报告题目：Darwin’s Invertebrates: A Transient Anoxic Microbial Oasis

报告人：Harold L. Drake , University of Bayreuth , Germany

报告人简介：
       H. L. Drake is Chair of the Department of Ecological Microbiology at the University of Bayreuth in Germany and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. His work is focused on (a) the physiology and ecology of anaerobes, (b) invertebrate microbiology, and (c) the intermediary ecosystem metabolism of environments that emit the greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide.

报告时间：2019年3月11日 星期一上午10:00-11:30

报告地点：上海交通大学闵行校区生物药学楼树华多功能厅（东川路800号）

联 系 人：周宁一   ningyi.zhou@sjtu.edu.cn

报告摘要：

        Although their subsurface lifestyle make earthworms an unseen feature of the terrestrial biosphere, Charles Darwin was fascinated by the capacity of these invertebrates to alter terrestrial habitats and documented their unique bioengineering skills in his final publication. However, Darwin was not aware that the impact of the earthworm is due in part to interactions that occur between the earthworm and the ingested soil microbiome in the anoxic gut. The talk will examine earthworm-microbe interactions that augment the production of greenhouse gases, the cycling of elements in the terrestrial biosphere, and diverse gut fermentations that facilitate the heterotrophic lifestyle and environmental impact of the earthworm. Parallels to other ecosystems in which anaerobiosis dominates will also be addressed.