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:
Derbali I., Derbali W., Quiroga S., Gharred J., Manaa A., Schnell S., Slama I., Koyro H.-W. (2026) Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria improve growth, photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant response of quinoa plants under hyperosmotic salinity. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (in press) https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.70636
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
Sacharow J., Rosado-Porto D., Quiroga S., Ratering S., Geißler-Plaum R., Schneider B. and Schnell S. (2025) Plant developmental stage, rather than inoculation with Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus, determines the composition of the bacterial, fungal, and protist microbiome in winter wheat. Rhizosphere 36: 101210
Research Topics:
Anaerobic MicroorganismsPlant Microbe InteractionsProtozoa Microbe InteractionsProtozoa EcologyMetal Microbe InteractionsFungal Bacteria InteractionsMicrobial Diversity (soil, wine..)
