Dominik Merges

The paper examines winter microbial dynamics in Arctic tundra soils, showing seasonal shifts in community composition and nitrogen cycling potential.

The paper analyzes viral metabolic functions in soil viromes, finding that most carbohydrate-active enzymes are related to viral lysis rather than auxiliary metabolism.

The paper examines gene content variation in lichenized fungi across elevation gradients, finding a linear decline in protein kinase gene abundance with elevation.

The paper identifies the biosynthetic gene cluster for gyrophoric acid in lichen-forming fungi using long-read sequencing and bioinformatics.