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Melina Kerou, PhD
Winter term 2025
300122 VO Biology and Evolution of Archaea - Archaea evolution, genetics, cell biology, ecology and biotechnology
300371 SE New concepts in archaeal and bacterial biology
Summer term 2025
300725 VO Ökophysiologie und Genetik von Mikroorganismen
Winter term 2024
300122 VO Biology and Evolution of Archaea - Archaea evolution, genetics, cell biology, ecology and biotechnology
300371 SE New concepts in archaeal and bacterial biology
1 - 20 out of 25
Hodgskiss LH, Kerou M, Luo ZH, Bayer B, Maier A, Weckwerth W et al. Metabolic response of a chemolithoautotrophic archaeon to carbon limitation. mSystems. 2025 Oct 22;10(10):1-20. e0073225. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00732-25
Burns A, Kerou M, Zak D, Schleper C, Urich T, Wang H. Ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria respond dynamically to drought in rewetted fen peatlands. Applied Soil Ecology. 2025 Oct;214:106395. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106395
Ghatak A, Kanellopoulos AE, López-Hidalgo C, Malits A, Meng Y, Schindler F et al. Natural variation of the wheat root exudate metabolome and its influence on biological nitrification inhibition activity. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2025 Jul 21. Epub 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1111/pbi.70248
Weckwerth W, Chaturvedi P, Ghatak A, Kerou M, Garg V, Bohra A et al. Natural variation of the holobiont for sustainable agroecosystems. Trends in Plant Science. 2025 Jun 27. Epub 2025 Jun 27. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.05.006
Weber PM, Michelsen C, Kerou M. What’s in our bin? Labs kick off and demand the transition towards a circular economy for lab plastics. EMBO Reports. 2025 Jan 27;26(2):397-302. Epub 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00360-x
Couturier M, De Rose SA, Cann I, Kerou M. Editorial: 13th international congress on extremophiles: from extremophilic biomolecules and microorganisms to biotechnological and sustainable applications. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024 May 15;15:1414760. 1414760. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1414760
Cowan DA, Albers SV, Antranikian G, Atomi H, Averhoff B, Basen M et al. Extremophiles in a changing world. Extremophiles: life under extreme conditions. 2024 Apr 29;28(2):26. 26. doi: 10.1007/s00792-024-01341-7
Hodgskiss LH, Melcher M, Kerou M, Chen W, Ponce-Toledo RI, Savvides SN et al. Correction to: Unexpected complexity of the ammonia monooxygenase in archaea. The ISME Journal. 2023 Jun;17(6):947. doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01403-2
Hodgskiss LH, Melcher M, Kerou M, Chen W, Ponce-Toledo RI, Savvides SN et al. Unexpected complexity of the ammonia monooxygenase in archaea. The ISME Journal. 2023 Apr;17(4):588-599. Epub 2023 Jan 31. doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01367-3
Kerou M, Ponce-Toledo RI, Zhao R, Abby SS, Hirai M, Nomaki H et al. Genomes of Thaumarchaeota from deep sea sediments reveal specific adaptations of three independently evolved lineages. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. 2021 Sept;15(9):2792-2808. Epub 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00962-6
Wang H, Bagnoud A, Ponce-Toledo RI, Kerou M, Weil M, Schleper C et al. Linking 16S rRNA Gene Classification to amoA Gene Taxonomy Reveals Environmental Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeal Clades in Peatland Soils. mSystems. 2021 Aug;6(4):e0054621. Epub 2021 Aug 31. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00546-21
Reyes C, Hodgskiss L, Kerou M, Pribasnig T, Abby S, Bayer B et al. Genome wide transcriptomic analysis of the soil ammonia oxidizing archaeon Nitrososphaera viennensis upon exposure to copper limitation. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology. 2020 Nov;14(11):2659-2674. Epub 2020 Jul 14. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0715-2
Abby SS, Kerou M, Schleper C. Ancestral Reconstructions Decipher Major Adaptations of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea upon Radiation into Moderate Terrestrial and Marine Environments. mBio. 2020 Oct 13;11(5):1-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02371-20
Reyes C, Hodgskiss L, Baars O, Kerou M, Bayer B, Schleper C et al. Copper limiting threshold in the terrestrial ammonia oxidizing archaeon Nitrososphaera viennensis. Research in Microbiology. 2020 Jun;171(3-4):134-142. Epub 2020 Jan 25. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2020.01.003
Herpell JB, Schindler F, Bejtović M, Fragner L, Diallo B, Bellaire A et al. The Potato Yam Phyllosphere Ectosymbiont Paraburkholderia sp. Msb3 Is a Potent Growth Promotor in Tomato. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020 Apr 21;11(11):581. 581. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00581
Alves RJE, Kerou M, Zappe A, Bittner R, Abby SS, Schmidt HA et al. Ammonia Oxidation by the Arctic Terrestrial Thaumarchaeote Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus arcticus Is Stimulated by Increasing Temperatures. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019;10:1571. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01571
Hodgskiss L, Reyes C, Kerou M, Pribasnig T, Bayer B, Krämer S et al.. Copper limitation in the ammonia oxidizing archaeon Nitrososphaera viennensis. 2019. The Sixth International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN6), Xiamen, China.
Abby SS, Melcher M, Kerou M, Krupovic M, Stieglmeier M, Rossel C et al. Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis, an Ammonia Oxidizing, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeon with a Highly Mobile Genome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018 Jan 26;9:28. Epub 2017 Dec 29. doi: 10.1101/240879, 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00028
Kerou M, Eloy Alves RJ, Schleper C. Class Nitrososphaeria. In Whitman PWB, editor, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley Online Library. 2016 doi: 10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00055
Kerou M, Schleper C. Family Nitrososphaeraceae. In Whitman PWB, editor, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley Online Library. 2016 doi: 10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00265
1 - 20 out of 25

