RNDr.PetrČapekPh.D.
Workplace: 
Faculty of Science
Room: 
BP-361
Specialization: Biogeochemistry, soil ecology, ecological stoichiometry
Email: petacapek [at] gmail.com
Phone: 
+387 772 361; 2361
+420723259416

Specialization

The main focus of my research is small and large scale soil processes such as organic material decomposition or nutrient mineralization. I frequently use the knowledge and concepts of general microbiology and ecological stoichiometry to study the rate and direction of these processes as mediated by the activity of the soil microbial community.

Brief CV

2005 – 2008: Bachelor of Biology (Bc, České Budějovice, (Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology) - student of environmental care (supervisor: prof. Ing. Hana Šantrůčková, CSc.)

2008 – 2010: Master of Biology (Mgr.), University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, (Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology) – student of soil biology (supervisor: prof. Ing. Hana Šantrůčková, CSc.)

2011 – 2016: Ph.D. program at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, (Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology) – student of ecosystem biology (supervisor: prof. Ing. Hana Šantrůčková, CSc.)

2017 – 2019: Postdoc position at Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory in Richland, Washington, USA.

2019 - present: Researcher at the Department of Ecosystem Biology.

 

 

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Work and science experience:

Collaborator on the CryoCARB project (Long-term Carbon Storage in Cryoturbated Arctic Soils). http://www.univie.ac.at/cryocarb/the-cryocarb-project/.

Member of joint sampling trip 2011 of CryoCARB project to Taymyr peninsula (Russia).

Member of a field works in the Himalaya, Ladakh, 2013 (India).

Member of a field works in the Svalbard, 2014.

 

Scientific skills:

Using stable isotopes in biological research.

Using high-level statistics and mathematical modelling in biological research using program R and python.

 

Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals:

2020

Starke Robert, Capek Petr, Morais Daniel, Jehmlich Nico, Baldrian Petr, 2020. Explorative Meta-Analysis of 377 Extant Fungal Genomes Predicted a Total Mycobiome Functionality of 42.4 Million KEGG Functions. Frontiers in Microbiology (11), 143, ISSN=1664-302X, DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2020.00143, URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00143
   
2019

Starke, R., Capek, P., Morais, D., Callister, S. J., & Jehmlich, N. (2019). The total microbiome functions in bacteria and fungi. Journal of Proteomics, 103623. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JPROT.2019.103623

Starke, R., Jehmlich, N., Alfaro, T., Dohnalkova, A., Capek, P., Bell, S. L., & Hofmockel, K. S. (2019). Incomplete cell disruption of resistant microbes. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5618. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42188-9

Čapek, P., Starke, R., Hofmockel, K. S., Bond-Lamberty, B., & Hess, N. (2019). Apparent temperature sensitivity of soil respiration can result from temperature driven changes in microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 286–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SOILBIO.2019.05.016

2018

Čapek, P., Manzoni, S., Kaštovská, E., Wild, B., Diáková, K., Bárta, J., … Šantrůčková, H. (2018). A plant–microbe interaction framework explaining nutrient effects on primary production. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 1588–1596. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0662-8

Wild, B., Alves, R. J. E., Bárta, J., Čapek, P., Gentsch, N., Guggenberger, G., … Richter, A. (2018). Amino acid production exceeds plant nitrogen demand in Siberian tundra. Environmental Research Letters, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa4fa

Thao Thi Dao, Norman Gentsch, Robert Mikutta, Leopold Sauheitl, Olga Shibistova, Birgit Wild, Jörg Schnecker, Jiří Bárta, Petr Čapek, Antje Gittel, Nikolay Lashchinskiy, Tim Urich, Hana Šantrůčková, Andreas Richter, Georg Guggenberger, 2018. Fate of carbohydrates and lignin in north-east Siberian permafrost soils, Soil Biology and Biochemistry (116), 311-322, ISSN 0038-0717, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.032. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071717300019)

Tahovská, K., Čapek, P., Šantrůčková, H., & Kopáček, J. (2018). In situ phosphorus dynamics in soil: long-term ion-exchange resin study. Biogeochemistry, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0470-x

Manzoni, S., Čapek, P., Porada, P., Thurner, M., Winterdahl, M., Beer, C., … Way, D. (2018). Reviews and syntheses: Carbon use efficiency from organisms to ecosystems – definitions, theories, and empirical evidence. Biogeosciences, 15(19), 5929–5949. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5929-2018.

