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Michael Köhler

@michakoehlerbotany.bsky.social

PhD at the Geobotany working group at MLU Halle and German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Interested in plant-fungal interactions, especially leaf endophytes.

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Peter Dietrich @drpeterdietrich.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

New season, new experiment. This week we are at IDENT Freiburg to collect leaf and bark samples. 🌲🌳🪾 The team includes @alex-sternberg.bsky.social and Sophia, who will use these samples for their doctoral theses (microbiome and secondary metabolites). @michakoehlerbotany.bsky.social

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Nature @nature.com · 11/08/2025

Nature research paper: A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees go.nature.com/3Hl3D2h

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A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature

Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minimal similarity to other tissues or ecosystem components.

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Geobotany at MLU Halle @geobotanymluhalle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🚨 Doctoral Student Paper Alert 🚨 🌿🍄 What shapes fungal endophyte diversity inside tree leaves? We found that leaf traits, both their average values and variation within a single tree, strongly influence foliar fungal endophyte communities. doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Foliar Endophytic Fungal Communities Are Driven by Leaf Traits—Evidence From a Temperate Tree Diversity Experiment

Our study demonstrates that functional leaf traits play a crucial role in shaping fungal endophyte richness and community composition, even beyond the effects of tree species identity. Traits associa...

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