LABORATORY OF GENETICS OF FUNGI

Head: Assoc. Prof. Zlatka Alexieva, PhD

Tel.: +359 2 979 31 14

E-mail: zlatkama@microbio.bas.bg, zlatkama@yahoo.com

Molecular genetic studies of bacteria, yeasts and molds: species identification using PCR and DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis; Investigation of the process of degradation of aromatic contaminants of soils and waters of industrial origin: kinetics of growth and degradation, analysis of degradation products, enzymatic analyzes and mathematical modeling and laboratory evaluation of technologically significant microbial strains.

• Project N 2016/2019 DN 07/7 Study of waste water treatment processes through integrated microbial fuel cells. Funding from the National Science Fund

• Project N 2009/2012 DTK 02/74, molecular and biochemical analysis of strains Antarctic fungi: Studies on the possibility of biodegradation of phenol and polyaromatic environmental contaminants. Funding from the National Science Fund.

• Krastanov A., Alexieva Z.*, Yemendzhiev H. Microbial degradation of phenol and phenolic derivatives. Engineering in Life Sciences, 2013, 13 (1), 76-87  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/elsc.201100227/full

• Gerginova M., Manasiev J., Yemendzhiev H., Terziyska A., Peneva N., Alexieva Z. * Biodegradation of Phenol by Antarctic Strains of  Aspergillus fumigatus. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 2013, 68 c, 384 – 393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2013-9-1006

• Litova  K., Gerginova M., Peneva  N.,  Manasiev  J.,  Alexieva Z. Growth of Antarctic fungal strains on phenol at low temperatures. Journal of BioScience & Biotechnology . 2014, SpecialEdition, 43-46; http://www.jbb.uni-plovdiv.bg/documents/27807/728057/SE-2014-43-46.pdf

• Gerginova M., Peneva N., Manasiev J., Alexieva Z. Degradation of hydroxylated phenols by an Aspergillus fumigatus strain isolated from Antarctica. In: Industrial, Medical and Environmental Applications of Microorganisms, Ed. Antonio Méndez-Vilas, Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014, 93-98; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-795-0