Institute of Microbiology, v.v.i.

Institute of Microbiology at a Glance

The subject of activity of the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic is the scientific research covering areas of physiology, biochemistry and genetics of microorganisms, molecular biology and molecular microbiology, microbial products and their formation, biodegradation activities of microorganisms and symbiotic relations in biological models, and new biotechnological processes.

Physiology and regulation of natural and acquired immunity mechanisms, ontogenetic development of these mechanisms in conventional and germ-free models and the causality and possible therapy of tumor and autoimmune diseases are investigated.