Hidden treasures in the moss

Thuringia is funding a new research group at the Leibniz-HKI that is investigating the moss microbiome

The Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) has founded the new independent junior research group “Metabolomics-guided Natural Product Discovery”. Under the leadership of Dr. Jethro Hemmann, the team is investigating the role of microbial natural products in the moss microbiome and their potential applications in medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.

Quelle: IDW Informationsdienst Wissenschaft