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Bacteria adaptation is an ongoing phenomenon in the healthcare,
environmental and agro-industries. The Laboratory of Environmental
Microbiology (Unit under contract with INRA) conducts research
to gain a firmer grasp of the cell and molecular behaviour of
bacteria in a given environment. The scientists are striving
to understand how genes contribute to microorganism adaptation
from the data supplied by the genomes (transcriptoms and proteoms)
placed in a physiological context.
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| The
Teams |
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of Environmental Microbiology, USC INRA EA 956, with 7 research
teachers (2 Professors, 5 Senior Lecturers), 5 technical and administrative
personnel, and 7 postgraduates and PhD candidates. |
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| Equipments |
| Various equipment for bacterial cultures,
fermenter, freeze-dryer, microscopy, centrifuges, cell crushers;
chromatography, DNA and protein electrophoresis, spectrophotometers;
DNA amplifiers; analysis and image processing computer systems |
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Isolation and characterisation of the proteins involved
in bacteria response to environmental stimuli |
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Identification of the matching genes and study of
their expression in a given situation |
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Analysis of the diversity of bacterial genomes (Enterococcus
faecalis, Lactococcus lactis, and Lactobacillus casei) in the
environment |
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Control of bacteria survival and resistance in the
environment (water-food) |
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Microbial ecology and alterations in non pasteurised
cider |
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Identification of the genes contributing to the
probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus casei |
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| Contacts |
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M. Yannick AUFFRAY (Professeur)
Laboratoire de Microbiologie
de l'Environnement
Esplanade de la Paix
14032 Caen Cedex
Tél : 33 (0)2 31 56 59 98
auffray@ibba.unicaen.fr
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Normandie Développement
57 avenue de Bretagne - BP 1083
76173 Rouen Cedex 1 - France
Tel : 33 (0)2 35 03 06 04 - Fax : 33 (0)2 35 03 07 86
ndrouen@normandydev.com |
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