Hana Šantrůčková, Petr Kotas, Jiří Bárta, Tim Urich, Petr Čapek, Juri Palmtag, Ricardo J. Eloy Alves, Christina Biasi, Kateřina Diáková, Norman Gentsch, Antje Gittel, Georg Guggenberger, Gustaf Hugelius, Nikolaj Lashchinsky, Pertti J. Martikainen, Robert Mikutta, Christa Schleper, Jörg Schnecker, Clarissa Schwab, Olga Shibistova, Birgit Wild, Andreas Richter, 2018. Significance of dark CO2 fixation in arctic soils, Soil Biology and Biochemistry (119), 11-21, ISSN 0038-0717, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.12.021. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071717307010)

Gentsch, N., Wild, B., Mikutta, R., Čapek, P., Diáková, K., Schrumpf, M., … Guggenberger, G., 2018. Temperature response of permafrost soil carbon is attenuated by mineral protection. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14316
 
2017
 
M.O. Rappe-George, M. Choma, P. Čapek, G. Börjesson, E. Kaštovská, H. Šantrůčková, A.I. Gärdenäs, 2017. Indications that long-term nitrogen loading limits carbon resources for soil microbes, Soil Biology and Biochemistry (115), 310-321, ISSN 0038-0717, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.07.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003807171630325X)
 
Manzoni, S., P. Čapek, M. Mooshammer, B. D. Lindahl, A. Richter, & H. Šantrůčková, 2017. Optimal metabolic regulation along resource stoichiometry gradients. Ecology Letters, http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/ele.12815.
 
Choma, M., M. O. Rappe-George, J. Bárta, P. Čapek, E. Kaštovská, A. I. Gärdenäs, & H. Šantrůčková, 2017. Recovery of the ectomycorrhizal community after termination of long-term nitrogen fertilisation of a boreal Norway spruce forest. Fungal Ecology , http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1754504816301106.
 
2016
 
Diáková K, Biasi C, Čapek P, Martikainen PJ, Marushchak ME, Patova EN, Šantrůčková H. (2016). Variation in N2 fixation in subarctic tundra in relation to landscape position and nitrogen pools and fluxes. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 48, 111–125.
 
Čapek P., Kotas P., Manzoni S., Šantrůčková H. (2016). Drivers of phosphorus limitation across soil microbial communities. Functional Ecology (in press). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12650/abstract
 
Schädel, C., Bader, M.K.-F., Schuur, E.A.G., Biasi, C., Bracho, R., Čapek, P., De Baets, S., Diáková, K., Ernakovich, J., Estop-Aragones, C., Graham, D.E., Hartley, I.P., Iversen, C.M., Kane, E., Knoblauch, C., Lupascu, M., Martikainen, P.J., Natali, S.M., Norby, R.J., O’Donnell, J.A., Chowdhury, T.R., Šantrůčková, H., Shaver, G., Sloan, V.L., Treat, C.C., Turetsky, M.R., Waldrop, M.P. & Wickland, K.P. (2016) Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils. Nature Climate Change.
 
Wild, B., Gentsch, N., Čapek, P., Diáková, K., Alves, R.J.E., Bárta, J., Gittel, A., Hugelius, G., Knoltsch, A., Kuhry, P., Lashchinskiy, N., Mikutta, R., Palmtag, J., Schleper, C., Schnecker, J., Shibistova, O., Takriti, M., Torsvik, V.L., Urich, T., Watzka, M., Šantrůčková, H., Guggenberger, G. & Richter, A. (2016) Plant-derived compounds stimulate the decomposition of organic matter in arctic permafrost soils. Scientific Reports, 6, 25607.
 
