News13 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...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...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...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...Show all news