Dr. Petra Pjevac

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Scientist at the Joint Microbiome Facility
Group Leader

☎ +43 1 4277 91233

✉ petra.pjevac@univie.ac.at

Sequencing-based methods are currently the most widely applied techniques in microbiome research, both in clinical and environmental studies. As a staff scientist in the Joint Microbiome Facility, Petra supports researchers in all steps of sequencing-based microbiome analysis, from study design and data generation to analysis and interpretation of results. In her own research, she investigates factors that shape microbial communities and drive niche differentiation between microorganisms. Besides sequencing-based approaches, she uses physiological experiments and biogeochemical data to address these questions. Petra is particularly interested in chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms in complex environments like soils and sediments – mainly those involved in nitrogen, sulfur and metal cycling.

Current Projects

Nitrogen (N) is essential for all life on Earth and the most abundant element in the atmosphere, where it mainly occurs as dinitrogen gas (N2)....
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Nitrification is a key process of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle and wastewater treatment. Our current knowledge on the involved organisms –...
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 Publications

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Ayeni, K. I., Seki, D., Pjevac, P., Hausmann, B., Krausová, M., Braun, D., Wisgrill, L., Berry, D., Warth, B., & Ezekiel, C. N. (2024). Biomonitoring of Dietary Mycotoxin Exposure and Associated Impact on the Gut Microbiome in Nigerian Infants. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(5), 2236-2246. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07786
Merls, T., Sedlacek, C., Pjevac, P., Fuchslueger, L., Sandén, T., Spiegel, H., Koren, K., & Giguere, A. (2024). Visualizing small-scale subsurface NH3 and pH dynamics surrounding nitrogen fertilizer granules and impacts on nitrification activity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 189, [109273]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109273
Ye, H., Borusak, S., Eberl, C., Krasenbrink, J., Weiss, A. S., Chen, S., Hanson, B. T., Hausmann, B., Herbold, C. W., Pristner, M., Zwirzitz, B., Warth, B., Pjevac, P., Schleheck, D., Stecher, B., & Loy, A. (2023). Ecophysiology and interactions of a taurine-respiring bacterium in the mouse gut. Nature Communications, 14(1), [5533]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41008-z
Riva, A., Rasoulimehrabani, H., Cruz-Rubio, J. M., Schnorr, S. L., von Baeckmann, C., Inan, D., Nikolov, G., Herbold, C. W., Hausmann, B., Pjevac, P., Schintlmeister, A., Spittler, A., Palatinszky, M., Kadunic, A., Hieger, N., Del Favero, G., von Bergen, M., Jehmlich, N., Watzka, M., ... Berry, D. (2023). Identification of inulin-responsive bacteria in the gut microbiota via multi-modal activity-based sorting. Nature Communications, 14(1), [8210]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43448-z
Grander, C., Meyer, M., Steinacher, D., Claudel, T., Hausmann, B., Pjevac, P., Grabherr, F., Oberhuber, G., Grander, M., Brigo, N., Jukic, A., Schwärzler, J., Weiss, G., Adolph, T., Trauner, M., & Tilg, H. (2023). 24-norursodeoxycholic acid ameliorates experimental alcohol-related liver disease and activates hepatic PPARγ. JHEP reports, 5(11), [100872]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100872
Malfent, F., Niedermayr, V., Oberhofer, M., Zehl, M., Pjevac, P., & Zotchev, S. (2023). Discovery of novel natural products from endophytic Streptomyces spp. isolated from Leontopodium nivale ssp. alpinum. Planta Medica, 89(14), 1318-1318. [Meeting Abstract: P-053].