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Environmental microbiology
Environmental Microbiology covers the study of microbial communities, interactions and processes in the environment, both in man-made and natural systems. We use state-of-the-art technologies to obtain knowledge that can be applied for a sustainable development with resource recovery, bioenergy production and better human health. We also develop novel technologies and approaches to study diversity and activity of microbial “Dark Matter”, the undescribed majority on the planet.
research flagships
- Identity and physiology of uncultured novel microorganisms
- Microbial diversity across Denmark
- Microbiology in engineered systems e.g., of wastewater treatment, bioenergy production, agriculture, and aquaculture
- Medical Microbiology
- Applied bioinformatics
- Nanopore sequencing
Vision
- Reveal identity and function of uncultured microbes in natural and engineered systems
- Apply microbes for a sustainable development
- Develop novel methods to describe uncultured microbes
- Center for Microbial Communities as internationally leading Center
- Close collaboration with leading groups in research, hospitals and industry
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Applied supramolecual chemistry
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Chemical process engineering
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Functional genomics
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Environmental chemical engineering
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Environmental microbiology
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Medical biotechnology
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Environmental bioscience and biomonitoring
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Biodiversity and evolutionary biology
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Biorefineries
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Technological platforms
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Bioengineering
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Disordered materials
Contact
Environmental Microbiology
Professor Per Halkjær NIelsen
Email: phn@bio.aau.dk
Tel.: +45 9940 8503
Identity, physiology and ecology of uncultured microorganisms
Microbial “Dark Matter”, Microbial ecology, Ecosystem models, Nitrogen-cycle, phylogeny.
Applied bioinformatics
microbiology, tree-of-life, metagenomics, amplicon sequencing, genome-centric metagenomics, visualisation, R
Microbiology of engineered systems for sustainable development
MiDAS database, P-recovery, N-removal, clean water, food webs and bioenergy.
Microbial diversity across Denmark
Microflora Danica, microbial diversity, novel microbes, phylogeny, metagenomics, natural, cultured and engineered habitats.
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infections
biofilm infections, test and development of medical devices, EPS, amyloids.
Nanopore sequencing
Method development, microbiology, tree-of-life, real-time analysis, metagenomics, amplicon sequencing, genome-centric metagenomics, visualisation, R
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Facilities
A selection of our world class laboratory facilities:
- Sequencing facilities (Illumina, Nanopore)
- NMR and MS for …
- HPLC and MS for..
- Protein characterization (…)
- Raman Microspectroscopy
- Confocal laser scanning microscopy
- Bioreactors
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Funding
A selection of our business partners:
- Villum
- PDJF
- Obelske
- Forskningsråd
- Innovationsfonden
Research Projects
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Biofilm
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Ion accumulation in bacteria
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Medical Microbiology
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Microbial Degradation of Pollutants
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Microbial Evolution
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Nomigas
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recoverp
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Wastewater Microbial Ecology
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Characterization of Microbial Communities
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Optimization of wastewater treatment plants
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Identification of the microbial world
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Illumination of Microbial Dark Matter
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OnlineDNA
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Center for Microbial Communities (CMC)
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Ecodesign
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MiDAS
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Microflora Danica