Chitin degradation by Bacillus cereus

19 04 2021

During the next seminar, 19.04.2021, dr Angelika Fiodor from Department of Environemtnal Microbiology and Biotechnology will give a talk entitled “Chitinolytic activity of phylogenetically diverse Bacillus cereus sensu lato from North-Eastern Poland”.

Bacillus cereus s.l., Gram-positive endospore-forming bacilli, persist ubiquitously in different natural habitats and play various ecological roles. Chitin degradation is common among the B. cereus group members, yet strains clustered into particular phylogenetic groups differ in their chitinolytic activity. Moreover, separate clustering of chitinolytic and non-chitinolytic strains in the phylogenetic tree indicates the ecotypic structure of these isolates.

You are welcome to join us!

The seminar will be held online via Zoom application at 14:00. If you’re interested in receiving an invitation, send an e-mail about that on seminariumim@uw.edu.pl.