Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology
| Doc. RNDr. Petr Baldrian, Ph.D. | Vedoucí laboratoře | |
| Bc. Natálie Bernardová | Odborný pracovník | |
| Mgr. Vendula Brabcová | Vědecký pracovník | |
| Mgr. Anna Davidová | Odborný pracovník VaV | Mateřská dovolená |
| Ing. Petra Dobiášová | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| RNDr. Ivana Eichlerová | Vědecký pracovník | |
| Doc. RNDr. Jiří Gabriel | Vedoucí vědecký pracovník | |
| Mgr. Tereza Geigerová | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| Mgr. Lenka Harantová | Postgraduální student | |
| Bc. Petra Havlíčková | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| Rainier Zander Human | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| Mgr. Petr Kohout | Postgraduální student | |
| Daniel Morais Kumazawa | Vědecký pracovník | |
| Msc. Tijana Martinovič | Postgraduální student | |
| Mgr. Lenka Michalčíková | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| Romana Míková | Odborný pracovník | |
| Mgr. Diana Navrátilová | Postgraduální student | |
| František Novák | Odborný pracovník | |
| Mgr. Miroslava Petrovová | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| Mgr. Martina Štursová | Odborný pracovník VaV | |
| Mgr. Vojtěch Tláskal | Postgraduální student | |
| Mgr. Tomáš Větrovský | Postdoktorand | |
| Mgr. Lukáš Vlk | Postgraduální student | |
| František Zaleš | Odborný pracovník |
The research in the laboratory covers the ecology, physiology and biochemistry of microorganisms in the environments, especially in soils, plant litter, decomposing wood or in association with plants.
The main emphasis is placed on the study of microorganisms involved in the decomposition of organic matter in forest litter and soil, both bacteria and saprotrophic fungi and the ecology of saprotrophic versus plant-symbiotic taxa.
The description of microbial processes in the environment relies on the combination of advanced molecular methods for the characterization of the composition and function of soil microbial communities as well as the isolation and characterization of individual microorganisms. Microorgansims are also studied as potential resources for biotechnologically relevant enzymes or secondary metabolites. Culture collection of basidiomycetes that performs research on the preservation of fungi including endangered and biotechnologically-relevant species is an inherent part of the laboratory.