Catalyst Project: Microbial trophic complexity in waterbodies: elucidating the role of algal-microbiome-nutrient interactions in harmful algal bloom formation

催化剂项目：水体中的微生物营养复杂性：阐明藻类-微生物组-营养物相互作用在有害藻华形成中的作用

• 批准号: 2100777
• 负责人: Muhammad Saleem
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Alabama State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-15 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100777&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyst; Project; Microbial; trophic; complexity

Catalyst Projects provide support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to work towards establishing the research capacity of faculty to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the award will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution, and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. This project at Alabama State University intends to investigate the role of microbial (bacteria, protists, algae) diversity and nutrient enrichment in the formation of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) in collaboration with researchers at Auburn University. The project will contribute to efforts aimed at establishing an active research and training program in microbial ecology for educating and mentoring minority students.Aquatic microbial biodiversity and trophic complexity represent a diverse set of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. The role of aquatic microbes in reducing nutrient loads (via nutrient assimilation or cycling) and controlling other invasive or harmful microbial species such as Microcystis spp., is acknowledged, though less explored. This project will mechanistically test the role of nutrient inputs and microbial biodiversity in the survival of Microcystis spp., and HAB formation in lab and field experiments using multi-omics approaches. The results from this project may contribute to a broader understanding of microbial factors underlying HAB formation and control in waterbodies. Overall, the proposed research may help us develop strategies aimed at predicting and controlling HABs in the context of microbiome biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

催化剂项目为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学提供支持，以建立教师的研究能力，以加强科学、技术、工程和数学本科生的教育和研究。预计该奖项将进一步提高教职员工的研究能力，改善学院的研究和教学，并让本科生参与研究经验。阿拉巴马州立大学的这个项目打算与奥本大学的研究人员合作，调查微生物(细菌、原生生物、藻类)多样性和营养丰富在有害藻华(HAB)形成中的作用。该项目将促进旨在建立一个积极的微生物生态学研究和培训计划的努力，以教育和指导少数族裔学生。水生微生物的生物多样性和营养复杂性代表了一组不同的原核生物和真核微生物。水生微生物在减少营养负荷(通过营养同化或循环)和控制其他入侵或有害微生物物种(如微囊藻)方面的作用已经得到承认，尽管人们对此了解较少。该项目将使用多种组学方法，在实验室和现场实验中从机械上测试营养输入和微生物生物多样性在微囊藻和赤潮形成中的作用。该项目的结果可能有助于更广泛地了解水体中HAB形成和控制的微生物因素。总体而言，拟议的研究可能有助于我们在微生物组生物多样性和生态系统功能研究的背景下制定旨在预测和控制赤潮的战略。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Enhanced adsorptive removal of carbendazim from water by FeCl3-modified corn straw biochar as compared with pristine, HCl and NaOH modification

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.107024
• 发表时间: 2021-12
• 期刊: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
• 影响因子: 7.7
• 作者: Yanru Wang;Jingbo Miao;M. Saleem;Yong Yang;Qingming Zhang