Prof. Dr. Christian Rinke
University Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Head of the Environmental OMICS (E-OMICS) Working Group
Institute of Microbiology
Technikerstr. 25d
A-6020 Innsbruck
Microbiology Working Group 2 (AG2), Viktor-Franz-Hess Haus, Ground Floor, Room 0/219
Phone: +43 512 507 51248
Email: Christian.Rinke@uibk.ac.at
Research areas
- Use of “omics” techniques to investigate the role of microorganisms
- Solving the plastic waste crisis through microbial plastic degradation
- Nutrient cycling and pollution removal in marine and limnic systems
- Promoting crop growth in alpine agriculture
- Virus predation in aquatic habitats
Projects
CEDRIC: Creating a sustainable cross-border agricultural ecosystem through root microbiome biodiversity
Courses
Publications
Liste aller Publikationen
Publikationen 2025
Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften
Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
Prabhu, A; Zaugg, J; Chan, C. X.; McIlroy, S. J.; Rinke, C (2025): Insights Into Phylogeny, Diversity and Functional Potential of Poseidoniales Viruses.
In: Environmental Microbiology 27/1, No. e70017. (Volltext) (DOI) (Weblink)
Publikationen 2024
Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften
Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
- Apoorva, Prabhu; Tule, Sanjana; Chuvochina, Maria; Mikael, Bodén; McIlroy, Simon J; Zaugg, Julian; Rinke, Christian (2024): Machine learning and metagenomics identifies uncharacterized taxa inferred to drive biogeochemical cycles in a subtropical hypereutrophic estuary.
In: ISME Communications 4/1, Nr. ycae067. (DOI) (Weblink) - Lu, Fan; Xu, Bu; Chen, Songze; Liu, Yang; Li, Fuyan; Xie, Wei; Prabhu, Apoorva; Dayu, Zou; Wan, Ru; Li, Hongliang; Liu, Yuhang; Kao, Shuh-Ji; Chen, Jianfang; Zhu, Yuanqing; Rinke, Christian; Li, M; Zhu, M; Zhang, C (2024): Gene inversion led to the emergence of brackish archaeal heterotrophs in the aftermath of the Cryogenian Snowball Earth.
In: PNAS Nexus 3/2, Nr. pgae057. (DOI) (Weblink) - Mussig, Aaron J; Chaumeil, Pierre-Alain; Chuvochina, Maria; Rinke, Christian; Parks, Donovan H; Hugenholtz, Philip (2024): Putative genome contamination has minimal impact on the GTDB taxonomy.
In: Microbial Genomics 10/5, Nr. 001256. (DOI) (Weblink) - Tamarit, Daniel; Köstlbacher, Stephan; Kathryn E, Appler; Kassiani, Panagiotou; De Anda, Valerie; Rinke, Christian; Baker, Brett J; Ettema, Thijs J.G. (2024): Description of Asgardarchaeum abyssi gen. nov. spec. nov., a novel species within the class Asgardarchaeia and phylum Asgardarchaeota in accordance with the SeqCode.
In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology 47/4, Nr. 126525. (DOI) (Weblink)