Infrastructure

The microbiology and environmental toxicology laboratory of the Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Group of BME is equipped with the following devices and  test methods:

• Soil microcosm systems for soil amelioration and remediation experiments 
• Environmental toxicity testing systems applied to soil (T), water (W), sediment (S) and chemical substances  (CHS):

°  Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition test, bacterial test, T V Ü VA

 

°  Sinapis alba, Triticum aestivum, Lepidium sativum root- and shoot elongation inhibition tests, plant tests, T V Ü VA

°  Lemna minor reproduction inhibition test, plant test, V VA

°  Daphnia magna immobility and heartbeat rate test, animal test, V VA

°  Heterocypris incongruens lethality test, animal test, V Ü VA

 

°  Tetrahymena pyriformis reproduction inhibition and phagocytic activity test, protozoa test, T V Ü VA

°  Folsomia candida (Collembola) mortality test, animal test, T VA

°  Salmonella typhimurium mutagenicity test, bacterial test, T V Ü VA

°  Alga reproduction inhibition test

• Soil microbiology tests 

°  Determination of  colony forming bacteria or fungi cell concentration

°  Determination of contaminant degrading cell concentration

°  Microbial “fingerprint” with  BIOLOG EcoPlate

°  Measurement of soil respiration in various systems (OxiTop closed bottle test and dynamic system)

°  Soil enzyme activities: dehydrogenase

• Devices and equipment:

°   LUMAC luminometer for measurement of luminescense

°   FLUOstar Optima microplate reader for measurement of luminescense

°   Dialab EL800 microplate reader

°   SANYO SP55 UV/Vis spectrophotometer

°   NIKON SMZ800 stereomicroscope

°   NIKON Eclipse E400 fluorescence microscope

°   Biorad iCycler Thermal Cycler PCR

°   Uvitec gel documentation and analysis system

°   Portable NITON XL3t XRF Analyser for measurement of metal content

Thermostates, agitators, autoclaves, sterile boxes, centrifuge