Beat Frey

Dr. Beat Frey
Gruppenleiter; ETH Dozent für Bodenbiologie
Rhizosphären Prozesse
Waldböden und Biochemie
WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland


Phone2: +41 (0) 44 739 21 11
Fax: +41 (0) 44 739 22 15
E-mail: beat.frey(at)wsl.ch
URL Institution: https://www.wsl.ch/de/mitarbeitende/frey.html
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in which Beat Frey holds an official function.

Key Publications of Beat Frey (up to ten) :
Adamczyk, M., Hagedorn, F., Wipf, S., Donhauser, J., Vittoz, P., Rixen, C., et al. (2019) The soil microbiome of Gloria Mountain summits in the Swiss Alps. Front Microbiol 10, 1080.
Adamczyk M, Perez?Mon C, Gunz, S, Frey B. (2020) Strong shifts in microbial community structure are associated with increased litter input rather than temperature in high Arctic soils. Soil Biol Biochem 151, 108054.
Adamczyk M, Rüthi J, Frey B (2021) Root exudates increase soil respiration and alter microbial community structure in alpine permafrost and active layer soils. Environmental Microbiology (in press; doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15383
Donhauser J, Frey B. (2018) Alpine soil microbial ecology in a changing world. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 94: 10.1093/femsec/fiy099.
Donhauser J, Niklaus PA, Rousk R, Larose C, Frey B (2020) Temperatures beyond the community optimum promote the dominance of heat?adapted, fast growing and stress resistant bacteria in alpine soils. Soil Biol Biochem 148, 107873.
Donhauser J, Qi W, Bergk?Pinto B, Frey B (2021) High temperatures enhance the microbial genetic potential to recycle C and N from necromass in high?mountain soils. Global Chang Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/GCB.15492
Frasson D., Udovicic, M., Frey B., Lapanje A., Zhang C., Margesin R., Sievers M. (2015). Glaciimonas alpine sp. nov. isolated from alpine glaciers and reclassification of Glaciimonas immobilis Cr9-12 as Glaciimonas alpine. Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 65, 1779 - 1785.
Frey B (2021) Microbial ecology of mountain permafrost: The Alps. In: Microbial Life in the Cryosphere and its Feedback on Global Change, ed. Liebner S, Ganzert L. pp. 151 - 170.
Frey B, Rime T, Phillips M, Stierli B, Hajdas I, Widmer F, Hartmann M (2016) Microbial diversity in European alpine permafrost and active layers. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 92: 1 – 17.
Lulakova P, Perez-Mon C, Santruckova H, Frey B. (2019) High-Alpine permafrost and active layer soil microbiomes differ in their response to elevated temperatures. Front Microbiol 10, 668.
Pontes A, Rüthi J, Frey B, Aires A, Thomas A, Overy D, Halti B, Kerr R, Sampaio JP (2020) Cryolevonia gen. nov. and Cryolevonia schafbergensis sp. nov., a cryophilic yeast from ancient permafrost and melted sea ice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 10.1099/ijsem.0.004040.
Rime T, Hartmann M, Frey B (2016) Potential sources of microbial colonizers in initial soil ecosystem after retreat of an Alpine glacier. ISME Journal 10: 1625 – 1641.
Rime T, Hartmann M,, Stierli B, Anesio A, Frey B (2016), Assimilation of microbial and plant carbon by active prokaryotic and fungal populations in glacial forefields. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 98: 30-41.
Zumsteg A, Bååth E, Stierli B, Zeyer J, Frey B (2013) Bacterial and fungal community responses to reciprocal soil transfer along a temperature and soil moisture gradient in a glacier forefield. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 61 , 121–132.


Expertise of Beat Frey:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic AtmosphereAtmosphere
Air Pollution
Topic CryosphereGlaciers
Permafrost / Solifluction
Topic PedospherePedosphere
Soil Formation
Soil Pollution and Restauration
Topic BiosphereBiosphere
Plants
Biodiversity
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Topic TechnologyBiotechnology
Spatial ZonesSpatial Zones
Mountain / Highland
MethodsData Collection

Specialties of Beat Frey:
Soil microbiome in arctic and high altitude mountain soils


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