Europäische Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE): Projekt – BacFlow

Other projects funded by the EU

The aim of the project “Analysis of bacterial communities by microbiota cytometry” is to establish an application laboratory for the analysis of microbial communities by microbiota flow cytometry.

Microbial communities colonize all habitats on earth and play a crucial role in many geochemical, biological and industrial processes. Changes can have consequences for health, the environment and ecosystems. Classical analysis of the microbiota is currently relatively time-consuming and expensive, and therefore it has not yet found widespread application in clinical diagnostics or monitoring of microbiota in the environment. Microbiota flow cytometry enables rapid, inexpensive and yet detailed analysis of bacterial mixtures. Thus, the application laboratory finds utilization in all areas where bacteria are relevant, especially in the field of research of chronic inflammatory diseases for diagnosis and therapy decision. The technology will also be used for the analysis of water, wastewater, soil, as well as pure and mixed cultures in industry, food production and hygiene monitoring.