Microbial Responses to Pulsed Infiltration Inputs into Groundwater of the Hainich CZE (A03)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology ; Analytical Chemistry ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: since 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 218627073

This project will determine the fate of surface-derived and chemolithoautotrophically produced microbial carbon in the Hainich aquifers. By combining Raman microspectroscopy with stable isotope probing, a novel high-throughput cell sorting method will be established, to track fluxes of microbial carbon and separate metabolically active microbes. Metagenomics analysis of sorted subpopulations will be interpreted within the context of CO2 fixation rate measurements for a transect-wide functional analysis of the deep biosphere.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1076: AquaDiva: Understanding the Links between Surface and Subsurface Biogeosphere
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Francois Buscot, until 6/2017; Professorin Dr. Kirsten Küsel; Professor Dr. Jürgen Popp, since 7/2017; Dr. Petra Rösch, since 7/2017; Dr. Martin Taubert, since 7/2017; Dr. Tesfaye Wubet, until 6/2017