To Study The Impact of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Microbial Communities and Function

研究墨西哥湾漏油事件对微生物群落和功能的影响

• 批准号: 1056890
• 负责人: Henry Williams
• 金额: $ 19.97万
• 依托单位: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2013-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1056890&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Study; Impact; Gulf; Mexico; Oil

This is a proposal to study the impact of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April, 2010, on the bacterial community in general, and specifically on predation involving Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) and their prey bacteria.This new thrust is consistent with the general aim of an existing HBCU-RISE project which is to better understand predation by BALOs on their prey and the contributions of the predatory bacteria to bacterial mortality,and,thereby, the control of bacterial populations in aquatic systems. Microorganisms are responsible for many of the natural processes that maintain healthy aquatic and terrestial ecosystems. There is great concern that the oil deposits in Gulf waters and sediments will disrupt the microbial community and those system functions for which they are responsible.The project will monitor the changes in the bacterial community and investigate the changes on an important ecological function,which is predation. Broader Impacts:The project will engage both undergraduate and graduate students in studying the impact of the largest catastrophic oil spill event in the US.Intellectual Merit:This research will uncover new scientific data on both the impacts of oil spills on microbial communities and their functions, and in the ecological systems in general.

这是一项建议，旨在研究2010年4月BP石油溢出物在墨西哥湾对细菌群落的影响，特别是在涉及Bdellovibrio及其有机体（Balos）及其猎物细菌及其猎物的捕食方面，尤其是在养育其上的新推力与现有的HBCU养育pres的一般目标相一致的一致性，这是一致的，这是一致的，这是一致的养育preos的一致性。细菌死亡率，从而控制水生系统中细菌种群。微生物负责维持健康的水生生态系统的许多自然过程。人们非常担心海湾水域和沉积物中的石油沉积会破坏微生物群落和负责的系统功能。该项目将监测细菌群落的变化，并调查重要的生态功能的变化，即捕食。更广泛的影响：该项目将吸引本科生和研究生研究美国最大的灾难性漏油事件的影响。智能优点：这项研究将发现有关溢油对微生物群落及其功能的影响以及在生态系统中的溢油影响的新科学数据。