New University Vienna research platform - Secondary Metabolomes of Bacterial Communities
DOME
The new research platform "MetaBac - Secondary Metabolomes of Bacterial Communities" is a cooperation between the Faculty of Life Sciences, the Centre…
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
Research Projects
Get to know our research by exploring our active projects and the researcher profiles of our principle investigators.
Education
We are committed to nurturing the next generation of scientists, including undergraduate and doctoral programs, as well as intensive methods-based courses.
Facilities | Ressources
Our Facilities and Ressources include Joint Microbiome Facility, NanoSIMS, probeBase, and daime.
News
Science Podcast from the University of Vienna - latest issue by Dagmar Woebken
DOME
Dagmar Woebken recently participated in the Audimax, a science podcast series by the University of Vienna. She discusses the fascinating microbial…
Marie Curie Fellowship awarded to Anouk Willemsen
DOME
Anouk Willemsen received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship to work at DoME on her project “Host range and genome adaptation of giant…
New publication in Nature Communications: Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean
JMF
Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet many of its aspects are poorly…
Prof. Josh Neufeld visiting professor at DOME
DOME
Josh Neufeld, professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Waterloo, Canada, will spend the next 3 months at our division as a visiting…
New NanoSIMS project funded by the WWTF on multimodal molecular imaging
DOME
Arno Schintlmeister received a 90 kEUR funding from the WWTF Life Sciences multimodal imaging initiative.
Events
Viral Intrahost Evolution – a Race in Space and Time
DOME Lecture Series
Andreas Bergthaler
Deciphering population-specific activities of marine microbes with quantitative stable isotope probing
DOME Lecture Series
William Orsi
Three amazing ideas about microbial biogeography that will blow your mind
DOME Lecture Series
Daniel H. Buckley
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
CeMESS/Maximilian Prag