Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01128
The diversity and ecosystem function of non-thermophilic soil Crenarchaea.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Prosser, University of Aberdeen, School of Medical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Embley, Newcastle University, Biosciences Institute
- Grant held at:
- University of Aberdeen, School of Medical Sciences
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Environmental Genomics
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Population Ecology
- Abstract:
- Non-thermophilic Crenarchaea have recently been detached at high levels in soil using molecular techniques, but no representative of these non-extremophile archaea has been cultured in the laboratory. Consequently, nothing is known of their physiology or metabolic activity and we are ignorant of their function in soil ecosystems. This project aims to determine their abundance, species diversity and metabolic activity in a well-characterised soil site (Sourhope), to assess the effects of soil management practices on their community structure, and to obtain non-thermophilic Crenarchaea in laboratory culture. The project will employ established molecular techniques and will also develop new techniques to relate taxonomic and functional diversity that will be of broad relevance to molecular ecological studies.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01128
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £252,453
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £122,438 | £7,222 | £56,389 | £56,322 | £10,082 |
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