Team - Institute of Microbiology "Stefan Angelov" - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Hristo Najdenski, DVM, DSc

Lead researcher

Pathogenic bacteria; Food-borne zoonoses; Factors and mechanisms of bacterial virulence; Bacterial-host relationships; Medical and veterinary microbiology; Infectious immunology; Molecular biology, ecology of pathogenic bacteria; New antibacterial agents; Antimicrobial resistance

Assoc. prof. Zlatka Alexieva, PhD

- Microbiology: Microbial genetics - bacteria, yeast and molds.
- Biochemistry: Biodegradation of aromatic and aliphatic toxic compounds. Microbial metabolism and regulation.
- Molecular biology: Gene cloning. Regulation of gene expression.

Assoc. prof. Vesselin Kussovski, PhD

Infectious microbiology, Food-borne zoonoses Antimicrobial agents, Antimicrobial resistance, Photodynamic inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms.

Assistant prof. Maya Zaharieva, PhD

Molecular and biological identification for food pathogens; Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of compounds of natural and synthetic origin; Infections and neoplasia; Bacterial-host relationships.

Assistant prof. Maria Gerginova, PhD

- Molecular genetic studies of bacteria, yeast and molds: species identification by PCR and DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis; - Investigation of the process of degradation of aromatic pollutants of soil and water of industrial origin: kinetics of growth and degradation, analysis of degradation products, enzymatic analyzes and laboratory evaluation of technologically significant microbial strains.

Assistant prof. Zvezdimira Tsvetanova, PhD

Water Microbiology: - biofilms in industrial water systems; - bacterial interactions in biofilm community; - ecology of pathogenic bacteria; - antimicrobial resistance of the microbiome in natural waters and waters under anthropogenic impact. Water supply and sanitation: - microbiological quality of drinking water; - biofilms in drinking water supply systems; - influence of materials in contact with drinking water on overall microbial growth; - water treatment. Environmental microbiology Industrial microbiology

Assistant prof. Diliana Simeonova, PhD

- Bacterial genetics and genomics - Bacterial physiology, biochemistry, enzymology - Biogeochemical transformations of Arsenic and Phosphorus - Bacterial energetic metabolisms - Management of Scientific Projects

Assistant prof. Nadejda Peneva

- Morphological and physiological analyzes of micro-organisms - bacteria, yeasts and molds; - Investigation of the process of degradation of aromatic pollutants of soil and water of industrial origin

Assistant prof. Lyudmila Dimitrova, PhD

–Pathogenic bacteria –Food-borne zoonoses -New antibacterial and antifungal agents with plant and animal origins -Mechanisms of bacterial virulence, incl. quorum sensing (biofilm formation, swarming motility, etc.) -Antimicrobial resistance -Molecular biology -In vitro and in vivo toxicity -Ecology, incl. determination of water quality through macrozoobenthic communities -Phytochemistry