COMI

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Our Mission
Using the power of microbes for improving human- and environmental health

Research Focus

The Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analyses is embedded in the research environment of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at the Campus Neuherberg. Our mission is to develop strategies for the sustainable use of genetic resources of microbes to improve human, animal and plant health. Therefore, we are using high-end sequencing technologies in combination with cultivation depending enrichment techniques, gene quantification methods, localization of microbes in their respective habitats as well as stable isotope probing.

News

Michael Schloter is listed as "Highly Cited Researcher 2019" by Web Of Science Group. Thanks to the team and all collaborators!
AMADEE20: microbiome analysis by COMI and the TUM in the analog Mars mission of the Austrian Space Forum, the Israel Space Agency as the host agency and the D-MARS! They will conduct an integrated Mars analog field mission in the Negev Desert in Israel
The Research Unit "Biotic Interactions, Community Assembly, and Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics as Drivers of Long-Term Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Relationships" will be funded by DFG starting in January 2020. We are happy to be involved with "Plant microbiomes and biotic stress" with TUM
26.09.19 - Nicole Treichel defended successfully her thesis entitled "The response of the gut microflora to exercise and diet" and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM
Interessanter Podcast zum Thema "Altlasten - Das Risiko in der Erde" mit Michael Schloter
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of CORE Organic Program on December 10, 2019, Tillman Org and Fertilcrops received awards as the best CORE Organic II projects. Our COMI department is involved as a cooperation partner in these projects.

Highlights

Watch the new video about "The Microbiome in the Food System" (MicrobiomeSupport Project)
COMI as a member of MicrobiomeSupport at the European Research and Innovation Days WOW Exhibition in Brussels 2019
Looking forward to our new cooperation with LTZ Augustenberg on new forms of #SustainableAgriculture
We are happy that the JPI HDHL knowledge platform #microbiome gets funded by EU H2020
Management & Krankenhaus: Antibiotikaresistenzen breiten sich schneller aus als bisher angenommen
The Journal "Standards in Genomic Science" has now relaunched as "Environmental Microbiome"; Joy Watts and editors are kicking off with Cania et al., 2019
The German Center of Lung Research (DZL) appointed Prof. Dr. Michael Schloter as Principal Investigator in the Disease area of Asthma and Allergy

Welcome

Recent Publications

Berg, G. ; Rybakova, D. ; Fischer, D. ; Cernava, T. ; Vergès, M.C.C. ; Charles, T. ; Chen, X. ; Cocolin, L. ; Eversole, K. ; Corral, G.H. ; Kazou, M. ; Kinkel, L. ; Lange, L. ; Lima, N. ; Loy, A. ; Macklin, J.A. ; Maguin, E. ; Mauchline, T. ; McClure, R. ; Mitter, B. ; Ryan, M. ; Sarand, I. ; Smidt, H. ; Schelkle, B. ; Roume, H. ; Kiran, G.S. ; Selvin, J. ; Souza, R.S.C.d. ; van Overbeek, L. ; Singh, B.K. ; Wagner, M. ; Walsh, A. ; Sessitsch, A. ; Schloter, M. Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges. Microbiome 8:103 (2020)

Wahman, R. ; Graßmann, J. ; Sauvetre, A. ; Schröder, P. ; Letzel, T. Lemna minor studies under various storage periods using extended-polarity extraction and metabolite non-target screening analysis. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 188:113362 (2020)

Vidal, A. ; Schucknecht, A. ; Toechterle, P. ; Andrade Linares, D.R. ; Garcia-Franco, N. ; Von Heßberg, A. ; Krämer, A. ; Sierts, A. ; Fischer, A. ; Willibald, G. ; Fuetterer, S. ; Ewald, J. ; Baumert, V. ; Weiss, M. ; Schulz, S. ; Schloter, M. ; Bogacki, W. ; Wiesmeier, M. ; Mueller, C.W. ; Dannenmann, M. High resistance of soils to short-term re-grazing in a long-term abandoned alpine pasture. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 300:107008 (2020)

Herpell, J.B. ; Schindler, F. ; Bejtović, M. ; Fragner, L. ; Diallo, B. ; Bellaire, A. ; Kublik, S. ; Fösel, B. ; Gschwendtner, S. ; Kerou, M. ; Schloter, M. ; Weckwerth, W. The potato yam phyllosphere ectosymbiont Paraburkholderia sp. Msb3 is a potent growth promotor in tomato. Front. Microbiol. 11:581 (2020)

Cania, B. ; Vestergaard, G. ; Suhadolc, M. ; Mihelič, R. ; Krauss, M. ; Fliessbach, A. ; Mäder, P. ; Szumełda, A. ; Schloter, M. ; Schulz, S. Site-specific conditions change the response of bacterial producers of soil structure-stabilizing agents such as exopolysaccharides and lipopolysaccharides to tillage intensity. Front. Microbiol. 11:568 (2020)

Thiele-Bruhn, S. ; Schloter, M. ; Wilke, B.-M. ; Beaudette, L.A. ; Martin-Laurent, F. ; Cheviron, N. ; Mougin, C. ; Roembke, J. Identification of new microbial functional standards for soil quality assessment. Soil 6, 17-34 (2020)

Wu, X. ; Chen, Z. ; Kiese, R. ; Fu, J. ; Gschwendtner, S. ; Schloter, M. ; Liu, C. ; Butterbach-Bahl, K. ; Wolf, B. ; Dannenmann, M. Dinitrogen (N2) pulse emissions during freeze-thaw cycles from montane grassland soil. Biol. Fertil. Soils, accepted (2020)

Ramm, E. ; Liu, C. ; Wang, X. ; Yue, H. ; Zhang, W. ; Pan, Y. ; Schloter, M. ; Gschwendtner, S. ; Mueller, C.W. ; Hu, B. ; Rennenberg, H. ; Dannenmann, M. The forgotten nutrient-The role of nitrogen in permafrost soils of Northern China. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 37, accepted (2020)

Zhu, B. ; Wang, Z. ; Kublik, S. ; Ge, T. ; Casper, P. ; Schloter, M. ; Lueders, T. Long-read amplicon sequencing of nitric oxide dismutase (nod) genes reveal diverse oxygenic denitrifiers in agricultural soils and lake sediments. Microb. Ecol., accepted (2020)

Santos, S.S. ; Schöler, A. ; Nielsen, T.K. ; Hansen, L.H. ; Schloter, M. ; Winding, A. Land use as a driver for protist community structure in soils under agricultural use across Europe. Sci. Total Environ. 717:137228 (2020)

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