Research on microbes in water and soil to save our planet!
We study the ecology of complex microbial communities and their role in controlling biogeochemical processes in nature. We work in surface waters, soil, the rhizosphere of plants, as well as in groundwater and caves. Our research approaches are based on a broad spectrum of often fine-scale biogeochemical and organic analytics, quantitative molecular biological methods, next-generation sequencing, and the labelling of microorganisms and matter fluxes with stable isotopes. With our research, we make important contributions to the protection and sustainable use of natural resources such as groundwater and soil.
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Chairholder:
Chair of Ecological Microbiology
Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER)
University of Bayreuth
Dr.-Hans-Frisch-Str. 1-3, DE-95448 Bayreuth, Germany
Tel: +49 921 55-5640, Fax: +49 921 55-5793
tillmann.lueders@uni-bayreuth.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-5009
Follow us on social network: @LuedersLab
Recent Publications:
Peer reviewed
2025
Varsadiya, M., Dehghani, F., Yang, S., Blagodatskaya, E., Maskow, T., Meier, D., Lüders, T.: Carbon and energy utilization in microbial cell extracts from soil. European Journal of Soil Biology, 124 (2025).
doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2025.103713
Steiner, F., Tung, S., Wild, A., Köhler, T., Tyborski, N., Carminati, A., Pausch, J., Lüders, T., Wolfrum, S., Mueller, C., Vidal, A.: Soil drying shapes rhizosheath properties and their link with maize yields across different soils. Plant and Soil, (2025).
doi:10.1007/s11104-025-07456-w