A5012548331- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Fractal and DNA sequence analysis
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
University of Vienna
2019-2024
Abstract Evolutionary theory predicts potential shifts between cooperative and uncooperative behaviour under fluctuating environmental conditions. This leads to unstable benefits the partners restricts evolution of dependence. High dependence is usually found in those hosts which vertically transmitted symbionts provide nutrients reliably. Here we study host marine, giant colonial ciliate Zoothamnium niveum its transmitted, nutritional, thiotrophic symbiont from an environment degrading...
Abstract Nematodes are one of the most widespread and abundant animal taxa across aquatic terrestrial environments. In marine shallow-water, porous sediments, members subfamily Stilbonematinae may be found in high numbers. characterized by their coat symbiotic bacteria, which give nematodes a white appearance, while themselves usually colourless. We identified several species genus Robbea (Desmodoridae: Stilbonematinae) live specimens had conspicuous dark purple coloration glandular sense...
Abstract Stilbonematinae are a subfamily of conspicuous marine nematodes, distinguished by coat sulphur‐oxidizing bacterial ectosymbionts on their cuticle. As most the worm hosts have relatively simple anatomy and few taxonomically informative characters, this has resulted in numerous taxonomic reassignments synonymizations. Recent studies using combination morphological molecular traits helped to improve taxonomy but also raised questions validity several genera. Here, we describe new...
Abstract Stilbonematinae are a subfamily of conspicuous marine nematodes, distinguished by coat sulphur-oxidizing bacterial ectosymbionts on their cuticle. As most the worm hosts have simple anatomy and few taxonomically informative characters, this has resulted in numerous taxonomic reassignments synonymizations. Recent studies using combination morphological molecular traits helped to improve taxonomy but also raised questions validity several genera. Here we describe new circumtropically...