Tasks

• Microbial ecology of the rhizosphere and soil
• Identification and characterization of microorganisms, which are beneficial to plant growth and soil health
• In vitro culture of microorganism originating from soil and plant microbiomes
• Microorganisms participating in nitrogen cycling
• Phylogenetic and functional characterization of microbial communities using metagenomic and amplicon sequencing
• Multi-omic data integration

Project
Micro2Health: harness the potential of the soil microbiome for healthy soils and climate-resilient agroecosystems (www.julius-kuehn.de/ex_anwendung/FoPro/projectprofile.php?id=3659); component 1 of the German-Uruguayan Technical Agricultural Dialogue (dialogoagro.uy/en/about-us)

Project duration: 2023-11-15 bis 2026-11-30