Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/00423
Molecular ecology of chloromethane oxidising bacteria.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JC Murrell, University of Warwick, Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr I McDonald, University of Waikato, Biological Sciences Department
- Grant held at:
- University of Warwick, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Abstract:
- Chloromethane (CH3Cl) is widely used as an industrial solvent and is also released in large amounts into the biosphere from natural sources. Little is known about the biogeochemistry of this potent ozone-depleting trace gas. Molecular ecology techniques will be developed and used to examine the distribution, diversity and activity of CH3Cl -degrading bacteria in the environment. Phylogenetic probes based on 16s rRNA genes and 'functional gene probes' based on a novel methyltransferase found in chloromethane-utilising bacteria will be used to examine the ecology of these bacteria in laboratory based mesocosm studies and in environmental samples. A new Stable Isotope Probing technique based on the incorporation of 13C-labelled CH3Cl into bacterial DNA in environmental samples, will be exploited to relate the distribution of phylogenetic and functional markers of CH3Cl utilisers to their in situ activities in the environment.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/00423
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £183,634
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £96,356 | £1,358 | £41,597 | £44,323 |
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