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Microbiology

ECBC's microbiological expertise includes work with human, animal and plant pathogens and serves as a focal point for the Department of Defense's non-medical program on threat-pathogen agents. Augmenting the Center's capabilities in this arena, the Center operates its own high containment biological facility and can conduct investigations requiring isolation, identification, preparation, characterization and testing of highly pathogenic bacterial, viral and fungal microorganisms.

In addition, ECBC operates and maintains a Surface Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy Laboratory (known as MicroLand) for biological research and forensics, specializing in morphological and compositional characterization, surface analysis and fine particle technology. Here scientists have the capability to analyze unknown items as well as determine the elements of materials in bulk or in batches.