Antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial activity of Pseudomonas spp. isolated from a karst cave

Akronim: PseudoCave

Naziv natječaja: Bilateralna suradnja Hrvatska - Austrija

Izvor financiranja: MZOM i OeAd

Uloga AFZ: koordinator

Ukupna vrijednost: 14.000,00 EUR

Financirani iznos: 14.000,00 EUR

Početak provedbe: 15.01.2022.

Završetak provedbe: 15.01.2024.

Caves are relatively unexploited reservoirs of bioactivity as well as unexplored environments considering antibiotic resistance. Cave microorganisms could be a source of structurally and biologically novel compounds with potential use in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Up to now, microbiological investigations of cave environments mostly focused on Actinobacteria, while there is lack of knowledge on antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial activity of Pseudomonas species isolated from caves. The work proposed here is aimed at taking a first step toward this understanding.

prof. dr. sc. Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka
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izv. prof. dr. sc. Kristina Krklec
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doc. dr. sc. Irina Tanuwidjaja
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