Dr. Hannes Schmidt
Senior Scientist at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
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✉ hannes.schmidt(at)univie.ac.at
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Research Profiles
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Publications Overview
Research Topics
Soil microbes are the primary drivers of terrestrial biogeochemical cycles. These microorganisms live, function, and die within soil pores—complex networks embedded in a matrix of minerals and organic matter. Understanding how microbes occupy these pores is fundamental to ecosystem research, yet little is known about their spatial distribution in pore space. My research combines advanced imaging methods with microbial and spatial ecology to investigate spatial aspects of microbial colonization in soil. Our primary focus is on the micrometer scale, where microbial cells operate, while also striving to relate our findings to larger scales.
Publications
Angel R, Nepel M, Panhoelzl C, Schmidt H, Herbold CW, Eichorst SA et al. Evaluation of Primers Targeting the Diazotroph Functional Gene and Development of NifMAP - A Bioinformatics Pipeline for Analyzing nifH Amplicon Data. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018 Apr 30;9:703. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00703
Oburger E, Schmidt H. New Methods To Unravel Rhizosphere Processes. Trends in Plant Science. 2016 Mar;21(3):243-255. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2015.12.005. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.12.005
Schmidt H, Vetterlein D, Köhne JM, Eickhorst T. Negligible effect of X-ray μ-CT scanning on archaea and bacteria in an agricultural soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2015 May;84:21-27. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.02.010