Academia de Stiinte a Moldovei

Concise history of the institute

Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology of ASM –organization from the scientific and innovation sphere – was instituted as a result of the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova nr. 1326 dated the 14.12.2005, through the fusion of the following academic institutes:

  • Institute of Microbiology of ASM, founded in 1992 in the basis of the Microbiology Section, that started to work in 1959 – the sole scientific institution in Moldova in the field of general and industrial microbiology.
  • National Collection of Nonpathogenic Microorganisms, founded in 2003 according to the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova as a research institution, as well as information and coordination in the area of storage, keeping and the utilization of the microbial resources.
  • Scientific Centre of Patobiology and Pathology of ASM, founded in 1991 according to the Decision of the Presidium of ASM with the purpose of integration and orientation of the principal fundamental-applicative research directions in the area of the patobiology and clinical pathology.