Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/D521849/1
Marine and Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity - an application to the International Opportunities Fund.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr I Joint, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Grant held at:
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Environmental biotechnology
- Abstract:
- Micro-organisms are immensely important in maintaining the Earth system and have ensured that it is habitable for all life. The early Earth had no oxygen in the atmosphere but the activity of photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans over a period of 1.5 billion years resulted in an environment in which other life forms could flourish and evolve. Even today, half of the oxygen released to the atmosphere each year comes from microbes in the oceans. All nitrogen in living organisms is there as a result of nitrogen fixation - a process that is only carried out by bacteria. The balance of elements in the biosphere is the way it is because of the activity of bacteria. And all life on Earth evolved from bacteria. The role of marine microbes has been the subject of research in the Marine and Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity (M&FMB) directed programme. Important advances have been made in 4 main areas: in understanding microbial biodiversity in the oceans and contrasting this with freshwater systems: in investigating the role of microbes in biogeochemical cycles in the sea: in discovering how microbes interact and communicate with each other and higher organisms in the natural environment: and the crucial importance of viruses in aquatic systems. This application will enable M&FMB-funded scientists to enhance international collaboration with microbiologists in the US, Canada, Japan and China.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/D521849/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- IOF
This grant award has a total value of £121,906
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £6,106 | £51,359 | £61,630 | £2,809 |
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