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Molecular Microbial Ecology

Portrait: Dr. rer. nat. Michael Schmid


Dr. rer. nat. Michael Schmid

 

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Scientific background

Dr. Michael Schmid studied Chemistry and thereafter Biology at the Technical University of Munich (http://www.tum.de) with the main focus on Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Molecular Biology. Minor fields of his study were Biochemistry, Mycology and Virology. He got the degree of Dipl.-Biol. Univ in 1997. His diploma thesis was accomplished in the research Group Microbial Ecology (former head Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner, now Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Department of Microbial Ecology, Austria) and concentrated on the "In situ detection of a virulence factor mRNA and 16S-rRNA in Listeria monocytogenes". The PhD thesis on "Development of in situ detection systems for the food born pathogens Listeria, Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as phylogenetic analysis of the genus Listeria and fine differentiation of Listeria monocytogenes" was completed in 2000. PhD thesis supervisor was Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Schleifer (former Ordinarius of the Department of Microbiology, Professor emeritus, Technical University of Munich, http://www.mikro.biologie.tu-muenchen.de).

From October 2000 to August 2006 Dr. Michael Schmid was employed as researcher and laboratory leader of the group Plant Microbe Interactions in the Division Rhizosphere Biology with Prof. Dr. Anton Hartmann as Head. The Division was affiliated to the Institute of Soil Ecology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health.

In August 2006 the independent Department Microbe Plant Interaction (http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/en/amp/) was founded and Dr. Michael Schmid became leader of the group Root Microbiology. In the course of reorganization of the GSF Research Center for Environment and Health, at the beginning of 2008 the Research Center was renamed into Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health with the research focus on "Environmental Health", the working group is now called WG Molecular Microbial Ecology.

Seit 2010 ist Michael Schmid Mitglied der Bashan Foundation. 


Projects

  • Phylogenetic analysis of rhizosphere epi- and / or endophytic bacterial isolates or communities
  • Isolation and characterization of novel plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), comparative analysis of 16S- and 23S-rRNA sequence data, full cycle RNA approach
  • Comparative analysis of sequence data from alternative phylogenetic marker molecules and other marker genes
  • Characterization of diazotrophs in the rhizosphere and functional gene analysis (nifH)
  • Development of oligonucleotide probes for FISH analyses in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)
  • Transfer of human pathogenic bacteria to organically produced vegetables via the production chain (PhD student Andreas Hofmann)
  • Characterization and in situ detection of endofungal bacteria (e.g. Laccaria bicolor, Pleurotus ostreatus) or bacteria attached or affiliated with mycorrhiza
  • Ecology of human pathogens and especially food borne pathogens in the rhizosphere of crop plants
  • Root colonizing efficiency and PGPR effect of toxin producing Clostridium botulinum strains on clover and grasses,

    in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Helge Böhnel and Dr. Frank Gessler, Institute of Animal Hygiene in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Göttingen

  • Characterization of xenobiotic degrading microbes (e.g. pesticides [isoproturone] or other pollutants [tichlorobenzene]), together with Dr. Reiner Schroll und Dr. Ulrike Dörfler (group interactions between organic xenobiotics and soil-plant systems, Insitute of Soil Ecology, http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/en/iboe/iboe-home/index.html), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health)
  • Characterization of signalling compounds derived from rhizosphere associated bacteria affiliated to the genus Burkholderia, together with Dr. Agnes Fekete and Priv. Doz. Dr. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Insitute of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/ioec/


