarah Zauner, from the Marine Symbioses Group at DOME, has taken the radio spotlight on Ö1 this week, featuring in their series "Vom Leben…

Anouk Willemsen appointed Assistant Professor

03.07.2023 DOME

Anouk Willemsen was promoted to the position of an Assistant Professor (tenure track) and will start a new ERC-funded group at DoME with a focus on…

Events

Three amazing ideas about microbial biogeography that will blow your mind

16.05.2019 DOME Lecture Series

Daniel H. Buckley

Latest Publications at DOME

Kralova S, Spacek P, Gafriller J, Bezdicek M, Medvedcova V, Séneca J et al. Kineochelins-A New Group of Siderophores From an Antarctic Bacterium. Microbial Biotechnology. 2026 Jun;19(6):1-24. e70386. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70386

Abergel C, Abrahão JS, Coulibaly F, Fischer M, Jeudy S, Knorr RL et al. Infection cycles of viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota. Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 2026 May 29. Epub 2026 May 29. doi: 10.1038/s41579-026-01319-6

Hodžić A, Kunert M, Juračić M, Veinović G, Sukara R, Tomanović S et al. Immune-mediated microbial interference governs Borrelia colonization of the tick gut. Iscience. 2026 May 15;29(5):115628. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115628

Treichel NS, Pauvert C, Séneca J , Pjevac P , Berry D, Penders J et al. Benchmarking of shotgun sequencing depth reveals the potential and limitations of shallow metagenomics and strain-level analysis. Nature Microbiology. 2026 May;11(5):1233-1244. Epub 2026 Apr 21. doi: 10.1038/s41564-026-02334-2

Rigou S, Aldaroub J, Horn M, Aylward FO. Rise of the viral giants: common themes underlying genome gigantism in eukaryotic viruses and bacteriophages. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2026 Mar 28;91:1-9. 102741. Epub 2026 Mar 28. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2026.102741