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Andreas Richter writes in the Uni:view magazine about his expedition to the Canadian island Qikitaruk.
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The Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research | TER at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science | CeMESS aims to advance the fundamental understanding of how soil microorganisms and plants respond to and in turn shape their abiotic and biotic environment, and what consequences these interactions have for the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems.
Researchers at TER address pressing environmental issues, such as the impact of climate change on ecosystem functioning and the role of soils in the global carbon cycle and in food security.
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TER Summer Research Experience 2019: 4 Internships available
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Four internships are available @TER during the summer 2019, that will provide a unique opportunity to participate in one of the research projects as a…
New Paper in PNAS: A widespread soil bacterium that oxidizes atmospheric methane
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Alexander Tveit (former PostDoc at TER) and Andreas Richter were part of an international team led by Mette Svenning from the Arctic University of…
Congratulations – Dr. Qing Zheng & Dr. Lisa Noll!
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Congratulations to Lisa and Qing, who successfully defended their PhD thesis on "Controls of Soil Microbial Carbon Cycling" (Qing, Friday April 5th)…
Wolfgang Wanek appointed Full Professor
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After a competitive review process Wolfgang has been appointed Full Professors for Physiological Ecology and Ecosystem Research as of April 1st, 2019.…
Panel Discussion on “Living at the Expense of Nature”
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Andreas Richter participated in a panel discussion at the Natural History Museum of Vienna organized by the Environmental Research Network of the…
Latest Publications at TER
Krasenbrink, J., Hanson, B. T., Weiss, A. S., Borusak, S., Tanabe, T. S., Lang, M., Aichinger, G., Hausmann, B., Berry, D., Richter, A., Marko, D., Mussmann, M., Schleheck, D., Stecher, B., & Loy, A. (2025). Sulfoquinovose is exclusively metabolized by the gut microbiota and degraded differently in mice and humans. Microbiome, 13(1), Article 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02175-x
Yu, Q., Anthony, M. A., Gessler, A., Tan, X., Zhu, J., Ji, C., Tang, Z., & Fang, J. (2025). Decadal nutrient addition reveals phosphorus limitation and its adaptive mechanisms in tropical rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 211(109976). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109976
Chen, S.-C., Li, X.-M., Battisti, N., Guan, G., Montoya, M. A., Osvatic, J., Pjevac, P., Pollak, S., Richter, A., Schintlmeister, A., Wanek, W., Mussmann, M., & Loy, A. (2025). Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation. Nature, 646(8086). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09467-0
Keller, N., Anthony, M. A., van der Voort, T. S., Binte Mohamed Ramdzan, K. N., Mills, M. B., Raczka, N. C., & Koh, L. P. (2025). Soil carbon as a blind spot in tropical rainforest restoration. Current Biology, 35(15), R765-R781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.060
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