Cooperations

  • Prof. Dr. Helge Böhnel and Dr. Frank Gessler, Institute of Animal Hygiene in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Göttingen
  • Dr. Natuschka Lee, Department of Microbiology, Group "Environmental and Geomicrobiology", Technical University of Munich: http://www.environmental-microbiology.de/
  • Dr. Angelika Lehner, Dr. Carol Iversen, Prof. Dr. Roger Stephan, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, VetSuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Suisse: http://www.ils.unizh.ch
  • Prof. Dr. Angela Sessitsch, Austrian Research Center (ARC), Seibersdorf, Austria, http://www.arcs.ac.at, http://www.bioresources.at/default.asp?id=676&lid=1
  • PD Dr. Gerhard Heusipp*, Dominik von Tils, ZMBE, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation
    Institute of Infectiology, Münster, Germany
    * Hochschule Rhein-Waal (University of Applied Sciences Rhine-Waal), Kleve, Germany
  • Prof Dr. Bart Currie, Dr. Mirjam Kaestli, Menzies School of Health Research, Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Royal Darwin Hospital Campus, Casuarina, Australia
  • Prof. Dr. Yoav Bashan, Dr. Luz Bashan, Dr. Adan Trejo, Environmental Microbiology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  • Prof. Dr. Rainer Borriss,  Ben Niu,  Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Chausseestraße 117, D-10115 Berlin, Germany, ABiTEP GmbH, Gesellschaft für AgroBioTechnische Entwicklung und Produktion, Berlin, Germany
  • Prof. Dr. Bhavanath Jha, Dr. Iti Gontia, Biology / Biotechnology Group, Central Salt & Marine Chemical Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller, Dr. Thomas Clavel, Technische Universität München, Z I E L - Zentralinstitut für Ernährungs- und Lebensmittelforschung- Abteilung Biofunktionalität Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany


Tools and techniques available in the lab

  • DNA, RNA Isolation from complex communities
  • PCR, rt-PCR, q-PCR
  • tRFLP analysis
  • Different cloning techniques and strategies
  • DNA sequencing (Sanger, 454)
  • Sequence analysis
  • Phylogenetic analyses of microbial communities
  • Probe development for FISH experiments
  • Epifluorescence and 3D confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)
  • Isolation and further chemical analysis of signal molecules (AHL-type)
  • Construction of gfp or rfp tagged sensor strains for functional analyses


Publication list

Diploma thesis

Schmid Michael (1998). In situ Nachweis der mRNS eines Virulenzgens aus Listeria monocytogenes. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität, München


PhD thesis

Schmid Michael (2000). Entwicklung von in situ Nachweisverfahren für die humanpathogenen Lebensmittelkontaminanten Listeria, Salmonella und Campylobacter sowie phylogenetische Analysen der Gattung Listeria und Feindifferenzierung von L. monocytogenes. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität, München PDF | TU-Link 


