Researchers of the University Jena analyze the microbial community in volcanically active soils. In a mofette close to the Czech river Plesná in north-western Bohemia, the team around Prof. Dr.

Researchers of the University Jena analyze the microbial community in volcanically active soils. In a mofette close to the Czech river Plesná in north-western Bohemia, the team working with Prof. Dr.

We applied a multi-pronged and integrated approach, coupling depth-resolved isotope geochemistry and soil activity analyses to metatranscriptomics and metagenomics, in order to identify processes ...

Compared with a reference soil, the mofette was more acidic (ΔpH ∼0.8), strongly enriched in organic carbon (up to 10 times), and exhibited lower prokaryotic diversity. It was dominated by methanogens ...

This news release is available in German. (Jena) A high concentration of carbon dioxide gas in the soil can change the community of organisms living in the soil in the long term. At the same time it ...

Jena (Germany) The "Villa trans lacum" at the eastern shore of the Laacher See (lake) in the volcanic part of the Eifel - a rural landscape in Germany - was a highly dangerous place. In the 19th ...