Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology
Head of the Laboratory:
RNDr. Petr Baldrian, PhD.
Phone: +420 296 442 315
Email: baldrian@biomed.cas.cz
| RNDr. Petr Baldrian, Ph.D. | Head of the Laboratory |
| Dr. Rubén López Mondéjar | Scientist |
| doc.RNDr. Jiří Gabriel, Dr.Sc. | Senior scientist |
| RNDr. Ivana Eichlerová, Ph.D. | Scientist |
| Mgr. Vendula Brabcová, Ph.D. | Scientist |
| Mgr. Tomáš Větrovský, Ph.D. | Scientist |
| RNDr. Jana Voříšková, Ph.D. | Scientist |
| Mgr. Anna Davidová | Associated scientist |
| Mgr. Petra Tláskalová | Associated scientist |
| Dr. Martina Slaninová Kyselová | Associated scientist |
| Bc. Natálie Bernardová | Associated scientist |
| Mgr. Tereza Michalková, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Mgr. Petr Kohout, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Clémentine Lepinay, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Robert Friedrich Starke, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Sarah Piché-Choquette, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Iňaky Odriozola Larraňaga, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Maysa Lima Parente Fernandes, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Dr. Victor Satler Pylro, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Camelia Algora Gallardo, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Mgr. Diana Navrátilová | PHD student |
| Mgr. Vojtěch Tláskal | PHD student |
| Mgr. Lenka Mészárošová | PHD student |
| Mgr. Lukáš Vlk | PHD student |
| Sandra Awokunle Hollá, MSc | PHD student |
| Tijana Martinovič, MSc | PHD student |
| Mgr. Lenka Michalčíková | Research assistant |
| Mgr. Miroslava Petrovová | Research assistant |
| Mgr. Štěpánka Žárová | Research assistant |
| Jana Kvasničková | Research assistant |
| Zander Rainier Human | Research assistant |
| Mgr. Martina Karásková | Research assistant |
| Mgr. Tereza Vlková | Research assistant |
| Mgr. Vanda Pondělníčková, Ph.D. | Research assistant |
| Romana Míková | Technician |
| Mgr. Ema Némethová | Technician |
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.