Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr. Holger Daims
Holger Daims


Ni, G., Leung, P. M., Daebeler, A., Guo, J., Hu, S., Cook, P., Nicol, G. W., Daims, H., & Greening, C. (2023). Nitrification in acidic and alkaline environments. Essays in biochemistry, 67(4), 753-768. https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20220194

Zhang, Y., Liu, T., Li, M-M., Hua, Z-S., Evans, P., Qu, Y., Tan, S., Zheng, M., Lu, H., Jiao, J-Y., Lücker, S., Daims, H., Li, W-J., & Guo, J. (2023). Hot spring distribution and survival mechanisms of thermophilic comammox Nitrospira. The ISME Journal, 17(7), 993-1003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01409-w


Kop, L. F. M., Koch, H., Spieck, E., van Alen, T., Cremers, G., Daims, H., & Lücker, S. (2023). Complete Genome Sequence of Nitrospina watsonii 347, Isolated from the Black Sea. Microbiology resource announcements, 12(4), [e0007823]. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00078-23

De La Fuente, M. J., De la Iglesia, P., Farias, L., Glasner, B., Torres-Rojas, F., Muñoz, D., Daims, H., Lukumbuzya, M., & Vargas, I. T. (2022). Enhanced nitrogen and carbon removal in natural seawater by electrochemical enrichment in a bioelectrochemical reactor. Journal of Environmental Management, 323, [116294]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116294


Leung, P. M., Daebeler, A., Chiri, E., Hanchapola, I., Gillett, D. L., Schittenhelm, R. B., Daims, H., & Greening, C. (2022). A nitrite-oxidising bacterium constitutively consumes atmospheric hydrogen. The ISME Journal, 16(9), 2213-2219. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01265-0

Jung, M-Y., Sedlacek, C. J., Kits, K. D., Mueller, A. J., Rhee, S-K., Hink, L., Nicol, G. W., Bayer, B., Lehtovirta-Morley, L., Wright, C., de la Torre, J. R., Herbold, C. W., Pjevac, P., Daims, H., & Wagner, M. (2022). Ammonia-oxidizing archaea possess a wide range of cellular ammonia affinities. ISME Journal, 16(1), 272-283. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01064-z





Daebeler, A., Kitzinger, K., Koch, H., Herbold, C., Steinfeder, M., Schwarz, J., Zechmeister, T., Karst, S. M., Albertsen, M., Nielsen, P. H., Wagner, M., & Daims, H. (2020). Exploring the upper pH limits of nitrite oxidation: diversity, ecophysiology, and adaptive traits of haloalkalitolerant Nitrospira. ISME Journal, 14(12), 2967-2979. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0724-1



Kitzinger, K., Marchant, H. K., Bristow, L. A., Herbold, C. W., Padilla, C. C., Kidane, A. T., Littmann, S., Daims, H., Pjevac, P., Stewart, F. J., Wagner, M., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2020). Single cell analyses reveal contrasting life strategies of the two main nitrifiers in the ocean. Nature Communications, 11(1), [767]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14542-3



Invited Speaker: New Zealand Microbial Society Conference 2023

Holger Daims (Speaker)

20 Nov 2023

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Lecture - ICoN-8 Conference

Holger Daims (Speaker)

29 Jul 20234 Aug 2023

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Invited Speaker: ICON 8, 2023

Petra Pjevac (Speaker), Andrew Giguere (Speaker), Daan Speth (Speaker), Nicole Geerlings (Speaker) & Holger Daims (Speaker)

23 Jul 20233 Aug 2023

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Chemical imaging tools for studying in situ microbial physiology

Holger Daims (Speaker)

9 Dec 2022

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Chemical imaging tools for studying in situ microbial physiology.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

9 Dec 2022

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Invited Speaker: IWA 2022

Holger Daims (Speaker)

25 May 2022

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Invited Speaker: Rudjer Boskovic Institute

Holger Daims (Speaker)

4 Mar 2022

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Invited Speaker: JAMS 10th Annualr Symposium

Holger Daims (Speaker)

23 Aug 202124 Aug 2021

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Nitrification: A Bag Full of Surprises!

