Defining how inter-bacterial symbioses regulate aquatic ecosystem health

该项目将确定水生细菌之间的生态关系如何管理澳大利亚海洋和淡水环境的健康。蓝细菌支持水生生态系统的生产力，但当它们形成有害水华时可能会产生有害影响，尽管控制这些对比影响平衡的因素在很大程度上尚不确定。通过耦合复杂的方法，包括基因组学，表型组学和微流体来研究与其他细菌的共生如何影响重要蓝藻物种的生长和功能，这项研究将阐明一个被忽视的因素在控制生产力，健康和澳大利亚水生产业价值方面的重要性。

This project will determine how ecological relationships among aquatic bacteria govern the health of Australia’s marine and freshwater environments. Cyanobacteria support aquatic ecosystem productivity, but can have detrimental effects when they form harmful blooms, although the factors governing the balance of these contrasting impacts are largely undefined. By coupling sophisticated approaches including genomics, phenomics, and microfluidics to examine how symbioses with other bacteria influence the growth and function of important species of cyanobacteria, this research will elucidate the importance of an over-looked factor in controlling the productivity, health and value of Australia’s aquatic estate.