Publications in peer reviewed journals

  1. Wagner M., Schmid M., Juretschko S., Trebesius K.-H., Bubert A., Goebel W., and Schleifer K.-H. (1998). In situ detection of a virulence factor mRNA and 16S-rRNA in Listeria monocytogenes. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 160: 159-168 PubMed
  2. Hentschel U., Schmid M., Wagner M., Fieseler L., Gernert C., and J. Hacker. (2001). Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of bacteria with antimicrobial activities from the Mediterranean sponges Aplysina aerophoba and Aplysina cavernicola. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 35: 305-312 PubMed
  3. Schmid M., Walcher M., Bubert A., Wagner M., and Schleifer K.-H. (2003). Nucleic acid-based, cultivation-independent detection of Listeria spp. and genotypes of L. monocytogenes. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 35(3): 215-225 PubMed
  4. Frommberger M., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Menzinger F., Albrecht V., Schmid M., Eberl L., Hartmann A., and Kettrup A. (2003). Analysis of N-Acyl-L-Homoserine Lactones produced by Burkholderia cepacia with partial filling micellar electrokinetic chromatography – electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectroscopy. Electrophoresis 24: 3067-3074 PubMed
  5. Rothballer M., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2003). In situ localization and PGPR-effect of Azospirillum brasilense strains colonizing roots of different wheat varieties. Symbiosis 34: 261-279
  6. Bertaux J., Schmid M., Prevost-Boure N.C., Churin J.L., Hartmann A., Garbaye J., and  Frey-Klett P. (2003). In situ identification of intracellular bacteria related to Paenibacillus spp. in the mycelium of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor S238N. Intracellular bacteria in an ectomycorrhizal fungus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 4243-4248 PubMed
  7. Frommberger M., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Ping G., Frisch H., Schmid M., Zhang Y., Hartmann A., and Kettrup A. (2004). A simple and robust setup for on-column sample preconcentration – nano liquid chromatography – electrospray ionozation mass spectrometry for the analysis of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 378: 1014-1020 PubMed
  8. Reis V.M., Estrada-de los Santos P., Tenorio-Salgado S., Vogel J., Stoffels M., Guyon S.,  Mavingui P., de Oliveiro E., Baldani V.L.D., Schmid M., Baldani J.I., Döbereiner J., Balandreau J., Hartmann A., and Caballero Mellado J. (2004). Burkholderia tropica sp nov.: a new nitrogen-fixing, plant-associated bacterial species in the genus Burkholderia. Int. J. Syst. Evolut. Microbiol. 54: 2155-2166 PubMed
  9. Schmid M., Ng E.Y.W., Lampidis R., Emmerth M., Kreft J., Goebel W., Wagner M., and  Schleifer K.-H. (2005). Evolutionary history of the genus Listeria and its virulence genes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 28(1): 1-18 PubMed
  10. Selesi D., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2005). Diversity of green-like and red-like Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase(oxidase) large subunit genes (cbb L) in differently managed agricultural soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(1): 175-184 PubMed
  11. Stein S., Selesi. D., Schilling R., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2005). Microbial activity and bacterial composition of H2-treated soils with net CO2 fixation. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37: 1938-1945
  12. Schmid M., Lehner A., Schleifer K.-H., and Meier H. (2005). Development and application of oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter in chicken faecal and liver samples. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 105: 245-255 PubMed
  13. Bertaux J., Schmid M., Hartmann A., Garbaye J., and Frey-Klett P. (2005). Distribution and transmission of endobacteria in the plant-associated mycelium of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor S238N. Endobacteria in plant-associated Laccaria. Environ. Microbiol. 7(11): 1786-1795 PubMed
  14. Rothballer M., Schmid M., Fekete A., and Hartmann A. (2005). Comparative in situ analysis of ipdC-gfpmut3 promoter fusions of Azospirillum brasilense strains Sp7 and Sp245. Environ. Microbiol. 7(11): 1839-1846 PubMed
