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The Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna combines rapidly developing research areas of high societal relevance. Our Centre consists of four Research Divisions spanning microbiology, bioinformatics, ecology and environmental systems science.
This multidisciplinary approach empowers us to comprehensively investigate those critical biotic and abiotic processes that shape our bodies, ecosystems, and our planet at large. Our research provides critical insights that address pressing global challenges, from human to environmental health.
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Recent Publications
Global Water Microbiome Consortium, Zhu C, Wu L, Ning D, Tian R, Gao S et al. Global diversity and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in human wastewater treatment systems. Nature Communications. 2025 Dec;16(1):4006. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59019-3
Xu Z, Hu Z, Jiang L, Qiu T, Li W, Anthony MA. Contrasting wood carbon quality of angiosperms and gymnosperms drives fungal-mediated decomposition responses to nutrient enrichment. Forest Ecology and Management. 2025 Oct 1;593:122910. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122910
Wichmann N, Meibom J, Kohn T, Zumstein M. Conserved specificity of extracellular wastewater peptidases revealed by multiplex substrate profiling by mass spectrometry. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 2025 Aug;23(4):953-959. 100210. doi: 10.1007/s10311-025-01834-7
Hodzic A, Kunert M, Berry D. Protocol for the visualization of bacteria in the tick gut using whole-mount fluorescence in situ hybridization. STAR Protocols. 2025 Jun 20;6(2):103814. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103814
Li T, Li Y, Salas E, Tian Y, Liu X, Wanek W. A Comprehensive and Ultrasensitive Isotope Calibration Method for Soil Amino Compounds Using Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 2025 Jun 12. Epub 2025 Jun 12. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c01358