The principal driving force in our lab is passion toward microbial discovery and fascination with diversity and complexity of microbial life.  We believe that our research program addresses some of the most exciting issues in today’s basic and applied microbiology.  Here are the main topics.

I.  Global microbial diversity : how large is large?
 
            - search for novel forms of microbial life
            - nature of microbial species
            - measuring microbial diversity
 

Time-Lapse Imaging of 10-day old E. coli MGIG 55 (+GFP), courtesy of Tine Hohmann.
At low concentrations, Ofloxacin blocks cell division via an inhibition of DNA gyrase. That's why the majority of cells in this movie elongate over time. After 9.5 h (570 min) of filming some of the long cells started to explode. 

II.  Phenomenon of microbial uncultivability: microbiologists’ fault or sophisticated microbial strategy?

            - access to uncultivated microbial majority
            - high-throughput microbial cultivation
            - resolving the nature of microbial uncultivability
            - biotech potential of uncultivated microorganisms