The group has the laboratory 4.3.22 of the Department of Chemical Engineering with the following equipment: - Laminar flow cabinet (Telslar AV-100) - Horizontal electrophoresis chamber (Multi Sub Midi, Biocom) - DNA extraction system (Bead beater, Biospec Products) - Thermocycler (LongGene Scientific Instruments, Hangzhou) - DGGE system (KuroGel Verti 2020 DGGE system, Eurolab) - Image acquisition system (Bio-Imaging systems MiniBis Pro) - Minicentrifuge (Eppendorf) - Equipment for counting microorganisms by fluorochrome staining - Ultra-Turrax (IKA ®T18 basic) - Vortex (IKA ® MS2 Minishaker) - Incubator (Memmert, InCubator basic INB200).