Anna Julia Mueller (Speaker) & Holger Daims (Speaker)

8 Oct 2019

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Stickstoff-Eliminierung in der Abwasserreinigung: Überraschungen aus der Mikrobiologie.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

4 Sep 2019

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Metabolic versatility, complete ammonia oxidizers, And more: A new perspective on the nitrifying microorganisms.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

9 Jul 2019

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A new picture of major players in the nitrogen cycle: Genome resolved metagenomics as the key to surprising discoveries.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

18 Mar 2019

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Metabolic versatility, complete ammonia oxidizers, and more: A new perspective on the nitrifying microorganisms

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

5 Nov 2018

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Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide production by complete ammonia oxidizers (comammox)

Holger Daims (Speaker)

19 Sep 201821 Sep 2018

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Stickstoffkreisläufe in der Abwasserreinigung – neue und bewährte Wege

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

27 Feb 2018

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Sleep, stress and the Black Queen: Microbial hidden activities and cooperation

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

7 Sep 2017

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Complete nitrification by one organism: The discovery and characterization of comammox.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

12 Oct 2016

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Microcolony mini-metagenomics of active nitrifiers.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

11 Oct 2016

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Complete nitrification by one organism: The discovery and characterization of comammox.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

21 Aug 201626 Aug 2016

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Roundtable lecturer on the topic “Ecology-based engineering of natural microbial communities: Nitrification as an example”

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

21 Aug 201626 Aug 2016

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Complete nitrification by one organism: The discovery and characterization of comammox.

Holger Daims (Keynote speaker)

16 Jun 201620 Jun 2016

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Repainting our picture of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

14 Jan 2016

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Flexible friends or foes: Recent insights add fresh paint to our picture of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

28 Jun 20151 Jul 2015

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Raman-based sorting of microbes with defined functional properties for single-cell genomics

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 201518 Jun 2015

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Cyanate: A novel substrate for nitrification by ammonia-oxidizing archaea and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

10 Sep 201412 Sep 2014

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Tales of partnership and crime: Interactions of autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

24 Aug 201429 Aug 2014

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Surprising versatility and multiple roots: News on the ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

17 May 201420 May 2014

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Picking them one by one: Raman-based sorting and single-microcolony genomics of uncultured microdiverse nitrifiers in activated sludge flocs.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

11 May 201413 May 2014

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Surprising versatility and multiple roots: News on the ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

11 Apr 2014

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Diversity, ecophysiology, and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: A glimpse into a bag of surprises

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

4 Sep 2013

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Ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: News on the 'Big Unknown' of the nitrogen cycle

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

11 Jul 2013

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Surprising diversity and unexpected functions: Features of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria revealed by "Omics" and in situ tools

Holger Daims (Keynote speaker)

8 Jul 2013

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Ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: News on the 'Big Unknown' of the nitrogen cycle

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

17 Jun 2013

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Nitrospira for lunch: A novel microbial predator hunts for nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge

Holger Daims (Speaker)

21 Jan 2013

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Molecular biology and interactions of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: A glance on the second step of nitrification

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

14 Jan 2013

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Nitrification: Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

23 Oct 2012

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Click chemistry: A new approach for single cell microbial ecology

Holger Daims (Speaker)

23 Aug 2012

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Microbial molecular ecology of nitrification

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

20 Jun 2012

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Ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria: News on the Big Unknown of the N-cycle

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

26 Mar 201229 Mar 2012

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Nitrification expanded: Discovery, physiology, and genomics of a Gram-positive, thermotolerant, and lithoautotrophic nitrite oxidizer.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

3 Jul 20117 Jul 2011

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Digital image analysis of microorganisms: From counting to stereology.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 201124 Jun 2011

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Ecophysiology and genomics of key nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

18 Apr 201120 Apr 2011

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Novel insights into the ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

