Services and facilities

Identification of bacteria

Phenotypic characterization and testing (aerobic, microaerophilic, anaerobic, bioreactor, antimicrobial susceptibility testing)
Genotypic characterization (16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, antimicrobial resistance genes, virulence genes, whole-genome sequencing)
Microscopy

 Product testing

Microbial load assessment
Sterility testing

 Whole-genome sequencing and analyses

Bacteria and archaea (average nucleotide identity, phylogenetic analysis, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes, biosynthetic gene clusters)
Bacteriophages (phylogenetic analysis, screening for antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes)
Eukaryotes

16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing (microbiota profiling)

DNA extraction, library preparation and sequencing
Human, other animal and avian microbiota
Built environment
Fermented foods
Data analysis and visualization

Bioinformatics and data analysis

Shotgun metagenomics (taxonomy, predicted function, metagenome-assembled genomes)
Transcriptomics
Integration of various omics datasets (microbiomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic)

Screening and development of novel antimicrobials

Coming soon...

Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages

Transmission electron microscopy
Phage gene products
Whole-genome sequencing