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.

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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

2024
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The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions

von Hoyningen-Huene AJE, Bang C, Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Fokt H, He J, Jensen N, Knop M, Petersen C, Schmittmann L, Zimmer T, Baines JF, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Franke A, Schulenburg H, Stukenbrock E and Schmitz RA (2024) The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions. Front Microbiol, 15:1347422. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1

2024
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Maribacter Halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea displays features of a sponge‑associated life style

Steiner LX, Wiese J, Rahn T, Borchert E, Slaby B, Hentschel U (2024) Maribacter Halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea displays features of a sponge‑associated life style. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Mar 15;117(1):56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-024-01950-4


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Collaborative Research Centre 1182
Kiel University
Zoological Institute
Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
D-24118 Kiel

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