  15. Schuhegger R., Ihring A., Gantner S., Bahnweg G., Knappe C., Vogg G., Hutzler P., Schmid M., van Breusegem F., Eberl L., Hartmann A., and Langebartels C. (2006). Induction of systemic resistance in tomato by N-acylhomoserine lactone–producing rhizosphere bacteria. Plant Cell Environ. 29: 909-918
  16. Gantner S., Schmid M., Dürr C., Schuhegger R., Steidle A., Hutzler P., Langebartels C., Eberl L., Hartmann A., and Dazzo F.B. (2006). In situ spatial scale of calling distances and population density-independent N-Acylhomoserine Lactone-mediated communication by rhizobacteria colonized on plant roots. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 56(2): 188-194 PubMed
  17. Kutter S., Hartmann A., and Schmid M. (2006). Colonization of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) with Salmonella enterica and Listeria spp. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 56(2): 262-271 PubMed
  18. Rothballer M., Schmid M., Klein I., Gattinger A., Grundmann S., and Hartmann A. (2006). Herbaspirillum hiltneri sp. nov., isolated from surface sterilized wheat roots. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56: 1341 - 1348
  19. Wang F., Grundmann S., Schmid M., Dörfler U., Rohrer S., Munch J.C., Hartmann A., Xin J., and Schroll R. (2007). Isolation and characterization of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene mineralizing Bordetella sp. and its bioremediation potential in soil. Chemosphere 67: 896-902
  20. Selesi D., Pattis I., Schmid M., Kandeler E. and Hartmann A. (2007). Quantification of bacterial RubisCO genes in soils by cbbL targeted real-time PCR. J. Microbiol. Meth. 69: 497-503
  21. Grundmann S., Fuß R., Schmid M., Laschingera M., Ruth B., Schulin R., Munch J.-C., and Schroll R. (2007). Application of microbial hot spots caused enhanced pesticide degradation in soils that was driven by pesticide diffusion towards these hot spots. Chemosphere 68(3): 511-517
  22. Levy W., Radl V., Ruth B., Schmid M., Munch J.C., and Schroll R. (2007). Harsh summer conditions caused structural and specific functional changes of microbial parameters in an arable soil. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 58: 736-745
  23. Bertaux J., Gloger U., Schmid M., Hartmann A., and Scheu S. (2007). Routine fluorescence in situ hybridization in soil. J. Microbiol. Meth. 69(3): 451-460 PubMed
  24. Chowdhury S.P., Schmid M., Hartmann A., and Tripathi A. K. (2007). Identification of diazotrophs in the culturable bacterial community associated with roots of Lasiurus sindicus, a perennial grass of Thar desert, India. Microbial Ecol. 54(1): 82-90 PubMed
  25. Meisinger D. B., Zimmermann J., Ludwig W., Schleifer K.-H., Wanner G., Schmid M., Bennett P.C., Engel A.S., and Lee N.M. (2007). In situ detection of novel Acidobacteria in microbial mats from a chemolithoautotrophically-based cave ecosystem (Lower Kane Cave, WY, USA). Environ. Microbiol. 9(6): 1523-1534 PubMed
  26. Nabti E., Sahnoune M., Adjrad S., van Dommelen A., Ghoul M., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2007). A halophilic and osmotolerant Azospirillum brasilense strain from Algerian Soil restores wheat growth under saline conditions. Eng. Life Sci. 7(4): 354-360
  27. Hartmann A., Rothballer M., and Schmid M. (2008). Lorenz Hiltner, a pioneer in rhizosphere microbial ecology and soil bacteriology research. Plant Soil 312: 7-14
  28. Rothballer M., Eckert B., Schmid M., Fekete A., Schloter M., and Hartmann A. (2008). Endophytic root colonization of gramineous plants by Herbaspirillum frisingense. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 66(1): 85-95
  29. Sharma M., Schmid M., Rothballer M., Hause G., Zuccaro A., Imani J., Kämpfer P., Schäfer P., Hartmann A., and Kogel K.-H. (2008). Detection and identification of bacteria intimately associated with representatives of the order Sebacinales. Cell. Microbiol. 10(11): 2235–2246
  30. Chowdhury S.P., Schmid M., Hartmann A., and Tripathi A. K. (2009). Diversity of 16S-rRNA and nifH genes derived from rhizosphere soil and roots of an endemic drought tolerant grass, Lasiurus sindicus. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 45: 114-122
  31. Jha B., Thakur M. C., Gontia I., Albrecht V., Stoffels M., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2009). Isolation, partial identification and application of diazotrophic rhizobacteria from traditional Indian rice cultivars. Eur. J. Soil Biol., 45: 62-72
