DOME

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

Daan Speth is a new senior scientist at DOME

15.05.2023 DOME

We are very happy that Daan recently joined our team. Daan did his PhD at Njmegen University with Mike Jetten and worked as a PostDoc with Victoria…

5 PhD positions in the Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science

08.05.2023 DOME

The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science offers 5 PhD positions in the Spring 2023 recruitment call.

Presenting … DoME PhD student Dania Randi

08.05.2023 DOME

Get a glimpse into one of our PhD students' work life as an early career researcher at the University of Vienna and our doctoral school: DoME PhD…

Stanislava Kralova receives Czech Creative Heroes Award 2023

28.04.2023 DOME

Stanislava Kralova, MSCA postdoctoral fellow in the group of Alex Loy, has won the Czech Creative Heroes Award in the global impact category.…

Dimitra Sakoula featured in Rudolphina article

21.04.2023 DOME

Dimitra Sakoula, postdoctoral researcher at DoME, was recently featured in the University of Vienna’s research magazine Rudolphina. Her research…

Start of CeMESS Lecture Series – summer 2023 edition

31.03.2023 CeMESS

The CeMESS Lecture Series started with a talk by Shaul Pollak on “Combining machine-learning, ecological theory, and experiments to study bacterial…

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

Ren XY, Lin XY, Tanabe TS , Loy A, Hu L, Zhu YG et al. Evolutionary trajectory of microbial sulfur oxidation pathways recapitulates Earth's oxygenation history. Nature Communications. 2026 Jul 20. Epub 2026 Jul 20. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75310-3

Meier DV, Greve A, de Beer D, Abed RMM, Woebken D. Sulfide-oxidizing potential and hypersalinity tolerance strategies in salt-crust covered coastal microbial mats. ISME Journal. 2026 Jun 26;20(1):1-17. wrag166. doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wrag166

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