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LUBEM - Laboratory of Biodiversity and Microbial Ecology

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Photo of the research group
Faculty/school/department
ESIAB engineering school
Size of the team
number of researchers
number of researchers
25
number of supporting staff
number of supporting staff
12
number of PhD students
number of PhD students
14
PI
PI name
Emmanuel COTON
Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Marielle LeGuen
Contact person e-mail
WWW
Short description of research profile

The Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity Laboratory (LUBEM, UR n ° 3882) is a research laboratory at the University of Western Brittany specializing in the study of biodiversity and the ecology of microorganisms, mainly in agriculture, food industry and environment.

 

The LUBEM laboratory has 2 applicative axes:

Ecosystems with fungal components (molds and yeasts).

Risks associated with spore forming bacteria.

 

Research studies are structured around 4 common themes linked to the 2 applicative axes:

Ecology: identification, quantification and characterization of microorganisms associated with ecosystems of interest (agriculture, food and marine environment), evolution of microbial communities under environmental variations

Physiology: behavior of microorganisms under the effect of biotic and abiotic factors (including predictive microbiology approach).

 

Metabolism: role of microorganisms in their ecosystems, study of metabolites with negative or positive impacts (including toxicological impact) and their biosynthetic pathways.

Control: application of physicochemical and biological methods for the control of undesirable microorganisms (spoilage or pathogens).



Keywords : Fungi, bacteria, ecology, predictive microbiology, agriculture, food industries, environnement

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