  32. Oliveira A.L.M, Stoffels M., Schmid M., Reis V.M., Baldani J.I., and Hartmann A. (2009). Colonization of sugarcane plantlets by mixed inoculations with diazotrophic bacteria. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 45: 106-113
  33. Hartmann A., Schmid M., van Tuinen D., and Berg G. (2009). Plant-driven selection of microbes. Plant Soil 321: 235-257
  34. Getenga Z., Dörfler U., Iwobi A., Schmid M., and Schroll R. (2009). Atrazine and terbuthylazine mineralization by an Arthrobacter sp. isolated from a sugarcane-cultivated soil in Kenya. Chemosphere 77: 534–539
  35. Schmid M., Iversen C., Gontia I., Stephan R., Hofmann A., Hartmann A., Jha B., Eberl L., Riedel K., and Lehner A. (2009). Evidence for a plant associated natural habitat of Cronobacter spp. Res. Microbiol. 160: 608-614
  36. Engel A.S., Meisinger D.B., Porter M.L., Payne R.A., Schmid M., Stern L.A., Schleifer K.-H., and Lee N.M. (2010). Linking phylogenetic and functional diversity to nutrient spiraling in microbial mats from Lower Kane Cave (USA). ISME J. 4: 98-110
  37. Wang F., Dörfler U., Schmid M., Fischer D., Kinzel L., Scherb H., Munch J.C., Jiang X., and Schroll R. (2010). Homogeneous inoculation vs. microbial hot spots of isolated strain and microbial community: What is the most promising approach in remediating 1,2,4-TCB contaminated soils? Soil Biol. Biochem. 42: 331-336
  38. Nabti E., Sahnoune M., Ghoul M., Fischer D., Hofmann A., Rothballer M., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2010). Restoration of growth of durum wheat (Triticum durum var. waha) under saline conditions due to inoculation with the rhizosphere bacterium Azospirillum brasilense NH and extracts of the marine alga Ulva lactuca. J. Plant Growth Regul. 29: 6-22
  39. Müller A.A., Schmid M., Meyer O., and Meussdoerffer F. G. (2010). Listeria seeligeri isolates from food processing environments form two phylogenetic lineages. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 3044-3047
  40. Buddrus-Schiemann K., Schmid M., Schreiner K., Welzl G., and Hartmann A. (2010). Root colonization by Pseudomonas sp. DSMZ 13134 and impact on the indigenous rhizosphere bacterial community of barley. Microb.  60: 381–393
  41. Li D.*, Rothballer M.*, Schmid M., Esperschütz J., and Hartmann A. (2011). Acidovorax radicis sp. nov., a rhizosphere bacterium isolated from wheat roots. IJSEM 61: 2589-2594.   *These two authors contributed equally to this work
  42. Gontia I., Kumari K., Schmid M., Hartmann A., and Jha B. (2011). Brachybacterium saurashtrense sp. nov., a halotolerant root-associated bacterium with plant growth promoting potential. IJSEM 61: 2799-2804
  43. de-Bashan L.E, Schmid M., Rothballer M., Hartmann A., and Bashan Y. (2011). Cell-cell interaction in the eukaryote-prokaryote model of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and the bacterium Azospirillum brasilense immobilized in polymer beads. J. Phycol. 47: 1350–1359
  44. Fischer D., Pfitzner B., Schmid M., Simões-Araújo J. L., Reis V. M., Pereira W., Ormeño-Orrillo E., Hofmann A., Martinez-Romero E., Baldani J. I., and Hartmann A. (2011). Molecular characterisation of the diazotrophic bacterial community in uninoculated and inoculated field-grown sugarcane (Saccharum sp.). Plant Soil, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0812-0
  45. Trejo A., de-Bashan L.E., Hartmann A., Hernandez J.-P., Rothballer M., Schmid M., and Bashan Y. (2012). Recycling waste debris of immobilized microalgae and plant growth-promoting bacteria from wastewater treatment as a resource to improve fertility of eroded desert soil. Environ. Experiment. Bot. 75: 65-73
  46. Kaestli M., Schmid M., Mayo M., Rothballer M., Harrington G., Richardson L., Hill A., Hill J., Tuanyok A., Keim P., Hartmann A., and Currie B.J. (2012). Out of the Ground: Aerial and Exotic Habitats of the Melioidosis Bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in Grasses in Australia. Env. Microbiol. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02671.x
  47. Li D., Rothballer M., Engel M., Hoser J., Schimdt T., Kuttler C., Schmid M., Schloter M., and Hartmann A. (2012). Phenotypic variation in Acidovorax radicis N35 influences plant growth promotion. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 79(3): 751-762


