Service provided
Environmental microbiology (with Biological Containment Level 2 facilities).
Description
Environmental microbiology is an important aspect of environmental engineering. We use laboratory studies to quantify how microbes interact and develop as a community; pathogen mobility in the environment; links between contamination and antimicrobial resistance in the environment; and many other projects.
Our work translates ecology principles to an engineering setting.
Routine research services
- biological assessment of soil, sediment & aquatic ecosystems
- phytoplankton/algae surveys & identification
- aseptic isolation & culture
- community structure/function determinations
- metabolic & biochemical assays
- molecular & microbiological techniques (DNA/RNA analyses)
Recent contracts & projects
- biological indicators of environmental change
- eco-toxicological assessment of contaminant exposure
- bio-remediation & bio-restoration of aquatic & terrestrial ecosystems
- microbiological community stability in engineered biological reactors
- antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance in the environment
- antimicrobial susceptibility assays
- pathogen detection & fate