Fundamental Microbiology Equipment for Environmental Biotechnology Research

最近，微生物学和分子生物学工具在解决环境工程问题上的应用呈指数级增长，这为分析和操纵环境系统中复杂的微生物群落提供了机会。在目前的研究中，建议资助三种环境微生物仪器。这些工具将有助于(1)调查从环境样品中分离的细菌群落结构，(2)评估响应环境胁迫的微生物多样性，以及(3)评估微生物水质。这些工具可以应用于环境工程的几个领域，包括废水生物处理过程、天然水生系统、生物修复和废物堆肥。

Recent exponential growth in the application of microbiology and molecular biology tools to solve environmental engineering problems has opened up opportunities to analyse and manipulate complex microbial communities in environmental systems. In the current research, funding for three environmental microbiology instruments is proposed. These tools will facilitate (1) the investigation of bacterial community structures isolated from environmental samples, (2) the evaluation of microorganism diversity in response to environmental stress, and (3) the assessment of microbiological water quality. The tools can be applied in several fields of environmental engineering including wastewater biological treatment processes, natural aquatic systems, bioremediation, and waste composting.