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
Eichinger I, Schmitz-Esser S, Schmid M, Fisher CR, Bright M. Symbiont-driven sulfur crystal formation in a thiotrophic symbiosis from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2014 Aug;6(4):364-372. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12149
Moon-van der Staay SY, van der Staay GWM, Michalowski T, Jouany JP, Pristas P, Javorsky P et al. The symbiotic intestinal ciliates and the evolution of their hosts. European Journal of Protistology. 2014 Apr;50(2):166-173. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2014.01.004
Probst AJ, Weinmaier T, Raymann K, Perras A, Emerson JB, Rattei T et al. Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nature Communications. 2014;5:5497. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6497
Schmid MC, Wagner M. Einzelzellanalyse lebender Mikroorganismen. BioSpektrum. 2013 Oct 1;19(6):631-633. doi: 10.1007/s12268-013-0365-2
Lebedeva EV, Hatzenpichler R, Pelletier E, Schuster N, Hauzmayer S, Bulaev A et al. Enrichment and Genome Sequence of the Group I.1a Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon "Ca. Nitrosotenuis uzonensis" Representing a Clade Globally Distributed in Thermal Habitats. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(11):e80835. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080835