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...21 May 2024|PublicationCommunity dynamics and metagenomic analyses reveal Bacteroidota's role in widespread enzymatic Fucus vesiculosus cell wall degradationEnzymatic degradation of algae cell wall carbohydrates by microorganisms is under increasing investigation as marine organic matter gains more value...15 May 2024|EventSymposium: The Future of Biotechnology and Biofilm ResearchPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieMany thanks to the numerous participants and speakers who gave us great presentations at the Symposium on 3 May. We were delighted that you were all...13 March 2024|EventDonation run for 60th birthdayPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieWe congratulated our head, Wolfgang Streit, on his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, 49 "Mibis" ran together and collected donations for each lap...4 January 2024|PublicationNew dienelactone hydrolase from microalgae bacterial community-Antibiofilm activity against fish pathogens and potential applications for aquaculturePhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieBiofilms are resistant to many traditional antibiotics, which has led to search for new antimicrobials from different and unique sources. To harness...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...16 October 2023|Research"PET46" im Hamburg Journal (NDR)Photo: NDR Hamburg Journal am 16.10.2023Schauen Sie hier in den Beitrag vom Hamburg Journal am 16.10.2023.7 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...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...18 August 2022|PublicationMicroalgae and Bacteria InteractionPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieMicroalgae are one of the most dominant forms of life on earth that is tightly associated with a distinct and specialized microbiota. We have...30 May 2022|PublikationHealth benefits of microalgae and their microbiomesPhoto: UHH/MikrobiologieMicroalgae comprise a phylogenetically very diverse group of photosynthetic unicellular pro- and eukaryotic organisms growing in marine and other...26 April 2022|PublicationMolecular Insight into Gene Response of Diorcinol- and Rubrolide-Treated Biofilms of the Emerging Pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophiliaStenotrophomonas maltophilia is a multidrug-resistant human opportunistic pathogen. S. maltophilia contributes to disease progression in cystic...Show all news
