Deciphering the coral minimal microbiome

破译珊瑚最小微生物组

• 批准号: DP210100630
• 负责人: Prof Madeleine van Oppen
• 金额: $ 40.7万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-04-07 至 2025-04-06
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP210100630
• 关键词: Deciphering; coral; minimal; microbiome

This project aims to decipher the functions of coral-associated bacteria by taking advantage of low-diversity microbiomes that are naturally found in some coral species. A further aim is to unveil the importance of bacterial genome evolution in coral adaptation to climate change. Climate warming is the biggest threat to coral reefs with half of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) corals dead due to recent summer heat waves. Expected outcomes are an increased understanding of how bacteria contribute to coral heat tolerance, and new knowledge to assist in the development of bacterial probiotics for enhancing coral thermal tolerance. This should provide significant benefits to the protection of the GBR and Australia’s economy.

该项目旨在通过利用一些珊瑚物种中自然存在的低多样性微生物组来破译珊瑚相关细菌的功能。另一个目标是揭示细菌基因组进化在珊瑚适应气候变化方面的重要性。气候变暖是对珊瑚礁的最大威胁，由于最近的夏季热浪，澳大利亚大堡礁（GBR）一半的珊瑚死亡。预期成果是加深对细菌如何促进珊瑚耐热性的了解，以及帮助开发细菌益生菌以提高珊瑚耐热性的新知识。这将为保护GBR和澳大利亚经济带来重大利益。