Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00176
How does rhizosphere carbon flow drive soil biodiversity?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Prosser, University of Aberdeen, School of Medical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Meharg, Queen's University of Belfast, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor K Killham, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Ineson, University of York, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Aberdeen, School of Medical Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Palaeoenvironments
- Population Ecology
- Soil science
- Abstract:
- Rhizosphere carbon flow is central to the functioning of grassland ecosystems but there is virtually no information on the relationship between the processes involved in carbon flow and the diversity, community structure and resilience of the microbial populations mediating these processes. This project aims to assess rhizosphere carbon flow following input of a 13C pulse and simultaneously to assess changes in microbial diversity using analysis of 13C in phospholipid fatty acids and stable isotope probing, combined with established molecular ecology techniques, including cloning and sequencing of 16S and 18S rRNA genes and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Integration of the different approaches for analysis of ecosystem function and microbial diversity will determine whether rhizosphere carbon flow drives diversity.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00176
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Soil Biodiversity
This grant award has a total value of £157,410
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £73,324 | £9,522 | £33,103 | £33,728 | £7,734 |
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