Burkhard Becker

Summer and autumn photosynthetic activity in High Arctic biological soil crusts and their winter recovery

This study examines photosynthetic activity in High Arctic biological soil crusts across seasons, finding that they remain active even at subzero temperatures and can rapidly recover photosynthesis in winter.

New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts

The paper introduces new barcoded primers for efficient metabarcoding of Cercozoa in environmental surveys, showing high specificity and detection of diverse cercozoan sequences.