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

Adult education and panel discussion on the human microbiome

27.03.2019 DOME

Alexander Loy gave a lecture and participated in a panel discussion on the human microbiome in the course of the Mini Med Studies. Together with…

FWF funding for new PhD program in Microbial Symbioses

20.03.2019 DOME

A new PhD program in Microbial Symbioses will be funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project MAINTAIN and the University of Vienna.

Alexander Loy was interviewed by the German Science magazine 'Spektrum der Wissenschaft'

08.03.2019 DOME

Alexander Loy was interviewed by the German science magazine Spektrum der Wissenschaft for their story on the threatened diversity of the intestinal…

DoME is part of new Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

28.02.2019 DOME

DoME is a proud member of the new Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University of Vienna!

New Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

28.02.2019 JMF

The Joint Microbiome Facility will be anchored in the newly established Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University of…

New publication in mBio: Rare but mighty

21.02.2019 DOME

Sulfate-reducing microbes control the production of the greenhouse gas methane in wetlands by competing effectively with methanogenic archaea. A…

Events

Viral Intrahost Evolution – a Race in Space and Time

06.06.2019 DOME Lecture Series

Andreas Bergthaler

Deciphering population-specific activities of marine microbes with quantitative stable isotope probing

27.05.2019 DOME Lecture Series

William Orsi

Three amazing ideas about microbial biogeography that will blow your mind

16.05.2019 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

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 6;16(1):1-12. 10946. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67048-1

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;649(8098):971-981. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09794-2

Hu H , Karwautz C, Duszka K, Karner T , Anderson-Wagner I, Grander C et al. Revised 16S rRNA V4 hypervariable region targeting primers enhance detection of Patescibacteria and other lineages across diverse environments. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 Dec 2.