Serik Bakiyev, head of educational programs in biology, chemical sciences, and environment at M. Utemisov West Kazakhstan University, together with colleagues, discovered a new species of bacteria, Aeromonas oralensis. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan.
Bakiyev's scientific interests include the identification of opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms in aquatic ecosystems, as well as their molecular genetic identification. The scientist also deals with issues related to microbiological safety and the environment.
Projects with his participation address such urgent scientific problems as studying the microbiome of natural and groundwater, isolating endophytic bacteria, and assessing the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in ecosystems.
Bakiyev worked on the formation of a genetic bank of sturgeon species of the Zhaiyk-Caspian population and the breeding of sturgeon fish in artificial conditions. The scientist also collaborated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
In 2022, he was recognized as the best young scientist in the CIS. Currently, the results of Bakiyev's scientific research are being implemented in real production.