Head: Assist. Prof. Dimitrinka Lyutskanova, PhD
Tel.: +359 2 979 31 50
E-mail: dlyutskanova@gmail.com
| STAFF: |
Assist. Prof. Margarita Stoylova-Dicheva, PhD
Tel.: +359 2 979 31 50
E-mail: margid@microbio.bas.bg
| RESEARCH AREA: |
Research is carried out in the field of biodiversity, genetic and biological characteristics of microorganisms from various ecological niches.
| PROJECTS: |
Completed within the last 5 years:
- 2009-2013 New polysaccharide-modifying enzymes optimizing the potential of hydrocolloids for use in food and medicine “PolyModE”, EU FP7, 222628 and DTK 02/09 (2010-2015), NSF.
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: |
- Tomova, A., Tomova, I., Vasileva-Tonkova, E., Lazarkevich, I., Stoilova-Disheva, M., Lyutskanova, D., Kambourova, M. Myroides guanonis sp. nov., isolated from prehistoric paintings. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 63: 4266–4270, 2013
- Stoyanov, A., Petrova, P., Lyutskanova, D., Lahtchev, K. Structural and functional analysis of PUR2, 5 gene encoding bifunctional enzyme of de novo purine biosynthesis in Ogataea (Hansenula) polymorpha CBS 4732. Microbiological Research 169: 378-387, 2014.