department of microbial biotechnology research
Microbial biotechnology is an advanced and important field in biotechnology that exploits microbial resources for food security, healthy and functional food production, plant, animal, and environmental protection, and diverse high-added value bioproduct production. One of our most important missions is to reduce the agrochemical consumption in the export products and the domestic consumer's food basket. New formulation design and development along with optimization and scale-up from experimental to industrial bioreactor for biological/ organic fertilizers and pesticides production are among the executive actions of this field. Agricultural waste and residue transformation into high-added value compounds such as biocompost, humic acid, fermented animal feed, and bioenergy is another active field in our department. Design and development of innovative methods for processing, conversion, and recycling of agricultural wastes and residues to be exploited on an industrial scale at the national level are important outputs of these activities. Microbiome analysis through metagenomics and metabolomics approaches for increasing tolerance toward biotic and abiotic stress, reducing the adverse effects of climate change, and enhancing nutrient and water use efficiency are other research areas in the department. Also, our department has a microbial culture collection with more than 6000 microbial isolates registered as an active member under the word Federation of Culture Collection. The department works as a partner laboratory of the veterinary organization in the field of monitoring animal and poultry feed additives (probiotics and enzymes) as well.
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Management
Dr. Maryam Mousivand
Faculty Members
Dr. Hossein QanavatiDr. Gholamreza Salehi JouzaniDr. Maryam HashemiDr. Mojegan KowsariDr. Akram SadeghiDr. Saeed SoheilivandDr. Majid AziziEng. Ebrahim Karimi
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Former Colleagues
Dr. Mohammad Reza Parvin
Contact Us
For more information, please contactmb@abrii.ac.ir