“Microbiological methods of analysis of food products, water, air and soil” - course 35,000 rubles. from MSU, training 4 weeks. (1 month), Date: December 5, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 08, 2023
Soil Department of Moscow State University, com. 49
Graduated from the Faculty of Soil Science of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in 2014. In 2019, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “The viability of natural microbial communities under conditions of modeling the parameters of alien soils and outer space.” Area of scientific interests: astrobiology, extreme tolerance, ecology of microorganisms in extreme habitats, radioresistance, stability of biomarkers in extraterrestrial conditions. Author of more than 80 scientific publications, including 18 articles in journals indexed by WoS/Scopus.
Main publications:
V. Cheptsov, A. Belov, O. Soloveva, E. Vorobyova, G. Osipov, N. Manucharova, and M. Gorlenko. Survival and growth of soil microbial communities under influence of sodium perchlorates. International Journal of Astrobiology, p. 1–12, 2020. DOI: 10.1017/S1473550420000312
A. A. Belov, V. S. Cheptsov, N. A. Manucharova, and Z. S. Ezhelev. Bacterial communities of Novaya Zemlya archipelago ice and permafrost. Geosciences, 10(2):1–27, 2020. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10020067
V. S. Cheptsov, S. I. Tsypina, N. V. Minaev, V. I. Yusupov, and B. N. Chichkov. New microorganism isolation techniques with emphasis on laser printing. International Journal of Bioprinting, 5(1):165, 2019. DOI: 10.18063/ijb.v5i1.165
A. Pavlov, V. Cheptsov, D. Tsurkov, V. Lomasov, D. Frolov, and G. Vasiliev. Survival of radioresistant bacteria on Europa’s surface after pulse ejection of subsurface ocean water. Geosciences, 9(1):9, 2019. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9010009
M. V. Gorlenko, E. A. Chutko, E. S. Churbanova, N. V. Minaev, K. I. Kachesov, L. V. Lysak, S. A. Evlashin, V. S. Cheptsov, A. O. Rybaltovskiy, V. I. Yusupov, V. S. Zhigarkov, G. A. Davydova, B. N. Chichkov, and V. N. Bagratashvili. Laser microsampling of soil microbial community. Journal of Biological Engineering, 12:27, 2018. DOI: 10.1186/s13036-018-0117-4
V. Cheptsov, E. Vorobyova, A. Belov, A. Pavlov, D. Tsurkov, V. Lomasov, and S. Bulat. Survivability of soil and permafrost microbial communities after irradiation with accelerated electrons under simulated Martian and open space conditions. Geosciences, 8(8):298, 2018. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8080298
V. S. Cheptsov, E. A. Vorobyova, N. A. Manucharova, M. V. Gorlenko, A. K. Pavlov, M. A. Vdovina, V. N. Lomasov, and S. A. Bulat. 100 kg gamma-affected microbial communities within the ancient arctic permafrost under simulated Martian conditions. Extremophiles, 21(6):1057–1067, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s00792-017-0966-7
1. Introduction. Selection and preparation of samples for microbiological studies
2. Preparation of glassware and culture media for microbiological studies. Planning the examination.
2.1 Nutrient media. Classification. Selection of nutrient media and cultivation conditions depending on the objectives of the study.
2.2 Preparation and sterilization of glassware, instruments and culture media for microbiological research.
3. Methods for counting the number and isolation of microorganisms
3.1 Microscopic methods for counting the number of microorganisms
3.2 Cultural methods for general and selective isolation of microorganisms
4. Methods for assessing the functional diversity of microorganisms.
5. Methods for assessing the biological activity of microorganisms.
5.1 Methods for estimating the biomass of microbial communities.
5.2 Enzymatic and biochemical microbiological analysis methods
6. Indicator microorganisms. Regulatory and legal foundations of microbiological examination