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

Out in Nature: The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes

03.12.2025 DOME

An international research team led by Aalborg University with contributions from the University of Vienna has systematically mapped the microbiome of…

ChlamydiaWorkshop 2026: Registration open

28.11.2025 DOME

We are pleased to announce that the 22nd ChlamydiaWorkshop (DCW) will take place at CeMESS (University of Vienna) from March 2-4, 2026. The meeting is…

New Christian Doppler Laboratory at CeMESS

26.11.2025 CeMESS

Research for sustainable solutions: Focus on the biodegradation of water-soluble polymers

Congratulations Dr. Rasoulimehrabani

21.11.2025

Hamid Rasoulimehrabani successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Evaluating the effect of candidate prebiotics in the human gut microbiota by…

Eight “Highly Cited Researchers” at CeMESS

12.11.2025 CeMESS

CeMESS is proud to announce that eight of its researchers across all its four divisions have been named on the 2025 Clarivate list of the world's most…

Congratulations Dr. Lucaciu

05.11.2025 DOME

Calin Rares Lucaciu successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Computational Challenges in the Assembly and Analysis of Non-Model Plant Genomes…

Events

Genome organization in giant viruses

13.10.2023 DOME Lecture Series

Chantal Abergel

Coevolution of geosphere and biosphere: trace metals at the crossroad between metabolic evolution and ecosystem functions

19.09.2023 DOME Lecture Series

Donato Giovannelli

Gut microbiome profiling predicts antibiotic resistance of urinary tract infections

01.06.2023 DOME Lecture Series

Marta Lukačišinová

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

Iriarte-Mesa C, Juère E, Bileck A, Kremsmayr T, Goodson ML, Ehrlich A et al. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles-Based Formulations for Enhanced Oral Delivery of Peptide Drugs: A Case Study on Insulin. Small. 2026 Apr 27;22(24):e13347. doi: 10.1002/smll.202513347