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Anja Miltner is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a significant body of work related to agricultural and biological sciences.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Anja Miltner has contributed extensively to several subfields, such as:

  • Pollution
  • Soil Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Their research topics cover a range of environmental and microbial processes, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Thermodynamics and Calorimetric Analyses
  • Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
  • Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing

Anja Miltner has authored numerous papers published in various scientific journals. Some recent representative publications are:

  • Microbial Necromass in Soils-Linking Microbes to Soil Processes and Carbon Turnover, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Turnover of gram-negative bacterial biomass-derived carbon through the microbial food web of an agricultural soil, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Turnover of bacterial biomass to soil organic matter via fungal biomass and its metabolic implications, 2023, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Superabsorbent polymer as a supplement substrate of constructed wetland to retain pesticides from agricultural runoff, 2021, Water Research
  • Retention and distribution of pesticides in planted filter microcosms designed for treatment of agricultural surface runoff, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The primary venues where Anja Miltner publishes include:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science

Frequent collaborators in Anja Miltner's research efforts comprise:

  • Matthias Kästner
  • Karolina M. Nowak
  • Thomas Maskow
  • Shiyue Yang
  • Matthias Kaestner

Best Publications

  • SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

    Anja Miltner;Petra Bombach;Burkhard Schmidt-Brücken;Matthias Kästner

  • Factors controlling humification and mineralization of soil organic matter in the tropics

    Wolfgang Zech;Nicola Senesi;Georg Guggenberger;Klaus Kaiser

  • Biodegradation of ciprofloxacin in water and soil and its effects on the microbial communities

    Cristobal Girardi;Josephine Greve;Marc Lamshöft;Ingo Fetzer

  • Classification and Modelling of Nonextractable Residue (NER) Formation of Xenobiotics in Soil – A Synthesis

    Matthias Kästner;Karolina M. Nowak;Anja Miltner;Stefan Trapp

  • Identification of bacterial micropredators distinctively active in a soil microbial food web.

    Tillmann Lueders;Reimo Kindler;Anja Miltner;Michael W. Friedrich

  • Microbial Necromass in Soils—Linking Microbes to Soil Processes and Carbon Turnover

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  • Soil-carbon preservation through habitat constraints and biological limitations on decomposer activity

    Klemens Ekschmitt;Ellen Kandeler;Christian Poll;Andreas Brune

  • Microbial contribution to SOM quantity and quality in density fractions of temperate arable soils

    Marie Ludwig;Jan Achtenhagen;Anja Miltner;Kai-Uwe Eckhardt

  • Fate of gram-negative bacterial biomass in soil—mineralization and contribution to SOM

    Reimo Kindler;Anja Miltner;Hans-Hermann Richnow;Matthias Kästner

  • Fate of microbial biomass-derived amino acids in soil and their contribution to soil organic matter

    Anja Miltner;Reimo Kindler;Heike Knicker;Hans-Hermann Richnow

  • Effects of wood char and activated carbon on the hydrolysis of cellobiose by β-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger

    Carlo Lammirato;Anja Miltner;Matthias Kaestner

  • FATE OF MICROBIAL RESIDUES DURING LITTER DECOMPOSITION AS AFFECTED BY MINERALS

    Wulf Amelung;Anja Miltner;X. Zhang;Wolfgang Zech

  • Application of compost for effective bioremediation of organic contaminants and pollutants in soil.

    Matthias Kästner;Anja Miltner

  • (Bio)degradation of glyphosate in water-sediment microcosms - A stable isotope co-labeling approach.

    Shizong Wang;Bettina Seiwert;Matthias Kästner;Anja Miltner

  • Non-phototrophic CO2 fixation by soil microorganisms

    Anja Miltner;Frank-Dieter Kopinke;Reimo Kindler;Draženka Selesi

  • Fate of bacterial biomass derived fatty acids in soil and their contribution to soil organic matter.

    Reimo Kindler;Anja Miltner;Martin Thullner;Hans-Hermann Richnow

  • Assimilation of CO2 by soil microorganisms and transformation into soil organic matter

    Anja Miltner;Hans-Hermann Richnow;Frank-Dieter Kopinke;Matthias Kästner

  • Formation and fate of bound residues from microbial biomass during 2,4-D degradation in soil.

    Karolina M. Nowak;Anja Miltner;Matthias Gehre;Andreas Schäffer

  • Carbohydrate decomposition in beech litter as influenced by aluminium, iron and manganese oxides

    Anja Miltner;Wolfgang Zech

  • Mycelium-mediated transfer of water and nutrients stimulates bacterial activity in dry and oligotrophic environments

    Anja Worrich;Hryhoriy Stryhanyuk;Niculina Musat;Sara König

  • Organic Matter Dynamics in Forest Soils of Temperate and Tropical Ecosystems

    Wolfgang Zech;Georg Guggenberger;Ludwig Haumaier;Regina Pöhhacker

  • In situ assessment of biodegradation potential using biotraps amended with 13C-labeled benzene or toluene.

    Geyer R;Peacock Ad;Miltner A;Richnow Hh

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Kästner
Matthias Kästner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Karin Frank
Karin Frank Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Lukas Y. Wick
Lukas Y. Wick Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Andreas Schäffer
Andreas Schäffer RWTH Aachen University
Martin Thullner
Martin Thullner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Stefan Trapp
Stefan Trapp Technical University of Denmark
Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Matthias Gehre
Matthias Gehre Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michael W. I. Schmidt
Michael W. I. Schmidt University of Zurich
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim

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