Equipment

Beside an extensive basic microbiological hardware the laboratory of MicroPro provides the following specific equipment:

• Anaerobe work station
• Laboratory safety workbench
• Diverse Microscopes and digital image processing
• Thermocycler and electrophoresis - for PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
• Diverse laboratory fermenters (2 x 1 Litre; 2, 10, 30  und 80 Litre)
• Semi-technical reactor 250 Litre
• Gas chromatography
• Lyophilisation – cryo-conservation of micro-organisms
• Oxitop® systems – determination of biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D.)
• High pressure apparatus
• Percolation systems
• Shaker and thermostated incubation systems – for cultivation of micro-organisms
• Deep freezer (-80°C)
• Centrifuges, extraction systems, annealing furnace