Degradation and recovery of protistan parasite communities under multiple stressors (A07)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
• Term: from 2021 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 426547801

A07 will comparatively analyse the response of heteroxenous and monoxenous protistan parasites, and of generalists and specialists among protistan parasites, to the increase and decrease of multi-ple stressors. A complementary combination of molecular (metabarcoding of environmental sam-ples and amphipod guts) and morphological observations (using fluorescence probes) will be ap-plied to samples from AquaFlow, ExStream and from the field.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1439: Multilevel response to stresser increase and release in stream ecosystems
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Heads: Dr. Daniela Beisser, since 5/2021; Professor Dr. Jens Boenigk, since 5/2021; Micah Dunthorn, Ph.D., until 4/2021; Professor Dr. Bernd Sures, since 5/2021