Tahovská, K., Čapek, P., Šantrůčková, H., Kaňa, J., & Kopáček, J. (2016). Measurement of in situ Phosphorus Availability in Acidified Soils using Iron-Infused Resin. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 47(4), 487–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2015.1123721
 
2015
 
Čapek, P., Diáková, K., Dickopp, J.-E., Bárta, J., Wild, B., Schnecker, J., Alves, R.J.E., Aiglsdorfer, S., Guggenberger, G., Gentsch, N., Hugelius, G., Lashchinsky, N., Gittel, A., Schleper, C., Mikutta, R., Palmtag, J., Shibistova, O., Urich, T., Richter, A., Šantrůčková, H., 2015. The effect of warming on the vulnerability of subducted organic carbon in arctic soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 90, 19-29. - http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RWOv8g1337Yu
 
Hauer, T., Čapek, P., Böhmová, P., 2015. Main photoautotrophic components of biofilms in natural draft cooling towers. Folia Microbiologica, 1-6.
Řeháková, K., Chroňáková, A., Krištůfek, V., Kuchtová, B., Čapková, K., Scharfen, J., Čapek, P., Doležal, J., 2015. Bacterial community of cushion plant Thylacospermum ceaspitosum on elevational gradient in the Himalayan cold desert. Frontiers in Microbiology 6. - http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00304/abstract
 
Gentsch, N., Mikutta, R., Alves, R.J.E., Barta, J., Čapek, P., Gittel, A., Hugelius, G., Kuhry, P., Lashchinskiy, N., Palmtag, J., Richter, A., Šantrůčková, H., Schnecker, J., Shibistova, O., Urich, T., Wild, B., Guggenberger, G., 2015. Storage and transformation of organic matter fractions in cryoturbated permafrost soils across the Siberian Arctic. Biogeosciences 12, 4525-4542. - http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/4525/2015/bg-12-4525-2015.html
 
2014
 
Gittel, A., Bárta, J., Kohoutova, I., Schnecker, J., Wild, B., Čapek, P., Kaiser, C., Torsvik, V.L., Richter, A., Schleper, C. & Urich, T. (2014) Site- and horizon-specific patterns of microbial community structure and enzyme activities in permafrost-affected soils of Greenland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5. - http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00541/abstract
 
Gittel, A., Barta, J., Kohoutova, I., Mikutta, R., Owens, S., Gilbert, J., Schnecker, J., Wild, B., Hannisdal, B., Maerz, J., Lashchinskiy, N., Capek, P., Šantrůčková H, Gentsch, N., Shibistova, O., Guggenberger, G., Richter, A., Torsvik, V.L., Schleper, C. & Urich, T. (2014) Distinct microbial communities associated with buried soils in the Siberian tundra. Isme Journal, 8, 841-853.
 
Schnecker, J., Wild, B., Hofhansl, F., Alves, R.J.E., Bárta, J., Čapek, P., Fuchslueger, L., Gentsch, N., Gittel, A., Guggenberger, G., Hofer, A., Kienzl, S., Knoltsch, A., Lashchinskiy, N., Mikutta, R., Santruckova, H., Shibistova, O., Takriti, M., Urich, T., Weltin, G. & Richter, A. (2014) Effects of Soil Organic Matter Properties and Microbial Community Composition on Enzyme Activities in Cryoturbated Arctic Soils. Plos One, 9. - http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094076
 

Wild, B., Schnecker, J., Alves, R.J.E., Barsukov, P., Bárta, J., Čapek, P., Gentsch, N., Gittel, A., Guggenberger, G., Lashchinskiy, N., Mikutta, R., Rusalimova, O., Šantrůčková, H., Shibistova, O., Urich, T., Watzka, M., Zrazhevskaya, G. & Richter, A. (2014) Input of easily available organic C and N stimulates microbial decomposition of soil organic matter in arctic permafrost soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 75, 143-151. - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071714001345

 
2013
 
Wild, B., Schnecker, J., Bárta, J., Čapek, P., Guggenberger, G., Hofhansl, F., Kaiser, C., Lashchinsky, N., Mikutta, R., Mooshammer, M.,Šantrůčková H, Shibistova, O., Urich, T., Zimov, S.A. & Richter, A. (2013) Nitrogen dynamics in Turbic Cryosols from Siberia and Greenland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 67, 85-93. - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071713002691
 
2012
 
Zimmermann, M., Bird, M.I., Wurster, C., Saiz, G., Goodrick, I., Bárta, J., Čapek, P., Šantrůčková, H. & Smernik, R. (2012) Rapid degradation of pyrogenic carbon. Global Change Biology, 18, 3306-3316. - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02796.x/abst...
 

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