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Main research areas

of the WG Microbiology and Biohydrometallurgy

  • Physiology and taxonomy of extremophilic microorganisms
  • Iron/sulphur-metabolising acidophiles
  • Acidophilic sulphate reducers
  • Bioleaching of primary and secondary resources
  • Selective metal recovery from mining-influenced waters (biosorption and biomineralisation)
  • Microbial diversification of primary and secondary resources
  • Selective metal recovery from mining-influenced waters (biosorption and biomineralisation)
  • Microbial diversity and ecology

Research projects

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WIR! - rECOmine - MindMontan
TP1: Pilot plant planning and biological separation of pollutants from leachate. BMBF (05/2023-12/2025)
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Bakterienkultur auf Nährstoffplatte
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ReLiFe - Recycling Lithium Ferrophosphate in the RIS area
EIT RawMaterials (01/2023-12/2025)
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ESF doctoral scholarship Sarah Kuß
Establishment of reductive, microbial processes for water treatment and recovery of valuable materials from waste streams (01/2025-12/2028)
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DBU doctoral scholarship Helena Fuchs
Generation of a new exoelectrogenic bacterium by expression of the electron transfer pathway of iron reduction of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (01/2022-12/2024)
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XTRACT – A Sustainable Ecosystem for the Innovative Resource Recovery and Complex Ore Extraction
EU Horizon Europe (12/2023-11/2026)
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Reagenzgläser mit Proben
Detlev Müller
ERA-MIN Verbundprojekt: CuSlag2CRM
TP1: Chemische und Biochemische Laugungsmethoden. BMBF (06/2024-05/2027)

  • Source-related control and treatment of Saxon mining waters
    Krüger-Stiftung I 11/2021-01/2024 I Project leader: Jun.-Prof. Hedrich, project collaborator: Dr. Oelschlägel
  • Investigation of the composition of acidophilic biocoenoses in extreme habitats of the research and training mine "Reiche Zeche"
    07/2020-06/2023 I Project leader: Jun.Prof. Hedrich, project collaborator: Dr Haferburg
  • BioChemPGE - Biological and chemical processing options for platinum ores
    BMBF (WTZ-South Africa) I 09/2020-06/2022 I Project leader: Jun.-Prof. Hedrich
  • Preparation of a study on the processing of platinum ores by a combination of bio-hydrometallurgy and precipitation
    BGR I 03/2021-02/2022 I Project leader: Jun.-Prof. Hedrich
  • Work on microbiological enrichment cultures of acidophilic bacteria and/or archaea
    BGR I 07/2021-12/2021 I Project leader: Jun.-Prof. Hedrich, project collaborator: Dr. Haferburg
  • Characterisation of thermo-acidophilic archaea
    BGR I 10/2020-11/2021 I Project leader: Jun.-Prof. Hedrich, project collaborator: Dr. Hofmann

Publications