The effect of microbial diversity vs function on marine holobionts

微生物多样性与功能对海洋全生物的影响

• 批准号: DP180104041
• 负责人: Em/Prof Peter Steinberg
• 金额: $ 31.03万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP180104041
• 关键词: effect; microbial; diversity; vs; function

This project aims to integrate a central theme of modern ecology - the relationship between biodiversity and functioning of communities - with the new biological paradigm of holobionts, where organisms are the entirety of the host plus its associated microbiome. This project blends marine and microbial ecology, aiming to experimentally decouple effects of microbial diversity versus function on the performance of dominant marine holobionts, habitat-forming seaweeds. Expected outcomes are to characterise key microbial taxa and functions and their effects on seaweed performance, and how this is affected by environmental stress. This will provide significant benefits, such as providing critical information and new tools for understanding and managing a major Australian ecosystem.

该项目旨在将现代生态学的中心主题-生物多样性和群落功能之间的关系-与整体生物的新生物学范式相结合，其中生物体是宿主及其相关微生物群的整体。该项目将海洋和微生物生态学结合在一起，旨在通过实验来解耦微生物多样性对主要海洋生物（栖息地形成的海藻）性能的影响。预期的结果是描述关键的微生物分类和功能及其对海藻性能的影响，以及环境压力如何影响海藻性能。这将带来巨大的好处，例如为理解和管理澳大利亚的主要生态系统提供关键信息和新工具。