Stream Ecosystem "Harshness" and Microbial Endemism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

麦克默多干谷溪流生态系统的“严酷”和微生物特有现象

• 批准号: 0839020
• 负责人: Diane McKnight
• 金额: $ 49.53万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0839020&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Stream; Ecosystem; Harshness; Microbial; Endemism

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The research project will examine the relationship between physical drivers, biogeochemical processes, and microbial community composition in streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The investigators will use molecular phylogenetic techniques, genomic network modeling, and culture-based approaches, and will further develop the Antarctic Freshwater Diatoms database. The central research questions are (1) How do the diatom communities found in microbial mats experiencing harsher flow conditions differ phylogenetically from those found in less harsh streams? (2) How does the structure and genomic potential of the overall microbial community vary among mat communities? (3) Are endemic diatom species more tolerant of conditions occurring during low moisture availability than 'cosmopolitan' (geographically widespread) diatoms? The development of new techniques to explore the relationships between microbial community structure and function will be broadly applicable to diverse environments. The award will promote the career of a junior scientist, fund two graduate students and further develop well-established outreach activities targeted to the general public and at-risk high school students.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该研究项目将研究麦克默多干谷溪流中物理驱动因素，生物地球化学过程和微生物群落组成之间的关系。 研究人员将使用分子系统发育技术，基因组网络建模和基于文化的方法，并将进一步开发南极淡水硅藻数据库。 中心研究问题是（1）在经历更恶劣流动条件的微生物垫中发现的硅藻群落与在不太恶劣的溪流中发现的硅藻群落在系统发育上有何不同？(2)整个微生物群落的结构和基因组潜力在垫群落中是如何变化的？(3)地方性硅藻物种比“世界性”（地理分布广泛）硅藻更能耐受低水分条件吗？ 探索微生物群落结构和功能之间关系的新技术的发展将广泛适用于不同的环境。该奖项将促进一名青年科学家的职业生涯，资助两名研究生，并进一步发展针对公众和高危高中生的既定外联活动。