At the Department of Microbiology at the Faculty of Science and Informatics research of microbiological plant protection has been conducted for decades. The demand is continuously increasing for environmentally friendly technologies due to the harmful environmental and health impacts of xenobiotics (e.g.: pesticides) used in intense agricultural practice. The researchers at the department have significant achievements in the development of bacterial and microscopic fungal biocontrol methods, which can be utilized in industrialized fungus cultivation and also for the protection of various vegetable cultures (hydroponically and outdoor grown).

In the field of environmental microbiology the associates conduct researches concerning the pesticides accumulated in the environment, and they work on developing the microbial background of bioaugmentation methods for neutralizing their hazardous decomposition product intermediers. 

Innovative, microbial based products are being developed within an international cooperation project in order to contribute to safer food production and to lowering the level of pollutant compounds found in the environment.