Organosulfur Cycling Group

The Organosulfur Cycling research group, led by Eileen Kröber, focuses on organic sulfur compounds that are produced in our oceans and play an important role in climate regulation. These compounds are produced in large quantities in seagrass meadows, mangroves and coral reefs - habitats where many worms and shellfish feed on symbiotic bacteria. This is where the research comes in: It is not yet known to what extent such symbioses use the climate-cooling sulphur compounds as a source of energy and sulfur, thus reducing their release into the environment.