Book chapters

  1. Hartmann A., Gantner S., Schuhegger R., Steidle A., Dürr C., Schmid M., Dazzo F.B., Eberl L., and Langenbartels C. (2004). N-Acyl-homoserine lactones of rhizosphere bacteria trigger systemic resistance in tomato plants. In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 4 (eds.: B. Lugtenberg, I. Tikhonovich, N. Provorov). Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA: APS Press, pp. 554-556
  2. Schmid M., Rothballer M., Aßmus B., Hutzler P., Schloter M., and Hartmann A. (2004). Detection of microbes by confocal laser scanning microscopy. In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual, 2nd edition (eds.: G. A. Kowalchuk, F. J. de Bruijn, I. M. Head, A. D. L. Akkermans, J. D. van Elsas). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Chapter 4.03., pp. 875-910
  3. Schmid M., Baldani J.I., and Hartmann A. (2005). The genus Herbaspirillum. In: The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbiological Community, 3rd edition, release 3.19, March 18, 2005 (eds. M. Dworkin et al.). New York, USA: Springer Verlag,http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/books/10125/
  4. Schmid M., Selesi D., Rothballer M., Schloter M., Lee N., Kandeler E., and Hartmann A. (2006). Localization and visualization of microbial community structure and activity in soil microhabitats. In: Soil Biology, Volume 6. Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates (eds.: H. König, A. Varma). New York, USA: Springer Verlag, pp. 439-461
  5. Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2007). Molecular phylogeny and ecology of root associated diazotrophic alpha- and beta-proteobacteria. In: Associative and Endophytic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria and Cyanobacterial Associations (eds.: C. Elmerich, W. E. Newton). New York, USA: Springer Verlag, Chapter 2, pp. 21-40
  6. Schmid M., Rothballer M., and Hartmann A. (2007). Analysis of microbial communities in soil microhabitats using fluorescence in situ hybridization. In: Modern Soil Microbiology, 2nd edition (eds.: J. D. Van Elsas, J. K. Jansson, J. Trevors). Boca Raton, Florida, USA: CRC-press, chapter 12, pp. 317-335
  7. Dazzo F.B., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2007). Use of immunofluorescence microscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization combined with CMEIAS and other image analysis tools to study the autecology of soil- and plant-associated microbes. In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3rd edition (eds.: C. J. Hurst, A. L. Crawford, J. L. Garland, D. A. Lipson, A. L. Mills, L. D. Stetzenbach). Washington DC, USA: ASM Press, chapter 59, pp. 712-733
  8. Rothballer M., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2009). Diazotrophic bacterial endophytes in Gramineae and other plants. In: Microbiology Monographs: Procaryotic endosymbionts in plants (ed.: K. Pawlowski). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag, pp. 273-302
  9. Hartmann A., and Schmid M. (2009). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique for the investigation of the structure and function of microbial communities. In: A Textbook of Molecular Biotechnology (eds. Chauhan, A.K., Varma, A.) New Delhi, India: I. K. International Publishing House, chapter 55, pp. 1207-1221
  10. Lee N.M., Meisinger D.B., Schmid M., Rothballer M., and Löffler F.E. (2011). Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH). In: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Part 6 (eds. J. Reitner, V. Thiel). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag, pp. 373-393


Other publications

  1. Selesi D., Pattis I., Schmid M., and A. Hartmann. (2002). CO2-fixierende Bakterien in Agrarböden unterschiedlicher Nutzung; RubisCO-Gene als molekulare Marker. Mitteil. Dtsch. Bdk. Ges. 99: 125-126
  2. Selesi D., Stein S., Pattis I., Schmid M., and Hartmann A. (2006). Diversität und Aktivität von autotrophen Bodenbakterien: Untersuchungen mit klassischen und molekulargenetischen Techniken. Mitteil. Dtsch. Bdk. Ges. 107: 19-20
  3. Engel., A.S., Meisinger D.B., Porter M.L., Schmid M., and Lee N.M. (2009). Caves as model systems for the evolution of a complex biosphere in a chemolithoautotrophic subsurface. Origin of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, conference proceedings 39: 54-56.