The biology and biotechnological potential of marine fungi bioprocessing. (Ref: 4284)

海洋真菌生物加工的生物学和生物技术潜力。

• 批准号: 2706132
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2706132
• 关键词: biology; biotechnological; potential; marine; fungi

Fungi are generally well-established bioprocessors with the ability to degrade and assimilate a broad range of biomass substrates and subsequently produce a wide variety of valuable biological resources.Marine fungi represent a novel and currently understudied resource for bioprocessing, both in terms of their fundamental underpinning biology and biotechnological applications. This PhD project will explore and study the bioprocessing potential of marine fungi from the recently established marine fungi culture collection at the Marine Biological Association (MBA) in Plymouth. Over 400 yeast and hyphal strains are available from a range of temperate and polar marine environments, including the deep open ocean and sea ice. In summary, the PhD project will screen the marine fungi culture collection, using a high-throughput approach, identifying specific fungal strain and substrate combinations of interest. The strain/substrates combinations will be studied in terms of underpinning biological mechanisms (e.g. substrate attachment and enzyme production) and potential biotechnological application (e.g. biomolecule production).

真菌通常是成熟的生物处理器，能够降解和同化多种生物质底物，从而产生多种有价值的生物资源。海洋真菌在其基本基础生物学和生物技术应用方面代表了一种新颖且目前尚未得到充分研究的生物加工资源。该博士项目将探索和研究普利茅斯海洋生物学协会 (MBA) 最近建立的海洋真菌培养物保藏中心中海洋真菌的生物加工潜力。超过 400 种酵母和菌丝菌株来自一系列温带和极地海洋环境，包括深海和海冰。总之，博士项目将使用高通量方法筛选海洋真菌培养物，识别特定的真菌菌株和感兴趣的底物组合。将根据基础生物学机制（例如底物附着和酶生产）和潜在的生物技术应用（例如生物分子生产）来研究菌株/底物组合。