Microbiology
The Laboratory of Microbiology is engaged in research and education in biotransformations and interactions of microorganisms as well as their control. Moreover, it contributes to the exploitation of the generated knowledge in the application areas of Health & Food, Bioproducts & Energy and Environment & Sustainability.
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Spinoza Prize for Wageningen microbiologist John van der Oost
Today, the Wageningen Microbiology Professor John van der Oost will receive the Spinoza Prize presented by Science Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven. John van der Oost and his group will spend the amount of 2.5 million euros - the largest prize in science in the Netherlands - to fund new research paths to unravel the earlier discovered CRISPR immune system and other systems in bacteria.
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Recent Peer Reviewed Publications
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DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute
Nature 507 (2014)7491. - ISSN 0028-0836 - p. 258 - 261.
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Archaeal (Per)Chlorate Reduction at High Temperature: An Interplay of Biotic and Abiotic Reactions
Science 340 (2013)85. - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 85 - 87.
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Modulation of Lactobacillus plantarum gastrointestinal robustness by fermentation conditions enables identification of bacterial robustness markers
PLoS ONE 7 (2012)7. - ISSN 1932-6203 - 13 p.