Investigation of the contribution of host-associated and environment microbiomes to the mercury detoxification strategies of two caiman species in French Guiana

Scarpa, M. (Speaker), Kerou, M. (Contributor), Mangione, R. (Contributor), Luo, Z.-H. (Contributor) & Lemaire, J. (Contributor)

1 Aug 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Biological Nitrification Inhibition Workshop Panel Discussion

Schleper, C. (Speaker) & Kerou, M. (Speaker)

27 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Sustainability in Life Science Research: Can we do things differently?

Kerou, M. (Invited speaker)

27 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The biofilm lifestyle of ammonia-oxidizing archaea: An understudied mode of growth and activity

Pribasnig, T. (Speaker), Dreer, M. J. (Contributor), Hodgskiss, L. (Contributor), Kerou, M. (Contributor) & Schleper, C. (Contributor)

16 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

How to transform: Social and Ecological Responsibility of Life Science Universities (LSUs)

Kerou, M. (Speaker) & Weber, P. (Speaker)

3 Oct 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The stress of ecological success: Key events during the radiation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea into moderate environments

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

27 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The stress of ecological success: Key events during the radiation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea into moderate environments

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

26 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Sustainable European Labs Network

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

22 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Global players in the Nitrogen Cycle: Evolution and Ecology of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Soils

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

29 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Probe Capture and Nitrogen Related Genes in the Environment

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

11 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Green Labs Austria: We can do things differently

Kerou, M. (Speaker) & Weber, P. (Speaker)

25 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Compelling cellular reactions of Saccharolobus solfataricus upon deleti on of a type III CRISPR-Cas system

Wimmer, E. (Speaker), Zink, I. A. (Contributor), Kerou, M. (Contributor), Hodgskiss, L. (Contributor) & Schleper, C. (Contributor)

19 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Limitation of Inorganic Carbon in the Soil Ammonia Oxidizing Archaeon, Nitrososphaera viennensis

Hodgskiss, L. (Speaker), Kerou, M. (Contributor), Nägele, T. (Contributor), Weckwerth, W. (Contributor) & Schleper, C. (Contributor)

29 Jul 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Reconstruction of the common ancestor of thaumarchaeota

Kerou, M. (Invited speaker)

1 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Ancestral reconstructions help decipher the origins of ammonia-oxidizing archaea

Abby, S. (Speaker), Kerou, M. (Contributor), Melcher, M. (Contributor) & Schleper, C. (Contributor)

5 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The stress of ecological success: how ammonia-oxidizing archaea radiated into moderate environments

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

5 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The stress of ecological success: how ammonia-oxidizing archaea radiated into moderate environments

Kerou, M. (Speaker), Abby, S. (Contributor) & Schleper, C. (Contributor)

3 Sept 2018 → 5 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

CRISPR-mediated RNA interference in the hyperthermophile Sulfolobus

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

30 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

The core proteome of ammonia oxidizing Thaumarchaeota and adaptations of the terrestrial clade

Kerou, M. (Speaker)

1 Aug 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology

EDV-Beauftragte

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 3.032

melina.kerou@univie.ac.at