Dr. Markus Schmid
Senior Scientist at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
In the beginning of his career at the Technical University Munich and later at the University of Nijmegen, Markus worked mostly on the detection of microorganisms involved in different parts of the nitrogen cycle. This included ammonia oxidizing bacteria, anaerobic ammonium oxidizers (ANAMMOX) and denitrifying eukaryotes in many different environments, including wastewater, soil, freshwater and marine systems. Since joining the University of Vienna in 2008, he has continued to work with microscopic techniques, and is now responsible for several aspects of microscopy at CeMESS, including epifluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy as well as laser microdissection and Raman spectroscopy.
Publications
Fernando EY, Mcllroy SJ, Nierychlo M, Herbst FA, Petriglieri F, Schmid MC et al. Resolving the individual contribution of key microbial populations to enhanced biological phosphorus removal with Raman-FISH. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. 2019 Aug;13(8):1933-1946. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0399-7
Lukumbuzya M, Schmid M, Pjevac P, Daims H. A Multicolor Fluorescence in situ Hybridization Approach Using an Extended Set of Fluorophores to Visualize Microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019 Jun 19;10:1383. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01383
Bjerg JT, Boschker HTS, Larsen S, Berry D, Schmid M, Millo D et al. Long-distance electron transport in individual, living cable bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2018 May 29;115(22):5786-5791. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800367115
Beam JP, Jay ZJ, Schmid MC, Rusch DB, Romine MF, M Jennings RD et al. Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an oxic, hot spring filamentous 'streamer' community. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. 2016 Jan 1;10(1):210–224. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.83
Berry D, Mader E, Lee TK, Woebken D, Wang Y, Zhu D et al. Tracking heavy water (D2O) incorporation for identifying and sorting active microbial cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2015 Jan 13;112(2):E194-E203. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1420406112