Molecular Microbiology Research Laboratory

The Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Research group continues to work under the founder and consultancy of Ece ŞEN. The members of the working group continue their studies in the Molecular Microbiology Research Laboratory, which has the necessary equipment.

The research group continues its studies on molecular identification of water and food borne pathogens, emerging spirochetes from environmental and zoonotic sources, determinants of pathogenesis of Salmonella sp. bacteria and current  molecular methods  for determination of virulence, assesment of carcinogenic materials in water sources and other substances by using biosensors and bacteriological Ames test, assesment of emerging water and food borne pathogens , their isolation and genotyping, utilization of new indicators of microbial water pollution, isolation of tick and field mice borne bacterial pathogens, their molecular typing  and genotyping  (Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia turcica, Leptospira sp.), biological control and effects of new insecticides, molecular determination of bacteria-cancer relationships, antibiotic resistance mechanisms and biofilm forming abilities of food borne bacteria, atibiotic resistance profiles of food borne Salmonella sp., bioinsecticides and new methods in bioinsecticide production, assesment of insecticide resistance against Bacillus thuringiensis and bacterial insecticides by using bioassays and molecular genetics methods.