A5076937148- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Marine and environmental studies
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
2023-2024
University of Göttingen
2023-2024
Desert environments constitute one of the largest and yet most fragile ecosystems on Earth. Under absence regular precipitation, microorganisms are main ecological component mediating nutrient fluxes by using soil components, like minerals salts, atmospheric gases as a source for energy water. While previous studies microbial ecology desert have focused surface environments, little is known about life in deeper sediment layers. Our study extending limited knowledge communities within...
The simultaneous extraction of intracellular DNA (iDNA) and extracellular (eDNA) can help to separate the living in situ community (represented by iDNA) from background that originated both past communities allochthonous sources. As iDNA eDNA protocols require separating cells sample matrix, their yields are generally lower than direct methods lyse within matrix. We, therefore, tested different buffers with without adding a detergent mix (DM) protocol improve recovery surface subsurface...
The hyperarid Atacama Desert is one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth, rendering it a valuable climate archive. However, unraveling its past particularly challenging few studied paleoclimate records region reveal strong temporal spatial variabilities. To enhance our understanding these dynamics we investigated sedimentary record in Yungay valley located southern Desert. We employed paleomagnetic radiocarbon dating, for first time sediments, meteoric 10Be/9Be based method determining...