Food, Industrial and Environmental Microbiology
Ex SAIFET
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Research Activity |
Staff | |
Responsible Prof. Maurizio Ciani | Equipment |
Full Professor
071 220 4987
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Researcher
071 220 4150
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Dott. Manuela Taccari
Post-doc
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Dott. Laura Canonico
PhD Student
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Dott. Selim Ashoor
PhD Student
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Dott. Lucia Oro
PhD Student
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Flow Cytometer*
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HPLC*
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Flow cytometry is a technique for counting and examining microscopic cells and chromosomes, by suspending them in a stream of fluid and passing them by an electronic detection apparatus. It allows simultaneous multi-parametric analysis of the physical and/or chemical characteristics of up to thousands of particles per second. Flow cytometry is routinely used in applied microbiology to study the damage induced by natural antimicrobial compounds (such as killer toxins) on sensitive yeast cells. A common variation is to physically sort particles based on their properties, so as to purify populations of interest. | High-performance liquid chromatography (sometimes referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography) was used to separate a mixture of compounds (generally volatile compounds) and is used to identify, quantify and purify the individual components in the mixture. |
* The equipment indicated with an asterisk, are in common use with the D3A Department of Agriculture