Within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre, 15 microbiology-focused research teams working at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the local Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology jointly focus their research efforts on microbial diversity in environmental signal response. Within the framework of the chosen topic, the projects contribute to the following research areas: (1) sensing and adaptation to ecosystem changes, (2) sensing and adaptation to niche specific nutrients, and (3) sensing and responses to surface contact.
Period of funding: 07/01/2012 - 09/30/2020
Speaker: Erhard Bremer, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Participants from MPIterMic: Ralf Conrad, Regine Kahmann, Tobias Erb, Werner Liesack, Andreas Brune, Martin Thanbichler, Knut Drescher, Lotte Søgaard-Andersen