Collaborative Research Centre 1182
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence fitness of their plant and animal hosts, ultimately forming a metaorganism consisting of a uni- or multicellular host and a community of associated microorganisms.
Recent Highlights
German Research Foundation continues to fund the CRC 1182 at Kiel University in a third funding phase
Four more years of metaorganism research in Kiel
Recent Publications
Role of microbial life history strategy in shaping the characteristics and evolution of host-microbiota interactions
Obeng, N., Zimmermann, J., Czerwinski, A., Fuß, J., & Schulenburg, H. (2025). The ISME Journal, wraf168. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf168
Maintenance and loss of microbe-mediated protection in the absence of pathogens
Kemlein, M., Peters, L., Schulenburg, H., & Obeng, N. (2025). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, voaf090. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf090
Contact
Collaborative Research Centre 1182
Kiel University
Zoological Institute
Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
D-24118 Kiel
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schulenburg
+49 431 880 4143
+49 431 880 2403
hschulenburg@zoologie.uni-kiel.de