30 Nov 2010

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Metagenomics illuminate the ecophysiology and evolution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

8 Nov 2010

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Nitrification: Physiology, niche differentiation, and interactions of key players.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

5 Oct 20108 Oct 2010

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Quantitative FISH and new variations of (F)ISH

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

22 Aug 201027 Aug 2010

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Genomics and functional analyses of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

26 May 2010

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How to apply genomics info to predict the ecological role of nitrifiers.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

11 Apr 201014 Apr 2010

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Ecophysiology and genomics of nitrifying microbes in natural and engineered systems

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

8 Mar 2010

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A Useful Model System for Microbial Ecology. : A Useful Model System for Microbial Ecology.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

9 Dec 200910 Dec 2009

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Single cell tools to investigate microbial physiology : Single cell tools to investigate microbial physiology

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

15 Nov 200919 Nov 2009

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Insights from in situ tools and environmental genomics. : Insights from in situ tools and environmental genomics.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

7 Sep 200910 Sep 2009

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In situ diversity and niche adaptations of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. : In situ diversity and niche adaptations of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

1 Jul 200910 Jul 2009

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Structure-function analysis of microbial biofilms.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

20 Sep 2007

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Molecular biological tools for analyzing structure-function relationships in mixed microbial environments.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

22 Mar 2007

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Enigmatic uncultured bacteria in nature and biotechnology.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

25 Jan 2007

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Ecology and genomics of key nitrite oxidizers active in natural and engineered habitats.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

20 Aug 200625 Aug 2006

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Genomics, ecophysiology and interactions of yet uncultured nitrifying bacteria

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

3 Jul 20066 Jul 2006

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"Nitrification and Anammox" and "Environmental Genomics"

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

17 May 2006

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"Who you are and what you do": FISH and related methods for characterizing complex microbial communities.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

23 Mar 2006

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Biodiversity and ecophysiology of N-cycle bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

9 Mar 200610 Mar 2006

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The Use of FISH, digital image analysis, and MAR techniques to analyze structure and physiology of biofilm communities.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

25 Oct 2005

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Ecophysiology and genomics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria important for wastewater treatment.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

21 Aug 200524 Aug 2005

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Ecophysiology and niche differentiation of Nitrospira-like bacteria, the key nitrite oxidizers in wastewater treatment plants.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

17 Jul 200520 Jul 2005

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From biodiversity to environmental genomics: Microbiology of nitrite-oxidizing Nitrospira-like bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

11 Mar 2005

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Biodiversity and ecophysiology of Nitrospira-like bacteria

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

11 Jan 2005

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16S rRNA to environmental genomics: microbiology of Nitrospira-like bacteria.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

1 Nov 2004

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Ecophysiology and environmental genomics of yet uncultured nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

22 Aug 200427 Aug 2004

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Ecology and genomics of uncultured autotrophic nitrite-oxidizers and anaerobic ammonium oxidizers.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

1 Aug 20046 Aug 2004

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Diversity, Ecophysiology, and Genomics of uncultured Nitrospira-like nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

22 Mar 2004

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Microbial Structure and Community Structure of Flocs.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

5 Sep 2003

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Population structure and functional analyses, by in situ techniques, of nitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment plants.

Holger Daims (Invited speaker)

6 May 2002

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Yet unculturable bacteria as major players for nutrient removal in waste water treatment.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

3 Sep 20008 Sep 2000

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Nitrification in sequencing biofilm batch reactors: lessons from molecular approaches.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

10 Jul 200012 Jul 2000

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The biology of Nitrospira-like bacteria in wastewater treatment plants: from structure to function.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

12 Mar 200016 Mar 2000

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Novel Nitrospira-like bacteria as dominant nitrite-oxidizers in biofilms from wastewater treatment plants: diversity and in situ physiology.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

17 Oct 199920 Oct 1999

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Nitrospira-like bacteria play a key role in nitrifying biofilms.

Holger Daims (Speaker)

7 Mar 199910 Mar 1999

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holger.daims@univie.ac.at