Responses of protist communities during degradation and recovery (A06)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426547801

In Phase I, project A06 demonstrated a decreasing diversity in protist communities when multiple stressors act at high levels and we demonstrated a differential effect of salinity on the food preference of protists with respect to Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria. In Phase II, project A06 will focus on the underlying mechanisms that lead to the observed microbial community responses and shifts of food preferences and extent these findings to the recovery from stressors and particularly to the analysis of effects of drought and recovery from drought.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1439: Multilevel response to stressor increase and release in stream ecosystems (RESIST)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Jens Boenigk