Geomicrobiology Lab
Special Equipment and Methods
- Fermenters, used for continuous cultivation under anoxic conditions
- Isolation of Single Colonies under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, e.g., for culturing acetogens, methanogens, and sulfate reducers
- O2-free chamber (e.g., for handling O2-sensitive culture
- Heatable modified Robbins Device for the investigation of biofilm settlement of thermophilic bacteria
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for microscopic identification of microbes under in situ conditions
- High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) determination of e.g. alcohols, sugars, amino acids
- Gas chromatography (GC) (determination of e.g., H2, N2O, CH4, CO2)
- Preparative centrifugation (e.g., harvesting of microorganisms)
- Electrophoresis systems (e.g., DGGE [gene analysis], SDS [protein analysis])
- Thermocycler for PCR (amplification of genes)
- Phylogenetic analysis (e.g., 16S rRNA or functional genes)
Contact:
Dr. Nadia Valérie Quéric
nqueric@gwdg.de
