News (2022)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...
