Microbial Resource Management

Working Group of Heribert Insam

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Ecology and biotechnological application of anaerobic fungi, in particular for cellulolytic processes in anaerobic digestion. Use of fungi for conversion of cellulosic waste materials to valuable products and for pretreatment of cellulosic material for improved biogas production. To determine the fungal community composition involved in dead wood decay in subalpine and alpine areas

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- Hydrolysis of lignocellulosic compounds as a pretreatment for biomethanisation
- Using empty fruit bunches from oil palm mills for production of fungal mycelium (Pleurotus) as chicken feed
- Dead wood decomposition
- NGS (16S, 18S, 28S, ITS)
- qPCR
- Fluorescence microscopy (acid fuchsin staining)
- ADF/NDF fiber analysis
- FISH
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Projects

DACH HiPoAF (Lead) – Unleashing the hidden potential of anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota). The overarching aim of the proposed project that is being funded by the FWF with close to EUR 400,000 will be to remove existing methodological obstacles preventing the biotechnological utilization of anaerobic fungi. For that purpose, the consortium starts with the crucial basics, explores the cultivation requirements of Neocallimastigomycota, develops suitable culturing and detection methods and finally evaluates their biotechnological application for LCR disintegration.

More Information

MicrobeEnergy – Biomethanisierung unter atypischen Temperaturbedingungen

People

Group Leader

Univ. Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam

University of Innsbruck - Departement of Microbiology
Heribert.Insam@uibk.ac.at
+43 512 507 51320

Group Members

Sabine Podmirseg, Dr.

Postdoc; Anaerobic fungi, HiPoAF; Sabine.podmirseg@uibk.ac.at

Julia Vinzelj, MSc

PhD Student, Detection and distribution of anaerobic fungi; HiPoAF; Julia.Vinzelj@uibk.ac.at

Magdalena Nagler, PhD

PostDoc – Anaerobic Fungi, intra- versus extracellular DNA; HiPoAF, in/exDNA project; magdalena.nagler@uibk.ac.at