Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Martens-Habbena Lab
Led by Willm Martens-Habbena · Microbiology and Cell Science
What we study
The Martens-Habbena Lab studies microbes in aquatic and terrestrial environments using molecular biology, microbial physiology, and biogeochemistry. They combine field work, lab experiments, and bioinformatics to understand microbial diversity and ecosystem impacts.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Fieldwork
- Computational
- Bacteria & microbes
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Disturbance reshapes functional redundancy and accelerates nitrification in soil nitrifying communities
2026 · The ISME Journal
Finds that soil disturbances speed up nitrification and change competition among nitrifying bacteria.
- Responses of soil health to seasonal change under different land cover types in a sub-tropical preserve ecosystem
2025 · PLoS ONE
Examines how soil health varies with seasons in different land cover types in a subtropical preserve.
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- Understanding the mechanisms of hydrolytic enzyme mediated organic matter decomposition under different land covers within a subtropical preserve
2025 · Frontiers in Environmental Science
Measures how enzyme activities break down soil matter in different ecosystems during wet and dry seasons.
- Nitrogen-fixing bacterial communities differ between perennial agroecosystem crops
2024 · FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Compares nitrogen-fixing bacteria in citrus and vineyard biocrusts.
- Seasonal variability and seagrass traits affect methane fluxes in a subtropical meadow
2024 · Journal of Ecology
Tests how seagrass traits affect methane emissions in subtropical meadows.
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