News1 April 2025|PublicationPreuss et al. I Plastic Degradation and Bacterial Signaling: Nutritional Signals in the Marine PlastispherePhoto: pixabay.com/The Qeios Podcast provides explorations of Qeios papers, connecting listeners with the latest in scientific research and innovation. Each episode...20 January 2025|ForschungNewly approved project „BioLoop" – Micro-biologically enhanced material cycle for closing PE and PE-PET multilayer plastic foil LoopsPhoto: PixabayThe focus of the four-year, 1.2 million Euro VolkswagenStiftung-funded project “BioLoop: Micro-biologically enhanced material cycle for closing PE and...25 October 2023|PublicationA novel Nitrospira lineage isolated from activated sludge using elevated temperaturesPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieThe genus Nitrospira represents the dominant nitrite-oxidizing clade in most wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) globally, and several Nitrospira...23 October 2023|ResearchIm Kampf gegen multiresistente Keime – Wirkstoff aus KorallenPhoto: Hamburger Abendblatt 13.10.23Einen Artikel im Hamburger Abendblatt vom 13.10.2023 über unsere erfolgreiche Wirkstoffgewinnung aus Proben von Korallen im Tierpark Hagenbeck lesen...7 October 2023|Research"PET46" in der Tagesschau (NDR)Photo: NDR Tagesschau am 07.10.2023Einen weiteren Beitrag über das von uns entdeckte Enzym PET46 - in Zusammenarbeit mit den Unis Kiel und Düsseldorf - sendete der NDR in der Tagesschau...2 October 2023|Research"PET46" im Schleswig-Holstein Magazin (NDR)Photo: NDR SH-Magazin am 29.09.2023Einen Beitrag über das von uns entdeckte Enzym PET46 - in Zusammenarbeit mit den Unis Kiel und Düsseldorf - sendete der NDR im Schleswig-Holstein...28 September 2023|ResearchErstmals entdeckt: Neues Enzym (PET46) aus der Tiefsee baut den Kunststoff PET abPhoto: © Perez-Garcia, P., Chow, J., Costanzi, E. et al. (2023)Aus der Pressemitteilung der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel: "Plastikverschmutzung verändert zunehmend die Gesundheit der Küsten und Meere...19 July 2023|EventMany thanks to all contributors of the 5th ESSIB in HamburgPhoto: UHH/Mikrobiologie5th European Summer School on Industrial Biotechnology: Functional metagenomics: from nature to biochemical functions Hamburg, July 3-6, 2023 essib.eu27 June 2023|EventCheck out the ESSIB 2023 program!Photo: essib.euThere are only a few days left until the start of the 5th European Summer School on Industrial Biotechnology, which will take place in Hamburg, July...7 February 2023|AwardMolecule of the Month: Plastic-eating EnzymesPhoto: pdb101.rcsb.orgThe global protein database RCSB PDB-101 refers for its Molecule of the Month to our publication Microbial enzymes will offer limited solutions to the...2 November 2022|ForschungMetagenomics - Methods and Protocols - Third EditionPhoto: Humana PressThe third edition of the book "Metagenomics - Methods and Protocols" ©2023 by Wolfgang R. Streit and Rolf Daniel describes new and comprehensive...27 October 2022|InformationNew Project: PET-RezyaThe PET-Rezya project addresses the overall goal of transforming today's economy into a bioeconomic circular economy. On the one hand, climate change...25 October 2022|PublicationA novel metagenome-derived viral RNA polymerasePhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieThe mining of genomes from non-cultivated microorganisms using metagenomics is a powerful tool to discover novel proteins and other valuable...17 October 2022|PublicationInterplay between the microalgae Micrasterias radians and its symbiont DyadobacterPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieBased on previous research, related to detailed insight into mutualistic collaboration of microalga and its microbiome, we established an artificial...13 September 2022|PublicationMicrobial enzymes will offer limited solutions to the global plastic pollution crisisPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieGlobal economies depend on the use of fossil- fuel- based polymers with 360– 400 million metric tons of synthetic polymers being produced per year...1 March 2022|PublicationSome like it cold: the cellular organization and physiological limits of cold-tolerant nitrite-oxidizing NitrotogaPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieChemolithoautotrophic production of nitrate is accomplished by the polyphyletic functional group of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). A widely...25 January 2022|InformationNew collection of biochemically characterized plastic-active enzymesPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieThe most valuable plastic-active enzymes are now available in the PAZy database – a cooperation between the University of Stuttgart, Institute of...5 January 2022|PublicationPromiscuous Esterases With PET-Hydrolyzing ActivityPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieCertain members of the Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria are known to degrade polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Here, we describe the first functional...6 October 2021|PublikationKey genes identified for fuel and tank corrosionMicrobial contamination of fuels, associated with a wide variety of bacteria and fungi, leads to decreased product quality and can compromise...13 September 2021|PublicationRelevance of Candidatus NitrotogaMany biotechnological applications deal with nitrification, one of the main steps of the global nitrogen cycle. The biological oxidation of ammonia to...Show all news
