• Biocrusts (=pioneer communities) for the renaturation of post-mining landscapes
• Ecophysiology of plants and microalgae
• Biodiversity and climate change in local landscapes
• Nature conservation biology and bioindicators
• Phytomining and phytoremediation

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

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