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Simone Sommer

Universität UlmORCID 0000-0002-5148-8136Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Kerstin WilhelmiD· 2 shared Ana Sofía CarrancoiD· 1 shared B. Karina MonteroiD· 1 shared Christian U. RiedeliD· 1 shared David RomoiD· 1 shared Kara Grudzus· 1 shared Karoline JetteriD· 1 shared Kerstin Wihelm· 1 shared

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From nest to hatchling: nidobiome assembly and host selection in oviparous vertebrates without parental care

Ana Sofía Carranco, David Romo, María de Lourdes Torres, Kerstin Wilhelm, Simone Sommer

This study investigates microbial assembly in oviparous turtles without parental care, finding that maternal seeding, host selection, and environmental factors shape early-life microbiomes.

bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain

Karoline Jetter, Kunal Jani, Kerstin Wilhelm, Ulrike Stehle, Rostand Roméo Chamedjeu, Christian U. Riedel, Lena Wilfert, Patrick Schäfer, Simone Sommer

This study examines how fertilization affects microbial communities across trophic compartments in grassland ecosystems, revealing host-dependent changes and indirect effects through nutrient availability.

ISME Communications · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A novel workflow to improve multi-locus genotyping of wildlife species: an experimental set-up with a known model system

Mark A. F. Gillingham, B. Karina Montero, Kerstin Wihelm, Kara Grudzus, Simone Sommer, Pablo Sandro Carvalho Santos

The paper introduces a novel genotyping pipeline, ACACIA, validated using a known model system to improve multi-locus genotyping in complex multigene systems.

bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2020 · PreprintMolecular Biology