General and Soil Microbiology
- Professor for General and Soil Microbiology
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Prof. Dr. Sylvia Schnell
Diplom (Biology), University of Konstanz, 1988Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology), University of Tübingen, 1991Postdoc (Microbial Ecology), University of Maine, 1991-1994Habilitation (Microbiology), Philipps University Marburg, 1998Research associate at the Department of Biogeochemistry at the MPI Marburg, 1995-1999Research associate at the MPI for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, January - October 2000Professor for General and Soil Microbiology at the University of Giessen since October 2000Newest Publications:
Schwendenmann, N., Böhm, S., Weber, M., Kohl, M., Mack, M., Ratering, S., Schnell, S. and Egert, M. (2026). Effects of the antivitamin roseoflavin on the structure of the RNA-derived bacterial community in pooled human saliva: An exploratory in vitro study. Dent. J. 14, 742
Ratering, S., Schnell, S., Borsch, C., Morrin, S.T., Hill, D.R., Buck, R.H. and Rudloff, S. (2026) Metabolic interactions and growth dynamics of Bifidobacterium strains in response to human milk oligosaccharides and lactose. Front Microbiol. 17:1805620.Derbali I., Derbali W., Quiroga S., Gharred J., Manaa A., Schnell S., Slama I. and Koyro H.-W. (2026) Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria improve growth, photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant response of quinoa plants under hyperosmotic salinity. J. Sci. Food Agric. 106: 5822-5840
Shi H., Ratering S., Schneider B., Höper D. and Schnell S. (2026) Microbiota and horizontal microbial transmission dynamics associated with bramble (Rubus spp.) flowers. Environmental Microbiome 21:31
Research Topics:
Anaerobic MicroorganismsPlant Microbe InteractionsProtozoa Microbe InteractionsProtozoa EcologyMetal Microbe InteractionsFungal Bacteria InteractionsMicrobial Diversity (soil, wine..)
