Carbon isotopic heterogeneity in modern bacterioplankton: Model systems for understanding paleoenvironmental signatures.

现代浮游细菌中的碳同位素异质性：用于理解古环境特征的模型系统。

• 批准号: 0927290
• 负责人: Ann Pearson
• 金额: $ 51.62万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 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: 2009-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0927290&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Carbon; isotopic; heterogeneity; modern; bacterioplankton

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Through research in the past two decades, the science community has seen a revolution in the understanding of marine microbial diversity. Molecular sequencing has revealed several previously unknown major groups of Bacteria and Archaea, yet total marine microbial diversity exceeds current species estimates. Preliminary research from Harvard University shows a systematic difference in the carbon isotope signature between bacterioplankton and eukaryote plankton, such that modern bacterioplankton show evidence of a carbon isotope shift. By sampling bacterioplankton from diverse regions of the surface ocean, researchers from Harvard University will examine patterns of carbon isotope distribution in marine surface bacterioplankton to identify the metabolic differences among microbial communities of various surface water types. Results from this research will enhance the current understanding of upper ocean carbon recycling and the action of the biological pump. In addition this research may identify and refine potential differences between export of microbial biomass in oligotrophic open ocean environments and organic-rich continental margin environments. This information could allow for scientist to understand the implications of past and future warm climates on marine microbial diversity. This research will provide support for a postdoctoral researcher, as well as two graduate students. The PIs involved in this project will also utilize the results to host a community outreach event in collaboration with the Harvard University Microbial Sciences Initiative.

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。通过过去二十年的研究，科学界已经看到了对海洋微生物多样性的理解的革命。分子测序揭示了几个以前未知的细菌和微生物主要群体，但海洋微生物多样性总量超过了目前的物种估计。 哈佛大学的初步研究表明，浮游细菌和真核浮游生物之间的碳同位素特征存在系统性差异，因此现代浮游细菌显示出碳同位素变化的证据。 通过对海洋表层不同区域的浮游细菌进行采样，来自哈佛大学的研究人员将研究海洋表层浮游细菌的碳同位素分布模式，以确定各种表层水类型微生物群落之间的代谢差异。这项研究的结果将提高目前对海洋上层碳循环和生物泵作用的认识。 此外，这项研究还可以确定和细化贫营养公海环境和富含有机物的大陆边环境中微生物生物量输出之间的潜在差异。 这些信息可以让科学家了解过去和未来温暖气候对海洋微生物多样性的影响。这项研究将为一名博士后研究人员和两名研究生提供支持。参与该项目的PI还将利用这些结果与哈佛大学微生物科学倡议合作举办社区外展活动。