Determination of the cellular fatty acid composition of microbial strains using gas chromatography.
Equipment of the Experimental Aquarium Plant Laboratory.
Nine water filtration and recirculation systems for the preservation of aquatic organisms.
Mycotoxin production from fungi typified in selected foods. Online simulation of intestinal digestion.
These are chambers with adjustable temperature and photoperiod. They are used for the growth of plants in controlled conditions. There are three of these chambers and two chambers that also have humidity control.
Climatic chamber with 12 glass aquariums for pathology tests with aquatic organisms.
Cooling oven.
Storage service for biological material under controlled conditions.
Genetic analysis with high-performance servers, server-attached computers, bioinformatics software, development of working algorithms.
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of microbial populations by flow cytometry.
Gas chromatography analysis – triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS QqQ) of micro-pollutants in food.
Servers and software for spatially explicit cataloguing and integration of environmental information.
Water and sediment analysis laboratory.
Ability to perform all stages involved in the development of immunoassays for small molecules of the type of natural toxins and agrichemical compounds.
Chamber that allows experimentation with large aquariums and plant cultures.
Liquid chromatography analysis accompanied by the detection in time of flight of bioactive compounds present in food.
Metabolomics, peptidomics and proteomics analysis.
Macrophyte live cultures resource.
Technique that allows the lyophilisation of biological material.
Gas accumulation chambers and tubes for experimental measurements, various CO₂ and CH4 measurement systems (absorption spectroscopy, infrared detection -IRGA, semi-conduction).
Microbial characterisation using several approaches.
Microbial identification by essential gene sequencing.
The MALDI-TOF MS technique allows obtaining the characteristic protein profile of a microbial strain from the analysis of its ribosomal proteins, mainly.
- Deposit of strains of archaea, bacteria, filamentous fungi and yeasts up to risk group 3* according to the definition of Royal Decree 664/1997 of 12 May 1997.
- Deposit of phages of microbial strains up to risk group 2 according to the definition of Royal Decree 664/1997 of 12 May 1997.
The CECT has a public catalogue that includes more than 8000 strains of bacteria, archaea, filamentous fungi and yeasts. It also has the Mengovirus vMCO and will soon incorporate some phage strains.
Research optical and fluorescence microscopes and stereo microscopes.
Molecular biology tools.
Ability to design, plan and develop the synthesis of any organic molecule at both laboratory and pilot plant scale.
Collection of samples and cultures of the different species of Iberian inland waters.
DNA extraction, whole genome sequencing (WGS), assembling, determination of quality parameters, genomic analysis...
Research laboratory.
High-precision spectrofluorometer.
The UV Statistics Unit works with experts in the use of computer equipment and specific software. The main software used for data analysis is the free R Software.
Stereo microscope.
Studies of toxic substances in cell cultures and experimental animals.
