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Melina Kerou, PhD
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
Summer term 2024
300725 VO Ökophysiologie und Genetik von Mikroorganismen
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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 6. 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
Kerou M, Schleper C. Genus Nitrososphaera. In Whitman WB, editor, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley Online Library. 2016. p. 1-10 doi: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01294
Kerou M, Offre P, Valledor L, Abby SS, Melcher M, Nagler M et al. Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of archaeal ammonia oxidizers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2016 Dec 6;113(49):E7937-E7946. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1601212113
Jung MY, Kim JG, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Rijpstra WIC, Madsen EL, Kim SJ et al. A hydrophobic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of the Nitrosocosmicus clade isolated from coal tar-contaminated sediment. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2016 Dec;8(6):983-992. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12477
Zebec Z, Zink IA, Kerou M, Schleper C. Efficient CRISPR-Mediated Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing in a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Using Multiplexed crRNA Expression. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2016 Oct 13;6(10):3161-3168. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.032482
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Sustainability in Life Science Research: Can we do things differently?

Melina Kerou (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

Thomas Pribasnig (Speaker), Maximilian Josef Dreer (Contributor), Logan Hodgskiss (Contributor), Melina Kerou (Contributor) & Christa Schleper (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)

Melina Kerou (Speaker) & Philipp Weber (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

Melina Kerou (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

Melina Kerou (Speaker)

26 Sept 2023

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

The Sustainable European Labs Network

Melina Kerou (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

Melina Kerou (Speaker)

29 Jul 2023

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

Probe Capture and Nitrogen Related Genes in the Environment

Melina Kerou (Speaker)

11 Jul 2023

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

Green Labs Austria: We can do things differently

Melina Kerou (Speaker) & Philipp Weber (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

Erika Wimmer (Speaker), Isabelle Anna Zink (Contributor), Melina Kerou (Contributor), Logan Hodgskiss (Contributor) & Christa Schleper (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

Logan Hodgskiss (Speaker), Melina Kerou (Contributor), Thomas Nägele (Contributor), Wolfram Weckwerth (Contributor) & Christa Schleper (Contributor)

29 Jul 2021

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

Reconstruction of the common ancestor of thaumarchaeota

Melina Kerou (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

Sophie Abby (Speaker), Melina Kerou (Contributor), Michael Melcher (Contributor) & Christa Schleper (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

Melina Kerou (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

Melina Kerou (Speaker), Sophie Abby (Contributor) & Christa Schleper (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

Melina Kerou (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

Melina Kerou (Speaker)

1 Aug 2016

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

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology

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Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
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melina.kerou@univie.ac.at