Microorganisms

Research for the next nitrogen revolution

13. March 2023 by Bernadette Ralser, Hanna Möller, Siegrun Herzog

Petra Pjevac, Holger Daims, Michael Wagner and their teams are targeting microbes: At the University of Vienna, they investigate how the tiny organisms function and interact. Microbes could be key to a 'nitrogen revolution': a new solution to counteract dangerous nitrogen losses in agriculture and feed the growing world population – without harming the planet.

Video: Meet the scientists

Check out the video and find out what drives the research of Petra Pjevac, Holger Daims, Michael Wagner and their teams and how their findings may help to keep our planet healthy. © (C) Uni Wien/Benjamin Furtlehner

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