1. New methods for growing previously uncultured microorganisms with a particular interest in Actinomycetes and filamentous fungi.

2. Developing new screening systems for identifying novel antimicrobial agents.

Publications:

Dubinina G., Grabovich M., Leshcheva N., Rainey F. and Gavrish E. (2011). Spirochaeta perfilievii sp.nov., oxygen-tolerant, sulfide oxidizing, sulfur and thiosulfate–reducing spirochete isolated from a saline spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61:110-117.

Epstein S., Lewis K., Nichols D., Gavrish E. New Approaches to Microbial Isolation. Manual of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology edited by: R.H. Baltz, J.E. Davies, A.L. Demain, 3rd Edition. ASM Press. 2010.

Gavrish E, Bollmann A, Epstein S, Lewis K. (2008) A trap for in situ cultivation of filamentous actinobacteria. J Microbiol Methods. 72(3):257-62.

Anan'ina LN, Plotnikova EG, Gavrish EIu, Demakov VA, Evtushenko LI. (2007) Salinicola socius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a naphthalene-utilizing microbial association. Mikrobiologiia. 76(3):369-76.

Grabovich M, Gavrish E, Kuever J, Lysenko AM, Podkopaeva D, Dubinina G. (2006) Proposal of Giesbergeria voronezhensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and G. kuznetsovii sp. nov. and reclassification of [Aquaspirillum] anulus, [A.] sinuosum and [A.] giesbergeri as Giesbergeria anulus comb. nov., G. sinuosa comb. nov. and G. giesbergeri comb. nov., and [Aquaspirillum] metamorphum and [A.] psychrophilum as Simplicispira metamorpha gen. nov., comb. nov. and S. psychrophila comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 56(Pt 3):569-76.

Gavrish EIu, Krauzova VI, Potekhina NV, Karasev SG, Plotnikova EG, Altyntseva OV, Korosteleva LA, Evtushenko LI. (2004) Three new species of brevibacteria--Brevibacterium antiquum sp. nov., Brevibacterium aurantiacum sp. nov. and Brevibacterium permense sp. nov. Mikrobiologiia. 73(2):218-25.

Ariskina EV, Vatsurina AV, Suzina NE, Gavrish EIu. (2004) Cobalt- and chromium-containing inclusions in bacterial cells. Mikrobiologiia. 73(2):199-203.

Evtushenko LI, Dorofeeva LV, Krausova VI, Gavrish EY, Yashina SG, Takeuchi M. (2002) Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 52(Pt 3):987-93.