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General and Soil Microbiology

Professor for General and Soil Microbiology

          

Prof. Dr. Sylvia Schnell

Diplom (Biology), University of Konstanz, 1988
Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology), University of Tübingen, 1991
Postdoc (Microbial Ecology), University of Maine, 1991-1994
Habilitation (Microbiology), Philipps University Marburg, 1998
Research associate at the Department of Biogeochemistry at the MPI Marburg, 1995-1999
Research associate at the MPI for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, January - October 2000
Professor for General and Soil Microbiology at the University of Giessen since October 2000
 

 

 

Newest Publications:

Shi H., Ratering S., Schneider B. and Schnell S. (2025) Microbiome of honey bee corbicular pollen: Factors influencing its structure and potential for studying pathogen transmission. Sci. Total Environ. 958, S. 178107

Quiroga S., Ratering S., Rosado-Porto D., Rekowski A., Schulz F., Zörb C. and Schnell S. (2025) Seed inoculation of Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus does not alter the rhizosphere bacterial microbiome of wheat and barley in a three-year field trial. Appl. Soil Ecol. 206: 105823.

Österreicher Cunha‑Dupont A., Rosado‑Porto D., Shanmuga Sundaram I., Ratering S. and Schnell S. (2024) Elevated atmospheric CO2 levels impact soil protist functional core community compositions. Curr. Microbiol. 81, 411 

Sacharow J., Ratering S., Schneider B., Österreicher Cunha-Dupont A. and Schnell S. (2024) Acanthamoeba castellanii alone is not a growth promoter for Hordeum vulgare. Access Microbiology 6:000761.v3

Quiroga S., Rosado-Porto D., Ratering S., Rekowski A., Schulz F., Krutych M., Zörb C. and Schnell S. (2024) Long-term detection of Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus on winter wheat and spring barley roots under field conditions revealed positive correlations on yield parameters with the bacterium abundance. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100: fiae023

Sacharow J., Ratering S., Quiroga S., Geißler-Plaum R., Schneider B., Österreicher Cunha-Dupont A. and Schnell S. (2024) Cercozoan diversity of spring barley grown in the field is strongly plant compartment specific. Front. Microbiomes Sec. Environmental Microbiomes 3:1352566

Link to Publications 2025

Research Topics:

Anaerobic Microorganisms
Plant Microbe Interactions
Protozoa Microbe Interactions
Protozoa Ecology
Metal Microbe Interactions
Fungal Bacteria Interactions
Microbial Diversity (soil, wine..)