COMPETENCIES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Microbiological culture
- Anaerobe, facultative anaerobe and aerobe oral species
In vitro biofilm formation assays
Biofilm and bacterial imaging
- CLSM (partnership with FCUL)
Antibiotic susceptibility testing
- Minimal inhibitory concentration
- Minimal bactericidal concentration
Bacterial adhesion and surface colonization studies
- Culture-dependent assays (CFU determination in suspension)
- Fluorescence microscopy
- Live/dead bacterial assay
- Biomass determination and colonization kinetics
Bacterial isolation and identification from oral samples