Enzymes, the biological catalysts, often feature selectivities or activities unrivaled by the solid catalysts prevalent in industrial settings. A small number of them can be extracted from cultured microbes and exploited for industrial transformations. However, a tremendous enzymatic potential remains largely untapped among the currently uncultured microbial majority. This project aims at accessing this biological resource and demonstrating the enzymatic electrocatalytic activity for the reduction of CO2 (carbon dioxide) to CO (carbon monoxide) at nanostructured electrode surfaces using marine derived environmental CODH (CO-dehydrogenase) enzyme. The work is conducted in cooperation with Prof. Julien Bachmann, FAU; Germany).
This project (ECO2nvert) was part of BioProMare funded by the BMBF (2020-2023).
Dr. Stefanie Böhnke-Brandt - Scientist
Rebecca Bährle - PhD Student
Bährle, R., Böhnke, S., Englhard, J., Bachmann, J. and Perner, M. (2023). Current status of carbon monoxide dehydrogenases (CODH) and their potential for electrochemical applications. Bioresour. Bioprocess. 10, 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40643-023-00705-9
Bährle, R., Böhnke-Brandt, S. and Perner, M. Talk: Catch me if you can - Function-based screening for novel CODH enzymes from hydrothermal vent environments and marine sediments (2023) VAAM - Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie
Bährle, R., Böhnke-Brandt, S. and Perner, M. Talk: Seeking novel environmental CODHs using funcitonal metagenomic screening und Poster: How to develop a functional-based screeen for seeking novle CODH enzymes from uncultured microbes (2023) FEMS Conference - Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Bährle, R., Böhnke-Brandt, S. and Perner, M. Talk: From environmental CODH enzymes to industrial application: Development of an activity-based screen to identify novel CODHs (2022) YOUMARES 13 - conference for young marine researcher
Bährle, R., Böhnke-Brandt, S. and Perner, M. Talk: Functional Metagenomics as a tool to identify novel CODH enzymes (2022) VAAM - Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie
Head of the research group
"Geomicrobiology":
Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre
for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 12
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Tel.: +49 (0) 431-600-2837
Fax: +49 (0) 431-600-2941
E-mail: mperner(at)geomar.de
Team assistance / Office Management:
Marion Liebetrau
Tel.: +49 (0) 431-600-2847
Fax: +49 (0) 431-600-2941
E-Mail: mliebetrau(at)geomar.de
Find out more about the geomicrobiology team here
You can find information on our teaching programmes here
!!! Bachelor and Master Theses !!!
There are numerous exciting projects available in our working group raising questions that can also be investigated in the context of bachelor and master theses. Feel free to contact us and find a suitable topic for your thesis together with us!
March 2021 <<< Dr. Katja Laufer published her new paper on the importance of Fe cycling in Arctic fjord sediments and the potential impacts of glacial retreat inNature Communications >>>
March 2021 <<<Our new project Emden FM has been kicked-off. We are looking forward to exciting research in a great consortia (coordinator: Julia Gebert, TUDelft )>>>
December 2020 <<<Dr. Nicole Adam receives the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen-Preis 2020 for outstanding doctoral theses at GEOMAR>>>
