Microbiological and Molecular Biological Analysis of Sediment Cores from Lake Millstatt

 

Student/in: Christoph Geyer, BSc
Termin: 06.06.2024, 12:00 Uhr
Ort: Seminarraum Biologie (Foyer)

1. Prüfer/in: Univ.‐Prof. Dr. Paul Illmer 
2. Prüfer/in: Univ.‐Prof. Dr. Sigrid Neuhauser ​​​​​​​
Vorsitzende/r: Priv.‐Doz. Dr. Andreas Wagner

 

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Abstract

Although freshwater lakes are very well-studied, there are little data on respective sediment microbiology. Therefore, we started to take a closer look at this microbial habitat and investigated a sediment of the Millstätter See in cooperation with the Department of Geology. In addition to abiotic sediment parameters and microbial cultivation techniques, amplicon sequencing is performed with samples from different depths of the sediment core. By using geological methods different depths of the sediment core can be exactly dated, allowing an assignment of microbial data to the last 550 years. The presentation gives insight into the first results of my master thesis performed in the working of Paul Illmer.