Life in the brine of Lunenburg, Germany: unveiling microorganisms associated with Zechstein salt deposits
Our research shows that the hypersaline brine from Lunenburg harbors a diverse microbial community and is an ideal and easily accessible testbed to search for yet-uncultivated microorganisms as well as novel microorganisms to use for astrobiological studies.
Authors
- Michael Laue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6474-9139)
- Kristina Beblo‐Vranesevic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-7121)
- Katarína Rebrošová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-1864)
- Laura Schwab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6299-8879)
- Katharina Runzheimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1917-9918)
- Muhaiminatul Azizah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8530-414X)
- Christoph Schaudinn
- Stefan Leuko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-0896)
- Denise Engel
Institutions
- Masaryk University (CZ)
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1625916
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00