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
Briers Y, Staubli T, Schmid MC, Wagner M, Schuppler M, Loessner M. Intracellular Vesicles as Reproduction Elements in Cell Wall-Deficient L-Form Bacteria. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038514
Rooks C, Schmid MC, Mehsana W, Trimmer M. The depth-specific significance and relative abundance of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in estuarine sediments (Medway Estuary, UK). FEMS microbiology ecology. 2012;80(1):19-29. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01266.x
Spang A, Poehlein A, Offre P, Zumbragel S, Haider S, Rychlik N et al. The genome of the ammonia-oxidizing Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis: insights into metabolic versatility and environmental adaptations. Environmental Microbiology. 2012;14(12):3122-3145. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02893.x
Milucka J, Ferdelman TG, Polerecky L, Franzke D, Wegener G, Schmid MC et al. Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation. Nature Biotechnology. 2012;491:541-546.
Brandsma J, van de Vossenberg J, Risgaard-Petersen N, Schmid MC, Engström P, Eurenius K et al. A multi-proxy study of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in marine sediments of the Gullmar Fjord, Sweden. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2011;(3):360-366.